Bi: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality
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Read between November 10 - November 15, 2022
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So, if you can safely be openly bi at work, please do it. Do it for all the people who can’t or haven’t yet been able to bring their whole selves to work. Do it for your younger colleagues, and those with less privilege or power. It makes a bigger difference to yourself and your colleagues than you would think, and it allows you to help fight against the bisexuality penalty at work.
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When it is disaggregated, “Bisexual individuals have a comparatively higher risk for mental health problems such as suicidality, depressive symptoms, and other mood and anxiety disorders.” Related to the higher rates of anxiety and depression, research published in 2020 also found a higher risk of non-suicidal self-injury among bisexual people.