Mitchell also said that some of the discrimination he faces is from within the LGBT+ community. It was like, well, no, I understand that maybe it works like that for some people but that’s not how it works for me.”Īnti-bisexual sentiment within the LGBT+ community “I often felt in the past that if I was dating a guy, then my LGBT card was a little stronger, or people viewed that as more legitimate, and whenever I was dating a girl it was just instantly like ‘oh so you’re straight now’. And it’s like ‘yeah you’re part of the LGBT, but only halfway.’ “It’s very difficult sometimes to get people to actually recognise and accept, truly and honestly, that I’m bisexual.”
“I see more and more guys and girls openly identifying as bisexual because previously, especially in the LGBT community, it has been before that the ‘B’ is silent.
Mitchell said in the video that being bisexual is still “somewhat controversial in the world that we live in” but that it is becoming less so. Porn star Blake Mitchell, who works in the gay porn industry, has opened up in a YouTube video about his experiences as a bisexual man.