The result is that we are largely invisible to both straight and gay communities, except in generally negative connotations . By these negative connotations, I mean to say that there are many unsavory stereotypes that run rampant in both gay and straight communities. Being bisexual, I was indeed queer, but a few of the lesbian women in there did not feel the same way. Because I am a bisexual woman, I have dealt with many of the same slurs and discriminations that lesbians must face, but instead of being treated like a sister, I was an outcast. Obviously, people who actually know me would never say such things, because I am very flamboyant about my bisexuality, but these remarks came from people who did not know me at all, but, because of my sexuality, they felt they had the right to judge me.
Straight people can be just as guilty.
They either consider me a lesbian or someone who's just simply kinky. I can be kinky, but that is not inherent because of my sexual orientation, and I am not a lesbian. I have nothing against either of these kinds of people, but I have my own identity that I would like to let shine. I get asked all the time if I like men at all. It goes along with the definition.