Current Issue: Fall 2023 Bi+ Joy
Editor’s Note: Bi+ Joy
Sep 1, 2023
Most of the public discussion about bisexuality and other bi+ identities focuses on the vast ocean...
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Crocheting Is Affirming
Sep 1, 2023 | 2023 Fall - Bi+ Joy
By Clara There are a couple of scenarios that come to mind in which I feel affirmed and euphoric...
Read MoreThe Whole Made of Parts
Sep 1, 2023 | 2023 Fall - Bi+ Joy
By Mar Bogdanis Mar Bogdanis is a nonbinary author from Poland, working as a graphic designer /...
Read MoreAround the World: Shumi, Kolkata, India
Sep 1, 2023 | 2023 Fall - Bi+ Joy, Around the World
By Shumi When speaking about LGBTQ+ related topics in my country, the first word that comes to...
Read MoreIntroducing Emily Solis, BWQ’s New Intern
Sep 1, 2023 | 2023 Fall - Bi+ Joy
Emily Solis (she/her) is a graduate student working towards becoming a certified mental...
Read MoreAffirmed
Sep 1, 2023 | 2023 Fall - Bi+ Joy, Poetry
By strega clare manning slurping soft udon before we use our warm lips to utter the word “bi,” in the backseat of your car, idling in front of my dorm. the roots wrapped around my aorta would not budge until i dared to water...
Read MoreThe “Bi Pride” Baseball Jersey
Sep 1, 2023 | 2023 Fall - Bi+ Joy
By Kaliisha Cole My mom and I walked into Spencer’s this past April with a couple of shopping bags...
Read MoreBisexual Love
Sep 1, 2023 | 2023 Fall - Bi+ Joy
By Amber McLaughlin As a bisexual, being in a relationship with another bisexual provides me with...
Read MoreWriting a Love Poem at Taco Bell About
Sep 1, 2023 | 2023 Fall - Bi+ Joy, Poetry
By Michaela Mayer how your smile is backlit with the radiance of the purple now hiring sign, no...
Read MoreThe Present
Sep 1, 2023 | 2023 Fall - Bi+ Joy, Poetry
By Nicole Swisher In my daydreams, I see her: a woman as round as I am, as soft, with an awkward,...
Read MoreBudding Bisexual Disaster
Sep 1, 2023 | 2023 Fall - Bi+ Joy
By Annalies Mohle I want boys to think I’m tough and the girls to think I’m pretty And I want them all to think I’m smart and fun and witty This much self-consciousness is maybe vanity but I’m fifteen, so it’s allowed Let me...
Read MoreTo My First
Sep 1, 2023 | 2023 Fall - Bi+ Joy
By Kasma An open letter to the first female crush I ever had as a bisexual woman. I still remember back in seventh grade when I met you again. We had known each other sometime back in first grade, but I don’t think you...
Read MoreJoyful Peek
Sep 1, 2023 | 2023 Fall - Bi+ Joy
By Lara Zielinsky My most joyful experiences occur as moments of self-revelation. I experienced...
Read MoreAccepting the Authentic Me
Sep 1, 2023 | 2023 Fall - Bi+ Joy
By Linda M. Crate I grew up in a small, conservative town in rural Northwestern Pennsylvania. I...
Read MoreFinding Bi Joy in the Unexpected
Sep 1, 2023 | 2023 Fall - Bi+ Joy
by VeronicaOfOsea As a bisexual woman who has experienced and still encounters a lot of biphobic...
Read MoreI Could Love Her
Sep 1, 2023 | 2023 Fall - Bi+ Joy, Poetry
By joce leo i. girlhood in your mid-twenties is braiding your friend’s hair brushing it back...
Read MoreTaking Up Queer Space: A Story About Taking Back My Bi Identity
Sep 1, 2023 | 2023 Fall - Bi+ Joy
By Mo (Monique) Balistrieri I still remember pacing back and forth outside my mother’s bedroom...
Read MoreI Love You, You Know
Sep 1, 2023 | 2023 Fall - Bi+ Joy, Poetry
By Olivia Catharine I whisper into the crook of his neck he replies I know. And that’s all I get....
