Creating a Bisexual Display: Making Bisexuality Visible

Abstract

This article explores the ways bisexual identity is made visible outside of explicitly sexual behavior, or outside the bedroom. This article draws on concepts from Goffman's work on identity performance, Lorber's work on gender display, and West and Zimmerman's work on ‘doing gender,’ as well as specifically addressing Miller's concept of ‘doing bisexuality.’ Through the use of gender displays and other visual cues, bisexuals engage with cultural assumptions about straight and gay/lesbian stereotypes, styles, and appearances to try to create a unique bisexual style based on hybridity, a concept the author calls “bisexual display.”

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