Bisexual Resource List (monthly posting)
Alan Hamilton
Bisexual Resource List
This compilation of resources useful to Bisexuals is posted monthly
to newsgroups soc.bi, soc.motss, and news.answers, and to mailing
lists biact-l, bisexu-l, and bifem-l.
Additions and changes since the last-published version are marked with
a bar (|) in the left column. Deletions (which will not appear in the
next version) are marked with a less-than (<) in the left column.
Please send dates of Pride Day (or nearest approximation) for all
locations you know about.
If you or anyone you know makes a media appearance of any sort
(newspaper, magagazine, radio, television, etc.) as a
bisexual-identified person, please be sure to send a copy to the
Bisexual Archives, c/o the East Coast Bisexual Network, Inc. (ECBN).
Please help eradicate US-centrism in this resource list. Please point
out listings which leave out the country, or otherwise assume that the
world revolves around the US. For a description of some geographic
entities which are sometimes confused, send mail to al...@osf.org.
In price listings, "waged" means that you have a job; "unwaged" or
"concessions" means that you're unemployed, at school or university,
retired, etc.
All posts to the news.answers newsgroup are archived, and it is
possible to retrieve the last posted copy via anonymous FTP from
pit-manager.mit.edu in /pub/usenet/news.answers/bisexual-resources.
Those without FTP access may send e-mail to mail-...@rtfm.mit.edu
with "send usenet/news.answers/finding-sources" in the body to find
out how to get files from pit-manager by e-mail.
Please send additions and corrections and suggestions to Alan Hamilton
at al...@osf.org or c/o ECBN, 95 Berkeley Street #613, Boston,
Massachusetts 02116, USA, including requests to have your email
address listed in the BISEXUAL ACTIVISTS EMAIL ADDRESSES section. You
may order a hard copy from for US$5.00 from ECBN.
CALENDAR
1992 Dec Time to renew subscriptions to newsletters!
1993 (need date) Lesbian, Gay, Bi & Transgender Studies Conference,
San Francisco, U.S. Contact Karen Gallaghar,
194 Douglass Street, San Francisco, California
94114, USA. 415-626-3017.
1993 Apr 23 BiNet/USA Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, USA.
1993 Apr 24 US national bisexual conference, Washington, DC, USA.
1993 Apr 25 Washington, DC, US: National March on Washington.
1993 summer Britain's 11th annual conference.
1993 Jun 17-25 Gay Games IV
1993 Dec Time to renew subscriptions to newsletters!
1994 Jun 25 International Bisexual Conference in New York.
1994 Jun 26 Stonewall 25: International March on the United
Nations to Affirm the Human Rights of Lesbian and Gay
People.
OTHER RESOURCE LISTS
Bibliography of books by and/or about bisexual people and issues.
Developed by Lambda Rising Bookstore, Washington, District of
Columbia, USA. Send US$5 to ECBN, POB 639, Cambridge, Massachusetts
02140, USA.
_International Directory of Bisexual Groups_, April 1992 edition
published by the East Coast Bisexual Network. Send US$5 to ECBN, POB
639, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02140, USA.
The Bisexual Archives, available for use by appointment with ECBN,
POB 639, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02140, USA.
List of organizations who either have a "sexual orientation" clause
as part of policy or are subject to laws relating to "sexual orientation".
Requests, corrections and contributions to la...@bradley.bradley.edu.
Annotated list of Bisexuality in Science Fiction, Fantasy and Other
Fiction. Requests, corrections and contributions to da...@harlequin.co.uk
(Dave Berry).
List of shows which included regular, semi-regular or recurring/
occasional gay, lesbian or bisexual characters. Requests, corrections
and contributions to wy...@ccu.umanitoba.ca .
List of books with bisexual themes and/or characters. Requests,
corrections and contributions to jhm%hour...@tronsbox.xei.com .
Bisexuality in Literature: A Preliminary Checklist. Requests,
additions, and corrections to M. S. Montgomery, PO Box 1189,
Princeton, New Jersey 08542, US, or mic...@pucc.princeton.edu.
CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS to the
_International Directory of Bisexual Groups_
April 1992 edition
Australia
Macquarie University, Sidney, Bisexual/Lesbian/Gay Group.
Phone: Tim Davis 61-2-805-7629 or 61-2-805-7633(fax).
