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Bisexual means having sexual attraction towards both male and female sexes ^[1].

The Kinsey Scale ranks people on a scale from 0, meaning exclusively heterosexual, to 6, meaning exclusively homosexual. People ranked from 2 to 4 are often classed as bisexual,^[2] while the range from 1 to 5 is more commonly recognised by bisexual advocates and organisations ^[3].

Bi History Resources

Bi History and Bisexual History use twitter with bisexual history information ^[4].
Wikipedia has a history page predominantly about bi history in the USA.
BiPhoria publishes a bi history timeline on their website.
Jen Yockney's publication "Getting Bi In A Gay/Straight World" has a 3 page bisexual history timeline.

This article is a stub. You can help the UK LGBT History Project by expanding it.

References

↑ pansexual is defined to include romantic or sexual attraction to people regardless of their sex or gender identity
↑ Mike Szymanski, "Moving Closer to the Middle: Kinsey the Movie, and Its Rocky Road to Bisexual Acceptance." Journal of Bisexuality 8.3 (2008): 287-308
↑ BiPhoria, "Getting Bi In A Gay / Straight World (2011): 14
↑ @BisexualHistory @Bihistory are the handles for the twitter accounts (as Sept 23 2022)

[1] sexual is defined to include romantic or sexual attraction to people regardless of their sex or gender identity

[2] Mike Szymanski, "Moving Closer to the Middle: Kinsey the Movie, and Its Rocky Road to Bisexual Acceptance." Journal of Bisexuality 8.3 (2008): 287-308

[3] BiPhoria, "Getting Bi In A Gay / Straight World (2011): 14

[4] @BisexualHistory @Bihistory are the handles for the twitter accounts (as Sept 23 2022)

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	[[File:Bi flag.svg\|thumb\|the Bisexual Pride flag]]'''Bisexual''' means having sexual attraction towards both male and female sexes <ref> pansexual is defined to include romantic or sexual attraction to people regardless of their sex or gender identity</ref>.		[[File:Bi flag.svg\|thumb\|the Bisexual Pride flag]]'''Bisexual''' means having sexual attraction towards both male and female sexes <ref> [[pansexual]] is defined to include romantic or sexual attraction to people regardless of their sex or gender identity</ref>.

	The [[Kinsey Scale]] ranks people on a scale from 0, meaning exclusively heterosexual, to 6, meaning exclusively homosexual. People ranked from 2 to 4 are often classed as bisexual,<ref>Mike Szymanski, "Moving Closer to the Middle: Kinsey the Movie, and Its Rocky Road to Bisexual Acceptance." ''Journal of Bisexuality'' 8.3 (2008): 287-308</ref> while the range from 1 to 5 is more commonly recognised by bisexual advocates and organisations <ref>BiPhoria, "Getting Bi In A Gay / Straight World (2011): 14</ref>.		The [[Kinsey Scale]] ranks people on a scale from 0, meaning exclusively heterosexual, to 6, meaning exclusively homosexual. People ranked from 2 to 4 are often classed as bisexual,<ref>Mike Szymanski, "Moving Closer to the Middle: Kinsey the Movie, and Its Rocky Road to Bisexual Acceptance." ''Journal of Bisexuality'' 8.3 (2008): 287-308</ref> while the range from 1 to 5 is more commonly recognised by bisexual advocates and organisations <ref>BiPhoria, "Getting Bi In A Gay / Straight World (2011): 14</ref>.