The Transgender Dictionary

Bisexual

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Introduction

While the primary focus of this website is the topic of gender, pages such as this one have been included for the purposes of discussing various sexual orientations. There is significant overlap in the experiences of those who are not cisgender and those who are not heterosexual. Many transgender and cisgender people identify as bisexual. Anyone who feels as though the label of bisexual fits them may use this term regardless of gender identity.

There are no particular morals that are inherant to anyone who identifies as bisexual. If you know that an individual is bisexual (but no other information) then you do not know anything about that person other than that ze identify as bisexual. There is no particular appearance one must have to be bisexual.

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General Information

People who identify as bisexual are people who experience sexual attraction to more than one gender. Typically, this refers to men and women, though some people will specify attraction towards enben as well. Not every bisexual person will experience the same level of attraction to the genders that they are attracted to. Some have a preference for women, some have a preference for men. Regardless of these preferences, bisexuals are still bisexual.

The term bisexual dates back to 1892, and was coined by Richard von Krafft-Ebing. Bisexual visibility day is celebrated anually on September 23. Bisexual is a term that falls under the "multisexual" umbrella.

Sometimes, to those who are not bisexual, it may seem like monogamous bisexual women are heterosexual when in relationships with men, or monogamous bisexual men are gay when in relationships with men. A bisexual person being in a same-sex or opposite-sex relationship does not become gay or straight due to being in a relationship with another person that appears gay or straight on the surface.

Being attracted to more than one gender does not automatically make someone polyamorous. There are some polyamorous people that are bisexual. There are some polyamorous people that are not bisexual. Being bisexual does not indicate anything about a person's preferred relationship style, other than that that person may sometimes be in relationships with people of various genders, rather than consistently with people who are the same gender.

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Bisexual Pride Flag

The Bisexual flag was created in 1998 by Michael Page. This flag is a great way to show your allyship with bisexuals or for bisexuals to show pride and spread awareness in regards to being bisexual.

The pink stripe in the bisexual flag represents same-gender attraction.

The purple stripe in the bisexual flag represents attraction towards two or more genders.

The blue stripe in the bisexual flag represents attraction to those who are a different gender than yourself.

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Biromantic

Someone who is biromantic experiences romantic attraction to more than one gender. People who are biromantic are typically also bisexual. People who specifically identify as biromantic are typically asexual. Sometimes there are people with other sexual orientations that will also identify as biromantic to show that they experience differences in regards to the subject(s) of their romantic attraction and sexual attraction.

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Biromantic Pride Flag

The biromantic flag is similar to the bisexual flag, except it has a heart at the center.

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See also the pages for; monosexual, sexuality, multigender.

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