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Im proud to bebisexual. And Im
proud to say that Improud to be bisexual
because a lot ofpeople cant do that.
The lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community ismaking great strides toward legal and social equality across the
United States. Thanks to the leadership of bisexual advocates, thebisexual community has become increasingly visible throughout
this time of progress. For example, the first White House BisexualRoundtable, held in 2013, brought together researchers and com-munity leaders to share expertise with the Obama Administration.Bisexuality has also been a featured topic in recent major mediapublications including The New York Times1and Cosmopolitanmagazine.2
Those who research gender and sexuality are also addressing thebisexual population. As a recent study from the Pew ResearchCenter shows, bisexuals make up about 40 percent of the adultLGBT population, and about 50 percent of the LGB population.3Another recent study released by the Williams Institute reports
that nearly two-thirds of LGB parents are bisexual.4 And theFenway Institute, the leading LGBT health research organiza-tion, has created a bisexual health think-tank to address thesignificant health disparities that bisexual adults face, including
increased likelihood of mental health problems, lack of preventa-tive care and general poor health.5
Given these disparities, it follows that bisexual youth would face aunique set of challenges that affect their ability to flourish in theirfamilies, schools and communities. Learning more about theseyouth will allow parents, caregivers, social workers, teachers andother youth-serving professionals to more effectively nurture andguide them toward successful and happy futures.
In 2012, the Human Rights Campaign conducted a groundbreakingsurvey of more than 10,000 LGBT youth, ages 13 - 17, in the United
States. The survey asked participants to talk about the levels ofacceptance and support they felt from their families, peers andcommunities, as well as their participation in both school andextracurricular activities. This report focuses on the nearly 40percent of survey participants who identified as bisexual. It isimportant to note that while this is one of the largest surveys ofits kind, the findings are not representative of the entire U.S. LGBTyouth population. The findings do align, however, with many les-sons learned by those who work with LGBT youth.
The survey responses and lived experiences described by the par-ticipants make it clear that the people and institutions that servethese youth including those that are more accepting of lesbianand gay youth are failing to address the needs of bisexual youth.
This report is designed to offer a more thorough understandingof the issues facing bisexual youth, and suggest ways that theirpeers and the adults in their lives can better support them and
help them thrive. With these goals in mind, the report answersfour main questions:
1. Who are bisexual youth in terms ofgender, race, school level and where theyreside (e.g., cities and towns, rural orsuburban)?
2. What are the issues facing bisexual youth,and how are those issues different from
those facing their peers?3. How does bisexual identity affect youngpeoples well-being, and their relationshipswith family, school, and community?
4. How can parents, educators, youth-serving agencies, and advocacyorganizations better address the uniqueneeds of bisexual youth?
Above all, this report demonstrates the need for continued dialogueabout bisexuality and the issues and concerns of bisexual youth.
INTRO
DUCTION
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In simplest terms, a bisexual person is someone who can be attractedto more than one gender; but adults and youth who identify as bisex-ual sometimes describe themselves differently. Many bisexual adultshave embraced the definition proposed by longtime bisexual leader,
national speaker and award-winning activist Robyn Ochs:
WHO ARE
BISEXUALYOUTH?
I call myself bisexual becauseI acknowledge that I have
in myself the potential to beattracted romantically
and/or sexually to people of
more than one sexand/or gender, not necessarilyat the same time, not
necessarily in the same way,and not necessarily to the
same degree.Robyn Ochs
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SURVEY QUESTION ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION
Do you identify your sexual orientation as:
Heterosexual/straight
Gay
Lesbian
Bisexual
Queer
I prefer to identify myself as: (SPECIFY)
Decline to answer
3808youth who identified
themselves explicitly as
BISEXUALin one of two ways:
a) By selecting Bisexualfrom a list of sexual
orientations provided to them
b) By selecting the I preferto identify myself as
option and writing in adescription of their sexual
orientation that included thewords bisexualor bi.
For example, bisexual, mostlylike guys, bi-romantic, orextremely bi.
671youth who selected the I
prefer to identify myself
as option and wrote in adescription of their sexualorientation that included
PANSEXUAL.
354youth who selected
QUEERfrom the list of sexualorientations.
109youth who chose I preferto identify myself as
and described their sexualorientation with an array of
other terms falling into Ochsdefinition (e.g., mostlylesbian, gay with
straight tendencies,heteroflexible,
omnisexual, fluid,
gender blind, open-
minded, polysexual,
homoflexible,and lesbian with
exceptions). These youthare referred to as
OTHERBISEXUALthroughout the report.
This report analyzes survey responses fromfour groups of youth whose identities fall
within this definition.
We are including the voices of all of theseyouth who fall into this broader interpreta-tion of bisexuality because, even with thevariation in language, youth in all four ofthese categories share many of the same
experiences, needs and concerns.
For simplicity, we focus throughout the Findings section on thedata from the 3808 youth who identified explicitly as bisexual.Where differences in the experiences of these four groups werefound, they are explored.
TERMS ANDDEFINITIONSThe terms and definitions below are a few of themost important for understanding this report andbroader LGBT issues.
BISEXUALA person who canbe attracted to morethan one sex, genderor gender identity. Bi
is often used as anabbreviation.
BIPHOBIAPrejudice, fear, orhatred directed towardbisexual people.
GENDERIDENTITYOnes innermostconcept of self as male,female, a blend ofboth or neither howindividuals perceivethemselves and whatthey call themselves.Ones gender identitycan be the same ordifferent from their sexassigned at birth.
SEXUALORIENTATIONDescribes an individu-als enduring physical,emotional, romanticand/or spiritual attrac-
tion to another person.Gender identity andsexual orientation arenot the same.
