A Trend Worth "Bi"ing?

So a young girl named Victoria decides to have a night on the town with her three best friends.  It's about 12:30 a.m. and the party at a local downtown Miami club is just getting started.  As Victoria breaks away from her friends at the bar to make a dash for the restroom, she is approached by a fairly attractive female named Brooklyn.  Victoria brushes past her and pays her no attention.  Once Victoria leaves the restroom she finds that the Brooklyn is sitting and chatting with the bartender.  Victoria heads to her same place at the bar where she left her friends and finds that Brooklyn makes her way to her.  "So do you plan on leaving the club with me tonight?" Brooklyn asks Victoria.  Victoria opens her eyes wide and states, "I'm sorry, I don't really swing that way."  Brooklyn shrugs her shoulders and then heads toward an attractive guy that Victoria had been eyeing that entire night and Brooklyn proceeds to get involved in an intimate conversation with the guy.  Odd?  Actually, the trend of bisexual Black women is becoming more and more than just a trend.

For some years, Black men have been in the spotlight when it comes to the topic of "being on the DL."  However, not until recently have Black women began to feel comfortable coming out into the spotlight and being proud of their sexuality by being bisexual.  It has become quite common for a woman to take liberty and independence in her sexuality, but has bisexuality become more common than once thought?

In being from Detroit, I find that there are a great number of lesbian girls and they have had a great affect on the "straight" girls who now claim "bi."  This particular trend may have at one point been a taboo subject, but now it is becoming more common than ever to see two females together in public as a couple.  In talking to some of my friends, I have found that two women being together has always been viewed as a more acceptable trend than seeing two men together.  Rappers and other musicians even mention the fantasy of having two women together or just taking pride in having a woman as their own who just happens to have a girlfriend.  But is this type of lifestyles even acceptable amongst lesbians?  Well, it is very rare that you will find a lesbian who does not have a problem with sharing her female partner with another man.  In fact, several bisexual women find it easier to just be with another bisexual female so that the feelings for men are somewhat mutual.  The same goes for lesbians who prefer to just be with other lesbians to avoid having to compete for the heart of another female.

So will this trend remain or is it just merely a trend?  Well, with the way my generation is so accepting of new lifestyles and different sexual acts, I say that this lifestyle is here to stay.