#I looked at the Wikipedia page it reads like it’s written by a trans activist who edited it in the last couple days so I didn’t really

[gendiebrainrotreceipts]

there is literally zero proof she is intersex or trans or have high levels of testosterone… please at least just read the Wikipedia page on her if you refuse to do any research besides reading tweets. literally just all people looking at a muscular Arab woman with and going “that’s a man.” God imagine you are a female who had to fight for your right to be allowed to compete in boxing because your father did not believe girls should be boxers and you sold scrap metal to afford the bus fare to go train and now you made it to the Olympics and the fascist Italian PM is tweeting about how you’re a man and shouldn’t be allowed to box against women because you made some Italian boxer cry and give up…. And all the “feminists” around the world start insulting you and call you a man and ugly and a woman beater …. Next level misogyny on here from you guys, gotta say.

Idk if this is directed at me but like I said there’s a lot of misinformation surrounding this woman, personally I’m just trying to find out what’s true here.

[peppermintquartz]

UPDATE

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“If you’re bi and hawking goods, merch and other sundries and giving back and helping? Well done: if you look at initial statements you’ll find that’s what was said.

Unfortunately I have often been misconstrued, I believe it happens quite as a Black trans intersex bi+ person working with white cis bi communities. And yet, as President of BiNet USA; rough decisions fall to me. But when they happen, are you working intentionally to ensure the truth of what we know is told? Or listening to gays again?

As I have been telling you, much of what has been written on the internet doesn’t reflect the whole of bisexual history. We need that to change and can’t lose more bisexuals to death while folks party and wave bi flag while not raising money for bisexuals or any type of support. In America we have over 58,000 people DEAD from the virus; majority are people of color; and many of them must be bisexual with our severe lack of access to care.

If you’re a for profit re-seller we hope you hear that we aren’t trying to make a court case for each but rather establish that there is a history here, of importance: that’s much more to Bi history than what is on Wikipedia.

Again for profit stuff we want to talk. And we ask this? If you’re selling stuff, are you giving back to community and how? Where do we see it? Why are we so often tagged in merch created in our org making millions? We cannot sell out especially now so we are asking for the opportunity to license and figure out stuff with companies, on a per company basis.

We have already done this and there have been officially identified resellers; specifically a person selling bracelets who does so to get the word out and not to build estates, not to make monies and not to give the rights away from this work to Target. Or HRC. We didn’t charge her and would never.

This was an emergency decision based on NO RESPONSE FROM JAYNE SHEA. This has been tried repeatedly because she the big one and it affects bi visibility re SEO. If I didn’t like her work or appreciate it I would not have named her. Seems she got sales yes? Hmm. Understand that’s not a bad thing?

As you remember we stepped away from other pages and social media, and planned to delete them; so that’s done. Now we work to convene a statement but with so much misinformation I wanted to be clear that bi pride flag is meant to be used for bi visibility; not to make mansions for anyone FOR PROFIT while starving activists make stuff at home.

Hope this clear it up; but please look closely at the intersections of those who complain while misconstruing original comment. That seems done with purpose.”

(taken from here)

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the current president of BiNetUSA has doubled down on her ludicrous claim that the bi flag is BiNetUA’s IP and basically claiming that they aren’t in it FOR PROFIT because others are profiting off them (???) 

they are a NON-PROFIT? and they don’t own the copyright of the bi flag??because copyright for colors and common geometric shapes don’t exist???

also WTF is this about???

“ I believe it happens quite as a Black trans intersex bi+ person working with white cis bi communities. “

everyone is literally reading what they tweeted out as an org. i don’t even know who tf she is until today.

and this is just plain disgusting:

“ In America we have over 58,000 people DEAD from the virus; majority are people of color; and many of them must be bisexual with our severe lack of access to care. “

The virus is certainly impacting communities of color and those who are poor more than the rich, but what has that got to do with the bi flag? and their obvious money-grab?

in conclusion...

this person puts the bi in bitch what the FUCK

So what's happening over in Twitteria is that BiNet is claiming that the bi pride flag is their IP and thus they can enforce copyright blah blah blah

Which... Bullshit. So much bullshit

Someone with way more knowledge than I do has laid out exactly why this is Bullshit

Anyway. Have a Public Domain, Free for Use Bi Pride Flag

And if you make any products with the bi colors could you reblog with links to them? Small and indie creators 🙌 y'all amazing.