Anna Iovine Highlights 2026 Pride-Month Biphobia Against Bisexual Women

1 articles · Updated · Mashable · Jun 16

Iovine says the same online jokes about bisexual women dating men resurfaced during Pride Month 2026, showing that stigma toward bi women remains entrenched.
She argues the mockery reflects broader biphobic beliefs—that bisexual people are greedy, hypersexual, unfaithful, or faking—which are tied to misogyny and a demand to fit people into rigid categories.
Those stereotypes carry real-world harm, she writes, citing worse mental-health outcomes, higher vulnerability to intimate partner violence, and the weaponization of Amber Heard's bisexuality during her conflict with Johnny Depp.
Drawing on her own experience at a 2019 sapphic speed-dating event, Iovine says casual exclusion of bi women inside queer spaces can be deeply isolating even when it falls short of overt abuse.
She frames bisexual 'audibility'—openly correcting assumptions about one's identity—as necessary for visibility, while stressing that support for trans people facing far greater legal and social threats remains urgent.