sexual ambiguity

sexual ambiguity
   having bisexual tastes
   Ambiguity here does not usually imply doubt or uncertainty — rather it indicates an excess of Catholicism:
    ... over-stressing his sexual ambiguity, even his deviance with regard to drugs. (Davidson, 1978)

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