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Deconstructing the Clinging Myth of ‘Straight-Passing privilege’ for bi+People Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Rosie Nelson
This article is premised on critiquing the idea that bi+people – that is, those with multiple gendered attractions - have ‘straight-passing privilege.’ This assumed straight-passing privilege sugge...
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Through the Lenses of Sexual Minorities in the Indian LGBTQ + Community: Perception of Social Equality and Community Support Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Oeshi Ghosh
Whether in the form of same-sex attraction or love, the history of same-sex relationships has been well documented in every culture across the globe. In India, evidence of the same can be found on ...
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The Relationship Between C-Reactive Protein and Depression is Partially Moderated by Sexual Identity Among Bisexuals Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2024-03-03 Jessica P. Sherman, Ethan Morgan
Sexual minorities (SM) are at increased risk for inflammation and experience higher rates of depression at younger ages relative to heterosexuals. In this analysis, we aimed to delineate the relati...
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Bisexual Women in a Romantic Relationship: Coming out and Internalized Binegativity in Same/Different Gender Couples Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Stefano Isolani, Jessica Pistella, Claudia Chiarolanza, Michela Baldi, Alessio Masturzi, Ashley K. Randall, Pamela J. Lannutti, Yuvamathi Gandhi, Tamás Martos, Orsolya Rosta-Filep, Emanuele Basili, Roberto Baiocco
The coming out process represents an essential milestone for bisexual identity formation. Bisexual people may face challenges in navigating relationships due to internalized binegativity, i.e., the...
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Predictors of Psychological Distress for Bi + Individuals during the COVID-19 Pandemic Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Rachel Chickerella, Meredith R. Maroney, Danielle Shinbine, M. Dolores Cimini
Bisexual and pansexual (bi+) individuals remain understudied subpopulations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGTBQ+) community, despite experiencing complex stressors and stigm...
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Psychological Distress Mediates the Relationship Between Bisexual Discrimination and Disordered Eating Behaviors in Bi + Women Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Mikayla E. Jones, Jo R. Doley
This study sought to expand the scope of research on bi+ (bisexual and other plurisexual orientations such as pansexual) women and their experiences with disordered eating. A small body of research...
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“I Had Already Reconciled With Being a Slut When I Came out as Bisexual”: Experiences of Binormativity, Prototypicality, and Marginalization Within the Bisexual Community Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Flora Oswald, Kari A. Walton, Lena Orlova, Julie Ayad, Aidan Hooper, Cory L. Pedersen
Bisexual people encounter pervasive stigmatization resulting in significant negative health outcomes. To avoid stigmatization, bisexual people may attempt to resist stereotyping by acting in ways c...
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Exploring Biphobia Among Heterosexuals and LGBTQ + Individuals in Spain: Psychometric Properties of the Biphobia Scale in a Spanish Sample Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Alberto González Robles, Pablo Roca, María del Mar Sánchez-Fuentes, Yaiza Jiménez-Pérez, Daniel Ondé
Self-reported questionnaires for assessing biphobia have been developed and validated in English-speaking countries. In Spain, despite considerable rates of biphobia, there is a lack of validated i...
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The Nature and Perceived Effects of Bipositivity Among Plurisexual Women Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Allison E. Cipriano, Kathryn J. Holland
Disparities in physical and mental health have been well documented between plurisexual and monosexual women, but protective factors related to plurisexual identity remain largely unexplored. In th...
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Multivariate Relations Between Lifetime Adversity and Substance Use Involvement: Comparisons Between Gay and Bisexual Emerging Adult Men Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Jonathan G. Tubman, Jacquie Lee, Candace Moore, Avital J. Shapiro
This study investigated multivariate relations between (a) lifetime experiences of adversity and (b) past year substance use involvement among cisgender sexual minority emerging adult men, ages 18–...
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An Examination of Protective Factors for Bisexual Stigma and Alcohol Use among Heavy Drinking Young Bisexual Women Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2024-01-07 Melissa C. Rothstein, Christina T. Schulz, Sabrina M. Todaro, Amy L. Stamates, Sarah J. Ehlke, Michelle L. Kelley
Bisexual women are an at-risk population for hazardous drinking. One factor contributing to their risk is binegativity (discrimination from heterosexual and lesbian/gay communities). Research has f...
