Rosie Nelson (they/them) is a Lecturer in Gender in the School of Sociology, Politics, and International Studies at the University of Bristol, England. Their research interests include sexuality, gender, qualitative research methods, and feminism.

Introduction: Finding the starting point

Section One: Living in a Hostile Society

1. Bi+ Identities in Society

2. Academic Interpretations of Bi+ Identities

3. Bi+ Representation in Academic Scholarship

4. Method to the Madness

Section Two: Bi+ Identities and Language

Section Two Introduction

5. Figuring It Out: Monosexist Internal Narratives

6. Letting It Fly: Monosexism and Homophobia in Disclosure and Community

7. Living Your Life: Navigating Monosexism and Homophobia

Section Two Conclusion: Bi+ People as Sexual Renegades

Section Three: Gender and Sexuality

Section Three Introduction

8. Embodied Sexualities: Seeking Pleasure, Performing Desirability

9. Following the Script, Doing the Dance: Expectations in Gendered Relationships

Section Three Conclusion: Bi+ Overburdened Romantic Possibilities

Section Four: Bi+ Identity, Embodiment, and Gender

Section Four Introduction

10. Twisting the Cistem: Cis People and Gender Performance

11. Smashing the Cistem: Trans and Non Binary People and Gender Performance

12. Bi+ Identities and Gender Identities

Section Four Conclusion: Bi+ People as Gender Ambivalent

Conclusion: Towards a Bi+ Future