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==In the gay community== ==In the gay community==
Bisexual erasure may stem from a belief that bisexual people do not deserve equal status or inclusion within ] and ] communities.<Ref name="BT archaeology">{{cite journal |last=Weiss |first=Jillian Todd |authorlink=Jillian Todd Weiss |title=GL vs. BT: The Archaeology of Biphobia and Transphobia Within the U.S. Gay and Lesbian Community |journal=] |volume=3 |issue=3/4 |pages=25-55 |publisher=] |date=2004 |url=http://phobos.ramapo.edu/~jweiss/glvsbt.htm }}</ref> This can take the form of omitting the word ''bisexual'' in the name of an ] or ] that serves the whole ]. ] people who engage in bisexual erasure may claim that bisexuals are actually ] gay people who wish to appear ].<ref name="bisexual erasure">{{cite journal |last=Yoshino |first=Kenji |authorlink=Kenji Yoshino |title=The Epistemic Contract of Bisexual Erasure |journal=] |volume=52 |issue=2 |pages=353-461 |publisher=] |date=January 2000 |url=http://www.kenjiyoshino.com/articles/epistemiccontract.pdf }}</ref> Bisexual erasure may stem from a belief that bisexual people do not deserve equal status or inclusion within ] and ] communities.<Ref name="BT archaeology">{{cite journal |last=Weiss |first=Jillian Todd |authorlink=Jillian Todd Weiss |title=GL vs. BT: The Archaeology of Biphobia and Transphobia Within the U.S. Gay and Lesbian Community |journal=] |volume=3 |issue=3/4 |pages=25-55 |publisher=] |date=2004 |url=http://phobos.ramapo.edu/~jweiss/glvsbt.htm }}</ref> This can take the form of omitting the word ''bisexual'' in the name of an ] or ] that serves the whole ]. ] people who engage in bisexual erasure may claim that bisexuals are actually ] gay people who wish to appear ].<ref name="bisexual erasure">{{cite journal |last=Yoshino |first=Kenji |authorlink=Kenji Yoshino |title=The Epistemic Contract of Bisexual Erasure |journal=] |volume=52 |issue=2 |pages=353-461 |publisher=] |date=January 2000 |url=http://www.kenjiyoshino.com/articles/epistemiccontract.pdf }}</ref>

===Tila Tequila===
Several news outlets released an article accusing ], host of bisexual dating show ], of having a steady boyfriend, claiming that the show is a sham, and that she is not bisexual. They cite the '']''' Page Six article.<ref></ref><ref></ref><ref></ref> However, Nguyen denied these rumors on her official website, stating:

{{cquote|First of all, let me just say that whomever they are getting their 'sources' from needs to be fired real fast! I find it absolutely absurd that they would even make such an ignorant statement such as 'She's made out with some girls in her past, as all girls have, but she is not bi at all.' ... That is such an absurd stereotype to place on all women and it just shows people how ignorant people can be!<ref></ref>}}


== See also == == See also ==

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Bisexual erasure is the tendency to ignore, remove, falsify, or reexplain evidence of bisexuality in the historical record, academic materials, the news media, and other primary sources. When bisexual erasure is found in intellectually dishonest or erroneous works, it is a manifestation of biphobia. In its most extreme form, bisexual erasure can include denying that bisexual people actually exist.

In the gay community

Bisexual erasure may stem from a belief that bisexual people do not deserve equal status or inclusion within gay and lesbian communities. This can take the form of omitting the word bisexual in the name of an organization or event that serves the whole LGBT community. Homosexual people who engage in bisexual erasure may claim that bisexuals are actually closeted gay people who wish to appear heterosexual.

Tila Tequila

Several news outlets released an article accusing Tila Tequila Nguyen, host of bisexual dating show A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila, of having a steady boyfriend, claiming that the show is a sham, and that she is not bisexual. They cite the New York Post' Page Six article. However, Nguyen denied these rumors on her official website, stating:

First of all, let me just say that whomever they are getting their 'sources' from needs to be fired real fast! I find it absolutely absurd that they would even make such an ignorant statement such as 'She's made out with some girls in her past, as all girls have, but she is not bi at all.' ... That is such an absurd stereotype to place on all women and it just shows people how ignorant people can be!

See also

References

  1. Hutchins, Loraine (2005). "Sexual Prejudice: The erasure of bisexuals in academia and the media". American Sexuality magazine. 3 (4). National Sexuality Resource Center.
  2. Weiss, Jillian Todd (2004). "GL vs. BT: The Archaeology of Biphobia and Transphobia Within the U.S. Gay and Lesbian Community". Journal of Bisexuality. 3 (3/4). Haworth Press: 25–55.
  3. Yoshino, Kenji (January 2000). "The Epistemic Contract of Bisexual Erasure" (PDF). Stanford Law Review. 52 (2). Stanford Law School: 353–461.
  4. Fox News
  5. Tila's Hot Spot

Further reading

  • Fraser, M., Identity Without Selfhood: Simone de Beauvoir and Bisexuality, Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press 1999. p.124-140.

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