Bi Erasure: Bisexual Invisibility, Invalidity, and Identity Recognition
Bi erasure is the denial, dismissal, or invisibility of bisexuality, often occurring when people assume sexual orientation solely from a person’s current partner.
Bi erasure is the denial, dismissal, or invisibility of bisexuality, often occurring when people assume sexual orientation solely from a person’s current partner.
Internalized biphobia occurs when bisexual or bi+ people absorb negative beliefs about bisexuality and apply those stereotypes or judgments to themselves or others.
Learn what bisexual pornography means, how it portrays attraction across genders, and why identity, consent, stereotypes, and representation matter.
Sexual fluidity describes changes or variations in sexual attraction, desire, behavior, or orientation labels across time or circumstances.
Bisexual describes sexual or romantic attraction to more than one gender, without requiring equal attraction, particular experiences, or multiple partners.
Bisexuality is a sexual orientation involving attraction toward more than one gender, with attraction varying in intensity, frequency, or form.
Omnisexuality is a sexual orientation involving attraction to people of all genders, often with gender remaining meaningful in how attraction is experienced.
Pansexuality is a sexual orientation involving the capacity for attraction to people of any gender or regardless of gender.
Biphobia is prejudice, hostility, stereotyping, or discrimination directed toward bisexual people or people perceived to be bisexual.