Finland
Bi Group, c/o SETA, PL 55, 00531 Helsinki, Finland. Phone:
| +358-0-135-8302, +358-0-135-8306(fax). email: lei...@cc.helsinki.fi
United States / Arkansas
Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian Activist Delegation, Fayetteville, Arkansas.
(contact information needed - reference seen in the Blade by Michael Beer)
United States / California / Bay Area
Bisexual Politics (BiPOL). Email: bi...@wet.com.
| United States / Massachusetts
| Boston Bisexual Women's Network: remove "c/o The Center"
United States / Minnesota
Bi Women and Friends. Phone: Deb (612)825-1943, Kristin (612)644-1698.
United States / Minnesota
Bisexual Women's Social Group. Potluck format. Joint events with men
by invitation only. Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
contact information needed.
United States / Minnesota
Brian Coyle, Minneapolis D.F.L. Caucus for G/L/Bi/Tg People, their
Families and Friends. Phone: Marie Hanson (612)722-5673 or Wally Swan
(612)338-0209.
United States / Minnesota
The previous issue of this list stated that all Minnesota numbers
should be Area Code 507 instead of Area Code 612. This is not true.
Look at each entry for the correct Area Code.
United States / Minnesota
Philips G/L/Tg/Ts/Bi Organization. Phone: Rand (612)872-2241 or Tom
(612)871-8410.
United States / Minnesota
Quatrefoil Library, 1619 Dayton Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota 55104,
USA. Phone: (612)641-0969. Serving L/G/Bi/Tgs. Books, videos,
tapes, games, periodicals, extensive archives.
United States / Minnesota / Interest Group
Front Runners/Walkers of MSP. Outdoor walking/running group. Phone:
Judy (612)293-0465 or Greg (612)724-2111.
United States / Minnesota / Interest Group
Minnesota Leather Den Women's group. Phone: Sheila (612)292-0542.
United States / Minnesota / Youth
G/L/Bi Youth, ages 15-19 only. Phone: (612)774-9507 or (612)648-2275.
United States / Minnesota
Humphrey Institute L/G/Bi Caucus, HHH Institue of Public Affairs,
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA. Phone:
(612)339-4161.
United States / Minnesota
St. Cloud State University: Bisexuals United, St. Cloud University,
St. Cloud, Minnesota 56301, USA. Phone: not known.
United States / Minnesota
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis: University Bi Community
International, Community of Color L/G/Bi, Friends Group, Association
of L/G&Bi Student Organizations. c/o Association of L/G/Bi Students,
230-A Coffman Union, 300 Washington Avenue, SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota
55455, USA. Phone: (612)626-2344.
United States / Minnesota
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis: Progressive Student Organization
G/L/Bi Caucus, 235 Coffman Union, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.
Phone: (612)626-7099.
United States / Missouri
Bi The Way bisexual support group. Meets Thursday nights at the Bosom
of Ishtar bookstore, 10th & Walnut Sts, Columbia, Missouri 65201, USA.
A related political action group, BAM, meets biweekly mondays next
door at Mixed Company coffee-house. Phone: 314-875-1263. Email:
c55...@mizzou1.missouri.edu .
United States / New Jersey
Bisexuals Achieving Solidarity (BIAS), 140 Montgomery St., Apt 1D,
Highland Park, New Jersey 08904, USA. Phone: 908-246-5977. Meets
regularly at or near Rutgers University on Tuesdays.
United States / New Jersey
Bisexual Network / New Jersey (BNNJ), meeting times have changed.
| United States / New York City
| NY Area Bisexual Network. Phone: 212-459-4784.
United States / New York City
Friends for Lesbian Gay Bisexual Concerns, (more info due from Michael Beer)
United States / New York City
NY Area Bisexual Network phone: 212-459-4784.
United States / New York City
New York City Bisexual Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting phone: 212-459-4784.
United States / North Carolina
East Carolina University, Bisexual, Gay, & Lesbian Alliance.
Postal code is 27835.
United States / Texas
Bi-Net [co-ed group], P.O. Box 190712, Dallas, Texas 95219. Phone
214-504-6612.
United States / Washington, DC
The BiNETWORK of the Virginia, Maryland, Washington DC Area,
P.O. Box 3646, Langley Park, MD 20787.
United States / Washington, DC
Northern Virginia (NOVA) Bi Social. Phone 703-FLY-TROT.
United States / Washington, DC
BiCentrist Alliance. _The BiCentrist_ newsletter US$7/year.
US Regional
Democratic Socialists of America Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual Commission.
e-mail: DSA-LGB...@midway.uchicago.edu
US Regional
Networking Group for Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Concerns (NGLGLBC).
