Bi Women Quarterly

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...

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...

The 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 /...

Around 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...

Introducing 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...

Affirmed

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...

The “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...

Bisexual Love

Sep 1, 2023 | 2023 Fall - Bi+ Joy

By Amber McLaughlin As a bisexual, being in a relationship with another bisexual provides me with...

Writing 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...

The 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,...

Budding 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...

To 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...

Joyful Peek

Sep 1, 2023 | 2023 Fall - Bi+ Joy

By Lara Zielinsky My most joyful experiences occur as moments of self-revelation. I experienced...

Accepting 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...

Finding 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...

I 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...

Taking 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...

I 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....

Seam

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 ...

Her 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...

Joy 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...

this queer love

Sep 1, 2023 | 2023 Fall - Bi+ Joy, Poetry

By Elizabeth Goldberg i want to show him sweetness. men are forgotten, ...

Another 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...

To 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...

Following 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...

Ceremony

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...

NEWS 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...

Intrinsically Me

Sep 1, 2023 | 2023 Fall - Bi+ Joy

By Christina Fialho “Intrinsically disordered.” That’s what I heard growing up. I hadn’t felt...

Abstract Hair

Sep 1, 2023 | 2023 Fall - Bi+ Joy

ARTIST STATEMENT I created the “Abstract Hair” series as an homage to hair, particularly the...

I 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...

Our 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...

Research 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...

More 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...

still 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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