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Bisexual FAQ

What does bisexual mean?

In simplest terms, a bisexual person is someone who can be attracted to more than one gender; but adults and youth who spot as bisexual sometimes explain themselves differently. Many bisexual person adults have embraced the definition proposed by longtime bisexual leader, national speaker and award-winning activist Robyn Ochs:

"I call myself double attraction because I acknowledge that I have in myself the potential to be attracted - romantically and/or sexually - to people of more than one sex and/or gender, not necessarily at the identical time, not necessarily in the same way, and not necessarily to the same degree."

This broad definition of bisexuality includes people who identify as pansexual, queer, fluid and other labels that suggest potential attraction to more than one gender.

How many people are bisexual?

According to the Williams Institute and the HRC Foundation's own analyze, studies suggest that about 50 percent of people who identify as either gay, lesbian or pansexual, identify as bisexual. This makes the bisexual population the single largest community within the LGBTQ+ community.

Can a transgender person also be bisexual?

Bisexual Identity &#; Health: The Facts

Bisexuals are 62% of the lesbian, gay and bisexual community. ~ The Pew Research Center

More than half of trans people identify as bi, pan or queer. ~ National Center for Transgender Equality

Nearly 1/2 of bi women have been raped while 3/4 of bi women will experience sexual abuse other than rape in their lifetimes. ~ The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey

47% of bi men will life sexual violence other than rape in their lifetimes compared to 40% of gay men and 20% of heterosexual men ~ The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey

1 in 2 bisexual women has experienced severe violence by an intimate partner. ~ The National Intimate Companion and Sexual Violence Survey

34% of bi female and 23% of bi male high school students contain attempted suicide. ~ American Medical Association

Bisexuals have higher rates of poverty and substance abuse than gays, lesbians and heterosexuals. ~ Invisible Majority: The Disparities Facing Bisexual People and How to Remedy Them, Movement Advancement Project

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Adult LGBT Population in the United States

This report provides estimates of the number and percent of the U.S. adult population that identifies as LGBT, overall, as well as by age. Estimates of LGBT adults at the national, state, and regional levels are included. We rely on BRFSS data for these estimates. Pooling multiple years of data provides more stable estimates—particularly at the state level.

Combining BRFSS data, we estimate that % of U.S. adults identify as LGBT. Further, we estimate that there are almost million (13,,) LGBT adults in the U.S.

Regions and States

LGBT people reside in all regions of the U.S. (Table 2 and Figure 2). Consistent with the overall population in the Merged States,more LGBT adults exist in the South than in any other region. More than half (%) of LGBT people in the U.S. live in the Midwest (%) and South (%), including million in the Midwest and million in the South. About one-quarter (%) of LGBT adults reside in the West, approximately million people. Less than one in five (%) LGBT adults live in the Northeast ( million).

The percent of adults who detect as LGBT differs by state.

In terms of the number of LGBT adults, the to