This rigorous and fun book will challenge us to think deeper about who we are and how we love. From the hunt for a bi gene, to the relationship between bisexuality and consensual non-monogamy, to asylum seekers who need to prove their bisexuality in a court of law, there is more to explore than most have ever realised. In Bi: The Hidden Culture, History and Science of Bisexuality, Shaw explores all that we know about the world’s largest sexual minority. It is a personal journey that starts with her own openly bisexual identity, and celebrates the resilience and beautiful diversity of the bi community. She is also the founder of the international Bisexual Research Group. After years of feeling the crushing dearth of information on bisexuality, psychological scientist and bestselling author Dr Julia Shaw dug deep and found a colourful and fascinating world that she is bringing out of the shadows. Dr Julia Shaw is a criminal psychologist at University College London, and part of Queer Politics at Princeton University which works for LGBTQ+ equality, democracy, and civil rights. Today, most bisexual activists and researchers define bisexuality as attraction to more than one gender, and this is a book for anyone whether they identify as bisexual, plurisexual, pansexual, omnisexual, polysexual, fluid, unlabelled, any related label or who just wants to know more.Significant strides have been made in recent years in the movement for LGBTQ+ rights, visibility and empowerment, but the conversation is far from over. Psychologist and Author Julia Shaw provides a deeper look into the history, culture, and science of bisexuality in her new book. This book aims to demystify bisexuality and celebrate it. She explains the visual language of bisexuality, about bi visibility on screen and the colourful world of bisexual communities.

She also questions societal reactions to bisexuality (are bi people more promiscuous? No). She asks why so few bisexual people are out, and examines the mental and physical health consequences of this. She examines the latest research on bisexual kids, parents and grandparents, and explores bisexual identities across the lifespan. She introduces some famous bi activists and scholars whom everyone should know. She looks at behavioural bisexuality in animals, and investigates whether there is a bi gene. In Bi Julia Shaw explores how people have defined and measured bisexuality during its long and important history.

Bi: The hidden culture, history, and science of bisexuality. This book sets out to answer some of the questions that many people have about bisexuality. Dr Julia Shaw is an honorary research associate at University College London. Shaw's bi identity and how a lack of research. Bisexuality is the largest sexual minority in the world and the least well understood. Julia Shaw, psycholoical scientist at University College London, founder of the Bisexual Research Group, and author of multiple best-selling books - including her new book 'Bi: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality', coming out June 28 in the US We chatted about Dr.

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