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lesbian4bi / bi4lesbian flag!

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(In order) Bisexual femme, butch, and futch flags <3

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It’s almost as if pansexuality has consistently been used to actively erase bisexuality because people hate us so goddamn much

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still upsets me that Tomcat isn't the bi equivalent of butch, i'd prefer that over deer terms like stag

idk why

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flags for violet bisexual/violet bisexuality

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Proposing “violet bisexual” as an alternative to “febfem”.

Febfem is a radfem term with transphobic meaning. I wanted to still be able to have a label for myself to show that I’m a bisexual sapphic that does not date men. I chose “violet bisexual” because violets are used to symbolize sapphic love. Since “violet bisexuals” would focus on sapphic love, sapphic relationships (romantic and/or sexual), etc. I felt it would perfect. Being a violet bisexual is about sapphism, focus on women/non-men, exclusion of men, and empowerment while still accepting and loving our bisexuality.

Some notes:

bi men/bi achilleans would not be allowed to use this term. “violet bisexual” would be/is a term that stemmed from myself and other bi sapphics not wanting to date men because of male trauma, misogyny, and the patriarchy.

bi lesbians this term is not for you!!!

this term is also not for radfems or terfs!! you have “febfem”.

asexual and aromantic bisexuals and biromantic can use this term! it isn’t just about sapphic love. for instance, if you don’t do romantic relationships but still would like to have a sexual life that excludes men you can use this term.

any bi sapphic who doesn’t date men due to ANY reason can use this term. this includes, but is not limited to: not dating men due to

-trauma

-experiences

-wanting to decenter men in your life

-having a preference for women

-just not wanting to date men

If any bi sapphic would like to give their opinion on this proposition please do!

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*smacks you over the head with a poorly put-together history textbook I made in crafts* LEARN BISEXUAL HISTORY BEFORE YOU ACT KNOWLEDGABLE

“Bisexual—being emotionally and physically attracted to all genders.” - GLSEN in fucking 1998

“Do not assume that bisexuality is binary or duogamous in naturs [...] In fact, don’t assume that there are only two genders.” 1990 Bi Manifesto

“But there are also many bis, such as myself, for whom gender has no place in the list of things that attract them to a person.“ 2002

“Bisexual people are those for whom gender is not the first criteria in determining attraction.” 2003

“Assuming that all bisexuals are never attracted to trans or genderqueer folk is harmful, not only to bi individuals, but to trans and genderqueer individuals who choose to label themselves as bi.”

“Bisexual: A person who is attracted to people regardless of gender (a person does not have to have a relationship to be bisexual!)” 2003

“These data support the argument that, for some bisexual individuals, sexual attraction is not gender-linked.” 1992

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Resources about bisexuality

I have put together some resources about bisexuals, bisexuality, our history, our community, the issues that we face and about the infamous bi/pan discourse.

Here you have a folder with a ton of PDFs about the most various topics regarding bisexual people (from biphobia to the health problems of bisexual people to studies about bi youth to representation in media to asylum seeking). 

It has quite a huge section with entire books about bisexuality that you can read completely for free. In order to access all the contents in an easy way I heavily recommend using the guide to the folder, in which you can find a link to each PDF organized by topic and by number.

Here you have four google docs that I have put together:

Defining bisexuality (a collection of definitions of bisexuality by various bisexual activists and associations)

The Cultural Impact of Pansexuality (a collection of statements about pansexuality made by pansexuals or mainstream media outlets/celebrities like Marie Claire, Teen Vogue, the Rolling Stone and Miley Cyrus, among others)

Statistics, studies and articles about bisexual-specific issues (a collection of studies and articles about the issues that bisexuals face)

Debunking pro-pan arguments (a short thing I wrote doing exactly what the title says)

All these resources are also linked in this carrd.

