\[ **BT: [[sexual preference]]** ] --- # bisexuality [[Bisexuality is a sexual identity ‘defined as attraction to more than one gender’. Some bisexual persons will prefer the terms ‘pansexuality’ or ‘polysexuality’; the meaning remains the same.]][^1] [[Fox (1995) states bisexuals ‘emphasize individual characteristics rather than gender in selecting a partner’.]][^2] [^1]: ‘Bisexuality’, [[sources/Homosaurus|Homosaurus: An International LGBTQ+ Linked Data Vocabulary]], last modified 23 February 2025, 07:09:15 (UTC), <https://homosaurus.org/v4/homoit0000204>. [^2]: Letitia Anne Peplau and Linda D. Garnets, ‘[[Peplau and Garnets, ‘New Paradigm for Understanding Women’s Sexuality and Sexual Orientation’, 2000|A New Paradigm for Understanding Women’s Sexuality and Sexual Orientation]]’, *Social Issues*, vol. 56, no. 6 (2000), p. 331, [https://doi.org/10.1111/0022-4537.00169](https://doi.org/10.1111/0022-4537.00169).