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I changed some wording to make it more accurate to the majority instead of catering to the minority in a queerphobic manner. Some of the wording was EXTREMELY harmful to nonbinary, bisexual, pansexual, polysexual, omnisexual and other multisexual people.
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{{Sexuality Info|image1 = Biflag.png|gender(s): = Any|gender(s)_attracted_to: = Two or more (any)|title1=|caption1=The bisexual flag}}▼
▲{{Sexuality Info|image1 = Biflag.png|gender(s): = Any|gender(s)_attracted_to: = Two
[[File:Alternative bi flag made by @adhdreki on Twitter.png|thumb|Alternative bi flag made by @adhdreki on Twitter]]
[[File:Alternative bi flag made by @Smatterbrain on Twitter.png|thumb|Alternative bi flag made by @Smatterbrain on Twitter]]
[[File:Alternative bi flag made by ma an me kinda bored on Reddit.png|thumb|Alternative bi flag made by ma_an_me_kinda_bored on Reddit]]
'''Bisexual '''(often shortened to '''Bi''') refers to someone who is [[Sexual Attraction|attracted]] to two
Bisexuality encompasses a wide spectrum of attraction. A bisexual person
Bisexuality can be similar to [[Pansexual|pansexuality]] and other [[Multisexual|multisexual identities]].
The romantic counterpart is [[biromantic]].
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=== Ancient history ===
[[File:Bisexual.svg|alt=Interlocking infinity gender symbols, used as a bisexual symbol|thumb|The bisexual symbol]]
Ancient Greek religious texts, which reflected cultural practices, had
In Ancient China and Japan, homosexuality and bisexuality was also documented, both men who had sex with men, and women who had sex with women. There were even ancient Japanese art prints, called ''shunga, ''which depicted homosexual relationships in full detail. Ancient China had similar artwork, which even at times depicted polyamory.
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The first English-language use of the word bisexual referring to sexual orientation was by the American neurologist Charles Gilbert Chaddock in his 1892 translation of ''Psychopathia Sexualis, ''a seminal work created by Krafft-Ebing. ''Psychopathia Sexualis'' concerned itself with the pathologisation of sexuality and considered homosexuality a mental illness; 'bisexual' therefore referred to people who were both heterosexual ''and'' homosexual (hence 'bi'). Prior to this, the word "bisexual" was used in reference to plants, suggesting that species were hermaphroditic or [[intersex]]'''. '''
===Openly bisexual people in early history===
The first openly bisexual people in history were rare in early American life. Some examples of this include poet Walt Whitman, who has been described as
===Kinsey scale===
In 1948, Alfred C. Kinsey, an American biologist who was also bisexual, published two books on the topic of human sexuality, named ''Sexual Behavior in the Human Male ''and ''Sexual Behavior in the Human Female. ''He formulated a scale, which went from 0-6 respectively (0 being exclusively heterosexual and 6 being exclusively homosexual)to demonstrate varying bisexual responses for people who aligned themselves on the scale. Kinsey also said that anyone who was between 1-5 on the scale to be considered bisexual or [[ambisexual]] specifically.
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Biphobia and bi erasure (the practice of obscuring or denying a bisexual person's orientation in favour of portraying them as either gay/lesbian or straight) remain common, and despite efforts from bisexual activists the cisheteronormative perception of the gender binary continues to affect how bisexuals are perceived, in particular attempting to enforce the gender binary on the sexuality despite its defiance of the concept. Bisexual visibility and awareness have, however, been increasing in recent years.
==Etymology==
The Greek prefix ''bi-'' means "two", referring to the initial usage of the term to mean "both" heterosexual and homosexual. The ''bi-'' prefix is sometimes reinterpreted to refer to "two genders", as bisexual people are attracted to two
==Resources==
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