Research Spotlight: Lizzy Bartelt
Lizzy Bartelt, Doctoral Student at Indiana University – School of Public Health, Bloomington Lizzy Bartelt is a new researcher on bisexuality. She started her work in sexual health nearly a decade ago while working as a sexuality educator at Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky. She has been working with LGBTQ+ youth for many years as […]
Research Spotlight: Tania Israel
Dr. Tania Israel, Professor of Counseling Psychology at UC Santa Barbara For the past 20 years, I’ve been doing research on interventions to support LGBT individuals and communities, but only recently have I focused my work specifically on bisexual mental health. I am thankful that my 2015 TED Talk on bisexuality opened opportunities to be more […]
Research Spotlight: Bisexual Research Collaborative on Health (BiRCH)
The Bisexual Research Collaborative on Health (BiRCH) is dedicated to facilitating and promoting community-informed research across multiple disciplines on the health needs of bisexual individuals and related communities. A partnership of the Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, the University of Illinois at Chicago, and The Fenway Institute, BiRCH encourages research and inspires increased awareness in improving bisexual health. […]
#TitheTrans: The Bi+ Initiated Fundraiser that Aims to Support The Trans Community
By Denarii Grace, Bisexual Resource Center board member I’m joined by Dru Levasseur, co-founder and vice president of the Jim Collins Foundation. The Jim Collins Foundation is a trans-founded and -led organization that “provide[s] financial assistance to transgender people for gender-confirming surgeries.” For the month of September, the organization has partnered with Faithfully LGBT, a […]
I’m Never Going Back In The Closet
By S.E. Fleenor “Bisexuals are greedy.” “Bisexuals can’t make up their mind.” “Bisexuals just want attention.” These perennial condemnations of bisexual folks (and, by extension, other bi+ [plus] identities) may be tired, but they’re also persistent. I can’t even count how many times I’ve heard these or a variation on them in mixed (sexuality-speaking) […]
Bi+ (plus) Issues Matter in the Time of Trump: A #BiWeek Reflection
By Denarii Grace, Bisexual Resource Center board member Originally posted on GLAAD’S blog. Republished with permission. I am overwhelmed. Simply trying to keep up with the news is exhausting, let alone making space to process what is going on. There are many things I still haven’t fully acknowledged or come to terms with – […]
A Reflection: A Decade of Being Out as Bisexual
By Denarii Grace, Bisexual Resource Center board member Okay – not quite a decade, but almost! On October 11th, 2007, I came completely out as bisexual. October 11th is recognized in the U.S. as National Coming Out Day. According to the Human Rights Campaign’s website, it’s a 29-year-old day of observance that “celebrate[s] coming […]
Breaking Down Bisexuality: Understanding the Most Prevalent LGBTQ+ Sexual Identity, Part II
By Mike Givens Originally posted at The Rainbow Times. Republished with permission. In part one of this series, The Rainbow Times explored what bisexuality is, the bigotry bisexuals face, and the double standards that exist between men and women. In this final part of the series, bisexual people speak about their identities and misconceptions around them. […]
How Bi+ People Can Take Charge of Their Sexual Health in a Bi+ Antagonistic Society
By Denarii Monroe Cross-posted. Originally published at GO Magazine. What is a bi+ (plus) person to do when they want—or need—sexual health information that speaks to their experiences and needs but can’t find anything that makes sense for them? Most people aren’t fans of unsolicited advice. Let’s be honest: there’s a lot of bad […]
Bi+ Community Supported Me When No One Else Did
CONTENT NOTE: abusive relationships By Kayla Rosen A few weeks into my junior year, I dropped out of college. It felt like everything in my life was falling apart. I’d lost all my high school friends the year before, after I began calling out their racism and sexism;I’d made few new ones. For the first […]