Some bisexual words.
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“BISEXUALITY
Pronunciation:
buy-sek-shoo-ah-leh-tee
Attraction to more than one gender, or
to genders similar to- and different from- one’s own.”]
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“BIROMANTIC
Pronunciation: buy-ro-man-tick
An
identity describing romantic (but not sexual) attraction to more than
one gender, or to genders similar to- and different from- one’s
own.”]
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“BISENSIBLE
Pronunciation: buy-sen-seh-ball
Any
bi person who prefers to date other bi people”]
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“BIPHOBIA
Pronunciation:
buy-fo-bee-ah
Fear, hatred or prejudice against bisexual
people.”]
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“MONOSEXISM
Pronunciation: mo-no-sek-si-sum
The
social system according to which everyone is, or should be,
monosexual (attracted to no more than one gender). Also including
social rewards for monosexual people and punishments against bisexual
and multisexual people.”]
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“MONOSEXUAL
Pronunciation:
mo-no-sek-shoo-all
Anyone attracted to only one gender”]
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“BIFEMINISM
Pronunciation: buy-feh-meh-ni-sum
A
strand of feminist and bisexual politics, focusing on the oppression
and liberation of bisexual women.”]
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“BISEXUAL
ERASURE
Pronunciation: buy-sek-shoo-all ee-ray-sure
Erasure
of bisexuality from any discussion or context where it is relevant”]
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“BINORMATIVITY
Pronunciation:
buy-nor-muh-teh-beh-tee
The idea that bi people have to fit
heterosexual norms (e.g. stability, monogamy, whiteness, etc.) to be
legitimate.”]
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“SAPPHOBIA
Pronunciation:
sah-fo-bee-ah
Misogyny against bisexual and multisexual women, the
intersection of misogyny and monosexism.”]