bi and proud

8.5

Open about being bisexual and proud of it

idiom

Informal

: bi y orgulloso

She declared she was bi and proud during the school assembly.

Examples

Many people march at Pride parades carrying bi and proud signs.
It's important for everyone to feel comfortable being bi and proud in their community.
She is bi and proud!
I identify as bi and proud.
It's important for everyone to feel comfortable being bi and proud in their community.
Many people march at Pride parades carrying bi and proud signs.
She declared she was bi and proud during the school assembly.

Synonyms

to identify as bi

vsbi and proud

7.5

To say you like both men and women

shows public pride and active embrace rather than private acknowledgement

How Open

bi and proud

Informal

8.5

outness

8.7

to out

Informal

2 7.7

closeted

13 7.2

Surface Forms

bi and proud positive

Morphology

Bi + and + proud

The meaning is directly compositional: 'bi' (bisexual) + 'and' + 'proud' signals being bisexual and feeling pride about it. This follows a common, productive English pattern ('X and proud') that a B1 learner who knows the constituents (including the colloquial 'bi') can readily interpret.

Etymology

The phrase bi and proud comes from Pride events where people say who they are without shame. People use bi as a short form of bisexual and add 'and proud' to show confidence, so the phrase means 'openly identifying as bisexual and embracing this identity'.