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[[File:Bi flag.svg|thumb|the Bisexual Pride flag]]'''Bisexual''' means having romantic or sexual attraction towards both males and females. | [[File:Bi flag.svg|thumb|the Bisexual Pride flag]]'''Bisexual''' means having romantic or sexual attraction towards both males and females. In discussion that recognises gender beyond a binary male/female understanding, it refers to romantic or sexual attraction to more than one gender. | ||
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> | 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> | ||
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Bisexual means having romantic or sexual attraction towards both males and females. In discussion that recognises gender beyond a binary male/female understanding, it refers to romantic or sexual attraction to more than one gender.
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.[1]
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- ↑ 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