[Erika]

I think it is interesting that your question only refered to male homosexuals and bisexuals, as if there weren’t females who are homosexual or bisexual. Anyway, I think you already answered your question about what the difference is between homosexuals and bisexuals, homosexuals are not attracted at all to the opposite sex, bisexuals are attracted to both sexes. Many people believe that there is a spectrum that goes from 100% homosexual to 100% heterosexual and that most people fall somewhere in between. Many people who have never had a relationship with the same sex have felt some emotional and/or physical attraction to the same sex at sometime in their life and those people COULD be labeled bisexual. If our society were not so negative and violent toward gay people perhaps more people would be able to identify their mild to strong attraction for the same sex. I think your confusion around cross-dressing males could be cleared up by understanding the difference between sexual preference and gender identity. Sexual preference (whether you choose to date the same sex or the opposite sex) is not necessarily related to or the same as gender behavior such as cross dressing. Actually, ‘transgendered’ people are people who prefer to behave more like the stereotypes of the opposite gender, like, for males, wearing dresses and makeup. Many children who are accused of being sissies or tomboys are forced back into their anatomical gender behaviors. These ideas are confusing because it is hard to put oneself into a category like bisexual, transgendered, or whatever. Many women dress in male clothes but there is a lot less pressure for us to conform to gender norms so we don’t get pressured to identify ourselves as transgendered.

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Name : Erika, Gender : Female, Sexual Orientation : Bisexual, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Atheist, Age : 25, City : Portland, State : ME, Country : United States, Occupation : Social Worker, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Lower middle class, 

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