Bisexuality and beyond | Tania Israel | TEDxUCLA 

I'm like her in the way I identify as bisexual. I don't really care about gender, I just want someone who loves me, is committed, and makes life worth while.

I'm bisexual and I recognise that there are more than 2 genders. But I stick with bisexual because if I say I'm pansexual people would either not know what that is or laugh at me, I don't know if I'm attracted to non-binaries, I mean, there aren't a lot of them out there and have you seen the bisexual flag? I love it. The pansexual flag looks like colours you'd see on a piñata, too bright for me.

Lol I was totally expecting her to say 'pansexual' but then she said 'pisexual'. Great speech.

Thank you for posting on this topic. As someone who is bisexual, it is very refreshing to find this video.

I am loving how you are mixing the science of Psychology and feminism and the LGBT+ movement. You are a insperation to me.

I'm a bisexual Androgyne, which confuses people until I explain it further. :P it took me decades to figure out my gender identity, considering it's not an outspoken one and I personally hadn't heard of it till I did some Google searching on the subject. For me, gender means nothing when it comes to love. I fall for personality, not what's between someone's legs. You could call me pansexual, but like Tania stated, bisexual can also mean the attraction to other genders on the spectrum. Pisexual sounds like a fun term to use, though. :)

when she said woman with short hair that doesn't wear make up and me so happy! that's me!

Thank you, Professor Israel. This was an incredible TEDx conversation! I'm proud to be part of your community!

Awesome to see an another academic who is bi and open about discussing it! Great job Dr Isreal!

This had nothing to do with bisexuality, it was all about gender

Amazing talk, Dr. Israel! Engaging, informative, funny, and inspiring! You're my hero!

My bisexuality has just as yours made me much more open minded and as you stated in the beginning I define my sexuality as an attraktion to a spektrum of genders, although I'm not gender blind which is why I do not define myself as pansexual.

I came here for Bisexuality I left knowing piesexualality

I really loved this talked and after watching it I just want to say that we need to talk about this topics in Mexico at University. Dr. Israel you inspired me, keep on it C:

Bravo Bravo! awesome talk. I very much agree with what she is saying. Gender identity is diverse, and we need to be accepting and respect that there are more than 2 flavors of gender. I m beginning to identify as Bi. For me it is about what is on the inside that counts. I want to love someone with a good heart and a good personality, no matter what their biological sex and gender identity.

... isn't piesexuality the same thing as pansexuality?

Tania Israel is a pioneer on this topic. She has an outstanding research and service record to back up her expansive thinking. And she is ever the optimist. Thank you, TEDxUCLA team, for capturing Professor Israel's smart talk so well.

This is great. Thanks for the thought provoking insight x

That was a wonderful talk, Tania! I am in my fifties and just the last 5 years have come to realize that I am transgender, ftm. During that period I have been paying so much attention to gender and the way men and women act and the social differences. It really opened my eyes to alot. I had to do alot of soul-searching to see if I was really just afraid to be more myself and be butch. But the body dysphoria is very strong so I have figured out that I am trans. On a selfish note, it is so heartwarming to have it affirmed that there are lots of people who are fluid in their attractions, so maybe someone will be attracted to me, lol. I think our society is really opening up and tearing down all those confined ideas about what a man or woman should be. Thankfully!!! And thanks to you for this great contribution! I really enjoyed it, you really said alot, made me think a little more broadly. It was eloquent and with humor, always have to have some fun!

This was absolutely brilliant!

Dr Israel, great presentation! Very informative.

Excellent talk, and a great contribution to bisexual visibility!

"I searched for a way to reconcile my sexual orientation identity with my views on gender." Oh my gosh, that is basically what the majority of my thoughts have consisted of this past year...Still no answer, only that everything is fluid and everything is natural. Also that there are many sexualities/identities which don't have names and are just somewhere in that fabulous grey area.

This is everything! I want to send this to everyone I know

very cool, kind and clever talk!

THIS WAS SO COOL!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you! So, so good!!!! 👏👏👏👏

I'm bisexual and had this very issue. I solved it by using a different (and becoming more popular) definition of bisexuality: attraction to more than one gender. "More than one" means it doesn't limit in terms of understanding that gender is varied and complex. As this definition has grown in popularity, it means that pretty much all non-mono sexualities are included under the bi umbrella- pan and omnisexual, for example. This solution fits me well.

I love this video. It really opened my eyes to a lot of things we as people of all creeds have been taught and socialized in this binary world.