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Contested Sexual Identities and Bi + Identity Disclosure Experiences Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2023-12-13 Rebecca Cipollina, Zoey Eddy, Diana T. Sanchez
Bi+ people (those who are attracted to or romantically involved with individuals of more than one gender, including bisexual people) face unique forms of social stigma, such as having their identit...
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High Prevalence of Depression Symptoms Among Bisexual Women: The Association of Sexual Orientation and Gender on Depression Symptoms in a Nationally Representative U.S. Sample Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2023-12-13 Joshun J. S. Dulai, Rose A. Schmidt
Bisexual individuals experience higher rates of depression than heterosexual individuals and women experience higher rates of depression than men; however, few studies have quantified the joint eff...
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Midlife Satisfaction Disparities by Sexual Orientation: Findings from the Health and Retirement Study Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2023-12-08 Wenhua Lai, Ning Hsieh, Hui Liu
Midlife is a pivotal stage shaping healthy aging, and sexual minorities may face more challenges in midlife than heterosexual individuals, due to cumulative social, economic, and health disadvantag...
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Descriptive or Divisive? A Critical Review of Scholarly Perspectives toward Monosexism Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Nel Jayson Santos, Ailsa Craig
Dichotomous views of gender and sexuality primarily categorize people according to opposing binaries – either those attracted to the ‘opposite’ sex (heterosexual people) or those attracted to the s...
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The Association Between Masculinity Ideology and Sexism: The Role of Sexual Orientation Among Heterosexual and Bisexual Women Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Diana L. Jenkins, Aubrey L. Hoffer, Dawn DeLay
The current study explored the relation between sexual orientation, masculinity ideology, and sexism among 380 adult heterosexual and bisexual women. Participants completed measures of sexual orien...
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Strategic Navigations of Identity in the Face of Bi-Erasure: Narratives of Bisexual College Student Identity Negotiation Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2023-09-05 Kaity Prieto
Despite constituting the largest segment of the LGBTQ + community, limited research exists on the experiences of bisexual university students, and that which does often includes them among aggregat...
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Intersexual Variabilities and Phallic Restorations: Otto Weininger and Sigmund Freud as Detractors of Magnus Hirschfeld Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2023-08-30 J. Edgar Bauer
Abstract In 1903, young Viennese philosopher Otto Weininger (1880–1903) published Geschlecht und Charakter. Eine prinzipielle Untersuchung (literally: Sex and Character. A Principled Investigation), in which he maintained that the conception of “permanent bisexuality” he advanced was completely new. His claims were challenged in 1906 by physician Wilhelm Fließ (1858–1928), who referred to his elaborations
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Sexual Orientation, Mental Health Characteristics, and Self-Care in Professional Psychology Training and Employment Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2023-08-23 Malena Gimenez-Zapiola, Bailey Pascuzzi, Shivani Bathla, Tarryn Pollard, G. Thomas Schanding Jr, Steven L. Bistricky
Although self-care practice is critical for mental healthcare professionals (MHP) to buffer against the impact of stressors and to prevent psychiatric symptoms and functional impairment, effective ...
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Hegemonic Monosexuality Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2023-08-18 Angelos Bollas
Recent scholarly work has focused on the erasure and mistreatment of bisexuality in histories of sexuality. Such erasure is not only observed in academic work but also in the lived experiences of p...
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“It Was a Gift”: Indonesian Christian Bisexual Seminary Students’ Theological Reinterpretation of Bisexuality and Religious Belief Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2023-08-08 Grant Nixon, Emanuel Gerrit Singgih, Asnath Niwa Natar, Tinny Mayliasari, Kayla Nathania Thayeb
Abstract In the Indonesian context, as a religious-heteronormative nation, bisexual identity is generally interpreted as a negative identity in theological discourse. This article offers an alternative theological discourse regarding the meaning of bisexual identity by five Christian bisexual seminary students as a form of self-empowerment within a religious-heteronormative context. This article describes
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The Experience of Bi-Negativity in Mixed Gender Relationships Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2023-08-01 Ceili Charley, Olivia Manickas-Hill, Amanda Bartley, Amanda Bunting, Kristen Mark
Bisexual orientation in the context of long-term relationships comes with a unique set of challenges, especially when that relationship is mixed gender. The cultural belief that bisexual orientatio...
