Bi America
Myths, Truths, and Struggles of an Invisible Community

Offers an inside look at the American bisexual community and gives an understanding of the special circumstances unique to being bisexual.

Bisexuals, especially those newly coming out, can use this book to help understand their identity, and family members and friends seeking some insight into the unique circumstances faced by their loved ones will also find it helpful. This book will interest those concerned with the sociology of deviance or with subcultures in general. It is also appropriate for undergraduate sociology and cultural anthropology, as well as feminist studies and LGBT studies classes. This book offers one of the few accessible, nonacademic looks at this unique and interesting community. Visit the book's Web site at http://www.bi101.org

Foreword (Fritz Klein, MD)
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
My Own Story
Sources
Who and What This Book Is About
Chapter 1. BECAUSE
Welcome to BECAUSE
The Workshop
Chapter 2. Relating Bisexuality to the World
Bring Out the Bisexuals : The Jerry Springer Show
The Invisible Bisexual
The Relationship Between the Bi and the Lesbian and Gay Communities
Chapter 3. Bisexuality Defined
Something Men Just Do
Sex, History, and Culture
Models of Sexual Orientation
Perspectives on Bisexuality
Bisexuality As an Orientation
Bisexuality As an Identity
Chapter 4. In Search of a Bisexual Community
The Picnic
Who Are They?
Is There a Bi Community?
Meet the Bi Community
Back to the Picnic
Chapter 5. Women's and Men's Experiences: Penthouse Bisexuals and Support Group Men
Kiss the Girls
Bisexual Women
Bisexual Men
Chapter 6. The Transgender Community
Bi Cities!
What Is
Transgender ?
Transgender History
Bisexual and Transgender
Chapter 7. What Is the Relationship Between Nonmonogamy and Bisexuality?
The Wog
Bisexuality, Monogamy, and American Society
Styles of Nonmonogamy
Last Thoughts About Monogamy
Chapter 8. Bisexuality in the Time of AIDS
Safer Sex Sluts
HIV/AIDS 101
HIV Risk and Bisexual Men
HIV Risk and Bisexual Women
AIDS and the Bisexual Community
Chapter 9. The History of the Bisexual Community
Boston, June 2002
The Seeds of Bi Activism in the 1960s and 1970s
The 1980s and the Second Wave of Activism
The 1990s and Conference Culture
Where Does That Leave the Bi Community Today?
Chapter 10. The Future of the Bi Community: GLBT Identity versus Cyberspace
The College Workshop
Into the Future
Bisexual Inclusion
Here Comes the Internet
Do We Want to Have a Community?
What Is the Future of the Bisexual Community?
Chapter 11. BECAUSE Reprise
Back to the Workshop
Sunday Morning Breakfast
Appendix A. The Survey
Appendix B. The Bisexual History Project
Appendix C. Resources and Further Reading
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Reference Notes Included