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Raymond L. Sheets Jr., current counseling psychology doctoral �鶹��ý, recently had his article, “Sexual Orientation Self-Presentation among Bisexual-identified Women and Men: Patterns and Predictors,” accepted for publication in the Archives of Sexual Behavior.

The article combines research from two separate, but related, quantitative studies that explore the process of self-presentation of sexual orientation for bisexual individuals. Results from the first study compared 147 bisexual college �鶹��ýs and 191 lesbian and gay male (LG) �鶹��ýs on patterns and predictors of self-presentation. Bisexual participants were less likely than their LG peers to present their actual orientation to others, and more likely to present themselves as having a sexual orientation different from their actual orientation. Similarly, in the second study, 240 bisexual women and men indicated their level of outness generally as a sexual minority person (potentially including identification as gay, lesbian, or queer) and specifically as a bisexual person. Outness was found to be higher with respect to status as a sexual minority compared to status as bisexual. These and other findings are discussed in light of research on the management of a stigmatized identity.

Mr. Sheets co-authored the article with Jonathan Mohr and Skyler Jackson.