bisexuality

Classifiers Filled

Family

Thing Registry

Category

Activities and processes

Entry kind

thing

Plane

ACT

Domain

ACT.ACT

Other names and narrower kinds

male bisexuality, female bisexuality, bisexuality by country, innate bisexuality, homoflexibility, bi-curious, heteroflexibility, biromantic

What it is Filled

A sexual orientation involving romantic or sexual attraction to more than one gender, often described as attraction to both men and women or to people of the same and other genders, with related terms the registry aliases name such as male and female bisexuality, bi-curious, describing interest in exploring attraction beyond one s usual orientation, and homoflexible, describing mainly same-sex attraction with some flexibility; innate bisexuality refers to a historical theory associated with Freud and others that all humans have bisexual potential, and bisexuality by country is a topic rather than a kind. Research such as Kinsey s scales of 1948 and 1953 described sexuality on a continuum, and bisexual people face specific stigma and invisibility, described as bi erasure. Legal treatment of LGBTQ people differs widely by country, and people facing discrimination, violence or crisis can contact support services.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent explain bisexuality respectfully and factually, relay definitions, related identities, history of research, community and legal context from sexuality research, health and human rights sources with contested views attributed, route people facing violence or crisis to support, describe the named terms, and distinguish bisexuality from pansexuality, sexual behaviour without identity, gender identity and polyamory, without stereotypes.

Distinguishing features Filled

• Attraction to multiple genders
• Continuum views in research
• Bi erasure issues
• Distinct community identity

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

• Infer, guess or disclose a person's sexual orientation without their consent.
• Use stereotypes such as indecision or promiscuity to describe bisexual people.
• Support or promote conversion practices.
• Use orientation data to discriminate or to expose people where it is criminalised.

Only with a human decision

• Recording or sharing a person's sexual orientation in any system.

May

• Explain bisexuality accurately and respectfully, using sources from research and community bodies.
• Point people to supportive health and community resources on request.
• Correct common myths, such as that bisexuality is a phase, when they arise.

Moral aspects Filled

• Outing someone can lead to rejection, violence or prosecution in some countries.
• Bisexual people face erasure from both straight and gay communities.

Who is affected

• Bisexual people
• Their partners and families
• Young people exploring identity

Owners Filled

Steward

Nobody owns an orientation; each person defines their own.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

• Q106589379 - registry parent class
• Q339014 - registry parent class
• Q50810374 - registry parent class
• Q64737936 - registry parent class

related

• sexual orientation - related
• pansexuality
• Kinsey scale
• polyamory

Sources Filled

1. Wikidata item Q43200: bisexuality - identity and sense of the item
2. Wikipedia: Bisexuality - general description of the item

Open questions

• The registry alias bisexuality by country should be moved to a topic entry
• Should innate bisexuality be moved to history of psychology entries?
• How should survey data on identification be attributed and kept current?

Machine files

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q43200/spec.json