{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/66cf2043798a02eed43ecb54/69f28f20eaa0279b7c83f81d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"How do you actually know if you're bisexual?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/66cf2043798a02eed43ecb54/1777503206942-84b93d2a-3d03-43c4-84c0-f71315bbd94d.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>If you've ever typed \"am I bi\" into a search bar at 2am, replayed every crush like courtroom evidence, or quietly made \"exceptions\" to the label you were using, this one's for you. Steve and Chad share real stories from the Give It To Me Bi community: wrong first labels, slow hindsight, dreams and crushes that didn't fit the boxes, and the moment \"bisexual\" finally became a word in someone's world. No checklist, no gatekeeping, no verdict required by the end of the episode. Just permission, patterns, and the company of people still figuring it out. </p><p><br></p><h4>Chapters</h4><ul><li><strong>00:00</strong> — How do you actually know if you're bisexual?</li><li><strong>01:09</strong> — BiLights</li><li><strong>07:47</strong> — No single lightning bolt: wrong first labels &amp; learning \"bi\" exists</li><li><strong>31:15</strong> — Messy clues: media, dreams, crushes &amp; social noise</li><li><strong>49:02</strong> — Steve has questions about getting married</li><li><strong>54:44</strong> — Labels under the bi+ umbrella: bi, pan, queer, questioning, none</li><li><strong>1:13:50</strong> — What we wish someone had told us &amp; the 11 positive aspects of bi identity</li></ul><p><br></p><h4><strong>Related episodes:</strong></h4><ul><li>Ep 26 — How to be bisexual in a monogamous relationship</li><li>Ep 27 — Coming out bisexual later in life</li><li>Ep 11 — Bisexuality Explained: Your Burning Questions</li><li>Ep 10 — Why Are Bisexual Men Still in Hiding in 2024?</li><li>Ep 7 — Coming Out as Bisexual in 2024</li></ul><p><br></p><h4>Links &amp; Reading</h4><ul><li><a href=\"https://tinyurl.com/5yeuyezh\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Website</a></li><li><a href=\"https://tinyurl.com/3wpjenfw\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Join the Give It To Me Bi community</a></li><li><a href=\"https://tinyurl.com/5ajrphap\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to the newsletter</a></li><li>Research: <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2010.484595\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The positive aspects of a bisexual self-identification</a></li><li>Guide: '<a href=\"https://tinyurl.com/mr2bhctp\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">How to Support Someone Who's Come Out as Bisexual</a>'</li></ul><p><br></p>","author_name":"Chad Barnier, Steve Spencer"}