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{{Sexuality Info|image1 = Biflag.png|gender(s): = Any|gender(s)_attracted_to: = Any genders, as long as it ranges from 2 to every gender|title1=|caption1=The most known bisexual flag}}
[[File:Alternative bi flag made by @adhdreki on Twitter.png|thumb|Alternative bi flag made by @adhdreki on Twitter.]]
[[File:Alternative bi flag made by @Smatterbrain on Twitter.png|thumb|Alternative bi flag made by @Smatterbrain on Twitter.]]
[[File:Alternative bi flag made by ma an me kinda bored on Reddit.png|thumb|Alternative bi flag made by ma_an_me_kinda_bored on Reddit.]]
[[File:AlternativeBiFlag.png|thumb|Alternative bi flag by FANDOM user ArtsyAries.]]
[[File:Bisexual coat of arms.png|alt=Azure, three roundels Rose, the first and third doubly fimbriated Argent on Purpure, the second fimbriated Argent, interlocking in fess, charged with a saltire Purpure fimbriated Argent|thumb|The bisexual coat of arms]]
'''Bisexual '''(often shortened to '''Bi''') refers to someone who is attracted to multiple genders, from a range of 2 to all genders, with or without preference. It is also sometimes defined as the attraction to genders both the same as and different to one's own. This does not necessarily refer to one only being attracted to binary genders (males/boys/men and females/girls/women), as some think: the bisexual community has an extensive history of challenging the [[Binary Genders|gender binary,]] and bisexual activists have been outspoken about this fact.
Bisexuality encompasses a wide spectrum of attraction. A bisexual may be attracted to any number of genders, from two to all, and may be attracted to any genders in any combination (including [[Non-Binary|non-binary]] genders). Bisexuals may or may not have a preference and may or may not feel a difference between their attraction to different genders.
Bisexuality can be similar to [[Pansexual|pansexuality]] and other [[Multisexual|multisexual identities]]. The difference between these identities usually comes down to individual preference, particularly where people may feel that different terms communicate their personal experience of attraction with more accuracy. Each bisexual individual may choose to define their attraction slightly differently.▼
▲Bisexuality can be similar to [[Pansexual|pansexuality]] and other [[Multisexual|multisexual identities]]. The
The romantic counterpart is [[biromantic]].
==Kinsey scale==
According to zoologist Alfred Kinsey's research in the mid-1940s, most
The psychologist Jim McKnight was one of the first to write that the idea of bisexuality is a form of sexual orientation, as suggested implicit in the Kinsey scale, which he cites often in his work. However, despite McKnight and Kinsey's work on human sexuality, this conception of bisexuality has been severely challenged since the work ''Homosexualities ''(c. 1978) was published by Weinberg and his psychologist colleague Alan P. Bell.
==Flag and Symbols==
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The bisexual pride flag was designed by a team led by LGBT activist Michael Page in 1998. The flag was created in order to give the bisexual community its own symbol which was easily recognized and comparable to the [[gay]] pride flag (rainbow flag) that represented the larger LGBT community. Page's aim was to increase the visibility of bisexuals, both among society as a whole, and within the LGBT community.
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Page took the colors of the bisexual pride flag from an existing bisexual symbol, the biangles. The biangles
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Pink represents same sex attraction (gay and [[lesbian]]). Blue represents attraction to the opposite sex (straight). They overlap to create the color purple, representing the attraction to both sexes.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20010801185547/http://biflag.com/Activism.asp</ref> Page also describes the flag's meaning in deeper terms, stating: "...the purple pixels of color blend unnoticeably into both the pink and blue, just as in the real world, where
Other symbols used by the bisexual community involve the bisexual crescents (a pair of back-to-back crescents) and the bisexual symbol, an infinity symbol featuring the female (Venus) and male (Mars) symbols as well as a blank circle for the genders and attractions between.
==History of Bisexuality ==
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Ancient Greek religious texts, which reflected cultural practices, had bisexual themes throughout. Ancient Greece is generally considered to have been largely accepting of LGBTA
In Ancient China and Japan, homosexuality and bisexuality was also documented, both men who had sex with men, and women who had sex with women. There were even ancient Japanese art prints, called ''shunga, ''which depicted homosexual relationships in full detail. Ancient China had similar artwork, which even at times depicted polyamory.
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The first English-language use of the word bisexual referring to sexual orientation was by the American neurologist Charles Gilbert Chaddock in his 1892 translation of ''Psychopathia Sexualis, ''a seminal work created by Krafft-Ebing. ''Psychopathia Sexualis'' concerned itself with the pathologisation of sexuality and considered homosexuality a mental illness; 'bisexual' therefore referred to
===Openly bisexual
The first openly bisexual
===Kinsey scale===
In 1948, Alfred C. Kinsey, an American biologist who was also bisexual, published two books on the topic of
===1950's to present day===
With the rise of LGBT activism in these decades, such as political debates, the Stonewall Riots''', '''and Gay Pride Parades, bisexuals were included in the fight for LGBT rights. In the first public protest for gay and lesbian rights staged in Philadelphia, New York, and Washington, D.C, two of the protesters identified themselves as bisexual.
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In the 1990's, bisexual characters and literature started to appear in media, becoming more common as time passed. Today bisexual characters are among the most represented of the LGBTA community, with bi women far more likely to be represented. Only 16% of bi characters in media are bisexual men.
Biphobia and bi erasure (the practice of obscuring or denying a bisexual
==Etymology==
The Greek prefix
==Resources ==
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