strangestofquarks: rainbow-cupcake18: deathcomes4u: prismatic-bell: sexedplus: This week is Bisex

strangestofquarks:

rainbow-cupcake18:

deathcomes4u:

prismatic-bell:

sexedplus:

This week is Bisexual Awareness Week, so here is a comic about what being bisexual might mean to bisexuals! Also, some other identities!

QUEER

THEY ADDED QUEER

I WANT TO CRY WITH FUCKING JOY

This is a really good explanation of the current state of these labels.

This is so good. I freaked out a bit at the first definition of bi because it seemed to mean that bi is exclusive, but I’m so glad they included different definitions

I love this! Also, I just wanted to mention thst queer (which is an excellent catch-all term that I think should absolutely be given some more time in the spotlight) isn’t the only label non-binary people who are only attracted to one gender have to use. For example, a non-binary person whose agab is female and who realized they were attracted solely to women a few years before realizing they weren’t a woman themselves might decide to keep the lesbian label simply because it doesn’t bother them and it’s an easy way to communicate to others who they’re into. Point is, labels are simply about how to describe yourself in a way that gets your message across amd feels like you, and there are lots of ways to do that, none of which is the most ‘right,’ and one label can have many different interpretations.

This comic has been going around a lot this week for some reason. I appreciate the above comment! There could easily be an entire comic just about about how non-binary trans people approach sexual orientation labels. The person in my comic might also use the label gynephilic, which means you are attracted to women (regardless of what your own gender identity is). Here’s a nice academic article about how sexual orientation labels don’t work very well for lots of trans people: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/304531868_The_labels_don’t_work_very_well_Transgender_individuals’_conceptualizations_of_sexual_orientation_and_sexual_identity I also kind of love all the reblog comments about how my art looks unnerving or like a parody. I do not actually enjoy drawing, I just love comics. If you are a good artist and want to collaborate, hit me up.