#difemina

thefayth:

As I say daily, “Bi is not binary” (thinking of making t-shirts and a banner at this point).

So grateful for the consistent advocacy of so many fellow non monosexual community members working hella hard to disprove a fallacy that murders bi, pan, fluid, queer (bi+) people by isolating them from each other and the full embrace of a 50 year old bisexual movement started by self described punks, freaks, and waaaaaay outside the binary box thinkers. How dare anyone try to redefine our identity against us.

I’ve decided to protest that wherever I go, wherever I be…sorry/not sorry, if that bothers you…

**Photo Caption**
BiNet USA President Faith Cheltenham, a Black bi, pan, fluid and queer activist stands facing camera with blue hair, unflinching in the face of biphobia (trust her, it IS out there).

**Photo Credit**
Deborah Atwater

**Further reading**
https://radicalbi.wordpress.com/2011/02/22/words-binary-and-biphobia-or-why-bi-is-binary-but-ftm-is-not/ (by bi theorist Shiri Eisner who began the “say bisexuality is binary one more time” meme in 2013.

http://juliaserano.blogspot.com/2012/11/bisexuality-and-binaries-revisited.html (Trans-bi author and critical genius Julia Serano expands on 2010 classic ode “Bisexuality does not reinforce the gender binary”)

http://www.writewhereithurts.net/whats-in-a-name-on-bi-and-pan-sexualities/ (Excellent recent analysis exploring how binary based biphobia attacks undermine bi, pan, fluid, queer (bi+) communities)

https://thetaskforceblog.org/2014/09/30/biphobia-not-in-my-name/
(One of my favorite writers, and my friend Aud Traher’s classic take on binary bisexual accusations and how they hurt bi-trans-non binary people like them)

http://binetusa.blogspot.com/2014/01/1990-bi-manifesto.html
(Historical evidence from national bi magazine manifesto that rejects the idea of binary genders over 25 years ago, but yeah way to catch up with us on the topic.)

The greatest wealth is health.~Virgil​

[USA]:It’sLGBTQ Enrollment Week of Action-open enrollment means open for everyone, including ALL bisexuals+ their families and friends! So we are getting the word out to the Entire Bisexual Community​ this holiday season!  Get Medical Coverage, then Get That Check-Up and Be Healthy!

And it helps that it’s cheaper and easier than ever before to get financial help and Get Covered for 2017.  So CLICK THE LINK and give yourself and your loved ones the Gift of Health Care this Holiday Season. 

Note:Bisexual+(Bi+ for short) is just *shorthand* for ALL Non-Monosexual people inclusive of but not limited to: Bisexual & Biromantic as well as Ambisexual, Flexisexual, Fluid, Heteroflexible & Homoflexible, Multisexual, No Labels, Omnisexual, Pansexual, Polysexual, Pomosexual, SGL (Same-gender Loving), Sapiosexual, Queer-identified, Questioning et al.

Additionally the Bisexual+ Community has always/will always include people of ALL genders/gender identification including but not limited to: Androgynous, Cis, Genderqueer, Gender-Nonconforming, Non-binary, Trans, et al.

“We have not made a single gain in civil rights without determined … nonviolent pressure.  It is a historical fact that privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily.”   ~ the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.​  “Letter from a Birmingham Jail" (1963)

currently-madeoflove:

bisexual-community:

Positively Bi+: One day someone pissed me off. So I turned it into a thesis on biphobia.

WELL DONE!

bisexual-community:

Dear #LGBTQ leaders @ #WomensMarch,

Please remember to include #Bisexual+ when you talk about #Queer community. It matters.

Thank you.
Sara Ramirez

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Note: There has been much debate within the main organizing committee Women’s March deciding on wording, who was explicitly included, etc. At first it was Lesbians, then Lesbian and Queer, then went to LGTQ+(without the B), and so on and so forth.  When politely asked to also remember and include Bi+ Women (x) (x) (x) etc, for whatever reason the organizers then chose to move to Queer only, rather than to also just #SayBisexual.

