The Intersection of Bisexuality and Race - Ronete Cohen
Channel: Dominic Davies
Date: 2016-03-22

Bisexuals can experience rejection in both the heterosexual and in the gay and lesbian communities. In the bisexual community they find acceptance and understanding, others with similar experiences, and an opportunity to figure out what works for them. It’s less simple for bisexuals who are also people of colour. When bisexual identity intersects with racial identity, it stops being just about invisibility and finding your place as a member of a sexual minority, instead becoming overshadowed by a struggle to be accepted, understood and included in what should be their community.

The bisexual community is overwhelmingly white and feels excluding and irrelevant to the lives and experiences of many bisexual people of colour. The needs of bisexual people of colour do not yet form an integral part of all bisexual needs. Seeing people in terms of their sexuality alone and ignoring intersectionality means ignoring an important part of their experience.