#discourse (aka discussion) about labels and what purpose they serve

[a-frog-in-a-bog]

Literally what is a ',bi lesbian' tho like that's not even a real thing, people are so stupid I stg

the majority of women/fem-leaning nb people who use it call themselves that to clarify that they prefer women but are still attracted to men (even though it actually doesn't clarify anything at all), which is literally bisexuality but for some reason or another they think it's not?? it's harmful to both lesbians and bisexuals, as it perpetuates the lesbophobic idea that lesbians can be attracted to men, they just choose not to be/lesbians can be "turned" (literally the reasoning behind corrective rape); and that bisexuality is a rigid box with one correct way to be bisexual and doesn't allow for fluidity/bisexuality is based on gender and gender preference (it's not). other people use it to mean that they're still attracted to nb people and trans women ~even though~ they're lesbians, which holy shit, is so so harmful to insinuate that lesbian attraction excludes nb and trans people unless stated otherwise/only select sexualities can be attracted to nb and trans people. here is a real world example of the harm the bi lesbian label spreads, since people like to pretend it's harmless: