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Being open in the office about their sexuality can present unique challenges for bisexuals. Photograph: Alamy

Woody Allen once quipped that the best thing about being bisexual is that it instantly doubles your chances of a date on a Saturday night. Unfortunately, the reality is far from a utopian vision of free love and sexual liberation. In the workplace, life for many bisexuals is one of isolation and a daily struggle to be understood.

We spoke to bisexuals Emma, Richard and Milena to bust some of the most popular myths.

Coming out as gay or lesbian at work isn’t always easy.

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Returning to work can be a daunting prospect if you have taken a few years out for family commitments. Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images

Employers can sometimes give the impression that they consider anyone who has been away from the workplace for a number of years to be an inconvenience when they return due to the need for re-training and readajusting. This negative attitude has meant that many people view a return to work as daunting, and in some cases, near-impossible.

The majority of returning employees are women who have taken a break from their career to have a family.

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When a good employee with no disciplinary record suddenly turns into a bad employee following FMLA leave, watch out. You may have on your hands a bitter supervisor who wants to punish the employee for disrupting workflow, creating scheduling hassles and otherwise making life more difficult.

Before approving discipline or a poor evaluation, look deeper. Check to make sure others with similar performance problems who didn’t take leave weren’t treated more favorably.

Recent case: Marie worked in a retirement community as a certified nursing assistant and got good reviews. She had never been written up for any disciplinary problems or received a poor evaluation.

Then Marie hurt her shoulder while lifting a resident. She

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Dear Dora,

Is there a nice way to tell your boss to keep his trap shut?! Every time I share preliminary results, I find out later he tells our collaborators and a few times this has backfired when I wasnt able to validate my preliminary result. I know I could just stay quiet until the data are validated, but I value his input and dont want to lose his insights and feedback simply because I cant trust him to keep new results quiet.

-Angie, graduate student

Dear Angie,

Many PI’s are very excited about preliminary results, and I have received this question from other students/postdocs too. I

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