ABSTRACT
111This essay complicates female bisexual identity by combining traditional academic inquiry with personal narrative. As author, I position myself both as objective researcher and as a material body which is affected by the cultural conditions which the research explores and critiques. I review contemporary literature which suggests the limitations of bisexuality as a category, which seeks to dismantle western dualisms while simultaneously reifying them. I question the hegemonic exclusion of bisexuals as a category by both the gay and straight communities. Drawing on theories of performativity, I suggest that no sexual identity is fixed, and that bisexuality is no more or less ambiguous than any other. Finally, I use the metaphor of cyborgian border identity to suggest the progressive possibilities which more inclusive understandings of sexuality promise. [Article copies available for a fee from The Haworth Document Delivery Service: 1-800-HAWORTH. E-mail address: <getinfo@haworthpressinc.com> Website: <https://www.HaworthPress.com" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">https://www.HaworthPress.com> © 2002 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.]
