I like being the Bacon in the Bacon, Gouda, Lettuce and Tomato sandwich. :-)

"Bisexual is the only word with any cultural currency to describe my sexual
orientation in a way that most people can understand - for better or worse."

I can identify with this. I like to use the word "queer", but this is confusing and alienating for a lot of people, especially those who are not well-versed in the politics of labels.

Bisexual, as others have said is a word, it is also a symbol of identity. It is a way of acknowledging to myself that I am neither straight nor gay. I says to me that I appreciate and enjoy all people and all types of genitalia.

i am told the bad rap came in the seventies. as a woman i ahve a new stereotype to face, that i can't be satisfied with one gender.
i'm a slut,. i do it for the attention. it's a phase. i will break a true lesbian's heart.

my oreitnation doesn't roll of the toungue either.
straight identified bisexual.
i am married and choose not to date women be poly or swing. its too complicated for us.
needless to say if my husband and i divorced and i fell in love or lust with a woman, so be it. i'd prefer a lesbian identified bisexual or a woman like myself, no chance for huge biphobia or the mystery paranoia and fear that come from that.
i;m wearing my biphobia sheild.
i would /i have kiss a woman in public but not in front of (some) of my family.
they are not hateful towards gays just very traditional. its not my whole familys business what i do with someone in my owb bedroom any damned way.
my mom dad brother and sister all know and they never gave a hoot so i guess you could say i'm out and proud.
the way i look at ti is more in the middle, i don't have to be proud but ill be damend if anyone makes me ashamed. i am like this to support my 100 pervcent queer friends. they need my support and acceptance and so does everyone else. anyone can not-like what we choose to love but in the end its between me and who i love or between me and god so f*** 'em if they don't like it.
what i say to female homophobes,
"have i got the gay? yes i do, but NOT for you!"

Queer's good. Plus, it leaves the door open for future incarnations of sexual identity, which I think is in a constant state of flux.

"the term seems less attractive because it still carries so much stigma with it"

"Bisexual is the only word with any cultural currency to describe my sexual
orientation in a way that most people can understand - for better or worse."

I agree. I use the "bi" descriptive in some situations but I find that when I'm with gay and lesbian folks I tend to use the term "queer" because I feel it's a more accurate description of my sexual fluidity without the stigma that is often attached to the bi label.

well, Bisexuality indicates "both", or "2 simultaniously" which is often not the case. I have gay moments, straight moments, and occasionally both at the same time.

Perhaps Ambesextrious, as in "either/or" would be better. Sexually indifferent? Just plain greedy?