Introduction

Abstract

Recent years have seen increased support for the equality of same-sex couples in a range of Western countries. There has been a push to include bisexuals together with lesbians and gay men by activists and by state and civil society actors. However, the patterns of stigmatisation and erasure concerning bisexuality also exist. These patterns contrast with the processes of normalisation that have taken place concerning lesbians and gay men in equalities-positive countries such as the UK (see Richardson and Monro, 2012).