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From: ps101@sdcc13.UUCP (ps101)
Newsgroups: net.motss
Subject: Re: Bisexuality
Message-ID: <294@sdcc13.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 21-Aug-85 01:46:47 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 21 01:46:47 1985
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Summary: Tough choices for bisexuals.

In my own experience, it appears that it is extremely difficult for
people to make the bisexual option as they are forced to choose
between the gay or straight options due to pressure.  I have known a
few people who claimed to be bisexual and I felt after talking to
most of them that they were really gay but couldn't admit it to
themselves (ie.  I'm bisexual and the inference is that I am only
half "wrong"-- this of course assumes that they find difficulty in
recognizing their true feelings and they believe they are less
"wrong" than being outright gay.)
I have also known a few men who were exclusively homosexual (and in
applying the term I refer only their patterns of sexual behavior)
and they at so point decided to get involved in heterosexual
relationships exclusively.  All of the people who I know in this
situation (a limited group of about ten persons) eventually returned
to the gay lifestlye in a matter of one to three years.  
    I feel that although it is possible to be bisexual the major
problems that these people encounter are 
	1) Pressure to choose between gay and straight,
	2) The assumption on most peoples part that bisexuality
precludes the possibility of a long-term manogamous relationship,
	3) That few organized support groups exist that recognize
and support this group.