This issue’s theme is “Dear ___.” Readers were asked: “For this issue, we’d like you to write a letter to someone who has impacted your bi+ identity in some way and let them know how you feel. Maybe it’s a parent who didn’t react well to your coming out, a public figure who changed your life by example, or a lawmaker who’s trying to take away your rights, a first same-gender crush, or a love letter to your partner of 20 years.”
We are grateful to everyone who submitted their letters, poetry, essays, and visual art.
Here’s how you, as readers, can help:
BWQ is a free resource, available online and in print to readers globally. Around 10,000 individuals and organizations have digital subscriptions to BWQ, and many more read content on our website. We send around 500 physical copies of BWQ out to college campuses, women’s centers, health care providers, LGBTQIA+ community centers, and individuals. Keeping this publication free—and thus accessible—is no small feat, considering that publishing has become increasingly expensive.
Despite rising costs, we are committed to keeping BWQ free and accessible to people in search of connection and community, particularly as the cultural and political climate in so many places becomes more hostile to the LGBTQIA+ community.
If you are able, please support our work with a donation. Info at BiWomenQuarterly.com/donate.
We really could use your support!
With gratitude,
Robyn, Emily, Avery, Melissa, Lejla, Marya, Jo-Anne, Gail, and ALL of the amazing folks who share their creative work and/or volunteer for BWQ