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The reason is probably that there is still a problem with what is called \"bisexual erasure\", meaning that people have a problem accepting the fact that bisexuality is even a thing, that they downplay someone\'s bisexuality and overemphasize either their homosexuality or their heterosexuality. Also, many people still think that to be classified as bisexual, you have to be sexually attracted to men and women equally, even though someone who is mostly attracted to the same gender (or mostly attracted to the opposite gender) and feels only some attraction to the opposite (or the same) gender still falls on the bisexual spectrum.
Since awareness of this is still low even today, think about how it was back then. Freddie had a lot of well-known relationships with men and only two (known) relationships with women (although these both lasted years) - Mary Austin and Barbara Valentin. His contemporaries (and he himself maybe) probably took this to mean that he was gay and had denial-issues, or he was gay and confused, or he was gay but willing to make exceptions. However, even \"gay but willing to make exceptions\" falls under the vast spectrum of bisexuality.
The fact that this was not exactly common knowledge at the time (and still isn\'t today) probably coloured people\'s views of him, which is why everyone called him gay.
Today however, people who identify as bisexual are very adamant about the fact that bisexuality is a spectrum and that ignoring someone\'s same-sex or opposite-sex relationships and oversimplifying someone\'s sexuality to either gay or straight is just not a nice thing to do because it robs bisexuals of their representation and makes it seem like bisexuality is super rare or even a myth.
Since awareness of this is still low even today, think about how it was back then. Freddie had a lot of well-known relationships with men and only two (known) relationships with women (although these both lasted years) - Mary Austin and Barbara Valentin. His contemporaries (and he himself maybe) probably took this to mean that he was gay and had denial-issues, or he was gay and confused, or he was gay but willing to make exceptions. However, even \"gay but willing to make exceptions\" falls under the vast spectrum of bisexuality.
The fact that this was not exactly common knowledge at the time (and still isn\'t today) probably coloured people\'s views of him, which is why everyone called him gay.
Today however, people who identify as bisexual are very adamant about the fact that bisexuality is a spectrum and that ignoring someone\'s same-sex or opposite-sex relationships and oversimplifying someone\'s sexuality to either gay or straight is just not a nice thing to do because it robs bisexuals of their representation and makes it seem like bisexuality is super rare or even a myth.
