Also, bisexual, pansexual & Philadelphia pride flags(rainbow flag with black & brown stripes).And bi, trans, and rainbow earrings.That’s one of the ways we raise funds to cover theproduction, printing, and mailing costs of thispublication. There are 49 amazing bi, pan, lgbtq+, antiracist, and other social justice pins on our new ETSYpage. Please take a look….
Category: News Briefs
Jameela Jamil Comes Out as Queer
Jameela Jamil came out recently as queer, but some of her fanswere not happy with how it happened. Best known for her roleon The Good Place, Jamil had been chosen to be a judge on anupcoming reality TV show focusing on voguing. Many peoplestarted complaining that she didn’t belong on the panel becauseshe is a…
South Dakota Leads the Conservative Attack on Trans Youth
South Dakota is the tip of the anti-transgender iceberg that isresurfacing after suffering a string of defeats across the countryfor their “bathroom bills.” Conservative activists are once againtargeting doctors in an attempt to withhold healthcare fromthose who need it. With echoes of anti-abortion legislation,South Dakota Republicans attempted in February to criminalize doctors who assist transgender…
News Briefs: Bisexuality & Disability
… in politics: After several days of too-close-to-call vote counting, US Representative Kyrsten Sinema flipped a Senate seat from Republican to Democrat, to become the first woman elected to the US Senate from Arizona as well as the first out bi person in the Senate. Kate Brown, an out and proud bi woman has been…
News Briefs: Bodies
By Robyn Ochs Dutch bisexual ice skater Ireen Wüst has become the most successful speed skater in Olympic history, as well as the most decorated LGBTQ Olympian ever. She also tied Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe’s record for the most gold medals by an out LGBT Olympian, earning her fifth gold medal in speed skating at the Winter…
News Briefs: Does Gender Matter?
“Transgender, at War and in Love,” a film by Fiona Dawson, an out bi activist, has been nominated for Outstanding Short Documentary in the 37th Annual News & Documentary Emmy® Awards. On June 25th, Robyn Ochs was celebrated at North Shore Pride in Salem, MA as one of the “Fabulous Five” for her community activism….
News Briefs: Labels
By Robyn Ochs Words Matter On February 23rd, Gay & Lesbian Advocates and Defenders announced a name change. Its new name is GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders, and it will still go by the acronym GLAD. According to GLAD’s Executive Director, Janson Wu, “GLAD has blazed a trail of legal victories for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and…
News Briefs: Out at Work (or Not)
By Robyn Ochs On January 30th, the Screen Actors Guild Awards had an unusually bi night: Queen Latifah was honored for playing the real-life bisexual singer Bessie Smith in HBO’s Bessie. Kevin Spacey won Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series for his unscrupulous Francis Underwood character in House of Cards, and Viola Davis…
News Briefs: Partnering With Men
By Robyn Ochs Wendy Bostwick, Associate Professor of Nursing and Health Studies at Northern Illinois University, was awarded a grant from the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities, part of the National Institutes of Health, to research the relationship between microaggressions and mental health on bisexual women. Three out bi women were recognized with 2015…
News Briefs: Pick a Side
By Robyn Ochs The Third Annual Bisexual Book Awards were held on Saturday, May 30 in New York City, with Recognize: The Voices of Bisexual Men winning in four categories. The collection won for Best Anthology and Best Nonfiction; Robyn Ochs and H. Sharif Williams accepted the Writer of the Year Award; and the Bisexual Resource Center…