Bisexuality and HIV/AIDS in Canada

Abstract

This chapter explores what is known about bisexuality and HIV/AIDS in Canada. It focuses primarily on research definitions, behavioural manifestations, and the political movement and organization of bisexuals in relation to HIV/AIDS. Published research, largely epidemiological, relating to the sexual behaviour of various populations since the beginning of the AIDS epidemic are the predominant source of information. This documentation is critical because it is the only Canadian information currently available on bisexuality. While these data shed some light on the national picture as well as on regional variation, they ultimately raise more questions than answers. Scholarly reflection on sexuality in Canada and the placement of bisexuality along the continuum of human sexual relations is a discourse in its infancy. Our consideration of bisexuality in the arena of HIV/AIDS has had to take this into account.