
@Maeve @velma I firmly disagree with the statement “I have a right to know if a potential partner is bi”.
There are no reason for anyone to be entitled to knowing a potential partner’s sexual orientation or potential transidentity. That works for other private info.
Said potential partners, however, have the right to flee those who ask.
You prefer knowing it, because of your traumatic experiences, that’s vastly different. Understandable need, and it **can** be better to discuss it, but still not a right.
One has no reason to trust a mere “potential partner” with such a sensitive info. Especially in a place with strong anti-lgbt social standards or laws.
@lonefighter @velma
“It felt like none of my business who he had been with before me.”
True, that’s private stuff. Only parts of it that may be important to share are those that will objectively impact the relationship. (Stalker ex, for example.)
Also to add for others, being bi does not mean having a sexual history with partners of at least two genders. It does not even mean having any sexual history at all.
I felt compelled to add this to account for bi erasure.