Our favorite moments from #BiWeek 2017

Our favorite moments from #BiWeek 2017 GLAAD Co-founded by GLAAD and BiNet USA, Bisexual+ Awareness Week seeks to accelerate acceptance of the bi+ (pansexual, fluid, no label, queer, etc.) community. #BiWeek draws attention to the experiences, while also celebrating the resiliency of, the bisexual+ community. From September 17-24 this year, GLAAD highlighted the bisexual+ community … Continue reading Our favorite moments from #BiWeek 2017

5 quick #BiWeek tips for not being biphobic

5 quick #BiWeek tips for not being biphobic GLAAD The bisexual+ (bisexual, pansexual, fluid, queer, etc.) community continues to face pervasive erasure, invisibility, and stigma from both gay and straight communities alike . This stigma has serious, real-life consequences for the bisexual+ community, including suffering from higher rates of depression, substance-abuse, and suicide than their … Continue reading 5 quick #BiWeek tips for not being biphobic

9 #BiWeek facts about the bi+ community

9 #BiWeek facts about the bi+ community Bisexual+ people make up more than half of the entire lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer community (LGBTQ). However, data about bisexual+ people is often hidden within studies about the greater gay, lesbian, and bisexual community; the unique experiences of the bisexual+ community—the nearly five million adults in … Continue reading 9 #BiWeek facts about the bi+ community

10 bi+ YouTubers to binge watch during #BiWeek

10 bi+ YouTubers to binge watch during #BiWeek GLAAD From viral coming out videos to relationship advice, YouTube has been an online space for LGBTQ expression, identity, and community since its launch in 2005. This #BiWeek, GLAAD is highlighting ten of our favorite bisexual+ YouTubers. R.J. Aguiar (TheNotAdam) Bisexual and Latino vlogger R.J. Aguiar first amassed … Continue reading 10 bi+ YouTubers to binge watch during #BiWeek

“I was the first bisexual person granted asylum in the U.S.,” a first-person account for #BiWeek

“I was the first bisexual person granted asylum in the U.S.,” a first-person account for #BiWeek GLAAD For over ten years, I’ve been a community organizer in India, New York, and now Boston. Within a month of first starting out, I started being harassed, stalked and threatened because of the work I was doing. This went … Continue reading “I was the first bisexual person granted asylum in the U.S.,” a first-person account for #BiWeek