100 Must-Read Bisexual Books. Sponsored by Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust.
Entwining the stories of step-mother Mina and step-daughter Lynet, both in the past and present, Girls Made of Snow and Glass traces the relationship of two young women doomed to be rivals from the start. It’s Frozen meets The Bloody Chamber in this feminist fantasy reimagining of Snow White. In the LGBTQ acronym, the B is often underrepresented or subsumed under the L or G; bisexual books are no different, which is why I wanted to make this list of must-read bisexual books. (Note: I’m using the word bisexual as a broad, inclusive umbrella term that includes pansexual, sexually fluid, and any other word that means romantically and/or sexually attracted to more than one gender). 15 Must-Read Bisexual Nonfiction Books. In honor of Bi Visibility Week, here are 15 must-read bisexual nonfiction books, including memoir, theory, studies, and anthologies.
Whether you’re looking for powerful personal bisexual narratives, insightful political analysis of bisexual issues, or information to help understand bisexuality, there are books in here you won’t want to miss! Bi: Notes for a Bisexual Revolution by Shiri Eisner This book is essential reading for any bisexual person and anyone who wants to understand the bi people in their life. Badass Bisexual Women In History You Should Know. People Are Sharing Beautiful Selfies To Celebrate The Bisexual Community On Twitter. 24 Completely True Facts About Bisexuality According To Twitter. Why It's Hard To Talk About My Bisexuality. 13 Incredible Bisexual People You Need To Follow On Instagram. "The L Word" Reinforces Negative Bisexual Stereotypes. Over the last three ofits five seasons, The L Word has sentmessages that erode positive representations of bisexuality by creating storylines and characters who reinforce myths that all bisexuals are crazy, indenial about their true sexual orientation, and likely to cheat on theirpartners for the other gender.
The show didn’t always so flagrantly displaythis style of prejudice. It used to discount it. When The L Word debuted in 2004, it featured two strong bisexualprotagonists — the characters of Alice Pieszecki (Leisha Hailey) and JennySchecter (Mia Kirshner) — on very different sexual journeys. Alice was an outbisexual, always eager to defend the legitimacy of her orientation to herlesbian friends; Jenny was discovering her attraction to women while in aheterosexual relationship.
Through these twocharacters, particularly Alice, the writers addressed the lesbian community’sbiphobia while still acknowledging the legitimacy of the orientation. 11 Situations That Make Bisexual Women Want To Shake Their Damn Heads. The Terrible Invisibility of Being Bisexual and in Poverty. Here's What Happens When We Erase Bisexuality – And How You Can Be a Better Ally. Same/Different: How Bisexuality and Queerness Overlap and Diverge. Last year, I was asked by a friend to define ‘bisexual’ for the local community college’s LAMBDA brochure.
Though she is the organization’s president, she didn’t feel it was her place to define a sexuality with which she did not identify. Being both bi and in the business of writing, I thought it would be a wonderful chance to clear up misconceptions about bisexuality and gender inclusivity. Still, it took days for me to come up with a concise definition.
Should I tell my fiancée that I’m bisexual and had sex with her dad? The dilemma I have been in love for the last year and recently proposed.
Why Do Bi Women Smoke So Much Weed? Last night, Beyoncé, Kim Kardashian West, and J.Lo caused flashbulbs to explode by wearing next to nothing on the Met Gala Red Carpet.
Why is so little being worn by so many? As the fashion elite gathered at the Anna Wintour Costume Center at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday night for their equivalent of Cinderella’s ball, all eyes turned to Beyoncé. Queen B stepped out on the red carpet in front of her legions of adoring fans (well, ok, the shutter-happy paps and photogs) in an ensemble that left little to the imagination—and was absolutely stunning. Our Big Met Gala Night Out: Daily Beast Video on the Red Carpet Her sheer and multi-colored crystal Givenchy dress took the shape of a ball gown, but was completely see-through other than a strategically-placed pattern of bling. Celebrities have a history of pushing the boundaries when it comes to their sartorial selections, but this often means plunging necklines and dangerously high slits. And good for her. Beyoncé, 2015 Met Gala. IT HAPPENED TO ME: I Came Out as Bisexual and Now Can’t Date Anyone Gay or Straight - xoJane.
It took me five years to have sex with a man sober.
I wasn’t quite sure why I was doing it. Alan Cumming Is Bisexual — And You Might Be Too. Actor Alan Cumming leads a life of seeming contradictions.
