@futurebird@lienrag@martinvermeer@sewblue Growing up in the 1990s, the "you can't be Just Friends with the gender you like" thing really screwed me up for a while. Not only were most of the few friends I managed to make girls (because I was never boyish enough for the boys) but as I came to realize my own bisexuality I really struggled with the question of who I should be allowed to even have platonic friendships with.