My wife and I have been together for eight years and we're both bisexual, but we experience and express our orientation so differently that it's starting to create distance between us. She's very involved in bi visibility advocacy and wants us to be more public about our identities, while I prefer to keep that part of myself private, and we can't seem to find a way to honor both of our needs without one of us feeling unsupported or misunderstood.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two people sharing the same sexual orientation are discovering that identity expression and community engagement preferences can create unexpected relationship tensions.
“Where Are You with Sexual orientation as identity?”
Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.