Truth of Biphobia

Bisexuality is defined as people who are attracted — romantically and/or sexually — to people of more than one sex and/or gender.

The “Mother of Pride,” Brenda Howard, was bisexual.

Bisexual people organize for protections for gender and sexual diversity.

Many marriage equality campaigns intentionally left bisexual people behind. Some refused to work with openly bisexual people.

Bisexuals experience work place discrimination. Some have been counseled by their lawyers to identify as "gay" or "lesbian."

Pansexual should be used as the umbrella because it's more inclusive.

Bisexual people are just confused. They'll realize they're gay/lesbian eventually.

Bisexual girls are just identifying that way for the attention.

Bisexual people have it easy because they can pretend they're straight.

Bisexual people should just pick a side (get off the fence).

Bisexual men can't commit. They’re cheaters.

Guys can't really be bisexual.

Bisexual men spread diseases to straight people.

Bisexual people experience a double closet. They often report not being welcome in straight communities or in "LGBT" communities.

Bisexual youth have worse outcomes on many measures than their straight, lesbian, or gay counterparts.

Bisexual youth experience more sexual violence than their straight, lesbian, or gay counterparts.

Bisexual people can't be monogamous.

Being bi+ is a choice, being gay or lesbian isn’t.

Queer is a bad word and shouldn't be used as a sexual orientation identity.

Identifying as pansexual hurts the bisexual movement.

Black/African American and Hispanic/Latino youth are more likely to identify as bisexual than pansexual.