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donnydamakkk · 1 year

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i feel everyone has one ship that is based in nothin but pure delusion. or, more than one. i def have more than one BUT my favorite one is beckett n lanie. idk i am jus so weak for them n they height difference makes me melt. idk everything about the what if w the two of them makes me weak fr. they would b cute. and if you ask me how i started shipping them, it's literally cus they had chemistry, were close, were both hot and were the only ladies on their show for a while; i create sapphics everywhere i go cus duh? also have mentioned their height difference? anyway, my favorite delusional ship that will have to b pried from my cold, dead hands

beckett & lanie are married w kids because i said so

#castle #kate beckett #lanie parrish #beckett x lanie #kate beckett is also one of my because i said so lesbian characters #lanie is bi #anyway they're in love #because i said so #n idc what anyone has to say about it #ro's takes

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positively-bi · 9 months

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It ain't over til the bisexual speaks...

The March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Equal Rights and Liberation took place on the 25th of April 1993 in Washington, D.C. An estimated 80,000 to over 1 million people attended.

The 1993 March was the first March on Washington to include bisexuals in the title. Out of 18 chosen speakers, only one was bisexual: Lani Ka'ahumanu.

Afterwards, she wrote an article for bisexual magazine Anything That Moves about her experience entitled "How I Spent My Two Week Vacation Being a Token Bisexual", which can be read on her website here.

The webpage also contains a transcript of the speech she made at the event, which has been copied below the cut:

Aloha, my name is Lani Ka’ahumanu, and it ain’t over til the bisexual speaks...

I am a token, and a symbol. Today there is no difference. I am the token out bisexual asked to speak, and I am a symbol of how powerful the bisexual pride movement is and how far we have come.

I came here in 1979 for the March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.

I returned in 1987 for the March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.

I stand here today on the stage of the 1993 March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Equal Rights and Liberation.

In 1987 I wrote an article on bisexuality for the Civil Disobedience Handbook titled, “Are we visible yet?”

Bisexual activists organized on the local, regional and national levels to make this March a reality.

Are bisexuals visible yet? Are bisexuals organized yet? Are bisexuals accountable yet?

You bet your sweet ass we are!

Bisexuals are here, and we’re queer.

Bisexual pride speaks to the truth of behavior and identity.

No simple either/or divisions fluid – ambiguous – subversive bisexual pride challenges both the heterosexual and the homosexual assumption.

Society is based on the denial of diversity, on the denial of complexity.

Like multiculturalism, mixed heritage and bi-racial relationships, both the bisexual and transgender movements expose and politicize the middle ground.

Each show there is no separation, that each and everyone of us is part of a fluid social, sexual and gender dynamic.

Each signals a change, a fundamental change in the way our society is organized.

Remember today.

Remember we are family, and like a large extended family, we don’t always agree, don’t always see eye to eye.

However, as a family under attack we must recognize the importance of what each and every one of us brings to our movement.

There is strength in our numbers and diversity. We are every race, class, culture, age, ability, religion, gender identity and sexual orientation.

Our visibility is a sign of revolt.

Recognition of bisexual orientation and transgender issues presents a challenge to assumptions not previously explored within the politics of gay liberation.

What will it take for the gayristocracy to realize that bisexual, lesbian, transgender, and gay people are in this together, and together we can and will move the agenda forward.

But this will not happen until public recognition of our common issues is made, and a sincere effort to confront biphobia and transphobia is made by the established gay and lesbian leadership in this country.

The broader movement for our civil rights and liberation is being held back.

Who gains when we ostracize whole parts of our family? Who gains from exclusionary politics?

Certainly not us...

Being treated as if I am less oppressed than thou is not only insulting, it feeds right in to the hands of the right wing fundamentalists who see all of us as queer.

What is the difficulty in seeing how my struggle as a mixed race bisexual woman of color is intimately related to the bigger struggle for lesbian and gay rights the rights of people of color and the rights of all women?

What is the problem?

This is not a competition.

