Our latest e-newsletter is out, with news about Christopher Biggins' biphobia, BiCon 2017, Jen getting the MBE and more.Of course it had all the bi meetup dates for the weeks ahead too.Read it here
Bi’s of Colour book, edited by Asha, Jacq and Nila
Are you a bisexual/pansexual/fluid person of colour? Do you live, work or study anywhere in Europe?
If you answered YES, then read on!
We are making plans to write a book about the lives and experiences of bisexuals of colour in Europe. This is part of our long-term plan to have a document that reflects us. It will be built on the foundations of the Bi’s of Colour History Report. We plan to have the following chapter headings, but this is just a guide.
Creativity and the Arts
Visibility and Erasure of Bi’s of Colour - where we are welcome, and where we aren’t
White Academics versus Activists of Colour
Dominant culture gaze - hypersexual, fetishes, imperialism and colonialism
Dating and Relationships
Isolation, exclusion and loneliness
Health - Sexual health, Mental health, Disabilities
Bi’s of Colour and BAME organisations
Bi’s of Colour and LGBT organisations
Families, Carers, Acceptance and Rejection
Racism
Religion, belief and spirituality or lack of
Body image and fashion
Class
Ageing
Violence
We are open to other headings, so if you think of something you can’t wait to express, let us know. We are also interested in non-fiction, art, photography or things we haven’t thought of yet! You can always contribute using a pen name if you want to be anonymous.
All contributors will be paid - we’ll be crowdfunding, so everyone will get an equal share - the amount will depend on how much we raise and how many contributors
If you are interested in contributing, email us at bis.of.colour@gmail.com .
Back in June was the big announcement of the Queen's Birthday Honours List, but yesterday was the Big Day itself: and I was off to Buckingham Palace to meet a senior royal and have a medal planted on my chest for Services To The Bisexual Community. An ...
I was homeless 23 years ago, but its effects have never left me. The fear of being so vulnerable and alone as a black disabled sometimes-woman is something I’ll never be able to forget, as it was terrifying to me. More support is needed for homeless who are LGBT , disabled, People of Colour and/or very young or old. However much of the homeless initiatives I’ve seen tend to concentrate on straight white men. Things need to be so much better.
Happy Asexual Awareness Week! Let’s build awareness and support our Biromantic, Biaromantic, and BiDemisexual Ace-Spectrum community members of Color. #BiAce
Biromantic = Capacity to form emotional and romantic attractions to more than 1 gender or agender people, no sexual attraction.
Biaromantic = Capacity to form emotional attractions to more than 1 gender or agender people, no romantic or sexual attraction. BiDemisexual =
Capacity to form sexual attractions to more than 1 gender or agender people with whom they have an emotional bond. Most demisexuals
rarely
feel sexual attraction compared to the general population, and some have little to no interest in sexual activity. For more info visit here.
Bi Asexuals of Color seeking more community support and resources can reach out to:
Happy Asexual Awareness Week! Let’s build awareness and support our Biromantic, Biaromantic, and BiDemisexual Ace-Spectrum community members of Color. #BiAce
Biromantic = Capacity to form emotional and romantic attractions to more than 1 gender or agender people, no sexual attraction.
Biaromantic = Capacity to form emotional attractions to more than 1 gender or agender people, no romantic or sexual attraction. BiDemisexual =
Capacity to form sexual attractions to more than 1 gender or agender people with whom they have an emotional bond. Most demisexuals
rarely
feel sexual attraction compared to the general population, and some have little to no interest in sexual activity. For more info visit here.
Bi Asexuals of Color seeking more community support and resources can reach out to:
Welcome to black history month! Here’s a diagram of a slave ship. Here’s a pic of Martin Luther King. Here’s exactly where you fit.
Do Black Britons have a history? Do we even have a past? Where we came from isn’t a mystery; We’ve been here since Roman soldiers with skin so dark.
You’ll see us if you care to look On stained glass in cathedral windows. So why’s UK Black History Month a US event? Why’s history a white washed show?
We have poets and composers, Leaders of the TUC & politicians. We fought in world wars, and we fought for peace - You’d know that if you’d care to listen.
Our achievements aren’t only in the past, We make history every day. So don’t ignore Black Britons This October, hear what we have to say.
FOR PANSEXUALS AND QUEER FOLKS WHO PRACTICE BIPHOBIA
By Fey
@elixhermagazine
This is not a feel good piece to soothe your journey in asserting your sexual orientation. This is about me being fed up with your biphobic bullshit. You’ve been warned.
Don’t come into bisexual spaces demanding that we stop calling ourselves “bisexual.” It’s beyond rude and offensive. It’s shitty behavior.
I don’t want to hear that you think the word “bisexual” is nasty, too “sexual,” transphobic, constricting, confining, or limiting. Being exposed to your venomous biphobic words triggers my anxiety. I cry and feel scared for my emotional and physical safety. You ain’t no friend of mine! I’m not safe around you!
I don’t want to hear about how you think all bisexuals only want to date cis women and men. I don’t appreciate you erasing me — a gender non-binary androgyne person who’s on the trans spectrum. You act like trans folks ain’t bisexual? You act like bisexuals can’t have self-love nor love trans folks. You act like all bisexuals are cisgender. Nah!
I find your insensitive, self-centered need to express your hate for my identity, my humanity and my bi kin neglectful, emotionally abusive, and obviously biphobic.
Don’t come into my bisexual safe space (that welcomes pan, queer, fluid, unlabeled folks) and make demands for me to change my personal and community label for your selfish needs.
You label yourself “queer” and you blame me if I ask you if you are a LesbianQueer or Bi/Pan/FluidQueer. Do you mean GenderQueer? The word “queer” is vague, open-ended, limitless by nature, so be aware of that. Don’t be acting all surprised and shit when people don’t know what is your personal definition of “queer.” Why does it matter? Cause if you are LesbianQueer, the last thing I need is to share my deets about having sex with a cis man and for you to look all grossed about it.
You identify as pansexual, great! Rely on a definition that doesn’t use bisexuality as a comparison.
(Tears and “well-meaning” apologies aren’t wanted. Just change your behavior. Process your pansexuality in pansexual community spaces.)
Fey identifies as Black Bisexual Androgyne and uses they/them and she/her pronouns.
Its a real shame that I have only met 1 pansexual person who DIDN’T define their orientation by being biphobic. Do better, folks!