[Update: after much outcry currently it’s now been changed to LGBTQIA, the wording on this & some other issues(ieTrans inclusion vs TERF, Sex-workers rights via anti’s, Bisexual+ people vs monosexual, etc.) has been contentious and changing quickly, so it’s been difficult to keep up … so if it is changed again no disrespect or attempts to be deceptive or inaccurate meant]

Sadly a great deal of the problem is that (as usual) no one reached back, when representitives of the bisexual+ community reached out to Women’s March to try to participate.  It’s a constant problem. Even well meaning would be/should be“allies” (1) assume that Some Gay Group will “take care of you people” or (2) it never occurs to (some #NotAll) people that bi+ people are active and organized, except for maybe swingers clubs or hook-up apps. 

While it sounds like a joke, it’s a real long-running issue and causes no end of trouble.  And so far no one has come up with a way to correct it. 

binetusa:

“We have not made a single gain in civil rights without determined … nonviolent pressure.  It is a historical fact that privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily.”   ~ the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.​  “Letter from a Birmingham Jail“ (1963)

thefayth:

As I say daily, “Bi is not binary” (thinking of making t-shirts and a banner at this point).

So grateful for the consistent advocacy of so many fellow non monosexual community members working hella hard to disprove a fallacy that murders bi, pan, fluid, queer (bi+) people by isolating them from each other and the full embrace of a 50 year old bisexual movement started by self described punks, freaks, and waaaaaay outside the binary box thinkers. How dare anyone try to redefine our identity against us.

I’ve decided to protest that wherever I go, wherever I be…sorry/not sorry, if that bothers you…

**Photo Caption**
BiNet USA President Faith Cheltenham, a Black bi, pan, fluid and queer activist stands facing camera with blue hair, unflinching in the face of biphobia (trust her, it IS out there).

**Photo Credit**
Deborah Atwater

**Further reading**
https://radicalbi.wordpress.com/2011/02/22/words-binary-and-biphobia-or-why-bi-is-binary-but-ftm-is-not/ (by bi theorist Shiri Eisner who began the “say bisexuality is binary one more time” meme in 2013.

http://juliaserano.blogspot.com/2012/11/bisexuality-and-binaries-revisited.html (Trans-bi author and critical genius Julia Serano expands on 2010 classic ode “Bisexuality does not reinforce the gender binary”)

http://www.writewhereithurts.net/whats-in-a-name-on-bi-and-pan-sexualities/ (Excellent recent analysis exploring how binary based biphobia attacks undermine bi, pan, fluid, queer (bi+) communities)

https://thetaskforceblog.org/2014/09/30/biphobia-not-in-my-name/
(One of my favorite writers, and my friend Aud Traher’s classic take on binary bisexual accusations and how they hurt bi-trans-non binary people like them)

http://binetusa.blogspot.com/2014/01/1990-bi-manifesto.html
(Historical evidence from national bi magazine manifesto that rejects the idea of binary genders over 25 years ago, but yeah way to catch up with us on the topic.)

bisexual-community:

[Image: A mother reading a picture book to her child. The image is done in a traditional Chinese Paper Cutting style (剪纸). It is set on a background of the Bisexual Pride Flag with flower highlights picked out in the colours of the LGBTQ Rainbow Pride Flag. The sentiment “Happy Mother’s Day” is written around the borders in English, Chinese, Korean + Vietnamese]

Apphia Kumar will be a keynote speaker at ‪the BECAUSE 2016 Conference

Owning her bisexual label since she was 19, Apphia is warrior, a survivor, the voice in the room reminding it to be bi-inclusive refusing to tip-toe around biphobia and bi erasure, a hugaholic, a poet who loves to sing. She founded an LGBTQ support group in her hometown in Pune, the bustling high-tech hub 100 miles outside Mumbai India called “Birds of a Feather”; moderates and hosts BOZ an online group for Bisexuals in/from India; contributed to “Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals around the World”; and is currently the Board Chair for SALGA-NYC, New York’s largest South Asian LGBTQ organization.