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Transformisms. Heterotopia in the Dressing Room Mirror. The Case of Alicante (Spain) Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2023-07-30 Juan Antonio Roche Cárcel, José Javier Moreno Sánchez
Abstract Starting from the intertwining of the ideas exposed by J. Butler -in Gender Trouble on the performance of the transvestite and, those of M. Foucault, who defends that the space of the transvestite performance is heterotopic, generating a place-other the party room, the theater, the cabaret and the dressing room, this article aims to emphasize the centrality of the dressing room mirror in the
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Eliding Bisexuality in Orange is the New Black Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2023-07-20 Michelle E. Bloom
Published in Journal of Bisexuality (Vol. 23, No. 3, 2023)
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‘These Made-Up Things Mean Nothing to Me’: Exploring the Intersection of Autism and Bisexuality in the Lives of Young People Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2023-05-25 Alex Toft
Abstract This article explores the negotiation of autism and bisexuality in the lives of young people (16–25). Identity negotiation in this regard refers to the exploration of how the participants experienced the intersection of bisexuality and autism from a personal and a social perspective. To do this the article uses data collected from interviews and diaries to examine how the participants understood
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Disparities in Psychological Distress between Czech General Population and LGB + Community Sample Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2023-04-05 Michal Pitoňák, Jiří Kožený, Martin Čihák
Abstract Sexuality and gender identity measures are rarely included in population-level health studies, even though research shows that sexual minorities are among the groups most vulnerable to psychological distress. In this study, we strive to make the first step towards overcoming this gap in data availability in Czechia. We used data from a recent Czech General population sample (N = 1,841) aged
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From Invisibility to Bivisibility: Identity Abuse and Mental Health Outcomes among Bisexual Individuals Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2023-03-21 Malaïka H.C Gutekunst, Christopher T.H Liang
Abstract There has been a growth in research that is focused on the experiences of bisexual individuals. Bisexual individuals are disproportionately impacted by identity abuse, a form of intimate partner violence perpetrated against an individual’s visible and/or invisible identities that serves to discredit, undermine or devalue those identities (Scheer et al., 2019 Scheer, J. R., Woulfe, J. M., &
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For Straight Persons, Correlates of Biphobia Are Mostly the Same as for Homophobia Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2023-03-15 Craig T. Nagoshi, Aviva Bechky, Julie Nagoshi, Vijayan K. Pillai
Abstract In a previous study, for a sample of 187 female and 107 male straight U.S. college undergraduates randomly assigned to complete measures of homophobia and transphobia with either born-female or born-male targets, the authors reported on the similarities and differences between the correlates for homophobia versus those for transphobia, dependent on participant and/or target gender. Participants
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Automatic Attention to Sexual Images of Men and Women in Androphilic, Ambiphilic, and Gynephilic Women Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2023-03-02 Robert J. Snowden, Nicola S. Gray, Jasmine Rollings, Katie S. Uzzell
Abstract Attentional resources might be automatically attracted to highly motivational stimuli such as a possible sexual partner. We tested whether attention would be automatically attracted to images of men vs women in women with a self-reported sexual attraction to men (androphilic), women (gynephilic) or to both men and women (ambiphilic) in a dot-probe paradigm. While androphilic women showed a
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(Bi)Sexuality across Borders and Queer Irony: Disrupting the Legal System in How to Get Away with Murder Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2022-12-22 Clara Bafaluy Avenoza
Abstract In the episode “Whose blood is that?” (5x02) of How to Get Away with Murder the main cast seeks to obtain an appeal for Nanda Hashim, a Rohingya Muslim who, after signing a plea deal, is serving time for the murder of her white American wife. The specific circumstances of her case and the discourse that is generated around it address issues of race, religion, asylum, and (bi)sexuality. Through
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“In a Romantic Way, Not Just a Friend Way!”: Exploring the Developmental Implications of Positive Depictions of Bisexuality in Alice Oseman’s Heartstopper Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2022-12-12 Melissa Allen
