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Thank you for the past 4 years: BIWOC archive as a resource.

Community Members,

Please note that all BIWOC services are permanently suspended. The website, social media accounts, and online support groups will serve as an archive. Emails will not receive a response and social events are ceased. The decision to suspend services is a reflection/response to the communities’ readiness to utilize BIWOC’s services in a sustainable way and a lack of volunteer staff to keep BIWOC’s administrative tasks and communications running. BIWOC was created on June 5th, 2013 with the aim to provide bisexual people of color with spaces to give and receive emotional support, resources, and co-create community. It’s amazing that there have been people through these past 4 years who have been able to utilize BIWOC’s services, and hope that BIWOC’s legacy with its online archive can be a resource to bisexual people of color for years to come. In community, Fougy Henry, EdM, MSLIS Founder

Post date: August 8, 2017

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Black girls deserve to learn free from bias and stereotypes.

Most black girls experience this hatred at schools. And classmates are not the only problem, there is no support from teachers, too. That’s why they get so affected by their school experiences. Black kids deserve to be treated just like everybody else, they want to study, they want to learn something ,too. However due to prejudice they are 5 times more likely to be suspended than their white peers and it can ruin their lives forever.  National Women’s Law Center created this video to change the situation. Join the movement to help black girls feel normal and get the same opportunities everybody else has.

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stop associating “female” with “vagina”

transgender women are female. 

if a transgender woman has a penis, she has female genitalia.

transgender men are male.

if a transgender man has a vagina, he has male genitalia.

stop reducing people to their genitals; stop trying to exclude women from spaces meant for them.

stop using terms like radical feminism and bullshit gender theories as long-winded excuses for your blatant transphobia.

stop associating “female” with “vagina”.

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bisexual black women

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y'know what's rad?

lesbians defending bi women from biphobia and bi women defending lesbians from lesbophobia

lbpq women defending each other from cishet men period.

[positivity-queen]

Here’s to the LGBTQ individuals spending the holidays with homophobic and transphobic family members.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with you. Don’t listen to them. Stay safe.

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You don't have to be paralyzed to be a wheelchair user

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[misangremellama]

Shout out to the non-Christian/Catholic Latinxs

To the Muslim Latinxs

The Jewish Latinxs

The Buddist Latinxs

The Latinxs who practice Indigenous religions

The Latinx witches

The Latinxs practicing Santeria

The Agnostic Latinxs

The Satanist Latinxs

The Atheist Latinxs

Sometimes our differing religious beliefs put us at odds with our families and our communities. Keep practicing what feels right to you. 

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[blvkandasexual]

Shoutout to black asexuals!!

Sex repulsed black aces Sex positive black aces Sex neutral black aces Black aces who’ve had sex Black aces who’re still virgins Black aces who are out Black aces who are in the closet Black aces in their teens Black aces who are in their twenties on up Questioning black aces Black aces who’ve always known they were ace Demisexual black aces Grey asexual black aces Black aromantic asexuals

I hope in 2016 the black community will recognize that we exist! We definitely need more conversations about being black and asexual.

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The myth that black men love fat women needs to get in a volcano

Is it easy Being black and fat? Do you enjoy random men telling you “I’d hit that!” Are you attracted to those who insult you on the street? Or at family gatherings When relatives you meet Tell you nobody wants you when you’re fat. But oh, black guys are supposed to love that!

Is it easy when you’re not thin And black, like how do you even fit in? Folks look away when I catch their eye And don’t get me started when they find out I’m bi. I’m not butch, and I hate the styles of the 1950’s So I have to learn to dress a little differently. But it’s not easy, not easy at all. You should hear the names I get called! I’m not hourglass shaped or light-skinned at that. My belly has rolls and I am fat!

So no, your racist ideas don’t help me one bit. When you think I have it easier, you perpetuate a myth. Fat liberation is blindingly pale; Your racial oppression keeps me down on the scale. The lines on my skin aren’t just stretch marks, But self inflicted pain I cannot get past.

