Lewis Oakley, 28

PR account manager and bisexual activist, @ lewyoaks

For the past 3 ½ years, I’ve been trying to highlight the reality of being a bisexual man, and the unique differences that we experience.

There are a lot of us out there, but there’s not a lot of conversation about it.

Having written articles about my experiences,

I’ve been contacted by so many men of all ages, thanking me for articulating how they feel. It’s not always easy being bisexual but if I’m strong enough to cope with it and have some strength left over to help other men going through the same thing, that’s what I want to do

I want to be the person that I didn’t have, I want to be a credible bi voice. The more I understand bisexuality, the more I see we’ve been hindered a bit by being part of the LGBTQ movement in its current form. If an organisation is purporting to serve the queer community, they should be able to point to clear ways in which they’re helping bisexuals, and should be able to justify how much of their funding is spent on bisexual- specific initiatives.

Over the past 50 years, less than one per cent of all LGBTQ funding has been spent on bisexuals, although we account for 52 per cent of LGBTQ people.

The most important thing for bisexual activism is to change attitudes. For instance, only 18 per cent of women would date a bisexual man. We have to have a conversation about this. We need to have more male bisexual role models and more discussion of bi- specific issues.

I’d also like to see better representation on

TV and film, more bisexual characters — not the murderous vampire kind, but boring bisexuals!

“I want to see boring bisexuals on telly, not just the murderous vampires!”