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Bi-curiosity and other non-monosexual identities: Hi. I rewrote this section of the article which REEKED of biphobia, and the assumption that "bisexuality is binary while pansexuality is not" Is complete bullshit. Go back as early as 1990s bisexual manifesto to understand bisexuality is, in fact, non binary. Thus, reducing the bisexual umbrella to, ironically, another binairsm (binary/non) instead of a range of possibkr drxual identities with nuances is tone deaf at best.
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== Bi-curiosity and other non-monosexual identities == |
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Standard theories of bi-sexuality make use of the term [[bisexual umbrella]] to encompass multiple other [[non-monosexual]] identities (sexual identities that allow for multiple gender identity possibilities in partners)<ref>{{Cite web |title=LGBTQ Plus Glossary |url=https://health.ucdavis.edu/diversity-inclusion/LGBTQI/LGBTQ-Plus.html |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=health.ucdavis.edu |archive-date=2020-09-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919161657/https://health.ucdavis.edu/diversity-inclusion/LGBTQI/LGBTQ-Plus.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> that are possible outcomes of exploration for bi-curious people. However, similar on the surface, bisexuality and the subsequent elements of its umbrella are distinct, thus leading to the possibility that a currently bi-curious person may end up as neither bisexual, homosexual, or heterosexual, but another non-monosexual identity altogether.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Flanders |first1=Corey E. |last2=LeBreton |first2=Marianne E. |last3=Robinson |first3=Margaret |last4=Bian |first4=Jing |last5=Caravaca-Morera |first5=Jaime Alonso |date=2017-01-02 |title=Defining Bisexuality: Young Bisexual and Pansexual People's Voices |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15299716.2016.1227016 |journal=Journal of Bisexuality |language=en |volume=17 |issue=1 |pages=39–57 |doi=10.1080/15299716.2016.1227016 |issn=1529-9716|url-access=subscription }}</ref> This umbrella can be better broken into binary and non-binary sexual identities, with bisexuality being a 'binary' sexual identity, meaning it is an attraction to men conventionally and women conventionally (a combination of the binary sexual attractions of homosexual and heterosexual). At the same time, [[pansexuality]] is a non-binary sexual identity because it is an attraction to an individual regardless of what gender identity they label themselves, including men, women, [[Non-binary gender|non-binary]] people, [[Gender fluidity|gender-fluid]] people, and more.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Sprott |first=R. A. |title=Bisexuality, pansexuality, queer identity, and kink identity |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/14681994.2017.1347616 |access-date=2023-11-29 |journal=Sexual and Relationship Therapy |date=2018 |volume=33 |issue=1–2 |pages=214–232 |doi=10.1080/14681994.2017.1347616 |language=en|url-access=subscription }}</ref> The relevance to a bi-curious person is at what range does their exploration end; have they found that their sexual attraction ends with both men and women (binary sexual attraction), or do they find themselves attracted to individuals regardless of their gender identity (non-binary sexual attraction).<ref>{{Cite thesis |last=McShane |first=Hannah |date=December 11, 2019 |title=The Bisexual To Be Corrected: Interrogating The Threat And Recuperation Of Women's Femme Bisexuality |s2cid=203065136 |publisher=Georgia State University}}</ref> |
Standard theories of bi-sexuality make use of the term [[bisexual umbrella]] to encompass multiple other [[non-monosexual]] identities (sexual identities that allow for multiple gender identity possibilities in partners)<ref>{{Cite web |title=LGBTQ Plus Glossary |url=https://health.ucdavis.edu/diversity-inclusion/LGBTQI/LGBTQ-Plus.html |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=health.ucdavis.edu |archive-date=2020-09-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919161657/https://health.ucdavis.edu/diversity-inclusion/LGBTQI/LGBTQ-Plus.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> that are possible outcomes of exploration for bi-curious people. However, similar on the surface, bisexuality and the subsequent elements of its umbrella are distinct, thus leading to the possibility that a currently bi-curious person may end up as neither bisexual, homosexual, or heterosexual, but another non-monosexual identity altogether.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Flanders |first1=Corey E. |last2=LeBreton |first2=Marianne E. |last3=Robinson |first3=Margaret |last4=Bian |first4=Jing |last5=Caravaca-Morera |first5=Jaime Alonso |date=2017-01-02 |title=Defining Bisexuality: Young Bisexual and Pansexual People's Voices |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15299716.2016.1227016 |journal=Journal of Bisexuality |language=en |volume=17 |issue=1 |pages=39–57 |doi=10.1080/15299716.2016.1227016 |issn=1529-9716|url-access=subscription }}</ref> This umbrella can be better broken into further sexual identities, with bisexuality normally including two groups that encmpass attraction to the persons own gender and other genders (which will usually include non-binary gender identities too). At the same time, [[pansexuality]] includes attraction to an individual regardless of what gender identity they label themselves. <ref>{{Cite journal |last=Sprott |first=R. A. |title=Bisexuality, pansexuality, queer identity, and kink identity |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/14681994.2017.1347616 |access-date=2023-11-29 |journal=Sexual and Relationship Therapy |date=2018 |volume=33 |issue=1–2 |pages=214–232 |doi=10.1080/14681994.2017.1347616 |language=en|url-access=subscription }}</ref> The relevance to a bi-curious person is at what range does their exploration end.<ref>{{Cite thesis |last=McShane |first=Hannah |date=December 11, 2019 |title=The Bisexual To Be Corrected: Interrogating The Threat And Recuperation Of Women's Femme Bisexuality |s2cid=203065136 |publisher=Georgia State University}}</ref> |
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== Etymology == |
== Etymology == |
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