LESBIAN
A woman who isemotionally, romanti-cally, sexually andrelationally attractedto women.
GAYA word describinga man or a womanwho is emotionally,romantically, sexually
and relationallyattracted to membersof the same sex.
TRANSGEN-DERAn umbrella termfor people whosegender identity and/or expression isdifferent from cultural
expectations basedon the sex they wereassigned at birth. Beingtransgender does notimply any specificsexual orientation.Therefore, transgender
people may identify asstraight, gay, lesbian,bisexual, pansexual,queer, etc.
PANSEXUALA person who canbe attracted to anysex, gender or genderidentity.
QUEERA term people often
use to expressfluid identities andorientations.
GENDER-EXPANSIVEConveys a wider, moreflexible range of genderidentity and/or expres-sion than typicallyassociated with thebinary gender system.For the purposes of
this report, the termgender-expansive isused to identify theyouth in the surveywho identified theirgender as transgenderor selected the option
I prefer to identify mygender as: _____.
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DEMO
GRAPHICS
A LOOK AT ALL 10,030 LGBTYOUTH SURVEY PARTICIPANTS
SEXUAL ORIENTATION OF LGBT YOUTH PARTICIPANTS PERCENT OF LGBT YOUTH BY RACE WHO
IDENTIFIED AS BISEXUAL
HETEROSEXUAL/STRAIGHT*(n=45)
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A LOOK AT THE BISEXUALSURVEY PARTICIPANTSThe charts on the next page show gender, race, school leveland living area breakdowns for each of the four groups of youthdiscussed in this report. When reviewing the demographics of theyouth included in this report, it is important to remember that thefindings do not represent LGBT youth nationally since the survey
sample was not random. Nonetheless, here are a few highlights: 1in 2females in the sampleidentify as bisexual
1in 5males in the sampleidentify as bisexual
1in 4transgender youth in thesample identify as bisexual
See the appendix for more detailed breakdown of demographics.
FEMALE MALE
TRANSGENDER OTHER GENDER-EXPANSIVE
1in 5other gender-expansiveyouth identify as bisexual
Half of the LGBT youth in middleschool in this sample identifyas bisexual compared to 36percent of high school youth
MIDDLESCHOOL
HIGHSCHOOL
Overall, higher percentages of younger youth identify as bisexualin this sample while the percent of youth who identify as lesbian/gay is greater with older youth. The percentage of youth who iden-tify as pansexual (between 6and 8percent) or queer (between 2and 5percent) are more similar across all age groups.
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FINDINGS
The survey findings demonstrate thatbisexual youth struggle with many of thesame issues faced by their lesbian and
gay peers around coming out, bullying andharassment, and family and community
acceptance, as well as additional challengesunique to their bisexual identities.
Throughout this section we compare theexperiences of bisexual youth with their
straight*and lesbian and gay peers.
Broadly speaking, bisexual youth reported lower levels than theirgay and lesbian peers of family acceptance and knowledge ofand access to social support systems. Another noteworthy wayin which bisexual youth participants differ from their lesbianand gay peers is in their awareness of people and institutionsthat could help them through their journey to self-acceptance.
Bisexual youth were much less likely to be aware of safe spacesfor LGBT youth in their community, or to know a supportive adultin their family, school, or community whom they could turn to forsupport. Bisexual youth were also slightly less likely than gay andlesbian youth to know whether their state government, doctors, orlocal businesses were accepting of LGBT people. In short, bisexualyouth often struggle with their sexual orientation and frequentlyfeel like they have no one to turn to for help.
STRAIGHT 21%VERY HAPPY
BISEXUAL 5%VERY HAPPY
NO ONE TOTURN TOFOR HELP
FAMILYACCEPTANCE
NOT AWAREOF SAFESPACES
ACCESSTO SOCIALSUPPORTSYSTEMS
NOT AWARE OFPEOPLE AND
INSTITUTIONS THATCOULD HELP THEM
NOT AWAREOF STATE
GOVERNMENT,DOCTORS,OR LOCAL
BUSINESSESACCEPTANCE
NOSUPPORTIVE
ADULT
This lack of support is reflectedin the ways that bisexual youthrated their happiness and theiroptimism about the future.
Bisexual youth were muchless likely to be out to theirfamilies, friends, peers, andcommunities.
They reported much lower levelsof happiness, and were lessoptimistic about their potentiafor achieving their ambitionsincluding establishing life-longromantic relationships, attend-ing college and having success-
ful careers.
While all youth who identify as LGBT have distinct issues andconcerns, it is clear that bisexual youth have needs that are unique,
due to myths, stereotypes, and stigma surrounding bisexuality.Interestingly, many of these findings mirror the challenges facingtransgender and other gender-expansive youth, which are exploredin an earlier report on the almost 1000 transgender and othergender-expansive youth in the survey (www.hrc.org/youth-gender).
POVERTY
DEPRESSION
ANXIETYSUICIDE
POOR GENERAL HEALTH
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
SEXUAL ASSAULT
BISEXUAL ADULTS
These findings represent risk factors that put bisexual youth on atrajectory toward the issues that have been found to dispropor-tionately affect bisexual adults.6
*A note on the st raight peers: This group cons ists of 472 youth who d id not identifyas lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. However, it is important not to conate gender
identity and sexual orientation. There may be youth in this group who have transgender
experiences but are no longer identifying as transgender. And youth who identied as
transgender and straight were not included in this straight group.
This report, then, is a call to action for usall to gain a better understanding of how tosupport and care for our bisexual youth and
help them become happier, healthier andmore successful adults.