I'm so glad she didn't bring up that biphobic pansexual label. Even better than the tongue-in-cheek pisexual add-on is the best definition for bisexual: same and different sexes and genders. Covers the entire wealth of human expression and physicality in one amazing package.

By removing the labels I put on myself and the ones around me, I was able to pretty much see the beauty in everyone. People weren't just, men, women, gay, lesbian, bi, straight, trans, non-binary, black, white, asian, latino, tall, short, ugly, pretty, smart, dumb, muslim, christian, bouddhiste, atheist, vegan, vegetarian, feminist, young, old, skinny, fat...they were just people and it turns out, I like people... a lot and that includes myself.

Matthew, did you watch the whole video? That "bi-" shouldn't mean binary is her main point.Great presentation, Tania!

So fantastic-bless you.

Great speech :)

There are times when getting lost in all the labels can be counterproductive. In my humble opinion simply saying I'm a human I love who I love and all the details really don't matter all that much. Variety is one of the spices of life.

Interesting talk, thank you

I'm a boy and I have non-binary personality traits, so I don't really want to label myself as being masculine or feminine. I am just myself.

This is an important talk. thanx.

King David loved Jonathan "above the love of a woman" and there are a few passages which describe the two kissing or 'making out'. It's not any more explicit than that and I read it for what it says, not what 'religious' people' want to interpret it as, or they ignore it altogether for fear.

Attraction is infinite. Really enjoyed your talk. Even more than Pi.

That’s me!!! And, for the first time in my life, I now feel hope in finding my “tribe!”

All around BRILLIANT!

Yes!! Her bisexuality is my bisexuality. Gender was never a main issue in who I am attracted to or open to loving.

Wonderful

Zeus and Poseidon both had male lovers on Greek mythology

I wish I could thumbs up this video more than once

Important to talk about.

As a non-binary, panromantic, asexual person this made my day like seriously so happy this was made

I'm a bi pie.

Good video.

So proud to have her as a professor at UCSB

I love this women she is very charming, intelligent and funny.

This is not the first Tedx Talk on bisexuality. This was published in July 2015, whereas at least one other talk "Bi the way, we exist" was published in February 2015. And I feel like there are more.

Amazing :')

What a fantastic, engaging, provocative and enigmatic presentation! Much respect and admiration, and congratulations... One unexpected conclusion left by this clever & brilliant trailblazing talk (along with many talks about related themes) is that the English language (and I would contend that indeed most if not all human languages) is glaringly ill-equipped to properly facilitate such a topic. It suffers a great word-deficit in terms of: gender and its vastly varied expression; sex- the currently quite polarized duality instead of the lovely 'spectrum' of the biology and anatomy of our genitals and sexual organs; and sexuality- and the attractions that drive our sexual behavior, activities, desires and ideals. Sadly, in my opinion the unique and creative term: πsexual (while clearly not the same as pansexual as many commenters assert) is ambiguous & unclear probably because it conains the word sexual when what you're referring to is gender perspective. We definitely need a larger, more accurate & specific lexicon and vocabulary in English to describe, express & discuss the colorful, nuanced world of human psychology & behavior particularly in regards to gender, atraction & sexuality. But this is no simple or small matter! In addition to coining such terms, they must be accepted and put into use by the population- which must follow introduction to & education of the new terms. Anyway, I love this video. Thank you so much for this delightful & insightful presentation Tania!

"I fall in love with women, and I have sex with men" hell yeah haha

my wife is bisexual and been like that makes it even better person

a new way of thingking you inspired me thanks a lot... pisexual..

thanks for this! publicity helps! i identify as bisexual

To me, non-binary is an expression in negative terms for what I'd prefer to hear as "unity consciousness." Although I noticed some discussion of authenticity of expression as a positive value for attraction, I heard more about surface values in this binary world or non-binary world talk.

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Wait, can I clarify coz I'm a bit unsure. Bisexual: sexual attraction to two genders, not necessarily male and female. Can be a combination of any two genders among numerous gender identities. Pansexual: sexual attraction to all genders Polysexual: sexual attraction to more than one gender Did I get that right? If not, someone pls correct me thanks.

this isn't the first, there was another one called "Bi the Way, We Exist" a couple months before this one

I wonder what the speaker's thoughts on pan-sexuality are and if she is aware of it as an orientation.

and I think often masculine/feminine is more important to people than actual, um dangly things at times. Not to bring pron into it but it probably doesn't lie what people actually think about

My first girl crush was female police officer. She kind of looks like Judy Marte but with freckles. I still think she is beautiful, but accept the fact that we can never be.

