Brenda Howard bisexual activist

Whenever (some) content providers are feeling lazy but need to (1) turn in some sort of promised work product on something ASAP and (2) want to up their hit-count without bothering to do anything original or useful there is nothing like dragging out the the old (completely false ... but who really cares? because do bisexual people even exist?) tired tropes about bisexuality.

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Source: HuffPo: Bisexuality: Is It Fun, Non Committal or Just Plain Greedy? then We're Not Bicurious - We're Bifurious! + What Part Of 'Bisexual' Don't You Understand?,   LipstickLori: Bisexuality: Myths and lazy journalism,   Bi Radical, Whipping Girl, Eponymous Fliponymous,   Closets and Criticisms of LGBT Research (Part 1) (Part 2)

Election night 2012 was a happy occasion for the bisexual community in the United States as all five openly bisexual candidates on the national and state ballots swept to victory.

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Source: BiMagazine, The Victory Fund, AZ Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema, SD State Senator Angie Buhl, Secretary of State Kate Brown, NYS Assemblyman Micah Kellner,WI State Representative JoCasta Zamarripa

After a campaign by BiNet USA and bisexuals worldwide, Google has removed “bisexual” from its list of banned words.

Los Angeles CA, September 4th 2012 - BiNet USA is pleased to confirm that Google Inc. has unblocked the term “bisexual” from its search algorithm. Now that “bisexual” is allowed, terms such as “bisexual quotes”, “bisexual rights”, and “bisexual parenting” are automatically suggested to Google users.

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Source: BiNet USA, BiMagazine, BiMedia

When introducing Bi Women Newsletter, I am frequently asked whether there is a parallel publication for bisexual men. Sadly, there is not. To help remedy this, I have decided to put out a Special Men's Issue of Bi Women. This will be in Addition To the regular quarterly issues of Bi Women.

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IMPORTANT: PLEASE SIGNAL BOOST AND X-POST THIS CALL FOR WRITING

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Source: Bi Magazine

As reported in Bi Magazine, on February 15th, 2012 BiUK, a British based umbrella organization for various bisexuality research projects and events, in collaboration with the Open University (OU) has just released "The Bisexuality Report: Bisexual inclusion in LGBT equality and diversity" (pdf).

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Don't miss New York City's popular annual celebration of Bisexual Culture! Bi Lines V: A Multi-Arts Celebration of Bisexual Writing Celebrated bisexual book authors, most finalists for the 24th Annual Lambda Literary Awards, read from their works. Plus live music, theater performance and art.

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Sometimes we don’t have to look too far to find the people who persecute members of the LGBTQ+ Community(s).

Be honest. How many of these have you used? And how many of these have been used against you?

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Remember! Even after You no longer need PFLAG - PFLAG Needs You!

Welcome 2012 in with a Bang at Bi-Fi Network's latest event for the NYC bisexual community (and friends) Cocktails: Mixed, down on West Houston Street at Madame X, NYC’s sexiest bar. We'll be serving Tea and Scones at the Cash Bar. No Cover, Dress sharp! Sunday, January 8th from 7:30-ish until late, late into the night.