Do you love to read and talk about books? Join Bisexual Organizing Project-BOP's Bi+ Book Club, a place to read fiction, biography, creative non-fiction, history, theory, and activist works. Come discuss readings and ideas about, for, and by bisexuals and other non-monosexual folks. Hosted by Cary.

The Bi+ Book Club reading for OCTOBER will be "Whipping Girl" by Julia Serano. (Some of you may have already started reading it for our September meeting!) We will meet at Quatrefoil Library on Wednesday, October 3 at 7:00 pm. 

​Summary: "A provocative manifesto, Whipping Girl tells the powerful story of Julia Serano, a transsexual woman whose supremely intelligent writing reflects her diverse background as a lesbian transgender activist and professional biologist. Serano shares her experiences and observations both pre- and post-transition to reveal the ways in which fear, suspicion, and dismissiveness toward femininity shape our societal attitudes toward trans women, as well as gender and sexuality as a whole. Serano's well-honed arguments stem from her ability to bridge the gap between the often-disparate biological and social perspectives on gender. She exposes how deep-rooted the cultural belief is that femininity is frivolous, weak, and passive, and how this "feminine" weakness exists only to attract and appease male desire. In addition to debunking popular misconceptions about transsexuality, Serano makes the case that today's feminists and transgender activist must work to embrace and empower femininity in all of its wondrous forms."

Since 1990, bisexual communities all over the world have commemorated pride in our identities by recognizing Celebrate Bisexuality Day on September 23. Bisexual Organizing Project invites the Minnesota bisexual, pansexual, fluid, queer, unlabeled, and allied communities to join us for a pizza dinner at Davanni's in Roseville on Sunday, September 23 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm!

The Roseville Davanni's location is fully wheelchair accessible. Vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free options are available. ​

Please note that the Davanni's party room can only accomodate a maximum of 35 people, and we must ask attendees to RSVP on a first come, first serve basis. Reserve your spot here: 

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/celebrate-bisexuality-day-dinner-at-davannis-tickets-49723335836

The Bi+ Book Club reading for 9/5 at 7:00 pm at Quatrefoil Library will be "Go the Way Your Blood Beats" by Michael Amherst.
Summary: "Using bisexuality as a frame, Go the Way Your Blood Beats questions the division of sexuality into straight and gay, in a timely exploration of the complex histories and psychologies of human desire. A challenge to the idea that sexuality can either ever be fully known or neatly categorised, it is a meditation on desire’s unknowability. Interwoven with anonymous addresses to past loves - the sex of whom remain obscure - the book demonstrates the universalism of desire, while at the same time the particularity of each individual act of desiring. Part essay, part memoir, part love letter, Go the Way Your Blood Beats asks us to see desire and sexuality as analogous with art - a mysterious, creative force, and one that remakes us in the act itself."
(**Please note that we have made a change to September's book club reading! If you're already devouring "Whipping Girl", don't worry! We will be discussing that book at our October meeting on 10/3 instead! Thank you for your flexibility and understanding, and happy reading!)

The next Bi+ Book Club meeting will be Wednesday, August 1 at 7:00 pm at Quatrefoil Library (1220 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN 55407). This month we will be reading "House of Sable Locks" by Elizabeth Schechter.

From Passionate Plume award finalist Elizabeth Schechter comes a steampunk novel of dark passion. In a respectable neighbourhood, on the top floor of a beautiful house, crouches the Succubus; by design, and by temperament, she is all that men crave and fear. To the wealthy and privileged men of London, the Succubus is a test they must pass to gain access to the House of Sable Locks, the most exclusive brothel in town. However, to William, a wealthy young man born and raised in India, she is the very essence of his desires.