How do you use the word "bisexual" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "bisexual" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "bisexual": Tom is either gay or bisexual, I think. It's more ridiculous to speak constructed languages than to be gay, bisexual or transsexual.

Bisexual Meaning

/baɪˈsɛk.ʃʊ.əl/

Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

adjSexually attracted to both opposite-sex and same-sex individuals. (Compare pansexual.)

adjHaving both male and female parts, characteristics, or functions., Of flowers: having both pollen and seeds.

Sentence Examples

Tom is either gay or bisexual, I think.

It's more ridiculous to speak constructed languages than to be gay, bisexual or transsexual.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

None

Antonyms:

male female homosexual

CEFR Practice Quiz

The survey asked participants if they identify as heterosexual, homosexual, or ____.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The organization supports the rights of all ____ people in the city.

Word Origin & History

From bi- + -sexual, via the French bisexuel (bi-, sexuel). Attested since 1792 as a synonym in botany for "hermaphroditic" ("having male and female parts"). First used of sexuality in Richard von Krafft-Ebing's 1886 Psychopathia Sexualis (in German) and Charles Gilbert Chaddock's 1892 English translation thereof, due to the theory that people were naturally attracted to the opposite sex and so the brain or mind of a person attracted to "both" sexes (or to the same sex) must be partly of another sex and thus "hermaphroditic".

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Skirt Club caters to bisexual or bicurious women. No men are allowed, but women with all levels of experience in same-sex sexuality, from bicurious to fully lesbian, are welcomed." — 2016 October 7, Juliet Bennett Rylah, “Skirt Club Is a Sex Club for the Casually Bisexual Modern Woman”, in VICE:

"Pakistani transgender activist Hina Baloch has sparked a massive online debate after claiming in a viral video that 80% of Pakistan is gay and the remaining 20% are bisexual. Speaking in an interview with the Queer Global YouTube channel, Baloch described homosexuality in Pakistan as an open secret suppressed by religion, culture, and family honour. She argued that social pressure forces most Pakistanis to deny or conceal their true sexual orientation." — 2026 April 4, India Today Global, “80% Of Pakistanis are gay, says Trans Activist Hina Baloch In An Interview”, in Youtube Video Description:

"To say that Loki is bisexual means that he readily alternates between the male and female sexes, becoming female at will or as needed." — 2004, Lois Bragg, Oedipus Borealis: The Aberrant Body in Old Icelandic Myth and Saga, →ISBN:

"Among the arguments put forth for Ishtar's hermaphroditic or bisexual character is the practice of transvestism in religious rites associated with her (e.g. Harris 2000: 170; Groneberg 1986: 39)." — 2013, Zainab Bahrani, Women of Babylon: Gender and Representation in Mesopotamia, →ISBN:

"The bisexual name, such as Marion and Carol (and Evelyn and Vivian in England), is frequently a source of annoyance and embarrassment to the letter writer, who, if he does not know his ambiguously named correspondent personally […]" — 1947, Louise Pound, Kemp Malone, Arthur Garfield Kennedy, William Cabell Greet, American Speech:

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