Abstract The role of media in identity formation is a documented topic but media is rarely used in developmental interventions by educators and practitioners in ensuring individuals are able to engage with positive depictions of their identities. This manuscript explores the potential developmental implications of positive, trope-defying depictions of bisexuality in Alice Oseman’s Heartstopper for
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“Examined Masculinity”: Bi + Men’s Experiences of Sexuality and Gender across Heteronormative & Queer Spaces Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2022-12-05 Christopher Anders, Shannon L. Stuart-Maver, Jung Eui Hong, Echo Amos
Abstract Bi + individuals make up the largest proportion of the LGBTQ + community (Gates, 2011 Gates, G. J. (2011). How many people are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender?. The Williams Institute. Retrieved from https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/how-many-people-lgbt/ [Google Scholar]), but are often underrepresented in the literature (Galupo at al., 2017). Most research on bi + experiences
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Unicorns on the Digital Range: Bisexual Persons’ Experiences of Geo-Social Networking Application Use Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2022-09-29 Eric Filice, Corey W. Johnson, Diana C. Parry
Abstract Geo-social networking applications (GSNAs) like Tinder and Grindr are popular tools for connecting with people for romance, sex, and other purposes, particularly among sexual minorities. This paper draws on narrative interviews with 13 bisexual persons (5 cisgender men, 6 cisgender women, 2 trans/nonbinary persons) to explore their GSNA use, including motives and gratifications, relational
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A Quantitative Intersectional Exploration of Sexual Violence and Mental Health among Bi + People: Looking within and across Race and Gender Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2022-09-15 Corey E. Flanders, Mya Wright, Saachi Khandpur, Sara Kuhn, RaeAnn E. Anderson, Margaret Robinson, Nicole VanKim
Abstract Young bisexual people report disparities related to mental health and sexual violence compared to their heterosexual and gay/lesbian peers. However, the majority of research in these areas does not employ an intersectional design, despite evidence that health outcomes vary by race and gender within bi + populations. The goal of this paper is to provide an intersectionally-informed exploration
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Latinx Bi+/Plurisexual Individuals’ Disclosure of Sexual Orientation to Family and the Role of Latinx Cultural Values, Beliefs, and Traditions Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2022-09-14 Roberto L. Abreu, Marian Hernandez, Idania Ramos, Koree S. Badio, Kirsten A. Gonzalez
Abstract Family acceptance and support is crucial for LGBTQ individual’s well-being. For Latinx LGBTQ people specifically, Latinx cultural values, beliefs, and traditions (e.g., familismo, gender norms, respeto, religion and spirituality) play an important role in their relationship with their family members. To date, however, little is known about the unique experiences of Latinx bi+/plurisexual people
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Structural Stigma and Bisexual + People: Effects of the Rejection of the Zan Bill in Italy on Minority Stress and Mental Health Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2022-09-09 Daniele Rucco, Annalisa Anzani, Cristiano Scandurra, Andrea Pennasilico, Antonio Prunas
Abstract Bisexual + people experience severe forms of structural stigma that are associated to negative mental health outcomes. In order to eradicate hate crimes against LGBTQIAPK + people, on the 4th of November 2020, the Italian deputy Alessandro Zan proposed a Bill entitled “Measures to prevent and combat discrimination and violence on grounds of sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity
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Experiences of Discrimination, Mental Health, and Substance Use among Bisexual Young Adults Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2022-09-07 Shelby A. Smout, Eric G. Benotsch
Abstract Research suggests that experiences of anti-bisexual discrimination, otherwise known as biphobia, contributes to increased risk for mental health and substance use problems for bisexual individuals. The current study assessed whether experiences of biphobia predicted reporting symptoms of anxiety and depression as well as substance use. Data from 226 bisexual participants (ages 21–35) were
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Double Your Pleasure, Double Your Fun: Both Ways (1975) Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2022-08-19 B. C. Roberts
Published in Journal of Bisexuality (Vol. 23, No. 1, 2023)
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An Examination of Attitudes toward Bisexual People at the Intersections of Gender and Race/Ethnicity Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2022-06-15 Brian A. Feinstein, Isabel Benjamin, Kate D. Dorrell, Sydni E. Foley, Helena S. Blumenau, Ryan T. Cragun, Eric Julian Manalastas
