Category: 2012 Winter- When I Knew
From Your Editor: When I Knew
Jul 15, 2021 | 2012 Winter- When I Knew, Editor's Note
Dearest Readers, The theme of this Winter 2012 issue is “When I Knew.” Readers were asked: “When...
Read MoreLetters: When I Knew
Jul 15, 2021 | 2012 Winter- When I Knew
Dear Bi Women, I first want to thank you for printing my article, “Yes I am!” I hope that it...
Read MoreEpiphany
Feb 1, 2012 | 2012 Winter- When I Knew, Articles
By Andrea I knew the day I visited a particular web site. I was 39, and I’d just read a book called Love Is An Orientation by Andrew Marin. It’s about how conservative Christians can engage in truly constructive dialogue with...
Read MoreYou Think You Know… But You Have No Idea
Feb 1, 2012 | 2012 Winter- When I Knew
By Jennifer Miracle When did I know? Hmm…that is quite the precarious question…at...
Read MoreBi Women Around the World: Dana Peleg, Tel Aviv, Israel
Feb 1, 2012 | 2012 Winter- When I Knew, Around the World, Articles
Interview by Robyn Ochs Dana Peleg was born in 1969 and raised in Kiryat-Haim, a suburb of Haifa,...
Read MoreWhen Holly met Cindy…and James
Feb 1, 2012 | 2012 Winter- When I Knew, Articles
By Holly Lynn Danyliw When did I know I was bisexual? Good question, but for me, knowing I was bisexual and accepting it are two very different stories… I think from a very early age, I ‘knew’ I was attracted to...
Read MoreWhen I Knew
Feb 1, 2012 | 2012 Winter- When I Knew, Articles
By Rae Fine In middle school I wasn’t really attracted to anyone – it was middle school, everyone was awkward and gross. But everyone around me was discovering their status as sexual beings, however mild those sexual feelings or...
Read MoreWhen I Didn’t Know
Feb 1, 2012 | 2012 Winter- When I Knew, Articles, Poetry
By Debbie Block-Schwenk I was always a late bloomer….. The villains in the cartoons I watched as a child always tied up the women, So I imagined tying them up, too. All I knew of the word, “queer” was that it meant...
Read MoreFor All Who Are Between Lovers
Feb 1, 2012 | 2012 Winter- When I Knew, Articles, Poetry
By Carole Spearin McCauley I dreamed the Perfect She:tall, willowy,peach-skinned with softest hair...
Read MoreThe See-Saw Family
Feb 1, 2012 | 2012 Winter- When I Knew, Articles
By Jess Wells Here are parts five and six of Jess Wells’s nine-part story, “The See-Saw Family.”...
Read MoreMy Bi and Sexual Epiphany
Feb 1, 2012 | 2012 Winter- When I Knew, Articles, Poetry
By Chiquita Violette Looked once.Blinked twice.Questioned thrice.Thought about it to myself one...
Read MoreNews Briefs: When I Knew
Feb 1, 2012 | 2012 Winter- When I Knew, Articles, News Briefs
By Katrina Chaves On November 17, Massachusetts passed the Transgender Equal Rights Bill, making this the 16th US state to protect transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals from discrimination by adding protections to the...
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