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HAPPINESS
2X
5%BISEXUAL
5%PANSEXUAL
& OTHER
BISEXUAL
4%QUEER
8%LESBIAN
& GAY
21%STRAIGHT
PERSONAL
WELL-BEING
Across the board, LGBT youth report troublingly low
levels of happiness. Only 5 percentof bisexual youthreported being very happy. Five percentof the pansexualand the other bisexual youth also said they were very happyand only 4 percentof queer-identified youth said the same. Thisis compared to8 percentof lesbian and gay youth surveyedwho characterized themselves as very happy. More than fourtimes as many straight youth than bisexual youth (21 percent)reported they were very happy.
DRUGS AND ALCOHOL
Fifty-six percentofbisexual youth stronglyor somewhat agreedthat they have experi-mented with alcohol anddrugs, a rate slightlyhigher than lesbian andgay youth (50 percent)and more than twiceas high as straight
youth (22 percent).
CARING ADULTS
54%LESBIAN/GAY
44%BISEXUAL
HAVE ANADULT TO
TALK TO
Only 44 percentof bisexual youth responded that there was anadult in their family they could turn to if they were sad comparedto slightly more than half (54 percent) of lesbian and gay youth.Only 56 percentof bisexual youth knew such a trusted adultoutside of their families, much less than the 65 percentof les-bian and gay youth who reported knowing a caring adult outsidetheir families.
SENSE OF BELONGING
Only 1 in 10bisexual youth (10 percent) reported feeling likethey definitely fit in in their community. For the pansexual youththis figure was just 4 percent. Queer youth reported the highestpercentage who believed that their community is getting much orsomewhat better (61 percent), while only 44 percentof bisex-ual youth and 53 percentof lesbian/gay youth reported the same.
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BISEXUAL LESBIAN& GAY
QUEER
LIKELIHOODOF ACHIEVEMENTS I cant wait to
move somewherewhere there is amore accepting
community.
Im just hopingthat I can get
through the yearand have betterluck in college.
58 percentof the bisexualyouth strongly or somewhatagreed that they would needto move to another city or townor another part of the country
to really feel accepted. Andwhen asked about the likeli-hood of achieving their ambi-tions, bisexual youth (like their
lesbian and gay peers) believedthey were less likely to do so ifthey remain in their current city.
However, in almost every case,bisexual youth are slightlymore optimistic than theirlesbian and gay peers whenit comes to the prospect of
achieving their dreams if they
remain in their current city.
The exception to this trend is queer-identified youth, who showedthe least optimism about their future ambitions compared to theother groups considered for this report. For example, queer youthexpected to be happy in the future if they stayed in their currentcity at a rate half that of their lesbian, gay and bisexual peers (12percentfor queer youth vs. 24 percent for LGB youth). Queer
youth also expressed much less optimism than the other groupswhen asked about getting married and raising children.
See the Appendix for more information on the youths perceptions of the likelihood of
their future ambitions.
GO TO COLLEGE
HAVE A GOOD JOB
ESTABLISH A LIFELONG PARTNERSHIP WITH SOMEONE YOU LOVE
BE HAPPY
GET MARRIED TO SOMEONE YOU LOVE
BE AN ACTIVE PART OF YOUR COMMUNITY
RAISE CHILDREN
BISEXUAL YOUTH REPORTING AMBITION ASVERY LIKELY TO HAPPEN
Future Ambition Future Ambition If Stay In Same City
70% 47%
55%
55%
28%
30%
30%
51% 24%
53% 28%
19%
45% 31%
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COMING
OUT
Across the board, asmaller percentageof bisexual youthreported being outthan their lesbianand gay peers. Thisdifference is moststriking when itcomes to being out
to family, classmates,teachers and atschool generally.
OUT TOIMMEDIATEFAMILY1 2 3
OUT TOEXTENDEDFAMILY
OUT ATSCHOOL
LESBIANA
ND
GAY
BISEXUAL
PANSEXUAL
OTHER
BISEXUAL
QUEER
LESBIANA
ND
GAY
BISEXUAL
PANSEXUAL
OTHER
BISEXUAL
QUEER
LESBIANA
ND
GAY
BISEXUAL
PANSEXUAL
OTHER
BISEXUAL
QUEER
68%
32%
72%
44%
53% 51%
57%
20%15% 16% 16%
54%57% 57% 56%
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The survey revealed a great deal about the struggles bisexualyouth face while coming out. Much of this information came fromopen-ended responses that gave the youth a chance to describetheir experiences. Bisexual youth described many similar concernsas lesbian and gay youth, such as family acceptance and judgmentfrom their peers. The nature of these concerns, however, showed
ways in which bisexual youth face challenges unique to theirbisexual identities due to the pervasiveness of biphobia and mythsand stereotypes that trivialize or undermine the legitimacy ofbisexual identity.
4 5OUT TOCLASSMATES
OUT TOTEACHERS
LESBIANA
ND
GAY
BISEXUAL
PANSEXUAL
OTHER
BISEXUAL
QUEER
LESBIANA
ND
GAY
BISEXUAL
PANSEXUAL
OTHER
BISEXUAL
QUEER
74%
51%
Another teen explained:
"I dont think people would understandme if I said Im a bisexual male trappedin a female body people will won-der why I cant just be happy being abisexual female because that means Ilike both anyways. But what they dontunderstand is that I FEEL MALE."
In addition to these myths,some members of the bisexualcommunity face other con-cerns that complicate theircoming out process. Several ofthe respondents identified asboth bisexual and transgender.This created a situation wherethey had multiple closets tocome out of, and intertwinedissues of sexual orientationand gender identity to address.
The tendency among many toconflate these two aspects ofidentity makes the coming outprocess even more difficult.
One teen wrote:
People have ahard time seeingthe differencebetween genderidentity andsexual orientationand dont seehow I could be
both trans andbisexual.
