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It’s not Cynthia Nixon’s fault
Let’s begin with a disclaimer: Cynthia Nixon never asked to be a bi activist. About twenty years ago, Nixon — who up until that point had only been attracted to men — fell in love with a nice butch lady, left her longtime partner, and eventually got married to said butch lady. And because she…
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The bi male heartthrobs have arrived*
* Some conditions may apply Okay I gotta start this essay by admitting that I have not seen Heartstopper, The Summer I Turned Pretty, or Red, White, & Royal Blue because quite frankly there is simply TOO MUCH TV and I’m too busy hate watching And Just Like That to check these shows out. Also, at least one of them is…
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The Afterparty has always been quality bi rep
Okay, a brief confession: when I first watched season one of The Afterparty last year, I wasn’t totally sold on it. I think there were a couple reasons for that: I wasn’t paying super close attention while I watched it (yes I was doing the whole second screen thing), which meant the whole “everyone’s story is its…
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What is happening
Late last night, before I went to bed, I started winding down by reading this New York Times piece by Mark Harris* about the resurgence of the gay male villain — one that, he notes, is no longer led by heteros hoping to demonize gay men, but gay men who realize that villainy is, you know, fun. We can debate…
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Who’s afraid of the b word?
A while back — I cannot remember how long ago it was — I saw a tweet that was along the lines of “there’s nothing more queer than a dyke railing a gay dude” (I’m unable to get you the exact wording for reasons that will momentarily become clear). Being the feisty young woman that…
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Does the algorithm “know” you’re bi, or…
For the past few days, I have been staring at a BBC headline that reads “Netflix: How did it know I was bi before I did?” and trying to decide what to make of it. I should note, first and foremost, that the idea of an algorithm “knowing” that someone is queer before they’ve figured…
The B+ Squad
A website for the modern bisexual.
A website for the modern bisexual.
In the fall of 2023, I noticed something strange. After a flurry of interest of interest in bisexuality — packages devoted to Bisexual Awareness Week, article after article about how biphobia was real and the bisexuals were, in fact, struggling — Bisexual Awareness Week had once again descended upon us and there was… nothing. No dedicated weeks on any of my favorite sites. No essays rehashing old and new bisexual gripes. Even the pitches I sent in about bisexuality generated little to no interest from editors.
It seemed that the media world was just… done with bisexuals.
And as a frustrated bisexual with a lot of things to say, I decided to do what every writer was doing: I started a newsletter about bisexuality. Welcome to The B+ Squad.
All essays I’ve written on bisexuality — including ones from the project’s Substack era — are on this site. If you’d like to support the project (and get bonuses for yourself, including early access to essays), you can check out my Patreon.
Lux Alptraum
Writer & Journalist