biphobia
Anti-bisexual discrimination
Biphobia is prejudice, hostility, or discrimination directed at bisexual people.
It can come from straight communities or from within LGBTQ+ spaces, where bisexuality is sometimes dismissed as confusion, a phase, or fence-sitting: She encountered biphobia from both her conservative family and some gay friends who questioned her identity.
Prejudice against same-sex attraction
- transphobiaPrejudice against transgender people
- heterosexismBias privileging straight orientation
Act of wiping away
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
- marginalizationRelegation to powerless periphery
- invisibilityState of being unseen
- invalidationAct of nullifying
rejection · ostracism · alienation · dismissal · gatekeeping · othering · microaggressions
Failure to grasp meaning
- unawarenessState of not knowing
- misconceptionErroneous belief or understanding
- misinformationFalse data spread unintentionally
- assumptionUnverified belief accepted as true
Active, bitter hostility
- hatredIntense hostile aversion
- contemptDisdainful disregard
- disdainScornful disregard
- derisionContemptuous mockery
mockery · harassment · bullying · threats · violence · hate-speech · slurs · ridicule
Painful awareness of failure
- tabooCultural or social prohibition
- disgraceLoss of honor
- secrecyPractice of hiding information
- concealmentAct of hiding something
Oversimplified group-based judgments
- hypersexualizationExcessive emphasis on sexuality
- fence-sitterOne avoiding commitment
homophobia
Prejudice against same-sex attraction
- transphobiaPrejudice against transgender people
- heterosexismBias privileging straight orientation
erasure
Act of wiping away
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
- marginalizationRelegation to powerless periphery
- invisibilityState of being unseen
invalidation · rejection · ostracism · alienation · dismissal · gatekeeping · othering · microaggressions
misunderstanding
Failure to grasp meaning
- unawarenessState of not knowing
- misconceptionErroneous belief or understanding
- misinformationFalse data spread unintentionally
animosity
Active, bitter hostility
derision · mockery · harassment · bullying · threats · violence · hate-speech · slurs · ridicule · scorn
shame
Painful awareness of failure
stereotyping
Oversimplified group-based judgments
- hypersexualizationExcessive emphasis on sexuality
- fence-sitterOne avoiding commitment
- LGBTQgay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer
- LGBTQ+gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer
- LGBTQ discriminationhomophobia, transphobia, hate crimes, prejudice, bigotry
- bisexualitybi pride, bi flag, bi community
- queer studiesqueer theory, queerness, queering, heteronormativity, intersectionality
- biasprejudice, racism, bigotry, sexism, ageism