Bisexuality and mental health - Meg-John Barker
Channel: Dominic Davies
Date: 2016-03-22

This opening presentation summarises what we know about bisexuality - and attraction to more than one gender - to date, drawing on the findings of The Bisexuality Report. We’ll briefly touch on the range of identities and practices that exist ‘beyond gay and straight’, and issues around identity, experience and attraction. We’ll cover biphobia - particularly bi invisibility and double discrimination - and the toll that this takes on mental health. Here we’ll particularly think about everyday experiences of coming out, interpersonal relationships and micro-aggressions, as well as wider cultural aspects such as media representations, service provision, and harassment. We’ll also reflect on the importance of community, intersectionality, and the positive aspects of being bisexual, pansexual, or queer.