“If you say you’re gay, very few people say, ‘Well, what do you mean?’ Bisexuals have to come out every time they walk into a room . . . I get it from both communities. We like to joke that’s the one thing straights and gays agree on: They don’t understand bisexuals" . . .

( When the bigotry comes from the straight community, it’s hurtful. But when it comes from the gay community, it’s worse-because they should understand )

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.

( Including the first openly bisexual member of the US Congress Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ); State Senator Angie Buhl (D-SD); Secretary of State Kate Brown (D-OR); State Representative Micah Kellner (D-NY); and State Representative JoCasta Zamarripa (D-WI). )

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”, ( Read more... )

Former Connecticut Democratic State Rep. Evelyn Mantilla came out as the nation’s first bisexual state official in 1997. Since then the number of bisexual state-level officials who have come out during their term has slowly grown to six.

( The six are: Evelyn Mantilla, former Connecticut State Representative; Angie Buhl, South Dakota State Senator; Micah Kellner, New York State Representative; Kyrsten Sinema, former Arizona State Senator now running for Congress; Kate Brown, Oregon Secretary of State; JoCasta Zamarripa, Wisconsin State Representative )

A long-time out & active member of the LGBTQ community, Kyrsten Sinema is running for the US Congress in Arizona’s new Congressional District 9, based in Phoenix, Tempe and the East Valley. She had previously served in the Arizona State Legislature. First elected in 2004, she was re-elected in 2006 to continue serving central Phoenix in District 15 ( Read more... )

Wisconsin State Representative JoCasta Zamarripa, a Latina of Mexican-American descent has joined a growing list of out bisexual-identified LGBTQ politicians when she came out in an interview with Georgia Pabst in her “Latino Connection” blog in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

( Zamarripa defeated challenger Laura Manriquez in the Democratic primary and no Republican has filed to run for this seat, so it seems all but certain that Representative Zamarripa will go on to fill a 2nd term. )

( says the NY Times, 'Many brave people have fought back against Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s anti-immigrant campaign. Now, with a lawsuit under way in Phoenix, their work is finally being recognized. )

It's summertime so that means It's time for the big annual BEACH PARTY at Gunnison Beach at the Gateway National Recreation Area in Sandy Hook NJ!  Believe it or not, this will be the 17th year for the Bi Bare Beach Bash!!
( Come as you are - remember, this is your party and you make it happen! )

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.
( If you identify as a bisexual or in some other way as non-monosexual man/male-identified person, I hope you will consider submitting your work. )

Does anyone know any good novels that feature bisexual characters? I've read a lot that have gay or lesbian characters, but no bisexuals.

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