bisexuality

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bi·sex·u·al

(bī-sĕk′sho͞o-əl)

adj.

1. Of or relating to both sexes.

a. Having both male and female reproductive organs; hermaphroditic.

b. Botany Denoting a single flower that contains functional staminate and pistillate structures; perfect.

3. Of, relating to, or having a sexual orientation to persons of either sex.

1. A bisexual organism; a hermaphrodite.

2. A bisexual person.

bi′sex·u·al′i·ty (-ăl′ĭ-tē) n.

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bisexualism, bisexuality

the condition of combining male and female sexual characteristics in one body. See also sex. — bisexual, adj.

bisexuality

[baɪˌseksjʊˈælɪtɪ] N → bisexualidad f

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bisexuality

[ˌbaɪˈsɛkʃuælɪti] n → bisexualité f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

bisexuality

n → Bisexualität f; (Biol) → Zwittrigkeit f, → Doppelgeschlechtigkeit f

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bisexuality

[baɪˌsɛksjʊˈælɪtɪ] n → bisessualità

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"Now their bisexuality permits them to reproduce themselves after the manner of true plants, but otherwise they have progressed but little in all the ages of their existence.

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As a result, bisexuality is seen as the sum of heterosexuality and homosexuality.

Development of Bisexual Identity/ Desenvolvimento da identidade bisexual

Bisexuality, as we currently understand it, has evolved over the past 150 years both shaped by and shaping cultural change, scholarly endeavour and individual experience.

Out of the darkness and into the shadows: The evolution of contemporary bisexuality

Actress Stephanie Beatriz has been forced to defend her bisexuality, this week - after announcing that she'll marry a man.

Brooklyn Nine-Nine's Stephanie Beatriz forced to defend her bisexuality after confirming she'll marry a man; The 37-year-old, from Argentina, wrote about her experience in an article for the new issue of GQ ..

characters first includes a clear naming of bisexuality within the text;

The Missing B Word: Compulsory Binarization and Bisexual Representation in Children's Literature

He is the former child singer behind the pop song, 'I Want Candy.' He opened up about his bisexuality last August.

Fatherhood a priority for Aaron Carter

"Recently, this experience, which has been labelled 'performative bisexuality,' has become common place in bars and at parties where two girls/women engage in same-sex behaviour for the purposes of arousing men/boys.

Bisexual women face higher rates of sexual violence

A recent study published in the Journal of Bisexuality, based on a survey of women in the United States, found that bisexual women face more sexual violence than both straight and lesbian women.

Bisexual Women Especially Vulnerable To Sexual Violence

Even if a bisexual person cheats, it's hardly evidence that bisexuality leads a person to infidelity--no more than my cheating is evidence that homosexuality makes homosexuals cheat.

5 things I learned from dating a bi guy: lasting lessons learned from a relationship with a bisexual man

A TV watchdog has launched a probe into Christopher Biggins' comments about bisexuality on Celebrity Big Brother.

Ofcom probe into Biggins' bisexual slur

Biggins was booted out of the show after being given three warnings by Big Brother for his remarks on bisexuality and for a comment about gas chambers.

Biggins sorry for Holocaust 'joke' on show; IN BRIEF

In this short Article, I focus on discrimination in law school hiring based on bisexuality. The topic is important because discrimination against bisexuals in the legal academy (and elsewhere) is little understood and often invisible.

Noun	1.	bisexuality - showing characteristics of both sexes androgyny, hermaphroditism sexuality, gender - the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles; "she didn't want to know the sex of the foetus"
	2.	bisexuality - sexual activity with both men and women sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice - activities associated with sexual intercourse; "they had sex in the back seat"