She is an expert of bisexuality issues and was an invited representative at the Bisexuality Community Policy Briefing at the White House in October, 2015.
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Contrary to popular belief, pansexuality and bisexuality are different identities, as bisexuality refers to a person being attracted to their same gender as well as other gender identities.
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These shows are erasing bisexuality as a valid sexual orientation.
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Another track is a homage to both Prince and bisexuality.
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It's misunderstanding bisexuality and treating it as a personality type.
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She also said she had to explain bisexuality while campaigning.
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Outlets have been wielding Heard's bisexuality like a dirty weapon.
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Labeling a teen character's bisexuality as "mature" isn't just offensive semantics.
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LeClaire defines bisexuality as an attraction to more than one gender.
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Bisexuality is no more a choice than being gay or trans.
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Lauren Jauregui has invoked her bisexuality to make a political statement.
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Cara Delevingne doesn't hesitate to respond to bigotry about her bisexuality.
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In later films, Ms. Bellon explored bisexuality and teenage drug addiction.
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We did stories on abortion and menstruation and bisexuality and orgasms.
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It looks like bisexuality might be the cure for toxic masculinity.
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"For example, many practitioners are unaware of the unique dual stigma of bisexuality or understand bisexuality on a level that would allow them to anticipate how the client's orientation leads to isolation and loneliness," she says.
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He attacks the ideas that bisexuality isn't a real identity, that all bisexual people are just promiscuous, that they're all in open relationships, and that bisexuality is just a performative thing women do to turn men on.
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Luckily, bi activist and author Kate Harrad has written the first handbook to bisexuality in the UK. Purple Prose: Bisexuality in Britain documents people's personal experiences of being bisexual and discusses intersectional topics like race and disability.
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Bisexuality isn't the only category obscured by a stable vision of sexuality.
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Thompson, who's queer, still played the character with her bisexuality in mind.
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One of the things that Jenkins' accepted about Hernandez was his bisexuality.
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But interests like vaporwave music, bisexuality, and feminism all have Amino communities too.
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Gal Gadot isn't exactly backing down when it comes to Wonder Woman's bisexuality.
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FACT: Bisexuality isn't a side effect of spring break, college or summer camp.
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After that, the show got started with "Poker Face," which addresses Gaga's bisexuality.
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The Bisexual Resource Center hosts events, offers resources and raises awareness about bisexuality.
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You will remember when skin-tight jeans and bisexuality went hand-in-hand.
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In the case of the Marstons, bisexuality is somehow even more verboten than polyamory.
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Suddenly, his sexual quirk turned into a way for him to discover his bisexuality.
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He drew on court cases to analyse homosexuality and bisexuality (albeit often in Latin).
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"NeonFiona told Gizmodo that her videos focused on "normalising LGBT+ stuff and especially bisexuality.
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My old therapist was not very body-positive, and she didn't validate my bisexuality.
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The CW's Crazy Ex-Girlfriend featured an entire song dedicated to myths about bisexuality.
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Bisexuality, sexual identity exploration, and sexual ambiguity are at the core of Broad City.
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Some of the most astute observations are on bisexuality, based on Bird's own relationships.
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A lot of the book is about dispelling the myths and stigmas surrounding bisexuality.
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And it earns bonus points for treating Smulders's character's bisexuality (mostly) matter-of-factly.
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As Montell recalls, it's a problem only furthered by problematic portrayals of bisexuality in media.
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There are variations where the husband will participate and that brings in a bisexuality aspect.
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So far, Haley has only had relationships with guys, which does not negate her bisexuality.
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I want people to know that it's ok, [bisexuality] is valid, and their stories matter.
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It's an unfortunate mischaracterization of bisexuality that many women who identify as such have heard.
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Take sexuality, for example—specifically, the lack of nuanced portrayals of bisexuality in pop culture.
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Though its quality has lessened, its initial seasons surrounding Piper's bisexuality were always handled well.
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"But I'm not saying bisexuality is a phase for everybody," she said at the time.
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But it still took me a long time to fully come to terms with bisexuality.
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And bisexuality is stable over time, at least as stable as straight or gay orientations.
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Donald Trump calling for bipartisanship is about as believable as Mike Pence calling for bisexuality.
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Tessa Thompson, who plays Valkyrie on screen, has openly embraced her comic character&aposs bisexuality.
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" Like other bi men Sciortino talked to, Saynt believes, "bisexuality for men hasn't been represented.
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The book, of course, will dive into Richard's bisexuality, his home life and storied career.
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His proclamations on bisexuality and blurring of gender forced us to look at our own prejudices.
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TV writers can exploit these stereotypes to use bisexuality as a new kind of plot device.
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Many people pretend bisexuality doesn't exist because, when it comes to sex, gray areas scare them.
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These stories aren't always rosy, but they're helping to remove some of the stigma around bisexuality.
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Bisexuality may also be associated with increased confidence, as well as greater opportunity for sex partners.
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Equal attraction to men and women is therefore neither an essential nor defining feature of bisexuality.
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In fact, all 60 men that Silva interviewed did express an awareness of bisexuality as an option.
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"I want to encourage you to read their page on bisexuality," Rush tweeted, linking to their website.
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Jolie also had a romance with model Jenny Shimizu, prompting a myriad of stories about her bisexuality.
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That means that exploring your bisexuality can involve a range of activities, depending on your comfort level.
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It has been updated to reflect a more accurate definition of bisexuality and its relationship to pansexuality.
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Bisexuality is often dismissed as a phase, and the idea that bisexual people are "just confused" persists.
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The actress, who plays Valkyrie in the Marvel films, plays the character with her bisexuality in mind.
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The 25-year-old candidly discusses her former drug addiction, her ongoing body dysmorphia and her bisexuality.
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If bisexuality implies "two" of anything, it's not about the gender binary — it's about second-guessing yourself.
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Her wild lifestyle, open bisexuality, and infamous ménage à trois relationships shocked even the Parisian café society.
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In claiming her bisexuality, Singh is educating older South Asian generations and spreading awareness about other sexualities.
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Carrie's flippant comments about bisexuality (that it's "a layover on the way to gaytown") wouldn't fly in 2018.