Unfortunately the pervasiveness of mythsand stereotypes about bisexuality isnot limited to people outside the LGBTcommunity. Biphobia exists within the LGBTcommunity and bisexual youth are aware oftheir marginalization.
57%60%
57% 57%
26%30%
35% 40%
They are told that: their sexuality doesnt exist or is not real
being bisexual is just a phase they are confused, indecisive,
or seeking attention they are highly sexually active or attracted
to everyone
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I CAME OUT TO MY FAMILY ANDTHEY DIDNT BELIEVE ME.
BEING GAY IS
UNDERSTOODIN MY FAMILY,BUT BEINGBISEXUAL ISNOT.
MY PARENTS ARENTHOMOPHOBIC, BUT, WHEN
IT COMES TO ME, THEYARENT ACCEPTING AT ALL
THEY SAY I CANT BE BI
I HAVE TOBE GAY ORSTRAIGHT.
THE ONE TIME I BROUGHTTHE ISSUE UP WITH MYMOM, SHE SAID THAT I
WOULD GROW OUT OF IT,AND THEN IGNORED IT.
I WOULD LIKE THE PRESSURE TO
PICK A
I FEEL LIKE IF I WERE
TO COME OUT ASBISEXUAL, PEOPLE
WOULD JUST THINKIM A SLUT.
I WISH THAT MORE PEOPLE INSIDETHE GAY COMMUNITY ITSELF WOULD
SUPPORT MY DECISION TO CALL MYSELFBISEXUAL. I AM NOT BEING SELFISH. I
AM NOT A LIAR. I AM NOT GAY. I AM NOTSTRAIGHT. I AM BISEXUAL.
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"MY MOTHER SAID:YOURE SAYING YOUREBISEXUAL, WHAT IS THAT?!BISEXUALITY ISNT REAL.
IM TIRED OF BEINGTOLD ITS A PHASE.
THEY JUST THINK IMCONFUSED.
TO STOP. ITS VERY FRUSTRATING.SIDE
IVE HAD PEOPLETELL ME THAT MYLIFE IS WORTHLESSBECAUSE IMBISEXUAL, AND THATIM NOTHING.
WHEN I TELL MALES ABOUTMY SEXUALITY, I GET MANYREMARKS LIKE THATS SO HOT,WHICH I FEEL FETISHIZES MY
SEXUAL ORIENTATION.
I TRIED COMING OUT TOMY MOTHER, BUT SHE
ADAMANTLY CLAIMEDTHAT YOU COULD ONLYBE GAY OR STRAIGHT ANDTHAT THERE WAS NOIN-BETWEEN.
AS A BISEXUAL, IFEEL SHUNNEDBY THE GAY
AND LESBIANCOMMUNITY.
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HOME & FAMILYACCEPTANCEIm afraid they
will no longer loveme the minute I
tell them.
Youth were asked to rate theirlevel of acceptance within
their community, family, peergroup and schools. In severalareas, bisexual youth reportedslightly less acceptance thantheir lesbian and gay peers.The most pronounced differ-ence was in the level of accep-
tance among their families.
Slightly more than a quarter(27 percent) of bisexualyouth reported that theirfamilies were very acceptingcompared to 33 percentoflesbian and gay youth. Queeryouth, however, had the high-
est rates of family acceptancewith 36 percentsaying thattheir families were veryaccepting.
FAMILY ACCEPTANCE OF
BISEXUAL YOUTH
VERY ACCEPTING
27%
29%
20%
17%
7%
SOMEWHATACCEPTING
NOT VERYACCEPTING
NOTAT ALL
ACCEPTING
NOTAPPLICABLE
Though my parents are acceptingtowards gays and lesbians, my momtold me she thought bisexual people
should just make up their minds. Thatmade me unsure of whether or not I
could tell them.
SCHOOL
AND PEERSACCEPTANCE
AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
EXCLUSION
AND HARASSMENT
VERBAL
1 in 5 bisexual youth (22%)reported that their school wasvery accepting and 29% saidthe same about their peers.
The activities with the highestparticipation rates for all surveyrespondents were the after-school activities such as drama,debate, band or academic clubs.The same is true for bisexual,pansexual, queer and the otherbisexual-identified youth. Morethan one third of these youth
reported participating in theseactivities very often.
Nearly 1 in 4 bisexual youth(24 percent) reported fre-quently or often being excluded
by their peers because theyare different. Thirty-twopercentof the pansexualyouth reported the same infact, pansexual youth reportedslightly higher levels of exclu-sion and harassment in several
areas including exclusion bypeers and being called namesinvolving anti-gay slurs.
Twenty-nine percentofbisexual youth reported beingfrequently or often verballyharassed and called namesat school.
Twenty-eight percentreported frequent verbalharassment involving anti-gayslurs such as fag.
29%
PHYSICAL
7%
A much smaller percent ofbisexual youth reported beingphysicaly assaulted frequentlyor often at school (7 percent)and outside of school (5 percent)
While the rates of harassmentthat bisexual youth reportedboth in school and outside ofschool were comparable tothose reported by lesbian andgay youth, the open-endedresponses revealed that bisex-ual teen girls reported
being subjected to sexual
harassmentrelated to theirbisexual identities.
A Williams Institute studyshows that most people whoidentify as bisexual are women;similarly, 76 percent of thebisexual youth in this survey arefemale, and many of them are
being sexually harassed.
I have guys ask meif they can watchme with a girl. I
get inappropriatelytouched.
76%
People call me
a whore becauseIm bi.
Ive been pushedin the hall, calleddirty homo anddyke, been toldthat Im going tohell, that I should
be ashamed ofwho I am.
When I makenew friends, I letthem know thatIm bisexual. Ifthey accept me,
then good. If theydont, theres
the door.
