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On the borders of sexuality research: young people who have sex with both males and females

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posted on 2006-01-01, 00:00 authored by Maria Pallotta-ChiarolliMaria Pallotta-Chiarolli
As D' Augelli and Grossman point out, there is an underrepresentation in LGB research of "youth who have had sexual experiences with both males and females." Indeed, Heath (2005) refers to the "silent B" in much GLBT research. And, Owens (1998, p. 55) discusses how heterosexism "formalizes a societal dichotomy of heterosexuality versus homosexuality with little room for bisexuals" in educational research. Most of the information on bisexuality has been obtained from studies with adult samples, and it is "unclear to what extent a separate bisexual cultural identity is consolidated during adolescence" (Ryan & Rivers, 2003, p.105). As Bryan, a 17-year-old bisexual young man in my research, declared: "It's simple bullshit logic! They don't have evidence of bi kids in schools because they don't want to find it and so don't write their research looking for it."

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Journal

Journal of gay & lesbian issues in education

Volume

3

Issue

2-3

Pagination

79 - 86

Publisher

Harrington Park Press

Location

Binghamton, NY

ISSN

1541-0889

eISSN

1541-0870

Language

eng

Notes

Available online: 21 Oct 2008

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2006, The Haworth Press

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