How To Be A Good Bisexual+ Ally
A Quick Factsheet

Bisexuality is a diverse sexual identity, because people within the bi+ community define it in various ways. 

Some identify as bisexual, while others use pansexual, queer, fluid, or no label at all to describe their attractions to more than one gender.1 

For the vast majority of bi+ people, their attraction to multiple genders is not a phase. A good ally respects the identities of bisexual+ people. 

There’s no ‘correct’ way to be bisexual+. You don’t have to have dated people of different genders, or to have even dated anyone to identify with these terms. A good ally doesn’t question the relationship history of bi+ people. 

People attracted to multiple genders aren’t more likely than anyone else to be polyamorous or promiscuous. A good ally accepts whatever relationship style bisexual+ people are in. 

Bi+ people face a unique set of challenges, for example: being left out or mistrusted by the rest of the rainbow community and being fetishised by the straight community. A good ally calls out and challenges biphobia & bi+phobia whenever they encounter it. 

Bisexual+ identities are not new or trendy. In fact, the term was first coined in 1892. And in indigenous cultures, sexual fluidity was recognised as a normal part of human diversity long before then. A good ally learns about the history of bi+ identities and uses that knowledge in their advocacy.

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1 Bisexual Resource Centre (https://biresource.org/resources/youth/what-is-bisexuality/)