A History of the Word "Bisexual"

[@somegirl4631]

Asexuals: "Everyone think we are plants!" Bisexuals: "it's ok friends, we were there too... we were there too..."

[@Sinklair8]

Lmao that’s what went through my head too!!

[@rageagainstthemicrowave1313]

it took me a minute! lol

[@nngnnadas]

Bisexual and asexual plants are actually the same thing right? Hope I'm not erasing anyone here.

[@Pingwn]

@@nngnnadas you now offended the AB plant community

[@orbismworldbuilding8428]

@@nngnnadas Asexual means no sexual, and there are are those (they reproduce by fission- (So like being cut into parts that grow afterwards). Plants that are bisexual are able to self-polinate but it's still sexual reproduction. So no they aren't the same thing, but both can reproduce without another parent

[@porcelainmannequinn549]

As a bi with a background in linguistics this is a balm to my tumblr-tortured soul ❤

[@marleymars2223]

I didnt know a lot of this! As a bisexual guy i appreciate this info

[@lavenderandred_]

It's almost as if language is not something constant, immortal or historically consistent, and we should adapt it to suit the human experience and not force people to adapt their identities based on language 🤔 Fantastic video, as always ✨

[@basilg695]

I love you

[@plocky4275]

@@colbyboucher6391 The prefix _bi-_ means "two" just as _a-_ means "not/without" but to pretend that will remain so without ever having to consider what the word "bisexual" means as a whole is just wishful thinking. Think of the word "atom", which is still very much present. It comes from Greek word _"atomos"_ [a- (not) + temnein (to cut)] which translates as "indivisible" or "that which can't be split." The funny thing is that atoms can be split! The whole foundation of nuclear power revolves around the idea of splitting literal atoms (nuclear fission)! Quantum mechanics studies the smaller stuff that made the atoms possible in the first place. Yet the word remains, and so does the _a-_ prefix used to indicate negation, which is still valid when we talk about other words (agnostic, amoral, etc.). This is not black and white; words change and develop over time as they begin to be used in original and innovative new contexts. Sometimes these developments, out of totally random events and/or necessity, can lead to words gaining new meanings entirely different from their original implications. Bottom line is, etymology can be a cool party trick to impress your friends at parties, but is a lousy way to understand concepts based on the original meaning of more often than not, very old words in vastly different contexts at the time of their creation.

[@LinguaPhiliax]

This guy gets it~!

[@toddrobertson1398]

Or we need to stop complication shit for no reason.. you like dick or you like both. Simple

[@johnton6488]

Very good comment, but it really seems a relationship between a language and human experience is bi-directional or a feedbackloop

[@juanitaebbs]

"Bisexuality as a freedom from the confines of gender and sex, and sexual and romantic attraction." FAR OUT this is exactly how I've been wanting to summarise my sexuality and have been at a loss for words for. Thank you

[@TheAnjelHarte]

I've been reconnecting with my bisexual identity over the past few months (I came out as a lesbian when I was trying not to be nonbinary and then realized I was definitely wrong, long story), and your videos on bisexuality are so so so good. This is my favorite so far- it really helps me wrap my head around the value of preserving Bisexual as a label in this new world of talking about "gender" the way we do. I was pan before I was bi because I figured out that i was queer through tumblr masterposts at age 12, so even after I first switched to bi my relationship with the bisexual label has always been a bit complicated. As of today I'm definitely bisexual. It's the most important sexuality label to me, even if pan or omni might also be applicable. Learning that bisexuality has historically included the definition "the absence of a sexuality" really drove that home for me. Not in the asexual sense, which surely has an equally interesting and storied history in its own right, but in the sense of a sexuality that is not limited by the gender of either (or any) party in a relationship. I love the defiance and interpretative freedom of the word bisexual in the same way I love the word queer, it's just taken me a long time to figure that out

[@ryanpeters1005]

I find it astonishing how the meaning has been questioned so much. When I came out to my mom, she literally did not know what it meant. She thought I was gay but open to the possibility of an attractive woman. I told her I prefer women, and she immediately became confused. I grew up understanding it to be attraction to both men and women. It was always a third orientation just as valid as the other two to me. When I finally accepted I was bi and came out, I really didn't expect to encounter the "spicy straight" and "questioning gay" reactions as often. When trans people are thrown into the debate, it really doesn't get that complex. Men are normally masculine. Women are normally feminine. Bisexuals are attracted to masculinity and femininity; therefore, everyone is included. This is how I like to define it.

