Bisexuality Beyond Binaries

Celebrating Multiple Bisexual Identities in a World of Erasure
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-15129-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 392 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 569 g

This book brings together a collection of diverse contributors to discuss bisexual erasure and biphobia and how this intersects with racism, sexism, ableism and transphobia.

Amplifying the voices of a group often unheard and erased, this book explores and celebrates the experiences, stories, and complexities of bisexual identity, providing tools to help dismantle the dehumanization of erasure, move beyond the gender binary, and increase visibility of multiple bisexualities. Beginning by outlining key definitions, labels, and context, each chapter addresses an identity or experience that intersects with bisexual identity, such as disability, masculinity, femininity, gender-diverse identities, media, religion, dating apps, porn, non-monogamy, intimate partner violence, aging, kink and sex work. Each chapter begins with theoretical research before illuminating the personal narratives of bisexual people, especially people of color, that reflect the negative impact of bisexual erasure as well as the joy, beauty and resilience of bisexuality.

Engaging and powerful, this book will help sex therapists, students, and educators enhance their inclusive and supportive practices. It will also be of immense interest to bisexual people so they may see diverse realities, celebrating stories of resistance and joy.

Zielgruppe

Professional and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Speidel, Lisa

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Sexualpsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie Familientherapie, Paartherapie, Gruppentherapie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: What Even is Bisexuality? A Brief Intersectional Account of Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

Chapter 2: The Joys of Bisexuality

Chapter 3: Gender Diverse Identities

Chapter 4: Cisgender Women and Femininities

Chapter 5: Cisgender Men and Masculinities

Chapter 6: Media Representation in Television, Film and Reality Shows

Chapter 7: Pornography and Sex Work

Chapter 8: Relationships: Dating Apps, Marriage, Monogamy/Non-Monogamy

Chapter 9: Kink and BDSM

Chapter 10: Mental Health and The Prevalence of Violence by Emilia Couture and Lisa Speidel

Chapter 11: Disabilities by Katelyn Friedline

Chapter 12: Aging and Older Adults

Über Autor(innen)

Lisa Speidel, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Women, Gender and Sexuality Department at the University of Virginia and a Certified Sexuality Educator (CSE) through the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT). She is a co-editor of The Edge of Sex: Navigating a Sexually Confusing Culture from the Margins (Routledge, 2019).