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Vorlage:Bisexuality topics sidebarBisexual erasure is the tendency to ignore, remove, falsify, or reexplain evidence of bisexuality in historical records, academic materials, the news media, and other primary sources.^[1][2]

In its most extreme form, bisexual erasure can include denying that bisexuality exists.^[3][4]

Bisexual erasure may stem from a belief that the bisexual community does not deserve equal status or inclusion within gay and lesbian communities.^[5] This can take the form of omitting the word bisexual in the name of an organization or event that serves the whole LGBT community.

Homosexuals who engage in bisexual erasure may claimVorlage:Weasel-inline that bisexuals are actually closeted gay people who wish to appear heterosexual, or conversely that bisexuals are heterosexuals who are experimenting with their sexuality.^[6] Another common manifestation of bisexual erasure is a tendency for bisexuals to be referred to as heterosexual when they are intimately involved with people of the oppposite sex, and to be labeled as homosexual when they are involved with partners of the same sex.

It is also commonVorlage:Weasel-inline for gay writers and activists to portray bisexual and gender blurring behaviors in ancient and non-Western cultures, such as ancient Greek pederasty or Native American Two-Spirits, as proof that homosexuality has been widely accepted in other times and cultures.^[7]

In some casesVorlage:Which?, gay commentators in the American and British mediaVorlage:Who have portrayed individualsVorlage:Who caught in scandals involving same-sex affairs as homosexual, despite bisexual behavior and lifestyle.Vorlage:Citation needed In some cases Vorlage:Which?, even those who specifically identify as bisexual or have a clear history of significant experience with both same and opposite-sex partners are labelled as homosexual or heterosexual.

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• Biphobia
• Bialogue
• Heterosexism
• Heteronormativity

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• Fraser, M., Identity Without Selfhood: Simone de Beauvoir and Bisexuality, Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press 1999. p. 124-140.

• Dear Fellow Non-existent Beings: countering current attempts to erase bisexuality
• Bialogue
• Bisexual Erasure in literature at glbtq.com.
• Curiouser and curiouser by Mark Simpson
• Bialogue/GLAAD Bisexuality Packet for Mental Health Professionals
• Straight, Gay or Lying? Bisexuality Revisited New York Times, July 5, 2005.

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1. ↑ Word Of The Gay: BisexualErasure May 16, 2008 "Queers United"
2. ↑ The B Word Suresha, Ron. "The B Word," Options (Rhode Island), November 2004
3. ↑ Loraine Hutchins: Sexual Prejudice: The erasure of bisexuals in academia and the media. In: American Sexuality magazine. 3. Jahrgang, Nr. 4. National Sexuality Resource Center, 2005 (sfsu.edu). 
4. ↑ Loraine Hutchins: Sexual Prejudice - The erasure of bisexuals in academia and the media. In: American Sexuality Magazine. National Sexuality Resource Center, San Francisco State University, archiviert vom Original am 16. Dezember 2007; abgerufen am 19. Juli 2007.  Fehler beim Aufruf der Vorlage:Cite web: Bei Nachname Autor wurde Parameter und Alias bzw. mehrere Aliase angegeben.
5. ↑ Jillian Todd Weiss: GL vs. BT: The Archaeology of Biphobia and Transphobia Within the U.S. Gay and Lesbian Community. In: Journal of Bisexuality. 3. Jahrgang, Nr. 3/4. Haworth Press, 2004, S. 25–55 (ramapo.edu). 
6. ↑ Kenji Yoshino: The Epistemic Contract of Bisexual Erasure. In: Stanford Law Review. 52. Jahrgang, Nr. 2. Stanford Law School, Januar 2000, S. 353–461, doi:10.2307/1229482 (kenjiyoshino.com [PDF]). 
7. ↑ Hall, Donald E. Bisexual Literature glbtq: An Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, & Queer Culture