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As Henry grapples with the implications of his gay sexuality in a restrictive environment, Alex confronts his bisexuality.
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" In a 2013 study, for instance, 15% of Americans refused to acknowledge bisexuality as a "legitimate sexual orientation.
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Citing police sources, Newsweek reported that authorities had probed whether Hernandez's bisexuality was a motive for his suicide.
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It's also about how shows treat those characters, and whether or not they actually name the character's bisexuality.
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Despite this fear, he speaks bluntly on sex (evading an outright admission regarding his speculated bisexuality) and drugs.
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Sex can just be sex, and expermenting with bisexuality doesn't necessarily call for a total reassessment of identity.
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" Another wrote,"Bisexuality isn't something to be ashamed of or to be seen as something to hide thanks!
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Mohammed, 25, a former professional soccer player in Ghana, said he was threatened there because of his bisexuality.
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With the ability to leave endless "super-likes," and Stalin's newly discovered bisexuality, things are suddenly moving forward.
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The album's grand statement is "Like Me," a nine-minute suite about coming to terms with his bisexuality.
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"Laurel": your reality is an interpretation How bisexuality on TV evolved from a favorite punchline to a vital storyline
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Wood hopes for greater understanding and acceptance of bisexuality, and she's happy to lead by example by speaking out.
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The former uses a mixture of clay animation and storytelling to address the stigma surrounding bisexuality for Black men.
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" Or more simply, as the supposed queer utopia of The L Word dismissed it in 2006, bisexuality "is gross.
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I joined as a "straight ally," on the cusp of "questioning"—still years away from fully embracing my bisexuality.
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Women who knew about their partner's bisexuality at the beginning at the relationship were in a much better position.
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Experts are adamant that a person's bisexuality does not invalidate the love they have for their opposite-sex partner.
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Hidden under the squall of "Rival Dealer" is a clip of a British man talking plainly about his bisexuality.
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Charlie: I just love how she's so fearlessly herself, she speaks openly about her bisexuality and is super opinionated.
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Of her character's sexual relationships, Theron told Variety she "loved" that the film didn't stop to explain her bisexuality.
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When English law and culture had only just caught up to homosexuality, he was the only celebrity talking about bisexuality.
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"Gay" and "straight" are treated as the default categories, while bisexuality and the overarching umbrella of asexuality are repeatedly ignored.
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In May, Cardi B, 25, was a featured cameo in Rita Ora's song "Girls" which addresses bisexuality and sexual fluidity.
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The thing about bisexuality is that it's often socially determined by the body parts and gender identity of your partner.
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" Lovato has long been open about her bisexuality, a topic she explored in her 2015 hit "Cool For The Summer.
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Like, how come Carrie is a sex columnist, but can't seem to wrap her head around the idea of bisexuality?
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In the Western narrative of bisexuality, that period is, laughably enough for anyone who lived through it, a large footnote.
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The ballad, both tender and powerful, is Deanna's "coming out," her victory in a lifetime struggle to embrace her bisexuality.
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She says the comedic legend was always very open about his bisexuality with friends, and documented it extensively in diaries.
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"I frequent Tumblr and the internet blogspace and often I see pansexuality being treated more negatively than bisexuality," said Hickman.
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Sure, Fox wasn't a saint, saying plenty of things about her bisexuality and using ableist language that isn't acceptable today.
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In fact, a growing body of research has emerged that provides unequivocal evidence for the existence of bisexuality among men.
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On the one hand, there are always downsides to a lack of labels, including perpetuating the erasure of orientations like bisexuality.
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These shows are doing bisexuality right by actually calling their characters bisexual and making them real people who live full lives.
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Nomi's closeted bisexuality, the twins' unbearable pressure, and Vivek's strained relationship with his dad help her realize that she's not alone.
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While he's always had an "underlying curiosity" about men, Blackburn said stereotypes about bisexuality kept him from embracing his true self.
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To help educate people about the "B" in LGBTQ, I've rounded up some common misconceptions about bisexuality that need to die.
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It was created by activists who were sitting around trying to work out some way of increasing the profile of bisexuality.
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There are events happening across the UK. You've written the UK's first guidebook to bisexuality, what motivated you to do this?
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While the prefix "bi" means two, LeClaire said that modern understanding of bisexuality encompasses attraction to more than just two genders.
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"I felt that my bisexuality was very much a way for him to leverage his way to have threesomes," says LeJeune.
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Not only were they both virtuoso singers; they shared a love of bold, risqué lyrics, and each proudly proclaimed her bisexuality.
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Mr. Shelley deliberately used gender-neutral pronouns, addressing love songs to "you," and he was matter-of-fact about his bisexuality.
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This smart exploration of bisexuality follows a series of relationships and sexual encounters that explore the complexity of the characters' desires.
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He meant by the term an inner bisexuality of the kind Sigmund Freud and the Viennese philosopher Otto Weininger wrote about.
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"For women, for the longest time, there's been almost an inherent expectation of their inherent bisexuality or gender fluidity," Scoats notes.
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I went out to gay bars and embraced my bisexuality, distancing myself from my previous relationship and reasserting my queer identity.
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The idea that bisexuality isn't a real identity makes it difficult for people who identify as bi to find community, Eliel says.
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The 27-year-old from New Jersey kept his bisexuality under wraps from friends and family for the majority of his life.
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Furthermore, we are constantly being asked to somehow "prove" our love, as if it rests on shifty ground because of our bisexuality.
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Too often, bisexuality is a trait ascribed to power-hungry pathological liars, and rarely to characters who are easy to relate to.
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If these people experienced the movie like I did, then they held out hope for Alex's budding bisexuality for a long time.
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When the trailer for Bohemian Rhapsody came out, the new Freddie Mercury biopic drew criticism from fans for erasing the singer's bisexuality.
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Despite receiving criticism for her sexuality and coping with "shame and depression" as a result, she's set on giving bisexuality a voice.
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In her closing arguments she expressed disgust at Peterson's bisexuality and presented his affairs with men as a motive for Kathleen's murder.
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While there's no doubt he's breaking down stereotypes of bisexuality and queer men in sports, we're just glad that Bowens is happy.
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If you're looking for a smart, well-paced show about tech and bisexuality in the 80s, this is the one for you.