Apphia is the first known asylee who was granted asylum in the USA as an out bisexual and is currently working on Immigration Issues through the Bisexual experience.  ​

Please join us for BECAUSE(ie “Bisexual Empowerment Conference, A Uniting Supportive Experience”) the annual Midwestern USA Bisexual+ Conference this weekend Friday April 8th thru Sunday April10th at the University of Minnesota in the Coffman Memorial Union, 3rd floor, Minneapolis MN USA.

 NOTE:It is very important to us that this conference is accessible to everyone. Because of this, we ask that you think critically about what you’re able to contribute; whether that’s more than $70 or less. Pay more if you can, less if you can’t! No one will be turned away due to inability to pay.

Looking forward to seeing EVERYONE this weekend!

[Minneapolis, MN]:  Bi+ Book Club

Twin Cities folks! The Bisexual Organizing Project (BOP) is so excited about their newBi+ Book Club! If you love to read and love to talk about books, please join us on the evening of Wednesday, September 7th 2016 starting at 7:30 pm at the Minneapolis Central Library (part of Hennepin County Library).

TheBisexual Organizing Project (BOP)’sBi+ Book Club for the entire Bisexual+ Community is a place to read fiction, biography, creative non-fiction, history, theory, and activist works.

So please come join us to discuss readings and ideas about, for, and by #bisexual+ and other non-monosexualfolks.

Can’t make it tonight? Join the  Bisexual Organizing Project Meetup to keep up with this and all other of the many events BOP organizes for the Bi+ Community in the Twin Cities area. 

wlwfiction:

23 September is Bisexual Visibility Day, so WLWFiction is recommending books about bisexual/pansexual ladies!

* indicates the author is bisexual/pansexual/attracted to multiple genders

# indicates author of colour

Middle Grade

• Drum Roll, Please by Lisa Jenn Bigelow
  
• Star-Crossed by Barbara Dee
  

Young Adult

• Leah on the Offbeat (Simonverse #3) by Becky Albertalli
• Six of Crows series by Leigh Bardugo
• How to Make a Wish by Ashley Herring Blake *
• Girl Made of Stars by Ashley Herring Blake *
• Nothing Happened by Molly Booth *
  
• Prisoners of Peace series by Erin Bow *
• Echo After Echo by Amy Rose Capetta *
• Fire (Graceling Realm #2) by Kristin Cashore
• Girlhood by Cat Clarke
• We Are Young by Cat Clarke
• Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert #
• Labyrinth Lost (Brooklyn Brujas #1) by Zoraida Cordova #
• Of Fire and Stars series by Audrey Coulthurst
• Otherbound by Corinne Duyvis *
  
• Ida by Alison Evans *
  
• Spellbook of the Lost and Found by Moira Fowley-Doyle *
  
• The Resolutions by Mia Garcia #
• Full Disclosure by Camryn Garrett
  
• Seraphina series by Rachel Hartman *
• For a Muse of Fire series by Heidi Heilig *#
• The Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza by Shaun David Hutchinson
• Dread Nation series by Justina Ireland *#
• That Inevitable Victorian Thing by E. K. Johnston
• The Gallery of Unfinished Girls by Lauren Karcz
• Run by Kody Keplinger *
• The Survivor’s Club series by Casey Lawrence *
• Not Your Sidekick (Sidekick Squad #1) by C. B. Lee *#
• Adaptation series by Malinda Lo #
• The Spy with the Red Balloon (Balloonmakers #2) by Katherine Locke *
  
• On the Outside by Siera Maley
• Reign of the Fallen series by Sarah Glenn Marsh *
• When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore *#
• Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore *#
• Blanca & Roja by Anna-Marie McLemore *#
• The Unbinding of Mary Reade by Miriam McNamara
• People Like Us by Dana Mele *
• We Set the Dark on Fire series by Tehlor Kay Mejia *#
• The Elementals (The Vespertine #3) by Saundra Mitchell *
• Future Leaders series by Emily O’Beirne
• Radio Silence (Solitaireverse #2) by Alice Oseman
  
