“I’m bisexual, bisexual, bi ” is the song that echoed through the streets of Madrid during event Gay Pride in the Spanish capital, where more and more young people assume they are attracted to people of both sex .
“it’s not because I like the two I’m vicious,” said Maria, a 22-year Spanish while kissing her partner, Elena another young 21, in a square of Chueca district , traditional gay neighborhood in the center, immortalized by the filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar .
for Mary, there’s one thing it is clear, you do not feel lesbian, but bisexual. “I’ve had more boyfriends than girls, but for me is the same: I fell in love with the person,” said the girl, a waitress who is now unemployed
Your partner Elena, who is still studying, too. shares this vision, it will also attract both.
The two girls, who prefer not to give their surnames, participated this week for the first time in the Gay Pride event, a mobilization that ends on Sunday.
This party has acquired world famous , after becoming a mass very festive demonstration, where abundant alcohol to quench thirst, in a city where in July temperatures rub the dog days.
each year, about a million and a half people fill the streets, both heterosexual and homosexual, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.
But the novelty of this year, a banner at the head of the demonstration requests that 2016 be the year in which gain visibility bisexuality .
“Bisexuals. I think we all are! “Said Odin, 38. Dressed only in a tight underpants and boots and face covered by a mask of feathers. Prefers not to be named and is considered a “exhetero, who later became homosexual”.
Enough of monosexismo!
One of the most vindictive Sara Lopez protesters waving a banner with the “bisexual, vicious and proud message. is not that bisexuality is a trend, today people are more finds itself, “said the girl, an English teacher of 23 years.
” There is no support from the family, is very often conservative but also by friends who say, or are you one or are the other, “said
Spain a. majority country Catholic , where until 1979 homosexuality was punishable by law, is now one of the most tolerant countries . In 2004 he became the third European country in legalize gay marriage after Netherlands and Belgium .
“There was a very large opening the last 15 years, with the approval of gay marriage and normalization (…) I do not know many gay married the truth, I’ve only been in a gay wedding,” said Javier Barrera, a bank employee of 38 years.
Javier did not reveal his homosexuality to his surroundings until he was over 25 years, but notes that today, young people are more accepting your sexual orientation .
Cristina Yanez a design student 22 years unapologetic displays a banner that reads “100% bisexual. Until I left my village in the region of Toledo, I had not seen anything other than heterosexuality. For six years, even before I had my first boyfriend, I knew I liked boys and girls, “he said.
The widespread manifesto claims that” Talking about bisexuality is talking about the ability to feel sexiness , emotional and / or romantic by people of more than one sex and / or gender, not necessarily at the same time, in the same way or with the same intensity. “
“enough monosexismo monopoly”, is the final claim.
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