This week is Bisexual Awareness Week, a week-long celebration from September 16 to the 23 that encourages bisexual people and their allies to recognize the community and its history. Bisexual people have faced scrutiny over their sexuality for generations. And, historically, many bisexual people have been repeatedly asked what their true sexuality is - be it gay or straight. In the video below, David Bowie answers this very frustrating question:  [[youtubewidget||https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxIBftflGvg]] So, in honor of Bisexual Awareness Week, VT has compiled a list of famous faces who have openly celebrated their sexual orientation, and in many cases, publically dated men and women. 1. David Bowie <img class="wp-image-1263126789 size-full" src="https://img.vt.co/2021/09/Bisexual-1.jpg" alt="David Bowie." width="760" height="552" />[[imagecaption|| Credit: Alamy / DPA Picture Alliance]] Despite causing a sensation when he came out as a gay man in 1972 - even though he was married to a cisgender woman - Bowie later clarified to <a href="https://www.playboy.com/read/playboy-interview-david-bowie">Playboy</a> magazine in 1976 that he was bisexual. "It's true - I am a bisexual. But I can't deny that I’ve used that fact very well. I suppose it's the best thing that ever happened to me. Fun, too," he said. 2. Megan Fox The Transformers star came out as bisexual in 2009 to <a href="https://classic.esquire.com/article/2009/6/1/good-morning-megan" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" data-vars-ga-outbound-link="https://classic.esquire.com/article/2009/6/1/good-morning-megan">Esquire</a>, telling the publication: "I think people are born bisexual and they make subconscious choices based on the pressures of society. I have no question in my mind about being bisexual." <img class="wp-image-1263126791 size-full" src="https://img.vt.co/2021/09/Bisexual-3.jpg" alt="Megan Fox." width="600" height="760" />[[imagecaption|| Credit: Alamy / DPA Picture Alliance]] 3. Billie Joe Armstrong <img class="wp-image-1263126799 size-full" src="https://img.vt.co/2021/09/Bisexual-6.jpg" alt="Billie Joe Armstrong." width="600" height="760" />[[imagecaption|| Credit: Alamy / Sipa US]] The Green Day frontman has been out since the 90s, <a href="https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/love-sex/relationships/g34099014/bisexual-celebrities/">Cosmpolitan</a> reports, and told The Advocate in 1995: "I think I've always been bisexual. I mean, it's something that I've always been interested in. I think people are born bisexual, and it's just that our parents and society kind of veer us off into this feeling of 'Oh, I can't.' "They say it's taboo. It's ingrained in our heads that it's bad, when it's not bad at all. It's a very beautiful thing." 4. Carole Baskin <img class="wp-image-1263126790 size-full" src="https://img.vt.co/2021/09/Bisexual-2.jpg" alt="Carole Baskin." width="760" height="552" />[[imagecaption|| Credit: Alamy / PictureLux / The Hollywood Archive]] In an interview with <a href="https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/10/19/carole-baskin-bisexual-lgbt-sexuality-big-cat-rescue-joe-exotic-tiger-king-aids-crisis-dancing-with-the-stars/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-vars-ga-outbound-link="https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/10/19/carole-baskin-bisexual-lgbt-sexuality-big-cat-rescue-joe-exotic-tiger-king-aids-crisis-dancing-with-the-stars/">PinkNews</a>, she said: "It was during the '80s that I discovered that through dealing with the LGBT+ community that I [realized] I had just as equal feelings for women as I did for men." The Tiger King star added: "I have always considered myself to be bisexual. Even though I've never had a wife, I could just as easily have a wife as a husband." 5. Kirsten Stewart <img class="wp-image-1263126792 size-full" src="https://img.vt.co/2021/09/Bisexual-4.jpg" alt="Kirsten Stewart." width="600" height="760" />[[imagecaption|| Credit: Alamy / JEP Celebrity Photos]] The actress who rose to fame as Bella Swan in the Twilight saga has publically dated men and women, and in 2017, she told <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/mar/09/kristen-stewart-bisexual-personal-shopper-trump-tweets" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" data-vars-ga-outbound-link="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/mar/09/kristen-stewart-bisexual-personal-shopper-trump-tweets">The Guardian</a>: "You're not confused if you're bisexual. It's not confusing at all. For me, it's quite the opposite." 