I want to let you know about an exciting event coming up in Boston in just a couple of weeks. As you probably know, September 23rd is National Celebrate Bisexuality Day. (You don’t have to be bisexual to celebrate, by the way.) And, in honor of the occasion, the Bisexual Resource Center, which is a […]

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The Center for Sex and Culture turned it out last night! They hosted a show called Original Sin, which was curated by Wendy Delorme and Billie Sweet — and it was the place to be. There was spoken word, burlesque, stripping, singing, dancing, experimental film, and a gorgeous and lovely vibe created by all the […]

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School’s starting again soon, and what better time to think about diversifying the LGBTQ educational programming on your local campus! If you’re a studenty, faculty, or staff member at a university, and you’re interested in bringing more bisexual and trans ed to your school, here are a couple of things that I can help you […]

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From my friends at the Transgender Law Center:
The Transgender Law Center needs your help distributing this essential survey.
Your voice is needed, so we can move forward as a unified community. We need you in order to create crucial positive change for our community. The survey data that is collected here will be analyzed […]

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Same-sex marriage: Being a bisexual person in a same-sex relationship, I’m so proud to call many of these folks my friends! http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=3137
Trans employment: Thanks to my friend Suzie for sending the below info my way.
“The Transgender Law Center is conducting a survey to better understand the needs and interests of transgender adults throughout […]

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The relationship between medical theory/ practice and trans identities is a complicated one. Add to that this latest situation (below), which demands our immediate attention. Thanks to a friend for alerting me by sending me this message:
“Dear Friends,
Many of you may know that the psychiatric manual, the DSM IV, regards transsexuals and transgender persons as […]

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Thanks to my Mom for sending me a link to this New York Times article about a transwoman in India who is doing her thing and doing it well!
At the same time, there has been a lot of violence against and murders of teens of color who transgress gender boundaries, from the student in Oxnard, […]

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What a fabulous bisexual weekend this has been! The Bay Area Bisexual Network celebrated its 20th year anniversary at a gala brunch, featuring state Senator (and out lesbian) Carole Migden, as well as journalists/ writers, other politicians, filmmakers, activists, and tons of other fabulous LGBT (emphasis on the B) folks. The whole thing was organized […]

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From my friend Gayle comes this announcement about the Transgender Law Center’s 5th Anniversary Gala:
“TLC is the only law center on the West Coast dedicated to serving the needs of transgender and gender expressive individuals. Just one of their many successes this year is a new $300,000 multi-nonprofit/city economic development initiative for the transgender community.”
Here […]

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Here’s a message from my friend Ray, a bisexual ftm film-maker:
I’m curating a reading and clip screening titled, “Not Queer Enough”.
This night of Bisexual and Transexual writers and filmmakers will take a look at how the G and the L interact with the B and the T.
Inspired by a few recent instances of Transexual work […]

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