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Echoes of Section 28

D H Kelly29 May 2018

30 years after the Local Government Act 1988 was passed, D H Kelly describes what it was like to grow up under Section 28 and notices uncanny echoes in modern day transphobia...

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Why are bisexual TV characters such complete jerks?

D H Kelly29 November 2017

Bisexual characters remain rare on our TV screens, but D H Kelly notices that when they do appear, they are overwhelmingly sketchy and occasionally villainous ...

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A study claims to prove than straight women lie about their same-sex desires, but D H Kelly argues that what people say about their own sexual orientation remains the most accurate information we have on the subject...

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Gal pals: when queer women are ‘just friends’

Sophie Jackson5 August 2017

Sophie Jackson chats to queer women about friendship, boundaries and the hypersexualisation of queerness...

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What does it mean to be gay in 2017?

Jennifer Richards28 July 2017

Jennifer Richards considers how attitudes to the LGBT+ community have changed and what that means to young queer people today...

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All singing, all dancing, all rather toxic

D H Kelly25 March 2017

D H Kelly enjoys the brilliant comic songs in Crazy Ex-Girlfriend but is disappointed by the show’s treatment of mental ill health and its reliance on toxic heteronormative romantic messages...

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Seven times the media was awesome for bisexual representation

Guest Blogger23 February 2017

Mainstream media doesn’t often give the bisexual community much to celebrate, so when it does, it’s worth shouting about, writes Emily Chudy ...

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Being a bisexual object

Zoe Russell23 September 2016

On Bi Visibility Day, Zoe Russell discusses the inconsistent treatment of bisexuality within the culture of hook up sites and sex parties ...

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A guide to bisexuality in Britain can’t come soon enough

D H Kelly9 November 2015

D H Kelly discusses the position of bisexual women and a crowd-funded book which might make a difference ...

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We’re over here!

Megan Stodel26 September 2015

Bi Visibility Day was celebrated on 23 September. Megan Stodel starts listing ways that would help increase the visibility of bisexuality...

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Being invisi-bi

Megan Stodel27 August 2015

How can we talk about people in a way that acknowledges bisexuality? Megan Stodel explores the barriers and looks for answers...

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My sexuality is not a psychiatric symptom – it’s just who I am

Guest Blogger12 May 2015

Charlotte Dingle blogs for the F-word on the experience of being bisexual and having Borderline Personality Disorder, and how this affected her treatment by mental health professionals. ...

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Desiree Akhavan: it matters which stories we tell

Sophie Mayer28 February 2015

Desiree Akhavan talks to Sophie Mayer about studying with Ira Sachs, getting real about onscreen sex and why we need more selfish female protagonists ...

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Bisexual women are the new sexy in pop music

Lawrence Allen10 January 2013

Is recent frankness about bisexuality among female pop stars indicative of liberation of women and LGBT people or merely an extension of sexualisation of the industry, asks Lawrence Allen ...

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Jessie J, Cynthia Nixon and female bisexuality

Guest Blogger24 April 2012

Guest blogger Louise McCudden considers why being bisexual is presumed to be more socially acceptable for women than being gay. ...

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The cultural narratives they are a-changin’?

Chrissy19 January 2012

An unpleasant incident with a fellow cinema-goer notwithstanding, Chrissy D left a screening of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo in high spirits and hopeful for a change of the tide in Hollywood's take on female leads in action movies ...

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Ask A Feminist #2: No, I don’t want you to watch

Laura19 January 2012

In this week's Ask A Feminist, reader Jenny is looking for ways to challenge people who think her bisexuality is all about them... Dear Laura, I'd *love* some...

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