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Tweet for Bi Visibility Day!
It's Bi Visibility Day aka Celebrate Bisexuality Day in three weeks' time.
There's a mass tweet being run here - if you're on twitter (and out on twitter as bi/ally!) do please sign up :) -
Purple Prose: a UK bisexual guide
I'm formulating plans for a book about UK bisexuality - anecdotes, event guides, experiences, poetry, rants, articles, problem pages etc. Accessible and fun is the idea. I'm going to try for a publisher but if that doesn't work out it's a perfect Kickstarter project ( Read more... ) -
any people of trans experience still active here?
Hey all. Not sure if this community is still active, but figured I'd try!
My grad students and I are starting a major research project aimed at improving knowledge and awareness regarding stressful experiences faced by folks who identify as trans. It's an anonymous online survey with a 1/25 chance to win a $25 gift card ( Read more... ) -
New Wisconsin Group!
News from 521: Wisconsin's Bisexual/Pansexual Advocacy Group ( Read more... ) -
The "Side Effects" of Hollywood Biphobia
Every single review for Steven Soderbergh's new thriller 'Side Effects' has praised the film for three things: Soderbergh's knack for building suspense, great performances by the four lead actors (Jude Law, Rooney Mara, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Channing Tatum), and the pulse-pounding impact of the final twenty minutes that reveal a surprise twist ( Read more... ) -
More on "What Part Of Bisexual Don't You Understand?"
Whenever (some) content providers are feeling lazy but need to (1) turn in some sort of promised work product on something ASAP and (2) want to up their hit-count without bothering to do anything original or useful there is nothing like dragging out the the old (completely false ... but who really cares? because do bisexual people even exist?) ( Read more... ) -
A Double Life: Bisexual Bias in the Gay Community
“If you say you’re gay, very few people say, ‘Well, what do you mean?’ Bisexuals have to come out every time they walk into a room . . . I get it from both communities. We like to joke that’s the one thing straights and gays agree on: They don’t understand bisexuals" . . .
( When the bigotry comes from the straight community, it’s hurtful. But when it comes from the gay community, it’s worse-because they should understand ) -
All Five Bisexual US State and National Office-Seekers Win In 2012 Elections
Election night 2012 was a happy occasion for the bisexual community in the United States as all five openly bisexual candidates on the national and state ballots swept to victory.
( Including the first openly bisexual member of the US Congress Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ); State Senator Angie Buhl (D-SD); Secretary of State Kate Brown (D-OR); State Representative Micah Kellner (D-NY); and State Representative JoCasta Zamarripa (D-WI). ) -
BiNet USA Wins Over Google in Search Term Dispute
After a campaign by BiNet USA and bisexuals worldwide, Google has removed “bisexual” from its list of banned words.
Los Angeles CA, September 4th 2012 - BiNet USA is pleased to confirm that Google Inc. has unblocked the term “bisexual” from its search algorithm. Now that “bisexual” is allowed, terms such as “ bisexual quotes”, “bisexual rights”, ( Read more... ) -
America’s 6 Out Bisexual Elected State Officials
Former Connecticut Democratic State Rep. Evelyn Mantilla came out as the nation’s first bisexual state official in 1997. Since then the number of bisexual state-level officials who have come out during their term has slowly grown to six.
( The six are: Evelyn Mantilla, former Connecticut State Representative; Angie Buhl, South Dakota State Senator; Micah Kellner, New York State Representative; Kyrsten Sinema, former Arizona State Senator now running for Congress; Kate Brown, Oregon Secretary of State; JoCasta Zamarripa, Wisconsin State Representative )