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I am not just bisexual
I am a lesbian.
I am not just a lesbian
I am a bisexual lesbian.
Some say this is a contradiction
and I’m just trying to confuse terms.
Yes,
these are confusing terms
but no more confusing
than trying to hide half the truth.
Some say I’m trying to make lesbians
less visible.
Not so.
I am trying to make myself
more visible.
I am a lesbian.
I love women.
I love woman kind.
I am woman-identified.
I study our hidden past.
I struggle in the present.
I work hard for our future.
I had had love for a woman
deeper than for any man.
I desire a woman
to be my partner in life.
I love women.
I am a lesbian.
I am bisexual.
I was born that way.
I have loved girls and boys.
I have loved women and men.
I have sought love
where it offered itself.
I have paid the price
of both lifestyles.
I have been bashed
for loving women
and isolated
for loving men.
You speak of privilege –
let me tell you:
the isolation
was much worse than the bashing.
Now I make choices.
Am I finding myself
or has society beaten me down?
Today I choose
to choose a woman.
I won’t be shut out from my community
that I’ve worked with
ever since Stonewall.
I won’t be told I don’t belong
in the only world
I’ve ever belonged in.
I love women
and I am a lesbian.
and too
I am bisexual
in my history
in my capacity
in my fantasies
in my abilities
in my love for beautiful people
regardless of gender.
I have the right
to claim my lesbianism
And my bisexuality
even if it confuses you.
I am a lesbian.
I am bisexual.
I am a bisexual lesbian.
Deal with it.
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