#once again i see people only ever pressed about 'bi/pan lesbians' and never mspec gays

[styxshipz]

hi! could you inform me on what a bi lesbian is? don’t mean to come off as rude and you’re not obligated to explain if you want to, but if you could redirect me to some resourced pls do, i’m curious and have seen this term one or two times before! i tried looking but almost everything ive seen either has a confusing definition or is negative, and i’d like to educate myself if possible. ty! :D

hi, tysm for the ask! while im definitely not the guy to speak for all mspec lesbians, i can definitely try my best to help you :]

mspec lesbians are when a person identifies as a lesbian while simultaneously being attracted to other genders, hence the "multi spectrum" (mspec) part of the term. i myself am a bi lesbian, so im just going to use that as an example, but there are also pan lesbians, omni lesbians, it goes on. (there are also mspec gays, but people dont seem too pressed about them, and im not gay, so i wont speak on them.)

there are a lot of reasons someone could identify as a bi lesbian, like if theyre romantically a lesbian while being bi*sexual*, or a bi person with a preference towards women. personally, while i do think lesbianism inherently includes nonbinary people (speaking *as* a nonbinary lesbian), my attraction to nbs is separate enough to warrant the label for both mine and other nbs' comfort. (also i think some guys are attractive lol). but it does vary from person to person!

as for the history, bi people using lesbian as an umbrella term (much like, for example, a bi guy calling themself gay) since *at least* the 70s.

and as for resources, heres a really helpful carrd i found, as well as just going through the 'mspec lesbian' tag on tumblr has quite a few good posts about the historical usage of the label!

also um. sorry for giving you an entire essay (hyperbole) lol, queer identities and history are a pretty big interest of mine XP

#styx says #ty for being so nice abt this btw!! i rlly appreciate it :] /gen #feel free 2 send another ask if u have any questions! #and yeah theres a lot of negativity online about us #but genuinely as someone who identified as a lesbian way b4 realizing i was bi too it doesnt invalidate lesbians or make us 'look bad' #once again i see people only ever pressed about 'bi/pan lesbians' and never mspec gays #i do think a bit of it is in part misogyny and terf rhetoric #but what do i know im just a 17 year old on the internet /s #sorry again lol i saw a mean take abt this earlier so i felt it was a good enough time as ever to answer this #anydangway hope you have a good day anon /gen