6. Drew Barrymore <img class="wp-image-1263126795 size-full" src="https://img.vt.co/2021/09/Bisexual-5.jpg" alt="Drew Barrymore. " width="600" height="760" />[[imagecaption|| Credit: Alamy / LMK MEDIA LTD]] The 'Never Been Kissed' actress came out as bisexual almost two decades ago in an interview with <a href="http://www.contactmusic.com/news-article/drew-barrymore.-.i-am-bisexual." target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" data-vars-ga-outbound-link="http://www.contactmusic.com/news-article/drew-barrymore.-.i-am-bisexual.">Contact</a> magazine, saying: "Do I like women sexually? Yeah, I do. Totally. I have always considered myself bisexual. "I love a woman's body. I think a woman and a woman together are beautiful, just as a man and a woman together are beautiful." 7. Cardi B <img class="wp-image-1263126801 size-full" src="https://img.vt.co/2021/09/Bisexual-7.jpg" alt="Cardi B." width="760" height="592" />[[imagecaption|| Credit: Alamy / Image Press Agency]] Cardi B said opened up about her bisexuality on <a href="https://twitter.com/iamcardib/status/996411830913421314?s=20" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a> and said: "I personally myself had experiences with other woman… with a lot of woman [sic]." She <a href="https://twitter.com/iamcardib/status/1418639551514378241?s=20" rel="nofollow">elaborated</a>: "I'm married to a man but I have express soo much about my bisexuality and my experiences wit [sic] girls." 8. Angelina Jolie <img class="wp-image-1263126802 size-full" src="https://img.vt.co/2021/09/Bisexual-8.jpg" alt="Angelina Jolie. " width="600" height="740" />[[imagecaption|| Credit: Alamy / Allstar Picture Library Ltd]] Jolie was asked by Barbra Walters if she was bisexual, and she <a href="https://ew.com/article/2003/07/09/angelina-jolie-talks-about-sex-knives-and-family/" rel="nofollow">said</a>: "Of course. If I fell in love with a woman tomorrow, would I feel that it's okay to want to kiss and touch her? If I fell in love with her? Absolutely! Yes!" 9. Sarah Paulson  <img class="wp-image-1263126804 size-full" src="https://img.vt.co/2021/09/Bisexual-9.jpg" alt="Sarah Paulson." width="740" height="507" />[[imagecaption|| Credit: Alamy / Steve Mack]] "All I can say is, I've done both, and I don't let either experience define me," Paulson said in an interview with <a href="https://pridesource.com/article/74091-2/" rel="nofollow">PrideSource</a>. "I don't let having been with a man make me think I am heterosexual, or make me want to call myself that, because I know I have been attracted to women - and have lived with women." 10. Cynthia Nixon <img class="wp-image-1263126805 size-full" src="https://img.vt.co/2021/09/Bisexual-10.jpg" alt="Cynthia Nixon." width="623" height="740" />[[imagecaption|| Credit: Alamy / Hyperstar]] "While I don't often use the word, the technical precise term for my orientation is bisexual," Nixon told <a href="https://www.advocate.com/news/daily-news/2012/01/30/cynthia-nixon-being-bisexual-not-choice" rel="nofollow">The Advocate</a>. "I believe bisexuality is not a choice, it is a fact." There you have it - 10 celebrities who have openly discussed their bisexuality. Why not join in the conversation yourself and help break the stigma around the sexuality? Simply use the hashtag <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/biweek" target="_blank" rel="noopener">#BiWeek</a>. And remember, Bisexual Awareness Week ends on September 23, which is also Celebrate Bisexuality Day! If you're in any doubt as to the continued importance of this holiday, simply check out <a href="https://www.stonewall.org.uk/about-us/news/why-do-we-need-bi-visibility-day">Stonewall</a>'s brilliant resource for more information. <h6>Featured image credit: Alamy / Ink Drop</h6>

Bisexual Awareness Week: Celebrities who have openly discussed their bisexuality

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