Posted in Bi Pride, Blog, and Coming Out
by Rachel Siden Dear Christian family, I just came out as bisexual. You may feel shocked. You may assume that I’ve “backslidden,” fallen for worldly deception, or outright left the faith. You may feel scared for my soul or for my walk with God. I know how you are feeling,…
Posted in Bi Pride, Bi Support, Blog, and Intersectionality
by Hasina Juma As humans we are multidimensional beings that have multiple identities. For example, I identify as a Canadian, millennial, daughter, and has family roots in African/South Asian roots. This is one of the ways we identify ourselves in the world, find our sense of belonging and find like…
Posted in Bi Support, Blog, Intersectionality, and Labels
By Clara Schwarz Is my bisexuality merely a performance for male attention? That is a question I have been asking myself frequently, although the occasions became rarer, over the course of my young adult life. Growing up as a bisexual teenager in the 2000s, I didn’t see much queer representation…
Posted in Bi Health Month 2018
By Ellyn Ruthstrom The domino effect metaphor is often used in a negative way, such as “if Vietnam falls to the Communists, then all the surrounding countries will become Communist.” (Didn’t happen, btw.) However, when I think of those intricate domino patterns that enthusiasts set up and then set into motion,…
Posted in Bi Health Month 2018
By Los Angeles Bi Task Force As a bi, pan, or fluid person, you deserve a mental healthcare provider who really “gets it,” and knows that your orientation is a thing – and so are all the unique challenges that go with it. When it comes to getting relevant, empathetic…
Posted in Bi Health Month 2018
By David Meadow, Marketing Chair, L.A. Bi Task Force For Bi Health Month, we’re taking stock of where we’ve been and where we’re going as a community. When you take stock, do you ever note how you’re treated as a bi+ person and think, “Oh, yeah, this must be what…
Posted in Bi Health Month 2018
Dr. Brian Feinstein, Northwestern University My name is Brian Feinstein and I am a Research Assistant Professor at the Northwestern University (NU) Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing. Prior to joining the faculty at NU, I received my PhD in clinical psychology from Stony Brook University and…
Posted in Bi Health Month 2018
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+…
Posted in Bi Health Month 2018
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…
Posted in Bi Health Month 2018
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…