For the past eight months, he’s been playing the buttoned-down, wound-up political operative Eli Gold on TV’s The Good Wife by day, then rouge-ing his nipples and pulling his stockings down to play the lascivious Emcee of Cabaret on Broadway at night. The actor is distinctive no matter how you see him in a role. The same goes for his love life. After an eight-year marriage to actress Hilary Lyon and a two-year relationship with actress Saffron Burrows, Cumming married his husband, graphic artist Grant Shaffer, in the U.K. in 2007 and then again in New York in 2012. Bisexual Resource Center — How to Give Emotional Support to Bi Women of Color... I'm queer no matter who I'm with. I won't define myself differently for your comfort. A family member asked me last week why I continue to identify as queer, even though I’m a woman who is in a long-term relationship with a man: “Give me one good reason why you have to call yourself ‘queer.’”
She added that I could save myself a lot of trouble if I wore my opposite-sex relationship more openly, like some kind of hetero-veil to block bigots. I explained that I’d signed a contract with some very shady people, and that it said that I would have to publicly identify this way for a certain number of years and, if I said who, they’d have me killed. That’s not how being queer actually works; I wish the explanation was as easy to grasp as a contract. I’ve grown accustomed to confusion about my sexual identity – not my own confusion, of course. Despite being debilitatingly indecisive in almost every other aspect of my life, what I desire sexually has been very clear to me for some time now.
However, for the past year and a half, I’ve only been swinging toward one person. Melissa @ Butch Femme. MelissaBisexual Femme31 years youngPortland, Oregon.
Jessamyn @ Butch Femme. Butch Femme Photo Project @ Butch Femme. TheBisexualityReport. Not Curious But Furious. Bisexual Jamaican Denied U.K. Asylum Due to 'Dishonest Sexuality' A British immigration court has denied a bisexual Jamaican man's request for asylum, ordering him to return to his home country, where he says he will face persecution because of his sexual orientation. He is scheduled for deportation from the United Kingdom to Jamaica on July 2. Orashia Edwards, 32, lost his lengthy legal battle with the United Kingdom's Home Office when he was denied asylum on the basis of his sexuality Tuesday.
BISEXUAL MAKEUP TUTORIAL. Why Some Bisexual People Don't Feel Welcome in the Queer Community. Ce qu’Alan Cumming conseille aux gays et aux bis qui veulent être abstinents pour donner leur sang. En France, il suffit pour un homme d’avoir eu une seule relation avec un autre homme pour être exclu à vie du don de sang. Aux États-Unis, l’agence des produits alimentaires et médicamenteux (FDA) appliquait jusque récemment la même règle. Mais fin décembre, elle a annoncé que les gays et les bis devront être abstinents pendant un an pour pouvoir donner leur sang. Une mesure qui demeure discriminante puisque les personnes hétérosexuelles bénéficient de règles moins strictes. Pour ceux qui voudraient demeurer abstinents afin de donner leur sang, le comédien bisexuel Alan Cumming recommande plusieurs activités pour éviter de succomber à la tentation.
Si le lecteur ne s’affiche pas, cliquez sur Celibacy Challenge Via The New Civil Rights Movement. Why bisexuals stay in the closet. Faith Cheltenham's 1-year-old son Storm waves a flag honoring bisexuals… (Barbara Davidson, Los Angeles…) In the middle of the rainbowy revelers at the pride parade in West Hollywood, Jeremy Stacy was questioned: Are you really bisexual? "One guy came up to me and said, 'You're really gay,' " said Stacy, who was standing under a sign reading "Ask a Bisexual.
" "I told him I had a long line of ex-girlfriends who would vehemently disagree. And he said, 'That doesn't matter, because I know you're gay. Love, rage and pride. Snippet #4: The bisexual invisibility report. This is a excerpt from my book Bi: Notes for a Bisexual Revolution. If you like this text, please consider buying a copy. Okay, so I know I haven’t posted anything of my own in a while, so I thought that instead of a short little snippet, I’d post something more substantial. This is still from my book, taken from the chapter about biphobia and monosexism. Bisexual_Invisiblity_Impacts_and_Recommendations_March_2011.pdf. Cissexism and transphobia in bisexual communities. A version of this text also appears in my book Bi: Notes for a Bisexual Revolution.
If you like it, please consider buying a copy. Note: If you came here seeking reassurance that bisexuality is binarist and/or that all bisexuals are transphobic, you will not find it here. Please see this first. Some differences and similarities between bisexuality and pansexuality. Why I identify as bisexual and not pansexual. Awesome question.