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The American Institute of Bisexuality, also known as the Bisexual Foundation, is a charity
Charitable organization

The definition of charitable organization, and of charity, varies according to the country and in some instances the region of the country in which the charitable organization operates....
 founded by sexuality researcher Fritz Klein
Fritz Klein

Fred Klein was an United States Human sexuality, Psychiatry, inventor of the Klein Sexual Orientation Grid and author. He was also a pioneering bisexual civil rights activist, who was an important figure in the modern Gay rights....
 to promote research and education about bisexuality
Bisexuality

Bisexuality refers to sexual behavior with or physical attraction to people of both genders , or a bisexual orientation. People who have a bisexual orientation "can experience sexual attraction, emotional, and affectional attraction to both their own sex and the opposite sex"; "it also refers to an individual?s sense of personal and social i...
. The Institute is a California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
 non-profit corporation qualified for tax purposes as a public charity under Section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code.

The Institute's mission statement states: "AIB encourages, supports and assists research and education about bisexuality, through programs likely to make a material difference and enhance public knowledge and awareness."

Historically the Institute has provided financial support in the form of loans or grants to organizers of periodic conferences on bisexual issues.






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The American Institute of Bisexuality, also known as the Bisexual Foundation, is a charity
Charitable organization

The definition of charitable organization, and of charity, varies according to the country and in some instances the region of the country in which the charitable organization operates....
 founded by sexuality researcher Fritz Klein
Fritz Klein

Fred Klein was an United States Human sexuality, Psychiatry, inventor of the Klein Sexual Orientation Grid and author. He was also a pioneering bisexual civil rights activist, who was an important figure in the modern Gay rights....
 to promote research and education about bisexuality
Bisexuality

Bisexuality refers to sexual behavior with or physical attraction to people of both genders , or a bisexual orientation. People who have a bisexual orientation "can experience sexual attraction, emotional, and affectional attraction to both their own sex and the opposite sex"; "it also refers to an individual?s sense of personal and social i...
. The Institute is a California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
 non-profit corporation qualified for tax purposes as a public charity under Section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code.

The Institute's mission statement states: "AIB encourages, supports and assists research and education about bisexuality, through programs likely to make a material difference and enhance public knowledge and awareness."

Historically the Institute has provided financial support in the form of loans or grants to organizers of periodic conferences on bisexual issues. Other recipients include the Journal of Bisexuality
Journal of Bisexuality

The Journal of Bisexuality is a peer review academic journal published by Haworth Press.The journal covers a wide range of topics on bisexuality including new bisexuality research, bisexual issues in therapy, differences from the straight, lesbian and gay communities, growth of the bisexual movement, bisexuality and the media, bisexual...
 and grants to individual academic researchers.

See also

  • Bisexual community
    Bisexual community

    The concept of a Bisexuality community is complex and slightly controversial.Bisexuals are in the peculiar situation of receiving hatred, distrust, or denial, called biphobia, from elements of both the heterosexual and homosexual populations....


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