Many queer kids have a similar experience: We’re presented with only one option of what relationships look like-cis man plus cis woman equals true love forever!-and we can sometimes sense early on that something about our internal experience feels different. But as a kid without a deep understanding of gender, I was nonetheless struck by my best friend’s definition. The simplification of being attracted to men and women (especially wherein these genders are assumed to be cis) is not only incorrect but also harmful. (If you're wondering, “ What is pansexuality?' here's what you need to know). Like her sister identities, such as pansexuality and omnisexuality, bisexuality implies an attraction to multiple (or all) genders.
Bisexuality is more complicated than that, of course.
