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 […]

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 […]