Nurturing Our Bi+ Identities with StillBisexual, Part 5
Our partner, StillBisexual, asked followers how they honor their bi+ identity. Here’s the fourth installment of their responses Crystal To nurture my bi identity I like to watch queer films, especially ones that feature lesbian or bisexual women’s relationships. It’s important because growing up I never saw that side of me represented positively. Chris I […]
Nurturing Our Bi+ Identities with StillBisexual, Part 4
Our partner, StillBisexual, asked followers how they honor their bi+ identity. Here’s the fourth installment of their responses Jessie I always correct people when they called me a lesbian or refer to myself and my partner as ‘the lesbians’ (‘actually, I’m bi!’), which has become a bit of a running joke in my friendship group. […]
Nurturing Our Bi+ Identities with StillBisexual, Part 3
Our partner, StillBisexual, asked followers how they honor their bi+ identity. Here’s a third installment of they’re responses Xienna My favorite ways to nurture my bi+ identity are to consume bi+ content such as music by bi+ artists like Jessie Paege or Lucy and La Mer, and tv shows and movies that feature bi+ characters […]
Nurturing Our Bi+ Identities with StillBisexual, Part 2
Our partner, StillBisexual, asked followers how they honor their bi+ identity. Here’s another installment of what they’ve said. Kendall I love going out and about with my bi flag baseball cap. Nothing feels better than having a stranger compliment my hat — it helps me feel less alone and see that my community and allies […]
Nurturing Our Bi+ Identities with StillBisexual
Our partner, StillBisexual, asked followers how they honor their bi+ identity. Here’s what they said: Mikey As cofounder of Bisexual Queer Alliance Chicago, I give back by sharing my legacy and our bi+ history with our next generation. Cheryl I nurture my bi identity by doing art, writing, and meditating—and being social with different types […]
Finding Queer Identity Through TV Representation
By Charmee Taylor Deep deep in the dark closet with only fear of anyone knowing, truly, who I am, I’m under my blanket in my apartment in Echo Park. It’s a Saturday and the LA sun comes up. I pull out my laptop and open it to a HelloGiggles article that I peruse and “Brown […]
Bisexual Microaggressions in Medical Contexts
By Heather Stewart, MA Bisexual or “bi” identified people are a significant portion of the larger LGBTQ+ community, with studies suggesting they make up just over half of the larger LBGTQ+ population. Within the bi community itself, there is substantial diversity as well. For example, “bisexual” is the sexual orientation category most self-identified by trans […]
Overlapping Flags: Loving Beyond the Gay/Straight Binary
By Ellyn Ruthstrom I was gathering with a group of LGBTQ activists outside the Trump Hotel in Washington, DC for a dance party on a global-warming-kind-of-day in January 2018. The action was to thumb our noses at the horror that had taken over the White House the previous year and to make the statement that […]
Lessons from the Field: What We Are Learning About Representation from Black Bi+ Men
By H. “Herukhuti” Sharif Williams and David J. Cork In 2016, we started the amazing task of documenting the stories of Black men on what it is to be sexually fluid in the United States. Black bi+ cisgender and transgender men as well as gender non-conforming people living within the complex spectrum of masculinities have […]
It’s Never “Just a Movie”
By Gabrielle Blonder As a tween, I spent many a weeknight watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I loved the creepy-crawlies, I loved the witty banter that was always ever-so-slightly over my level of understanding, and I loved the campy fight scenes. But most of all, I loved Willow Rosenberg. In Willow, I saw my own […]