By Robyn Ochs
Tune into www.thebicast.org, a new monthly podcast providing a voice for the bisexual community. Just getting started, The BiCast has already featured interviews with Ellyn Ruthstrom, Faith Cheltenham and Shiri Eisner.
Wisconsin 521, a statewide bi group for folks in – you guessed it! – Wisconsin held their first successful training of Speaker’s Bureau volunteers, at UW-Oshkosh in April and are looking forward to working with the Bisexual Organizing Project in PFund’s QReach effort, connecting LGBTQ organizations in Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, North and South Dakota. Lastly, they’ve having monthly brunches in Madison, WI and are planning to be a presence at pride marches throughout the state.
A New York Times article, “The Scientific Quest to Prove Bisexuality Exists” was published on March 23rd, with strong reaction from the bisexual community. My favorite response was penned (keystroked?) by Amy Andre and was entitled “The Scientific Quest to Prove that the New York Times Exists.” While the article focused largely on men, bi women advocates Denise Penn, Ellyn Ruthstrom and myself were among those quoted in the original article.
On April 28th actor Alan Cumming gave an NPR interview in which he clearly defined his bisexuality:
I used to be married to a woman. Before that I had had a relationship with a man. I then had another relationship with a woman, and I since then have had relationships with men. I still would define myself as bisexual partly because that’s how I feel but also because I think it’s important to — I think sexuality in this country especially is seen as a very black and white thing, and I think we should encourage the gray. You know?
I don’t go around in my life thinking, “Oh, my God, I’m going to have to have sex with a woman soon because I said I was bisexual!” … It’s like saying you’re straight or you’re gay — it’s just what you are, and whatever you’re doing in your life it runs obviously parallel, but it’s kind of secondary to how you are inside. That’s how I’ve always felt, and I still do, even though I’m very happily married to a really amazing man and wish to be so for the rest of my life.”
(Source: tinyurl.com/NPRAlanCumming)