Bisexual (often shortened to Bi) refers to someone who is attracted to multiple genders, from a range of 2 to all genders, with or without preference. It is also sometimes defined as the attraction to genders both the same as and different to one's own. This does not necessarily refer to one only being attracted to binary genders (males/boys/men and females/girls/women), as some think: the bisexual community has an extensive history of challenging the gender binary, and bisexual activists have been outspoken about this fact.
Bisexuality encompasses a wide spectrum of attraction. A bisexual may be attracted to any number of genders, from two to all, and may be attracted to any genders in any combination (including non-binary genders). Bisexuals may or may not have a preference and may or may not feel a difference between their attraction to different genders.
 
The Bisexual Pride Flag was designed by a team led by LGBT activist Michael Page in 1998. The flag was created in order to give the bisexual community its own symbol which was easily recognized and comparable to the gay pride flag (rainbow flag) that represented the larger LGBT community. Page's aim was to increase the visibility of bisexuals, both among society as a whole, and within the LGBT community.
Page took the colours of the bisexual pride flag from an existing bisexual symbol, the biangles. The biangles, or bisexuality triangles, are another symbol for the bisexual community. The symbol has unclear origins, although it is most likely based off of the pink triangle, another symbol for the gay community in specifics.
Pink represents same sex attraction (gay and lesbian). Blue represents attraction to the opposite sex (straight). They overlap to create the colour purple, representing the attraction to both sexes. Page also describes the flag's meaning in deeper terms, stating: "...the purple pixels of colour blend unnoticeably into both the pink and blue, just as in the real world, where bisexuals blend unnoticeably into both the gay, lesbian and straight communities." The colours of the bisexual flag are often incorrectly reinterpreted to represent attraction to women (pink), men (blue), and non-binary individuals (purple).
 
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