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As public awareness that the spectrum of sexuality includes more than just straight or gay has grown, awareness of bisexuality has, too.
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"My parents don't quite understand bisexuality and I have yet to explain it to them," she says, describing her feelings as liberating.
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There are quite a few LGBTQIA awareness days throughout the year—why is it important to have a day dedicated to bisexuality?
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It also focuses largely on gay men, with fewer details on trans identities, bisexuality, and lesbianism, which all figured in these stories.
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Because Americans are more approving of female than male bisexuality, guys who have any bisexual inclinations often feel pressure to hide them.
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Thompson claimed that a scene confirming Valkyrie's bisexuality, which does not appear in the finished film, was cut out of the movie.
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David Bowie famously teased his supposed bisexuality — even as he only publicly dated women — to keep the public in a guessing game.
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All of a sudden, the best TV shows are filled with young women exploring their bisexuality later in life, often in interracial relationships.
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The essay includes Beatriz' motivations to bring her sexual identity to her on-screen character, exposing the common misconceptions often attributed to bisexuality.
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"The greatest challenges to forming a positive bisexual identity are invisibility and stigma related to bisexuality," she wrote in an email to Broadly.
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The book does contain some mature themes — including a heterosexual sex scene — but the references to Bo's bisexuality are literally just that: references.
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The woman in the music video is a wink to his bisexuality at the time, and, unsurprisingly, homoerotic themes lurk within its subtext.
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The idea is that by putting it in the spotlight every September 23, bisexuality—and the issues bisexual people face—becomes more visible.
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Villanelle's bisexuality is brazenly performed on screen, in a way that doesn't feel catered to—or even aware of, really—the male gaze.
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It has positive representation for so many things (male/female friendship, diversity, bisexuality, consent, etc.) and the story line is short and sweet.
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David Bowie's audacious claims of bisexuality, recently said while wearing epicene attire, were more the mechanisms of courting controversy than candid affirmations of difference.
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He was also open about his bisexuality, telling a French journalist in 1976, "Homosexuality is so much in fashion, it no longer makes news."
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Last year, she told U.K.'s The Times that she never tried to keep her bisexuality a secret as her star rose in Hollywood.
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According to Hayek, producer Harvey Weinstein was more interested in Kahlo's sex life — particularly her bisexuality — than he was in her art and beliefs.
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" As 30 Rock's Liz Lemon said through an eyeroll in 2009, "bisexuality ... is just something they invented in the '90s to sell hair products.
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For the most part, the survey's results were very similar to those reported in the 2006-2010 NSFG survey — except with regards to bisexuality.
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Bi erasure is a common problem, and Insatiable doesn't satirize it well at all—it heavily emphasizes that bisexuality is a state of confusion.
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This post originally appeared on VICE UK. Today is Bi Visibility Day, which is exactly what it sounds like: an annual celebration of bisexuality.
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To try and reassure herself, she would bring up articles she read about bisexuality to her partner, to see what his reaction would be.
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Alicia W. Other readers shared how opening up their heterosexual marriages finally allowed them to explore their bisexuality while remaining in a committed relationship.
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At its heart, Strangers is radically empathetic journey through Isobel's budding bisexuality — her insatiable, magnetically endearing uncertainty about who she is and what she wants.
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For decades, Kinsey's most radical conclusion has been ignored in the name of reinforcing strict categories of homosexuality, heterosexuality, and (when it's actually acknowledged) bisexuality.
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Read these stories next: Why LGBTQ Pride Deserves More Than One Month 7 Misconceptions About Bisexuality We Need To Forget Yes, Lesbians Fake Orgasms, Too
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Callie (Sara Ramirez) battling her homophobic father (Hector Elizondo) with bible verses over her bisexuality will forever be one of Grey's Anatomy's most memorable moments.
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It was more than just lumping a character's bisexuality with curse words — it was that her sexuality would contribute at all to the 'mature' themes.
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Given the pernicious stereotypes associated with bisexuality, seeing a character as self-possessed as Rosa embrace the label was a crucial moment for queer representation.
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It's part of the bisexual community Advocates say the biggest misconception about bisexuality is that it simply means you like men and women, full stop.
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But bisexuality is a valid orientation, and while it may feel intimidating to embrace this discovery and stay hetero-partnered, it's by no means impossible.
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It's hard to predict how your partner might react, or how you'll feel or what you'll want, once you start exploring your queerness or bisexuality.
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Now, she's taking her former network to task in response to a tone-deaf joke about bisexuality made on one of its current hit shows.
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" For women in particular, these characters "are depicted as lacking morals or kind of to be scheming manipulators, and that is tied to their bisexuality.
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And she's super-cool, and she's so open about it, and she kind of opens my eyes to how bisexuality can be a cool thing.
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We likewise deny that homosexuality, bisexuality, queer sexuality, trans identity, asexuality, or any other queer identity is sinful, distorted, or outside of God's created intent.
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" In 2001, the Chinese Psychiatric Association removed homosexuality and bisexuality from the list of illnesses in its diagnostic manual, the "Chinese Classification of Mental Disorders.
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Whether "Chanel" was intended as an ode to bisexuality or not, Frank Ocean's first solo single as an independent artist was a massively earned flex.
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With unapologetic lyrics, Rainey proudly proclaimed her bisexuality and helped to mainstream black female narratives in a musical style that later became a nationwide craze.
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Daryl steals the episode by embracing his bisexuality, but it overwhelms White Josh, and Heather admits to Greg that she actually isn't okay with their breakup.
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It's not exactly Alex's fault that, like many gay men, he uses bisexuality as a seemingly safe first step before admitting to himself that he's gay.
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"For a long time bisexuality had a hard time in the ring," Santos said, adding that homo- and heterosexual people have long stereotyped the bi community.
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Evan Rachel Wood candidly and emotionally opened up about her bisexuality while receiving the Human Rights Campaign's Visibility Award in Charlotte, North Carolina, over the weekend.
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"Performative bisexuality" would be another way to describe this—they were putting on a little show, maybe to get some attention or turn someone else on.
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It's a queer rom-com that never forgets Isobel's bisexuality, that features interracial flings, and that doesn't throw any of the queer characters under the bus.
