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The notion of the bisexual community is complex and slightly controversial. LGBT movements is a collective term for a number of social movements that share related goals of social acceptance of homosexuality and/or gender variance. ... Image File history File links Gay_flag. ... World laws on homosexuality Same-sex unions in North America. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... The Death of Orpheus In Albrecht Dürers 1494 drawing, the banner hung in the tree reads: Orfeus der erst puseran (Orpheus, the first sodomite). The word puseran(t) derives from the Latin bulgarus from which come also the terms bugger in English and bougre in French. ...


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. Biphobia is the fear of, discrimination against, or hatred of bisexuals. ... Heterosexuality is a sexual orientation characterized by esthetic attraction, romantic love or sexual desire exclusively for members of the opposite sex or gender, contrasted with homosexuality and distinguished from bisexuality and asexuality. ... Since its coinage, the word homosexuality has acquired multiple meanings. ... LGBT (or GLBT) is an abbreviation used as a collective term to refer to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender people. ... In human sexuality, bisexuality describes a man or woman having a sexual orientation to persons of either or both sexes (a man or woman who sexually likes both sexes; people who are sexually and/or romantically attracted to both males and females). ...

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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. See labrys, black triangle. ...


The social networks of some bisexual people, sometimes called gay or lesbian identified bisexuals, is 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. LGBT (or GLBT) is an abbreviation used as a collective term to refer to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender people. ... LGBT (or GLBT) is an abbreviation used as a collective term to refer to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender people. ...


But other people are entirely geographically or socially isolated from other bisexual people, or don't feel their social connections to their bisexual friends are different from those they have with their heterosexual and homosexual friends. Heterosexuality is a sexual orientation characterized by esthetic attraction, romantic love or sexual desire exclusively for members of the opposite sex or gender, contrasted with homosexuality and distinguished from bisexuality and asexuality. ... Since its coinage, the word homosexuality has acquired multiple meanings. ...


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. Pride 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, or object that one identifies with. ... Diversity is the presence of a wide range of variation in the qualities or attributes under discussion. ... Individualism, in general, is a term used to describe a theoretical or practical emphasis of the individual, as opposed to, and possibly at the expense of, the group. ... Look up Sex on Wiktionary, the free dictionary A sex is one of two specimen categories of species that recombine their genetic material in order to reproduce, a process called genetic recombination. ... Biphobia is the fear of, discrimination against, or hatred of bisexuals. ...


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). In human sexuality, bisexuality describes a man or woman having a sexual orientation to persons of either or both sexes (a man or woman who sexually likes both sexes; people who are sexually and/or romantically attracted to both males and females). ... LGBT (or GLBT) is an abbreviation used as a collective term to refer to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender people. ... Look up liberal on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Liberal may refer to: Politics: Liberalism American liberalism, a political trend in the USA Political progressivism, a political ideology that is for change, often associated with liberal movements Liberty, the condition of being free from control or restrictions Liberal Party, members of... See also Libertarianism and Libertarian Party Libertarian,is a term for person who has made a conscious and principled commitment, evidenced by a statement or Pledge, to forswear violating others rights and usually living in voluntary communities: thus in law no longer subject to government supervision. ... The Log Cabin Republicans is a political organization in the United States, consisting of gay, lesbian and bisexual supporters of the Republican Party. ...


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. Heterosexuality is a sexual orientation characterized by esthetic attraction, romantic love or sexual desire exclusively for members of the opposite sex or gender, contrasted with homosexuality and distinguished from bisexuality and asexuality. ... Since its coinage, the word homosexuality has acquired multiple meanings. ...


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 0803972741
  • Current Research on Bisexuality by Ronald C. Fox PhD, Editor ISBN-13: 978-1-56023-288-5

Loraine Hutchins is a Bisexual, feminist writer, activist, and sex educator. ... Lani Kaahumanu is a bisexual, feminist, biracial (Hawaiian/Irish) writer and activist. ... Robyn Ochs is a long-time activist, and the editor of the Bisexual Resource Guide and the new anthology Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World She has taught courses on topics including GLBT history & politics in the United States, the politics of sexual orientation, and the experiences of... This article is not about SS-Obersturmfuehrer Dr. Fritz Klein or the actor best known for portraying Abraham Lincoln Fritz Klein, M.D. Sex researcher, psychiatrist, pioneer of the bisexuality movement, and inventor of The Klein Sexual Orientation Grid, a multi-dimensional system for describing complex sexual orientation, similar to...

See also

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 History of Sexuality is also the title of a book, by Michel Foucault. ...

External links

  • BiNet USA
  • Bisexual Resource Center (BRC)
  • New York Area Bisexual Network (NYABN)
  • Bialogue = Bisexual + Dialogue
  • Bi Writers Association
  • Bilines a forum for Bi writers
  • Bisexual Philippines Bisexual community in the Philippines
  • Bi Community News Magazine of the Bisexual Community in the UK

  Results from FactBites:
 
Bisexual pride flag - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (209 words)
The bisexual pride flag is a flag design representing the bisexual community.
The flag's designer, Michael Page, wanted to give the bisexual community its own symbol, comparable to the successful use of the rainbow flag by the entire LGBT community, in order to increase the visibility of the bisexual community within both the LGBT and straight communities.
Other symbols in use at the time (such as the common overlapping inverted pink and blue triangles) were either not suitable for the same uses as a flag or were trademarks.
New Zealand Bisexual Network (1037 words)
Essentially, bisexual people are not restricted by the conventional stereotypes, which say that the heterosexual role and identity is the only model for relationships.
Bisexuality, like homosexuality and heterosexuality, may be a process of sexual discovery, or a stable, long- term identity.
Bisexual lifestyles are evident in some of our oldest written records, although the category of "bisexual" wouldn't have existed as it does now.
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