![]() ![]() ![]() It's yours to own and it's just for you." I try not to take up a lot of space as a nonbinary person online, but it's definitely something that I'm continuing to figure out. ![]() JM: Why is it weird? JW: It's weird because I have imposter syndrome around it, but my bisexuality is what really gave me the tools to be like, "You can identify however you want. I especially applied that to my gender and I'm getting more comfortable saying this out loud, but I identify as nonbinary and it's still weird. ![]() Then when I understood my bisexuality, I was able to look at the world through a less binary lens. Essentially, when I was unlearning my binary thinking outside of my sexuality, it helped me understand my bisexuality. JM: You wrote, "Bisexuality is not just an identity, it's a lens through which to reimagine the world." Can you explain more about that? JW: I really came into and embraced my bisexuality in parallel with unlearning about binary systems, in general. It's so often dismissed as something that we don't need to talk about, which is why I wanted to tell my story, but also look at bisexuality as a political lens because as an idea, it can be really helpful for all of us to grasp. "Everyone is bisexual" is my favorite thing to point out is actually a microaggression against bi people because it implies that if everyone's bisexual, no one is bisexual and it's not worth talking about and it doesn't matter. JM: We can flippantly say that "everyone's bi" or "no one cares," but to your point, there are actual, real-world costs. ![]()
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