Category: 2025 Summer – Finding Community
Desperately Seeking Susana
Jun 1, 2025 | 2025 Summer - Finding Community
By Susana Arrieta Growing up in Venezuela, most realities had additional veils of secrecy. I was...
Read MoreEditor’s Note: Finding Community
Jun 1, 2025 | 2025 Summer - Finding Community, Editor's Note
This issue’s focus is on “Finding Community.” Readers were asked to write about their experience...
Read MoreAROUND THE WORLD: RUSSIA
Jun 1, 2025 | 2025 Summer - Finding Community, Around the World
Bi Activists in Russia United and Created a Horizontal Organization By Sobi Buchhammer I was 21...
Read MorePole Kisses
Jun 1, 2025 | 2025 Summer - Finding Community
By Janie Kang Darkness envelops me. My heart pounds. The first strains of music echo in the...
Read MoreFinding Community
Jun 1, 2025 | 2025 Summer - Finding Community
By Amber Ballweg Growing up, I was instilled with a strong sense of community. Both of my parents volunteered in multiple organizations and served in emergency services. I was in scouting for ten years and participated in all of...
Read MoreFinding Community at My Age
Jun 1, 2025 | 2025 Summer - Finding Community
By Loraine Hutchins Back in the 1970s, when I was in my 20s, I sought bi community but found only...
Read MoreFiber Art – Abstract No. 14
Jun 1, 2025 | 2025 Summer - Finding Community
Artist Statement: This is a fiber piece using various types of yarn and ribbons on a circular...
Read MoreFinding My Voice in a Transatlantic Community
Jun 1, 2025 | 2025 Summer - Finding Community
By Melanie Ulland Before I came out as bisexual at the age of 20, I was a staunch supporter of the...
Read MoreBi+ Belonging and Connection
Jun 1, 2025 | 2025 Summer - Finding Community
By Pamela Vallejos Chavez I have never been one or the other. I have always felt like a strange...
Read MoreBig Gay Drag Bingo Brunch
Jun 1, 2025 | 2025 Summer - Finding Community
By Desirae Mack October 11th, 2024: National Coming Out Day. A crisp Fall morning. In baggy cargo...
Read MoreBi+ Community Connection
Jun 1, 2025 | 2025 Summer - Finding Community
By Riley Quinn My connection to our community began in early 2019. My partner of 17 years died by suicide in August of 2018 and I was lost. Utterly and completely lost. Falling into an abyss. I was told at work that I was...
Read MoreSpaces for Everyone
Jun 1, 2025 | 2025 Summer - Finding Community
By Chelsea Bock “Do you want to come out for my birthday?” I asked my best friend’s...
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