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And yet there she was, being a complete pioneer with her bisexuality and with her choice to work as a woman and become the family's breadwinner.
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With her unapologetic lyrics, Rainey proudly proclaimed her bisexuality and helped to mainstream black female narratives in a musical style that later became a nationwide craze.
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Over the years, I've been privy to several stories of affairs, two confessions of bisexuality, and many complaints about aberrant teenage behavior described in surprising detail.
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The idea that bisexual people are just going through a phrase is one of the most common misconceptions around bisexuality, according to the Human Rights Campaign.
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To celebrate Monáe, disarming color combinations, bisexuality, and all things beautiful, I've compiled a list of some of pop culture's most memorable bisexual lighting moments. Enjoy!
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Indeed, his classic Kinsey Scale allowed for the possibility of many different kinds of bisexuality based on how strongly someone is attracted to a given sex.
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In fact, non-binary understandings of bisexuality have been around at least since at least 1990 (see Bisexual Manifesto), though they were not then in widespread use.
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Villanelle is bisexual, and for all the nuance we see around femininity and desire, Villanelle's bisexuality is portrayed in a way that is both tired and damaging.
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Burnt Roti Magazine, for instance, is a magazine centered on non-binary identities and bisexuality from a South Asian perspective, and they recently celebrated their third issue.
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There's the sense that no lesbian would freely choose someone who is trans, that can only happen through some form of coercion or some form of bisexuality.
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From greedy, STI infested double-dippers to sexually confused closet cases, stereotypes around bisexuality are rampant and could affect the way that people publicly or personally identify.
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Still, becoming comfortable with my bisexuality hasn't been an easy process, despite the fact that Montclair is one of the more LGBTQ-friendly suburbs in the country.
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The Indonesia Psychiatric Association classified homosexuality, bisexuality and transgenderism as mental disorders, while Defence Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu called the LGBT movement a "proxy war" to brainwash Indonesians.
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The outspoken Thorne, who has no qualms about casually discussing her bisexuality or even Snapchatting her very first bikini wax, definitely has Kim's spunky independence on lock.
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"I heard so many things from within the queer community about bisexuality being a cop-out or bulls— or the easy way out or something," he said.
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One standout is "Gettin' Bi" sung by Darryl Whitefeather, protagonist Rachel's lovely and emotional boss, who announces his bisexuality after his divorce and starts dating a man.
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But Professor Marston & The Wonder Women is also intended to focus on his home life and how his close associations with kink and bisexuality affected the character.
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This is a movie about polyamory, about bisexuality, about queer love and family, about bondage and consent, and it is set in the 20s through the 40s.
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Bisexuality is still a conundrum for many, and the inherent duality and multiplicity of a pansexual, queer, or bisexual identity is often read with suspicion or fear.
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The album's grand statement is "Like Me," a nine-minute suite about coming to terms with his bisexuality: "I just want to relate to everyone," he explains.
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The stereotypes around bisexuality — that it's a transitional stage or a cover for promiscuity — have been at the center of fraught conversation within L.G.B.T.Q. circles for years.
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But the fact that there are no dating sites that cater specifically to bi people means that they're frequently swiping on people who don't take bisexuality seriously.
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Not only is this biphobic, transphobic, and panphobic with extremely incorrect definitions, but they've made this weird image where pansexuality is seen as morally higher than bisexuality.
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Later, I got older and moved to Chicago, where I felt able to explore my bisexuality and create my own queer utopia, away from stereotypes and bigotry.
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In a cover feature for Net-A-Porter published Friday, the actress 34, spoke candidly about her bisexuality, addressing the rumors regarding her dynamic with singer-songwriter Monáe.
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While it's true that some gay and lesbian people do consider bisexuality before they come out, Alex Strangelove had an opportunity to share a story we haven't seen.
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First, some context: In June, Halsey, a feminist who identifies as bisexual, told Paper that she was so over bisexuality being misrepresented in music as something particularly scandalous.
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Currently, Legends of Tomorrow is finally letting an onscreen Constantine explore his bisexuality, and Shadowhunters' Magnus Bane has a storied history of relationships with both men and women.
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It wasn't a long and grueling battle, just something that struck me one day when I saw the word "bisexuality" written in an online forum discussing the show.
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"[A survivor's] bisexuality is just another reason [people think] she should be blamed and offenders should be pitied as not being able to help themselves," Estrop points out.
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"Not only are we here to stay, but bisexuality is a vital part of the community and people are identifying with it strongly, and earlier than ever," Bolles says.
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It was also a time of personal challenges for Bowie, who fell deep into cocaine addiction and declared his bisexuality — but was also on the brink of something big.
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His initial concern was that it would negatively impact his career, but Bowens says he didn't expect to see a barrage of online comments questioning the validity of bisexuality.
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Not only does "Getting Bi" let Darryl celebrate his attraction to multiple genders, but it pointedly combats all the negative stereotypes around bisexuality that make coming out so hard.
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Even though more young people identify as LGBTQ than ever before and there are more allies than ever standing alongside us, there is still stigma and erasure around bisexuality.
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It didn't feel like I aligned with the popular version of bisexuality, which for many women means fooling around with other women for fun and then marrying a man.
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I continued to struggle with this, but as my relationship with Harris passed the one-year mark, and then two years, I started to make my peace with bisexuality.
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There's a talk segment on bisexuality and the black community, which shifts into a stop-motion animated vignette; there's an entrancing music video from the experimental musician Norvis Junior.
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Open your debut album with a nine-minute paean to bisexuality ("Like Me") and end it with one of the most affecting love ballads of the decade ("N Side").
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Researchers including Breanne Fahs and activists including Shiri Eisner have written of how TV and porn cultivate an expectation of women's "performative bisexuality," involving men as spectators and participants.
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Early on, DiFranco was open about her bisexuality (she's married to producer Mike Napolitano, with whom she has two children), but in 2015, she told the LGBT blog GoPride.
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Alex brushes away his thoughts of bisexuality with Dell's feeble explanation that he simply has a man crush on a gay guy, and that's the last we hear about it.
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They were presumably nonmonogamous, and Angelina at one point publicly refused to renounce her bisexuality, even acknowledging that her attraction to ex-girlfriend Jenny Shimizu didn't end when she married.
