How do you show your bisexual pride? What cool bi items do you have?
I have lots of Bi themed bracelets, a few tees and I am currently knitting a scarf. I'm gonna make loads of little things Bi Pride themed. I have a little Bi pride flag that I got at my first Pride Parade back in 2005.
I show my pride by being as open about who I am as I can and generally willing to answer any questions my friends ask about my sexuality.
What type of bi activism have you been a part of? Do you blog? Speak? Produce bi-themed products?
I help out when I can with the BiPride part of Pride parade. I do blog BiTalks topics and I occasionally have a bi related post about some personal thing or whatever but I don't exclusively biblog at all.
I make bi flag themed braclets and want to make more knitted things but at the moment the only people I give them to are my close friends, so I dunno if that counts.
What do you think you could do to encourage other bi people to show their bi pride?
I generally just try to be as open and easy to talk to as possible so that others feel comfortable to talk about their side of their sexuality.
I often talk to my other Bi friends about our experiences and thoughts.
What could be done to further the positive representation of bisexuals within activist communities?
I think that the positive representation of Bis could be forwarded withing activist communities by leaders and followers not stereotyping bisexuals who speak out, without the stereotypes I think they would be taken more seriously.
Tell a nice story related bi activism - did you have a cool experience at a Pride event or con? Have you met activists who helped you in some way? Etc.
I remember my first pride parade, I had a little flag and one of my friends who came drew bi pride flags on my harms, but I was only 14 and really nervous because while I was 'out' I hadn't been around a large group of strangers who knew, and I had heard of all the abuse Bisexual often got at prides, but some woman must have seen how nervous I was because she took me and my friends to meet her group and told me her story and just generally made me really relaxed and within an hour or so I had forgotten any worries I had about the pride and was just enjoying the parade and the general atmosphere.
Because of how nervy I was that first time, I have a tendency to look for someone who seems scared or worried and see if they want to hang with us.