It could very well be that any one human being has the potential for bisexuality. This is a hypothesis that makes intuitive sense to me, but Compulsory Heterosexuality remains a strong influence on society.
In the past, when I have raised this question, I have received everything from the refusal to consider the concept seriously, to recognition that it’s an illuminating idea.
Through dealing with the disbelievers I’ve come to realise that, in a way, I don’t need everyone to be bipotential in order to feel that my bisexuality is a natural or good thing. It does help, though.
Bipotentiality helps enrich what ‘natural’ means to those of us who identify as LGBTIQA+. Popularly in circulation is the ‘Born this way’ narrative, which argues that minority sexualities are innate and can’t be interfered with in any meaningful way, yet this has always sounded apologetic to me - catering to mainstream heteronormativity.
What I want to see is LGBTIQA+ people expand in number until unproblematic heterosexuality loses its appeal as a concept. Compulsory Heterosexuality is not a celebration of human sexuality, but immobilising. Bipotentiality is a gentle assertion of sexuality’s richness and endless variation. It brings abundant possibilities.
It would be nice to have bisexuality normalised to such an extent that it is the default concept associated with ‘normal sexuality.’ At such a time I can find comfort in being popularly well-received, as part of an inclusive majority which finds little ‘too weird’. In the meantime I must remind myself that bisexuals find their way into the media on a regular basis, and the younger generations are more comfortable with it than Millenials.
I do think this may be the future sooner rather than later, but we need to fight to make it a reality.
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