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Biphobia is the fear of, discrimination against, or hatred of bisexuals (although in practice it extends to pansexual people too). It need not include homophobia or heterophobia, because there are stereotypes that are specific to bisexuals.[1] Image File history File links Broom_icon. ...
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Pansexuality (sometimes referred to as omnisexuality[1]) is a sexual orientation characterized by the potential for aesthetic attraction, romantic love and/or sexual desire for people regardless of their gender identity or biological sex. ...
Someone who is bi-curious does not identify as bisexual, but has an interest in both men and women to one degree or another. ...
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. ...
Britney Spears and Madonna kiss on the MTV Video Music Awards in 2003 in a prime example of the exploitation of bisexual chic. ...
Bisexual erasure is a manifestation of biphobia characterized by dismissing, ignoring, removing or misstating/misidentifying references to bisexual people in the historical record, academic materials, the news media, and other primary sources. ...
The slang term lesbian until graduation (LUG) is occasionally applied to college women who choose to experiment with lesbian sex or with adopting a temporary homosexual or bisexual identity, but ultimately adopt a strictly heterosexual identity. ...
Questioning is a term that can be used to refer to someone who is questioning their sexual identity, sexual preference, or sexual orientation. ...
Christopher Street Parade Sexuality and gender identity-based cultures concern the culture, knowledge, and references shared by members of sexual minorities or transgendered people by virtue of their membership in those minorities or their state of being transgendered. ...
The notion of the bisexual community is complex and slightly controversial. ...
BiNet USA (the Bisexual Network of the USA) is a national network founded in 1990 to formalize the loose network of bi groups and individuals that had developed over the previous several years. ...
The UK 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 UKs bisexual community. ...
Bi Community News (commonly shortened to BCN) is the United Kingdoms only publication serving the bisexual population. ...
Celebrate Bisexuality Day is observed on September 23 by members of the bisexual community and their allies. ...
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This is a list of confirmed famous people who were or are bisexual: people who have had sexual relations with, or have expressed sexual attraction to, both sexes. ...
This is a list of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender-related films. ...
The portrayal of bisexuality in the media reflects societal attitudes towards bisexuality. ...
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The adjective pansexual refers to equal acceptance of all of the major human sexual orientations and identities, including heterosexuality, homosexuality, bisexuality, as well as transgender, transsexual and intersex people. ...
Homophobia is the irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against homosexuality or homosexuals. ...
Heterophobia is a term used to describe prejudice or discrimination against heterosexuals, usually in the context of the heterophobic person being homosexual or bisexual. ...
For the 1996 Blur single, see Stereotypes (song). ...
Biphobic stereotypes
Bisexual stereotypes include, but are not limited to: promiscuity, polygamy, living the swinging lifestyle, and being "confused" or "greedy". [2] In some cases, bisexuals are accused of bringing sexually transmitted diseases into the heterosexual community or into the LGBT community. A related stereotype is one in which a bisexual person is presumed to be willing to have sex with just about anyone. This stereotype leads to unwanted attention of a sexual nature directed at bisexual females by swingers and heterosexual males while often stereotyping bisexual males as walking AIDS risks. Promiscuity is the practice of making relatively casual and indiscriminate choices. ...
The term polygamy (many marriages in late Greek) is used in related ways in social anthropology and sociobiology and sociology. ...
Swinging, sometimes referred to as the swinging lifestyle, is non-monogamous sexual activity, treated much like any other social activity, that can be experienced as a couple. ...
Sexually transmissible diseases (STDs) — also referred to as venereal diseases (VD) or, infrequently, social disease — are diseases or infections that have a significant probability of transmission between humans by means of sexual contact, vaginal intercourse, oral sex, or anal sex. ...
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Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS or Aids) is a collection of symptoms and infections resulting from the specific damage to the immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). ...
