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Why Do So Many Bisexuals End Up In “Straight” Relationships?
When I started virtual dating a woman for the first time after years of happily dating men, I had a go-to joke ready for when I was called upon to explain my sexual orientation to the confused: “I’m half gay. Only on my mom’s side of the family.”
I’m one of those people who’d always misguidedly “hated labels,” and I actively eschewed the term “bisexual” for years. I went on to date a number of trans guys, and in my mind, “bi” was also indicative of a gender binary I didn’t believe existed. I’ve since come to realize that actually, the “bi” implies attraction not to two genders, but to members of both one’s own and other genders, and that the attracted to both genders umbrella includes a broad rainbow of labels connoting sexual fluidity. These days, I wear the “bisexual” label proudly.
Given all that struggle and growth, my current situation might approach as a surprise: I’m in a committed, long-term relationship with a cisgender man who identifies as straight—just like a startling majority of other fluid women.
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BiCon is the UK's national Bisexual Con..
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BiCon is a weekend-long gathering for bi+ people, their friends, partners, and others with a supportive interest in bisexuality.
Who goes to BiCon?
A typical modern UK BiCon will have three to four hundred participants, of whom usually somewhere between a fifth and a third are at BiCon for the first moment. Most people would fit the definition of creature bisexual, some don't. Even those who do don't all use the labels "bi" or "bisexual" or even agree on what it means to be bi.
Throughout the event's history there have been more women attendees than men. There are plenty of people who are transsexual and/or are non-binary. Some are monogamous, some aren't. Some have children (and some bring them) and some don't. Some attendees have been going to BiCon for longer than some other adult attendees have been alive. Some come to help alter the world for bi+ people, others come to party or meet antique &#; new friends, and some come to complete all those. While most people are from the UK, some come from other parts of the world.
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It was the evening of New York City’s Pride Pride in , and I had just arrived in the city from South Africa at the age of I decided to appear an evening church service at a well-known megachurch because I’d heard excellent things about the services they held in the Hammerstein Ballroom. Standing in line to gain inside, I befriended a student from Kansas and surveyed the people around us who were also waiting.
Queer men and women stood in line with us dressed in rainbow colors, holding flags and chatting about the church service that was about to initiate. I remember organism so amazed that gay people were welcome at this church, and that they were easy enough to be so open about their sexuality.
Part of me felt covetous. I yearned to stand beside them and wave a pride flag, declaring that I, too, was queer. That I was double attraction and that I was proud. I wondered if the following year, I’d attend the Event March with these new queer friends I’d made at church. It made me hopeful that my acceptance of my own sexuality was the first step in organism accepted by a church community.
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A Closer Look: Bisexual Older Adults
The Bottom Line
America’s population is aging: by , the number of people over the age of 65 will double to million (from million in ). And while the widespread perception of lesbian, gay, attracted to both genders, and transgender (LGBT) people is largely one of a youthful community, there are actually more than million LGBT adults ages 50 or older living in communities across the country. Many LGBT older adults are bisexual.
A Closer Look: Bisexual Older Adults takes a closer look at bisexual older adults: who they are, their unique disparities and resilience, and recommendations for competently serving the community of pansexual older adults. Mounting data points to a clear picture of the lives of bisexual older adults: social isolation and invisibility, economic insecurity, and poorer health. Both the LGBT community and the aging network can and should do more to guarantee that bisexual older adults experience welcome both in LGBT spaces and in the aging network’s provision of critical services and supports.
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