Bisexual community

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The notion of the bisexual community is complex and slightly controversial.

Bisexuals are in the peculiar situation of receiving hatred, distrust, or denial, called biphobia, from elements of both the heterosexual and homosexual populations. There is of course some element of general anti-LGBT feeling, but some people insist that bisexual people are unsure of their true feelings, that they are experimenting or going through a "phase," and that they eventually will or should "decide" or "discover" which (singular) gender they are sexually attracted to.

Defining the community

There are certainly sexual minority cultures which are shared by a substantial fraction of the given minority population. But there are also people in the population who do not share in the culture.

The social networks of some bisexual people, sometimes called gay- or lesbian-identified bisexuals, are heavily concentrated inside the LGBT communities. But others, sometimes called straight-identified bisexuals, may rarely participate in LGBT culture. And still others choose to maintain their primary social contacts mainly with other bisexual people.

But other people are entirely geographically or socially isolated from other bisexual people, or do not feel their social connections to their bisexual friends are different from those they have with their heterosexual and homosexual friends.

Thus it is possible to conceive of a worldwide or a local bisexual culture or social network, but which does not necessarily include all bisexual people in the area. There is also a potential distinction to be made between one's social network and one's sexual network (or universe of possible sexual partners).

Some question the idea notion of sharing a "community" with people one has never actually met (whether in person or remotely). But other advocates insist that all bisexual people (and perhaps their allies) are part of a global community in one way or another.

This common culture generally celebrates pride, diversity, individuality, and sexuality. Many participants find it a refreshing antidote to hatred, discrimination, biphobia, sex-negative attitudes, and conformist pressures they sometimes encounter in the other societies in which bisexual people live and interact.

Political activism is also common, especially on bisexual, LGBT, liberal, and libertarian issues (but there are, of course, bisexual people of every political stripe, including Log Cabin Republicans).

Heterosexual and homosexual people can often be included in the bisexual community, and are typically termed as bi-friendly or bi-inclusive as they often support political rights and social dignity for bisexual people.

References

  • Bi Any Other Name : Bisexual People Speak Out by Loraine Hutchins, Editor & Lani Ka'ahumanu, Editor ISBN 1-55583-174-5
  • Getting Bi : Voices of Bisexuals Around the World by Robyn Ochs, Editor & Sarah Rowley, Editor ISBN 0-9653881-4-X
  • The Bisexual Option by Fritz Klein, MD ISBN 1-56023-033-9
  • Bi America : Myths, Truths, And Struggles Of An Invisible Community by William E. Burleson ISBN-13: 978-1-56023-478-4
  • Bisexuality in the United States : A Social Science Reader by Paula C. Rodriguez Rust, Editor ISBN 0-231-10226-7
  • Bisexuality : The Psychology and Politics of an Invisible Minority by Beth A. Firestein, Editor ISBN 0-8039-7274-1
  • Current Research on Bisexuality by Ronald C. Fox PhD, Editor ISBN-13: 978-1-56023-288-5

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Bi-curious is a term that is sometimes applied to a person who generally identifies as heterosexual but feels or shows some interest in having sexual intercourse with someone of the same sex.
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LGBT history refers to the history of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender cultures around the world, dating back to the first recorded instances of same-sex love and sexuality within ancient civilizations.
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Bisexual chic is a phrase used to describe bisexuality. One usage of the phrase describes increased public interest in bisexuality, or increased social acceptance of bisexuality.
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Bisexual erasure is the tendency to ignore, remove, falsify, or reexplain evidence of bisexuality in the historical record, academic materials, the news media, and other primary sources.
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lesbian until graduation (LUG), bisexual until graduation (BUG) or more recently myspace bisexual.[1] are terms used to describe women primarily of high-school or college age, who are assumed to be experimenting with or with adopting a temporary lesbian or
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Questioning is a term that can refer to a person who is questioning their gender, sexual identity or sexual orientation.[1] People who are questioning may be unsure of their sexuality, or still exploring their options.
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BiNet USA

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BiCon (more formally known as the UK National Bisexual Convention or UK National Bisexual Conference), is the largest and most consistent annual gathering of the UK's bisexual community. It is also the world's longest running bisexual community event.
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Bi Community News (commonly shortened to 'BCN') is the United Kingdom's only publication serving the bisexual population.

Resulting from a workshop at the UK BiCon in 1995, it is a zine that has been consistently published since October 1995.
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Like many other organizations and communities, members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) community have adopted certain symbols by which they are identified and by which they demonstrate unity, pride, shared values, and allegiance to one another.
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Celebrate Bisexuality Day is observed on September 23 by members of the bisexual community and their allies.

This day is a call for bisexuals, their families, friends and allies to recognize and celebrate bisexuality, bisexual history, , and the bisexual people in their
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Queer theory is a field of Gender Studies that emerged in the early 1990s out of the fields of gay/lesbian studies and feminist studies. Heavily influenced by the work of Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida, and other deconstructionists, queer theory builds both upon the feminist
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famous people who were or are bisexual: people who have had sexual relations with, or have expressed sexual attraction to, both sexes. The historical concept and definition of sexual orientation varies and has changed greatly over time.
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portrayal of bisexuality in the media reflects societal attitudes towards bisexuality.

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Heterosexuality is sexual or romantic attraction between opposite sexes, and is the most common sexual orientation among humans. The current use of the term has its roots in the broader 19th century tradition of personality taxonomy.
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Pride is the name of an emotion which refers to a strong sense of self-respect, a refusal to be humiliated as well as joy in the accomplishments of oneself or a person, group, nation or object that one identifies with. To think of self higher than anyone and everyone else.
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multiculturalism is used to describe the recognition of cultural and ethnic diversity within the demographics of a particular social space.

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human sexuality is how people experience and express themselves as sexual beings.[1] The study of human sexuality is comprised of a broad range of behaviors, processes, and societal topics.
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