Abstract People report more negative attitudes toward bisexual than gay/lesbian individuals, but little is known about attitudes at the intersections of gender and race/ethnicity. We examined whether attitudes toward bisexual people differed depending on: 1) target gender identity (man, woman), gender modality (cisgender, transgender), and race/ethnicity (White, Black, Hispanic); and 2) participant
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The Cost of Visibility: Minority Stress, Sexual Assault, and Traumatic Stress among Bisexual Women and Gender Expansive People Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2022-06-10 Laurel B. Watson, Brandon Velez, Raquel S. Craney, Sydney K. Greenwalt
Abstract Utilizing minority stress framework, this study assessed a model examining the mechanisms associated with bisexual women’s and gender expansive peoples’ experiences of sexual assault and PTSD symptoms. A total of 378 bisexual women and gender expansive people participated in this study, with the majority of participants identifying as White, cisgender women. Findings revealed that higher levels
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Breaking Silence: Toward an in-the-Life Theology* Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2022-05-28 Ibrahim Abdurrahman Farajajé
Published in Journal of Bisexuality (Vol. 22, No. 2, 2022)
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The Bridge and the Water: An Introduction to the Gedenkschrift Honoring the Life and Work of Shaykh Dr. Ibrahim Abdurrahman Farajajé Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2022-05-19 H. “Herukhuti” Sharif Williams
Abstract In this introduction to a collection of scholarly and artistic tributes honoring the life and work of decolonial bisexual philosopher, kweer and queer theologian, Sufi mystic, artist, and ethically non-monogamous kink practitioner, Shaykh Dr. Ibrahim Abdurrahman Farajajé (b. 1952; d. 2016). Interspersed among the tributes are several of Farajajé’s previously published and unpublished essays
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An adaptation: The Lost Daughter (2021) Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2022-05-14 Chloe Benson
Published in Journal of Bisexuality (Vol. 22, No. 3, 2022)
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Correction Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2022-05-05
Published in Journal of Bisexuality (Vol. 22, No. 3, 2022)
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Hearing What Youth Are Telling Us: A Review of Bi: Bisexual, Pansexual, Fluid, and Nonbinary Youth by Ritch C. Savin-Williams Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2022-04-21 Brian A. Feinstein
(2022). Hearing What Youth Are Telling Us: A Review of Bi: Bisexual, Pansexual, Fluid, and Nonbinary Youth by Ritch C. Savin-Williams. Journal of Bisexuality: Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 145-149.
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The Experiences of Bisexual Soccer Fans in the UK: Inclusion, Engagement, and Digital Lives Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2022-04-20 Rory Magrath
Abstract Although sport has traditionally been a toxic environment for sexual minorities, recent research has shown greater levels of inclusivity. Building on a growth of recent research on typically marginalized groups of sports fans – including women, racial minorities, and some sexual minorities – this research examines the experiences of English bisexual soccer fans. To do so, I draw on semi-structured
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“Bisexuality Isn’t Exclusionary”: A Qualitative Examination of Bisexual Definitions and Gender Inclusivity Concerns among Plurisexual Women Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2022-04-10 Allison E. Cipriano, Daniel Nguyen, Kathryn J. Holland
Abstract The current study investigated how plurisexual women of varying identities conceptualize bisexuality. We conducted 25 semi-structured interviews women with attraction to more than one gender. Using thematic analysis, we identified three overarching themes: (1) definitions of bisexuality differ by one’s identity label, (2) concerns about sexual identity label inclusivity, and (3) outcomes of
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The Closest Thing to God in a Body Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2022-04-10 Taya Mâ Shere
Published in Journal of Bisexuality (Vol. 22, No. 2, 2022)
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L v. B and Feminist Identity: Examining Lesbians’ Bi-Negativity and Bisexuals’ Lesbian Negativity Using Norm-Centered Stigma Theory Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2022-04-07 Meredith G. F. Worthen
Abstract Historically, there has been a schism between lesbian and bisexual women that was largely embedded in the rigid rules of the 1970s lesbian feminist movement. Yet while the overt separatist tactics of lesbian feminism that once excluded bisexual women have largely faded away, the current study demonstrates continued evidence of fractures between L (lesbian) v. (B) bisexual women using data
