#vanya lesbian
unpopular opinion and might get hate for it but saying vanya is bisexual rather than lesbian because of her relationship with Leonard is a big erasure of how the majority of lesbians have relationships with men because they mistake platonic feelings for romantic ones. Also it’s kind of erasure of Vanya’s trauma and how many people who had troubled childhood and relationships in the past can get easily attached to someone who’s simply kind to them.
if in the future she happens to have another romantic and sexual relationship with a man then yes, she is bisexual. but so far the only actual and meaningful relationship she had with someone was sissy.
I’ll definetely regret trying to argue with someone whose blog is “gold star lesbian pride” but lesbians who had romantic/sexual experiences with men (like literally 100% of the lesbians I know) are still lesbians and still valid, literally nothing that defines sexuality says that you’re forbidden to identify with a certain label because of past experiences. And trying to put down lesbians who had experiences with men just because you didn’t is pretty damn douchey. Many would say you can’t call yourself a lesbian unless you tried to have sex with men, and I don’t think you would like to have your identity invalidated like that, would you?
unpopular opinion and might get hate for it but saying vanya is bisexual rather than lesbian because of her relationship with Leonard is a big erasure of how the majority of lesbians have relationships with men because they mistake platonic feelings for romantic ones. Also it’s kind of erasure of Vanya’s trauma and how many people who had troubled childhood and relationships in the past can get easily attached to someone who’s simply kind to them.
if in the future she happens to have another romantic and sexual relationship with a man then yes, she is bisexual. but so far the only actual and meaningful relationship she had with someone was sissy.
