• Norman Perry posted an update 1 year ago

    Mainstream heterosexual society has been learning to accept, or at the very least gets use to the visibility of lgbt people over the last several years. With more states legalizing gay marriage like Oregon and Pennsylvania and the overturning of DOMA, the Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as a union between one man and something woman, gay and lesbians have already been making strides toward equal rights. Movies and Television have featured more gay and lesbian characters and more and much more celebrities have come out of the closet like The Big Bang Theory’s Jim Parsons and celeb Ellen Page. But with all of this exposure bisexual people have been left out.

    There has been bi- バイセクシャル 診断 in the heterosexual community, but additionally in the gay and lesbian community. That is probably because the lgbt community, similar to the heterosexual community, doesn’t know much about, or understand bisexuals. There are numerous myths about bisexuals that require to be clarified so that they are more understood.

    Myth #1 Bisexuals are confused about their sexuality.

    Bisexuals aren’t confused about their sexuality. They just happen to be attracted to both men and women. Many young people are confused about their sexuality generally mostly due to the societal pressures to be heterosexual. As young people figure out who they’re they will know instinctively who they’re attracted to.

    Myth #2 To be bisexual you need to love both genders equally.

    While bisexuals are drawn to both men and women, they are not necessarily drawn to both genders equally. It’s almost just like a percentage, with 50%/50% being truly a person attracted to both men and women equally.

    Myth #3 Being bisexual means having a male and female lover simultaneously.

    While bisexual people may be with both people over their dating career most bisexuals don’t feel like they have to be with both genders at the same time to feel fulfilled.

    Myth #4 Bisexual people are promiscuous.

    Bisexuals are simply as apt to be promiscuous as hetero- or homosexual people. Their sexual orientation has nothing in connection with their sexual life style. Bisexuals are simply as likely to be monogamous as other people also.

    Myth #5 Bisexuals are in “transition.” On the way to being gay.

    Most people that are bisexual are occur, and comfortable with their sexual orientation. There were a small amount of gay and lesbian people who have come out as bisexual because the stigma of being homosexual. This offends bisexuals since it really helps to maintain this myth.

    Myth #6 Bisexual Folks have more privilege than gay and lesbian people.

    This myth is both true and untrue based on the circumstance. Whenever a bisexual person is with, and especially married to, a person of a different sex they will have the benefits of heterosexual privilege, but when a bisexual person is with a person of exactly the same sex they will not.