Faces of Bisexuality

Mexico City Pride has given me the opportunity to proudly embrace my bisexuality and to stand tall among a community that accepts and celebrates me for who I am.

It's been a long journey getting here, but I am so happy to be out and 100% true to myself. I am an out and proud bi woman and I couldn't be happier!

It wasn’t until I began interacting with the bi community that I finally started coming into my own as a bi man.

My sexuality was so confusing and undefined for so many years that realizing and openly acknowledging it feels like being truly free for the first time — and that’s worth celebrating.

To all the bi people out there in the world, I want to tell you that you are not alone, we are becoming more and more visible, and our community is growing. Don't let anyone ever tell you otherwise.

It's not unusual for LGBT people to decide to come out to their families during the holidays. Everyone will be there and you can hit ten or so birds with one leap.

Love women, love men, love whomever catches your interests at the moment — but love and accept yourself above all else.

So let's say that you've found that special someone (or more than one). How do you spend quality time with them when you’re not supposed to meet in person?

I know that, at least for now, I want to continue occupying this middle space, where all of the doors — to both monogamy and non-monogamy — are open to me.

I consider myself a demi/gray-romantic bi person. But that doesn't mean that I'm not attracted to people. In fact, I'm attracted to a lot of people, regardless of gender.

Discovering bisexuality in Honduras, I faced societal pressures to perform my sexuality, leading to an identity crisis. Embracing authenticity, I learned to live my true self.

And I'm out to be seen, to make sure I keep getting seen and heard, no matter how much the world wants to dismiss me or shove me back in the closet.

With the strength, stamina, and sweat of five thousand used car salesmen, I began running laps around the Bi Brigade's contingent, distributing hugs and high-fiving the crowd.

The more out bi people there are and the more we can connect with one another, the less alone we all feel and the more acceptance we will gain.

The beauty in being bisexual is that we are all unique and versatile. And that is worthy of celebration.

As wonderful as it was to at last be living as an openly bi man, I learned that being closeted for so long had shielded me from a lot of biphobia.

Many of us first find the courage to explore our sexuality through drug use, but we need to be talking about the dire consequences as well as the freedom.

I have been officially out for years, but I'm still working to do better, be more visible, and stop bi erasure whenever I can.

I faced the dilemma that so many bi people face: one aspect of me was encouraged and even celebrated by society, another was burdened with tremendous stigma and shame.

I've been asked if I'm "really" bisexual. I reply that I am and if they still doubt it I sometimes joke that they are welcome to interrogate my wife and my boyfriend about it.

I'm still bisexual no matter who I am dating and no matter how I act. Proud to be bisexual. Proud to be me.

It isn’t difficult to support your bi partner as a non-bi person. Just support them, respect them, don’t make any assumptions about them, don’t fetishize them, and be proud of who they are.

Finding a life partner who understood me on such a fundamental level was incredible. Moreover, we were both incredibly passionate about being a part of our local LGBT community and felt a strong connection to queer culture.

Meeting people who expressed their gender and sexuality in ways that I had never imagined was eye-opening, and I realized that there were more ways to exist outside the binary.

My initial coming out was very much a life-changing experience, but it was anything but a one-time thing.

In the end, life is not a zero-sum game, and as a bi woman, I’m happy to say neither is love.

I always wanted to have brothers, and I wanted the camaraderie of hanging out with other guys. That's what Scouting provided for me.

Hopefully, at some point, I can truly feel like the sexy, black, bi, demi woman that I am.