Bisexual erasure

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Bisexual erasure (or bi erasure), also called bisexual invisibility, is the tendency to ignore, remove, falsify, or re-explain evidence of bisexuality (or similar identities, such as pansexuality) in history, academia, the news media, and other primary sources. Bisexual erasure happens in both heterosexual and LGBTQ+ communities and bisexual identities are often described as just "phases" or "confusion". Bisexual erasure happens when bisexual people are ignored, dismissed, or downplayed. The lack of recognition towards bisexuality affects bisexual individuals in how they see themselves and how others see them. This erasure then can influence a bisexual person's mental health, identity, and visibility in social, political, and legal spaces. In its most extreme form, bisexual erasure can include the belief that bisexuality itself does not exist and that individuals who identify as bisexual are either heterosexual or homosexual. People who believe that bisexuality does not exist typically...

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