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Further adventures in bisexual science.
Let me start by saying this: there are valid reasons to want to know if certain demographic groups are more likely to have a higher number of sexual partners than the rest of their peers. While anyone can get an STI — even someone who only has one sexual partner their whole life — the…
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An Undiscovered Stereotype
There are, of course, many stereotypes out there about bisexuals. Some are unflattering: we’re born cheaters, we’re greedy, we’re tourists who are destined to leave whomever we’re with for someone of another gender when we inevitably get bored, we’re “confused” and attention seeking and secretly straight/gay (depending on our gender, of course). Some are sinister:…
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On “late blooming”
Yesterday, while at New York City’s preeminent queer beach*, I got into a conversation with my friends and beach companions about people who come out “late” — which in this case meant in their thirties or forties. My friends (two gay men) and I were, shall we say, early bloomers. One had realized he was…
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Why do I hate this?
Insider — my favorite source for terrible bisexual essays — has a new take on the bi experience (that was syndicated to MSN but is still an Insider essay, the media ecosystem is weird). Theoretically I should love it — the conclusion is that bi women are great! — and yet I find myself feeling… ick… while reading…
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Can’t Queerbait If You’re Queer
Years ago — because, much as it pains me to admit this, the first season of Severance was years ago — I received a lecture from a colleague about the true meaning of the word “queerbaiting.” [Slight Severance spoilers ahead, sorry not sorry, you should have watched it by now!] The context here is that I was…
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Heterocelibacy
Celibacy is, as you may have heard, all the rage now. Call it “boysober,” call it “decentering men,” call it the focus of countless trend pieces. All I know is: it’s in. It is an interesting phenomenon for me, personally, to observe because — well, I guess you could say that I’m a trendsetter. Back…
The B+ Squad
A website for the modern bisexual.
A website for the modern bisexual.
In the fall of 2023, I noticed something strange. After a flurry of interest of interest in bisexuality — packages devoted to Bisexual Awareness Week, article after article about how biphobia was real and the bisexuals were, in fact, struggling — Bisexual Awareness Week had once again descended upon us and there was… nothing. No dedicated weeks on any of my favorite sites. No essays rehashing old and new bisexual gripes. Even the pitches I sent in about bisexuality generated little to no interest from editors.
It seemed that the media world was just… done with bisexuals.
And as a frustrated bisexual with a lot of things to say, I decided to do what every writer was doing: I started a newsletter about bisexuality. Welcome to The B+ Squad.
All essays I’ve written on bisexuality — including ones from the project’s Substack era — are on this site. If you’d like to support the project (and get bonuses for yourself, including early access to essays), you can check out my Patreon.
Lux Alptraum
Writer & Journalist