Category: 2021 Spring- Role Models
My SuperSHEro
Jun 14, 2021 | 2021 Spring- Role Models
By Carla Imperial I’m dropping off our newly-minted teenager at her friend Romi’s house. I say,...
Read MoreA Connection through Time and Space
Jun 14, 2021 | 2021 Spring- Role Models
By Franziska In the summer of 2018, three friends and I made a trip through four different...
Read MoreEditor’s Note: Role Models
Jun 14, 2021 | 2021 Spring- Role Models, Editor's Note
Dear Community, The theme of this issue is “Role Models,” and it was a joy to put together. With...
Read MoreAround the World: Voces Fieras, Costa Rica
Jun 14, 2021 | 2021 Spring- Role Models, Around the World, Poetry
Voces Fieras (Fierce Voices) is a spoken word poetry group formed by sexual and gender dissident...
Read MoreJess
Jun 14, 2021 | 2021 Spring- Role Models
By Jenna Teacake Every afternoon, I go to the commons where Jess hangs out after school. I don’t...
Read MoreTo Be Like June
Jun 14, 2021 | 2021 Spring- Role Models
By Carlina Green “She is among the bravest of us, the most outraged. She feels for all. She is the...
Read MoreSocializing Under Doress
Jun 14, 2021 | 2021 Spring- Role Models
By Jen Bonardi The COVID-19 pandemic robbed us of many small businesses that we hoped would thrive...
Read MoreMy Bi Bestie
Jun 14, 2021 | 2021 Spring- Role Models
By Jini Z. Jessica and I met when we were 12 years old in the lunch line. She complimented the...
Read MoreReal Life Role Models
Jun 14, 2021 | 2021 Spring- Role Models
By Emily Metcalfe When people ask me who my bi+ role models are, my mind automatically goes to out...
Read MoreBefore There Were Heroes
Jun 14, 2021 | 2021 Spring- Role Models
By Rev. Kimberley Debus As a young queer cis woman in the ‘70s and ‘80s, I was already the...
Read MoreA Girl Named Masiel
Jun 13, 2021 | 2021 Spring- Role Models
By Maria Rodriguez Puzo I do not know Masiel personally. I have never smelled her or touched her...
Read More#BiCONS
Jun 13, 2021 | 2021 Spring- Role Models
Compiled by Robyn Ochs I posted the following question on social media: “Question for the #BiHive: Who are your bi+ role models, and why?” Here, with permission of the authors, are some of the many responses I received: Margaret...
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