That being said, not everyone is going to have a good time at bi events, never mind a transcendental one. Queer spaces like BiCon and Bi Pride may create a sensation of euphoria in some, but they can intentionally or unintentionally create barriers to such experiences for others. What to some people feels like a bisexual playground or a carnival, can feel to others oppressively middle-class, academic, ableist, and white. As both Clare Hemmings and Bowes-Catton have written, there is an artificial heterogeneity created when bisexual spaces are treated as inherently and joyfully inclusive and
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