Three Dirty Words: Choice. Confusion. Fluidity - Pam Gawler-Wright
Channel: Dominic Davies
Date: 2016-03-23

Using any of these three words in the context of minority sexuality is shown to invite public pillory. They are words that have become so charged by our ongoing battle with bigotry that a person cannot speak of their choice, confusion or fluidity without their experience being declared null and void by many in the GSD community. But who exactly are we allowing to dictate our discourse and what do these words really mean in the context of the bisexual person’s narrative? Importantly in therapy, how does censoring the description of these complex processes compound the traumas of exclusion, voicelessness and invisibility for bisexuals? We will explore how reclaiming an appreciation of these realities in a person’s life may be a liberating part of a person’s self-actualisation, authentication of identity and robust interface with others.