By Darcy Isla I am supposed to be writing a poemabout Mileva Marić but with you homed in the top-right corner of my screen brown skin glowing in the incidental triangles of morning light your face of concerned concentration directed at the screen long hair free asymmetrical slack-neck black top—professional, but tired human, intimate face…
Bi Example
By S. Me: “Could we speak, please?” Z: “Sure.” I had never met Z before. I attended a workplace conference and heard Z speak. This beautiful radiant woman spoke at length with a lovely warm smile. As I was listening to her speak, I felt this sudden urge—I must speak with her. What would I…
Art: Mask
This is my mask! I made it using acrylic pens and iridescentmedium. Its dimensions are 7” x 4” x 7.” The way Iwould describe the mask is that it has a dramatic androgynousneutral affect, and the forehead may imply a tired look. Cheryl Williams is a bisexual artist & songwriter from Boston! She has been…
Mardi and Wayne
By Neen Chapman I don’t really have role models. By definition, a “role model” is a person looked to by others as an example to be imitated. Throughout my 50 years living, I’ve always had to find my own way in the world. Though, yes, I do admit, there was a time in the ’80s…
#BiCONS
Compiled by Robyn Ochs I posted the following question on social media: “Question for the #BiHive: Who are your bi+ role models, and why?” Here, with permission of the authors, are some of the many responses I received: Margaret Robinson (Toronto, ON, Canada):When I first joined Bisexual Women of Toronto around 1999, it was mostly run…
A Girl Named Masiel
By Maria Rodriguez Puzo I do not know Masiel personally. I have never smelled her or touched her hands; however, something about her reminds me that I am alive. I don’t know Masiel; I just follow her profile on Facebook. I follow the girl who writes her name backward and appears to everyone as Lesiam…
Before There Were Heroes
By Rev. Kimberley Debus As a young queer cis woman in the ‘70s and ‘80s, I was already the beneficiary of those who came before. In my teens, I was introduced to the music of Chris Williamson, Meg Christian, and Holly Near. I discovered Rita Mae Brown’s novel Rubyfruit Jungle and the poetry of Adrienne…
My Bi Bestie
By Jini Z. Jessica and I met when we were 12 years old in the lunch line. She complimented the shirt I was wearing and, naturally, we have been best friends ever since. Jessica is funny, blunt, brilliant, slightly hedonistic, and one of the most loyal people I know. I’m significantly more of a people-pleaser,…
Socializing Under Doress
By Jen Bonardi The COVID-19 pandemic robbed us of many small businesses that we hoped would thrive well beyond 2020—cafes, bars, theatres, all struggling and finally collapsing under the weight of a stalled economy. Events management in the time of social distancing grew anemic and, as the winter solstice approached, only the heartiest of Bostonians…
To Be Like June
By Carlina Green “She is among the bravest of us, the most outraged. She feels for all. She is the universal poet.” This is how Alice Walker described poet, teacher, and activist June Jordan, my #bicon and role model.1 Active in the civil rights, anti-war, feminist, and queer liberation movements, Jordan used her poetry as…