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BISEXUALITY IS THE POTENTIAL TO FEEL SEXUALLY ATTRACTED TO AND TO ENGAGE IN SENSUAL OR SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE OF EITHER SEX.  A BISEXUAL PERSON MAY NOT BE EQUALLY ATTRACTED TO BOTH SEXES AND THE DEGREE OF ATTRACTION MAY VARY OVER TIME.

BISEXUAL WOMEN SHOULD NOT BE DEFINED BY THEIR PARTNER OR POTENTIAL PARTNER.  VERY OFTEN BISEXUALS ARE  DISMISSED AND TOLD THEY ARE CONFUSE AND SIMPLY HAVE TO MAKE UP THEIR MIND AND CHOOSE.  FOR BISEXUAL IDENTIFIED WOMEN TO MAINTAIN THEIR INTEGRITY IN A HOMO-HATING HETEROSEXIST SOCIETY THEY MUST HAVE A STRONG SENSE OF SELF, AND THE COURAGE AND CONVICTION TO LIVE THEIR LIVES IN DEFIANCE OF WHAT PASSES FOR "NORMAL".

BISEXUAL LIKE ALL PEOPLE HAVE A WIDE VARIETY OF RELATIONSHIP STYLES.  CONTRARY TO COMMON MYTH, A BISEXUAL PERSON DOES NOT NEED TO BE SEXUALLY INVOLVED WITH BOTH A MAN AND WOMEN SIMULTANEOUSLY.  IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE FREEDOM TO CHOOSE THE TYPE OF SEXUAL AND AFFECT IONAL RELATIONSHIPS THAT ARE RIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE INVOLVED, WHATEVER THEIR ORIENTATION!

MYTH ABOUT BISEXUALITY:

ALL BISEXUALS HAVE BOTH A BOYFRIEND AND A GIRLFRIEND, AND CAN'T BE SATISFIED WITH FEWER THAN TWO LOVERS.
BISEXUALS HAVE LOTS OF SEX ALL THE TIME.
IT IS ONLY A PHASE.
BISEXUALS TRANSMIT AIDS
BISEXUALS ARE MORE OPEN-MINDED.

WHAT DOES BIOPHIBIA LOOK LIKE?:

FEELING THAT BISEXUALS JUST WANT TO HAVE THEIR CAKE AND EAT IT TOO.
USING THE TERMS "PHASE" OR "STAGE" OR "CONFUSED" OR "FENCED-SITTER" OR "BISEXUAL" OR "AC/DC" OR "SWITCH-HITTER" AS SLURS OR INA N ACCUSATORY WAY.
LOOKING AT A BISEXUAL PERSON AND AUTOMATICALLY THINKING OF THEIR SEXUALITY RATHER THAN SEEING THEM AS A WHOLE COMPLETE PERSON.
BELIEVING THAT BISEXUAL WOMEN SPREAD AIDS/HIV AND OTHER STD'S TO LESBIANS.
ASSUMING BISEXUALITY MEANS "AVAILABLE."
EXPECTING A BISEXUAL WOMEN TO IDENTIFY AS LESBIAN WHEN COUPLED WITH HER.

WE AT BLSG TRY TO COMBAT MYTH AND BIOPHIBIA THROUGH DIALOGUE AND UNDERSTANDING OF OUR DIFFERENCES.  SOME LESBIANS IN THE GLBT COMMUNITY HAVE VOICE THEIR DISLIKES AND DISTRUST WITH BISEXUAL WOMEN.  BUT BLSG IS HERE TO CRUSH THE MYTHS AND DISBAN THE BIOPHOBIA.