I will not play by rules that pit me against any oppressed group.

Has the gayristocracy bought so far in to the either/or structure, invested so much in being the opposite of heterosexual that they cannot remove themselves that they can’t imagine being free of the whole oppressive heterosexist system that keeps us all down?

Bisexual, gay, lesbian, and transgender people who are out of the closet, who are not passing for anything other than who and what we are all have our necks and our lives on the line.

All our visibility is a sign of revolt.

Bisexuals are here to challenge the bigots who have denied lesbian, gay and bisexual people basic civil rights in Colorado.

Yes, Amendment 2 includes bisexual orientation.

Yes, the religious right recognizes bisexuals as a threat to “so called” family values.

Bisexuals are here to protest the military ban against lesbians, gays and bisexuals.

Yes, the Department of Defense defines bisexuals separately as a reason to be dishonorably discharged.

And yes, out bisexuals are not allowed to be foster or adoptive parents,

And yes, we lose our jobs, our children, get beaten and killed for loving women and for loving men.

Bisexuals are queer, just as queer as queer can be.

Each of us here today represents many people who could not make the trip.

Our civil rights and liberation movement has reached critical mass.

Remember today.

Remember that we are more powerful than all the hate, ignorance and violence directed at us.

Remember what a profound difference our visibility makes upon the world in which we live.

The momentum of this day can carry us well into the 21st century if we come out where ever and when ever we can.

Remember assimilation is a lie. It is spiritual erasure.

I want to challenge those lesbian and gay leaders who have come out to me privately over the years as bisexual to take the next step, come out now.

What is the sexual liberation movement about if not about the freedom to love whom we choose?

I want to encourage bisexuals in the lesbian, gay and heterosexual communities to come out now.

Remember there is nothing wrong with love. Defend the freedom to express it.

Our visibility is a sign of revolt. We cannot be stopped. We are everywhere. We are bisexual, lesbian, gay and transgender people.

We will not rest until we are all free;

We will not rest until our basic human rights are protected under federal law;

We will not rest until our relationships and families are not just tolerated but recognized, respected and valued;

We will not rest until we have a national health care system; We will not rest until there are cures for AIDS and cancer.

We deserve nothing less. Remember we have every right to be in the world exactly as we are.

Celebrate that simply and fiercely.

I love you.

Mahalo and aloha.

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hydr0phius · 3 months

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Sorry but Thra'lani (as a platonic and a romantic ship, tbh) has taken over my entire brain right now. They are sOoOooo- ahkajsjjdjssksjirjdjjrjsjfw.

#i want both of them to step on me #the bi panic is so real right now #thrawn and lani are giving old married couple vibes in treason #like: this is sO different to their ascendancy dynamic somehow but it's also similar if you know what i mean #anyway i am low key shipping them harder than i was before #:D #thra'lani #thrawn #ar'alani #hydro rambles #they are both bisexual to me and idc what anyone else here thinks

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readingbibooks · 4 months

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“A “conflict model” of bisexuality (in research circles, in researchers’ minds) assumes that homosexual interests eradicate heterosexual responsiveness - that they can’t exist peacefully side by side. But this isn’t true for a significant number of people.”

- Loraine Hutchins and Lani Ka’ahumanu, Bi Any Other Name: Bisexual People Speak Out

#Loraine Hutchins #Lani Ka’ahumanu #bi any other name

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peter1rose · 10 months

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- Lani Ka'ahumanu 1993

#how is this still so relevent..#how is it that there are still gay and lesbian organizations who deny bi and transgender people recognition in the community #dark academia #quotes #dear diary #dark academia aesthetic #light academia #books #academia #bisexual politics #queer theory #it ain't over til the bisexual speaks #lani ka'ahumanu

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robynochs · 10 months

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"Bisexuals: The neglected stepchild of the LGBTQ rights movement?"

Cliff Arneson, Lani Ka'ahumanu, ABilly S Jones-Hennin, Fiona Dawson, & I are among those interviewed.

