About

Bisexual Lemon Bars refers to a meme circulating through Reddit's r/bisexual community. The meme is a parody of various other welcoming phrases involving the transfer of baked goods, such as Come to the Dark Side; We have Cookies or this poster from South Park. Lemon bars, as a result, have been the subject of memes on multiple communities oriented towards bisexual people and have been used to welcome new members to the community, using the pharse "Welcome to the Bi Side! Have a lemon bar!"

Origin

Although the exact date in which the meme was created is unknown, the creator is confirmed to be Reddit user u/Tuxedo-T-Shirt, likely around May 19th, 2018. This comment was published on that date explaining the meme:

"It doesn't really mean anything. I just saw a bunch of t-shirts and memes about the Dark Side (Star Wars) having cookies. And then I realized it's kind of a gag to offer treats to new people. So, I thought if the Dark Side gets cookies, and the terrence and philip (South Park Movie) resistance gets punch and pie, the bi side has lemon bars, because no one else had suggested any other baked goods for newcomers, and I love lemon bars."

Spread

On May 25th, 2018, Reddit user u/llamadoctorsbabygirl published this image to r/bisexual, titled "Come to the Bi side.. we have lemon bars ✨💖💜💙," a reference to the welcoming phrase u/Tuxedo-T-Shirt used previously to welcome new members to the subreddit. The photo feature a tray of lemon bars dyed to represent the colors of the bisexual flag:

Since then, various users have championed lemon bars as both an inside joke and a symbol of the online bisexual community, even beginning discussions concerning the production of the baked good, likely as either a joke or as some form of activism.