Lesbian bisexuals

Bi-lesbian is a multioriented individual who uses both bi and lesbian labels.^[1]

This legal title can be used by women and non-binary individuals who use the split attraction model and are bisexual/biromantic/etc. and homo- (lesbian), entity varioriented/variangled, or an individual who experiences lesbian tertiary attraction. They have one form of attraction to two or more genders but are only attracted to women via another form of attraction. They may find themselves sexually attracted to men, but could never picture themselves in a relationship with one, putting more emphasis on their attraction to women, though this varies from an individual to an individual.

It can also be used by individuals who name as both pansexual and lesbian, either due to modifying attraction (such as abrosexuality), or due being part of a plural system, such as having a different sexuality when fronting, or being in a median system where one member somewhat experiences their headmate(s)' attraction(s).

Additionally, the term can utilize to women and other non-men who are bisexual a

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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 distinguish as bisexual sometimes portray themselves differently. Many fluid adults have embraced the definition proposed by longtime bisexual leader, national speaker and award-winning activist Robyn Ochs:

"I call myself bisexual person 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 attracted to both genders, identify as bisexual. This makes the bisexual population t

Until 50 years ago the pos for a bisexual woman was “lesbian”

I’m not denying that female homosexuality is a natural part of human nature and has always sexisted. There absolutely are and always have been women who are exclusively attracted to only women. The distinction that is relatively recent is the distinction between people who are distinct levels of attracted to women.

Which is to say, if a woman had sex with other women, the word for her was “lesbian”, regardless of her relationship to men. Until the s.

So for example, in woman loving woman bars of the ss, where butch/femme culture emerged (check out Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold by Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy and Madeline Davis), femmes usually tended to be married to men who financially supported them. While married to their husbands, they went to lesbian bars and had affairs with other women. Bisexual women were part of the lesbian community. When the Daughters of Bilitis, the first lesbian advocacy group in the USA, formed in , a great deal of their work was helping women quit their husbands. Some of them wer