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The “good” bisexual.
For the past few days — ever since Lil Nas X tweeted about possibly being “a little bisexual,” to a largely positive response — I’ve been thinking about the “good” bisexual coming outs, the ones that seem to only spark joy and no disdain. Lil Nas X got one, as did Tessa Thompson, and of…
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The hate is coming from inside the house.
Years ago, when I still had some hope that posting ads on Lex was going to help me find a girlfriend (I was so young and innocent back then), I posted an ad noting that I was a bi woman seeking another bi woman for good times and potentially more (though my ad was wittier and more…
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It’s okay to change.
If you’ve been reading my writing on bisexuality for a while now, you’re undoubtedly aware that the current leg of my bisexual journey kicked off at the end of June 2020, when I found myself crying in my kitchen, overwhelmed by the revelation that maybe I actually liked women more than I had ever let…
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Lil Nas X and the limits of the public bisexual reveal.
I am, it must be admitted, what the kids refer to as “terminally online,” and while I often think that’s bad for me it does, sometimes, mean that I stumble upon important tweets like this one — in which Lil Nas X floats the idea that he might be “a little bisexual” — shortly after…
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The broken clock.
Over the weekend, Jordan Peterson — he of “clean your room” and lobster men fame — shared a tweet that I have to imagine he thought was a gonna be a real hard truth for queers to take. In my head, I can see Peterson smugly sitting back in his chair after pressing the tweet button…
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Bi rights are for everybody.
When I first started writing this newsletter, there were a number of questions I anticipated getting, like, “Why are you doing this?” “A whole newsletter just about how you’re not a cheater and you don’t want threesomes?” and, of course, “Bisexual? Why not pansexual?” What I did not expect, however, was how many non-bisexuals would ask me…
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