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How making bi best friends finally set me free

You know those children that get to sit at the grownups’ table as a special treat? That’s often what being bisexual during discussions about queer issues can look like. When we’re not being ignored, we’re often patronised. We’re not straight enough for the heterosexual world, and we’re certainly not queer enough for some people within the LGBT-QIA community.

I grew up around straight people. They were pretty much everywhere. Despite knowingtrue.

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