And there's a lovely photo of Cliff and ABilly that was taken on my living room sofa.

#bisexuality #bisexual #bisexuals #bi #bi+#bisexual history #cliff arneson #lani ka'ahumanu #abilly s jones-hennin #fiona dawson #washington blade

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genderoutlaws · 2 years

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as a bi person, i feel like a lot of bi people on this site are hypersensitive to people making incorrect generalizations about what bisexuality means (or rather, what it can mean, since every bisexual is going to have a different relationship with their identity), so after they’ve encountering *some* definitions of pansexuality that imply bisexuality is transphobic/binary/less progressive, a lot of us have made pansexuals into a scapegoat to take out our frustrations on over the biphobia we encounter in online spaces (because, let’s be real, in real life most people don’t really know what pansexuality even is & after you explain it to them, most people go “okay, so kind of like bi, but maybe a little different” & personally i know people irl that use the two labels interchangeably since the reality is that both labels describe the same/similar experience of being attracted to all genders/experiencing attraction regardless of gender, depending on how people personally conceive of each identity, which is always going to vary based on personal experience). the fact of the matter is that a large chunk of modern-day biphobia harkens back to the AIDS Crisis, waaay before pansexuality was even a thing. harmful stereotypes about us & tensions between us & lesbians & gays were not caused by “pansexuality” entering the queer lexicon. there are self-identified battleaxe bisexuals on tumblr that do call out biphobia, promote bi resources, and share bi history in addition to provoking pansexuals, but there are a good amount of blogs i have seen that seem to reflect the idea that hating on pansexuals is bi activism praxis. bisexuals have every right to push back against those that reduce our identity & all that comes with it down to an ahistorically narrow definition or paint us as shallow or only caring about our partners appearance/body/sex, but telling pansexuals that they are inherently transphobic, that they’re wrong about their identity, that all bisexuals define themselves as experiencing attraction regardless of gender is just limiting how bi+ people are allowed to conceive of their own sexuality, including people that actually identify as bi. at this point, i feel like the two labels are pretty much interchangeable & the problem comes in when people try to force a clear distinction by trying to define bisexuality & pansexuality in opposition to each other. i wish more people that identify with one label more than the other or with one exclusively would say something along the lines of, “both identities describe attraction to multiple/all genders, but the label i chose is the one i’m personally comfortable with” & leave it at that. i am tired

im so tired too lol but Thank you, this was also really well said. (my only addendum if you don’t mind, is that pansexuality was emerging as an identity term pre and mid AIDS crisis! though at the time it was still mostly within BDSM/kink communities and San Francisco play parties used to describe like “i’ll top/bottom/dom/sub whoever”)

#and in the book Bi Any Other Name- lani mentions pansexuals being involved in the bi community as early as the 70s #all very interesting tho n makes me eager to dig into more bi history!#long post

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gatheringbones · 2 years

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ronda slater, what I need is: a contemplation of bisexuality, from bi any other name: bisexual people speak out, edited by Lorraine Hutchins and Lani Kaahumanu, 1991

#ronda slater #poetry #transcribe later #bi literature

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the-bi-library · 2 months

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I love this so very much

From Bi Any Other Name: Bisexual People Speak Out by Loraine Hutchins and Lani Ka'ahumanu

#bi books #lgbtq books #queer books #bi rep #Bisexual #bisexual books #bisexual rep #bisexual representation #bi nonfiction books #Nonfiction #bisexual pride #bisexual positivity #bi pride #bi positivity

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venuslore · 8 months

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𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐑

the name's vee!

mid-twenties. she/her/hers. bi. infp-t. libra. australian. hufflepuff. losercore gamer girl. hopeless romantic. lover of all things watermelon flavoured. people pleaser. proactive procrastinator. anxious lil bug. obsessor of fictional characters with daddy issues and calling middle-aged men babygirl.

spotify. wattpad. pinterest. rec blog. nsfw blog.

current objects of my desires ; steve harrington (always) , coriolanus snow , conrad fisher , peeta mellark , joel miller , sebastian sallow.

