Bialogue: Bisexual + Queer Politics
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▼ Bisexual Conferences
○ 2016 Transcending Boundaries Conference Fall 2016 in the NorthEast Region of the USA
○ 2017 Creating Change Conference (CC17) January 18-22, 2017 at the Philadelphia Marriot Downtown PA USA
○ BECAUSE 2017 2017 Minneapolis–Saint Paul MN USA
○ Bi Lines VI: A Celebration of Bisexual Writing in Reading Music & Culture June 2013 NYC USA
○ BiCon 2016 University of Central Lancashire in Preston, from Thursday 4th to Sunday 7th August
▼ Bisexual Magazines & Bloggers
Bi Magazine • Facebook
Bi Media • Facebook
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Bi radical (Bisexual-Theory/Queer-Theory) • Tumblr
▼ Famous 'Must-read' Bisexual-Theory/Queer-Theory Articles/Essays
Bisexuality FAQ
Bisexuality does not reinforce the gender binary
Words, binary and biphobia, or: why “bi” is binary but “FTM” is not
Being Bisexual Means That You’re Only Attracted to Two Genders
The monosexual privilege checklist
Why I identify as bisexual + differences and similarities
Way Beyond the Binary
Bisexuals = people who ♥ people of Same Gender as themselves + ♥ people of Different Genders/Gender Presentations from themselves
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I have met hundreds of bisexuals and when the question of being out as bi+ on the gay scene comes up, everyone agrees: being denied a voice is bad...
” If groups of the lgbt+ community were kicked out for transgressions against other groups in the community made by small factions then there wouldnt...
A little sketch comic about how bisexuality is totally cool and good and not bad.
The format is cliché! I know. But it makes it easy to talk about...
guys my heart is so warm rn. i just got back from my first ever pride. Figuring out i’m queer (relatively) late in life was weird coz I was...
Bay Area Bisexual Network (BABN)
Established in 1987, the Bay Area Bisexual Network (BABN) continues to serve the Bi+ Community in the greater San Francisco/Oakland Bay Area of California. BABN’s mission is to develop a healthy, vibrant, multicultural bisexual+ community and to promote better understanding of bisexual+ lives and issues within the larger lesbian, gay, bisexual+, trans & nonbiary, intersex, asexual, queer and questioning (LGBTQ+) community as well as the general public.
Pride Month 2017
- Annual Bi-BQ 2017: everyone’s invited to BABN’s Annual Bi+ Barbeque, potluck bring for yourself and to share, Wednesday, June 21 at 3:30 PM - 6:30 PM at Mission Dolores Park (enter 19th & Dolores) under the big tree in the corner by Dolores/Cumberland
- Frameline’s Bi-Candy Short Film Program: Come see this year’s bisexual+ expectation- and binary-breaking shorts in this year’s batch of Bi Candy! Curated by Allegra and April Hirschman these films run the gamut from sultry and seductive to sweet and awkward. Wednesday, June 21 at 7pm at the Roxie Theatre 3117 16th St, SF 94103
- 30 Years of BABN at San Francisco Pride: Join everyone on Sunday, June 25 2017 to march with the Bisexual+ Contingent. CLICK THIS LINK for all the dets on How, Where and When.
The Bay Area Bisexual Network (BABN) and friends always have a full, friendly and welcoming schedule going on all the time throughout the Bay Area, from family friendly Bi+ and Trans Brunches, regular BiFriendly evening meet and munch, and a plethora of art, writing and poetry events. You can keep up with us thru:
Note:Bisexual+ (Bi+ for short) is just *shorthand* for ALL Non-Monosexual people inclusive of but not limited to: Bisexual & Biromantic as well as Ambisexual, Flexisexual, Fluid, Heteroflexible & Homoflexible, Multisexual, No Labels, Omnisexual, Pansexual, Polysexual, Pomosexual, SGL (Same-gender Loving), Sapiosexual, Queer-identified, Questioning et al.
