Category: 2019 Spring – Firsts
Comic by Why Not Both Co
Jun 21, 2021 | 2019 Spring - Firsts
Why Not Both Co is a bisexual duo consisting of AV and Amanda Wells who create queer webcomics....
Read MoreFrom the Editor: Firsts
May 1, 2019 | 2019 Spring - Firsts, Editor's Note
Dear Reader, The theme of this issue is “Firsts.” We asked: “What ‘firsts’ have been significant to you? A first awareness, first kiss, first relationship, first sexual experience? A first with someone of a particular gender? A...
Read MoreFacing the Fear Dragon
May 1, 2019 | 2019 Spring - Firsts, Articles
By Becca Flintham — When did you first know? (That I was bisexual. Queer. Attracted to women, to...
Read MoreAn Ode to Tinder
May 1, 2019 | 2019 Spring - Firsts, Articles
By Amanda Rose The first time I saw a naked woman with my own eyes was on my very first date with...
Read MoreAround the World: Noelia Mellado Pozas, Palma de Mallorca (Belearic Islands), Spain
May 1, 2019 | 2019 Spring - Firsts, Around the World, Articles
Interview by Robyn Ochs Noelia Mellado Pozas leads the Bisexual Policy Group of FELGTB, Spain’s...
Read MoreFourteen Things I’ve Learned From Dating A Trans Girl For The First Time
May 1, 2019 | 2019 Spring - Firsts, Articles
By Amanda Torres-Lantz Two years ago, I would have told you that I was afraid of not being an informed enough ally to date a trans person. When I started dating someone who identified as trans femme, I didn’t even know what that...
Read MoreI, the worst of all
May 1, 2019 | 2019 Spring - Firsts, Articles
By Alicia González She was the Sun. She was that kind of woman that could attract you into an...
Read MoreEdna
May 1, 2019 | 2019 Spring - Firsts, Articles, Poetry
By Jan Steckel My grandparents’ Brazilian cookdanced with a band at night.Evenings, she’d...
Read MoreSecond Baby, First Awakening
May 1, 2019 | 2019 Spring - Firsts, Articles, Poetry
By Beth Innis Being attracted to all genders never seemed weirdEspecially if I never spoke of itBeing attracted to all genders never seemed oddEspecially if I married a manBeing attracted to all genders never seemed...
Read MoreFirst Menage à Trois
May 1, 2019 | 2019 Spring - Firsts, Articles, Poetry
By Jane Barnes 1/16/19 we tried swinging two straightcouples and he was nicer thanRichard then another timeRichard was late and we three got impatient and Don said to meDid you ever consider… Laura?Yes, I said, so he politelygot...
Read MoreLate-Blooming
May 1, 2019 | 2019 Spring - Firsts, Articles, Poetry
By Samantha Pious Pink and silver flowers raining downfloat lingering, all around me, in mid-air...
Read MoreSome First Steps Are Missteps, Too
May 1, 2019 | 2019 Spring - Firsts, Articles
By Alissa Morgan I don’t remember the first time I encountered the word bisexual. Certainly, it...
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