Ten Things You Didn’t Know About Bisexuals

1. Bisexual men are 50 percent more likely to live in poverty than gay men
2. Bisexual women are more than twice as likely to live in poverty as lesbians
3. Bisexual men and women are at least one-third less likely to disclose their sexual identity to their doctors than gays or lesbians
4. In comparison with lesbians and gays, bisexuals have a higher lifetime prevalence of sexual victimization.
5. Forty percent of LGBT people of color identify as bisexual
6. Bisexual women are almost six times more likely than heterosexual women to have seriously considered suicide, and four times more likely than lesbians
7. Bisexual men are almost seven times more likely than heterosexual men to have seriously considered suicide, and over four times more likely than gay men
8. Bisexual employees are eight times as likely to be in the closet compared to lesbian and gay counterparts
9. Fifty-five percent of bisexual employees are not out to anyone at work
10. From 2008 to 2012, only $5,000 in grants were awarded to bi-specific projects or bisexual organizations.

[Sources: The Williams Institute, Bisexual Invisibility: Impacts and Recommendations, National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, Sexual Research and Social Policy]

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