By Jenna Teacake Every afternoon, I go to the commons where Jess hangs out after school. I don’t go there to see Jess. I go there to buy blue Gatorade and white cheddar Cheez-Its from the vending machines before cheer practice. But Jess is always there. She’s always sitting casually at the table by the…
Around the World: Voces Fieras, Costa Rica
Voces Fieras (Fierce Voices) is a spoken word poetry group formed by sexual and gender dissident folx. As a group, Voces Fieras facilitates creative workshops and organizes artistic events. All of these spaces are means to work on healing the wounds of gender and sexual dissident women and non-binary people. Voces Fieras also holds workshops…
A Connection through Time and Space
By Franziska In the summer of 2018, three friends and I made a trip through four different countries in Europe by train to celebrate graduating from university. When we arrived in Budapest, our third stop, we left our dingy ten-bed hostel room again immediately to see the city at night and eat by the water….
My SuperSHEro
By Carla Imperial I’m dropping off our newly-minted teenager at her friend Romi’s house. I say, “Ask her if she’s up for hanging out with you outside while I do some errands. I can pick you up in a half-hour.” “Them, Mama.” “Damnit. Them. Ask them. Sorry.” Romi used to have a different name. They…
Stand Bi Us 2020: Australia/NZ Bi+ Conference
By Ann K Addley Celebrating Bi+ Visibility Day on September 23 has beengrowing in popularity since its inception in 1999. This year,despite various levels of COVID-19 lockdown, the need toconnect and celebrate our community was stronger than ever.A collective of bi+ organizers across New Zealand and Australia decided to pool their resources and create the…
Serving Up Some BACon!
By Fire Sia The Philippines is a small country in Southeast Asia that has seenmany firsts in the world, including the very first Pride March in Asiaback in 1994. During that time, the LGBT community was labeledas the gay and lesbian community with very little recognition ofbisexuals. Since then, the struggle for bi visibility has…
Panned Attempts at Dating
By Tiggy Upland “In 2000, I went on a date to a Nader rally with someoneI met on PlanetOut.com. As we waited to get in, she informed me that she almost refused to date me because myprofile said I liked Sting. OK, kinda rude. She followed itup by saying she was afraid that there would…
Love Happens
By Sara Bardhan For quite some time I treated my bisexuality with a benign attitude. Convinced it could never yield anything but hardshipsfor me, I had directed my care and nurture toward relationshipsthat would expectantly bring to me matrimony, motherhood,and love. Even as a child of nine or a pubescent teen in school, Iknew which…
Bring on the Cats
By C.K. Larsen You should know that I am terrible at dating. I’m in my thirtiesnow and haven’t entered the dating scene for at least ten years.Thankfully, I’ve been married to a wonderful, supportive husband, who loves me for who I am. I suffer from depression andanxiety, so large crowds and socializing with new people…
Finding Love with a Compass and Without
By Deb Morley Those who have known me only the past seventeen years know me as a bi woman in a long-term, monogamous relationship. You may even know me as married. Those who have known me the previous seventeen years know more. I was once asked, “What do you look for in a partner?” I…