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LIFE ONLINE
Twenty-two percent ofbisexual youth report partici-pating in an online LGBT
community very often. Thisis a rate slightly lower than
their lesbian and gay peers (26percent). Queer youth reportthe highest percentage ofparticipation in an online LGBTcommunity (36 percent).
More than half (51 percent)
of bisexual youth stronglyagreed that they were morehonest about who they areonline than in the real world.
22%
IN THECOMMUNITY
ACCEPTANCE
When asked about the level
of acceptance of LGBT peoplewithin their community, only9 percentof bisexual youthrated their community veryaccepting. A larger percentageof bisexual youth (38 percent)felt that their communitieswere somewhat accepting of
LGBT people. More queer youthreport their community to bevery accepting (14 percent).
Sixteen percentof bisexualyouth said their community isvery unaccepting.
VERYACCEPTING
SOMEWHAT
ACCEPTING
VERYUNACCEPTING
9%16%
38%
ACCEPTANCE OFYOUTHS CHURCH/PLACEOF WORSHIP
Churches and places of worship
received the lowest percent-age of bisexual youth thatreported them very accepting(2 percent). A slightly higherpercentage of bisexual youthrated their ownchurch/place ofworship as very accepting(7 percent).
Thirty-five percentofbisexual youth rated churchesand places of worship as notat all accepting. Twenty-four percentrated their ownchurch/place of worship asnot at all accepting.
NOT AT ALLACCEPTING
VERYACCEPTING
7% 24%
A greater percentage of queer youth reported knowing a specificchurch or synagogue that provides a welcoming environment (32percent) than bisexual youth (15 percent) or lesbian/gay youth(19 percent).
ACCESS TO ANDKNOWLEDGE
OF RESOURCES
Bisexual youth were less
likely than their gay andlesbian peers to know
whether there was a
Gay-Straight Alliance at
their school or an LGBT
community center in
their area.
They were also less likely toknow about community lead-ers and institutions that couldserve as sources of supportand affirmation and whetherthey were protected from
discrimination by state or locallaws or ordinances. Finally,
they were slightly less likelyto know whether their state orlocal government, their doc-tor, or local businesses wereaccepting of LGBT people.
Compared to their LGBT
peers, queer youth
reported greater access
to community resources.
For example, more queer youthwere aware of a place in theircommunity that helps LGBTyouth: (41 percent) versusbisexual youth (18 percent) orlesbian/gay youth (22 percent).
A greater percentage of queeryouth also reported having aclub at their school that sup-ports LGBT youth (63 percent)compared to bisexual youth(45 percent) or lesbian/gayyouth (48 percent).
NOT AWAREOF PEOPLE ANDINSTITUTIONS
THAT COULD HELPTHEM
NOT AWAREOF SAFESPACES
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PARTICIPATION
Youth were asked to rate theirparticipation level in nineactivities.
Similar to lesbianand gay youth,more than half ofthe bisexual youthreported neverparticipating in themajority of extra-curricular activities
listed in the surveyincluding commu-nity sports leagues,church youthgroups, or serviceorganizations.
The only activities for whichbisexual youth reportedrelatively high levels of par-ticipation were afterschoolactivities(e.g., band, debate,or academic clubs), LGBTorganizations at school,and in online communitiesgeared toward LGBT youth. If itwerent for these three types ofactivities, bisexual youth would
largely miss out on key socialactivities for their developmentand growth. However, eventhese activities fail to engage amajority of bisexual youth. Forexample, afterschool activi-ties had the largest number ofbisexual youth reporting thatthey participated very often.Yet a quarter of bisexual youth(25 percent) said they neverparticipate in these activities.
Interestingly,pansexualandqueeryouth report the highestparticipation rates of all LGBT
youth in afterschool activities,LGBT organizations at schooland online communities.
Bisexual Youth Participation
Rates for 9 Activities
AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
(E.G., DRAMA, DEBATE, BAND
OR ACADEMIC CLUBS)
ONLINE LGBT COMMUNITY
LGBT ORGS AT SCHOOL
(E.G., GAY STRAIGHT ALLIANCES)
SPORTS FOR SCHOOL OR
COMMUNITY LEAGUE/CLUB
CHURCH OR RELIGIOUS SERVICES
WORK AT A PAYING JOB
CHURCH OR RELIGIOUS
YOUTH GROUP
SERVICE ORGS (E.G., BOY SCOUTS,GIRL SCOUTS, YMCA OR KEY CLUB)
LGBT ORGS OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL
(E.G., LGBT YOUTH CENTER)
22% 34%
37% 25%
50%
7%
68%
20%
16%
14%
13%
11%
8%
54%
52%
55%
VERY OFTEN NEVER
61%
64%
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BECOMING
AN ALLYpeers or extended families.Talk to your childrenabout their sexual orienta-
tion and let them know
that not only will you
support them if they are
gay or lesbian, but also if
they are bisexual, queer,
pansexual or questioning.Insist that the people surround-ing your child are respectful.Dont allow others who areuncomfortable with your childs
sexual orientation to put themdown. Set clear expectationswith others about how youwant your child to be treatedand referred to.
If your child comes out to youas bisexual, read all that youcan about bisexuality, and talkto other parents of bisexual
children. If needed, you canseek advice from supportgroups, advocacy orga-
nizations, conferences,
or online forumswhere youcan talk to people who might
have had similar questions andexperiences with their ownchildren.
FOR EDUCATORS
So how can we do abetter job of reachingthese youth, support-ing their identities,
and meeting theirunique needs?
