The Intersection of Race and Bisexuality

Collins, James Fuji

doi:10.1300/j159v04n01_08

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“…However, this is problematic, and the lack of bisexual people of colour in research may be a reflection of White privilege and supremacy (Steinhouse, 2002). It is important that future researchers consider the intersections of bisexuality and 29 race/ethnicity because race and racism are likely to intersect with bisexual marginalisation in ways which impact on the lived experiences and identities of people of colour (e.g., Collins, 2004;Steinhouse, 2002). Our sample was also relatively young and older bisexual people may have different insights and experiences of their identities and relationships.…”

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Misrecognition and managing marginalisation: Bisexual people’s experiences of bisexuality and relationships

Hayfield

Campbell

Reed

2018

Psychology & Sexuality

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Acknowledgements:We would particularly like to thank the bisexual participants who so willingly gave their time to talk to us about their identities and relationships. This research was conducted in collaboration with the community group BiVisible Bristol and the charity OnePlusOne (http://www.oneplusone.space). It was supported by a University of the West of England (UWE) research grant (UHSS0072). The authors would like to acknowledge their appreciation of the support of these organisations. We are also grateful for the insightful comments offered by the three anonymous reviewers on an earlier version of this manuscript.2 Please note that this is the Accepted Manuscript (the final version that we worked on, prior to it being accepted for publication). The final version can be found at the following link: https://doi. AbstractMany negative portrayals of bisexuality within Western culture relate to relationships, yet only a small body of research has explored bisexual people's experiences of their bisexual identity within their partner relationships, particularly within the wider cultural context of binegativity. Twenty qualitative interviews were conducted with bisexual men, women, trans, and genderqueer/non-binary people in relationships. Participants were based in the United Kingdom and ranged from eighteen to forty years old. We conducted a thematic analysis of the data and identified two key themes: The case of the disappearing bisexual: Invisible identities and unintelligible bisexual relationships and That's not my bisexuality and not my bisexual relationship: Defending self, relationships, and partners against bisexual negativity.In the first theme we report how bisexual identity was understood by participants as largely invisible, particularly when they were in relationships, and discuss how the notion of a "bisexual relationship" was seemingly unintelligible. In the second theme, we discuss how participants engaged in identity and relationship work to defend themselves and their partners against binegativity in order to protect their bisexual identity, their partners, and their relationships. These results contribute novel findings to our understandings of how bisexual people experience and manage their identities and relationships within the wider context of binegativity. We conclude with a discussion of the importance and implications of our findings.3

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