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Creating Change (1995) Keynote Speech Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2022-04-07 Ibrahim Farajajé (transcribed by Loraine Hutchins)
Published in Journal of Bisexuality (Vol. 22, No. 2, 2022)
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Starr King School Symposium 2012: Ibrahim Farajajé Opening Sermon (Excerpt)* Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2022-04-06 Ibrahim Abdurrahman Farajajé
Published in Journal of Bisexuality (Vol. 22, No. 2, 2022)
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Forum II - Affirming Diversity: Promise and Challenge* Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2022-04-04 Alma Faith Crawford, Ibrahim Abdurrahman Farajajé
Published in Journal of Bisexuality (Vol. 22, No. 2, 2022)
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Andalusia and Beyond* Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2022-04-04 Kathleen Young, Ibrahim Abdurrahman Farajajé
Published in Journal of Bisexuality (Vol. 22, No. 2, 2022)
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Queer(y)ing Religious Education:Teaching the R(evolutionary) S(ub)Versions) or Relax! … It’s Just Religious Ed* Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2022-04-01 Ibrahim Abdurrahman Farajajé†
Abstract In this autoethnographic speech to a gathering of the Liberal Religious Educators Association (LREDA), the author offers a philosophical foundation for a decolonial, queer, and intersexional approach to religious and thea/ological education. The author draws about Black queer cultural production, Black feminist thought, decolonial discourses from around the world, historical analysis, biblicalexegesis
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Sexual Health, but What Else? A Critical Review of the Literature Focused on Bisexual Men in the United States Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2022-03-24 Rachel Chickerella, Sharon G. Horne
Abstract Although bisexual individuals have higher rates of mental health concerns than their lesbian and gay counterparts, and higher rates of unsafe sex practices and substance use (Feinstein & Dyar, 2017; Gonzalez et al., 2017; Green & Feinstein, 2012), bisexual men, in particular, remain an under-researched population (Feinstein & Dyar, 2017; Schrimshaw et al., 2018). Such health disparities have
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Symposium 2015* Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2022-03-23 Ibrahim Abdurrahman Farajajé
Published in Journal of Bisexuality (Vol. 22, No. 2, 2022)
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The Refusal to Refuse: Bisexuality Trouble and the Hegemony of Monosexuality Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2022-03-22 Hannah McCann
Abstract This paper both revisits and productively draws on Judith Butler’s theory of sexuality offered in Gender Trouble, to consider how this foundational queer theory text inadvertently works to contain and bracket plurisexualities such as bisexuality. I consider how Butler at once rejects the idea of originary bisexuality provoked by psychoanalytic discourse on polymorphous perversity yet subsumes
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Development of a Scale of Prejudice toward Bisexual and Transgender Individuals on the Basis of Ambiguity Intolerance Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2022-03-15 Amanda A. Arcieri, Lacey Rose DeLucia
Abstract Prejudice toward bisexual and transgender individuals is motivated in part by unique (yet similar) negative stereotypes and cognitive rigidity (Huffaker & Kwon, 2016 Huffaker, L., & Kwon, P. (2016). A comprehensive approach to sexual and transgender prejudice. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services, 28(3), 195–213. https://doi.org/10.1080/10538720.2016.1191405[Taylor & Francis Online], [Web
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Wellbeing beyond Binaries: A Qualitative Study of Wellbeing in Bisexual+ Youth Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2022-03-05 Hilary Miller, Louisa Welland, Sarah McCook, Katherine Giunta
Abstract Multi-gender attracted (bisexual+) youth experience a high risk for suicide and mental health problems, but little is known about their protective factors. This study explored the challenges and supporting factors for wellbeing in a sample of diverse bisexual+ young people through semi-structured qualitative interviews. Participants (n = 15) were aged 17–25 years and were multi-gender attracted
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Where Does the “B” Belong?: Anti-Bisexual Experiences, Self-Stigma, and Bisexual Individuals’ Sense of Belonging Journal of Bisexuality Pub Date : 2022-02-10 Meghan K. McInnis, Stéphanie E. M. Gauvin, Karen L. Blair, Caroline F. Pukall
Abstract Bisexuality remains a stereotyped sexual identity in which bisexuals face prejudice from both gay/lesbian and heterosexual populations. Some bisexual individuals internalize society’s negative attitudes, resulting in an experience of self-stigma. Consequently, many bisexual individuals report a reduced sense of belonging. The current study explored whether self-stigma mediates the association