The start of June for bisexual people means the beginning of another month of celebration for the LGBTIQ+ community. Pride Month.
For bisexual people this can be a month of high anxiety, depression and feeling as though you are an imposter within the queer community.
Bisexuals have always had to fight for space, often judged by the partner they have when showing up to queer events and validity of their orientation questioned.
June should be a celebration of every corner of the community, which includes the B in LGBTIQ+.
Isolation from community and expressing ones bisexuality, queerness or wherever a person sits under the bi+ umbrella can be challenging.
However, bisexuals have and always will belong at LGBTIQ+ events.
If you are worrying about showing up and representing your community, don’t, there is space for you.
Relationships don’t matter
Whether you are in an opposite sex or same sex relationship it doesn’t matter. You are still bisexual.
It’s often the one thing many people can’t comprehend when it comes to bisexuality. Find me the nearest brick wall.
If you have never had a relationship or been intimate with someone before, it doesn’t mean you don’t’ have a sexuality. However, this is often something that is held against bisexual people.
Whatever your relationship looks like, it is valid, it is real.
You can be in a long or short term relationship, single or however it looks to you.
You deserve to feel seen and celebrated in June.
Your sex life doesn’t need to be active
This is probably the biggest misconception the bisexual community faces daily, are you sleeping with multiple people?
Just like your relationship status, who you are sleeping with doesn’t determine whether your bisexuality is valid. Or any sexuality for that matter.
Bisexuals don’t need to prove their sexuality to be part of the queer community, you define who you are, not others.
It’s about attraction and not action, there is space for you this Pride Month.
Bisexuals have strong history
This might be a surprise to so many within the queer community, but bisexuals have been there since day one [note the sarcasm].
Bisexuals have played an important role to make Pride Month what it is today, whether that is being at Stonewall, creating the first pride march, or being on the frontlines of protests.
For this reason alone, bisexuals deserve to have space for Pride Month celebrations.
Brenda Howard and Robyn Ochs paved the way for the bisexual community to be loved, accepted and celebrated.
How it looks to you
There is not one way to be bisexual.
Some might say it’s cuffed jeans, peace signs or not sitting on chairs properly. But they are just funny stereotypes.
If you are bisexual, just being in the moment, showing up as you are, is the right way to celebrate Pride Month.
There is no box or expectation to show up a certain way when it comes to celebrating your bisexuality.
Each bisexual person is different and unique; it’s why the community so vibrant and beautiful.
So, if you are bisexual and wondering how to celebrate the month of June? Show up, as you are.
How will you be celebrating Pride Month?
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