… 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…
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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…
News Briefs: Toy Stories
By Robyn Ochs The finalists for this year’s Bisexual Book Awards and Lambda Literary Awards were announced in April. By the time you read this, you can find the winners at biwriters.org and lambdaliterary.org, respectively. LAMBDA LITERARY AWARDS FINALISTS: Bisexual Nonfiction: Fire Shut Up In My Bones, Charles M. Blow; Not My Father’s Son, Alan Cumming; Recognize:…
News Briefs: Intersection: Age, Pt. 2
By Robyn Ochs BIG NEWS: Kate Brown is the first out bisexual Governor in US history. On February 18, the Governor of Oregon stepped down and Kate Brown, who had been the state’s attorney general, ascended to this position. Brown, a Democrat, has been in state government since 1991, including a time as Senate Majority leader. She…
News Briefs: Intersection: Religion/Spirituality
By Robyn Ochs Preserving Our Bi-story The GLBT Historical Society & The GLBT History Museum in San Francisco debuted an exhibit this past June of four decades of the Bay Area’s bisexual political history. The exhibit was curated by local bi activists, including Lani Ka’ahumanu, founder of the political advocacy organization BiPol and co-editor of Bi Any…