I mean I use it as a blanket term for MYSELF, and I understand people using it as a blanket term in general, but if one of my bi friends or whatever was like “hey please use my specific label I prefer that” I’d be like “oh okay cool nbd.” Everybody gets to choose how they want to be referred to.

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i think people like specifics? in my experience, it was a lot about how gay was meant for men and then there were terms for everything else and queer is a better word for it

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Bimisogyny, ppl think all bi people are secretly only attracted to men. it’s also a little annoying to be called “just gay” when you’re a bi guy, bc in general ppl don’t think you can exist, you’re either exclusively attracted to women or like one guy and suddenly you’re incapable of liking women. I only rlly like it when other gay people call me gay bc ik for a fact they mean it in the umbrella way.

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Imo people want to feel special, and using one singular term doesn’t scratch the itch

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