A professional association within the American Occupational Therapy
Association. (Contact info to come, from Michael Beer.)
Zimbabwe
Gays And Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ), P.O. Box 1995, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Includes bisexuals.
Zimbabwe
Ngoni Chaidzo, c/o Gays And Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ), P.O. Box
1995, Harare, Zimbabwe. Black gay, lesbian, and bisexual organization
working to form a soap cooperative. Ngoni Chaidzo means great
blessing, but is also a play on the Shona word for gay, Ngochani.
COMPUTER CONNECTIONS
BiAct-L (bisexual activists) mailing list. Send mail to Elaine
Brennan <EL40...@brownvm.brown.edu> to be added to (or removed from)
the mailing list. Directions for posting to the list will be
sent to you when you are added to the list.
BiFem-L mailing list for Bi women and Bi-friendly women. To
subscribe, send a message to list...@brownvm.brown.edu with no
subject line and the following message body:
SUBSCRIBE BIFEM-L *your full name*
You will receive an acknowledgement of your message, and will later
receive a message welcoming you to the list and explaining how to
post messages. The list volume is 45-50 messages per day.
Bisexu-L mailing list. To subscribe, send a message to
list...@brownvm.brown.edu with no subject line and the
following message body:
SUBSCRIBE BISEXU-L *your full name*
You will receive an acknowledgement of your message, and will later
receive a message welcoming you to the list and explaining how to
post messages. The list volume is 45-50 messages per day.
A digest form (2-3 mail messages per day, each a packet of messages
received that day) is available to reduce the number of mail messages.
To subscribe, send a message to list...@brownvm.brown.edu with
no subject line and the following message body:
SUBSCRIBE BISEXU-D *your full name*
bive...@gnu.ai.mit.edu mailing list - local Boston announcement list
(not a discussion-type list). Subscriptions to l...@ai.mit.edu .
ea...@pompei.usc.edu mailing list for discussion of gays in the
Boy Scouts of America. Send subscription requests to
eagle-...@pompei.usc.edu.
March On Washington '93 Planning (US). Send subscription requests to
mow93-...@mailhost.Berkeley.EDU. After subscribing, send email
messages to mo...@mailhost.Berkeley.EDU.
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Usenet newsgroups:
soc.motss: Usenet social newsgroup for gays and lesbians, it also
includes many bisexual people, and supportive straight people.
200+ messages per day.
soc.bi: Usenet social newsgroup for Bi and Bi-friendly people.
20-50 messages per day.
Subscription is based on your newsreader software, so check out the
manual or ask someone else who uses the same newsreader.
There is a bisexual sub-forum on Compuserve - it is called Biways, and
is a sub-forum of the HSX200 forum.
bn...@plts.uucp (also known as uunet!sdl!plts!bnnj) - local BiNet New
Jersey mailing list. Mostly announcements. To join, send mail to
bnnj-r...@plts.uucp or uunet!sdl!plts!bnnj-request
Profemen mailing list for discussion of men's issues in (pro-)feminist
environment. Bi men & women are welcome. Subscription to:
jyan...@hamp.hampshire.edu (Jason).
NEWSLETTERS
"Bi Centrist" newsletter, c/o BiCentrist Alliance, 202-828-3065, PO
Box 2254, Washington, District of Columbia 20013-2254, USA.
US$7/year.
"Bifocal" newsletter, PO Box 13158, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414, USA.
"BiFocus, A Newsletter for the Philadelphia Bisexual Community", PO
Box 30372, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103, USA. US$12.00 regular,
US$4.00 low income and US$20.00 institution/supporting.
Bifrost magazine: 6.50 pounds (waged) or 4.5 pounds (unwaged) for 12
issues. Bifrost, PO Box 117, Norwich, NR1 2SU, England. Cheques
should be payable to Bifrost. Send an SSAE for a sample issue.
(Non-UK subs may be higher.) Essential reading for news of the UK
bisexual movement.
"BiMonthly" newsletter, published bimonthly by the Boston Bisexual Men's
Network, 617-247-6684, POB 639, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02140, USA.
"The Bi Monthly" newsletter, published monthly by the Champaign-Urbana
Bisexual Network, c/o McKinely Foundation, 809 South Fifth Street,
Illinois 61820, USA. 1-year subscription (10 issues) US$10 (US$7 with
valid University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus mail address.)
