LGBTQ: Bisexual

The Bisexual Resource Center envisions a world where love is celebrated, regardless of sexual orientation or gender expression. Because bisexuals today are still misunderstood, marginalized and discriminated against, the BRC is committed to providing support to the bisexual community and raising public awareness about bisexuality and bisexual people.

This report focuses on the “invisible majority” of the LGBT community, the nearly five million adults in the U.S. who identify as bisexual and the millions more who have sexual or romantic attraction to or contact with people of more than one gender. The report provides an overview of current research so we can better understand those who comprise the largest share of the LGB population. It also examines how bias, stigma, discrimination, and invisibility combine to create serious negative outcomes for bisexual people, and it provides concrete recommendations for change. Finally, sidebars throughout the report highlight the lived experiences of bisexual people—and the pervasive discrimination and key disparities they face.

This guide is designed to prepare you for potential challenges of coming out as bisexual and to give you the tools to come out and live openly wherever and whenever you are safe, able and ready. From the Human Rights Campaign

From the Bisexual Resource Center.

An article on the Invisible Majority report from the Movement Advancement Project (also linked in this box) condensing the information in that report. This link is especially useful due to the number of graphs, charts, and statistics it contains about the bisexual community.

By being more cognizant of the realities facing bisexual people and the community's many diversities, and by fairly and accurately reporting on someone who identifies as bisexual, the media can help eliminate some of the misconceptions and damaging stereotypes bisexual people face on a daily basis.

Information on bisexual health from GLAAD.

From the Human Rights Campaign

A compendium of extremely useful articles on bisexuality, ranging from why bisexuals stay in the closet, to bi-visibility, to the future of bisexuality.

In their efforts to make their workplaces safer and more equal for their employees, some employers have assumed that the experiences of lesbian, gay and bisexual
people are identical. The most advanced employers Stonewall works with however recognize that to get the most out of every one of their staff they need to take account of the many different backgrounds and experiences they may have. Contained in this guide are key recommendations and suggestions, many offered by bisexual employees themselves, on how to make work environments better for bisexual people.

From the Bisexual Resource Center.

From Shiri Eisner, bisexual activist: "I hope this list would be of help to monosexual people in understanding their privileges and becoming better allies to bisexuals, as well as helping bisexuals understand our own (often transparent) oppression.