[@tiphaineduchateau2926]

well documented ! thank you. It is so difficult to find content about our community (or to even find a sense of community sometimes) Being bi is disruptive in many ways and an interesting window to look at gender and sexuality

[@Eryna_]

My goal? Be disruptive. How I will achieve it? Being a MENACE TO SOCIETY and also being bi but using that to be a MENACE.

[@SomeoneCalledDana]

the way it came full circle at the end was SO satisfying

[@lily-xj3hv]

this is such a great video!! im bi and i didnt know half this shit i feel like i understand myself even better now!! also the clip of david bowie talking about being bi made me emotional, ive been in his position so many times!! anyways im rlly feeling bi pride rn so thank u!!

[@mandziatvardovski1673]

Beautifully-made, well-researched and fun to watch! Thank you!

[@salty_pearl]

This video makes me so giddy, like I've just received my 23&Me results and I can finally learn about my origins for the first time. Bless you!

[@sarcasichor]

I really enjoyed this! understanding the complex history of the word really helps put the discourses around it into perspective. I think you've touched on it before, but I'd be interested in a video on the split attraction model and the history of mogai? in general the impact of internet culture vs irl community is very interesting

[@grafinvonhohenembs]

I don’t know how I never came across it before, but I just found hour channel tonight and what I have seen so far is the bisexual information and content that I have been searching for. You are amazing! Can’t wait to binge watch everything! ❤️

[@yourredhead]

Your voice is beautiful! I could listen to you all day

[@DavidCruickshank]

Your channel has the greatest videos on bisexuality. I'm so glad the algorithm blessed me with your channel.

[@BlahLab]

I have to admit, your content's really helped me start to come to terms with being bisexual. I've only been in hetero relationships, so I've never felt comfortable admitting I'm attracted to women.

[@tonyagibbs1963]

Well-paced and thorough, as usual. Thank you for your beautiful work!

[@verilybitchie]

Thanks, Tonya!

[@emilyf9288]

this video was amazing! tysm for all the effort and time you put into researching bisexuality and making this video :) -a bisexual girl

[@meddlesome-]

your videos are making me feel more comfortable labeling myself as bisexual, thank you

[@DeedeeDirt]

wow you're always good but lately you've been REAL GOOD!

[@verilybitchie]

Thank you! I gave myself an extra week to work on this video to try and up the standards for my videos! Hopefully it paid off!

[@matthewkopp2391]

This was a good video. I researched this too in the 1990’s when working at a medical library in my early 20’s. You forgot Havlock Ellis who in some ways created the first non-pejorative medical definition of bisexual. The fact that society progresses so slowly is very disappointing.

[@D_YellowMadness]

I don't get why people find the concept of bisexuality so confusing & hard to believe. Haven't they ever met someone who likes sweet & sour foods or like books & TV? Why would genders be the only things someone can't like two of?

[@genevaelyse1918]

Thank you for covering this topic. I had a lot of struggles to figure out this concept. Your video really helped.

David Bowie: No, I've said before that I'm bisexual. Isn't that enough? Interviewer: But does that mean that you _really_ are, or are you just - David Bowie: [visibly, audibly annoyed, but still a gentleman] I've answered the question!

[@leandrog2785]

She literally implied that he has been lying all this time and all those times he was asked before. I suppose she meant that he was actually gay but pretending to be bi to reduce the damage to his image. That's an outright insult. I don't understand why an interviewer would want to do that. An annoyed interviewee isn't conducive to a good interview, unless the audience hates them.

[@cheater556]

Just found your channel today. Love your content! I miss being able to have these conversation with my friends back in school. Back in school a couple bisexuals, myself includes, created a separate sexuality organization (The Bi-alliance) because of the biphobia we experienced from the rest of the LGTQIA+ community (weirdly enough it mainly came from the non-binary or lesbian members, but gay men also made comments, although only ever about bi-men). We had noticed that biphobia was not being called out by the community at large, and when we would call it out our allies would couch their comments as opinions and personal experiences. We advocated for ourselves and our allies to be better, and while very little changed we did provide a space and organization that pushed for our beliefs of inclusion and intercommunity solidarity.