For anyone who interactswith youth, the first step is toacknowledge and talk aboutbisexuality, particularly whenyoure talking about topics likedating, relationships or sex. Its
also important to use the lan-guage used by youth. Go beyondtalking about gay and lesbianrelationships and use terms like
bisexual, queer, questioning,and pansexual. Let youth talk toyou and tell you the terms theyuse. Also be inclusive of termsrelated to gender identity, suchas transgender, genderfluid andgenderqueer. By hearing thislanguage used, bisexual andother youth can hear that theiridentities are legitimate andrespected.
Another way that everyone canbe an ally to bisexual youth is
by calling attention to mythsand stereotypes about bisexualyouth and adults. Be mindful ofthe many pervasive myths andstereotypes addressed in thisreport and dispel them when-ever you hear them. Correct yourfriends, family and coworkerswhen they perpetuate thosestereotypes in conversation. Letpeople know that it is not okayto make generalizations aboutanyones sexual orientation.
EDUCATEYOURSELF
The first step for anyonewanting to be a better ally forbisexual youth is to educateyourself about bisexuality andthe bisexual community. Learn
about the kinds of issueslisted in this report , and seek
out the additional resourceslisted in this guide. Be awareof the prejudices that youmight hold about bisexuality,and work toward changingyour assumptions.
FOR PARENTSAND CAREGIVERS
My family is veryaccepting. They
love me for who Iam and for what I
am. They told me itdidnt matter whoI loved as long as
Im happy.
As your child comes to under-stand their sexual orientation,you may develop concernsabout their safety, or whether
they will be accepted by their
I feel I am treated differently in myschool because Im female and bisexual
The teachers sometimes even preachhate against those that are not straight.
Since bisexual youth weremuch less likely than lesbian
and gay youth to be out inschool, and to their class-mates and teachers, educatorscan play an important role inimproving the well-being ofbisexual youth. When teach-
ers and administrators talkto students about bullyingand harassment, they shouldbe sure to be as inclusive ofbisexual youth as possible bymodeling inclusive language.
FOR LGBTADVOCATESThose who already work orvolunteer in capacities thatsupport LGBT youth or adults
must strive to be as inclusiveas possible by using termslike LGBT when refer-
ring to the community,
rather than talking about
gay rights.
When organizing events, beintentional about includingand identifying openly bisexual
participants and leaders, andinclude content specificallyrelated to bisexuality to givethe bisexual community avoice. It is especially impor-tant to show bisexual youth
examples of successful peoplewho identify like they do.
Most importantly, we can
hold ourselves and other
members of the com-
munity accountable for
biphobia, for addressing
the disparate needs ofthe bisexual community
and for making sure that
bisexual youth and adults
never feel marginalized,
dismissed or stereotyped.
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ADDITIONALRESOURCES*
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
BiNet USAhttp://www.binetusa.org/
Bisexual Organizing Project
http://www.bisexualorganizing-
project.org/
Bisexual Resource Center
http://www.biresource.net/
LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS
AMBI Los Angeles
http://www.meetup.com/ambiLA/
Bay Area Bisexual Network
(San Francisco)http://www.bayareabisexualnet-
work.org/
BiNet Seattle
http://www.binetseattle.org/
Bisexual Queer Alliance
Chicago
https://www.facebook.com/
BQAChicago
Bisexuals in Metro Phoenix
http://bimetrophx.wix.com/
bimetrophx
Bisexuals United(Corpus Christi, TX)http://www.meetup.com/
bisexuals-united
BiUnity (Philadelphia)http://www.biunity.org/
Biversity Boston
http://biversity.org/Biversity_Bos-
ton/Biversity.html
Los Angeles Bi Task Force
http://www.labicenter.org/
New York Area Bisexual
Network
http://www.nyabn.org/
Richmond (VA) Bisexual
Network
http://bisexuality.wikia.com/wiki/
Richmond_Bisexual_Network_
(ROBIN)
*This resource page was developed with
assistance from the Bisexual Resource
Center.
http://www.binetusa.org/http://www.bisexualorganizingproject.org/http://www.bisexualorganizingproject.org/http://www.biresource.net/http://www.meetup.com/ambiLAhttp://www.bayareabisexualnetwork.org/http://www.bayareabisexualnetwork.org/http://www.binetseattle.org/https://www.facebook.com/BQAChicagohttps://www.facebook.com/BQAChicagohttp://bimetrophx.wix.com/bimetrophxhttp://bimetrophx.wix.com/bimetrophxhttp://www.meetup.com/bisexuals-unitedhttp://www.meetup.com/bisexuals-unitedhttp://www.biunity.org/http://biversity.org/Biversity_Boston/Biversity.htmlhttp://biversity.org/Biversity_Boston/Biversity.htmlhttp://www.labicenter.org/http://www.nyabn.org/http://bisexuality.wikia.com/wiki/Richmond_Bisexual_Network_(ROBIN)http://bisexuality.wikia.com/wiki/Richmond_Bisexual_Network_(ROBIN)http://bisexuality.wikia.com/wiki/Richmond_Bisexual_Network_(ROBIN)http://bisexuality.wikia.com/wiki/Richmond_Bisexual_Network_(ROBIN)http://bisexuality.wikia.com/wiki/Richmond_Bisexual_Network_(ROBIN)http://bisexuality.wikia.com/wiki/Richmond_Bisexual_Network_(ROBIN)http://www.nyabn.org/http://www.labicenter.org/http://biversity.org/Biversity_Boston/Biversity.htmlhttp://biversity.org/Biversity_Boston/Biversity.htmlhttp://www.biunity.org/http://www.meetup.com/bisexuals-unitedhttp://www.meetup.com/bisexuals-unitedhttp://bimetrophx.wix.com/bimetrophxhttp://bimetrophx.wix.com/bimetrophxhttps://www.facebook.com/BQAChicagohttps://www.facebook.com/BQAChicagohttp://www.binetseattle.org/http://www.bayareabisexualnetwork.org/http://www.bayareabisexualnetwork.org/http://www.meetup.com/ambiLAhttp://www.biresource.net/http://www.bisexualorganizingproject.org/http://www.bisexualorganizingproject.org/http://www.binetusa.org/8/10/2019 Supporting and Caring for Bisexual Youth
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APPENDIX
These tables providea more in-depth lookat the demographicsof the 10,030 LGBTyouth survey partici-pants, in addition toa closer look at theresponses aroundthe likelihood of theirfuture ambitions.
