Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr – What’s the difference? | Office of Equy, Diversy, and Incln

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• LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR – WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?
• LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, & INTERSEX LIFE

LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR – WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?

Myth: Bisexual people are nfed or pervasive misunrstandg about bisexualy is that ’s a phase — and that bisexual people will eventually e out as gay or lbian.

One study found that only 18% of LGBTQ youth who ially me out as bisexual later me out as gay or lbian. So while some may e out as bisexual first before intifyg as gay or lbian, this don’t mean that bisexual inti aren’t valid. In one study, only 12% of bisexual men said they were openly bisexual, pared to 28% of all bisexuals and 77% of gay men.

Gay or lbian people feel that bisexuals are "not really gay" or that they are really gay or lbian " nial".

LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, & INTERSEX LIFE

Heterosexual people may reject bisexuals due to homophobic stigma. Not bee they are bad, or homophobic, or transphobic… but bee the reali are not their own lived experience, or bee workg alongsi the groups may be a newer experience for them. E., bisexual, gay, straight.