[@SebastianSeanCrow]

10:51 not surprise Bowie was bi but it’s still a fun new fact

[@ARMTOAST]

10 years after that interview he claimed declaring his bisexuality was "the biggest mistake (he'd) ever made" 10 years after that interview he claimed he was a "closeted heterosexual" and that his bisexuality was more a product of the times than of his own feelings and 10 years after that interview he claimed he was truly bisexual all along and that he merely regretted coming out in America because he was suddenly pigeonholed by the press

[@someonesomeone25]

@@ARMTOAST Wow. Even someone as confident and charismatic as Bowie really did seem to struggle with their own ssxuality and how to label it in public then.

[@sarahkate2669]

I am currently reading The Left Hand of Darkness, and in it the humans on a planet where (almost) everyone is intersex and nonbinary a referred to as a 'bi-sexual' people. Thanks for explaining what was up with that!

[@KristenNicoleYT]

I’ve been binging your channel today and yesterday - I gotta say you’re really funny and I really appreciate how you lay everything out. Super informative!

[@importantn1301]

Hello :) I really enjoy watching your videos. I like that you're so invested in Bi-Activity. I was asking if you have some book recommendations about the bi community and it's history for me/ us all? :D

[@verilybitchie]

Thank you! Here are some: Bisexual Politics: Theories, Queries, and Visions edited by Naomi S. Tucker Bi Any Other Name: Bisexual People Speak Out edited by Loraine Hutchins & Lani Ka’ahumanu Anything that Moves was a bisexual magazine which is now available online at anythingthatmovesarchive.carrd.co Bisexuality and the Challenge to Lesbian Politics: Sex, Loyalty, and Revolution by Paula C. Rust Bi: Notes for a Bisexual Revolution by Shiri Eisner

[@importantn1301]

@@verilybitchie thank you very much!😍

[@zingzing7426]

I love your videos about lgbt+ history, it really warms my heart and gives me so much to think about! thank you and I'm excited to see more! =)

[@brianarbenz7206]

It was a thrill to see Karl Heinrich Ulrichs be talked about. He is a hero of mine. I self-published a pro-androgyny lesbian feminist novel that partially takes place in Bremen, Germany in the present time, and it was natural that Ulrichs, whose courageous work made his hometown the leading LGBT rights center of Europe in the 1800s, would become part of the novel. Totally cool to see your research about him! Thanks.

[@mmdino]

You are so awesome, I love you and your content. I personally feel hugged. I've been binge watching your vids, so so good

[@Taylor14Firefly]

Wonderful video! You did a great job compiling our word's complicated history into a cohesive timeline. Would there be a way to DM you? I found some historical sources a while back that I think you'd find interesting.

[@MichelleCFunk]

I CANT' EVEN TELL YOU HOW MUCH JOY THIS GAVE ME now I gotta get all my queer friends to watch and discuss

[@joyuna]

4:27 What is that I spy... right before "homosexual"... the Fᴏʀʙɪᴅᴅᴇɴ Wᴏʀᴅ

[@ZodyCheste]

I grew up and always have been androgynous and the meaning has changed allot, so much so I now refer to my self as gender-fluid which matches the definition of what androgynous once meant. So I can witness first hand how the meaning of things change. Great information and background on how things changed meaning , Good Job!!

[@EvaHedy]

I love your videos, it's all really interesting and informative in a professional but also comedic way. What I can't understand is why the existence of other words that define exactly what the label "bisexuality" means (pan, omni, poly, etc) it's not seen as problematic and biphobic, even internalized biphobia? I consider that the creation of other words that mean exactly the same is just another way of deleting our history 🤔 I mean, lesbians don't have another term for "lesbians who like trans women"; because they are women, and that's it. They can have preferences, but they are lesbians (and if that preference is transphobic, they are TERFS and that's it). And the words pan and omni and etc were born because it was undertood that bisexual people were only attracted to cis people with stereotypical characteristics of gender respectively. And that was inherently biphobic and transphobic in itself. So, I don't understand why we can't discuss this and realize that it's hurtful for the bisexual community to treat our label as an umbrella term or as something different from the "pan" label. "Pansexuality" also existed first with a different meaning than the one it's used today; and I feel it keeps being used because people have internalized biphobia and want to differentiate or not use a word that it doesn't mean what they think it means. If they are so worried about the latin roots of the word "Bi", then I hope they are as worried with the use of "Sept" in September, and October, and November, and December, right? (Sept = 7th, Octo = 8th, Nove = 9th...). Oh, those words were born correctly but then there were changes in the creation of new months, and it was decided by the historical value of those names to leave them like that? The irony. Every bisexual experience is different, just like lesbian experiences and gay experiences and even straight experiences are different. I don't see a valid reason for the use of other word to define those experiences than the biphobia still present in our community.

