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Bisexual erasure (or bi erasure), also called bisexual invisibility, is the tendency to ignore, remove, falsify, or re-explain evidence of bisexuality in history, academia, the news media, and other primary sources.[1][2][3]
In its most extreme form, bisexual erasure can include the belief that bisexuality itself does not exist.[1][3] Bisexual erasure may include the assertion all bisexual individuals are in a phase and will soon "choose a side", either heterosexual or homosexual. Another common variant of bisexual erasure involves accepting bisexuality in women while downplaying or rejecting the validity of bisexual identity in men.[4] One belief underlying bisexual erasure is that bisexual individuals are distinctively indecisive.[5] Misrepresentations of bisexual individuals as hypersexual erases the sexual agency of bisexuals, effectively erasing their true identities as well.[6]
Bisexual erasure is often a manifestation of biphobia,[1][2][3] although it does not necessarily involve overt antagonism. Erasure frequently results in bisexual-identifying individuals experiencing a variety of adverse social encounters, as they not only have to struggle with finding acceptance within general society but also within the LGBTQ community.[7] Bisexual erasure is a form of stigma and leads to adverse mental health consequences for people who identify as bisexual, or similar, such as pansexual.[8][9]
There is increasing inclusion and visibility of bisexuals, particularly in the LGBTQ community.[10][11][compared to?]
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- ^ "No Surprise for Bisexual Men: Report Indicates They Exist". The New York Times, August 22, 2011.
- ^ Klesse, Christian (2011). "Shady Characters, Untrustworthy Partners, and Promiscuous Sluts: Creating Bisexual Intimacies in the Face of Heteronormativity and Biphobia". Journal of Bisexuality. 11 (2–3): 227–244. doi:10.1080/15299716.2011.571987. S2CID 144102905.
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- ^ Ross, Lori E.; Salway, Travis; Tarasoff, Lesley A.; MacKay, Jenna M.; Hawkins, Blake W.; Fehr, Charles P. (2018-06-13). "Prevalence of Depression and Anxiety Among Bisexual People Compared to Gay, Lesbian, and Heterosexual Individuals:A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis". The Journal of Sex Research. 55 (4–5): 435–456. doi:10.1080/00224499.2017.1387755. ISSN 0022-4499. PMID 29099625.
- ^ Migdon, Brooke (2021-12-01). "New online LGBTQ+ glossary fails to include 'bisexual' and 'pansexual'". The Hill. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ "Queers United". Archived from the original on 2013-02-10. Retrieved 2013-02-13.
- ^ "Task Force Report On Bisexuality". Archived from the original on 2014-02-16.