(original post under the cut)

Keep reading

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i would like to (respectfully & with credit) repost a specific flag on twitter that isn’t well-known, but is personal, relevant, and very important to this blog:

aya @/bizexuaiity’s bi girl/bi woman flag!! (and their statement on the flag’s creation)

[NOTE: at the time of writing this post (may 2022), aya currently uses they/them pronouns (only?). if this changes in the future, i will edit if i ever think to, but there would not be any misgendering already here.]

[ID: two identical flags and three screenshots. the flags follow the bi format, with the first 40% being a soft pink, the middle 20% being a complementary brown, and the third 40% being a desaturated lilac/lavender purple, close enough to the shade of pink to match it nicely. the first flag includes a venus symbol, which represents women, and uses a heart instead of a circle at the top. the second flag is blank without it.

the first screenshot is of @/bizexuaiity’s tweet, featuring the flags, which reads: “i will be using the bi-girl flag that i created to celebrate bisexual women. <3 it is absolutely inclusive of all bisexual women - transgender, nonbinary, demigirls, and people who feel any type of connection to womanhood.”

the second screenshot is of their curiouscat, and is cropped to show that part of an anonymous submission reads: “also, unrelated but i LOVE your bi girl flag!! i’m assuming you made it specifically for international women’s day (march 8th)? it’s so gorgeous and i plan on using it for personal stuff (all year round) if that’s okay, providing credit is no issue!!”

the third screenshot shows part of their response regarding the flag, which reads: “& YES i made it for international women’s day specifically & to validate bisexual women because they deserve to feel seen & visible especially because the bimisogyny they experience is utterly disgusting and i don’t want them to feel ashamed for… literally being bisexual women. i’m happy that you like the flag a lot, though ;__; feel free to use it and honestly credit isn’t needed unless someone specifically asks for the flag source!!” /End ID.]

^^ please tell me if there’s anything i did wrong with the ID paragraph and i’ll correct it ASAP. ^^

that anon was me btw, because of course it was!! hehe!! 💞

so as you can tell, this flag is anything but unrepresentative of my primary blog. i’ve used it in many icons i’ve made for myself since it was created 2-3 months ago and i think it’s absolutely gorgeous!! it’s one of those pink & purple flags that allude to womanhood nicely without feeling inherently feminine and i appreciate the design choice on that. feel free to ask me to make icons using it if you’d like and i would be more than happy to!! i can also include the symbol with them, it’s really easy to do. :)

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This is the Rage-Filled Bisexual pride flag!

Red is for being fed up with bi erasure and biphobia

Dusty purple is for getting sick of biphobia and stereotyping perpetuated by people in the LGBT community as well as by cishets

Purple is for knowing that bisexuality is inclusive of trans & nonbinary people and getting tired of having to correct people on that

Free to use with credit!

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Gothic Bi Flag ⚰️

Boy was this a popular request!  I hope everyone likes it.  I tried to retain the original colors of the Bi  Flag in it, while altering them some, and obviously making them darker.  I hope you all enjoy it!

These flags are made to be used by anyone who identifies as bi, excluding terfs, transphobes, truscum/transmed, ddlg, cgl, maps, and other gross people. 

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transmasc bi flag!

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I made this punk bi flag years ago- so I decided to clean it up!! I love the colors of it <333

pls credit me if you use- thnx!

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SUN & MOON BISEXUAL FLAGS!!

My own take on some sun & moon bisexual flags that I made a while ago!!!! Decided to post them on here too bcuz they are some of my favourites >:3 flags without symbols under the cut!!!

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me when i'm bi4bi and our flag is BEYOND GORGEOUS 🙏💖💜💙🙏

[why would i be bi4bi? isn't that lesbophobic (even though les4les is completely acceptable and not seen as biphobic)?]

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So, Jason came up with this term to describe himself and I helped make the flags! The flag on the left is the flag for the term, the middle and right ones are just ferret bisexual wlw and lesbians!

Ferret Butch: A butch wlw who is chubby and hairy. 

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sun or moon gay/bi ?

sun bi + gay and moon bi + gay!