Studies have found that people who identify as bisexual or, to put it another way, people who don’t identify as straight or gay, experience more negative reactions from family and friends, greater degrees of heterosexual bias, prejudice from the lesbian and gay community, and have higher scores for depression/ anxiety than lesbians or gay men or straight people.
A comprehensive report issued a year ago called “Bisexual Invisibility: Impacts and Recommendations” by the San Francisco Human Rights Commission explores in detail the issues that bisexual people often face and the negative impact on mental and physical health that can occur.
I highly recommend this report to anyone who identifies as bisexual, who works with people who identify as bisexual or who knows anyone who identifies as bisexual.
www.sf-hrc.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=989
Well done, San Francisco Human Rights Commission!
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