I think there are also a lot of similarities between bi and transwomen's experiences on the more micro level. While I don't want to speak for transwomen and I think transphobia is more violent, structural, and politically salient than biphobia, there are a lot of obvious sources for solidarity.
Both are over represented in porn and sex work and suffer high levels of sexual violence, which is related to a common stereotype of bi and trans women as hypersexual, lacking sexual boundaries, and perpetually sexually available. Both are also commonly viewed as lying about their identity for attention and as sinister infiltrators bringing maleness into lesbian spaces.
I think there are also a lot of similarities between bi and transwomen's experiences on the more micro level. While I don't want to speak for transwomen and I think transphobia is more violent, structural, and politically salient than biphobia, there are a lot of obvious sources for solidarity.
Both are over represented in porn and sex work and suffer high levels of sexual violence, which is related to a common stereotype of bi and trans women as hypersexual, lacking sexual boundaries, and perpetually sexually available. Both are also commonly viewed as lying about their identity for attention and as sinister infiltrators bringing maleness into lesbian spaces.
I wasn’t aware of that “no B without the T” went back to the 90s. They’re fighting that battle all over again in the UK now.