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Its references to BDSM, bisexuality, and voyeurism would barely register as a discussion point were it released today, but in 1990, it was banned by MTV and other TV networks.
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One of the most intriguing facets of "Ocean's 8" is its implied bisexuality, and the hinted tension between Debbie and her partner in crime (if not more), Lou (Cate Blanchett).
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There are quite a few negative myths when it comes to bisexuality, but one of the most pervasive and damaging is the idea that being bisexual isn't even a real thing.
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We will have to see exactly how producers depict Jaimi's bisexuality — and how long she sticks around — to know for sure what kind of impact she will have on the show.
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Read These Stories Next:Lady Gaga Will Film A Star Is Born Scenes At Coachella & She Wants Fans To Participate Did Demi Lovato Just Clap Back At Halsey's Claims She Exploited Bisexuality?
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Prior to that, The Hate U Give actor Amandla Stenberg proclaimed her bisexuality in a video on Snapchat, signaling that this trend of coming out online was definitely here to stay.
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Professor Marston and the Wonder Women looks like a melodramatic take on the Marston-Byrne union, tackling not only Wonder Woman, but also kink, polyamory, bisexuality, and feminism in the 1940s.
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Robinson examines how Marston, his wife Elizabeth (Rebecca Hall), and their eventual lover Olive (Bella Heathcote) lived by principles that shaped Wonder Woman's story, particularly by exploring bondage, submission, and bisexuality.
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Larry King summarized the bisexuality bias when he called Anna Paquin a "non-practicing bisexual" after she told him that she considers herself bi, even though she's married to a man.
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"Although we can consciously affirm the lives of most other gender diverse and sexually diverse persons, bisexuality too often is seen as indecision or self-serving rather than orientation," he adds.
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Wenner has slept for much of his life with men and women and thus, to paraphrase Woody Allen on the upside of bisexuality, has rarely lacked a date for Saturday night.
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"One theory could be that the different-sex partner who is the perpetrator of the violence is threatened by the bisexuality, or sees it as a violation of trust," Romero said.
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You'll recall, Jennifer said Richard wasn't upset at all by Quincy's comments -- adding the comedian was always very open about his bisexuality, apparently having documented his experiences in diaries he kept.
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Jill Lepore's recent wildly popular Marston biography, The Secret History of Wonder Woman, includes accounts of naked feminist New Age sex parties, but is oddly coy about acknowledging Elizabeth and Olive's bisexuality.
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But it hewed to a similar logic, in which 16 straight men and 16 lesbians competed for Tila's affections, with the curveball being that the contestants were not aware of her bisexuality.
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Similarly, "Bohemian Rhapsody", a biopic of Queen's lead singer, Freddie Mercury, has been denounced for being prudish about his hedonism and his bisexuality, and, for that matter, for being pedestrian and formulaic.
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During the "Lily" moment in question, lovable do-nothing son Julián de La Mora (Dario Yazbek Bernal, little brother to Gael Garcia Bernal) prepares to announce his bisexuality during a family dinner.
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Ultimately, Ley thinks that the cuckold and hotwife relationships he studied may be about many things for men: Bisexuality, an interest in being submissive, wanting control, wanting to cede control, being masochistic.
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It's serendipitous that the show chose to highlight Alex Danvers' coming out story at the exact same time I decided that I felt comfortable enough to come out about my own bisexuality.
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Those differences may have to do with changing attitudes toward bisexuality and gay identities — but the findings are quite different from those in another CDC survey, the 2013 National Health Interview Survey.
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So having bisexuality acknowledged in a positive light, as opposed to a stigmatizing or negative light as often portrayed in the media, can hopefully help in changing people's assumptions about bi people.
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Halsey never said Lovato's name in Paper, but she seemed to address Lovato's song "Cool For The Summer" when she commented that too many heterosexual pop stars exploit bisexuality in their music.
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The show checks off "issues" like boxes on an interminable medical form: transracial adoption and rape culture, opioids and bad marriages, catty neighbors and the perils of meritocracy, bisexuality, and, fleetingly, prayer.
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Basic Instinct, for instance, has long been denounced not only for contributing to the vast morgue of queer characters unceremoniously offed, but also for insinuating that Catherine's psychosis is driven by bisexuality.
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In the film, her family and friends recount that journey, including her headline-fueling marriage to Bobby Brown and long-rumored bisexuality to her struggles with mothering Bobbi Kristina and crippling cocaine addiction.
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I don't see how Villanelle could ever become a more positive bi character, but perhaps Eve will come out as bi this season too — that could complicate the show's overall portrayal of bisexuality.
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Strangers is part of the new guard of shows depicting bisexuality as a deliberate and legitimate lifestyle, and not a brief foray into self-discovery or something to be swept under the rug.
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"It's mind boggling to me that there would be characters who show interest in multiple genders, and the concept of bisexuality is never thought of in the script," says bisexual activist Eliel Cruz.
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Contemporaries like Nicki Minaj and Foxy Brown have often hinted at bisexuality, but it's always felt less like an authentic, complicated exploration of sexual identity and more like a play to raise eyebrows.
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There are now eight LGBT members of the House, and two in the Senate — Baldwin and Arizona's Kyrsten Sinema, whose bisexuality never became an issue in her closely contested election campaign last year.
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That said, any potential drama about not going to the freaking Olympics when you've trained for the past four years is replaced with mind games, lesbian bed death, and Third Act Bisexuality™.
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The series is a different kind of coming-out story, one that digs deep into the expectations surrounding female sexuality and the discomfort that can greet bisexuality from both gay and straight people.
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Tackling the problem of bisexuality as it shows up in language, and studies of language, understandably made this video much more serious than a similar one Montell posted last year talking about lesbian slang.
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Li Lai takes the all-white male team of writers to task for barely naming any of the women of color in the mythical paradise island of Themyscira and leaving out Wonder Woman's bisexuality.
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Stanford is the stereotypical gay friend, rather than a fleshed-out character, and when Carrie dates a bi guy, she decides bisexuality is just a midway point on a journey toward identifying as gay.
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They might take a character, like Annalise Keating or Frank Underwood, whom we assumed was straight and then reveal their bisexuality — usually a couple seasons in — to add a new dimension to the character.
