Activists mark Bisexual Awareness Week
Bisexual activists during this year’s Bisexual Awareness Week are reflecting on progress made and the work that still needs to be done.
Robyn Ochs, a bisexual activist and editor of Bi Women Quarterly, told the Washington Blade that Bisexual Awareness Week “is an important opportunity to shed light on the joys, challenges and experiences of identifying as bisexual.” Ochs this year will be visiting Sweden for 10 days, speaking about bisexual issues in three cities and attending a gathering of bisexual people from all Nordic countries. “I’m so excited to be a witness to history,” Ochs said. “We are so intersectional,” added Fiona Dawson, co-founder of BiPlus Organizing US and author of “Are Bisexuals Just Greedy?” Dawson said that because “most transgender people identify as bisexual” and because people of color are “more likely to be bisexual than any other community,” bisexual needs must be addressed when addressing the needs of other minority communities.
BiPlus Organizing US is hosting an event on Celebrate Bisexuality Day, Sept. 23, in D.C., with support from the Human Rights Campaign, the Bisexual Resource Center, the D.C.
Center for the LGBT Community, PFLAG and #StillBisexual. Adrien Shanker, senior advisor for LGBTQI+ health equity in the U.S.
