by Alexandra Caldwell
 

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Bisexuality: Why are we so questioned, and where are all the bi men?

Ken Mehlman.

(Credit: AP Photo/Stephen J. Boitano-File)

Former Republican National Committee chairman and Bush-Cheney campaign manager Ken Mehlman has announced publicly that he is gay,

CBS News chief political consultant and politics editor for The Atlantic Marc Ambinder reports

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"It’s taken me 43 years to get comfortable with this part of my life," Mehlman said. "Everybody has their own path to travel, their own journey, and for me, over the past few months, I’ve told my family, friends, former colleagues, and current colleagues, and they’ve been wonderful and supportive. The process has been something that’s made me a happier and better person. It’s something I wish I had done years ago, but I didn’t."

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20014733-503544.html

List of bisexual people including famous people who identify as bisexual and deceased people who have been identified as bisexual.

The list is divided into the following sections:

• List of bisexual people: A-F
• List of bisexual people: G-M
• List of bisexual people: N-S
• List of bisexual people: T-Z

In a debate that lasted well into the early hours of Thursday morning, Argentina’s senate voted 33-27 to make theirs the first country in South America to legalize same-sex marriage.

Gay rights activists had predicted a close vote. According to reports, debate in Buenos Aires lasted until 4 a.m.

The subject of marriage has been a hot-button issue in Argentina for the past several months. In December, José Maria Di Bello and Alex Freyre became the country’s first legally married same-sex couple because of a legal loophole.

full story www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/07/15/Argentina_Passes_Gay_Marriage/

UPDATE: 11 months and several hermaphrodite rumors later, the 18-year-old South African athlete has been cleared to race as a woman. That didn’t take long at all.

As you probably know if you`re used to going to LGBT bars or if you have accounts on gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender dating sites, gay men usually split in categories. Generally speaking, people are all different, we have different perceptions and certainly different tastes or appearance and this is what makes us unique or attractive. Well, more or less attractive…! So, as I said, there are different tipes of gays and they usually classify according to their looks, brains (if any), purposes or …level of self esteem! As a following, we have:

full story en.darkq.net/for-your-entertainment/most-common-types-of-gay-men/

Robert Winn met his wife, Christine, in college. He was a fraternity boy. She was a sorority girl. Early in their relationship, he made a confession, a thorny secret he camouflaged from his closest family and friends.

The truth sputtered out awkwardly.

Sensing his nervousness, she speculated he would announce he was sick — or perhaps dying?

He told her he was bisexual.

On the surface, Robert Winn, now 40, and Christine Winn, 41, appear to be like any other blissfully married heterosexual couple. They boast nearly 18 years of monogamous marriage. He’s a well-respected physician, who works with the LGBT community in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She’s a successful hospital administrator.

The couple says they’ve grown closer over time, but like any marriage, two people can have differences — including sexual orientation. Christine Winn is straight, and she has been supportive of her husband, who is openly bisexual.

"I don’t think about it [his bisexuality] as a part I have to accept," she said. "It’s just a part of him like any other husband who loses their socks on the floor or doesn’t take the trash out."

Her husband feels a sexual and emotional attraction toward men and women. While he fantasizes about Angelina Jolie just as his straight male friends might do, he is also attracted to Brad Pitt.

This may sound like the best of both worlds, but being openly bisexual can be complicated. He frequently battles the stereotypes of bisexuality: That bisexual men are promiscuous. That his relationships with men were just an adolescent phase. That his bisexuality is imaginary. That he’s really a gay man trying to camouflage his orientation.

full story www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/06/28/bisexual.male.last.closet/

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender – often called by LGBT – are now having their own part in society. Historically, gay men have been through a lot of things from punishment to death by Hitler in World War II, to present life when freedom is no longer hard to reach. Nowadays, gay men can live freely and make a good living in society. We also have seen many gay men have given good contribution for human life in general. In some countries, like Netherlands, gay marriages are allowed while some others give a real constriction for gay lifestyle and everything related to it. But whatever people think of them, however the way people see them; gay men will always live among us with all appreciations yet all insults, since not every person can accept the way they are.

Symbolism has been one important thing for gay men. It represents pride, existence, and also shows movements that have been through for many years ago. It is also helpful for gay men who are willing to be recognized, by using accessories with gay symbols. The symbols are used often as marks, so that gay people can recognize each other. Some bars, restaurants, and public services sometimes use the symbols to show that they are gay friendly, without have to make straight people aware of it.

Gay symbols can be divided into four main groups. They are flags, triangles, and gender symbols with history lies under each of them.

click full – www.helium.com/items/1748506-gay-symbolism

* I’ve heard gay men be snarky about lesbians.
* I’ve seen lines drawn and distinctions made between "types" of lesbians or gay men.
* I’ve noticed confusion and prejudice about transgenderism.
* As a bisexual, I’ve personally been the target of discrimination and hurtful remarks from "strictly gay" folks.

Why do we do this to each other? Why are there these prejudices? I’m asking honestly, because I feel that a community that so greatly and so often suffers the slings and arrows of straight society ought to be as nurturing and protective of all its members as possible, rather than causing further hurt and harm.

So, to the gays and lesbians out there, what are your personal experiences that pertain to my concerns? Why do so many of you dislike bisexuality, or even any orientation other than your own? Have you had unpleasant experiences that are related, or is it simply a prejudice that has been passed along?

I will admit that for personal reasons, I’m particularly curious about the disdain and disregard with which many bisexuals are treated by the lesbian and gay community. We do feel left out, folks… what have we done to offend, and why can’t we all just get along, eh?

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Singer Vanessa Carlton made headlines over the weekend by declaring to the crowd at the Nashville Pride concert that she is a proud bisexual woman. Carlton’s admission follows “True Blood” star Anna Paquin’s claim in a PSA that ran in April that she, too, is bisexual.

Is a bisexual confession simply a safe way for women to inch out of the closet? Is it a boon for the gay community? Or is it all a publicity stunt?

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