Faces of Bisexuality

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

Nearly every bi person I know struggles when they’re in a straight-presenting relationship.

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

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

I often enough I have to use a “coming out” to defend myself from erasure. Visibility is what we need to break stereotypes and to strengthen our community.

Something that I’ve heard many times from various people when they come to accept and embrace their bisexuality, is the feeling of joy and fullness at the moment of realization of their sexual orientation.

It wasn’t that I was cruel or indecisive. I was terrified. Without the knowledge of the word “bisexual,” I was lost in a learned dichotomy.

No matter who we date, no matter who we have sex with, no matter who we fall in love with or marry, we are still bisexual. No one can take that away from us.

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.

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.

Bi was a word I thought couldn’t include me because of my gender and attraction. I was wrong. Bi has more than enough room for nonbinary genders and nonbinary attraction. Bi includes me.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

I think it’s important not just to be comfortable with who you are, but also confident. More than just acknowledging a truth about yourself, having some pride really makes a difference.

Being a part of the LGBT community, for many of us, feels kind of revolutionary. But not everyone is comfortable with that.

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

Bi people are passionate beings who embrace the true pleasure found in variety.

This is my story of coming out: first as "queer" and then, later, finally accepting my bisexuality.

Yes, I am in a committed relationship with a woman, and yes, she is the love of my life. But that doesn't mean I'm straight. It means I am attracted to men and women.