There are plenty of books that I've read where the characters seem to be bisexual and constantly flirt with the idea, especially female characters. I find it to be rather annoying when it comes up so often in the books that it overshadows the story or in some cases becomes the story.

Try reading Laurel K. Hamilton, that author went off the deep end with her character Anita Blake, around book 9 or 10, she just stops with the teasing and has her sleeping with everything and everyone. It got really tedious reading through the book or two following 10, so I stopped reading the series. Plus the books just kept getting shorter and shorter when I saw her new books released. They went from 250-400 pages to about 150 and complaints full of the sex in the book taking up too much of the content.

These guys could probably find another place to publish. I mean after all Laurel K Hamilton delves into beastiality, criticizing her readers for being prudes when they get tired of story turning into her weird sex imaginings.

She just made bisexuality uncool.

Wikipedia re bonobos cf. w/chimps: "The Bonobo, on the other hand, has a mostly frugivorous diet and an egalitarian, nonviolent, matriarchal, sexually receptive behaviour. Bonobos are well known to have frequent sex, with bisexuality the norm for both males and females, and also to use sex to help prevent and resolve conflicts."

I think I am done with this human business; where do I sign up to become a bonobo?

YOU'RE BISEXUAL AND I CAN SAY THAT BECAUSE I AM HALF GAY.

Wow. What a zinger. I'm writing that one down.

@lucky760 "Why does it matter that they’re married? Well, because in some jurisdictions, when the question of gay marriage comes up, those who object to it say that gay marriage is associated with low moral character and a general erosion of public ethics. It’s a belief you’d have to be mad or terrified to embrace, but perhaps some of those scared or crazy people will have their hearts softened by this incredible example." From the article.

I have extended family members who honestly believe gays and lesbians are hell-bound deviants. As someone who is bisexual---no, not barsexual, ugh. There's a lot of hatred for bisexuals from both sides <_<--, I'd like to see more stories like this..

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>> ^BoneRemake:

Total dupe.


Yep, but where? Maybe the original was dead?

On topic, big thumbs up for the very tolerant woman in the video. I disagree with her religion but she has my utmost respect.

re: the debate regarding gay 'choice vs genetics' and how it pertains to marriage, who fucking cares? This is one big old red herring, okaying discrimination because a person chooses not to adhere to a societal norm rather than being forced to by genetic circumstance. We're not talking an involuntary relationship (ie. paedo/bestiality marriages) which in my mind are the only precluders. You can't marry a person if a) it's against their will or b) they are not capable of making the decision to accept. If a bisexual chooses to marry the same sex, the principle is the same, good luck to em. Two fellow citizens who should have the same rights as any other have their rights removed because they don't conform to what society thinks.

Then change "born that way" to "grew up that way". Whatever. Just stop insisting it is a choice. Because it's not. I did not choose to be straight, I grew up that way, knowing from a very young age that I liked girls. Many gay people I've heard or spoken with describe either knowing from a very young age or "figuring it out" during puberty.

I have never, ever, heard a gay person describe the "choice" to become gay. There is the choice to come out. There is the choice to live a lie and pretend to be straight. There is the choice to hide what they feel ashamed of because of assholes insisting that it is morally wrong. Some are bisexual and have the choice to date men or women. But I have never heard of the choice to become attracted to somebody!

As I said before, the definition of marriage has already changed. It's done. You are on the losing side of this fight.

But when it comes down to it, I don't care whether you believe it is genetic or environmental or choice or some combination. We're not talking about people with anger management issues starting fights, or kleptomaniacs stealing things, or alcoholics causing car accidents. We're talking about two people in love who want to share their lives together and have all the rights and responsibilities that come with the word marriage. Give me one single good reason it should be against the law.

@bcglorf

Do you know how hilariously dumb the choice argument is?

1) No homosexual will tell you it was a choice. There was never, ever a moment when they consciously thought "Ok, I can either be attracted to girls or boys. You know what? I'll choose [x]!" I'm sorry, but thinking that is even credible is so outrageously stupid it is offensive.
2) Why would anyone choose to be gay and suffer a lifetime of bigotry and oppression? Because of the fabulous parties? Come on.
3) If you think your sexuality was a choice, that implies that at any moment, you could choose to be attracted to the same sex. So everyone is a latent bisexual. Does this not strike you as COMPLETELY untrue?

Furthermore, stop misrepresenting the science on sexuality. As a behavioural scientist, your nonsense is not only tedious, it is offensive.

Huh. I never read anything from him saying someone is not bisexual if they are in a long term monogamous relationship. Of course, I haven't read everything he has said. However, of what I have read, I never picked up that message. Do you have a link easily available? I'd love to read what you are talking about.

And yeah, the It Gets Better project is stellar.



>> ^HadouKen24:

I'm definitely a critic of some of the things Dan Savage says. His attitudes about bisexual and transgender folk are... not terribly helpful, for instance. (A bisexual man who happens to end up in a long-term relationship with a woman is suddenly /not/ bisexual anymore? Really? And if he ends up with another man he's just gay? Sorry, Dan, doesn't work that way.)
The It Gets Better campaign, however, is just fantastic.

I'm definitely a critic of some of the things Dan Savage says. His attitudes about bisexual and transgender folk are... not terribly helpful, for instance. (A bisexual man who happens to end up in a long-term relationship with a woman is suddenly /not/ bisexual anymore? Really? And if he ends up with another man he's just gay? Sorry, Dan, doesn't work that way.)

The It Gets Better campaign, however, is just fantastic.

It's way better than the

Anti-LGBTQQI Harrassment

which stands for
Lesbian
Gay
Bisexual
Transexual
Queer
Questioning
Intersex

and, yes, it's very easy to remember.

>> ^kingmob:

Anti LBGT Harassment?
Good video
But they gotta come up with a name i can remember.
Anti Bully
Anti Gay
just saying

I think it's safe for work.

Are these also nsfw?
http://commercial.videosift.com/video/Lessons-in-vertising-Mello-Yello-Fellatio -- sex parody
http://commercial.videosift.com/video/Vote-Naked-in-Illinios - naked people
http://commercial.videosift.com/video/World-of-Warcraft-Cataclysm-TV-spot - "people" die!
http://sexuality.videosift.com/video/South-Park-Randy-is-gonna-get-some-sweet-butterfly-poon - getting poon
http://sexuality.videosift.com/video/TYT-Fake-Orgasms-Women-Bisexuals
http://sexuality.videosift.com/video/Steve-Carell-Simulates-An-Orgasm-For-Charity
and there are plenty others..

If this was actual bukkake, then totally yes, but just for looking like it? I don't think so.

I think that straight identified men can have sex with other men and still be straight. To me, in order for somebody to be gay or straight or bisexual means they can actually have a relationship with people of the same, other or both genders.

But I also think that this definition won't work for everybody. In particular I could see how this might lead to problems for people who have seriously internalized homophobia issues. "Oh I'm straight, I'm straight!" protests the closet case as he's having sex with men, making himself miserable when he might just be happier if he realised that he's gay or bisexual. Try dating one of those guys, guy!

Sexual attraction is a spectrum, not black and white.