Bisexual erasure can happen quietly inside a relationship. A bisexual person may be in a relationship with someone of a different gender and hear that they are “basically straight.” They may be in a same-gender relationship and hear that they are “basically gay.” Comments like these can make a person’s

“Lesbian bed death” is a phrase often used to describe a significant decline in sexual intimacy between women in long-term relationships. The term has become part of popular conversations about lesbian couples, but it can make a complex experience sound like an inevitable stage of a relationship. In reality, couples