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Q1. Who are your favourite bi characters and why?

As far as shows goes, my favourite would probably be Korra from Legend of Korra. Even though she's probably one of the strongest characters on the show, she still has her flaws---hot headed, impulsive, thinks woth her heart first before her head(which is a good and bad thing).

Oh, and despite being one of the strongest---she still gets her assed kicked from time to time.

In regards to videogames...I like that in Dragon Age Inquisition, for example, you can make your character bisexual. Now if only could in Rune Factory...

Comics wise---I haven't dwelve too deep in the Wonderwoman lore, but I'll definitely need to check it out. I do quite like DC comics, I just never really paid too much attention to their sexualities if I'm going to be honest.

Celebrities-....Uh...I don't know. All I can say is definitely NOT Megan Fox because she's biphobic and ignorant for saying the following:

“I think people are born bisexual and then make subconscious choices based on the pressures of society. I have no question in my mind about being bisexual. But I’m also a hypocrite: I would never date a girl who was bisexual, because that means they also sleep with men, and men are so dirty that I’d never want to sleep with a girl who had slept with a man.”

NOT everyone is bisexual and I know she called herself a hypocrite on not liking bisexual women but wow. She sounds misogynistic to me and like she fetishizes lesbians...since bi women are so "dirty".

Q2. Do you feel the characters you see in media accurately represent bisexuality? To be honest, I don't really...see bisexuality discussed or shown much in media..

Q3. Does the media do a good job with addressing and handling bi issues? No lol. Because it's hardly shown. There was one show I was watching with a bisexual man, who was a love interest to one of the main (woman) characters. She broke up with him because he was bi guy who happened to sleep with a man once YEARS before her. Only one character(the main MAIN) character called her ass out like "Hey, didn't you used to sleep with women in college?" But the other group of friends defended her saying how bi men are "gross" but they quickly moved on after the main-main character shook her head in disagreement and moved on to the next topic... Also, that bisexual character never showed up again either...

Q4. What would you like to see more in regards to how they create bisexual characters and handle their issues

I would like for them to show how biphobia affects us(ex. The whole "bi men are gross" or "bi men are just gay men in the closet" and "bi women are 'sluts' " or "bi women are just straight women looking for attention"). I don't expect it to be "preachy" like "You bad!!! You biphobic!!" but just realistic...not all shows are "happy-feely".(ex. Not all characters are gonna be nice about bisexuality and the character should just muscle through it)

Though...I would just be happy to have bisexual characters in general. It doesn't need to be political or address biphobia really---because I would imagine with whatever universe the character is in, bisexuality is just a smaaaall portion of the character and not a big deal.

Also, more MALE bisexuals! AND older bisexuals...it's appears to mostly be teenagers and young adults(20s).

Other than that...can't really think of much else but will edit this comment if I do.

Edit: words