Best Bi Short Stories: Bisexual Fiction

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I first realised I was gay following a pretty tough break-up with a boyfriend and found comfort in a colleague who was going through a similar situation with her girlfriend. Bathroom genders are still binary, gay marriage is still up for debate (ahem, we're looking at you Australia) and Trump's trying to get transgender soldiers banned from the military in the USA. Just accept it on face value; nothing has changed about that person, you just know a little bit more. I figured everyone was a little bit bisexual, which meant that it wasn't worth me talking about my feelings whatsoever.

After kind of going through that and walking into this idea more that I’m potentially bisexual and that maybe it could be a thing that I just own that, but I wasn’t really ready to say that or to tell everybody that. Inherently, it's hard to know for sure that you're bi because bisexuality requires us to make peace with a constant uncertainty. There is also need for caution in interpreting the results of both studies, because the methodology used simply involved measuring genital arousal in response to certain forms of pornography. Since I'm married to a man, I get the typical backlash that I'm, 'not really bi' or 'will cheat some day'.Cosmopolitan participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means we may get paid commissions on editorially chosen products purchased through our links to retailer sites. But I enjoy kissing and fucking dudes too, and sometimes masturbate to dudes, so it seems like the logical conclusion.

I guess going through the experience of dating him was – it was kind of eye-opening in that I was faced with this decision and I was telling myself that I either I had to be with a girl or I had to be with a guy. I decided that, through the power of writing, I could talk about my journey, my story of coming out.Anyway, I now know who I am and if someone didn’t want to be with me because I’m bi—I wouldn’t want to be with them! My friends reacted like I'd just given them a weather update – it was normal, which is exactly how it should be.

PRIDE showcases all the amazing and inspiring bisexual stories that matter the most to you, in a fun, safe, and accepting environment! But realising that I was bisexual wasn't the hard part—the hard part was claiming the identity out loud. I also did have many times when I had distinctly sexual desires, especially when I had a real crush on a particular guy. In my dream, my brain couldn't conjure her face, like my dream self was refusing to look her in the eye. sometimes i find myself still having fantasies about her and ive dreamt about her (sexually) more than anyone else.I love my parents - they are wonderful - but I soon learned that 'coming out' is something for you, and regardless of the response, there is nothing to be ashamed of or hide. We encountered moments of sheer mystery, where God or the universe shoved us together in the same space. I was initially quite bothered (to put it lightly) to discover my feelings for other guys, especially given what I had always heard about gay people. Being unsure about whether or not you're bi is actually Bi Culture," says Jen Winston, author of GREEDY: Notes From a Bisexual Who Wants Too Much "You may think that uncertainty makes you more straight but it actually makes you more bisexual. They also forced me to break up with my girlfriend at the time which obviously didn’t stop me from being gay lol.

I’m in a relationship with a man, and have only dated men, but I’ve kissed girls and been into it sexually. Whenever TV shows or movies mentioned bisexuality, I perked up, getting the vague sense that they were talking to me. I was always puzzled by the 2005 study, given that my experience contradicts the conclusion many people were drawing from it.I’m bisexual, but for most of my life I didn’t really think too much about what my exact sexuality was. Even though I was a part of this wonderful community, it was very much a community isolated from others. Usedtoidentifyasbitho actuallysoundslamebutIthinkIgotjealousthatIwasn'tinvitedtothisgirlsparty,bareinmindweweren'tfriendsbutwedidhavemutualfriends,IlaterrealisedIjustwantedtobeseenbyherbecauseIknewshewasgayandIwantedtostandatapartyandhopeshenoticed. I was in a long-term relationship with a guy at the time, but it's hard to explain to someone that being gay is bigger than them, and bigger than you. So when that little 4th grade girl who had to cover herself in her dead classmate's blood to avoid being shot herself goes to high school, Texas will tell her she can't handle "The Diary of Anne Frank?