Additionally the Bisexual+ Community has always/will always include people of ALL genders/gender identification including but not limited to: Androgynous, Cis, Genderqueer, Gender-Nonconforming, Intersex, Non-binary, Trans, et al.
(via bisexual-community)
Bisexual+ Contingent at NYC’s 2017 LGBT Pride March & Festival
Calling ALL Bisexual+, and otherwise Non-Monosexual, SGL (Same Gender Loving), Queer, Questioning, Asexual, Cisgender, Genderqueer, Intersex, Nonbinary, Trans, Poly and just plain old Bi-friendly Gay, Lesbian & “Straight-But-Not-Narrow” folks who live, work or play in NYC.
This year don’t get left standing on the sidelines. Instead, please come and join us in the Bisexual+/Non-Monosexual + Queer-identified Contingent in New York City’s 48th Annual LGBT Pride March on Sunday June 25th 2017 and be part of all the fun and excitement.
Group Name: New York Area Bisexual Network (NYABN)
Section: 7 Group Number: 8
Staging Area: 41st Street between Park & Madison
Section Opens: 2 PM (wait time to step off can be 2+ hours)
Check-In Time: start lining up between 2 PM till 3:30PMAfterward let’s all hang out and get to know each other, make plans for some future fun Meetups and Parties or to get more involved in all your local Bi+ Pride Groups. We all usually stop afterwards to rest our feet, grab a bite to eat, and chat at Sammy’s Noodle Shop & Grill (461 6th Ave corner of 11th St) in the West Village.
So hope to see YOU there on the last Sunday in June come Rain or Shine!
(via bisexual-community)
I am seeking participants for a research study on the challenges (biphobia in particular) that bi+ women experience while participating in LGBTQ activism on campus.
Anyone who…
- identifies as a woman to some degree who also experiences attraction to more than one gender (including but not limited to: bisexual, pansexual, polysexual, queer, fluid),
- is a current undergraduate student (or recent graduate) who is (or has been) involved in at least one LGBTQ student organization on campus,
- and is interested in sharing their experiences
…is encouraged to fill out this brief survey to be eligible to be interviewed!
There Are No Closets In Tipis …
… and no pipelines, police, prisons, and weapons manufacturers in a Two Spirit LGBTQIA paradise. ~Jen Deerinwater, a DC-based bisexual+, two-spirit, disabled, journalist, activist, and member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. They were among those who protested the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) at Standing Rock in 2016.
Deerinwater pointed to Capital Pride sponsor Wells Fargo’s involvement in the Dakota Access Pipeline, which spawned protests from the Standing Rock Sioux and allies, as one reason for concern, ‘Wells Fargo is one of the primary financial backers of the Dakota Access Pipeline,” she said. “As an indigenous person and as a queer person, I cannot understand why Capital Pride would work with an organization that is actively causing harm to our community members.” ~Indigenous Resistance: Crushing Colonialism
#NoJusticeNoPride #TwoSpiritNation#BiFuriousNotBicurious
[Know Your Bisexual History]: Photos from joint Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR) + Gay Liberation Front (GLF) protest for an end of oppressive treatment of LGBTQ Patients at NYC’s Bellevue Hospital (Fall 1970 credit Richard C. Wandel).
- Bisexual Activist Brenda Howard, GLF (standing far left, pigtails + glasses); Gay Activist Bob Kohler, GLF (sitting 2nd left, light hair); Trans*Bi Activist Sylvia Rivera, STAR + GLF (sitting 3rd left, dark hair)
- Trans*Bi Activist Sylvia Rivera, STAR + GLF
- Trans* Activist Marsha P. Johnson, STAR
At that time, NYC’s Bellevue Hospital followed prevailing thought that sexuality and gender identity that did not correspond to a narrow and binary view of normative behaviors was a sign of mental illness. Like many institutions they practiced Electroshock Therapy to “cure” bisexual as well as gay/lesbian people and mistreated LGBTQ patients who were simply there for routine medical complaints.