There should be one about pansexuality as well.

Loved the talk! Just one thing about the the bisexual pi-sexual: isn't that what is generally called pansexual? But I get she wants to add an extra clause, so you can say something like heterosexual pi-sexual.

wait, so is what I understand correct? So pansexuality is being attracted to all genders. Ive openly identified as bisexual for over a year now. So pi-sexuality is more of accepting that there are more genders than just two? So isn't the sexuality part of the equation the sexual attraction? Im just confused on that aspect, however this is so interesting and eye opening, I'm just trying to have a more clear understanding. So would say that I am attracted to more than two genders, but I am completely aware and accepting to a wide range of genders, but not attracted to that whole wide range, would that mean I would be identifying as a bisexual pisexuality. My main question is how the sexuality aspect comes in to play here. This is really interesting and if my understanding is correct its the term I've been looking for. So this is basically what I understand: pisexuality is accepting all genders and that gender is a wide construct and has unlimited identifications, but also meaning that you can be attracted to more than just two binary genders. Whereas pansexuality mean being sexually attracted to all possible genders. Am I on the right track? Sorry this is all over the place. This is really interesting and eye-opening and I just would like to know if my understanding of this is clear/correct.

So what would you call someone who is attracted exclusively to cis women and cis men

Why am I just now seeing this

Bi doesn't mean there is one. Like hetero doesn't mean there is only one. Bi means they are attracted to the typical man or woman. The beginning word isn't a representation of your views on the number of genders. It's about which ones your attracted to.

haha pi is pan, that already exists!

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I guess a synonym of pisexual could be polysexual, meaning attraction to multiple sexes/genders...

She lost me past the bisexual.. we can be a man and have what is considered feminine traits. Doesn't mean we have to label ourselves different from a man it just means people should stop being so judgemental.

I came out as 'highsexual' and I don't even get high lol, I guess I didn't have the best self-esteem about it

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See, I disagree with the fact that bisexual implies that there are only two genders, because that would mean pansexuals would not exist to us... I feel like bisexual implies an attraction to both the far left and far right of the gender spectrum, unlike pansexual which encompasses a vast majority or the entirety of the spectrum. That doesn't mean a bisexual person can't be attracted to say transgender individuals or non-binary individuals.

Jesus less than 5 minutes in and I feel attacked for never have kissed or even held hands with a person romantically...

what's with the sinful topics?

liking someone regardless of gender is called pansexual (by the way)

I'm a little confused by the whole "More than two genders" thing... There are boys, girls, boys who used to be girls, girls who used to be boys, people who classify as both a boy and a girl, and people who are one gender but classify as the other. Either way it's still just boys and girls, right???

I am attracted by pies I think I am piesexual lol gotta come out to my mom

I liked it until she got to the gender part GODDAMNIT ;^(

I'm sexually attracted to specific facial features and not to the body. The problem - if the person somehow happens to change that specific feature (e.g. haircut or beard) my attraction can completely vanish. So, I guess I'm "featuresexual" :D

“Pisexual” *pansexual

that is a beautiful woman good god

Very good , I have felt attracted to male nurses yes , and yes I find a lady with high intelligence a big turn on and a very big attraction

she should research pansexuals because that's basically what she is talking about

Most of the TED Talk was about semantics and gender. The talk was barley about bisexuality at all. Misleading title much!

pisexual

It's not pisexual it's pansexual

This video represents everything wrong with modern social justice. It is moreso disciseing apolegtics and rhetoric as education, than actually helping anything. These movements in Canada, and Europe have lead to infringements on freedom of speech. I would invite those who disagree to, instead of becoming mad over a diverging opion, to instead why you beileve I am wrong. All I ask is you present an argument that is not entirely based upon emotion.

What is so great about this? Nothing unique here, have we not been talking about this for the past 40 years!!

All the best chefs in the world are men...since when is cooking well a woman thing? :^))))

She says "this is the first TED talk about bisexuality".... right under the video is another recomended one... a TED talk on a guy coming out as bisexual. LOOOOOOL. First one, my ass!!!

Mournful that day. When from the ashes shall rise a guilty man to be judged. Lord, have mercy on him. Gentle Lord Jesus, grant them eternal rest. Amen.