Often, however, heterosexuals will add more stereotypes based on homophobia. Homophobes may think that bisexuals are gender nonconformist. Homosexual people will sometimes experience bisexuals as maintaining privilege and collaborating with the homophobes while simultaneously enjoying the LGBT lifestyle. Some consider the belief that people are either heterosexual or homosexual, and thus that bisexuality does not truly exist, to be biphobic.[3]
A 2002 study claimed that a sample of men self-identifying as bisexual did not respond equally to pornographic material involving only men, and to pornography involving only women, but instead showed four times more arousal to one than the other. However, bisexuality does not imply equal attraction towards both genders. In addition, opponents claim that genital arousal to homosexual pornographic material is not a good indicator of orientation. They also point out that the study showed a third of men had no arousal, and ask why this doesn't mean that one third of men are really asexual.[4] The study, and the New York Times article which reported it in 2005,[5] were subsequently criticized as flawed and biphobic.[6] Lynn Conway criticised the author of the study, J. Michael Bailey, citing his controversial history, and pointing out that the study has not been scientifically repeated and confirmed by any independent researchers.[7] Lynn Conway is a U.S. computer scientist and inventor. ...
John Michael Bailey is a professor in the Department of Psychology at Northwestern University. ...
Conversely, there is a stereotype that "everyone is bisexual."[8]
One common motive for negative attitudes toward bisexuality may be fear for straight males and straight females that their husbands/boyfriends and wives/girlfriends may divorce them or break up with them for members of the same sex. The same fears exists among gay people as well. For lesbians it may be the fear that a bisexual woman will leave a woman for a man; and vice versa with gay males fearing that they would be dumped for a woman. The heterosexual male is seen as having an unfair systemic advantage both due to sexism and due to homophobia. Bisexual persons may also be the target of homophobia from those who consider only heterosexuality appropriate. For the record label, see Divorce Records. ...
In psychology, there are several models that attempt to explain and account for the trajectory of the breakup of a relationship. ...
A lesbian is a woman who is romantically and sexually attracted only to other women. ...
Diverse women. ...
Michelangelos David is widely considered to be one of the finest artistic portrayals of a man. ...
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Many anti-bisexuals also believe that bisexuality is a trend, especially a teenage one, popularised by bisexual musicians, actors, etc. (i.e. the term, he built a window in his closet): some also believe it is a stage in adolescence which happens to everyone which people grow out of and that therefore bisexuals are worse people for making an issue out of it. Some also believe bisexuals are just seeking attention for comfort or sex.
Some radical lesbian feminists think that bisexual women are giving in to patriarchy. Others say that people against bisexuals are insecure about their sexuality themselves, similarly to homophobia. It is fair to note many anti-bisexuals are also homophobic, while maintaining there are only heterosexual and homosexual as sexual preferences, and a common stereotype is that female bisexuals are attention seeking heterosexuals, while male ones are just self-denying homosexuals too afraid to acknowledge their true orientation. Radical feminism is a branch of feminism that views womens oppression (which radical feminists refer to as patriarchy) as a basic system of power upon which human relationships in society are arranged. ...
Lesbian feminism is a cultural movement and critical perspective, most popular in the 1970s and early 1980s (primarily in North America and Western Europe) that questions the position of women and homosexuals in society. ...
Patriarchy For other uses, see Patriarchy (disambiguation). ...
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See also A bigot is a prejudiced person who is intolerant of opinions, lifestyles, or identities differing from his or her own. ...
For with(out) prejudice in law, see Prejudice (law). ...
Bisexual erasure is a manifestation of biphobia characterized by dismissing, ignoring, removing or misstating/misidentifying references to bisexual people in the historical record, academic materials, the news media, and other primary sources. ...
Heteronormativity is a term used in the discussion of gender and society, mostly, but not exclusively within the field of critical theory. ...
Homophobia is the irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against homosexuality or homosexuals. ...
Misanthropy is a general dislike of the human race. ...
Monosexism describes a commonly held set of beliefs that exclusive heterosexuality or homosexuality are superior to a bisexual or pansexual orientation. ...
The adjective pansexual refers to equal acceptance of all of the major human sexual orientations and identities, including heterosexuality, homosexuality, bisexuality, as well as transgender, transsexual and intersex people. ...
References
External links - Yoshino, Kenji (2000). The Epistemic Contract of Bisexual Erasure [1]. Stanford Law Review, 52 (2).
- Dear Fellow Non-existent Beings: countering current attempts to erase bisexuality Bialogue
- Sexual Prejudice: The erasure of bisexuals in academia and the media by Hutchins, Loraine American Sexuality Magazine, Volume 3, No. 4 (2005)
- Bialogue/GLAAD Bisexuality Packet for Mental Health Professionals
- Garber, Marjorie (1995), Bisexuality and the Eroticism of Everyday Life, 20-21, 28, 39.
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