Category: 2009 Summer – Labels
From the Editor: Labels
Aug 1, 2009 | 2009 Summer - Labels, Editor's Note
Dear Reader, The theme of this issue is “LABELS” The explosion in recent years of different labels...
Read MoreBye Bi Labels
Aug 1, 2009 | 2009 Summer - Labels, Articles
By B.J. Epstein “ I’m…” And it’s here in the sentence that I freeze. I am something, but what? I am a woman who has loved women, a woman who has loved men. I am a person who sometimes feels, dresses, and acts butch, and...
Read MoreBECAUSE We Said So
Aug 1, 2009 | 2009 Summer - Labels
By Ellyn Ruthstrom Why do bisexuals like to gather together and discuss issues about our identity,...
Read MoreNot Bisexual Enough?
Aug 1, 2009 | 2009 Summer - Labels, Articles
By Tracy I have a confession to make. I need to come out of yet another closet. Presently, I identify as bisexual. Yet… I feel that my identity as such is a technicality. This is because while my attraction to men is present,...
Read MoreBis Around the World: Apphia K. in Pune, India
Aug 1, 2009 | 2009 Summer - Labels, Around the World, Articles
Interview by Robyn Ochs Apphia is one of the amazing individuals who responded to a call for...
Read MoreA Resistance to Labels
Aug 1, 2009 | 2009 Summer - Labels, Articles
By Lindsay Maddox Pratt I am not a lesbian. I repeat: I am not a lesbian. This fact, however, is...
Read MoreWhat’s in a Name: Call Me Bisexual or Call Me…
Aug 1, 2009 | 2009 Summer - Labels, Articles
By Ellyn Ruthstrom As the current President of an organization that identifies itself with the...
Read MoreWords Matter: An Interview with Author Beth Wylde
Aug 1, 2009 | 2009 Summer - Labels, Articles
Interview by Lara Zielinsky Words matter. Writing our stories and putting them out there for...
Read MoreNews Briefs: Labels
Aug 1, 2009 | 2009 Summer - Labels, Articles, News Briefs
Majority of Mass. Legislators Co-sponsor An Act Relative to Gender-Based Discrimination and Hate...
Read MoreCandas Jane Dorsey: Sexuality, Life & Literature
Aug 1, 2009 | 2009 Summer - Labels, Articles
By Monica Meneghetti Integrating one’s sexual identity with a writing life has its challenges. So,...
Read Moreunforgettable
Aug 1, 2009 | 2009 Summer - Labels, Articles, Poetry
By N.K. i’m that girl, you know? the kind they sing songs aboutwrite poetry tofall in love withand spend their whole lives looking for. i’m that girl, you know? the kind that dances until morninghair loose and shirt tightwith a...
Read MoreB-Girls Reading List
Aug 1, 2009 | 2009 Summer - Labels, Articles
At the most recent BBWN brunch, everyone was asked to recommend a book to the group. Below is an...
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