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Mainstream heterosexual society has been understanding how to accept, or at least is getting use to the visibility of lgbt people over the last several years. With more states legalizing gay marriage like Oregon and Pennsylvania and the overturning of DOMA, the Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as a union between one man and something woman, gay and lesbians have already been making strides toward equal rights. Movies and Television have featured more gay and lesbian characters and more and much more celebrities have come out from the closet just like the Big Bang Theory’s Jim Parsons and celeb Ellen Page. But with all of this exposure bisexual people have been left out.

There has been bi-phobia not only in the heterosexual community, but also in the gay and lesbian community. That’s probably because the lgbt community, just like the heterosexual community, doesn’t know much about, or understand bisexuals. There are lots of myths about bisexuals that require to be clarified so they are more understood.

Myth #1 Bisexuals are confused about their sexuality.

Bisexuals are not confused about their sexuality. They just happen to be attracted to both men and women. Many teenagers are confused about their sexuality in general mostly because of the societal pressures to be heterosexual. As young people figure out who they’re they’ll know instinctively who they are attracted to.

バイセクシャル　診断 #2 To be bisexual you will need to love both genders equally.

While bisexuals are attracted to both men and women, they are not necessarily attracted to both genders equally. It’s almost such as a percentage, with 50%/50% being a person attracted to both men and women equally.

Myth #3 Being bisexual means having a male and female lover at the same time.

While bisexual people may be with both individuals over their dating career most bisexuals don’t feel just like they have to be with both genders at the same time to feel fulfilled.

Myth #4 Bisexual folks are promiscuous.

Bisexuals are simply as likely to be promiscuous as hetero- or homosexual people. Their sexual orientation has nothing in connection with their sexual life style. Bisexuals are simply as likely to be monogamous as anyone else also.

Myth #5 Bisexuals are in “transition.” On the path to being gay.

Most people who are bisexual are set in, and comfortable with their sexual orientation. There have been a small number of gay and lesbian people who have come out as bisexual because the stigma to be homosexual. This offends bisexuals because it really helps to maintain this myth.

Myth #6 Bisexual People have more privilege than gay and lesbian people.

This myth is both true and untrue based on the circumstance. Whenever a bisexual person has been, and especially married to, a person of another sex they will receive the benefits of heterosexual privilege, however when a bisexual person has been a person of exactly the same sex they will not.