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The Bisexual Index is a collaborative network of activists and other UK bisexuals, working together for a change in the way people view bisexuality and bisexuals. The idea for the group came from an activism planning session at BiCon 2007 in Glamorgan.

We are not a charity, nor are we a membership-based association.

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Mission Statement and Core Beliefs

"The Bisexual Index exists to promote bisexuality as a valid sexual identity, through providing a wide, simple definition of bisexuality as a sexual orientation and encouraging the people to whom it applies to use that definition as their identity."

We believe that improving bisexual visibility will lead to improved bisexual acceptance.

We believe that some people have been prevented from recognising that they are bisexual by society's attitudes to bisexuality, and by bisexual erasure and biphobia.

We believe that the best way to encourage these people to recognise their sexuality is through the use of clear and simple language.

We believe that the widest, simplest definition of bisexuality is the one that enables more people to recognise if they are bisexual.

We believe that to be bisexual a person

• need not be 'out' as a bisexual
• does not need to prefer the self-identity of 'bisexual' over other self-identities such as 'lesbian', 'straight', 'gay' or any others.
• doesn't need to have had sex with people of more than one gender, nor need to have had sex at all.
• need not be equally attracted to all genders or have no preferences
• shouldn’t feel obliged to be part of their local LGBT community.

We believe that to be bisexual all a person has to do is be attracted to more than one gender. This is our wide, simple definition.

Officers

The current coordinator of the Bisexual Index is Marcus Morgan.