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Separate and unequal
Earlier this week, The Nib (support The Nib!) reran a comic from 2019 about queer separatism. It’s a lovely little piece by Archie Bongiovanni, one that offers a (very brief) overview of the historical dream of an all gay city, told through the story of Fred Schoonmaker and Alfred Parkinson’s ill-fated attempt to create a gay…
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Don’t Say Bi
Last week, Congressional Republicans introduced what is officially known as the Stop the Sexualization of Children Act — but which you’ve more likely heard referred to as an attempt at a national Don’t Say Gay law. The bill, which is closely modeled off of a Floridian law passed earlier this year, claims to “protect” children by barring…
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A confession
There comes a point in every relationship where one must disclose some of their uglier tendencies for the health of the future bond, where one must acknowledge their darker thoughts and feelings in the interests of transparency. After so many weeks of writing this newsletter, I believe we have reached that point, and so —…
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When coming out isn’t enough
I was in high school when Ellen DeGeneres came out as a lesbian. To say that it was a big deal is almost an understatement. DeGeneres’s coming out was national news, a Time Magazine cover story in an era where Time Magazine actually mattered. And the cover itself was instantly iconic: DeGeneres, clad in black with white loafers, poses…
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Heteroflexibility, redux
I was at a party earlier this week when someone told me that Taylor Swift is probably queer, that her latest album seems to strongly suggest it. I have no strong feelings about TSwift one way or the other, so this news meant little to me, personally (though I’m happy for all the queer Swiftes…
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The undiagnosed pain
Years ago, when I was in my mid-twenties, I woke up one morning with a horrific pain on the right side of my back. I had never felt anything like it before; over a decade later, I struggle to remember what it felt like aside from “very bad.” But what I do remember is this: I immediately…
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