Category: 2009 Spring – Allies
From your editor: Allies
The theme of this issue is “Allies.” Th is topic is very important to me. Thinking back to the “bad old days” when out bisexuals were even fewer than today, and we were subjected to relentless biphobia, having our identities,...
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Why I Am a Bi Ally
By Cathy Renna One of the most interesting parts of being an ally—for me at least—is the reaction...
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How To Be an Ally To a Bisexual Person
By Ellyn Ruthstrom I was walking down the street in Jamaica Plain a few days ago when two people...
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Bis Around the World: Eva Lee in Beijing, China
Interview by Robyn Ochs RO: Eva, what a pleasure it is to speak with you! Please tell us about...
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Getting Bi in a Changing Landscape: a view from Creating Change ‘09
By Amanda Morgan I only heard about Creating Change fairly recently. In the winter of ‘08, I heard...
Read MoreOn Being an Ally
By Rea Carey, Executive Director of The Task Force The Task Force builds the grassroots power of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. As part of a broader social justice movement, we work to create a...
Read MoreInternal Allies, Always Learning: Snapshot of a Dialogue
By Gina Siesing and her friend Jenn Gina’s Reflections: I was in Northampton, in the campus center at Smith College, hanging out with a good friend from the martial arts world and talking in a far-ranging way about feminist and...
Read MoreLisa and Me
By Dave Herman Back in college, I told my girlfriend that I had once briefly dated a boy, and she very nearly dumped me. A man who would even consider kissing another man did not fit the role she had imagined for me. So years...
Read MoreExpanding Allies
By Lindsay Maddox Pratt Working in gender-justice work, the subject of allies comes up frequently in my life. “How to be a good ally” is an ongoing conversation that I have with faculty and staff at the college where I work and...
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Revolution No. 8
I’ve been waving a sign on street corners since H8 passed: “Black
Queers.” Responses have varied—from honks of support to looks of
disapproval from both blacks and whites. A black woman came up to me at a rally and asked me if I didn’t think the sign was offensive to blackpeople. I said, “It’s who I am, and people should know.”
News Briefs: Allies
Majority of Mass. Legislators Co-sponsor An Act Relative to Gender-Based Discrimination and Hate...
Read MoreBi Programming at the APA Convention
By Kimberly Jorgensen, MA The annual convention of the American Psychological Association (APA) was held August 14-17 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. During this year’s convention the Society for the...
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