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Bisexual Identity Is On a Dramatic Upswing
Bi.org publishes its annual “Bi State of the Union”
Recent polling revealed that the majority of folks who gather under the greater LGBTQ+ umbrella identify most with the third letter in the acronym… yes, that would be “B” for bisexual.
These polls indicate that self-identified bisexuals outnumber all the other non-normative identities combined; we’re talkin’ gay men + lesbian women + trans folks + the rest.
I’m not particularly surprised, even though bisexual folks are frequently doubted, distrusted, disrespected, even erased… by straight folks and other queer folks alike.
Scientific study of human sexuality — not to mention plain ol’ common sense — suggests that, not only is human sexual orientation on a spectrum, it can also be fluid over the course of a lifetime.
The meaning of the term bisexual has expanded over the years.
Today, not only does “bi” mean folks like me — who have, thus far, only experienced sexual attraction toward two types of people: cisgender males and cisgender females — but also includes anyone who is attracted to more than one, single gender.
Admittedly, I’ve had personal issues with this expanded interpretation of the…
