Bisexuality: The Forgotten Orientation

I suppose it was inevitable, especially considering the "B" is the middle letter in the commonly used acronym LGBTQ. However, it is nevertheless unacceptable that homosexuals receive all of the positive attention, while some other "letters" are sent to the back of the bus, so to speak. Understandably, there has been a great deal of celebration surrounding the recent Supreme Court decision regarding DOMA, not to mention the news coming out of England that the Queen will not stand in the way of the legalization of gay marriage in Great Britain. But enough already with the excessive focus on homosexuals! After all, there are a few other important groups who are no less worthy of receiving a similar vindication.

Back in 1992, Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor helped pave the way for the historical June ruling on same-sex marriage, when she stated in Casey vs. Planned Parenthood; "...at the heart of liberty is the right to define one's own concept of existence..." In essence she was saying that there is no universal moral law other than the one that we choose for ourselves. Therefore, in as far as the state is capable, the state should support the individual in defining their own existence. And since the state has chosen to define reality based each individual's conception of it, I for one can do none other than to speak out for those whose conception of reality declares that their heart and body cries out not for one sex, but two.

Interestingly, those who tend to discriminate the most against bisexuals are not in fact heterosexuals. Oftentimes it is homosexuals who look askance at the bisexual community. Indeed, they seem to regard bisexuals as a kind of fraudulent version of themselves, as if they were simply trying to play both sides of the fence, never really committing to one or the other. Perhaps they even view them as a kind of threat to the furtherance of their ideology, believing that they (homosexuals) alone hold the exclusive rights to the third gender moniker. But whatever the case, this post is dedicated to those who feel marginalized because their heart is too big to consign it to only one sex. Therefore, it is my contention that if homosexuals wish to marry their own sex, let them do so, and if transexuals wish to identify themselves as the opposite sex, then let them do so, and yes, if bisexuals wish to say that they do not wish to have their love limited to one gender, then why must they choose between the two? Obviously this opens a whole other can of worms about polygamy and polyamory, etc. etc., but so be it. If we as a society have concluded that it is acceptable that we "define our own concept of existence," then let us go about the business of doing it! What are waiting for?