Navigation, Exclusion, and Underrepresentation: My Notes on the Black Bisexual Experience
By: Aiyanah Peeples (she/her) It is February, and like every year, I find myself sad about being single (Valentine’s Day) and doing what I can to contribute more to the Black community and Black liberation for Black History Month. I am a young, bisexual, Black, mixed-race, (probably) neurodivergent, American woman. I was also raised in […]
Coming Out One Click at a Time
by Laura Days “I came out to Blue Cross this week,” my friend excitedly told me the other day. I am particularly proud of him for doing so, as he only recently discovered that he’s bisexual (despite years of evidence passing right over his head), and I have been acting as sort of a “bi […]
Heated Rivalry: A Love Letter to Bisexuals
By: Noël Sertel (they/she) Warning: This blog post contains spoilers Heated Rivalry Season 1 and Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid. If you’re a fan of queer, contemporary romance novels like myself, there’s a chance you’ve heard this one before: a bisexual or questioning man falls in love with another man, only to realize *gasp* “He […]
The Impact of Loraine Hutchins on Bi+ Organizing
Bailey Merlin | she/her The Bisexual Resource Center honors the life and legacy of Dr. Loraine Hutchins: a foundational figure in bi+ organizing whose work helped make our community possible long before many of us had language, safety, and/or visibility. Some people shape movements through institutions. Others do it through presence, persistence, and a refusal […]
The Power of Showing Up: Bisexual+ Voices at City Hall
Lo (Lauren) Mariolis | she/her I’ve always been a quiet bisexual.* Proud, confident—but quiet. Living my life. Minding my business. Flying below the radar. For a long time, that felt just fine. I knew who I was. The people I loved—and who loved me—celebrated who I was. Why make things more complicated? But as time […]
Statement on National Bi+ Erasure
The current U.S. administration has been loudly and aggressively attacking the trans community in ways that have taken center stage in all of our news feeds. We have been standing in solidarity with our trans, nonbinary, gender-nonconforming, and intersex siblings as politicians the world over try to erase this vibrant community from our collective history […]
Navigating Bi+ Health in an Uncertain World
Navigating Bi+ Health in an Uncertain World Rachel Chickerella, PhD Being bi+ in 2025 is a delicate bind. I have devoted a subset of my career to promoting bi+ research. This has felt important, given how bi+ individuals have been historically marginalized within LGBTQ+ spaces.1 But with LGBTQ+ rights under siege, the question of who […]
It’s Like I Wasn’t Even In The Room: Struggles as a Bi+ Patient at the Gynecologist
It’s Like I Wasn’t Even In The Room: Struggles as a Bi+ Patient at the Gynecologist Sara Schmieder I’ve never enjoyed going to the doctor. Between the sterile, impersonal environment of the average doctor’s office and their tendency to attribute all of my issues to anxiety or my weight, it’s a generally unpleasant experience at best […]
“Is This Play About Us?”: The Toll of Inaccurate Bi+ Representation
“Is This Play About Us?”: The Toll of Inaccurate Bi+ Representation Emily Solis While being bi+ sure is the bee’s knees, we also run the risk of getting stung—I’m talking about biphobia and its effects on mental health. Unfortunately, those under the bi+ umbrella face unique challenges when it comes to mental health, in and […]
How Mental Health Professionals Can Do Better for the Bi+ Community
How Mental Health Professionals Can Do Better for the Bi+ Community Zori A. Paul, PhD, LPC, NCC As a clinical mental health counselor, I learned early on that my clients are experts in their experiences. As a Black bisexual woman, I have also learned early on that for some clinicians, the client is only the […]