Definition of bi sexual

Bi curious humans identify as heterosexual but are also interested in exploring their attraction to their own gender. Bi curious denotes a human who identifies as heterosexual but who is interested in exploring their attraction to their own gender. Being bi curious differs from being bisexual because it is not a sexual orientation as such but suggests a desire to experiment sexually with someone of the same gender, often for the first time. The understanding that bi curiosity could be a pre-stage to bisexuality, making it the only term in the umbrella to denote stages, is often considered bi-phobic. Others in the bisexual community , however, are happy to accept that humans can be attracted to both men and women without explicitly identifying as bisexual.

Bisexuality is a broad and inclusive term that describes physical attraction, romantic attraction, or sexual behavior that is not limited to one sex. In the scientific language of sexual orientation, bisexuality encompasses both heterosexual different sex and homosexual same-sex attraction or behavior. In other words, there are as many ways to be bisexual as there are bi people, just like any other sexuality. Please note that saying "both heterosexual different sex and homosexual same-sex attraction or behavior" is very different from saying bi means part straight and part gay. Attraction, identity, and behavior are the three main components of sexual orientation, and they each mean different things. Please also note that attraction to both the same and different means attraction to all.

All rights reserved. Having gonads of both sexes. See also: hermaphroditism. Denoting a person who engages in both heterosexual and homosexual activities. Having both male and female reproductive organs; hermaphroditic.

For some people, the prospect of gender when forming a relationship or sexual attraction never comes into the equation. But what does the term 'pansexual' mean and how is it different to bisexuality? Queer advocacy organisation GLAAD broadly defines being pansexual as 'being attracted to all gender identities, or attracted to people regardless of gender. I'll date anyone.