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'''Bisexuality''' is a [[sexual orientation]] describing people that experience attraction to both [[Male|males]] and [[Female|females]].
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'''Bisexuality''' is a [[sexual orientation]] describing people that experience sexual attraction to people of two or more genders. Many bisexual people describe their bisexuality as sexual attraction to people of their own gender and other genders.
  
==See Also:==
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Some '''common misconceptions''' of bisexuality include:
*[[Bi-romantic]]
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*[[Heterosexuality]]
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* Bisexuality is only attraction to the two binary genders. In reality, bisexuals can feel attraction to a variety of genders.
*[[Homosexuality]]
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* Bisexual people are equally attracted to men and women.
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* Non-binary people can't be bisexual. There are many non-binary people that consider themselves bi, and the word bisexual does not inherently exclude genders outside of the binary.
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==See also==
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*[[Biromantic]]
 
*[[Pansexuality]]
 
*[[Pansexuality]]
*[[Asexuality]]
 
*[[Sexual orientation]]
 
  
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{{Sexuality}}
 
[[Category:Orientations]]
 
[[Category:Orientations]]

Revision as of 05:35, 23 September 2018

Bisexuality is a sexual orientation describing people that experience sexual attraction to people of two or more genders. Many bisexual people describe their bisexuality as sexual attraction to people of their own gender and other genders.

Some common misconceptions of bisexuality include:

  • Bisexuality is only attraction to the two binary genders. In reality, bisexuals can feel attraction to a variety of genders.
  • Bisexual people are equally attracted to men and women.
  • Non-binary people can't be bisexual. There are many non-binary people that consider themselves bi, and the word bisexual does not inherently exclude genders outside of the binary.

See also

Sexual orientation
Asexual · Bisexual · Demisexual · Grey-A · Heterosexual · Homosexual · Pansexual
Research
Kinsey scale · Storms' model · Asexual studies · Asexual behavior in non-human animals
Category:Orientation