bisexual boys? stunning! bisexual girls? incredible! nonbinary bisexuals? awesome! trans bisexuals? amazing! bisexuals with a preference for the opposite gender? stellar! bisexuals with a preference for the same gender? beautiful! bisexuals who get lumped into straight/gay? so valid! disabled bisexuals? wonderful! religious bisexuals? marvelous! bisexuals who are still questioning their sexuality? remarkable! bisexuals who are out? brilliant! bisexuals who aren’t out? extraordinary!
bisexuals! this is YOUR YEAR! in 20biteen you will be UNSTOPPABLE. GO OUT AND CONQUER. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH! rb to let a bi person know they are BIG LOVED!
Bisexual pop star Jessie J probably didn’t intend on sending an It Gets Better message to her LGBT fans when she sang her hit song “Who You Are” on a subway platform last year. But that’s just what she did. Watch this video and prepare to be deeply moved by Jessie’s message.
Being bi has given me what seems to be an unusual way to engage the world and empathize with those who see things differently. For me, that is a quality of spirit given by God.
-Rev. Dr. Janet Edwards
Today is Celebrate Bisexuality Day! Here are some of our favorite stories and resources on Christianity and bisexuality:
In 2014, Ward started Fluid Arizona, a group for people who are attracted to more than one gender. […]
“They talk about how my stories have really helped them and they’ll have similar experiences and being able to be a part of the online community helps them identify with other people like them,” he said. “They realize they’re not alone in this world, that they have this strong community that they can share the fears they have, whatever excitements they have, with others just like them.”
After coming out to his friends and family, Ward came out to coworkers at a manufacturing company where he used to work. One of them told him she thought being bisexual was “gross,” he said.
He didn’t let it go.“I told her flat out, ’It’s not gross, and I don’t ever want you to say that to my face again,’” he recalled. He said the coworker apologized.
Join us as we launch the first of our live Google+ Hangouts: It Gets Better Plus!
The video chat hangouts will feature It Gets Better Project Co-Founder Dan Savage; StandUp Foundation’s Chairman Ben Cohen, MBE; and writer/activist Janet Mock as well as other It Gets Better supporters answering your questions about LGBT issues and coming out!
Ten years ago, Activist, Author, and Youtuber Gigi Gorgeous told LGBTQ+ youth everywhere it gets better. On the It Gets Better Project’s 10 year anniversary, Gigi reflects on what she said then, with new words of wisdom and stories to share!
Since 2010, the It Gets Better Project has collected over 60,000 video stories from LGBTQ+ people and their allies from around the world.
Here are some of our favorite moments from January 2018.
1. It Gets Better Austria Shares The Coming Out Story of Drag Performer Giselle Borderelle
Before coming out to their family, Giselle Borderelle was afraid of how they would react. As it turns out, Borderelle found immense love and support in their mother. Borderelle says life may be complicated at times, but it will get better!
Volunteer McKenna Palmer went to TwitchCon to interview LGBTQ+ video game streamers and learn more about their world.
4. Colombian Poet Finds Strength Through Friendship
Rodrigo Marel shared his story of love and acceptance with It Gets Better Colombia. By leaning on his friends and family, Marel was able to be proud of his true self.
After facing a difficult childhood, Cielo Simão went on to obtain a master’s degree in biology and become a successful working professional. Simão is proof that it really does get better.
It Gets Better Spain participated in the historical exhibit “A Journey Through LGBT History” at the Irj Riojano Youth Institute.
It Gets Better Austria completed work on their new office, complete with unicorn stickers!
“LESBIANS ARE BEAUTIFUL” – “A DAY WITHOUT LESBIANS IS LIKE A DAY WITHOUT SUNSHINE,” Gay Freedom Day Parade, San Francisco, California, June 1979. Photographer unknown, c/o @chicagotribune.
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In the late 1970s, as former beauty queen, singer, spokesperson, and archconservative Anita Bryant’s Save Our Children campaign battled anti-discrimination ordinances across the country, the queer community unified around a common enemy.
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From 1977 to 1979, virtually every gathering of queer Americans (and many across the world) featured every kind of anti-Anita paraphernalia, including signs, banners, shirts, pins, speeches, songs, and chants.
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Here, Gay Freedom Day participants present a spin on the tagline Bryant made famous as spokesperson for the Florida Citrus Commission: “Breakfast without orange juice is like a day without sunshine.”
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[Please note: most sources incorrectly describe this image as one of a Chicago Pride Parade; it is, in fact, from San Francisco’s 1979 Gay Freedom Day Parade. We base the location on the streetcar tracks and the sign for Mason & Turk Streets (which intersect with Market Street) in the background. The 1979 parade was San Francisco’s first Gay Freedom Day Parade the route of which went from downtown to the Castro (as opposed to vice versa) and the marchers here are headed away from downtown; that fact, coupled with the Anita reference, gives us confidence in the 1979 date. As ever, we encourage those who are inclined to repost the picture with the correct information in order to correct the virtual record.] #lgbthistory #HavePrideInHistory #LesbianVisibilityDay #Resist (at San Francisco, California)
I just want to share some positivity. I have a really close adult friend who I've known since I was 5 (I'm 18 now) and she's one of the only adults who's consistently been there for me so I see her as a sort of second mom. I came out to her as nonbinary and she took it so well! She's been learning and educating herself about the lgbt community but gender is a new hurdle for her, but she was so accepting of me without any hesitation. I may have cried, just a bit.
That’s fantastic! I’m so glad for you! Coming out is a difficult processes but I’m glad you chose to and I’m glad your friend is educating herself. I hope she only learns more in the future! : )