Between The Cracks: Why Bisexual+ Invisibility in Healthcare is a Problem
By: Mage Hadley (she/her) “So, who is the dad?“ It was a jarring question to be asked by a midwife as I sat waiting for a Caesarian section, body draped in a gown, cannula in my arm. Neither my wife nor I knew what to say. We exchanged a knowing glance. “Our baby doesn’t have […]
Dear Fellow Bisexual: You are Not Alone
By: Darren Bouwmeester, JD, MA (he/him) Dear Fellow Bisexual: I’m writing this letter to you on the occasion of Bi+ Health Awareness Month. This last year was an important one for me, because I went from being a closeted bisexual to being an out bisexual. Woohoo. Not that I’m out to everyone, but coming out […]
Why Does It Matter: A Bi Man Comes Out to His Medical Providers
By: Darren Bouwmeester, JD, MA (he/him) As a bisexual man in his fifties, who has been partnered with a woman for over twenty-five years, coming out to my medical providers raised some questions for me. What was the point of coming out to my healthcare provider?! and… Does it even matter? To quote the iconic […]
Bisexuality as Liberation: Making Room for Fluidity in a Binary World
By Zori Paul, PhD, LPC (she/her) We already know that bisexuality is often misunderstood as “uncertainty,” “indecision,”,or as a temporary stop on the way to something “more real.” But I never saw it that way. For meand for many others, bisexuality is not a limitation but a very liberating identity. For myself, thebi+ label offers […]
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 […]
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 […]