[@TAquailita]

The thing is that these other words dont EXACTLY define what bi means. There is nuance to the other labels, and that nuance is what makes them important and utilized. Its not problematic for synonyms to exist, and one person not using bisexual doesnt mean other people cant also use bisexual if they want to

[@Quiet..Jade12]

It's not problematic for those labels to exist. They are extremely specific, yes, but I dont see how that's an issuie. Besides Pansexuality, Omni, polysexuals and others are labels WITHIN the bisexual spectrum. They just exist to specify specific parts of that spectrum. Much like how greysexual/romantic is under the aroace spectrum. Bisexuals are amazing and I greatly respect there history and persistence over the years - a pansexual

[@noname-hz1sf]

You've mentioned you've worked in activism for years in some of your videos - any chance of a video going over the work you've done / groups you've worked with in that time? I didn't know bi activism existed until I found your channel.

About 6:00 - the Kinsey scale doesn't rate attraction, it rates *experience.*

[@kid-ava]

your channel is an absolute gem 💗

[@SkylerLinux]

I'm pansexual, although I also like Harkness-Sexual. Named after the Doctor Who character Jack Harkness

[@somethingorother9739]

@@calicoathena From what I know, bisexual means being attracted to 2+ (typically all) genders and pan means being attracted to all genders without a preference for any gender in particular. So, people who identify as pan could identify as bi if they wanted to, but not all bi people can identify as pan, because some bi people prefer women over men or vice versa. I'm not pan, so I could definitely be wrong, but I think the reason some people choose to identify as pan instead of bi is because of that extra specificity. They might feel that not having a gender preference is an important part of their sexuality and their experience with it. Hopefully I was able to explain this at least somewhat coherently, and, if not, I'm sorry for wasting your time.

[@wickedsquid]

you earned yourself a new fan in me. esp for the star trek reference

[@FoxGameCZ]

me an bi-romantic ace, double plant!!!!

[@IPONJ]

Hi Bitchy. I really enjoyed this one. I often save your videos as part of me self soothing stuff. I've had a really bad day and sat to video the view whilst working. I feel much better now (muhahahahaha). If you ever wondered if your videos meant anything or helped anyone. They do. PS I identify as a raging POTATO!

[@Pagyptsian]

Excellent as always!

[@xotbirdox]

I love this! I am bi and for a long time, I unfortunately felt like I was losing the label I'd gone through so much pain to find because of the changing definition of it in the last decade or so. As much as I love and respect trans and NB people and think they are the gender that they say they are, I was not personally feeling like I could be attracted to them because I personally like really feminine women and really masculine men, with not much room for GNC and androgynous people, including GNC and androgynous cis people too. It wasn't anything against trans people, but I just felt personally like genitals mattered to me because I prefer everything to match, and gender presentation mattered too because if it was too androgynous, I wouldn't be attracted to them. When I was 12 and found out about bisexuals for the first time, the definition I learnt was men and women, and I think my change-hating brain just clung onto that and I felt like it was super important to me because it was the first ever thing I had read that described me. And when pansexual first began to get really mainstream online, and was described as all, I thought "ah yeah, I'm bi, and the people that date trans people are pan." I realise now how transphobic that was because it implies that trans men and women aren't "real" men and women. I've always believed that they're real men and women, I just, idk, I had this hang up in my head about being attracted to them, I guess. I think part of me felt like I would have to re-evaluate my sexuality again because of the most commonly-accepted definitions of bi and pan at the time, and I really didn't want to have to do that. Bi felt like the right label for me, and when I perceived the definition starting to change, for some reason I fought it. I was one of those "bi means two" people online and had arguments with many other bi people abt it and even tried to tell them that they were actually pan, which I realise was so wrong of me now. I eventually accepted that it could also include trans men and women, but I still thought it meant two and that NBs were not included in the definition. In the past 1-2 years, I've found a few trans influencers online that I cannot deny my attraction to, and one of my best friends, who is bisexual themselves, came out as NB, and I've found some great videos by other bisexual people who have explained things well enough, and I have finally changed my mind. I have finally realised that the definition of bi being "same and different" doesn't mean that my view of my bisexuality is wrong at all. It just includes more bisexuals. I've finally realised that some people identify as pansexual, and some don't, and that's all fine, and it's all under the bi+ umbrella anyway. I've finally realised and accepted that I do find binary trans people hot, and even though I still don't think I'm really that attracted to NBs personally (although there are some) just bc I don't find androgyny all that sexy tbh, I can accept that many bisexuals are attracted to NBs, and that's totally OK and it doesn't mean that either them or I are any less bisexual somehow. We're both just as bisexual and valid as each other, even if we define it in slightly different ways. Everyone is going to have their own relationship with labels and that is fine. I can't go back and change how I acted in the past, I can only apologise for those actions and hope the trans and bi communities can forgive me. In no way am I trying to make excuses for the way I used to act, but I do think part of it was definitely internalised biphobia. I had been taught by society that we as bisexuals belonged in this rigid box, and it was hard for me to admit that I don't really fit in that rigid box. Accepting that I do find trans people attractive has felt almost like a second coming out in a way, like as if I am finally totally at peace with my bisexuality. Thank you for teaching me the history of the various definitions. Although I'd already come to the conclusions described in this comment before watching this video, this still helped me put into context just how silly I used to be and how much bisexual has always been an inclusive and fluid identity. So thank you for that. TL;DR: People are hot.

