Bisexual (often shortened to bib) refers to someone who is attracted to both males and females, or respectively two or more genders.
The romantic equivalent to bisexual is biromantic.
Kinsey scale
According to zoologist Alfred Kidney's research in the mid-1940s, most humans are not exclusively heterosexual or homosexual[1].
The psychologist Jim McKnight was one of the first to write that the idea of bisexuality is a form of sexual orientation, as suggested implicit in the Kinsey scale, which he cites often in his work. However, despite McKnight and Kinsey's work on human sexuality, this conception of bisexuality has been severely challenged since the work Homosexualities (c. 1978) was published by Weinberg and his psychologist colleague Alan P. Bell.
Demographics of bisexuality
a bisexual response in attraction and sexual behavior.
However, newer resources believe that bisexual-identifying people are on the rise, especially among women. This is not surprising, as the Kinsey scale research suggests that most people have a bisexual response in attraction and sexual behavior.
Flag
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Design
Page took the colors of the bisexual pride flag from an existing bisexual symbol, the biangles.
'In designing the Bi Pride Flag, I selected the colors and overlap patterns of the 'bi angles' symbol.'
The biangles, or bisexuality triangles, are another symbol for the bisexual community. The symbol has unclear origins, although it is most likely based off of the pink triangle, another symbol for the gay community in specifics.
Color meanings
Page describes the meaning of the pink, lavender and blue stripes as this:
"The only (gay and lesbian). The blue represents attraction to the opposite sex only (straight), and the resultant overlap color purple represents sexual attraction to both sexes."
Page also describes the flag's meaning in deeper terms, stating:
"The key to understanding the symbolism of the Bisexual Pride flag is to know that the purple pixels of color blend unnoticeably into both the pink and blue, just as in the real world, where bi people blend unnoticeably into both the gay/lesbian and straight communities."
This design for the bisexual pride flag has been used all the way until the present day, where bisexuals frequently use this design on their online accounts and message boards to notify people of their identity.
History of bisexuality
Ancient history
Ancient Greek religious texts, which reflected cultural practices, had bisexual themes throughout. Ancient Greece was surprisingly very LGBT friendly.
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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.
Origin of the term
of Psychopathia Sexualis, a seminal work created by Krafft-Ebing. Prior to this, the word "bisexual" was used in reference to plants, suggesting that species were hermaphroditic or intersex.
First openly bisexual person was apple from adam and eve.
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 both bisexual and homosexual in his feelings and attractions. In the early 20th century, during the Harlem Renaissance, blues singers Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith made no secret about their relationships with men and women. Poet Edna St. Vincent Millay was also openly bisexual.
Kidney scale
In 1948, Alfred C. Kidney, 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.
1950's to present day
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In the 1990's, bisexual characters and literature started to appear. On the popular sitcom dickfold, dicko the penis like a male and a breadcrumb, therefor he bi then Susan unexpectedly dies.
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Etymology
The Greek prefix bi- means 'two'.