Thanks to my discovery of the BiNet USA network, I've found a new slew of evidence supporting the No Church in the Wild theory that most people are actually "bisexual"/"pansexual," like my girl Frida...
Here are the big, fun points from a San Francisco Human Rights Council report:
Here are the big, fun points from a San Francisco Human Rights Council report:
"According to several studies, self-identified bisexuals make up the largest single population within the LGBT community in the United States. In each study, more women identified as bisexual than
lesbian, and fewer men identified as bisexual than gay."
Consistent with my assertions that (1) there are more bisexuals than gays or lesbians in this world and (2) that women are much more likely to admit bisexuality than men.
Consistent with my assertions that (1) there are more bisexuals than gays or lesbians in this world and (2) that women are much more likely to admit bisexuality than men.
"In 2010, a study published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine, based on a nationally representative probability sample of women and men in the U.S., found that among adults (5,042 respondents), 3.1% self-identified as bisexual, compared to 2.5% as gay/lesbian." When they focused on teens, 4.9% identified as bisexual."
As the national perception of queer communities modernizes, the next generation becomes more comfortable identifying as bisexual... and the bi population *appears* to grow.
As the national perception of queer communities modernizes, the next generation becomes more comfortable identifying as bisexual... and the bi population *appears* to grow.
"A 2007 survey of 768 self-identified lesbians, gays, and bisexuals drawn from a nationally
representative sample of respondents found similar proportions: approximately half of LGB people self-identified as bisexual, including about one-third of the men and two-thirds of the women."
Again, women are more likely to report bisexuality than men - it's become more socially acceptable. Given all the impediments that remain for bisexuals' coming out, that about half of "LGB" folks identify as bi tells me that the "invisible bi" population is just bloody massive.
Again, women are more likely to report bisexuality than men - it's become more socially acceptable. Given all the impediments that remain for bisexuals' coming out, that about half of "LGB" folks identify as bi tells me that the "invisible bi" population is just bloody massive.
"While bisexuality has often been considered merely a 'phase' en route to a stable gay or lesbian orientation, it is also a stable sexual orientation in itself. A longitudinal study of sexual minority women (lesbian, bisexual, or unlabeled) found that over 10 years, 'more women adopted bisexual/unlabeled identities than relinquished them.'”
Yep, cause "bi" isn't a transition, it's a circumstance - appreciate the data backing this one up; it says to me "the longer we think about it, the more likely we are to think of ourselves as "bi."
Yep, cause "bi" isn't a transition, it's a circumstance - appreciate the data backing this one up; it says to me "the longer we think about it, the more likely we are to think of ourselves as "bi."
"Many famous people - such as Marlene Dietrich, June Jordan, Freddie Mercury, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Walt Whitman - have been labeled as lesbian or gay for their same-sex relationships, yet their long-term relationships with different-sex partners are ignored or their importance minimized."
We need icons. The queer community needs them too. Over the past 100 years, exclusively homosexual people needed icons and advocacy most; they are unable to find any happiness without acceptance of their "orientation" - and maybe that's why these figures came to be identified as "gay." Yet today, gay rights movements' strides leave bisexuals in the dust. Perhaps its time to take a hard look at history and start acknowledging the prevalence of flexible sexuality. If we can do this, if we can establish flexible sexuality as the norm of human existence, "straight" people will lack the ability to point to differences from the "gay" community in order to discriminate against them. We're really all the same.
More stats to come!
We need icons. The queer community needs them too. Over the past 100 years, exclusively homosexual people needed icons and advocacy most; they are unable to find any happiness without acceptance of their "orientation" - and maybe that's why these figures came to be identified as "gay." Yet today, gay rights movements' strides leave bisexuals in the dust. Perhaps its time to take a hard look at history and start acknowledging the prevalence of flexible sexuality. If we can do this, if we can establish flexible sexuality as the norm of human existence, "straight" people will lack the ability to point to differences from the "gay" community in order to discriminate against them. We're really all the same.
More stats to come!
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