I Still Need Your Support

The last two days have been incredible. On our petition, we received approximately 5830 views and 880 signatures - 880 people who care enough to say that we will not stand for biphobia on television. I still need your support. Please share this petition on social media, ask celebrities about their positions on it, contact ABC explaining why you found the last episode offensive. I would like to especially thank Sara Ramirez for her continued support of this petition and the resulting publicity. For the people giving media coverage of this petition, just put biphobia not 'biphobia', by doing this you are sending the message that this is not biphobic or that it just doesn't matter whether intentional or not. Noah Galvin, the actor who said the offensive words, has deleted his tweet saying the episode wasn't biphobic... just about a teen’s fear of losing his boyfriend to a girl (which is, in fact, a perfect illustration of the fear of bisexual people=biphobia!). To the supporters of this petition, keep it up, ABC can't ignore us forever! Finally, some reasons why this is important. Studies show bisexual people have higher rates of depression and are more likely to suffer poor mental and psychological distress compared to gay people, lesbians and heterosexuals - This can be due to internalized, societal and institutional biphobia - These stresses can profoundly affect self-esteem, identity and self-acceptance • Bisexual people may experience social pressure to identify as gay, lesbian and/or as heterosexual • Violence and micro-aggression can further contribute to mental distress and challenges with coming out to friends, family, and society (http://bit.ly/2kSF5OG) Shows like perpetuate this biphobia and we can't just let that happen