Huffington Post Gay Voices put out the call last week for bisexual folks to share pictures of themselves on Twitter with the hashtag #whatbilookslike. For the past several days, bi+ people have been doing just that. We've shared some of our favorite photos here. Check out more amazing photos of beautiful bisexuals (to borrow a phrase from Loraine Hutchins) at Huffington Post.
Even better, share some photos of your own on Twitter tagged with #whatbilookslike, then let us know if you want your photos shared here. We can't wait to see all the beautiful bisexuals!
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The Bisexual Organizing Project has signed on to a letter of support for the family of Michael Brown, the African American man slain by police in Ferguson, MO on Saturday, August 9, 2014. We stand in solidarity with more than twenty other LGBT and other national organizations who have signed the letter originally penned by the Human Rights Campaign. Here is the text of the letter, in full: When communities experience fear, harassment and brutality simply because of who they are or how they look, we are failing as a nation. In light of the recent events in Missouri, it is clearer than ever that there is something profoundly wrong in our country. Also, GLAAD just published this piece recommending additional actions GLBT groups and individuals can take: "How you can stand with Michael Brown's family and the people of Ferguson". A few weeks ago, Salon published a piece called "I'm a Lesbian Marrying a Man" by EJ Levy. It spurred lots on conversation in online spaces about sexual orientation labels, how they are defined, how they are assigned, and who gets to claim them. Some of these conversations were hard. Bisexuals are tired of getting erased, but what if a person who appears to be behaving as a bisexual rejects the label? Each of us gets to choose how we identify, but how might this effect the bisexual community? Writer AJ Walkley published a commentary in The Advocate today that explores some of the issues: "Op-ed: Aversion to the Big Bad B Word Continues". She talks about her own experiences as a bi woman in a relationship with a cisgender male partner: "I can understand how falling in love with a man after identifying as a lesbian could be a very scary thing for someone who has identified strongly with that label and the community and politics that go along with it. During my own sexual evolution, after coming out as bisexual I only felt welcome in certain LGBT+ spaces if my partner were female or genderqueer. When I became involved with a cisgender man, I was terrified my queer card would be taken from me by others who saw me as retreating to the safety of presumed heterosexuality. In fact, my fear and anxiety over losing my community led to a lot of relationship problems with my then-boyfriend as a result. It wasn’t until I discovered the booming bi community online and realized that there were plenty of happy bisexuals in different-gender relationships that I started to feel more comfortable with my own relationship, coming to terms with the fact that my current partner did not negate my bisexuality whatsoever." Here, Walkley discusses some of her concerns about a person who appears to be bisexual publicly rejecting the term: "In my view, continuing to identify as a lesbian doesn't work here, because it throws a wrench into both the lesbian community she wants to remain affiliated with, and the bisexual community she's negating entirely. A real concern is the potential for it to create even further confusion about an already marginalized and widely maligned community. Unlike LGBT-specific spaces where such an article can be framed within a “queer theory” discussion, Salon, like many mainstream news organizations, can be bi-erasing, often even when reporting on the overall LGBT population. And because of that, there's the possible danger that comes in the ability for a queer youth’s parents to use such an article to “prove” that their child can choose heterosexuality." Read the entire commentary here.
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BECAUSEBECAUSE 2023
September 30 - October 1, 2023 Wellstone Center St Paul, MN We hope you will join us for the BECAUSE Conference in fall 2023! MissionBuild, serve and advocate for an empowered bisexual, pansexual, fluid, queer, and unlabeled (bi+) community to promote social justice. Vision
Within the next five years grow Bisexual Organizing Project (BOP) into a successfully-run Upper Midwest nonprofit organization with annual funding of $100,000 that provides community building, education, and advocacy for the bisexual, pansexual, fluid, queer, and unlabeled (bi+) community and our allies.
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