Very quickly I found myself writing about bisexuality, distributing fliers, promoting the support group, and organizing groups and events of my own. From the moment I heard about the new support group (while marching with the first transgender block in the Jerusalem pride march), I became so excited that the two dots had finally connected.

In 2008, the first bisexual support group in Tel Aviv was started by Elad Livneh, a long-time bisexual activist and one of two people running Bisexuals in Israel, a Jerusalem-based organization active between 20. I remember waiting for years for something to start, all the while never thinking about bisexual activism as an option. Throughout this time, we kept talking about our bisexuality, about erasure and biphobia in our communities, and wondered why no one was doing anything about it. I (as well as my bisexual friends) were all active in those movements, organizing and participating in projects that changed events and politics. Up until then, I had no idea that these two places in my head-bisexuality and activism-could connect. I started doing bisexual activism in 2009, after many years of being active with the radical queer, feminist, and Palestine solidarity movements. David Lourea, bisexual activist (1945–1992) My expectation is that they ought to have a higher level of consciousness than I did, because they’re standing on our shoulders.” I think it’s the duty of every generation to revolt against the older generation and to go further. “I hope they’re revolting against our methods. “BUT WHAT ABOUT THE MEN?”: BI MEN AND WOMENĬISSEXISM AND TRANSPHOBIA IN BISEXUAL COMMUNITIESĬASE IN POINT: THE BI COMMUNITY IN ISRAEL/OCCUPIED PALESTINEĭECIPHERING THE POWER, CREATING A NEW WORLDĬHAPTER 8: Bisexuality and the GGGG MovementĭON’T ASK TO KILL, DON’T SAY IT’S JUSTICE PASSING IN THEORY (A BI/EPISTEMOLOGY OF PASSING)ĬHAPTER 4: Bisexuality, Feminism, and WomenĬHAPTER 5: Bisexuality, Feminism, and MenĮRASURE OF MALE BISEXUALITY: THE BAILEY STUDY HOW TO RECOGNIZE A BISEXUAL: WHEN BISEXUALS PASS SOME FACTS ABOUT BISEXUAL POVERTY AND ECONOMIC OPPRESSIONĬHAPTER 3: Bisexuality, Privilege, and Passing POWERLESSNESS, MARGINALIZATION, AND HETERONOMY

MAINTAINING THE PRIMACY OF GENDER AS A SOCIAL CATEGORY

THE QUESTION OF BINARY OR: WHY “BI” IS BINARY BUT “FTM” IS NOT)

Bi by Shiri Eisner