By Robyn Ochs
The 2025 International Bisexuality+ Research Conference took place on October 4th and 5th, 2025 on Zoom.
This year’s conference was the fourth, and was organized by the Bisexual Research Group, a group of researchers, educators, and activists working to better understand the bisexual, pansexual, polysexual, plurisexual, queer, fluid, and unlabeled experience.
This free, two-day conference included panels and workshops covering a wide range of topics, including Bi+ Books; Bisexual Research in Brazil; Bisexuality and the Law; Bi+ Media; Masculinities; Privilege, Passing, and Discrimination; Bi+ Research Activism: Bridging Knowledge and Action; Bi+ Lives; and History.
Several of the speakers have appeared in BWQ’s pages, including Ann Tweedy, Jantine van Lisdonk, Pamela Vallejos Chavez, Bailey Merlin, Jace Ríos Rivera, Nadja Arontschik, Nancy Marcus, and Maedbh Pierce.
I had the pleasure of speaking at the closing.
I attended the entire conference, and I recommend it. One of the conference’s strengths is the range of its speakers. Hailing from numerous countries, speakers ranged from undergraduate students to tenured faculty members to seasoned professionals, and there was something for anyone interested in bisexual+ studies, whatever your field of interest.
Recordings of sessions from this and past years’ sessions can be found on YouTube at @internationalbisexualityre2712.
If you are interested in attending future conferences or in presenting your own work, you can find out more at https://www.bisexualresearch.com.
Robyn Ochs is a global speaker and editor of this publication.