Sexual Orientation Female
(n=5699)Male
(n=3406)Transgender
(n=319)Other Gender
Expansive
(n=606)
Bisexual 51% 21% 25% 21%
Pansexual 8% 1% 14% 19%
Queer 3%
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Sexual Orientation 13 Yrs
(n=575)14 Yrs
(n = 1408)15 Yrs
(n = 2203)16 Yrs
(n = 2784)17 Yrs
(n = 3060)
Bisexual 51% 46% 41% 37% 31%
Pansexual 8% 8% 8% 6% 6%
Queer 2% 2% 3% 4% 5%
Other Bisexual 1% 1% 1% 1% 1%
Lesbian/Gay 31% 36% 42% 48% 54%
Heterosexual/straight** 0% 0% 0% 0% 1%
Other 6% 6% 5% 4% 3%
Total* 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
* Percents may not total to 100% due to rounding error.
**Heterosexual/straight youth identied are transgender or gender-expansive.
Religious Affiliation Heterosexual/straight
Lesbian/Gay
Bisexual Pansexual Queer OtherBisexual
Other Total
Religiously Affiliated* 36% 39% 40% 26% 26% 34% 25% 38%
No preference 11% 10% 9% 9% 10% 10% 10% 10%
Atheist/Agnostic 36% 29% 29% 40% 41% 29% 41% 30%
Decline to answer 7% 4% 5% 3% 2% 4% 2% 4%
Spiritual but not religious 11% 17% 16% 23% 22% 23% 22% 17%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
* Religious afliation options: Protestant (such as Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Lutheran, Episcopal), Roman Catholic, Jewish, Muslim/Islam, Mormon, Orthodox Church
(Greek, Russian, etc.), Other Christian religion, Other religion (not Christian)
Sexual Orientation White
(n=6819)Black/
AfricanAmerican
(n=637)
Hispanic/Latino/
SpanishAmerican/
Chicano
(n= 1382)
Asian/Pacific
Islander
(n= 329)
AmericanIndian/Native
American
(n=160)
OtherRace
(n= 560)
Declineto
Answer
(n= 143)
Total
Heterosexual/straight 0% 0% 0% 1% 1% 0% 1% 0%
Lesbian/Gay 47% 43% 49% 46% 41% 38% 36% 46%
Bisexual 36% 43% 41% 35% 40% 42% 41% 38%
Pansexual 8% 3% 4% 6% 9% 7% 3% 7%
Queer 4% 4% 2% 5% 3% 4% 10% 4%
Other 4% 6% 3% 5% 6% 6% 6% 4%
Other Bisexual 1% 1% 1% 2% 1% 2% 2% 1%
Grand Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
RACE OF LGBT YOUTH PARTICIPANTS BY SEXUAL ORIENTATION
SEXUAL ORIENTATION OF YOUTH PARTICIPANTS BY RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION
AGE OF LGBT YOUTH PARTICIPANTS BY SEXUAL ORIENTATION
0
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Future Ambitions Very Likely To
Happen
Lesbian
/Gay
Bisexual Pan-
sexual
Queer OtherBisexual
Hetero-sexual/
straight
Other Total
Get married to someone you love 53% 53% 43% 27% 37% 56% 39% 51%
Get married to someone you lovein same city
20% 28% 21% 11% 17% 16% 19% 23%
Percent Decrease 62% 47% 51% 59% 54% 71% 51% 55%
Establish a life-long partnership
with someone you love
61% 55% 49% 38% 48% 58% 42% 57%
Establish a life-long partnershipwith someone you love in same city
28% 30% 25% 17% 24% 20% 20% 28%
Percent Decrease 54% 45% 49% 55% 50% 66% 52% 51%
Raise children 38% 45% 34% 23% 37% 40% 35% 40%
Raise children in same city 19% 31% 22% 10% 23% 22% 24% 24%
Percent Decrease 50% 31% 35% 57% 38% 45% 31% 40%
Be happy 60% 51% 42% 35% 45% 44% 47% 54%
Be happy in same city 24% 24% 17% 12% 21% 20% 23% 23%
Percent Decrease 60% 53% 60% 66% 53% 55% 51% 57%
Be an active part of yourcommunity
42% 30% 31% 42% 35% 27% 29% 36%
Be an active part of yourcommunity in same city
22% 19% 20% 25% 23% 13% 19% 21%
Percent Decrease 48% 37% 35% 40% 34% 52% 34% 42%
Have a good job 66% 55% 46% 44% 49% 51% 51% 59%
Have a good job in same city 30% 28% 18% 17% 25% 16% 23% 28%
Percent Decrease 55% 49% 61% 61% 49% 69% 55% 53%
Go to college 78% 70% 69% 73% 63% 67% 74% 74%
Go to college in same city 54% 47% 44% 46% 49% 40% 54% 50%
Percent Decrease 31% 33% 36% 37% 22% 40% 27% 32%
PERCENT OF YOUTH REPORTING FUTURE AMBITION VERY LIKELY TO HAPPEN
BY SEXUAL ORIENTATION
Two questions compared:
Given your hopes and dreams for the future, how likelydo you think it is that these will happen?If you live in the same city or town for the rest of yourlife, how likely do you think it is that these will happen?