previously known as ; faeology , solarluvs , ahoymayfield , runawaymunson , euthoricspidey , wanturvideo .

some things i love

movies/tv shows ; stranger things , the hunger games , the summer i turned pretty , cyberpunk: edgerunners , outer banks , yellowjackets , marvel cinematic universe , the artful dodger , the wizarding world , star wars , heartstopper , the witcher , bridgerton , disenchantment , scott pilgrim vs the world , avatar , scream , twilight , free guy , lisa frankenstein , marmalade .

video games ; the sims 4 , cyberpunk 2077 , animal crossing , life is strange , baldur’s gate 3 , dreamlight valley , resident evil , the last of us , grand theft auto , the dark pictures , detroit: become human , star wars jedi , bully , alice: madness returns , house party , fnaf , fortnite .

music ; djo , may-a , paramore , lany , wallows , emei , boygenius , dominic fike , between friends , spacey jane , catfish and the bottlemen , robinson , bad suns , sabrina carpenter , driver era , angus & julia stone , gorillaz , tate mcrae , jade lemac , dua lipa , lizzy mcalpine , halsey , gracie abrams , royel otis , benson boone .

ᰔ some mutuals you should check out ᰔ

@amorchai , @lovebugcody , @bruisedboys , @corrodedcorpses , @bcyhoods , @moremaybank , @tinyluvs , @inkluvs , @thyme-in-a-bubble , @fxllfaiiry , @oncasette , @ghostlyfleur , @arctvrvs , @inklore , @websterss , @midniteluv , @anqeliclust , @rafesmuse , @bradshawed , @cosmicanakin !

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atthebell · 5 months

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#The man talks about how hot everyone is all the time and yall are like whatttt no hes joking #no hes not!!!! hes attracted to men!!! this should not be surprising! #sorry to harp on this like all day but like. this is my biggest pet peeve of all time and ive had a shit fucking week #im allowed to lampoon people who think queerness is a little bubble you have to put a stamp on your forehead to enter

You're so right and I never get tired of seeing your takes on this. Even now I still see people on twt saying "it could be a joke so don't take it too seriously" 😭

yeah to me it's like. if someone repeatedly implies to you that they are queer (or outright says it!!! ffs!) then you ought to believe them. stop assuming straight is the default. don't be a freak about it and expect a bunch of shit from them, roier is pretty tight-lipped about super personal stuff, but don't just assume he can't be queer unless he makes a multiparagraph statement on twitter or a whole coming out video.

i took this out of another post because i didn't want to go on too much about it, but personally ive always been bothered by the importance placed on coming out as a one-time hugely revealing event. it has never been the case for me, i think it muddies the waters of how queerness actually operates, and in terms of treating public figures with respect while still acknowledging their identities, it feels really shitty to insist that a bisexual man isn't actually bisexual unless you have a laundry list of proof, at which point he will still be doubted because people hate bisexuals. if a guy repeatedly talks about being into men and women and that's not enough for you, i don't know what to tell you. go hang out with more bisexuals, i guess.

but yeah like. idk i don't love the pressure people put on coming out, especially for public figures. and considering how many bi men in particular in the public eye have to continuously come out/get rewritten as anything else, it's just frustrating. hank green has come out like ten times since 2013!!! and only this year did people actually believe it and talk about it! and bi women get treated as a fetish or as secretly straight, because people cannot imagine bisexuality as anything beyond a phase or a transition point between being straight and monosexually gay. in the words of lani kaʻahumanu, bisexual and feminist activist, "bisexual is a whole, fluid identity" ("The Bisexual Manifesto," Anything That Moves, 1990). [if you're interested, you can find archives of Anything That Moves here]

#asks #anons #sorry had to go full bisexual #people dont see how theyre replicating harmful rhetoric when they pull this shit

