[1] New York University School of Law professor Kenji Yoshino says: Gays de-legitimatize bisexuals ... the lesbian and gay community abounds with negative images of bisexuals as fence-sitters, traitors, cop-outs, closet cases, people whose primary goal in life is to retain 'heterosexual privilege'.
[5] These concerns are recognized by Lisa Orlando, author of Loving whom we choose, who writes: We challenge many people's personal sense of what constitutes sexual identity.
[citation needed] Among some critics, a belief is held that bisexual politics is important to equal rights on the basis of entitlement.
The term entitlement here refers specifically to the belief that a bisexual can be and are viewed as straight in some public spheres and thus enjoy the benefits of equality that come along with "assumed heterosexuality.
"[6] Baumgardner recognizes this view and writes: Bisexuality [...] contains the liberating potential of aligning with a disparaged (gay and lesbian) group but not being relegated – at least not full-time – to the ghetto.
The political weakness of entitlement (lack of consciousness) have been overstated – as with young feminists – and its potential for change has been neglected [...] Perhaps we need those bridging people on the side of privilege willing to connect the gay and straight worlds- in order to get more done [...] It takes someone who has known relative freedom, who expects it and loves it, to help ignite social change[6]Bisexual politics also involves the arguments surrounding how visible a minority of bisexuals are in society, and how this interacts bisexual activism.
Why have we 'accepted' invisibility, and why haven't we, up to this point, projected a more visible presence, creating a more prominent community that even the most virulent biphobes would have to recognize?
Lesbian and gay organizations all over the country hotly debate whether or not to include bisexuals in programming and names of groups and events.