Bisexual Health Statistics
Some things that are very important to remember if you want to actually make an effort to help bisexual people and support us in our struggles:
Bisexuals have a higher risk of anxiety, depression and other mood disorders compared to heterosexuals, gay men and lesbians and experience suicidal thoughts way more often. Professionals conclude that this is caused by the very high levels of stress and the stigma bisexual people face.
Forty-five percent of bisexual women have considered or attempted suicide, followed by bisexual men (35%), lesbians (30%), gay men (25%), and much lower rates for heterosexual women and men.
Bisexual women are twice as likely to have an eating disorder than lesbians.
Bisexual women report higher rates of alcohol use, heavy drinking, and alcohol-related problems than heterosexual and lesbian women.
Bisexual men and women report the highest rates of smoking of all orientations.
33% of bisexual women and 39% of bisexual men choose to not disclose their sexual orientation with medical professionals, compared to 13% of gay men and 10% of lesbians.
Bisexual men are way less likely to come out and get tested for HIV, which puts them at a great risk for HIV/AIDS.
When compared to their lesbian and gay peers, bisexual youth were more likely to experience being excluded and harassed, less likely to have caring adults to turn to if they felt sad and less likely to report feeling happy.
There are significantly lower rates of graduation and college attendance among bisexual students. Bisexual-identified people were approximately 47 percent less likely to enroll in college than respondents who identified as straight.
Only 28% of bisexual people come out to the most important people in their life, compared to 77% of gay men and 71% of lesbians, making bisexual people the most closeted group in the entire LGBT community.
Bisexual women are at a higher risk of breast cancer and all other cancers when compared to every other group of women. They also experience a higher rate of obesity and heart problems when compared to heterosexual women.
Bisexual women are five times more likely to be a victim of intimate partner violence.
75% of bisexual women have been raped of sexually assaulted.
Bisexual people of color, bisexual disabled people are among the most at risk for sexual assault, with bisexual trans women being most at risk.
Bisexual people receive the least amount of LGBT specific funding, leaving both young and adult bisexuals with little to no resources.
Bisexuals of color experience high rates of economic insecurity and specific physical health disparities.
Bisexuals are much less likely to attend LGBT support groups or pride events out of fear for discrimination.
Bisexual youth are more likely to run away from home once or more when compared to their straight and gay peers.
Homelessness among bisexual youth is more often caused by physical abuse by their parents when compared to their straight and gay peers.
Please feel free to add more if there were some things I forgot to list. This is especially important to reblog if you are not bisexual, because our suffering is often forgotten about by many people in - and outside the community.
