Current Issue: Summer 2024 More than One Letter
Editor’s Note: More than One Letter
This issue’s theme is “More than One Letter.” The prompt was: “‘B’ isn’t the only identity in our...
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You Gayyy?
By Janie Kang “You gayyy?!” My eemo drew the words out with a guttural emphasis on the last word like a woman giving birth. Well, there was no going back now. “Yes.” I blew my bangs out of my eyes, wiping the sweat from my face...
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Building Blocks
By Martine Mussies Martine Mussies is an artistic researcher and autistic academic based in...
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AROUND THE WORLD: Pamela Vallejos Chavez, Lima, Peru
Bisexual, binational, bicultural, and bilingual. These words encapsulate key parts of my identity....
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Emulating Romance
By Taylor Raucher I like to imagine love through the lens of a period drama. Sharing witty barbs...
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My Alphabet Soup
By Robyn Walters Well, it isn’t all that bad. Of the LGBTQI+ acronym, I only use the L, B, and T....
Read MoreChanging Profiles
by Grace Hedin Grace, 24 They/Them. Interested in petting cats and watching Pride and Prejudice on repeat. Inside boy, big grandma energy, my hair is always frizzy. Can I tell you a secret? I hate hiking. The idea of walking up...
Read Morehow to be the good kind of fat girl
by Grace Hedin talk as little as possible and when you do use a soft voice, barely there— if your voice is light maybe the other parts of you will seem light too. don’t be talkative, or—god forbid—opinionated. freshman year, you...
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Torch: a reckoning in the wake of the Charlottesville, VA protests, Aug 12, 2017
By Nicole Miyashiro A portable means of illumination. A stick. In a sweaty hand. Head ablaze....
Read MoreQueer Beginnings: B + AA
By Rebecca Keating As far as understanding my identity, I often think of this joke: I wouldn’t want to be part of any club that would have me as a member. If I am going to explore the genesis of who I am, I would begin at my...
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Arizona Sunset #1
By Colleen McTigue Colleen McTigue is a musician, composer, and visual artist living in St....
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What Does Queer Mean?
By Femily Femily is a gender/inclusion consultant in San Francisco, California, U.S.
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Dandelions
By Aurora Jane Wells they say we are pests we appear everywhere take up space corrupt all we touch...
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Hot Chocolate
By Niamh Griffiths I’m sitting in the coffee shop where I saw you second maybe third when I was...
Read MoreDancing in the Grey
By Rae We’re spinning ’round in this room No one knows what’s going on We’re dancing in the grey And on a route to the moon Masked by the overcast Dancing in the grey in this place In this place Excerpt from the song “Dancing in...
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Why Still Bi?
By Sheri, Sheri—a.k.a. Virtual Zoom Brunch Goddess A couple of years ago, my oldest godchild (a...
Read MoreWeaving Identities Together
By Gia Choquette I am writing this two days before turning 30, which I feel is an especially important transitional moment to reflect on my life and my identity. In addition to being a bisexual woman (I use pansexual and queer...
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The “F” in LGBTQ, a.k.a., What the Letters Actually Stand For
By Mica L. Rich L— stands for: Let boys like dolls, and clothes, and colors. It really wouldn’t...
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Connections
By Deb Morley Artist’s statement: For me, Connections did not come together until I added the pink...
Read MoreFluidity as a Part of My Queer Identity
By Amber Mclaughlin I knew I was bisexual by the time I turned 18, but I did not acquire the vocabulary to accurately describe my gender until years later. I have never felt 100% like a woman, as my birth certificate would...
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Greetings From the Three of Us
By Karen Schnurstein I’m going on 49, and I’ve only just realized that I’m trigender. At first,...
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Disclosure
By Cheryl Williams I’m Cheryl—or Che—Williams, from Boston, Massachusetts, in the U.S. I’m in my...
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Abstract 20
Acrylic art on canvas board by Jo-Anne Carlson Jo-Anne Carlson is a writer, artist, and musician...
Read MoreThe Demon, The Cookie, and the Daughter on Fire
By Mary Salome …rather than negating passion, desire, and sexuality, one can transmute them. This… is indeed what allows the bodhisattva, in various Buddhist scriptures, to indulge in sex without being defiled by...
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From A to B?
By Delphine RL From a young age, I was taught to move from point A to point B in life, following a...
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You with Your Fears, Me with My Fantasies: Vita & Virginia
Reviewed by Nicole Swisher Do not start. Do not blush. Let us admit in the privacy of our own...
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Bright Lines: A Novel by Tanwi Nandini Islam
New York: Penguin Books, 2015. 296 pages. Reviewed by Sarah E. Rowley [Cautionary advice: spoilers...
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Bieautiful
By Ami Rathmill Artist’s statement: Although I came out as a lesbian 24 years ago because I knew I...
Read MoreNews Briefs
Compiled by Dylan Fee According to new polling from Gallup, the percentage of U.S. adults who identify as LGBTQ+ has more than doubled since 2012. In 2012, 3.5% of adults aligned themselves with the community compared to 7.6% in...
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Research Corner Bi+ Discrimination is Higher for Trans and Racialized People
By Nicola Koper Discrimination, and its associated mental health issues, is a significant concern...
Read MoreBi+ World Meetup Sept. 6
Join us at the 13th Bi+ World Meetup on September 6th at 4 p.m. EST/ 10 p.m. CEST. Bi+ people everywhere are invited to join us on Zoom. We’ll use breakout rooms to give folks an opportunity to join each other in a friendly and...
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A special invitation to our readers EVERYWHERE:
Please join the Boston Bisexual Women’s Network at one (or all) of our digital brunches. We are...
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