Andy Mientus Interview: Very Revealing — Page 2

Im gay and i don't really believe in bisexuals. I definitely think people are more attracted to one sex. If you think guys are sexy as hell, and think girls are a little bit hot, then you GAY!!!

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What f*cking century are you community college dropouts living in? Bisexuals exist. They're not Big Foot. It's 2014. Evolve already, you backwoods gays.

While I have zero interest in this guy's career, I thought he appeared to be smart, charming and self aware. Seems like a good egg.

"LOL no YOURE the bigot because you intolerant toward those holding different opinions."

OH, nice, Philly. That's right out of the Christian conservative movement playbook. "WAHHHHH! Gays are intolerant of my intolerance!"

I can't believe I'm engaging with you ****ing mouth-breather, but, here goes. Is it so far out of your clammy grasp that your experience - be it your own sexual orientation or that of your friends' - is not representative of EVERY SINGLE G*D DAMNED MOTHER-F*CKING human being on this planet? "Well, I know I'm 100% gay and I have a couple of friends who were on the bi-now-gay-later plan, so therefor, bisexuals do not exist." Do you realize how stupid you sound? Is this how you're going to conduct yourself during your Taco Bell interview?

And, no, I'm not bi, but I certainly know plenty of bi guys and gals.

Updated On: 10/7/14 at 11:34 AM

God. Where's my time machine and my DIY abortion kit?

Yes, of course there's a scale. Not every bisexual is 50/50. No one claimed that. And, for many people, sexual orientation is fluid and continues to evolve throughout their lives. This doesn't invalidate these peoples experiences or identity in anyway simply because it doesn't subscribe to a narrow "either/or" box that some of us fit into.

Updated On: 10/7/14 at 11:40 AM

How can you argue there is a scale (the Kinsey scale) and also say that you don't believe in bisexuality?

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Updated On: 10/7/14 at 12:10 PM

Jeez, and I thought his Fiddler revival ideas lacked any insight. They seem scholarly compared to this.

Updated On: 10/7/14 at 12:23 PM

I'm sure your study of men and women who self-identify as bisexual is extremely thorough. Can't wait to see the peer-reviewed reports.

The last thing the queer community needs is gay men saying that bisexuality is something they "don't believe in" - as if it was something superstitious.

But, hey! It's not like gay men ever had to be told their sexual orientation was something that didn't have to believed in, right?

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Updated On: 10/7/14 at 12:27 PM

"Im gay and i don't really believe in bisexuals."

Well, if not believing in something were all it took to make that thing not exist, then why can't i say this and have it magically come true:

me: "I don't believe in bigots."
the universe: *crickets chirping*

Sigh. Maybe i just have to not-believe harder, or click my heels together three times, or something.

edited to add:

As others have pointed out, you seem to be mis-understanding what bi-sexual means. It doesn't imply that levels of attraction are necessarily equal to different genders, although they can be for some people. But you are probably young enough not to have met many people with equal attraction to men and women or pan-sexuals who can experience attraction to men, women, or non-binary-gendered people, or asexuals, who don't experience sexual attraction towards anyone, or demi-sexuals, who don't find anyone sexually atractive unless they already have a strong emotional bond towards them, etc. etc. Give yourself time to meet a lot more people in the world before declaring your opinions about who you think can or can't exist - you will make yourself sound less bigoted to those you meet, and will therefore give yourself a better chance of meeting more people and eventually knowing their real orientations who might otherwise avoid coming out to you if they heard you spouting an ignorant opinion out loud before that point.

Updated On: 10/7/14 at 12:42 PM

So, you say that 9/10 of the people who label themselves as bisexuals end up being fully gay or lesbian. Even if this was true (and whatever your definition of “end up” is), there is still that 1/10 that, you admit, don’t. So, how can you say that no one is bisexual and people who label themselves as bi “always” end up fully on one end of the scale, just because (in your mind) the majority do? That’s the same thing as saying that, if 9 out of 10 people are straight, being gay is not “real.”

A number of people have just made very reasoned- and polite- rebuttals to your wrong assertions, and all you can do is double down on your nonsense... because of course that's all you can do.

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Updated On: 10/7/14 at 01:46 PM

You don't understand what an opinion is.

You can't have the opinion that something that is proven to be true doesn't exist.

That's not an opinion.

That's BEING. F*CKING. WRONG.

"AND it still is very true that 9/10 people who say that they are bisexual end up becoming fully gay or lesbian. You guys can't say anything about that soooo"

Get me the study that proves that.


God DAMN, you are in for a rough time at your college if this is what you do when your views are challenged.

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Updated On: 10/7/14 at 01:53 PM