1)
2)
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This study includes a review offrequencies and cross-tabulations ofraw data from research conducted
by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner.That original data included 10,030LGBT-identified youth and 472 non-
LGBT youth. On the next page isa full description of the original
methodology. Most of the LGBT youthwere recruited through the publicURL described on this page; the 5
percent of respondents to the HarrisPoll Online who identified as LGBT
were also included in the sample ofLGBT youth.
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METHODOLOGY
THE SURVEY QUESTION
ASKED RESPONDENTS:
Do you identify your sexualorientation as:
Heterosexual/straight
Gay
LesbianBisexual
Queer
I prefer to identify
myself as: (SPECIFY)
Decline to answer
Anne E. Nicoll, Ph.D., NicollConsulting is responsible forthe data analysis and find-ings presented in this report.If not otherwise indicated, thequotes in this report come fromyouth respondents. Spelling
and some punctuation in directquotes from youth respondentshave been corrected.
PUBLIC URL
Working with the Human Rights
Campaign and Harris Inter-active Service Bureau, whohosted the Web survey, Green-berg Quinlan Rosner created alink that allowed participantsto take this survey online.Participants invited to thestudy through this source were
screened for (self-identified)LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual,transgender, or queer) status.This method was used to col-lect the overwhelming majorityof LGBT interviews in this study.It produced a sample of 10,030participants ages 13-17 who
self-identified as lesbian, gay,bisexual, transgender, or queer.Certain questions in the surveywere directed only to self-ascribed LGBT respondents.
During April and May of 2012,the Human Rights Campaignadvertised this link throughsocial media and throughdirect communication withLGBT youth centers across thecountry. This method of col-
lecting interviews is commonin exploring hard-to-reachpopulations, but it does notrepresent a truly random opt-insample. As a result, traditionalmeasures of margin of error donot apply, and the results heremay not be representative ofthis population as a whole.
ONLINE PANEL
This research also includes 510interviews among respondentsages 13-17 drawn from the Har-ris Poll OnlineSM (HPOL). Theseinterviews were not screenedfor LGBT status and comprisethe non-LGBT population inthis study. Note, however, that5 percent of these interviewsself-identified as LGBT andwere asked questions directedat this population.
Harris Poll OnlineSM (HPOL)is a multimillion-memberpanel of cooperative onlinerespondents. Panelists have
joined the Harris Poll Onlinefrom more than 100 differ-ent sources. Diverse methodsare leveraged to gain panel-ists including: co-registrationoffers on partners websites,targeted emails sent by onlinepartners to their audiences,
graphical and text bannerplacement on partners web-sites (including social media,news, search, and communityportals), trade show presen-
tations, targeted postal mailinvitations, TV advertisementsand telephone recruitment oftargeted populations.
When respondents arerecruited into this panel, it is
made very clear that they arejoining a market research paneland that they will be askedperiodically to participatein online research. They areshown the terms and condi-tions of panel membershipas well as the privacy policy.Panelists must agree to theTerms of Use, which statethat panelists are limited to a
single membership and can beremoved if they are found inviolation of this rule.
All panelists recruited havecompleted a confirmed ordouble opt-in (COI/ DOI) pro-cess. This process requires thateach registrant confirm hisor her desire to join the panelby clicking on a link within anemail that is sent to the reg-istrants email address uponregistering. The content of theemail specifies that by click-ing on the link the registrantis expressly stating his or her
desire to take part in the panel.Once they consent to join thepanel, members are invited toparticipate in various surveysthrough email invitations thatinclude a short description ofthe research and indicate theapproximate survey length.
The research policies forU.S.-based research complywith the legal codes of con-duct developed by the Councilof American Survey Research
Organizations (CASRO). Accord-ing to CASRO guidelines, theminimum age to consent toparticipate in survey researchin the United States is 13. Datafor this survey were collectedby Harris Interactive Service
Bureau (HISB) on behalf of theHuman Rights Campaign. HISBwas responsible for the datacollected and Greenberg QuinlanRosner was responsible for thesurvey design, data weighting,data analysis, and reporting any/all methods that apply.
A key issue in interviewingchildren both responsibly andlegally is appropriate parentalconsent, which is requiredbefore conducting research
with children under the age of13. For 8-12 year olds, HarrisInteractive obtains consentfrom parents, who are HPOLpanelists themselves, usingwell-defined parental per-mission policies. Panelistsidentified as age 18+ with an8-12 year old child living in thehousehold are sent email invi-tations with a link to the childsurvey. The invites specify that
the survey is intended for theirchild and explain the content
and approximate length of thesurvey. If the parent agrees toallow their child to participatein the survey, they are asked toprovide the link to their child.This process is also used tosupplement the 13-17 year oldpanel through targeted panel-ists age 18-plus with a 13-17year old in the household. Tosee the survey itself, visit www.hrc.org/youth.
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AUTHORS
WORKS CITED
Amy Andre
Bisexual Health Educator,
Consultant, and Author
Jay Brown
Director, HRC Foundation
Program StrategyHuman Rights CampaignFoundation
Alison Delpercio
Associate Director, Children,
Youth & Families Program
Human Rights CampaignFoundation
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Suggested Citation:
Andre, A., Brown, J., Delpercio, A., Kahn, E., Nicoll, A., Sherouse,
B. (2014). Supporting and Caring for Our Bisexual Youth. D.C.: The
Human Rights Campaign Foundation.
Ellen Kahn
Director, Children, Youth & Families
Program
Human Rights Campaign Foundation
Anne Nicoll
Nicoll ConsultingHRC Research/Evaluation Consultant
Formerly on faculty at the Schoolof Social Work, University ofWashington
Beth Sherouse
Senior Content Manager,
ACLS Fellow
Human Rights Campaign Foundation
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