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Bisexual People Despite comprising more than half of the lesbian, gay, and bisexual community, bisexual people are under-reported or poorly reported by media, erasing their presence as well as their specific experiences and challenges, leading many people who are bisexual to feel misunderstood and isolated. Bisexual, Bi, Bi+ An adjective used to describe […]

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On Bisexual Visibility Day, we not only applaud the visibility of out bisexual+ people, but we call attention to the misinformation about bisexual+ people that too often exists in the media and within the broader LGBTQ community.  In January of 2019, pioneering bisexual+ advocate Robyn Ochs reached out to Merriam-Webster and asked them to […]

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What is #BiWeek? Annually, from September 16-23, GLAAD, the Bisexual Resource Center, and Still Bisexual recognize the bisexual+ community for Bisexual Awareness Week, culminating in Celebrate Bisexuality+ Day on September 23. Bisexual+ Awareness Week seeks to accelerate the acceptance of the bi+ (bisexual, pansexual, fluid, no label, queer, etc.) community. #BiWeek draws attention to […]

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[…] assigning them a label. Outside of acronyms, these terms should only be capitalized when used at the beginning of a sentence.   LGBTQ Acronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer. The Q generally stands for queer when LGBTQ organizations, leaders, and media use the acronym. In settings offering support for youth, it can […]

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Welcome to the start of Bisexual+ Awareness Week (#BiWeek)! In preparation for the content coming out of GLAAD around the experiences of the bi+ community, below is a (non-exhaustive) list of common terms frequently used within the bi+ community as well as some common myths and ways to confront them. TERMS Bisexual/Bi A person […]

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Bisexual erasure or bisexual invisibility is a pervasive problem in which the existence or legitimacy of bisexuality (either in general or in regard to an individual) is questioned or denied outright. For example, two married women might spend time in community spaces dominated by lesbians. Perhaps one of the women is bisexual and […]

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New York, NY – GLAAD, the world’s leading lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy organization, today released In Focus: Reporting on the Bisexual Community for journalists reporting on the topic. The guide was created in partnership with BiNet USA, Bisexual Organizing Project, and Bisexual Resource Center and will be a useful resource for […]

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