[@rosericmercedes2460]

I need a content creator like this, but in the Caribbean context. This is great... BUT there are nuanses that I need to bet contextualized in my "Caribbean spanish talking" reality 😅

[@hevalemin6520]

Kraft-Ebbing's book of case studies is kind of hilarious in places.

[@bobamilktea-ve4oq]

I know this is 2 years ago and you probably won’t see this but I’d be interested in learning about the history of the word pansexual and other mspec labels :)

[@dressyrbrunte100]

your pronounciation of those names 💕💕 wow

[@ReinaElizondo]

😂 'Be prepared to be disappointed.'

[@stawpicouldvedroppedmycroi5127]

again you have made me really think! lovely video!

[@bastianrhone9390]

I think alot of people struggle with naming there attractions right but the and I just came out like officially to my mom and I found your channel and its really helped me through thus transition in my life. thank you!💕💞💓💖💗

[@moi379]

I really wish heterosexual & homosexual still meant attracted to same and diff sex instead of "sexualy attracted" . But I suppose it's good to be able to seperate romantic attraction from anything sexual. Also the main reason it changed I think is bc of the gender discussion: realizing that gender doesn't have to align with sex also means someone homosexual could be attracted to all the genders as long as they have the same sex and then it gets v confusing and not so accurate to the reality of homosexual people. Anyways, trying to define and categorize all the different types of attractions and gender is

[@weaverssystem]

Honestly, I've always been tickled by one term for it that was at one point preferred in medical/psychiatric discussions, "ambisexual." It's a cute little term, although I understand that people may find it dismissive.

[@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa9561]

excellent video i will be sending this to so many people

[@numbersix8919]

I found this vewy intewesting indeed. Thanks!

[@ghostplant24]

This is great! I love being who I am.

[@laurakirwan999]

Love the "everybody" bit.

[@IDoNotFeelCreative]

am I misremembering plato's feast, wasn't it just that the creatures were a duality? I think I remember it was the three combinations of the binary: female/male, female/female, male/male? I'll have to re-read, though I'm not looking forward to the teenage boy thirst part I love the content I just literally paused and commented because I'm trying to remember if that was in plato's feast, and there was a reference to those creatures at some point in the video which mentioned only the female/male mix; reference made in passing, so not crucial to the rest of the video. Plato was weird

[@sickschnitzl]

i feel like the subtext is shouting "intersex" - that bisexuals was the first term for intersex people, as people that have aspects of both sexes, maybe also enbys and also androgynous peeps (?) the word intersex can enter lgbtqia spaces more

[@BeautyMonster1000]

Brilliant video! :)

[@the8thsquare]

Totally refreshing content! Thank you. I love this! I identify as a pedunculated plant as well. Cheers!

[@sinisternightmare]

[0:55] Ahaha, "pedunculated" is my new favorite word.