• Like Water by Rebecca Podos *
• The Last 8 series by Laura Pohl *#
• Final Draft by Riley Redgate *#
• Fever Crumb series by Phillip Reeve
• Far From You by Tess Sharpe *
• The Sterling Wayfairer series by G. L. Tomas *#
• Shallow Graves by Kali Wallace
• Code Name Verity series by Elizabeth Wein
• Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde *
  
• The Brightsiders by Jen Wilde *

New Adult:

• Out On Good Behaviour (Radleigh University #3) by Dahlia Adler *
  
• The Melody of You and Me (Lillac Town #1) by M. Hollis
  
• ‘Learning Curves’ series by Ceillie Simkiss *
  
• Friends That Have Sex series by G. L. Tomas *#
• Wander This World by G. L. Tomas *#
  
• Black Iris (Black Iris #1) by Elliot Wake *#
• Cam Girl (Black Iris #2) by Elliot Wake *#
  
• ‘Hurricane Heels’ by Isabel Yap *# [free online]

Adult:

• ‘The Perseverance of Angela’s Past Life’(Prudence and the Dragon #2) by Zen Cho # [free online]
• Goddess by Kelly Gardiner
  
• ‘Wet Nails’ by Shira Glassman *
  
• ‘Lioness in Blue’ by Shira Glassman *
• ‘Knit One, Girl Two’ by Shira Glassman *
  
• ‘Cinnamon Blade: Knife in Shining Armor’ by Shira Glassman *
  
• Into the Drowning Deep (Rolling in the Deep #1) by Mira Grant *
  
• A Map of Home by Randa Jarrar *#
  
• Down Among the Sticks and Bones (Wayward Children #2) by Seanan McGuire *
  
• The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
  
• The Privilege of the Sword (Riverside #2) by Ellen Kushner *
• False Hearts (Pacifica #1) by Laura Lam *
  

Hi y’all! So, I’ve had a blast running this blog for the last year and a half, but unfortunately my life is making a lot of (exciting!!) changes, meaning I can no longer dedicate the time necessary to keep this blog running at it’s previous quality. 

I decided, instead of just letting it die, to open up mod applications. If no one applies, or there are no applicants I feel will keep this a safe, positive space for all sapphic women, then the blog will be archived and that is that. However, maybe you (yes, you!) can keep this blog alive, and possibly turn it into something even better than before!

Some ground rules before you apply, that extend beyond simply making graphics and adding them to the queue: 

• Acknowledge this is first a foremost a positive space. You may get “discoursey” asks. You need to delete them. You will also get a plethora of homophobic, biphobic asks, including from straight people. You need to delete them. There are other blogs for that kind of content, this is not one of them. Exceptions are if you once and a while make a joke about a ridiculous ask, or if you think there’s an opportunity for a teaching moment (some examples here)
  
• Acknowledge this is a safe space for ALL sapphic women. This include trans and nonbinary sapphic women. Aromantic and asexual sapphic women. Sapphic women of color. All lbpq women. If you feel you cannot do this, please do not apply. 
• Acknowledge that this is a space where all women who love women are the same. I am aware that there are differences between bi women, and lesbians and the like. There are blogs to discuss those differences but this is not one of them. Finding female characters that are into other ladies is so rare and difficult already, and this was created to be a blog that didn’t focus on these women’s individual identities, but on their love of women overall! Keep it as a friendly, useful, and unifyingplace! 
• BE NICE. You will get asks that seem silly, that seem repetitive. But especially if that ask comes from another sapphic woman and it’s not malicious, respond respectfully and with kindness. 

Here is a link to the application, which includes creating a blog image using the provided template, as well as other things. Even if you don’t think you’re interested, spreading the word would be lovely! I don’t want to see this blog fall to the wayside. Thanks <3