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szukamznajomego · 8 months

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Hejka! Postanowiłam wrócić na Tumblra po kilku latach. Przez te kilka lat czasami tu zerkałam. Chciałabym wkońcu poznać kogoś i zacząć żyć tak, jak ja chce. Kilka lat siedziałam w domu i mało korzystałam z życia. Teraz jest odpowiednia pora :) Z tego co widzę jest tutaj dużo młodych dorosłych i ogólnie dorosłych co bardzo mnie cieszy. Coś o mnie: mam 22 lata, jestem specyficzną osobą. Interesuje się astrologią, medytacją, psychologią i ogólnie zachowaniami społecznymi. Na codzień jestem grzeczna (aż za bardzo) ale zdarzało mi sie czasami odlecieć. Chętnie poznam osobę, która myśli nietuznikowo, lubi od czasu do czasu iść na impreze, ma zainteresowania. I ma minimum 20 lat. Używki też wchodzą w grę. Oczywiście dla tych, którzy robią to z umiarem i nie za często. Jeśli ktoś jest uzależniony to proszę do mnie nie pisać. To nie jest dyskryminacja ale nie chcę mieć na tą chwilę kontaktu z takimi osobami. Wspólne wyjścia, rozmowy a może nawet przyjaźń. Słucham różnego rodzaju muzyki. Jestem wielką fanką Lany Del Rey, Miuosha i The Weeknd <3 Mieszkam na Południu Polski, więc osoby z Katowic, Gliwic czy Krakowa są mile widziane. Dziewczyny Bi, les też mogą śmiało pisać. Nie gryzę :3

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nothingunrealistic · 18 days

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a couple days ago i remembered akd’s instagram post about starting a new project in san francisco in the role of “cass” and thought to look around online for anything relevant. this casting call, from tina d’elia, came up first:

IMMEDIATE CASTING CALL! SAG Modified Feature Film Low-Budget “Outerlands” Supporting Role: Emile, 30's-40's, any race/ethnicity Daily $420; Weekly/$1,459 (+10% if applicable) Dates: Role works 5 days. Must have availability between 4/7-4/16 to submit. Location: San Francisco, CA Actors submitting for the role of Emile: We are seeking: Gay/Bi/Queer male identified talent. Project Synopsis: Starring Asia Kate Dillon (Orange Is The New Black/Billions). When CASS (28, they/them) is asked by an alluring woman they've hooked up with to watch her 11-year-old daughter while she goes out of town, Cass is eager to impress their new crush. But when the woman disappears leaving Cass as a caretaker, Cass is forced to confront the truth of their own tumultuous childhood and the pain they've been running from. EMILE: In his 30s. A server at the upscale San Francisco restaurant where CASS works, Emile is 'out', proud, and always enjoys a good time with his queer family. He’s made it his mission to break through CASS’ walls and bring them into the fold, but he pulls no punches when it comes to what he expects from a friendship. TO AUDITION FOR: please email me: [email protected] and request sides to self-tape. Please include your headshot/resume/and reel if you have one. Self-tapes due Saturday March 9th 5:00pm Callbacks: Monday March 11th in-person, San Francisco, CA (must be available) PLEASE EMAIL: [email protected] Nina Henninger Casting & Diversity Casting

so we have a project name, a plot outline, a few characters, and a casting company. looking for outerlands and nina henninger brought up another casting call posted by nina henninger casting and livia wolfe in only slightly different forms:

IMMEDIATE CASTING CALL! LOOKING FOR: TRANSGENDER FEMALE PERFORMERS OF VARIOUS ETHNICITIES. 35 - 50 YRS. IN THE S.F. BAY AREA. AUDITION FOR UPCOMING FEATURE FILM "OUTERLANDS" Starring Asia Kate Dillon! PLEASE CONTACT: NINA HENNINGER CASTING DIVERSITY CASTING [email protected] Include your contact info and a photo of yourself. PLEASE CONTACT BEFORE FEBRUARY 7TH, 2024.

and a more general search for outerlands found this casting call from estrin bergstein casting:

FEATURE FILM CASTING NOTICE Seeking: 10-12 year old biracial girl for the independent feature OUTERLANDS [LANI] Female-identified 10-12 years old, biracial. With a mother who loves her fiercely but is unreliable. Lani is used to a life of unpredictability and has learned to fend for herself. Beneath her sassy and independent exterior, Lani longs for the warmth and stability her mom can't provide. She's really into video games. [LEAD] Shooting in the San Francisco Area in July/ August 2023

obviously that filming didn’t happen, thanks to the actors’ strike.

