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The bisexual community (also known as the bisexual/pansexual, bi/pan/fluid, or non-monosexual community) includes members of the LGBT community who identify as bisexual, pansexual, or sexually fluid. People who identify as bisexual or pansexual receive specifically directed hatred and distrust (biphobia), stereotyping, and denial (bisexual erasure) from both straight and gay people. People may say bisexuals are just unsure of their feelings or going through a "phase" and will or should "decide" or "discover" which sex they are attracted to.〔Michael Musto, April 7, 2009. (Ever Meet a Real Bisexual? ), ''The Village Voice''.〕 On the other hand, there is also increasing support, inclusion and visibility of bisexuals in the LGBT community.〔Maria, September 24, 2009. ("How Far Have We Come?" ), ''Bi Social Network''〕 == Defining the community == The social networks of some bisexuals, sometimes called gay- or lesbian-identified bisexuals, are heavily concentrated inside the LGBT communities. But others, sometimes called straight-identified bisexuals, may rarely participate in LGBT culture. Others choose to maintain their primary social contacts mainly with other bisexual/fluid/pansexual and queer-identified people.〔Peter Ruggerio, July 1, 2009. ("Where the Community Is" ), ''Bi Social Network''〕〔Maria, May 20, 2009. ("A Bisexual Space to Call Our Own" ), ''Bi Social Network''〕〔Adrienne Williams, May 26, 2009. ("Got Bisexual Bars?" ), ''Bi Social Network''〕 A series of groups have been working together and focusing on issues that are important to the bisexual community such as biphobia, dating, coming out, bisexuals visibility in the news and entertainment, and bisexual erasure. These groups are queer-identified and closely allied with the gay, lesbian and transgender communities, but their main focus is the bisexual community.〔〔Adrienne Williams, September 23, 2009. (Bi Social "Network Celebrates Bisexual Day: Moves into Activism" ), ''Bi Social Network''〕 There has also been a movement to combat biphobia and myths about bisexuals.〔Maria, May 7, 2009. (Bisexuals, the Hetero-Privilege Myth ), ''Bi Social Network''〕 The bisexual community has many bi-specific events and conferences, publications, websites and organizations, magazines, writer's groups, media, leaders and politicians,〔Robyn Ochs〕〔Maria, August 11, 2009.(Micah Kellner, New York's Openly Bisexual Assemblyman ),''BiSocial News''.〕 and even mental health associations. There are bisexual groups in several cities. These communities come together with the gay, lesbian and transgender communities for bigger LGBT events such as LGBT pride parades, civil rights marches and advocacy, conferences and other nationwide causes where the interests of the communities intersect, such as the National Equality March. Often, conferences have separate seminars on bisexual and transgender topics, and several LGBT pride parades now include special bisexual sections as well. Heterosexual and homosexual people can often be included in the bisexual community and are typically termed as allies, "straight-but-not-narrow", bi-friendly or bi-inclusive as they often support political rights and social dignity for bisexual and pansexual people as well as for other LGBT people. Other communities also tend to be welcoming of wide range of different orientations. September 23 is known as Celebrate Bisexuality Day. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「bisexual community」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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