A Super Gathering of Bi Leaders
Don't miss this chance to Chat with this group!
Here one of the greatest panels of Bi Elders who essentially started the Bisexual Movement! Their activism goes back more than half a century.
It's an appropriate way to spend Oct. 11 National Coming Out Day and October is also LGBT History Month.
The prestigious panel includes: Lani Ka'ahumanu and Loraine Hutchins the co-editors of the definitive anthology "Bi Any Other Name" and who co-founded the first national bi organization, BiNet USA - the National Bisexual Network. Lani was the first bi person on the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and member of the Safer Sex Sluts.
Loraine taught Women's Studies, researched intersections of sex-positive spiritual paths from a queer feminist perspective and is also an activist for differently-abled people.
Robyn Ochs is a tireless activist and speaker, editor of the Women's Quarterly and two bi anthologies, and helped solidify the definition of bisexuality as we know it today.
ABilly Jones-Hennin launched the first national gay and lesbian black advocacy group in 1978, the National Coalition of Black Gays, and became a bi activist ever since.
Hosted by Mike Szymanski, co-author of the first "The Bisexual's Guide to the Universe," the first book to win in the Bisexual Category at the Lambda Literary Awards and a writer about bi issues for the past three decades.
This is a rare panel of bi history superstars, and many other surprise guests will phone in during the show. Please register in advance, and please bring lots of questions for this exciting panel.
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