Bi Women Quarterly is a grassroots publication produced by the Boston Bisexual Women’s Network. We have been in continuous publication since 1983, and are the oldest bisexual+ women’s publication in the world, with an international readership.
Bi Women Quarterly features the voices of women with bi+ sexualities (i.e., bi, pan, fluid, and other non-binary sexualities). We see “woman” as a broad category with space for an array of gender identities and expressions. We welcome contributions from bi+ women who identify as trans, non-binary, cis, and beyond.
Back issues from 2009 to the present are available here. We cover a wide range of topics, including Pop Culture, Bodies, Chosen Family, What I Want, Coming Out Stories, Violence & Recovery, Bi_ Creativity, Bi+ Spaces, Does Gender Matter, Labels, Out at Work–or Not, Partnering with Men, Pick a Side, Mixed Marriages, The Bi*-Trans* Connection, Voices of Youth, Faith & Spirit, and more.
Issues from 1983-1998 have been digitized and are available at Harvard University’s Schlesinger Library. This resource is available to researchers and to the general public through Harvard’s catalog and directly on the web. Here is a 10/24/2016 post from the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study about this project.
Articles and artwork appearing in the Bi Women Quarterly are copyrighted by the authors and artists.
ISSN 2834-510X
The Boston Bisexual Women’s Network is an all-volunteer organization based in Boston.
IF YOU LIVE IN THE BOSTON AREA…
We host social events for Boston-area bi+ women and their women friends. Want to host one of our monthly brunches, volunteer, or help out with our website (we use WordPress), or otherwise volunteer? Or, if you’re a student, consider an internship. If you are interested in helping out, please click here. And, of course, we welcome (need!) your donations.
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Robyn Ochs, Editor
Robyn Ochs is an educator, speaker, grassroots activist, and editor of Bi Women Quarterly and two anthologies: the 42-country collection Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World and RECOGNIZE: The Voices of Bisexual Men. An advocate for the rights of people of ALL orientations and genders to live safely, openly and with full access and opportunity, Robyn’s work focuses on increasing awareness and understanding of complex identities and mobilizing people to be powerful allies to one another within and across identities and social movements. Robyn was recently named by Teen Vogue as one of “9 Bisexual Women Who are Making History.”
Avery Friend, Assistant Editor
Avery Friend is a long-time BWQ subscriber and delighted to be joining the team as Assistant Editor. Avery was born and raised in the Greater New Orleans area, where she studied Creative Writing. Since moving to Maine in 2017, she has held professional and volunteer roles across several nonprofits, and her current role at Bowdoin College sits at the intersection of higher education and community engagement. She additionally works part-time for MaineTransNet, a community-based organization dedicated to supporting and uplifting transgender people in Maine. As a bi, queer, sapphic, ace-ish woman whose relationship with each of these identities has and continues to evolve in ways that never fail to excite her, Avery is passionate about queer representation of all forms. You can often find her reading poetry or sapphic romance, watching her favorite sci-fi shows, hanging out with her cats, or traveling with her friends.
Melissa Rorech, Assistant Editor
Melissa Rorech has been an LGBTQ+ advocate for several years. As someone who identifies as bi, she makes it a point to write articles that help the queer community and uplift LGBTQ+ voices through her editing as well. Rorech has written for publications like USA Today, Reviewed, LGBTQ Nation, and more. She has experience in not only journalism, but video producing, social media management, and more. She currently lives in Boston and spends her free time reading, embroidering, and drinking lots of coffee. Melissa is super excited to be joining the BWQ team in an effort to continue featuring and highlighting a wide variety of different experiences in the queer community, making sure everyone’s voice is heard.
Jo-Anne Carlson, Arts Editor
Staff - contact us about joining our team.
Josephine Kelly – Community Outreach Manager
Email BiWomenEditor@gmail.com for volunteer and internship opportunities.
Board of directors:
Ellyn Ruthstrom
Ellyn Ruthstrom has been a longstanding member of the Boston Bisexual Women’s Network and is a past editor of Bi Women, the precursor to the Bi Women Quarterly. Ellyn is the Executive Director of SpeakOUT Boston, an LGBTQ+ speakers bureau, and has been an activist within the progressive movements for many years. She is the past president of the Bisexual Resource Center and was the co-organizer of the first White House Roundtable on Bisexual Issues in 2013 during the Obama Administration. She’s also a writer, editor, quilter, and baker.
JO-ANNE CARLSON
Jo-Anne Carlson is an artist, musician, and writer. She also has an MBA in operations management and loves languages, especially Spanish, German, and French. She has been a proofreader and contributor to Bi Women Quarterly for many years and loves it!
Marya t. Mtshali
Marya T. Mtshali, PhD is a sociologist, postdoctoral research fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, and a lecturer in Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Harvard University. She has written for The Nation, Vox, and Cosmopolitan, and her research and commentary have been featured in places such as USA Today, The New York Times, National Journal, and Business Insider. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, cooking, indoor gardening, music, reading, and spending time with her dog Tesla and her cats LuLu and Jax.
Robyn Ochs
Robyn Ochs Ed.M is an educator, speaker, grassroots activist, and editor of BWQ and two anthologies: the 42-country collection Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World and RECOGNIZE: The Voices of Bisexual Men. An advocate for the rights of people of ALL orientations and genders to live safely, openly, and with full access and opportunity, Robyn’s work focuses on increasing awareness and understanding of complex identities and mobilizing people to be powerful allies to one another within and across identities and social movements. She has been involved with BWQ since it was started in 1983. She lives in Boston with her wife, Peg, and their felines Maggie and Percy.
