By Lila Hartelius This university year, I’m incorporating the topic of climatechange into classes I teach in a food engineering department.At a certain point in time, I felt that to be sufficiently preparedfor work in the agri-food sector, my students should be guidedto integrate climate change into every aspect of their training,and I wanted to…
My Activism
Luiza Veado, Brazil/US I’ve pushed to include bisexual issues in the work of the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights, drafting theirfirst bi visibility day press release and also published by theindependent expert in SOGI (sexual orientation and genderidentity). I’m also the one person in the room that does notlet the acronym discussions become LGT in…
I Have This Body for a Reason: Truly Diverse Well-Being for an And/Both/All World
By Laura-Marie River Victor Peace I feel in between, in many ways, enjoying liminal spaces andbeing marginally comprehensible much of the time. I’m a ciswoman partnered with a nonbinary person who’s usually readas a man. I hesitated to claim my bi identity for years because Iwas afraid of asserting it, when most people see me…
Wampiry tęczowej plagi
Gwałtowny przypływ zmywa ulice śpiewają hymny i pedałami się huśtają, Wraz z Biblią nienawisci na cholu Aby zniszczyć to, czego nie wiedzą Kiedy wolność jest postrzegana jako grzech A ignorancja się zakorzeni i strach zapuści Marsz, który należy postrzegać jako istotę ludzką Zwiastuje nadchodzącą wojnę miłości
Vampires of the Rainbow Plague
A violent tide washes o’er the streets With Bibles of hatred in tow Pedals they swing and hymns they sing, To destroy what they don’t know When ignorance takes root and phobia springs And freedom is viewed as a sin A march to be seen as a human being Hails a war of love about…
Simple poetry // to resist and to reveal // grim realities
By Martine Mussies (Cyborg Mermaid) For living on this planet, I pay “rent.” I contribute to the worldwith my music, my research, my arts and crafts, my love andfriendship, and my writing. Although my name literally means“Little Warrior,” due to my autism I cannot join my friends onthe barricades. Therefore, I raise my voice through…
To Bi, Or Not to Bi
By Mari Wrobi It was my partner’s first Pride. He was new to identifying asbisexual and excited for the opportunity to exist in a space thatwas by and for people like him. It was my first Pride as a bisexualfemme dating a cisgender man. It felt like new territory for usboth. Him, dating someone who…
My Activism
Jennie Roberson Even though I grew up in a family that’s been involved in local and national politics for decades (I went to my first election night party when I was nine), it took me years to discern that “activism” was not justmarching in the streets. Sure, that’s showy and needed and effective, but there…
Marching Isn’t the Only Way to Be Visible
By Kamille Washington I’m terrible at protests. Terrible. I have no patience for sign-making, I’m not a natural yeller, and big crowds send me into genuine panic. If the revolution calls for a march, I’m afraid I won’t be much help. Thankfully, revolutions are made of much more than just marches. They require sustained effort…
Bi+ Community Organizer is More Like It
By Kim theBWordPoet When I first came out in 1999, I identified as lesbian. I became the President of my Gay Straight Alliance during my freshman year at Youngstown State University. I didn’t know what it meant back then to be an activist. I was doing what I loved, which was helping others find solidarity….