See what ‘Newsweek’ was writing about bisexuals back in 1995
It’s Bisexual Awareness Week! To all our beloved bisexual readers: We got you!A July 1995 cover of Newsweek magazine has been making the rounds on social media.
The hip feature story that week: Bisexuality.“Not gay. Not straight. A new sexual identity emerges,” the cover reads. Happy BI PRIDE Week! ?Not Gay.
Not Straight. A New Sexual Identity Emerges. 1995 @newsweek #bi #biguy #biculture #blazer #1995 #biprideA post shared by ? LESBIAN CULTURE ? (@h_e_r_s_t_o_r_y) on With a teaser like that, we can only imagine what the actual article says!Oh, wait!
A digital version is available in Newsweeks‘ online archives. In it, the authors define bisexuality as “the hidden wild card of our erotic culture” that “suggests that nonmonogamy, or ‘polyamory,’ is an accepted part of life.”Related: Bisexuals Answer Stupid Questions Commonly Asked By Gay People Here’s a fun little excerpt from the article:[B]isexuality lurks as a rupture in the social structure, conjuring fears of promiscuity, secret lives and instability.
