Lois Shearing discusses the often hostile discourse around bisexuality, opposite sex relationships and the unfair bias the communities we all exist within, often promote or demonstrate.
Author: Lois Shearing
I'm a content creator in a tech start-up and write for blogs and magazines as an occasional freelancer. I'm a bisexual advocate and I run a sewing group for LGBT+ people in London. I'm also a first class Journalism graduate from Bournemouth University, a literature lover, and a getter of too many tattoos. Email me about writing at lois.shearing@gmail.com
Why London Pride’s first bi float was so important
Lois Shearing describes the journey through to this years first Bi Pride float and why Bisexual Visibility is so important.
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Queer Media; it’s time to do better bi us
In light of recent biphobic articles published by queer media outlets, Lois Shearing addresses some of the myths perpetuated both outside of and within the LGBTQ+ community.
What it’s like to be out but not out-out as a bisexual
Lois Shearing explores what it means to be out, but not out-out as a bisexual and why it's important to respect our identity, even if we sometimes let ourselves 'pass'.
Interview with Bi Book award winner Erin Judge
Erin Judge is a bisexual author and stand-up comic from Los Angels. As the excitement of bisexual Visibility Month wares off, Lois Shearing caught up with her to discuss winning a Bi Book Award for her first novel, 'Vowel of Celibacy'.
How to celebrate Bi Visibility Day if you aren’t bi
For Bisexual Visibility Day, Lois Shearing explores that ways that non-bisexual people can celebrate and be better allies to the bi+ community. Today is Bisexual Visibility Day, a day dedicated to highlighting the issues faced by the bi+ community, but also celebrating our diversity and resilience. Maybe you've seen a few people posting about it … Continue reading How to celebrate Bi Visibility Day if you aren’t bi
Beyond invisibility: 5 issues facing the bisexual community
Despite all the erasure of bisexuality that may have happened this Pride season, Lois Shearing asks whether it is time to stop looking past visibility as the main issue facing the bisexual community, to focus on the systematic violence and oppression facing bisexuals
The Queerness 