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By fundamentally discrediting Nola's bisexuality, she is no longer just learning what it means to love and heal; instead, she becomes a greedy pansexual willing to use and consume whoever is in her path.
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In the nineteen-eighties, Butler excoriated same-sex desire; he wrote, for instance, that bisexuality was "sense gratification" run amok, and warned that the logical conclusion of such hedonistic conduct was pedophilia and bestiality.
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Pryor's Widow Speaks Pryor's widow Jennifer confirmed the rumor, telling TMZ that her late husband was always open about his bisexuality with friends and would not be ashamed that the relationship was revealed publicly.
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Her recent music videos for "PYNK" and "Make Me Feel," use visual symbols — like vulva-shaped pants and a party scene where she courts two suitors — to flirt with ideas of polyamory and bisexuality.
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Indeed, her first large-scale success was playing that open mystery Gilda, in the 1994 Donmar Warehouse production of Noël Coward's 1932 "Design for Living," a play about bisexuality, art, and fast modern lives.
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The 21-year-old musical misfit has never held back from discussing her bisexuality, family life, and mental health, and her new interview with Rolling Stone is rife with raw, honest insights into her past.
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But all of these storylines have explored the normalcy of the complicated situations we find ourselves in during adolescence, and some of the ones that still linger into adulthood — like messed-up views on bisexuality.
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Even portraying an outlaw waitress on a highway to death ("Thelma & Louise") or a glamorous initiate into bloodsucking bisexuality ("The Hunger"), Ms. Sarandon has maintained a sharp, skeptical sanity that cuts through excess and improbability.
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Too many straight men have yet to grasp the concept that bisexuality is not a green light to ask a stranger how many girls they've been with or if she likes men or women better.
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For men, coming out as bisexual is often seen as just a temporary speed bump on the way to coming out as gay; for women, bisexuality is often treated as nothing more than a sexy experiment.
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The show is groundbreaking in so many ways — its portrayals of mental illness and bisexuality are some of the most accurate we've seen on TV. The show frequently breaks down race- and gender-based stereotypes, too.
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Bisexual people also face discrimination from within the LGBT+ community, Rad found, which led her to set up the first Farsi language website on bisexuality in 2015 together with Zeynab Peyqambarzadeh, an Iranian based in Britain.
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She says she was instructed by caseworkers to apply for asylum as a lesbian, and not on the grounds of her bisexuality—a category which, compared to homosexual or trans identities, was viewed with little credibility.
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I identify as bisexual and my rationale for bisexuality is simple: I find an overwhelming majority of human beings abhorrent, so I'll take a chance on anyone, regardless of gender, who doesn't make me violently ill.
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A woman born into rural poverty made her way to New York City alone, finding a new identity along the way and embracing a bisexuality that, in that day, was more likely to be kept hidden.
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"When we were writing it and me and [cowriter] Julia Michaels referenced 'sexual bender,' we weren't thinking of it as gender-bending or bisexuality, but rather a sexual or drinking bender," lyricist Justin Tranter told MTV.
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Most notably, while Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey) has the white trash roots and genial folksiness of Bill Clinton, his deeply repressed bisexuality presents the opposite set of problems as those encountered by his real-life forebear.
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Halsey has become an icon for opening up about her bisexuality, and making it a part of her music, while BTS have been LGBTQ advocates in South Korea, where that stance is unfortunately considered to be controversial.
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Stephanie Beatriz, the actress who played Brooklyn Nine-Nine's iron-fisted detective Rosa Diaz, penned an essay for GQ on Wednesday about her bisexuality — and how it remains emphatically unchanged by her decision to marry a man.
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I was repeatedly singled out for sexual attention because I was bisexual, and as the only out bisexual woman in the grade, I was a single target for the many boys who were fascinated by female bisexuality.
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She's a real person, and knowing that every move you make with your friends is being sexualized just because you're bisexual is unfair, and part of a bigger issue with the way bisexuality is viewed by society.
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It's Brian Molko's fault that I learned the term "bisexuality," thought 'oh: this explains everything' then immediately demanded answers from my parents about it over one of the most uncomfortable family dinners of my pubescent life. 2.
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Restricted videos include Tyler Oakley's newly uploaded "Eight Black LGBT Trailblazers Who Inspire Me," several music videos from Tegan and Sara, Rowan Ellis, advice platforms like "Everyone is Gay," videos discussing bisexuality, and videos discussing trans issues.
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One race still up in the air, a U.S. Senate seat in Arizona, is not likely to be decided by voters' feelings about Democrat Kyrsten Sinema's openness about her bisexuality, said longtime Arizona political consultant Stan Barnes.
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Being out with my same-sex desire wasn't really an option at that time, not just because bisexuality was considered a girls' party trick and lesbianism plain weird, but every crush I'd had on girls bordered on obsession.
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Exploring Pansexuality Online," a study published in 2016 analyzing pansexuality and its mainstream representations, pansexuality does not have a "distinct identity in US culture" and is "often confused with bisexuality or portrayed negatively in media or popular press.
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While participation in Bi Visibility Day has increased over the years, there's still a lack of resources on bisexuality—mostly because bi issues are often lumped together with LGBTQ ones as a sub-category, or ignored all together.
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Speaking to me the day after she talked at length during the "Race, Gender" panel, cosplayer Jay Justice dived deeper into the way building her costumes and wearing them at cons has helped her navigate her budding bisexuality.
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Darryl's discovery of his own bisexuality in the Season 1 musical number "Getting Bi" remains a fan favorite (as does the nonjudgmental way in which his exploration of this discovery has unfolded over the course of the show).
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Callie Torres on Gray's Anatomy, for example, not only names herself bisexual, but also stands up for herself when her lesbian wife implies that bisexuality isn't real (highlighting that bi erasure sometimes even comes from people within LGBTQ communities).
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Photo: GettyAfter users noticed last week that the terms "bisexual" and "bisexuality" were turning up no search results on Twitter, the company responded to criticism from LGBTQ advocates on Tuesday, apologizing and blaming a "technical issue" for the error.
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If a man in a heterosexual relationship claims he wants his girlfriend to explore her bisexuality with another woman but has a problem if that woman is trans, for example, he just went from zero to transphobic real quick.