[@annakissed3226]

Can I just say you have a very interesting take on the history of Bisexuality & when things apparently happened which seems very ahistorical, or rather it doesn't reflect the history of bisexual rights in the UK. For instance you talk about the exclusion of bisexual women in the late 80's when the exclusion happened with the invention of Lesbian & Gay. In this time of social media its hard to remember that the only source of knowledge was a very limited press & an even more limited distribution. The origonal early 1970's gay rights movement intrinsically included bisexuality, it was only with the invention of radical feminist lesbianism & separatist lesbian came a concept first of the man hating lesbian invented by mainstream heterosexual feminists seeking to exclude any form of 'tainted' i.e not heterosexual sexuality. Whilst the lavender menace lesbian & bisexual women fought back against their exclusion equally as gay rights moved to from the streets into wider society their was the idea that anybody could be gay of no distinguishing between homosexual & busexual love, however as more and more men came out of the closet & out of false marriages of convience, their came the idea that bisexual men were actually really gay or weren't brave enough to be fully out. Equally where butch & femme role-play was the norm, now drag was seen as people being ashamed of being homosexual. Also in mainstream & alternative media & academia the idea of lesbianism as the ideal for women came to the fire that relationships between women had no power dynamics & so a lot of media connected women called themselves 'political' lesbians but in the process denied & colonised the herstory of actual bisexual & lesbian women. In the late seventies & eighties we saw the rise of lesbian & gay rights which became increasingly restrictive & supportive of patriarchal notions of body, identity, expression, role, object choice etc This lead eventual lead to recapture the inclusiveness of Gay with LGBT. Quick note, whilst in the last 10 years mainstream media has gatekept transgender to mean transexuality from the mid nineties when LGBT rose to prominence Transexual as a description for Transexuality was in common usage. Transgender was used to mean people who challenge 'traditional' gender assumptions such as non-binary gender fluid, androgyne, drag queen & King, transvestites, transexuals, intersexuality, butch & femme etc etc Equally Bisexuality was again wide spread concept in the general media in the 1970's that people could be attracted to both sexes, its only as you say with the rise of HIV in the early 80's did gay men & lesbians blame bisexuals for spreading the disease. It was in this context that the first National Bisexual conference began in I think 1983 with 5 more over the next 4 years the 5th being held in Edinburgh, however the 6th national conference nearly didn't happen. But a new group of organisers said they would organise the 7th in Coventry. It was organised by a group used to running science fiction & gaming conventions & they referred to it internally as BiCon so the advertising for the event was Bicon 7 - the 7th National Bisexual Conference. It was also the first event to offer accommodation. The next two reverted to origonal format, but the Bicon 10 & every subsequent Bicon has offered on site accommodation. BTW Bicon 7 in 1989 was the first UK event that allowed transexual women to go women only events & visa versa for transexual men.

[@marln2157]

this is soooo well researched! THANK YOU!

[@aledgwyn2152]

Not gonna lie I just like listening to the sound of your voice (the content is great too but you could read me the phonebook)

[@ADevilFromHeaven]

as a biromantic asexual im glad to see a defintion of bisexual that includes sexual OR romantic attraction.

[@SebastianSeanCrow]

14:23 that is a useful definition but it might still be limiting. I’ve seen bisexuals online talk about how they’re not attracted to their own gender but multiple other genders so “same and other” won’t apply to everyone but I think it’s a good stepping stone as when I was learning more about trans stuff I found out nonbinary people exist and it was good to see more than just “‘men and women” in the definition

[@xyz1087]

that's a great video!!!! I love to learn more abt our history 🥰

[@mlala1814]

Thank you for another video that's both a pleasure to watch and helpful 😊

[@johngarbutt2857]

Entertaining and well researched. Thank you!

[@BigmanBigmoney]

why is it hard for we bisexual is very hard for people to believe us ...they think we are just fooling people that is why some people just sat they are gay

[@nightskystars0762]

I'm in love with your channel!!💕❤️

[@obsessivefanboy]

Always love your videos 💙💜💖

[@HLMProduction003]

Thank you 💖💜💙

[@Matt-wr1hz]

I love the history of my sexuality, this is a fav or yours!

[@BTDubbz]

HomoAndrogynous seems like a nice way to live

[@WhichDoctor1]

As long as I can get pedunculated once in a while I dont care what you call me :p

[@mahrinui18]

I'd like to inform you that the phonetic IPA in the thumbnail specifies that bisexual is pronounced with a thick Scottish accent.

