The sidewalks of New York and Toronto were scrubbed clean overnight.
All pride flags in New York have been criminalized and seized. They were never legal in Toronto to begin with.
We've gone back into hiding until June 2027 when we will be released from our cages again.
(This is satire, lol)
Why don't we have them? The default rainbow is so boring. I want a bisexual or trans weapon charm to use all year round. If the answer to why we don't have them is regional issues relating to censorship, that's a stupid reason in my opinion
I think it's really cute and I'd like to have it or know where I can find it.
I specifically mean the bi and trans flag in the style of the progress pride flag. When I search online, all I can find is the one with the bi heart inside the trans flag.
Thanks in advance 🏳️⚧️ ❤️💜💙
Here's a thought experiment I explored with my girlfriend this morning (who is also bisexual).
A bi woman and a bi man walk into a bar separately. For the point of this thought experiment, let's assume this bar is frequented by a variety of queer people (not just gay men or lesbians for example), and that both of these bi people are cis.
One of them notices the other, finds them cute, then approaches them. The feeling is mutual, so they sit down together at a table to talk and have a drink and/or eat food. They sit here for a few hours.
Would people start to assume they're a straight couple and get uncomfortable? Would they be asked to leave? Would they have to wear bisexual identification (rings, bracelets, or necklaces) to avoid discomfort from other queer people? Would the reaction be different if either of them were trans?
As a bisexual trans woman, I understand why the queer community can be very put off by cishet people "invading" their spaces, so this isn't meant to shame people for feeling that way. I'm just wondering if a bisexual woman and man couple (or strangers) spending time together in a queer space would be seen as queer enough, or if their queerness would be disregarded over being "cishet presenting." I know when I held onto internalized biphobia in the past (I considered myself lesbian until this year), I would've assumed they were cishet and felt like they weren't welcome in that space.
I'd love to know what people here think about this.
As a trans femme, I've felt a lot less insecure about being trans than being a bi woman in online queer spaces. I transitioned in 2019, but only accepted that I'm bisexual in April 2026 because of a decade of internalized homophobia (pre-transition) / biphobia.
It feels like transphobia is so taboo nowadays in online queer spaces that most TERFs will keep their bigotry close to their chest. Biphobia however is so normalized that I often hide my bisexuality when I want to participate in general queer or sapphic discussions.
The most common biphobic comment I hear directed towards bi women is that they're only experimenting with women and can't actually love them like they can love men. I've been attracted to women my entire life and I've never been ashamed of that. Accepting that I'm attracted to men is new for me though, so I'm the complete opposite of that stereotype. Hot take, saying bi women only like men is low-key transphobic because you're assuming every bi woman was socialized to exclusively be attracted to men.
I also can't stand biphobes who misunderstand what being sapphic means. The amount of times I have to look up the definition to double check is crazy. Lesbian, bisexual, and pansexual women are all included under this umbrella, yet some lesbians use the term to distance themselves from transphobia while still holding onto their other forms of bigotry. I can't stand gold-star lesbians policing other women who are attracted to women. We don't have to follow your made up rules.
I've been in online lesbian/sapphic spaces for 7 years. The biphobia I've seen in these spaces is part of what kept me from fully understanding my identity for so long. I'm happy at least that most of these people are terminally online and don't go outside.
Edit: I can't believe this needs to be said, but if you can't accept that this post is exclusively about online queer spaces and not real life, please disregard the post entirely. I suffer from transmisogyny daily, especially at work, so I don't need its impact explained to me like I'm oblivious.