{"id":7987,"date":"2018-04-29T21:51:58","date_gmt":"2018-04-29T20:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bisexualblogs.wordpress.com\/?p=2514"},"modified":"2018-04-29T21:51:58","modified_gmt":"2018-04-29T20:51:58","slug":"intro-to-bi-activism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/2018\/04\/intro-to-bi-activism\/","title":{"rendered":"Intro to Bi Activism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Often we want to do more to increase our quality of life and promote inclusion but we don\u2019t know what to do. Hopefully the posts listed below will give you some ideas to get you started.<\/p>\n<p>If your activism isn\u2019t inclusive of BAME bis, disabled bis, trans bis, older bis, younger bis, bis who practice a religion, fat bis\u2026etc etc. then please STOP until you are willing to fight for everyone \u2013 not just people who look and act like you.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re scared of saying and doing the wrong thing, don\u2019t be. Don\u2019t let your fears imprison you into inaction. Just keep reading about bisexuality and bi issues as much as you can. Learn about intersectionality. Listen to people who approach you with feedback and constructive criticism. Learn from it. Apologise for any mistakes. Say thank you that they\u2019ve taken the time and energy to tell you.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s normal to get upset and angry in the face of erasure and biphobia but remember to channel these feelings in a constructive way. Don\u2019t ever resort to trolling, abuse, harassment, or bullying.<\/p>\n<p>You can do as little or as much as you want.<br \/>\nYou can do as little or as much as you are able.<\/p>\n<p>You are not better than anyone else for doing more.<br \/>\nYou are not worse for doing less.<\/p>\n<p><strong>And you don\u2019t need a lot of time or money to make a difference.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mentor and be a friend to those who reach out for help with following in your footsteps. Don\u2019t forget to thank any people who mentor you!<\/p>\n<h3>\n<strong><br \/>\nSo far I have written:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bisexualblogs.wordpress.com\/2018\/04\/30\/bi-activism-books\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">Bi Activism: For Those Who Like Reading<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Often we want to do more to increase our quality of life and promote inclusion but we don&rsquo;t know what to do. Hopefully the posts listed below will give you some ideas to get you started. If your activism isn&rsquo;t inclusive of BAME bis, disabled bis, trans bis, older bis, younger bis, bis who practice &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bisexualblogs.wordpress.com\/2018\/04\/29\/introduction-to-bisexual-activism\/\">Continue reading <span>Intro to Bi&nbsp;Activism<\/span> <span>&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":1211,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[392],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bi-activism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7987"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7988,"href":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7987\/revisions\/7988"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}