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Escape the West
It is a truth often cited in LGBTQ spaces that queer and trans people have existed throughout history and around the globe, that wherever you go, there we are. And whenever I hear that statement I want to say, “Yes, but with an asterisk.” Because while it is definitely true that there have always been…
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Okay we gotta talk about marriage for a second.
So, as I’m sure you all know, earlier this week President Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act into law. And, you know, great! That’s definitely a good thing; it’s wonderful that the Defense of Marriage Act has been consigned to the trash bin, and that married queers don’t have to worry about losing their…
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Tap dancing until the end of time.
There’s this experience that feels common to being a marginalized person, an experience of performance when you are in a space among people who are not like you. I think of it as tap dancing: this demand that you put on a show, that you prove you fit in, that you explain your lifestyle and worldview, that…
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Please just let us be chill.
I’ve mentioned this before, but: if you want to depress yourself, a great way to do that is by setting up a Google alert for terms like “bisexual” and “bisexuality.” The stories that come through are mostly dreck; dumb explainers about bi vs pan or advice columns about dating a bisexual and, of course, the…
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An opaque bisexuality.
Months ago, I was hanging out with one of my friends — a PhD candidate in Princeton’s English department, because yes, I love me some academics — and, you know, just shooting the shit about my thoughts and theories on bisexuality and biphobia. She asked me if I was familiar with Édouard Glissant, a writer,…
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Blinded by the white.
Earlier this morning, as I was watching Twitter react to the latest announcement from my least favorite public bisexual, I stumbled across a tweet from Wagatwe Wanjuki, one of my favorite public thinkers (Check out her work! Support her Patreon!): Sinema has me thinking how bi visibility is dominated by white women and how much that hindered my own understanding…
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The Lonely Biland.
For several years now, I have had a sneaking suspicion that at least one member of The Lonely Island — the comedy trio made up of Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, and Akiva Schaffer — is bisexual. Maybe even more than one! And I have to admit, once the thought occurred to me, it was hard…
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Is there such a thing as bisexual art?
After yesterday’s newsletter, in which I briefly touched on The White Lotus as a way to kick off a conversation about where “gay for pay” exists in the spectrum of bi identity (spoiler alert: sometimes it’s secret bisexuality!), I found myself thinking more about, well, The White Lotus, and specifically what it means for this show — this brutal…
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The gay for pay to bisexual pipeline.
I don’t know how many of you have been watching the second season of The White Lotus (created by Bisexual King™️ Mike White!), but personally, I have been loving it. Strong endorsement to check it out, even if you haven’t watched the first season (I liked that one too, but thought it was a little more heavy-handed…
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What do we want? To be left alone.
Over the weekend I started reading the winter 1991 issue of Anything That Moves — the first ever issue of this groundbreaking bisexual magazine — because, yes, it’s the first monthly reading pick for The B+ Squad book club and I’m going to be writing about it all month (Join the book club so you can read my thoughts!…