Our very own Bisexual liaison, Br. Michael C. Oboza (ret.) has researched some well known Public media to find little hope, still some hope toward confronting some main stream media about subtle biphobia.
Oboza explains, "Not only did Glee, a television show have a Biphobic episode called, 'Blame it on the Alcohol.' Yet, my favorite SVU, a television Crime drama also had a Biphobic episode considered their 'Down Low,' episode which depicted black men who have "relations with women and sex with men" assumed to be "that means gay." That episode also addressed HIV in an ignorant light."
Tired and burnt out from Bisexual radical activism for years confronting such biphobia, Oboza pleads again, "Why does some media and society assume anything about other people's lives? My acknowledged activism life's work suggestion is mind your own journey or ask respectful questions and be as open to the answers as you are with your own questions about other's truths and life. Until then, my television is off in silent protest. After all, everyone is different and deserves the same respect... That simple."
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