I Might Be Bisexual, Now What Do I Do?

Drawing on information from four recent national and two state-level population-based surveys, the analyses suggest that there are more than 8 million adults in the US who are lesbian, gay, or bisexual, comprising 3.5% of the adult population. There are also nearly 700,000 transgender individuals in the US. In total, the study suggests that approximately 9 million Americans – roughly the population of New Jersey – identify as LGBT. More and more individuals are becoming part of the LGBT+ community as there is much wider acceptance for nonheterosexual preferences. As a result, there are more lesbian and gay dating sites appearing as well as other platforms for people to meet one another. Key findings from the study include among adults who identify as lesbian, gay, or bisexual, bisexuals comprise a slight majority (1.8% compared to 1.7% who identify as lesbian or gay); women are substantially more likely than men to identify as bisexual; estimates of those who report any lifetime same-sex sexual behavior and any same-sex sexual attraction are substantially higher than estimates of those who identify as lesbian, gay, or bisexual. An estimated 19 million Americans (8.2%) report that they have engaged in same-sex sexual behavior and nearly 25.6 million Americans (11%) acknowledge at least some same-sex sexual attraction. That could be because of the ever-increasing acceptance of nonheterosexual relationships and the increase of LGBTQ+, intersex and Transgender Dating sites. This acceptance is allowing individuals to explore their sexuality and discover what they like.

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Bisexual people have the capacity to love people of their same gender or of a different gender. This can include physical, sexual, and emotional attraction, and/or relationships. Over time in life, a bisexual person might feel attracted to men, women, transgender people, and/or genderqueer people, or to one gender in preference to the others. The strength of these attractions may change over time. Being bisexual does not define either one’s lifestyle or sexual behavior. Bisexual people may be men, women, transgender, or genderqueer. They may be monogamous or abstinent or may have multiple sexual partners, just like heterosexual and lesbian and gay people. Many people are bisexual and bisexuality cuts across distinctions of race/ethnicity, gender identity, age, class, ability, and religious affiliation. You are not alone, and you are likely to meet bisexual people just about anywhere you go.

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Famous Bisexual Individuals

Evan Rachel Wood
When almost everyone in Hollywood is bi, it seems silly not to jump on the woman-loving bandwagon! Evan Rachel Wood is the latest in a slew of female celebs to come clean about their love for other ladies. “I’m up for anything. Meet a nice guy, meet a nice girl… Yes, [I’m bisexual] … Yeah, I’m more kind of like the guy when it comes to girls. I’m the dominant one. I’m opening the doors, I’m buying dinner. Yeah, I’m romantic,” she revealed in the latest issue of Esquire. We could have guessed she’d be up for anything. She did date Marilyn Manson after all. Click through to see more famous bisexual babes.

Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga said that her lady-loving scares off her boyfriends, “The fact that I’m into women, they’re all intimidated by it. It makes them uncomfortable. They’re like, ‘I don’t need to have a threesome. I’m happy with just you.'” Silly boys, it’s not all about them.

Drew Barrymore
Drew Barrymore once said, “I have always considered myself bisexual. I think a woman and a woman together are beautiful, just as a man and a woman together are beautiful. When I was younger I used to go out with a lot of women,” but added, “I don’t think I could ever just solely be with a woman…It’s just not enough for me.” I guess they left her [Justin] Longing for something more?

Megan Mullally
Megan Mullally was one of the first actresses to come out as bisexual, in 1999 she said, “I consider myself bisexual, and my philosophy is, everyone innately is. I’ve never had a full-on relationship with a woman, just a couple of what I’d term half-a**ed dalliances, so I haven’t explored it to the degree that I’d like to, but I’ll tell you, I’m open to it. And I don’t have any problem saying that.” I’d be gay for Karen in a heartbeat. [

Amy Winehouse
Because there wasn’t enough going on in her life, Amy Winehouse is also a lover of lady parts, telling friends, “So what? I like girls as well. I have had relationships with other women but that doesn’t mean I don’t still love [my man.] There is something about being with a woman that is very satisfying. I don’t care what people think about me being bi — I do what feels good.” Yeah, we know that about you.

Jenna Jameson
Shocker, Jenna Jameson is bisexual. She’s been more than open about her lady-loving, saying off-camera she’s slept with 100 women and 30 men and “I’m definitely bisexual, and there have been times in my life that I’ve been so bisexual it’s sick, I love girls. I’ll never not look at a girl and think, ‘How do you think she tastes?'” In fact, Jameson said the man sex was harder, “Girl-on-girl was easy and natural. Then they offered me lots of money to do boy-girl. The thing that turned me off was that he sweat on me. At the time, I was mostly gay. Women don’t sweat on you. That grossed me out.” Recently she claimed to be “totally hetero,” to which we responded, “lolz.”

Tila Tequila
Tila Tequila has spent her career trying really hard to make us believe she is, in fact, bisexual. She told Extra, “I love Christina Ricci. She’s really hot and I think she looks kind of odd like me…I fell in love with her when I saw “Black Snake Moon.” She was naked in that one. I kind of drooled over her naked scenes…” Whatever, Tequila.

Amber Rose
Kanye’s gorgeous ex-girlfriend Amber Rose has never shied away from talking about her sexuality, telling Complex magazine, “I’m extremely open with my sexuality. I can be in love with a woman, I can be in love with a man. I’m not into bestiality [laughs] but as far as humans go, I definitely find beauty in everybody, whether they’re heavy-set, super-skinny, if they’re white, black, Indian, Asian, Spanish.” Amber Rose thinks you’re pretty!

Drea de Matteo
Former “Sopranos” actress Drea de Matteo admit to the occasional girl-on-girl action, “I love men and they’re who I go out with, but every now and then … well, I can’t say I’ve never been with a woman.”

Margaret Cho
Margaret Cho is generally thought to be bisexual, but she considers herself to be “trisexual,” saying, “I am probably more connected to or attracted to transgender people. So, I would be more than bi. To say bisexual is saying that there’s only two kinds of gender. I really like transgenders. But, when I say that, then people think it’s a joke… I would say bisexuality would be a limiting term.” She just had to one-up everyone.

Recent research suggests that, for most women, high sex drive is associated with increased sexual attraction to both women and men. For men, however, high sex drive is associated with increased attraction to one sex or the other, but not to both, depending on sexual orientation. Similarly for most bisexual women, high sex drive is associated with increased sexual attraction to both women and men; while for bisexual men, high sex drive is associated with increased attraction to one sex, and weakened attraction to the other.

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