Claiming the B in LGBT
Illuminating the Bisexual Narrative
Portland, OR : Thorntree Press, [2018]
Format: Book
Description: xiv, 333 pages : illustration ; 23 cm
"Even as the broader LGBT community enjoys political and societal advances in North America, the bisexual community still today contends with decades of misinformation stereotyping them as innately indecisive, self-loathing, and untrustworthy. Claiming the B in LGBT strives to give bisexuals a seat at the table. This guidebook to the history and future of the bisexual movement fuses a chronology of bisexual organizing with essays, poems, and articles detailing the lived experiences of bisexual activities struggling against a dominant culture driven by norms of monosexual attraction, compulsory monogamy, and inflexible notions of gender expression and identity. Kate Harrad's anthology of a thriving identity yearning to realize itself provides a vision of bisexuality that is beyond gay and straight, rather than left to merely occupy the space between"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
The basics -- Coming out (and staying in) -- Greedy, confused and invisible: Bi myths and legends -- The gender agenda -- Bisexuality and non-monogamy -- Dating -- Bisexual and disabled -- Bisexuals of color -- Lesser-spotted attractions -- Bisexuals and faith -- Bisexual through the years : life experiences -- Bi in the workplace -- Fictional bisexuality : reviews and reflections -- Allies in the bisexual community -- Let's do something about this : getting started in bisexual activism.
Subjects:
Bisexuality -- Great Britain.
Bisexual people -- Great Britain.
Group identity -- Great Britain.
Bisexuality -- Great Britain.
Bisexual people -- Great Britain.
Group identity -- Great Britain.
ISBN:
9781944934606
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SOCIAL SCI LGBTQ+ Cla | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-311) and index.