Reply #72: The historical justification [View All]

[Mairead]

is that, as the Adder points out, bisexual people can avail themselves of het privilege, if they wish, by choosing not to act on their same-sex attractions. Dykes and gay men cannot, or at least not without giving up all relationships more intimate than platonic friendship. So the acronym puts lesbians and gay men first in a sort of symbolic compensation.