Bi-
,no edit summary
{{Cleanup|reason=Page needs more information, especially in history section + usage section}}
{{Orientation|image1=[[Bisexual.png]]|type=[[Mspec]], [[Orientation]]|coining_date=19th century}}
'''Bi''' refers to someone who is attracted to two or more genders. It is also sometimes defined as the attraction to genders both the same as and different to one's own. This does not necessarily refer to one only being attracted to men and women, bi is trans and nonbinary inclusive.
==Etymology==
The prefix "Bi-" means "two."
==Definitions==
* ''Attraction to two or more genders.'' - Pride-flags, 2016<ref>https://pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/146744545385/bi</ref>
* ''Being attracted to two (or possibly more) genders.'' - Ezgender Google Docs, 2021<ref>https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S29RLF8glgA-SzsL79L_-2WDEoAt1kWCV63THrG98fU/edit#</ref>
==History==
In the 1940s, the zoologist Alfred Kinsey created a scale to measure the continuum of sexual orientation from heterosexuality to homosexuality. Kinsey studied human sexuality and argued that people have the capability of being hetero- or homosexual even if this trait does not present itself in the current circumstances.[28] The Kinsey scale is used to describe a person's sexual experience or response at a given time. It ranges from 0, meaning exclusively heterosexual, to 6, meaning exclusively homosexual.<ref>https://kinseyinstitute.org/research/publications/kinsey-scale.php</ref> People ranking anywhere from 2 to 4 are often considered bisexual; they are often not fully one extreme or the other.<ref>https://doi.org/10.1080%2F15299710802501918</ref> The sociologists Martin S. Weinberg and Colin J. Williams write that, in principle, people who rank anywhere from 1 to 5 could be considered bisexual.▼
The psychologist Jim McKnight writes that while the idea that bisexuality is a form of sexual orientation intermediate between homosexuality and heterosexuality is implicit in the Kinsey scale, that conception has been "severely challenged" since the publication of Homosexualities (1978), by Weinberg and the psychologist Alan P. Bell.▼
==Controversy==▼
▲In the 1940s, the zoologist Alfred Kinsey created a scale to measure the continuum of sexual orientation from heterosexuality to homosexuality. Kinsey studied human sexuality and argued that people have the capability of being hetero- or homosexual even if this trait does not present itself in the current circumstances.[28] The Kinsey scale is used to describe a person's sexual experience or response at a given time. It ranges from 0, meaning exclusively heterosexual, to 6, meaning exclusively homosexual.<ref>https://kinseyinstitute.org/research/publications/kinsey-scale.php</ref> People ranking anywhere from 2 to 4 are often considered bisexual; they are often not fully one extreme or the other.<ref>https://doi.org/10.1080%2F15299710802501918</ref> The sociologists Martin S. Weinberg and Colin J. Williams write that, in principle, people who rank anywhere from 1 to 5 could be considered bisexual.
It is sometimes claimed that bi- orientations are exclusive of transgender and nonbinary people, and therefore [[Pan]] is more inclusive. However, this is ahistorical; Nonbinary people have always been included in bi communities.▼
▲The psychologist Jim McKnight writes that while the idea that bisexuality is a form of sexual orientation intermediate between homosexuality and heterosexuality is implicit in the Kinsey scale, that conception has been "severely challenged" since the publication of Homosexualities (1978), by Weinberg and the psychologist Alan P. Bell.
==Orientations==
*Bisensual:[[Bisexual]], ExperiencingBeing sensualsexually attractionattracted to two (or possibly more) genders.▼
*Bisexual:[[Biromantic]], Being sexuallyromantically attracted to two (or possibly more) genders.
*Biromantic:[[Bialterous]], BeingExperiencing romanticallyalterous attractedattraction to two (or possibly more) genders.
*Bialterous:[[Bisensual]], Experiencing alteroussensual attraction to two (or possibly more) genders.
▲*Bisensual: Experiencing sensual attraction to two (or possibly more) genders.
==Related Terms==
===Subsets===
*[[Biflux]]
===See Also===
*[[Mspec]]
*[[Pan]]
*[[Ply]]
▲==Controversy==
▲It is sometimes claimed that bi- orientations are exclusive of transgender and nonbinary people, and therefore [[Pan]] is more inclusive. However, this is ahistorical; Nonbinary people have always been included in bi communities.
==Gallery==
===Flags===
==Sources==
[[Category:Orientation]]
[[Category:BiOrientation Prefix]]
[[Category:Mspec]]
[[Category:Bi]]