Read MoreSeam
Sep 1, 2023 | 2023 Fall - Bi+ Joy, Poetry
By Flynn O’Brien scuffle of ears perk/ hands that make you grateful for air folding the universe into the gravity they make pouring the tea ...
Read MoreHer Breasts
Sep 1, 2023 | 2023 Fall - Bi+ Joy, Poetry
Karen Schnurstein The woman’s breasts were large, and I watched with interest when she placed both...
Read MoreJoy of Spaces in Between
Sep 1, 2023 | 2023 Fall - Bi+ Joy
By Jeiselynn N. Ríos Rivera My bisexuality has shaped me in more ways than I can count. A large...
Read Morethis queer love
Sep 1, 2023 | 2023 Fall - Bi+ Joy, Poetry
By Elizabeth Goldberg i want to show him sweetness. men are forgotten, ...
Read MoreAnother Kind of Liberation
Sep 1, 2023 | 2023 Fall - Bi+ Joy
By Denarii Grace When I travel—for a doctor appointment, a grocery run, a trip to the park with my dog named Dog—I stop, as often as I can, to admire the flowers. Not just flowers, but also trees, certain grasses, bushes, a...
Read MoreTo Be Bi+: A Poetic, Joy-filled Musing
Sep 1, 2023 | 2023 Fall - Bi+ Joy, Poetry
By Kandi Zeller I have a rainbow of possibility before me I connect to a spectrum of labels around me I inhabit liminal spaces of community, ever-forming For me, being bi is about more than who I love It’s about my orientation...
Read MoreFollowing My Bisexual Joy to the Forest
Sep 1, 2023 | 2023 Fall - Bi+ Joy
By Anna Kochetkova In the process of stepping into my sexuality and proclaiming it every chance I...
Read MoreCeremony
Sep 1, 2023 | 2023 Fall - Bi+ Joy
By Zineb Allaoui ARTIST STATEMENT: I believe that my art is a window into the depths of my...
Read MoreNEWS BRIEF: 2023 Lambda Literary Award Winners
Sep 1, 2023 | 2023 Fall - Bi+ Joy, News Briefs
On June 9, at an event in New York City, Lambda Literary announced its award winners. Of the 25 award categories, three are bisexual-focused. Here are this year’s winners: Bisexual Fiction: Reluctant Immortals, by Gwendolyn...
Read MoreIntrinsically Me
Sep 1, 2023 | 2023 Fall - Bi+ Joy
By Christina Fialho “Intrinsically disordered.” That’s what I heard growing up. I hadn’t felt...
Read MoreAbstract Hair
Sep 1, 2023 | 2023 Fall - Bi+ Joy
ARTIST STATEMENT I created the “Abstract Hair” series as an homage to hair, particularly the...
Read MoreI Wish I’d Seen XO, Kitty When I Was a Teenager
Sep 1, 2023 | 2023 Fall - Bi+ Joy
By Kelsey Goeres Netflix viewers first met Katherine Song-Covey (Anna Cathcart), aka Kitty, in...
Read MoreOur Flag Means Death: A Celebration of Queer Joy
Sep 1, 2023 | 2023 Fall - Bi+ Joy
By Taylor Rose Raucher From the opening scenes of HBO’s 2022 cult hit Our Flag Means Death, it is...
Read MoreResearch Corner: Don’t Worry, Bi-Happy! Research Shows Bi-Positive Feedback Improves Our Mental Health
Sep 1, 2023 | 2023 Fall - Bi+ Joy, Research Corner
By Kallie Strong and Nicola Koper Most academic studies on bisexual individuals have focused on our higher risk for mental health challenges, such as depression and anxiety. The research study reviewed here, though, looked at...
Read MoreMore from the Research Corner: ‘Femme it up or Dress it Down’: Personal Experiences and Research on Bisexual Women Pushing Back Against Normative Interpretations of Gender and Sexuality
Sep 1, 2023 | 2023 Fall - Bi+ Joy, Research Corner
By Lindsey Thomson As a (cis, white) bisexual woman, my gender expression has become more...
Read Morestill bi
Sep 1, 2023 | 2023 Fall - Bi+ Joy
By Becki Smith ARTIST STATEMENT: “still bi” (2022, acrylics and posca pens on paper) is an artwork...
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