5 Reasons Why Oversexualizing Bisexuality Is Not Supportive
By Codi Coday, President of PAVES (Polysexual Alliance for Visibility, Education, and Support) (Content Warning: sexual assault, corrective rape) Bi+ people, especially bi+ women, are often oversexualized because of our sexual orientation. Just signing into a dating website as a bi+ woman for a few minutes proves this to be true. Immediately, we are bombarded by couples […]
Celebrating Non-Conformity in My Bi+ Relationships
By Akiva Steinmetz-Silber On our first date my ex, a straight trans woman, asked me what dating is like as a bisexual person. “It’s interesting.” I said, describing the challenge of not conforming to other people’s preconceptions about sexuality and gender. She nodded and said she could relate—it sounded a lot like being trans. We had […]
Acceptance, Honesty, Freedom: Strengthening Family Ties
By Karen Remaley There are numerous ways to describe me. I’m a Black woman who has been married to a white straight man for almost 25 years. I am an independent thinker and a quiet rebel. I’m also fairly new in my journey as an out bisexual woman. Almost a year ago I fully […]
5 Tips for When Coming Out As Bi+ Goes Badly
By Codi Coday, President of PAVES (Polysexual Alliance for Visibility, Education, and Support) Originally published at PAVES. Republished, with edits, with permission. The first person I came out to as bisexual, my best friend at the time, said something along the lines of “Ew gross!” and never spoke to me again. It absolutely crushed 18-year-old me, who had […]
Closer To Fine: What Bisexual and Queer Friendships Taught Me
By Shivani Seth As someone who comes from a pretty tight-knit South Asian family, community and social relationships have always been concepts that I’ve thought about and talked about. Community is one of the cornerstones of my understanding of the world. However, even though I came out as bisexual almost 12 years ago, I didn’t […]
Seeking Writers for Bi+ Health Awareness Month Blog Posts
It’s that time of year again! The Bisexual Resource Center is preparing for our fourth annual Bi+ Health Awareness Month! It is held every year in March, since 2014. This year’s theme is social health, which encompasses relationships with family, friends, and sexual and/or romantic partners, as well as finding bi+ community and support. We […]
Born Flexible: Celebrating the Diversity of Trans Experience
By Misha Grifka The concept of a person being “born this way” has proved an effective political tool for LGBTQIA+ rights, a rallying cry on the lips of everyone from activists and politicians to artists like Lady Gaga. The idea that we can’t choose our sexuality likely played a significant role in the recent advances […]