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"They would absolutely promote bisexuality as a thing with all the stigmas that everyone can imagine ... like they're greedy ones, those who are here to abuse us homosexual community, or those who don't know what they want," she said.
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At a time when many Broadway musicals reflected the political and sexual revolutions of the 1960s, "Cabaret," produced and directed by the Broadway legend Harold Prince, pushed boundaries with provocative depictions of homosexuality, bisexuality, ménages à trois and abortion.
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The end of Season 3 shows us Jane's emotions as she begins to date and have sex again after Michael's (apparent) death, and Season 4 shows Jane reckoning with her misconceptions about bisexuality when she dates a bisexual man, Adam.
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Appearing in racially-charged films including For Colored Girls (2010) and Selma (2014), Thompson also hinted at her own sexual identity by advocating for that of her character Valkyrie's in Thor: Ragnarok, taking to Twitter to confirm the warrior's bisexuality.
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Set against LA's perennially chill backdrop (and with a little help from guest star Jemima Kirke), Strangers follows 28 year-old Isobel as she explores her budding bisexuality, changing friendships, and murky professional future, as only an almost-30 Millennial could.
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Women wouldn't sleep with them because they assumed these men were homosexual; the mixed bars serving both queer and nonqueer clientele that Painter frequented started closing down, and a polar vision of sexuality that also discounted bisexuality took cultural hold.
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That's why celebrating Bi Week, which started on Sunday, is so important — and why YouTuber La'Ron Readus has made a video to combat the harmful assumptions people in both communities (though his video is aimed at straight men) have about bisexuality.
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But for a show with such high acclaim when it comes to awards, it would be inspiring to see it use its platform to extend representation to bisexuality in full (something that is still often clumsily handled in pop culture).
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The Beatles' non-macho appearance (at the time, their long hair and the falsetto in their songs made them seem womanly) directly led to the frank bisexuality and anti-masculine dress, though hypermasculine behavior, of rock musicians in the '80s.
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Although the late comedian's widow confirmed the allegation — telling TMZ that her late husband was always open about his bisexuality with friends and would not be ashamed that the relationship was revealed publicly — one of Pryor's daughters refuted the claim.
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Examining American anxieties about adultery and same-sex love, it chronicles how "Shakespeare in Love," originally a progressive script written by Marc Norman, got rewritten by Tom Stoppard so that elements of Shakespearean homosexuality, bisexuality and marital infidelity were fudged.
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When women at one 1970 march offered her a lavender armband to wear in solidarity with a NOW member recently attacked for her bisexuality, Friedan dropped it on the ground, furious at the attempt to add gay rights to her program.
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By not naming their bisexual characters as such, or making it seem as if bisexuality is only a phase or exploration, television writers are contributing to the very real problem of bisexual erasure — and therefore impacting young people who are questioning their sexuality.
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Jackson went on to 1997's The Velvet Rope (which saw her dabble in bisexuality and S&M, among other things) while I turned my growing teen angst more fully the women of '90s rock like Courtney Love, Gwen Stefani, and Shirley Manson.
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Having to argue against the idea that bisexuality doesn't really exist, that bisexual people need to just choose a side, and that being bisexual is really just an excuse to be promiscuous isn't just a part of these people's coming out stories.
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Her parents try to brush off her honesty by dismissing bisexuality as fictional, and then rationalize it away by figuring that there's still a good chance she'll marry a man and have the picture-perfect heterosexual life they always pictured for her.
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LeJeune's boyfriend at the time "was very open to me being bi and discovering my bisexuality," she said, but he was ultimately far more interested in getting LeJeune to have a threesome with him and another woman than helping her explore her sexuality.
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There&aposs a whole spectrum of sexuality that goes beyond "gay" and "straight," including of course bisexuality, so it&aposs possible for your husband to be totally satisfied with you as a life partner while still having some level of desire for men.
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Still, the study showed that sexual orientation "is not a single dimension and same-sex attraction is not inversely related to opposite-sex attraction, arguing for a more nuanced social understanding of sexual orientation that also includes bisexuality and asexuality," said Neely.
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Still Processing With Rita Ora, Janelle Monáe, Kehlani — and even fictional characters like Lando Calrissian — embracing bisexuality, pansexuality, queerness, and more, we wonder: what does it mean to publicly declare your sexual identity as something outside the gay/straight binary in 22?
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"I think it's actually done a very good job of it, which a lot of shows in the past that have tackled bisexuality have not done," said Lauren West, 25, who came to the watch party with her roommate and two friends.
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"I think it's actually done a very good job of it, which a lot of shows in the past that have tackled bisexuality have not done," said Lauren West, 25, who came to the watch party with her roommate and two friends.
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One longstanding concern of the bi community has always been the mistaken beliefs there are only two valid categories of sexual orientation (hetero and same-sex) or that bisexuality is synonymous with promiscuity, and thus that others will seek to erase or stigmatize their identity.
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While both new releases, "Make Me Feel" and "Django Chain," are more than enough to get us hyped for what's to come, it's the "Make Me Feel" music video that's enamoured the internet because of its open embrace of bisexuality featuring actress Tessa Thompson.
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As awareness about bisexuality has grown over the years, it could be getting easier for people to label themselves as bisexual, said Debby Herbenick, associate professor at Indiana University and author of the book "Sex Made Easy," who was not involved in the study.
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When Darryl's realization that he had feelings for a man after being married to a woman for decades didn't result in him realizing he was gay, it was startling; when Darryl decided to announce his bisexuality with a literal song and dance, it was breathtaking.
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Her character Leila leaves a ten-year relationship with her partner and business partner Sadie (Maxine Peake) and, despite Leila's own internalized biphobia ("I'm pretty sure bisexuality was invented by ad execs to sell flavored vodka," she tells her queer friends), begins sleeping with men.
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"I heard so many things from within the queer community about bisexuality being a cop-out or bullshit or the easy way out or something, and that always stuck with me because I felt the pressure from all sides to have [my sexuality] figured out," he said.
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Veronica Escobar elected to represent freshman class in House leadership Brindisi, Lamb recommended for Armed Services, Transportation Committees MORE's (D-Calif.) bisexuality was one of many factors that influenced the media's coverage of allegations of inappropriate relationships with staffers against her that preceded Hill's resignation last week.
