Bisexuality

September 23, 2014

by Alexandra Bolles, Associate Director, Campaigns & External Engagement

#BiWeek win: You spoke, Dear Prudence listened

Following GLAAD's campaign and public outcry urging Dear Prudence columnist Emily Yoffe to improve her advice to bisexual readers, Slate's syndicated writer did just that this morning.

September 23, 2014

by Alexandra Bolles, Associate Director, Campaigns & External Engagement

#MyBisexualityIs amplifies, empowers bi voices during #BiWeek

In a society that so often erases the voice of the bi community, the #MyBisexualityIs campaign is an empowering and personal look at the diverse experiences of people who are bisexual.

September 23, 2014

by Alexandra Bolles, Associate Director, Campaigns & External Engagement

Snapshots: #BiWeek, remembering Tyler Clementi, & more

Wonder what we're up to at GLAAD? Be sure to check out GLAAD's Blog each week for updates about our latest work to build support for LGBT equality through news, entertainment and online media.

September 22, 2014

by Alexandra Bolles, Associate Director, Campaigns & External Engagement

8 things you didn't know about the bisexual community

Today, in honor of #BiWeek, the report "Understanding Issues Facing Bisexual Americans" was released. Here are some things we learned:

September 10, 2014

by Alexandra Bolles, Associate Director, Campaigns & External Engagement

Snapshots: Dear Prudence, Trans healthcare, Big Brother Big Sister, and more

Wonder what we’re up to at GLAAD? Be sure to check out GLAAD's Blog each week for updates about our latest work to build support for LGBT equality through news, entertainment, and online media.

Dear Pruden

August 26, 2014

by Alexandra Bolles, Associate Director, Campaigns & External Engagement

Dear Prudence: Telling bi people to stay in the closet is bad advice

Dear Prudence advised a bisexual woman was to keep her identity "private," and equated the woman's identity to "plushophilia" (an erotic interest in stuffed animals), getting "turned on by being a dominatrix," and to "not [being] by nature monogamous."

August 19, 2014

by Joeli Katz, Youth Issues Intern

#WhatBiLooksLike takes Twitter by storm. Tweet your own photos!

Last week HuffPost Gay Voices, a division of the Huffington Post, sent out a tweet asking for people who identify as bisexual to post photos of themselves and share with the world using the hashtag #WhatBiLooksLike.

July 29, 2014

by Jacob Rudolph, Communications and Public Relations Intern

"Britain is sending my bisexual son to his death"

Orashia Edwards fled his home country of Jamaica to escape; his bisexuality made him a target for anti-LGBT violence. So, he sought asylum in the United Kingdom, which he received for a time only for it to be denied later on because the UK government felt Edwards was dishonest about being a bisexual man.