Human Rights Commission Report: “Bisexuals Are At Greater Risk Of Health Problems.”
The “Health Disparities Among Bisexual People” report shows that bisexuals experience worse health than people of any other sexual orientation, including gay men and lesbians.
Bisexual women were found to have higher rates of cancer, heart disease, obesity and mental health problems than any other group of women. Bisexuals of all genders were found to have higher rates of depression and display the most incidences of binge drinking, self-harming and suicidal behaviours.
“Bisexual people are the largest single group within the LGBT community, but we’re not addressing their specific healthcare needs,” said Tari Hanneman, Deputy Director of the Health and Aging Program at the HRC Foundation.“The reality is that bisexual people face discrimination not only outside of our community, but also from within. And that can discourage them from engaging in and benefiting from the work that LGBT advocates are doing to address our mental, physical and sexual health.”… Continue reading
You Didn't Hear it from Us 20/06/15
Here’s a round-up of some of the news, blogs posts and comment we missed this week.
- Bis of Colour launched their survey report.
- Kristen Stewart’s mother maybe outed her…
- … or maybe didn’t.
- We read a beautifully written piece about being queer at Ramadan.
- An ex-Surgeon General of the US wants bi people to come out to their doctors.
- Activists supporting trans* women of colour halted Boston Pride’s parade.
- A photographer shot portraits of 65 LGBT survivors of discrimination worldwide.
- We learned the truth about sexuality in Ancient Greece and Rome.
Did we miss any other must-see stories? Let us know in comments…
Image: “Joseph Kawesi, 31. Uganda, MARCH 2015 ” by Robin Hammond. Shared under fair use. Via Time.com
You Didn't Hear it from us 11.04.15
Here’s a round-up of some of the news, blogs posts and comment we missed this week.
- Wisconsin University offered a chance of extra credit for bisexual students; campus conservatives called it ‘disgusting’.
- HBO released a trailer for Bessie starring Queen Latifah as the legend herself.
- Call Me Tree A children’s book with no specific gender pronouns was released by author Maya Christina Gonzalez.
- America’s Got Talent breakout star Kehlani talks tattoos, bisexuality and R&B with Complex.
- Everyday feminism schooled us in how we build acceptable narratives for trans* people to follow – and how we shouldn’t.
- The Guardian asked if Kinsey was right; are 10% of people really gay?
- ONITB released a trailer for season three and Biscuit wet its collective pants. OMG Ruby Rose.
Did we miss any other must-see stories? Let us know in comments…
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You didn't hear it from us (27/02/15)
Here’s a round-up of some of the news, blogs posts and comment we missed this week.
- DC Comics outed Catwoman!
- Peter Tatchell claimed to be ‘persecuted’ by sex workers and trans* people. Paper Bird put him right on a few things.
- Over on HuffPost Black Voices, Crystal Fleming talked about #ThisIsLuv and the experience of being black and bi.
- Alabama Judge Roy Moore is worried that if the Supreme Court rules in favor of marriage equality,“bisexuals” and “transgendered” will marry two people.
- Autostraddle reported on a study from Stanford University that indicated LGBTQ med students fear discrimination.
- Blogger thethreepennyguignol talked about not being queer ‘enough’ and biphobia in the LG community.
- Rapidnews talked some bollocks about bisexuality equalling leverage in Hollywood.
- pewresearch.org claimed that bisexuals are less likely than lesbian, gay and trans* people to say their orientation is important to their identity… Continue reading
Past the look: What is demisexuality?
I have recently been doing some research on the asexual (ace) and aromantic (aro) communities that are included within the LGBT+ umbrella but are very often ignored. One main difficulty the ace community faces is people rebranding the “A” in LGBTQIA as being for allies and not asexuals. This erases them even further as they are replaced by non-queer representation, which is exactly, not, the point.
The problem with LGBT+ spaces being hypersexualised means that queer ace people could feel uncomfortable or unwelcome in queer spaces due to the heavy focus on indulging in casual sexual behaviour, which is totally fine and awesome if you are into that sort of thing, but if you aren’t it leaves you in the cold as to where to find queer spaces and likeminded queer individuals. This oversexualisation of queerness and queer spaces also means that asexuals get forgotten and are sometimes not seen as being “queer enough” to be part of the community. Which is something that to bisexuals sounds strangely familiar…
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