Category Archives: Bisexuality

Gay, Lesbian, ________, and Transgender, revisited

Posted on July 3, 2019 by

Dateline yesterday, MPR.  Newsreader in a story about, I believe, employment law mentions that there are issues for “gay, lesbian, and transgender people”. So I’m definitely not straight.  Ask anyone who knows me.  But for me to use the word … Continue reading →

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Textbook Bi

Posted on April 19, 2019 by

(Key rattles in lock. Cue sound effect of rusty door squeak.  Sound of electronic broadcast equipment warming up.) Howdy! Been a while, which I will talk about at our next meeting.  Right now, I have something short to get off … Continue reading →

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My Corpse Will Not Be Your Movement’s Foundation

Posted on February 26, 2016 by

Originally posted on An Odd Rey:
     Coming into an all day Bi+ Institute, where seconds before people in the room had been talking about how the Bi+ community, how the terms, bi,bisexual, and biromantic had at times saved…

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Now in private practice

Posted on November 7, 2015 by

Howdy! I’ve just opened my own private psychotherapy practice here in Saint Cloud, MN. Details are available on Psychology Today as well as a bunch of other places online, including my website. Here’s some information. Queer focused — bi, trans, … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: How to Find a Bi Competent Therapist by Estraven Le Guin

Posted on June 26, 2015 by

Originally posted on An Odd Rey:
“One US study found that over a quarter of therapists seen by bisexual clients erroneously assumed that sexual identity was relevant to the goal of therapy when the client didn’t agree, and around a sixth saw bisexuality as being part of an…

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All Of Me

Posted on June 20, 2015 by

Dan Savage tells me that I’m straight because I’m a cismale in a long term monogamous relationship with a ciswoman. It doesn’t matter to him that we met because we were interested in the same man, or that I had … Continue reading →

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Gay, Lesbian, ________ and Transgender

Posted on June 20, 2015 by

This will be brief. People need to belong. Abraham Maslow’s heirarchy of needs describes how people are able to get their needs met. First is survival. If you don’t have food and water, or other things you require to keep … Continue reading →

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Bisexual Erasure in Academic Research 1

Posted on January 25, 2015 by

Last week I got my copy of the Journal of LGBT Issues in Counseling, Volume 8, Issues 1-4, 2014. For those who don’t know how these things work, this is the peer-reviewed academic journal of ALGBTIC, which is the queer-focused … Continue reading →

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The Big One, or, How Many Times Do I Have To Say This?

Posted on December 22, 2014 by

This is the big one. This is the misconception about bisexuality that is used every day to harm us. For the most part I have gotten away from the kind of “mythbusting” that basically every bisexual activist starts out by … Continue reading →

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Bisexual Identity Development: Perspectives, Similarities, and Contrasts

Posted on December 14, 2014 by

“Bisexual Identity Development: Perspectives, Similarities, and Contrasts” is an academic paper rather than an informal blog post. Portions mirror my previous post, Bisexual Identity Development, or, You’re Out Of Your Box Enjoy. (A note on language: in modern usage, the … Continue reading →

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