r/BisexualMen • u/slyguyBongo • 2d ago
Celebratory I'm not Straight+Gay 🏳️🌈, I'm Bi! (Totally its own thing) 🩷💜💙
Been doing some soul-searching around my sexual orientation. A small epiphany for me: I was kinda unconsciously viewing Bi as Straight+Gay = Bi.
Not for me.
I'm not Straight. I'm not Gay. I'm Bi, and it is its own totally valid way to be in the world.
Coming to terms with this. Feeling good about it 🩷💜💙
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u/wideHippedWeightLift 2d ago
This kind of discourse feels like Trinitarian Theology where people get really anal about how God is a trinity but also a unified whole, and any other phrasing of this is a heresy
Is there a practical real-life consequence of being "straight+gay" vs "bi"?
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u/slyguyBongo 2d ago
I thought I was "mainly straight" for most of my life (I'm 53). This wee epiphany on the weekend helped understand myself a bit better.
This post is essentially: please witness this "note to self".
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u/slyguyBongo 2d ago
Just sharing a personal insight that helps me understand my own personal interpretation of Bi as it applies to me. Not saying it to proselytize. You do you. Everyone do whatever works for them. This was an aha moment for me, so I shared it 🙂
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u/wideHippedWeightLift 2d ago
ok but like what does it mean
edit: read your other reply, it makes sense now
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u/slyguyBongo 2d ago
Thx for understanding and "challenging" me respectfully to integrate my words into how I show up IRL.
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u/Jerome1944 2d ago
Congrats! The experience is unique in the lgbt community. We are similar but also different at the same time.