What makes a book bisexual?

[curriedspam]

In October 2006, the bi community cheered at Lambda Literary Foundation's addition of a bisexual category.  Since "Bi Any Other Name" was forced to compete as a lesbian anthology back in 1991, bisexuals authors and readers have yearned for a category where our best can be judged against similar books.  

Comments

BI Charactyers

[anonymous]

This is a topic I've been seriously digging into for the past year. I've been looking for bi characters in films and books and finding I'm usually not happy with the results. I do understand that it's difficult or almost impossible to depict "biness" because, as you pointed out, it can change so much within our own lives. For myself, I'm married to an opposite sex partner and a father. I've been with Angela for 10 years, monogamously. To the observer, even one who knows me well, it might appear that I am "gone straight". But I still identify as bi, strongly and with confidence (as much as any human is allowed, I guess

[consortofvenus]

Who knows a character better than the author? I think the best idea is to allow the author to submit it into the category of their choice.