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Jamal finds out that the source of the story about his bisexuality is his father and decides it's a ruse intended to undercut his L.G.B.T. community cachet and hurt his chances with the ASA voting board, which is said to have a number of gay members.
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Clearly, there's a great deal of same-sex interest and curiosity bubbling under the surface for a lot of straight-identified men; however, because there's a lot of stigma attached to male bisexuality, these same-sex desires remain hidden most of the time (meaning, when they're sober).
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And in interviews around the finale, it was clear that the show's writers had thought about how much the character meant to fans on a variety of levels, both pertaining to the narrative and pertaining to TV representation of bisexuality and of those struggling with mental illness.
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Nagra, too, thinks Singh's public acceptance of her bisexuality is "huge" for the community because it will help give confidence to people trying to come out to their families and they can show her as an example of someone living a completely normal and successful life.
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But what social media outcry there has been around "No Better to Be Safe Than Sorry" mostly stems from the episode's treatment (or lack thereof) of Quentin's bisexuality, which makes him the latest in a long line of queer TV characters who've died seemingly to advance a show's plot.
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By the time season two is over, characters will have started to explore a burgeoning bisexuality (or maybe even pansexuality), shamefully been discovered masturbating with a stuffed animal, felt guilty about slut-shaming their friends, and spent an entire episode performing a series of comedic sketches about Planned Parenthood.
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It can be a regretful reflection on a threesome; it can serve as a sly acknowledgement of a past partner's bisexuality (as in Lauper's version, which doesn't change gender pronouns and acknowledges her cross-dressing boyfriend left her for a man); or it can just be a beautiful, brutal breakup track.
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That film argued against the idea that her marriage to Brown caused her downfall, focusing instead — as the title hints — on the burden of her demure, respectable crossover pop image, her bisexuality and relationship with Crawford, and her fraught bond with her family, who grew to depend on her financially.
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In doing that, and later having Heather Duke tell Heather McNamara that she isn't "actually a member of the LGBTQQIA community," the Heathers remake completely skips over the possibility that Heather McNamara could be bisexual and adds itself to an ever-growing list of television shows that pretend bisexuality doesn't exist.
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Lisbeth's bisexuality is briefly alluded to, but the film shows no physicality, and in fact depicts monogamy as something to be desired above all, rendering the whole thing basically PG. Vicky Krieps (who, as Alma from Phantom Thread, should get more respect) plays Mikael's long-suffering co-editor and lover.
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Some spoke of how he opened them to the idea of the avant-garde, and others of how his openness about his bisexuality and androgynous characters, dating back to the days of Glam Rock and even earlier, had made it acceptable to come out as gay, or bisexual, or different.
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"Bisexual individuals have been found to be rejected by gay and lesbian communities as being infiltrators or imposters," says Joye Swan, professor and chair of the department of psychological and social sciences at Woodbury University and co-author of the forthcoming book, Bisexuality: Theories, Research, and Recommendations for the Invisible Sexuality.
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"Our mainstream media reinforces the notion that bisexuality is either a fun, voluntary act of experimentation or a mere myth through two tried and true tactics: misrepresenting and oversimplifying bisexual characters until they are either punchlines or wet dream fodder, or simply refusing to portray bisexual characters in the first place," she wrote.
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While the previous studies are certainly important for making the case that male bisexuality exists, the most provocative evidence of all comes from a brand new study in which gay, straight, and bisexual men viewed erotic photos and videos of men or women while their brains were scanned by an fMRI machine.
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The play is essentially a coming-out story in which two characters come to realize, acknowledge, and act on their queer desire for each other, while the other characters model what the writer, Dr. Herukhuti, imagines to be their friends' likely responses to bisexuality: confusion, shock, revulsion, and loving comprehension and acceptance.
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Queen are great, Freddie Mercury deserved a better film and the bad taste left by the controversy it attracted (director Bryan Singer was fired from the project when allegations of rape surfaced and the film was criticized for glossing over much of Mercury's life, save for a fleeting reference to his bisexuality) still lingers.
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When someone won't even concede to bisexuality – a relatively invisible group that many people have trouble believing exists to begin with, preferring to call it "greed" or a pit-stop on the way to being gay – that tends to ruffle feathers among those whose very lives seem to depend on knowing exactly "what" you are.
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Gypsy's main character doesn't so much as discuss her bisexuality with her husband, or attempt to grapple with what wanting to sleep with someone else will do to her marriage, because either event might lead to the two characters simply saying, "We should have an open marriage," which would kill the show's forced drama.
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The frequent brutality and sexual abuse her character — an artificial being at the mercy of futuristic human visitors playing out fantasies in a simulated Old West environment — experiences prompted Wood, 29, to speak publicly and frankly about two sexual assaults she herself has experienced, as well as revealing her own experiences coming to understand her bisexuality.
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"Donald Trump calling for bipartisanship is about as believable as Mike PenceMichael (Mike) Richard PenceThe Hill's Morning Report - Trump on defense over economic jitters FEC chair calls on Trump to provide evidence of NH voter fraud Five years after Yazidi genocide, US warns ISIS is rebounding MORE calling for bisexuality," he added, referring to the conservative vice president.
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Sexuality doula Isabella Frappier, whose work includes helping clients own and define their sexual expression, said that a person doesn't need to have acted on any same-sex-attracted feelings in order to label themselves as queer or bisexual, and that bisexuality can be explored while still honoring an extant relationship, especially since everyone has different definitions of what it means to explore.
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Without erasing Mercury's gay identity (although some have called out the heteronormative depiction of bisexuality), the film went out of its way to frame it in the most sanitized way possible — the vast majority of screen time is devoted to Mercury's straight lover and longtime friend, Mary Austin, with only about 10 minutes spent with Jim Hutton, the man with whom he spent his final years. .
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" The allegations she faced were also colored by lurid details about her private life, as North notes, with conservative media — and some of the public — focusing on her bisexuality and nude photos: Other conservative outlets are leaning hard on the "throuple" angle, with the Washington Examiner titling a story "Swing district: Katie Hill 2020 rivals seize on leaked naked 'throuple' photo as campaign issue," and Fox News reporting, "Rep.
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