Bi Inclusion

Bi people are one of the, if not the, biggest part of the LGBTQ+ community but aren’t always made to feel welcome in LGBTQ+ spaces. Because of this, it’s important to not assume that everyone in our spaces is gay.

A worry for bi people can be that people will think they aren’t ‘gay enough’ for LGBTQ+ spaces. They don’t need to be, they’re bi. 

Some things you can do: 

Don’t assume that if someone is interested in one gender, they can’t also be interested in other genders. For example, instead of saying ‘he wasn’t flirting with you, he’s got a girlfriend!’, why not say ‘he wasn’t flirting with you, he’s in a monogamous relationship/way out of your league!/flirting with ME!’?

If you want to be more inclusive when talking about all people with same-gender attraction, you could go for a ‘women who love women (wlw)’, ‘men who love men (mlm)’,  or a ‘non-binary people who love non-binary people (nblnb)’ moment. Or you could even go for good old-fashioned ‘gay and bi people’.

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