So sure, say it’s easy being black and fat. Look the other other way as I deal with this crap. And if liberation for fat folks Don’t include queers of colour at the heart of it, Then we’ll done, sister: Your movement’s full of shit!

[biresourcecenter]

Save the date for the return of our Bi+ Open Mic on December 1st at 7:00PM at the Lir in Boston! We’ll have some fantastic performers in a variety of genres, plus time at the end for you to share your own words!

[biwoc]

Support: Bi Trans and Cis Women & Non-binary people.

[Boston, MA]

Support Facilitators will be available on Sunday November 13th via the BWPM support group for Bisexual Women of Color - BIWOC and Bisexual Resource Center community members to process and come together.

They will be at the Blue Shirt Cafe from 2-4 (the group) and 4-5:30pm for extended hours for those who need more time. There will be space for POC who want to process separately.

RSVP: http://bit.ly/2fh3oWC 

BWPM is a support group for bisexual trans and cis women and non-binary people of all races and ethnic backgrounds. We discuss issues relating to attraction, sexuality, gender, and mixed orientation relationships in a supportive safe space.  *Note: This meetup is only open to trans and cis women and non-binary folks who are currently or have been in long term partnerships with heterosexual or bisexual self identified men and/or non-binary people.

[biwoc]

Lipstick Libations is a celebration of femmes of colour in all our resilience, culture, beauty and glory. Through this zine, we want to provide an outlet for the exploration of the complex, complimentary and competing identities, experiences, lives and loves of femmes of colour in a way that is varied, nuanced and intersectional. We're open for submissions, please see our contact page for details on how to send us a pitch or finished piece.

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Bi’s of Colour book, edited by Asha, Jacq and Nila

Are you a bisexual/pansexual/fluid person of colour? Do you live, work or study anywhere in Europe?

If you answered YES, then read on!

We are making plans to write a book about the lives and experiences of bisexuals of colour in Europe.  This is part of our long-term plan to have a document that reflects us.  It will be built on the foundations of the Bi’s of Colour History Report.  We plan to have the following chapter headings, but this is just a guide.

Creativity and the Arts

Visibility and Erasure of Bi’s of Colour - where we are welcome, and where we aren’t

White Academics versus Activists of Colour

Dominant culture gaze - hypersexual, fetishes, imperialism and colonialism

Dating and Relationships

Isolation, exclusion and loneliness 

Health - Sexual health, Mental health, Disabilities

Bi’s of Colour and BAME organisations

Bi’s of Colour and LGBT organisations

Families, Carers, Acceptance and Rejection

Racism

Religion, belief and spirituality or lack of

Body image and fashion

Class

Ageing

Violence

We are open to other headings, so if you think of something you can’t wait to express, let us know.  We are also interested in non-fiction, art, photography or things we haven’t thought of yet!  You can always contribute using a pen name if you want to be anonymous.

All contributors will be paid - we’ll be crowdfunding, so everyone will get an equal share - the amount will depend on how much we raise and how many contributors

If you are interested in contributing, email us at [email protected] .

[biwoc]

Asexual Awareness Week 2016:  Bi Aces of Color

Happy Asexual Awareness Week!  Let’s build awareness and support our Biromantic, Biaromantic, and BiDemisexual Ace-Spectrum community members of Color. #BiAce

Biromantic = Capacity to form emotional and romantic attractions to more than 1 gender or agender people, no sexual attraction.  

Biaromantic = Capacity to form emotional attractions to more than 1 gender or agender people, no romantic or sexual attraction. BiDemisexual =  Capacity to form sexual attractions to more than 1 gender or agender people with whom they have an emotional bond. Most demisexuals rarely feel sexual attraction compared to the general population, and some have little to no interest in sexual activity. For more info visit here.

Bi Asexuals of Color seeking more community support and resources can reach out to:

@queenieofaces

http://asexualsurvivors.org

http://demisexuality.org/

http://blvkandasexual.tumblr.com

http://asexualpocsunite.tumblr.com

http://www.newenglandasexuals.org 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/BostonBIWOC

https://www.facebook.com/groups/BostonBIPOC

*Note: BIWOC online support groups are open to people who live outside of Boston.