Thread by @sharpe_bri, It's bi visibility day; I've identified as bi for a loong time, [...]

It's bi visibility day; I've identified as bi for a loong time, but writing as a vocation has let me explore what that means. Grateful for the bi+ friends I lean on, writers/ activists/academics I've learned from, editors who let me write about bi stuff. So, words by me & others:

https://www.dailyxtra.com/why-do-bisexual-women-experience-such-high-rates-of-poor-health-162285

Why do bisexual women experience such high rates of poor health? | Xtra Magazine

Growing up in Lima, Peru, in the 1990s, Valeria Saavedra felt she was different, but it would take her years to figure out why. “My friends and the other childr

https://www.dailyxtra.com/why-do-bisexual-women-experience-such-high-rates-of-poor-health-162285

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/11-people-explain-what-bi-visibility-means-to-them by @literElly

11 People Explain What Bi+ Visibility Means to Them

"Being visibly bi is an act of education and resistance."

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/11-people-explain-what-bi-visibility-means-to-them

This rad zine put together by @TiffanySostar https://tiffanysostar.com/an-ocean-of-possibilities-zine/

An Ocean of Possibilities zine » Tiffany Sostar

An Ocean of Possibilities is a zine created to celebrate Bi+ Visibility Week 2020. Poetry, essays, fiction, and art.

https://tiffanysostar.com/an-ocean-of-possibilities-zine/

by @RachelCharleneL https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/merriam-webster-bisexual-definition

Why Bisexuals Are Fighting to Update the Definition of Bisexuality

Merriam-Webster finally changed their definition of bisexuality. Is it a win for bisexuals, or more of the same?

https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/merriam-webster-bisexual-definition

https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/bisexual-parents-prejudices-seeking-community_ca_5f523d7ec5b6946f3eb0bae6

Why Bisexual And Pansexual Parents Struggle To Find Community

Erasure and invisibility can make it hard to feel at home.

https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/bisexual-parents-prejudices-seeking-community_ca_5f523d7ec5b6946f3eb0bae6

https://www.dailyxtra.com/coming-out-to-strangers-love-like-mine-178726 by Xiaoxiao Meng

I find myself through coming out to strangers, again and again | Xtra Magazine

If they say something ignorant or hurtful, I can choose to never see them again. I don’t have that option with my loved ones

https://www.dailyxtra.com/coming-out-to-strangers-love-like-mine-178726

https://www.cbc.ca/parents/learning/view/im-bisexual-married-to-a-man-and-im-a-mother-and-i-can-be-all-those-things

I’m Bisexual, I’m Married to a Man and I’m a Mother — And I Can Be All of Those Things | Learning

Unless I specifically choose to come out — which I do, constantly, sometimes exhaustingly — I’m heterosexual until proven otherwise, especially in parenting spaces.

https://www.cbc.ca/parents/learning/view/im-bisexual-married-to-a-man-and-im-a-mother-and-i-can-be-all-those-things

https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a33406160/riverdale-bernadette-beck-racism-tokenism/ by @gabalexa

'Riverdale' Actress Bernadette Beck on How the Show Fails Its Black Characters

In an exclusive interview, the actress discusses what life is really like on set for a Black woman.

https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a33406160/riverdale-bernadette-beck-racism-tokenism/

https://www.dailyxtra.com/slaying-heteronormativity-with-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-119155

Slaying heteronormativity with Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Xtra Magazine

It’s Episode 16, Season 4, of the popular TV show Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

https://www.dailyxtra.com/slaying-heteronormativity-with-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-119155

https://www.autostraddle.com/always-in-the-middle-on-being-biracial-bisexual/ by Kirthan Aujlay

Always In The Middle: On Being Biracial & Bisexual | Autostraddle

Perhaps my identity oscillates at times but in a world that attempts to force me to choose one side of a binary, I remain firmly in the middle.

https://www.autostraddle.com/always-in-the-middle-on-being-biracial-bisexual/

https://www.dailyxtra.com/the-ongoing-search-for-bisexual-guys-in-pop-culture-115045 by @FABlichert

The ongoing search for bisexual guys in pop culture | Xtra Magazine

I’d just watched a sex scene between two men who had, in the same episode, demonstrated sexual attraction for women.

https://www.dailyxtra.com/the-ongoing-search-for-bisexual-guys-in-pop-culture-115045

I have to go tend to some tiny humans, but I'll be back for more! Add your own faves if anyone's out there reading this and feeling inspired!

I guess I should tag this thread..... #bisexualvisibilityday

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