Editing Bi-curious (section)

== Bi-curiosity and other non-monosexual identities ==
Standard theories of bi-sexuality make use of the term [[bisexual umbrella]] to encompass multiple other [[non-monosexual]] identities (sexual identities that allow for multiple gender identity possibilities in partners)<ref>{{Cite web |title=LGBTQ Plus Glossary |url=https://health.ucdavis.edu/diversity-inclusion/LGBTQI/LGBTQ-Plus.html |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=health.ucdavis.edu |archive-date=2020-09-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919161657/https://health.ucdavis.edu/diversity-inclusion/LGBTQI/LGBTQ-Plus.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> that are possible outcomes of exploration for bi-curious people. However, similar on the surface, bisexuality and the subsequent elements of its umbrella are distinct, thus leading to the possibility that a currently bi-curious person may end up as neither bisexual, homosexual, or heterosexual, but another non-monosexual identity altogether.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Flanders |first1=Corey E. |last2=LeBreton |first2=Marianne E. |last3=Robinson |first3=Margaret |last4=Bian |first4=Jing |last5=Caravaca-Morera |first5=Jaime Alonso |date=2017-01-02 |title=Defining Bisexuality: Young Bisexual and Pansexual People's Voices |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15299716.2016.1227016 |journal=Journal of Bisexuality |language=en |volume=17 |issue=1 |pages=39–57 |doi=10.1080/15299716.2016.1227016 |issn=1529-9716|url-access=subscription }}</ref> This umbrella can be better broken into binary and non-binary sexual identities, with bisexuality being a 'binary' sexual identity, meaning it is an attraction to men conventionally and women conventionally (a combination of the binary sexual attractions of homosexual and heterosexual). At the same time, [[pansexuality]] is a non-binary sexual identity because it is an attraction to an individual regardless of what gender identity they label themselves, including men, women, [[Non-binary gender|non-binary]] people, [[Gender fluidity|gender-fluid]] people, and more.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Sprott |first=R. A. |title=Bisexuality, pansexuality, queer identity, and kink identity |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/14681994.2017.1347616 |access-date=2023-11-29 |journal=Sexual and Relationship Therapy |date=2018 |volume=33 |issue=1–2 |pages=214–232 |doi=10.1080/14681994.2017.1347616 |language=en|url-access=subscription }}</ref> The relevance to a bi-curious person is at what range does their exploration end; have they found that their sexual attraction ends with both men and women (binary sexual attraction), or do they find themselves attracted to individuals regardless of their gender identity (non-binary sexual attraction).<ref>{{Cite thesis |last=McShane |first=Hannah |date=December 11, 2019 |title=The Bisexual To Be Corrected: Interrogating The Threat And Recuperation Of Women's Femme Bisexuality |s2cid=203065136 |publisher=Georgia State University}}</ref>