Бисексуалност: Разлика между версии

В [[Елада|Древна Гърция]], например, женените мъже обичайно поддържали и [[еднополови връзки]] с юноши.<ref name="Mondimore">Francis Mark Mondimore, M.D. ''A Natural History of Homosexuality''. The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996</ref> В [[Древен Египет]], [[Древен Рим]], [[Арабски държави|Арабия]], [[Персия]], [[Китай]], [[Индия]], [[Япония]], Османска [[Турция]] и т.н. са засвидетелствани аналогични прояви на социално прието и нормирано бисексуално поведение.<ref name="El-Rouayheb">Khaled El-Rouayheb. Before Homosexuality in the Arab-Islamic World, 1500-1800. University Of Chicago Press, 2005 ISBN 02267298850-226-72988-5</ref> Наред със съпругите си, еднополови любовници са имали [[Александър Велики]],<ref name='Plutarch'>Plutarch. On the Luck and Virtue of Alexander A, 12.</ref> [[Римски императори|римските императори]]<ref>Светоний, Животът на 12-те цезари, Тиберий, 44; Калигула</ref>, японските [[шогун]]и,<ref name="Murray">Stephen O. Murray. ''Homosexualities.'' University Of Chicago Press, 2002. ISBN 02265519540-226-55195-4</ref> турските [[султан]]и,<ref name='El-Rouayheb' /> персийските [[шах (титла)|шахове]],<ref name='El-Rouayheb' /> китайските императори и будистки свещеници.<ref>Margaret H. Childs. ''Chigo Monogatari: Love Stories of Buddhist Sermons?'' В: ''Monumenta Nipponica'', Vol. 35, No. 2 (Summer, 1980), стр. 127-151</ref><ref>Dharmachari Jñanavira. [http://www.westernbuddhistreview.com/vol3/homosexuality.html Homosexuality in the Japanese Buddhist Tradition].</ref>

''Pansexual'',''omnisexual'' and ''pomosexual'' (post-modern sexual) are [[neologism]]s that also refer to people who are attracted to more than one gender. Rather than ''both'' or "''bi"'' gender attraction, they refer to ''all'' or "''omni"'' gender attraction, and are often used mainly by those who wish to express their understanding and acceptance of ''all'' gender possibilities including [[transgender]] and [[intersex]] people, not just two. Pansexuality sometimes includes an attraction for less mainstream sexual activities, such as [[BDSM]].

''Trysexual'' (sometimes "''trisexual"'') is a neologism and a pun on ''bisexual''. It is used as a humorous term for someone who will try any sexual experience at least once.

People who are not bisexual are either "''monosexual"'' (attracted to only one gender) or [[asexual]] (attracted to no genders).

Gay and lesbian people have sometimes perceived (and adopted) the bisexual label as a way of holding on to heterosexual privilege. This often leads to the misperception that anyone who identifies as bisexual is really gay or lesbian but afraid to admit it. This misperception is often evident in popular culture, in film, television and in music and in the popular saying in gay culture: 'Bi now gay later'. The television show "''[[Friends]]"'' sported a short song about the topic that expresses a common (if misinformed) opinion on the subject: