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#13) About the Dreaded B-Word

#13) About the Dreaded B-Word

When I started to delve into this topic, it took me in unexpected directions

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Amy Siskind
Feb 27, 2022
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This week we’re going to take a slight detour from my dating misadventures to explore Generation X’s struggle with the dreaded b-word: bisexual. Women of Gen X who didn’t identify as heteronormative were confined to four letters, L-G-B-T, and for those who were cisgender, to two choices: gay/lesbian or bisexual. There was a reluctance to identify as bisexual, because of the stigma attached to the label. As with many stories in this project, when I started to delve into this topic, it took me in unexpected directions.

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