[@tabularasa]

I am hot for etymology. 😄 Thank you for this analysis !

[@ashleygutierrezbalcazar3264]

Love your videos 💖

[@voidify3]

8:06 nice use of a weird google image result for "unisex hat"

[@huxflux1000]

Some great points. But can I iron your flag please?

[@stickz_1386]

Anyone know what the background song is ?

[@CaspiRose99]

At least Richard von Krafft-Ebing was compassionately incorrect

[@dismurrart6648]

Tbh even nb/trans people can be transphobic. I've been told as an nb who it's more an observation than something I perform that I'm not welcome in trans conversations

[@amandapreval2284]

Uradianing sounds like a intergalactic dinner date!

[@FoxGameCZ]

my gender is local cutie

[@Matthewasmr]

this is so confusing I am not sure what I am

[@Chaos-._]

I know this was a year ago, but I sure hope you get everything figured out, friend.

[@RoryPattonDreamerOfDunsidhe]

You are nuts... I love your videos! 😎❤️😂

[@MiriamClairify]

Plant pride 💙💜🖤🌱

[@draxiss1577]

Okay but what about the more important word, 'Bishrekshual?'

[@nightskystars0762]

Great video!❤️ I have a question though. I see these modern activists saying Bisexuality means attraction to any 2 genders or more which would imply a person attracted only to women and non binary people would also be Bisexuals. Do you think that's correct?

[@verilybitchie]

This is such an interesting question, and I've thought about it a lot! Because essentially the idea that bi can mean "any 2 genders" could mean that you are only attracted to, for example, boys and demiboys. That's two genders, so that's enough to be bisexual. The question then becomes; if gender identity has no connection to hormones or sex characteristics or gender presentation, then a demiboy or a boy can look like *anybody*. And if the people you are attracted to can look like anybody, then are you really limited to just boys and demiboys? And if you are, what exactly is it about the demiboys and boys that make them so different? If its high testosterone and reading as boys, then is that really a diverse attraction? It really poses a lot of questions to which there are not easy answers! I may have to snag this question for a video! Thanks for asking!

[@nightskystars0762]

@@verilybitchie You're really welcome!!❤️ I really love your channel!! I'll wait for that video

[@jredmane]

@@verilybitchie yes please!

[@sorcerykid]

Unfortunately the "2 or more genders" and the "same vs other gender" definitions are not particularly adequate for describing people that live outside the gender binary. I actually brought this point up about 7 years ago on BiNetUSA. They ended up sharing an infographic that I designed which visualizes bisexuality along a spectrum, so as to better account for gender nonbinary attractions. i.imgur.com/7I2MKIM.png At the time I also shared an alternative definition of bisexuality, which received favourable response from others in the group. Interestingly it closely parallels some of the bisexual discourse of the 1990s as shown @10:55, much of which has been lost in recent years. i.imgur.com/35ztDY2.png

[@sorcerykid]

​@@verilybitchie "That's two genders, so that's enough to be bisexual. The question then becomes; if gender identity has no connection to hormones or sex characteristics or gender presentation, then a demiboy or a boy can look like *anybody*." This is a subject I've written about extensively over the years (not unlike a lot of the subject matter in your vidoes). I would share my findings and perspectives as a bisexual activist, but I know that you only want to hear what you believe.

[@esmay3612]

🤔🤔 bisexual party, sounds like fun🤣

[@GreenNectarines]

Wait so were early humans all intersex? Is there more info I can research? This is so interesting!

[@verilybitchie]

Not early humans, no, though people USED TO think we might've all been one sex! But our more distant ancestors, our shared ancestors across the animal kingdom were at some point probably a single sex! Not intersex though - that refers to something specific which isn't actually the same as being "bi-sexed". Sorry that wasn't clearer!

[@verilybitchie]

@@grrrlrock Thanks so much for this! This is what I was referring to, I didn't expect folks to interpret what I said as referring to humans, woops!

[@Dylan-fk8eg]

To me it means I'll perdunculate anyone's pipe if they play their cards right

[@jojothemidnightreadingowl5911]

how can you be a bi sexual lesbian? that does not make any sense now lol

[@beetljam792]

algorithm!

[@nevem5010]

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