BiNet quarterly newsletter, published by BiNET, 584 Castro Street #441,
San Francisco, California 94114, USA. US$10.
"Bi Women" newsletter, published bimonthly by the Boston Bisexual
Women's Network, 617-247-6684, POB 639, Cambridge, Massachusetts
02140, USA.
"North Bi NorthWest" newsletter, Seattle Bisexual Women's Network,
206-783-7987, P.O. Box 30645 Greenwood Station, Seattle WA 98103-0645.
"Side Bi Side", quarterly newsletter of the Bi Network of the
Washington, D.C. Area, P.O. Box 2646, Langley Park, MD 20787, USA.
US$15/year, checks payable to BNDC or Bi Network.
Unitarian-Universalist Bisexual Network (UUBN) newsletter, published
occasionally by UUBN. Send US$10 to UUBN, P.O. Box 10818, Portland,
Maine 04104, USA, for a membership packet including the newsletter, a
copy of the _International Directory of Bisexual Groups_ and lots
more.
OTHER LITERATURE
_50 Steps To Bisexual Visibility_ pamphlet, _Safer Sex_ pamphlet,
_Bisexuality_ pamphlet, all developed by BiCEP and published by ECBN,
617-247-6683, POB 639, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02140, USA.
These pamphlets are also available on 3.5" IBM-compatible floppy disk.
Call ECBN to order, or to volunteer to record them on audio cassette.
_Anything That Moves_ magazine, c/o BABN, 2404 California Street #24,
San Francisco, California 94115, USA. 1 year: US$25, 2 years: US$45,
Foreign/Group/Institutions: 1 year, US$30, Limited Income: 1 year, US$16.
Make checks payable to BABN. "Mailings are discreet & sent bulk
mail."
_Bi Any Other Name: Bisexual People Speak Out_. Ed. by Loraine
Hutchins & Lani Kaahumanu. Boston: Alyson Publications, 1991. ISBN
0-55583-174-5 (paperback). US$11.95
_Bisexual Lives_. Published in London by Off Pink Publishing, 1988.
ISBN 0-9513103-0-5 (paperback). Sequel (_More Bisexual Lives_) in
preparation.
_The Bisexual Option: A Concept of One-Hundred Percent
Intimacy_, Klein, Fred. New York: Arbor House, 1978. ISBN 0-87795-179-9.
_Bisexuality, A reader and sourcebook_, Thomas Geller, ed.
1989 Times Change Press, Ojai, California, USA.
_Bisexuality & HIV/AIDS: A Global Perspective_. Ed. Rob Tielman,
Manuel Carballo, & Aart Hendriks. Buffalo, NY, Prometheus Press,
1991. ISBN 0-87975-666-7. [US$42.50 cloth; paperback not yet available
2/92.]
Dream Magazine, Klinger Publications, Klinger Building, 2801 Fourth
Ave., San Diego, California 92103 USA. US$70 for 12 issues
_The Final Closet: The Gay Parents' Guide for Coming Out to Their Children_.
rev. ed. Rip Corley. Ed. by Jean Chang. LC 89-82740. 192p. 1990. pap. 8.95
(ISBN 0-945586-08-6). Editech Pr.
_The Handbook of Non-Sexist Writing for Writers, Editors and
Speakers_, Casey Miller and Kate Swift.
US: 1980, Harper and Row, ISBN 0-06-463542-2.
UK: 2nd British edition 1989, The Women's Press Limited, 34 Great
Sutton Street, London EC1V 0DX, England. UK pounds 4.95.
International Gay/Les/Bi Student Group Directory. 128KB. Send mail
to <bmcc...@vtssi.vt.edu> to request a copy or provide updates.
_Two Lives to Live: Bisexuality in Men and Women_. Ed. by Fritz Klein
& Timothy J. Wolf. New York: Harrington Park Press, 1985. ISBN
0-918393-22-1 (pap.). Also published by Haworth Press, 1985, with the
title _Bisexualities: Theory and Research_; originally appeared as
_Journal of Homosexuality_, vol. 11, nos. 1/2 (Spring 1985).
_Open Hands_ is published by the lesgay group of United Methodists.
Open Hands, 202-863-1586 FAX 202-488-1423, P. O. Box 23636, Washington,
District of Columbia 20026, USA.
_The Other Side of the Closet: The Coming-Out Crisis for Straight Spouses_.
Amity P. Buxton. 350p. (Orig.). 1991. pap. 14.95 (ISBN 1-877880-07-8).
