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When it comes to bisexuality, there are a couple things that are used in sexual psychology that might help:

The classic is the Kinsey Scale and then there is more than one kind of "bisexual".

This this the Kinsey Scale-
0– Completely straight
1 – Mainly straight, very little gay behaviour/interest (curious)
2 – Mostly straight, more than incidentally homosexual
3 – interested in both sexes equally or relatively equally
4 – Mostly gay, more than incidentally heterosexual
5 – Mainly gay, very little straight behaviour/interest
6 – Completely Gay

These are some different commonly accepted types of bisexuality:

Alternating Bisexuals – Monogamous people who switch between the men and women in their serial monogamy.

Balanced Bisexuals – This is what most people think of when they think of bisexuals- people who can have romantic and sexual relationships with people who are either men or women. This always struck me more like an unbrella term because it can be applied to people in other groups because some of these kinds of bisexuals deal with relationship models.

Concurrent relationship bisexuals – Poly people who have relationships with men and women at the same time.

Conditional Bisexuals – People who wouldn't normally be bi- but their situation makes them bi, (think prision, same sex boarding schools, that dessert island after a 3 hour tour and stuff)

Emotional bisexuals – People who fall in love with men and women but only have sex with one.

Motivational bisexuals – People who have sex with men and women for personal gain- like someone who is gay or lesbian who marries someone of the opposite sex to protect themselves or get medical benefits, a celebrity who wants to increase their LGBT base, Barsexuals and people like that.

Sex-Only Bisexuals – This is the opposite of Emotional Bisexuals- they can have sex with men and women- but only form relationships with one.

Transitional Bisexuals – People who are Bi while exploring their identity as someone who is gay/lesbian.

Bicanthrope runs the Bisexual guild and this was in one of her posts.

I don't think there's any need to rush. 3nodding
I posted it because it's kind of interesting and besides- I think people can change over the course of their life.


I've met a few who are really finicky- some of it I can understand, some of it has devolved into being complete jerks. Most trans people I know aren't finicky though.

The Kinsey report says that one in five men in Alabama has had sex with a chicken.

The Kinsey report is awesome. Also I loved that movie. Liam Neeson. heart

You know, I've heard a fair bit about the Kinsey report but I've never read it. I think I might like to.

I think of it as one of those "basic must reads at one point" kind of things- some of it's outdated, some of it wasn't accurate because a lot of it used report interviews- and people aren't always honest.

The sample was also pretty small. It's interesting- and it laid the groundwork for parts of the sexual revolution. 3nodding
But if people wanted to be taken seriously today- the research methods would have to change I think.

That's interesting- I've usually seen genderqueer used as a general term that includes people who are non-binary, gender fluid, agendered and some other gender identities and expressions- have you come across the term gender fluid before?


In my experience any mono-relationship that doesn't have good teamwork can be more work than a poly-relationship that does. And poly isn't about partners "doing enough" as much as it's about hearts falling in love. sweatdrop

I can understand that. 3nodding

If it isn't too personal- do you dislike the term gender fluid?