Echoes of Section 28
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
bisexuality
Why are bisexual TV characters such complete jerks?
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
I believe in straight people
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
Gal pals: when queer women are ‘just friends’
Sophie Jackson chats to queer women about friendship, boundaries and the hypersexualisation of queerness
What does it mean to be gay in 2017?
Jennifer Richards considers how attitudes to the LGBT+ community have changed and what that means to young queer people today
All singing, all dancing, all rather toxic
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
Seven times the media was awesome for bisexual representation
Mainstream media doesn’t often give the bisexual community much to celebrate, so when it does, it’s worth shouting about, writes Emily Chudy
Being a bisexual object
On Bi Visibility Day, Zoe Russell discusses the inconsistent treatment of bisexuality within the culture of hook up sites and sex parties
A guide to bisexuality in Britain can’t come soon enough
D H Kelly discusses the position of bisexual women and a crowd-funded book which might make a difference
We’re over here!
Bi Visibility Day was celebrated on 23 September. Megan Stodel starts listing ways that would help increase the visibility of bisexuality
Being invisi-bi
How can we talk about people in a way that acknowledges bisexuality? Megan Stodel explores the barriers and looks for answers
My sexuality is not a psychiatric symptom – it’s just who I am
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.
Desiree Akhavan: it matters which stories we tell
Desiree Akhavan talks to Sophie Mayer about studying with Ira Sachs, getting real about onscreen sex and why we need more selfish female protagonists
Jessie J, Cynthia Nixon and female bisexuality
Guest blogger Louise McCudden considers why being bisexual is presumed to be more socially acceptable for women than being gay.
The cultural narratives they are a-changin’?
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