But all LGBTQ people, including large numbers of bisexual activists, began fighting back and by 1973 the American Psychiatric Association (APA) declassified homosexuality as a mental disorder.
“the meaning of Stonewall has shifted as the assimilations in favor of a ‘we’re just like them’ gay politics have struggled against the radical activists over the legacy of the riot and the broad, multi issue based activism which accompanied it.” ~“History or Myth? Writing Stonewall” by Benjamin Shepard in Lambda Book Report;Aug/Sep2004, Vol. 13 Issue ½
yknow, obviously there’s nothing wrong with someone who doesn’t wanna put a label to their sexuality, cause yknow people like different things and theres nothing bad abt someone not liking labels
but, the fact that almost every single character thats into multiple genders says that they just “dont like labels” or something along those lines is blatant biphobia
like, if it was one or two characters, then i wouldnt bat an eye, but considering its a trend for people to make their bi-coded character just “not like labels” is super fucking transparent
bisexual is not a bad thing, bisexual is not a dirty word, and it fucking sucks that 9/10 bisexual characters never actually call themselves bisexual
like, the only times i can think of characters who outright call themselves bisexual, is Darryl from Crazy Ex Girlfriend and like… there probably is more characters… but its pretty obvious that popular media thinks that bisexuality is a bad word, a taboo thing that must never, ever be stated
and i dunno about yall, but im fucking sick of my sexuality never being portrayed in a good light, im sick of seeing so few characters actually calling themselves bisexual, im sick of having so many bi woman characters just being hypersexualized and used to please men (i.e. having a bi girl whos bisexuality is only there for the male gaze), and im just sick of how people constantly portray ny sexuality
Bisexuality isnt bad and being bisexual is awesome, even if the media constantly tries to erase us or show us as awful
I was in a therapy session and not only was my bisexual identity put on trial, I was also told that maybe I shouldn’t identify as bisexual. I spent thirty minutes in a therapy session, that I’m paying for, convincing someone that I’m bisexual enough to be bisexual.
Eventually, she came around, but it took way too long for me to convince her – which I shouldn’t even have to do – that I’m bi enough!
What if I wasn’t very-outspoken-bi-person-on -the-Internet Connor Manning? What if I was somebody who was freshly questioning their sexuality? What if I was me three years ago when things were really confusing for me?
for a lot of people, especially people who are seeking help for their mental health, these things are an issue, and they’re confusing, and they’re scary. To have someone who’s supposed to be a resource I can trust, someone I can just open up to, try to invalidate my identity was really deeply sad to me.
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Don’t let this happen to you! Instead check out the Bisexuality-Aware Professionals Directory a listing of professionals who are sensitive to the unique needs of bisexual+ clientele.
stop making bisexuals feel invalid in the lgbtq+ community, what we went through to figure ourselves out was just as hard as what you went through.
BiNet USA Op-Ed: #BiQuestionsTrump by Faith Cheltenham, VP BiNet USA
Honestly? As a bisexual person of color, I have many questions for President Trump. And, I have questions for the bi+ community and our allies too––questions about who we are, what we stand for, how we’re surviving, and how we can hold each other, our leadership, and the President accountable.
Are you, like me, terrified for the present and futures of bi+ youth, trans youth, people of color (POC) youth, and bi+ trans POC youth? For all lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual people? …
Is mainstream and LGBT media amplifying misinformation about bisexual people when they incorrectly report on bi+ celebs like Mel B, Angelina Jolie and Amber Heard and their very real experiences of violence? Is it that better or worse than when they neglect to report on our experiences at all? …
Once again, is our collective experience being used to sell records and films, to generate donations to organizations, and be silently consumed without a single whisper of “our letter” or an acknowledgment of our very existence? …
“Kudos to the dreamers, the fighters, rule breakers and boundary makers. Keep on letter writers! Keep strong and carry on.”
(via binetusa)