#outerlands #casting calls #asia kate dillon

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readingbibooks · 4 months

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“Biphobia (is) the irrational fear of bisexuality in oneself or others and the distrust and discrimination practiced against us because of this fear.”

- Loraine Hutchins and Lani Ka’ahumanu, Bi Any Other Name: Bisexual People Speak Out

#Loraine Hutchins #Lani Ka’ahumanu #bi any other name

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posi-pan · 2 years

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Hi, my partner just came out as pan! Do you have any book recommendations for him to learn more about pansexual/mspec history?

Hi! Tell him I said fuck yeah! on the coming out!! So bisexual nonfiction is where you’re going to find information on pansexual and general mspec history, because most of them are actually about all mspec identity, people, and history.

So this is a list of books, newsletters, magazines, and articles that touch on or are about bi/pan/mspec history, and I've added links to where you can read these for free!

Bonus: thread of mine of 60+ free mspec nonfiction texts and the Bi Pan Library is a great resource for finding mspec nonfiction!

Anything That Moves: Beyond the Myths of Bisexuality from Bay Area Bi+ & Pan Network (formerly Bay Area Bisexual Network)

Bi America: Myths, Truths, and Struggles of an Invisible Community by William E. Burleson

Bi Any Other Name: Bisexual People Speak Out (25th Anniversary Edition) edited by Loraine Hutchins and Lani Ka’ahumanu

Bi: Notes for a Bisexual Revolution by Shiri Eisner

Bisexual and Pansexual Identities: Exploring and Challenging Invisibility and Invalidation by Nikki Hayfield

Bisexuality & HIV/AIDS: A Global Perspective edited by Rob Tielman, Manuel Carballo, and Aart Hendriks

Bisexuality in the United States: A Social Science Reader by Paula C. Rust

“Bisexual Movement” by Robyn Ochs and Liz A. Highleyman

Bisexual Politics: Theories, Queries, and Visions edited by Naomi Tucker

Bi Women Quarterly from Boston Bisexual Women’s Network

Closer to Home: Bisexuality & Feminism edited by Elizabeth Reba Weise

“The Evolution of the Bisexual Movement” by Liz A. Highleyman

Gay L.A.: A History of Sexual Outlaws, Power Politics, and Lipstick Lesbians edited by Lillian Faberman and Stuart Timmons

A History of Bisexuality by Steven Angelides

“Pansexual History: A Timeline” by me!

PoMoSexuals: Challenging Assumptions About Gender and Sexuality edited by Carol Queen and Lawrence Schimel

The Sage Encyclopedia of LGBT Studies edited by Abbie E. Goldberg

“The U.S. bisexual+ movement: a #BiWeek history lesson” by Miranda Rosenblum

This is by no means a comprehensive list, but I hope your partner (and maybe you, too) learns something from any of these and feels more connected to the community!! 💖💛💙🌈🥰

#asks #anonymous #pansexual #coming out #reference #long post #mspec #bisexual

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robynochs · 1 year

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Back in October as a part of National Coming Out Day, Mike Szymanski and the Los Angeles Bi+ Task Force invited me to join a panel called "Listen to Your Bi+ Elders: The OGs Discuss the History of Bi+ Activism." ABilly S Jones-Henin, Lorraine Hutchins, Lani Ka'ahumanu & others all joined us for a fantastic conversation!

Watch the full panel video recording above!

#bi #bisexual #bisexuality #bi+#bi plus #bi elders #lgbtq history #lgbt history #bi history #bisexual history #queer history #la bi+ task force #Youtube

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