bisexual was first used to describe people who are attracted to men and women in 1914. The term has evolved again over the years and is now more commonly used to describe attraction to more than one gender.<\/p>\n
1948 <\/strong>\u2013 American biologist Alfred Kinsey publishes Sexual Behaviour in the Human Male (and five years later Sexual Behaviour in the Human Female) identifying that sexual attraction\/behaviour could be towards people of more than one gender (ie not just straight and gay).<\/p>\n 1970<\/strong> – Bisexual identified activist Brenda Howard, also known as the \u201cMother of Pride\u201d was a key organiser in the first Pride event in New York the year following the Stonewall riots.<\/p>\n 1972<\/strong> \u2013 The first statement of support for bisexuality and the challenging of biphobia by a religious group released from the Quaker Friends General Conference.<\/p>\n 1978<\/strong> \u2013 Fritz Klein published The Bisexual Option which included the Fritz Klein Sexual Orientation Grid. Based on Alfred Kinsey\u2019s Kinsey Scale but allowing for expressions of attraction beyond the sexual\/behavioural.<\/p>\n 2000 <\/strong>\u2013 The Journal of Bisexuality, the first academic, peer reviewed journal dedicated to bisexuality, was founded in the United States. The journal is still published in paper form and online today.<\/p>\n 1994<\/strong> \u2013 BiPhoria, the UK\u2019s longest running bi group, was founded in Manchester.<\/p>\n 1999 <\/strong>\u2013 Celebrate Bisexuality Day, also known as Bi Visibility Day, was founded to celebrate bisexuality and combat bi-erasure and bi-invisibility, this now takes place yearly on 23 rd September.<\/p>\n 2009<\/strong> \u2013 Stonewall release their first piece of research focusing specifically on bisexuality: Bisexual People in the Workplace: Practical Advice for Employers.<\/p>\n 1998<\/strong> \u2013 Bi Pride flag (pink, purple and blue) created.<\/p>\n 2010<\/strong> \u2013 Bi\u2019s of Colour, a UK based support group of bi people of colour, was founded.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2012 \u2013 The Bisexuality Report is published in the UK.<\/p>\n 2014 \u2013 The yearly bisexual convention BiCon comes to Leeds for the first time.<\/p>\n 2014 \u2013 Leeds Bi Group has its first meeting. We have now been running for two and a half years.<\/p>\n 2016 \u2013 Leeds City Council flew the bi flag over the Civic Hall for the first time for Bi Visibility Day.<\/p>\n 2016 \u2013 Openly bisexual boxer Nicola Adams from Leeds won her second Olympic gold medal in women\u2019s boxing.<\/p>\n 2016 \u2013 LGBT charity Stonewall ran a free Bi Role Models programme for bisexuals to help empower bi people to challenge biphobia and support each other.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/57ff77c1f7e0abb9f7b08714\/t\/58a5d3f92994ca0ac9ac153a\/1487262717052\/?format=1000w\")