How many guys are bisexual
How many men are bisexual?
There might be more than you think
Written by Abigail Swoap
A few weeks ago, I sat down with my roommates to proceed our nightly binge-watch of Schitt’s Creek. It was the episode where David (the family’s flashy son) describes his sexuality in an extended metaphor about wine.
David: I undertake drink red wine, but I also drink white wine. And I’ve been known to sample the occasional rosé. And a couple of summers help I tried a Merlot that used to be Chardonnay. Which got a bit complicated.
Stevie: So really you’re just open to all wines.
David: I favor the wine and not the label. Does that construct sense?
It was one of those television moments that will stay with me for a long time. Not just because it’s a hilarious way to define pansexuality, but also because while we were watching it, I realized it was one of the only representations of a man with a bi+ self I’d ever seen in mainstream media.
TV shows and movies have a history of bisexual person erasure,1which GLAAD defines as “a pervasive problem in which the existence or legitimacy of bisexuality
Why Do So Many Bisexuals End Up In “Straight” Relationships?
When I started virtual dating a woman for the first time after years of happily dating men, I had a go-to joke ready for when I was called upon to explain my sexual orientation to the confused: “I’m half gay. Only on my mom’s side of the family.”
I’m one of those people who’d always misguidedly “hated labels,” and I actively eschewed the term “bisexual” for years. I went on to date a number of trans guys, and in my mind, “bi” was also indicative of a gender binary I didn’t believe existed. I’ve since come to realize that actually, the “bi” implies attraction not to two genders, but to members of both one’s own and other genders, and that the multi-attracted umbrella includes a extensive rainbow of labels connoting sexual fluidity. These days, I wear the “bisexual” label proudly.
Given all that struggle and growth, my current situation might approach as a surprise: I’m in a committed, long-term relationship with a cisgender man who identifies as straight—just like a startling majority of other bisexual person women.
Dan Savage once observed that
Bisexual FAQ
What does bisexual mean?
In simplest terms, a bisexual person is someone who can be attracted to more than one gender; but adults and youth who recognize as bisexual sometimes depict themselves differently. Many attracted to both genders adults have embraced the definition proposed by longtime bisexual leader, national speaker and award-winning activist Robyn Ochs:
"I call myself pansexual because I acknowledge that I have in myself the potential to be attracted - romantically and/or sexually - to people of more than one sex and/or gender, not necessarily at the equal time, not necessarily in the same way, and not necessarily to the same degree."
This broad definition of bisexuality includes people who identify as pansexual, queer, fluid and other labels that suggest potential attraction to more than one gender.
How many people are bisexual?
According to the Williams Institute and the HRC Foundation's own study, studies suggest that about 50 percent of people who identify as either gay, lesbian or double attraction, identify as bisexual. This makes the bisexual population t
Adult LGBT Population in the Merged States
This report provides estimates of the number and percent of the U.S. adult population that identifies as LGBT, overall, as well as by age. Estimates of LGBT adults at the national, state, and regional levels are included. We rely on BRFSS data for these estimates. Pooling multiple years of facts provides more stable estimates—particularly at the state level.
Combining BRFSS information, we estimate that % of U.S. adults identify as LGBT. Further, we estimate that there are almost million (13,,) LGBT adults in the U.S.
Regions and States
LGBT people reside in all regions of the U.S. (Table 2 and Figure 2). Consistent with the overall population in the United States,more LGBT adults live in the South than in any other region. More than half (%) of LGBT people in the U.S. exist in the Midwest (%) and South (%), including million in the Midwest and million in the South. About one-quarter (%) of LGBT adults reside in the West, approximately million people. Less than one in five (%) LGBT adults live in the Northeast ( million).
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