IBS Press.
_Talk Back! The Gay Person's Guide to Media Action_, "Lesbian and
Gay Media Advocates", US$3.95 Alyson Publications, Boston, 1982.
ISBN 0-932870-10-4
_Closer to Home: Bisexuality & Feminism_ edited by Beth Reba Weise.
$14.95 from Seal Press, 3131 Western Avenue #410, Seattle, WA
98121-1028. Phone: (206) 283-7844.
RADIO SHOWS
BiVocal : the radio show by, for, and about BiSexuals,c/o 9A Bealey
Ave, Christchurch 1, New Zealand. Plains FM, 96.9 MHz, canterbury
plains area, New Zeland. It is a community radio station. We
alternate, every 2nd week Mondays 8-8:30pm. The other week is
Outwaves, the queer show.
FOR THE BLIND
Pamphlets published by ECBN are available free to vision-impaired
people from 617-338-9595, POB 639, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02140,
USA. These pamphlets are also available on 3.5" IBM-compatible floppy
disk. Also included is this file, the "Bi Activists Resource List."
Call ECBN to order, or to volunteer to record literature on audio
cassette for the blind.
HIV/AIDS EDUCATION
_Safer Sex_ pamphlet, developed by BiCEP and published by ECBN,
617-247-6683, POB 639, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02140, USA.
The following people have volunteered to be contacts for HIV/AIDS issues:
"Liz Highleyman" <l...@ai.mit.edu>
"Michael Beer" <MNO...@guvax.georgetown.edu>
"Julie Waters" <ju...@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu>
PET PROJECTS (things we'd like to see happen in Bi communities)
Audio tape/braille/large print/email/floppy disk bi literature for
people with visual impairments.
Eliminating oppression of people in the Bisexual Communities on the
excuse of race, age, or disability.
Translating ECBN pamphlets into other languages than English.
BI ACTIVISTS EMAIL ADDRESSES (Internet format)
Send mail to al...@osf.org to be added to this list. Keep in mind:
This list may be requested by anyone, from al...@osf.org, and is posted
monthly to Bisexu-l, BiFem-l BiAct-L, soc.bi and soc.motss.
| "Aimee L. Tweedie" <bv...@cleeveland.freenet.edu>
"Alan Hamilton" <al...@osf.org>
1992 President of the East Coast Bisexual Network, Inc. and co-founder
of the Unitarian-Universalist Bisexual Network. Does writing and
public speaking, panel discussions and workshops on HIV/AIDS, sexual
| orientation, bisexuality, oppression theory, and related subjects.
Contact for bisexual issues, bisexual literature, or to volunteer time
to ECBN or UUBN.
"Dave Berry" <da...@harlequin.co.uk>
"Drew Lewis" <as...@cleveland.freenet.edu>
Contact for writing, writers' retreat, BBMN News newsletter.
"Erik Storm" <ess...@eos.ncsu.edu>
| "Gerard Palmeri" <bi...@wet.com>
| "Jill Nagle" <bi...@wet.com>
"Julie Firman" <fir...@RCF.rsmas.miami.edu>
"Julie Waters" <ju...@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu>
Contact for issues related to HIV/AIDS and issues related to gender and
transsexuality. Does public speaking and panel discussions on sexuality
and gender.
"Kelly Cookson" <kc...@umail.umd.edu>
"Ken Jones" <ke...@sgi.com>
"Laura Arnold" <plts!la...@warren.mentorg.com>
"Louie Crew" <lc...@andromeda.rutgers.edu>
"Maria Maso" <ma...@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu>
"Mike Montgomery" <mic...@pucc.princeton.edu>
A.k.a. "M. S. Montgomery". Reference librarian, bi-bliographer,
versifier, essayist, lifepartner, father, lover, friend. Takes
reference and bibliographic queries on bi-related subjects.
"Ray Schnitzler" <sch...@unipress.com>
"Robyn Ochs" <oc...@harvarda.harvard.edu>
"Ronald Ferguson" <ro...@cup.portal.com>
"Tane' Tachyon" <tac...@ucscb.ucsc.edu>
"Ted Hardie" <har...@leland.stanford.edu>
"Tigger" <nne...@us.oracle.com>
"Tom Limoncelli" <t...@warren.mentorg.com>
"Wayne Bryant" <bry...@teradyne.com>
"Kay Dekker" <idx...@cck.coventry.ac.uk>
"Virginia Fleming" <v...@acpub.duke.edu>