This column is under the capable supervision of Renate Baumgartner and Soudeh Rad. Renate Baumgartner is currently researching bisexual women and their experiences of discrimination in Vienna, Austria. She holds a Ph.D. in natural sciences, is a bi+ activist, and offers workshops for bisexual empowerment. Soudeh Rad is an Iranian gender-equality activist based in France…
Category: Research Corner
Research Corner: Chosen Family
This column is under the capable supervision of Renate Baumgartner and Soudeh Rad. Renate Baumgartner is currently researching bisexual women and their experiences of discrimination in Vienna, Austria. She holds a Ph.D. in natural sciences, is a bi+ activist, and offers workshops for bisexual empowerment. Soudeh Rad is an Iranian gender-equality activist based in France…
Research Corner: What I Want
This column is under the capable supervision of Renate Baumgartner and Soudeh Rad. Renate Baumgartner is currently researching bisexual women and their experiences of discrimination in Vienna, Austria. She holds a PhD in natural sciences, is a bi+ activist, and offers workshops for bisexual empowerment. Soudeh Rad is an Iranian gender equality activist based in…
Research Corner: Coming Out Stories
This column is under the capable supervision of Renate Baumgartner and Soudeh Rad. Renate, in Vienna, Austria, is currently conducting research on bisexual women and their experiences of discrimination. She holds a Ph.D. in natural sciences, is a bi+ activist, and offers workshops for bisexual empowerment. Soudeh is an Iranian gender equality activist based in…
Research Corner: Violence & Recovery
With this issue, we re-introduce this column, under the capable supervision of Renate Baumgartner and Soudeh Rad. Renate Baumgartner is currently researching on bisexual women and their experiences of discrimination in Vienna, Austria. She holds a PhD in natural sciences, is a bi+ activist, and offers workshops for bisexual empowerment. Soudeh Rad is an Iranian…
Bisexual Health Awareness Month Highlights Social Health Issues
The Bisexual Resource Center (BRC) will celebrate Bisexual Health Awareness Month (BHAM) in March for the fourth consecutive year with the launch of a national social media campaign. BHAM aims to raise awareness of health disparities within the bi+ community and promote resources and action. This year, the campaign focuses on social health disparities and…
Research Corner: New Research Study Explores Experiences of Bisexual Women in Monogamous Relationships
By Elizabeth A. Clark, M.A. Although the past two decades have seen an increase in scholarly research about bisexuality, the life experiences of bisexual individuals are still under-researched relative to those of gay men and lesbians. A recent study conducted at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology examined the experiences of bisexual-identified women who are…
Research Corner: Sexual Identity Development Among Sexual Minority Women
By Jennifer Taub, Ph.D. In a nod to the theme of “Then and Now,” we begin with the changes in the average age at which women come out. Reliable data specifically on bisexual women are not readily available, but the ages at which young people are coming out to family and friends as bisexual, lesbian…
Research Corner: Bi women’s mental health
By Jennifer Taub Do non-heterosexual women have fewer or more mental health problems than heterosexual women? Do lesbians and bisexual women have different mental health issues? This “Research Corner” takes a look at what the small body of research differentiating bisexual women and lesbians has to say about mental health. It is safe to say…
Research Corner: How does “outness” relate to mental health for bisexual women?
By Jennifer Taub This column begins “Research Corner,”a new Bi Women feature. Each issue I will take a look at research about or of relevance to bi women. Much of the research that includes bisexual women has been in the context of studies looking at “lesbian or bisexual women,” or at women who are not…