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Miller, Andrea. "Anything But Straight: Bisexual Voices on "Passing"" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal Convention Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Aug 10, 2006 <Not Available>. 2009-05-25 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p103752_index.html>

Miller, A. D. , 2006-08-10 "Anything But Straight: Bisexual Voices on "Passing"" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal Convention Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Online <PDF>. 2009-05-25 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p103752_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: This paper investigates the visibility (or invisibility) of a �bisexual identity.� Based on semi-structured interviews with 48 self-identified women and men, I consider the ways perceived heterosexual privilege might contribute to the invisibility of a bisexual identity as well as how the gendering and sexualizing process forces social actors to revert back to either/or dichotomous categories; thus, leaving little space for a "bisexual identity" to stand alone. My argument is that a "bisexual identity" may become co-opted as the gender performance of social actors is contrived either as "homosexual" or "heterosexual," but not as distinctly "bisexual." Here, I argue that self-identified bisexuals are largely mistaken or misappropriated in the social, interactive context. In my final analysis, I hope to introduce an improved framework for understanding how self-identified bisexuals� experience with �passing,� defies conventional wisdom that �othered� sexual minority groups will go to any length to gain access to heterosexual and �passing� privileges. Furthermore, my respondents contradict Goffman�s (1963) original analysis, which assumes that one�s �secret defect� is always associated with what is considered undesirable by the heterosexual majority. To be sure, the �stigma� my informants wanted to avoid was being associated as �straight,� and not their bisexual or queer status.

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