Plus… some of them (like me) don’t want to talk at all… Come on, do it, leave… great!

=)

No no no no no no! No.

Queer folk enjoy fucking people of the SAME sex.

Bisexual folk enjoy fucking people of BOTH sexes.

I don’t know a single queer - male or female (and I know hundreds!) - who would not recoil in horror at the thought of being in a long term relationship with a person of the opposite sex.

Bisexuals would certainly be willing.

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I don’t know where this confusion has come from in the last five or ten years. It used to be very clear - black and white, up or down, liberal or conservative. But since gay culture has begun to move into the mainstream these lines are becoming blurred, and for those of us who are older it’s quite unsettling.

For the youngsters, well it’s all new, isn’t it? I find a real satisfaction in seeing the open attitude and acceptance of “nontraditional” lifestyles and relationships among the younger generation. It’s an indication of the social progress since the horror of the pre-protease inhibitors AIDS Plague.

But I still don’t understand why gay women hate men - perhaps it’s genetic?

Contrary to popular perception, most of the bisexual/gay women I’ve met have been surprisingly feminine, even if they sported the short-hair-no-makeup-military-clothes uniform.

Now it’s just kind of old.

So as far as the “queer” definition is concerned, I have a couple perspectives on it. Covering it from the etymology direction, the term originates several centuries ago as “strange” and was later used as a slur by straight people to describe gay folk in the last century. So, as Kelly notes, V’s friend is being way too particular. But considering that original definition (and my appreciation that language use changes over time), I think we could easily add bi’s to the queer umbrella. However I would be loathe to displace the original meaning as V’s friend seemingly has.

Now onto Kelly’s bisexual definition. To quote the venerable Tina Turner, what’s love got to do with it? We don’t need to conflate love and sex anymore than we need to conflate Saddam to 9/11. They are distinct, and the word “sex” within bisexual should steer you in the right direction.

http://www.villagevoice.com/people/0319,taormino,43795,24.html

“Speaking of blurring rigid boundaries, queers investigate and interrogate gender constructs like nobody’s business, and in some cases, we’ve even reinvented gender. From gay male bears, faeries, drag queens, and twinkies to lesbian butches, femmes, girlfags, and bois-with-an-i-not-with-a-y, we are at the forefront of the gender revolution thanks to our ability to self-identify and to create our own permutations of masculinity, femininity, androgyny, and beyond. “

My friend insists that queer folk just enjoy fucking people of both sexes while bisexuals would be happy in a long term relationship with either a man or a woman. If his assertion is accurate, then he pegged me correctly.”

To me, queer = lesbian or gay. It’s a general term used to describe people who consider themselves lesbian or gay. Having nothing to do with bisexuals.

A bisexual has the ability to have sex with, and more importantly, fall in love with a man or woman.

The “Just enjoy fucking people” is up to the individual. I’ll let you label that as you will. But in my humble opinion your friends definition of queer is incorrect.

To shut a man up you turn on a t.v. and it’s too difficult for him to argue and watch t.v. at the same time or bitch and complain. Problem solved.