Celebrate Bisexuality Day
| Celebrate Bisexuality Day | |
|---|---|
| Official name | Celebrate Bisexuality Day |
| Also called | Bisexual Pride Day, Bi Visibility Day, CBD, Bisexual Pride and Bi Visibility Day |
| Observed by | Bisexual, Pansexual, Fluid community and their families, friends, allies and supporters |
| Date | September 23 |
| Observances | Teach-ins, Poetry reading, Concerts, Festivals, Parties, Picnics |
| Related to | LGBT Pride |
Celebrate Bisexuality Day is observed on September 23 by members of the bisexual community and their supporters.[1][2][3]
This day is a call for the bisexual community, their friends and supporters to recognize and celebrate bisexuality, bisexual history, bisexual community and culture, and all the bisexual and otherwise non-monosexual people in their lives.[4][dead link][5][6]
First observed in 1999,[7][dead link][8] Celebrate Bisexuality Day is the brainchild of three United States bisexual rights activists: Wendy Curry of Maine, Michael Page of Florida, and Gigi Raven Wilbur of Texas.[9] Wilbur said,
Ever since the Stonewall rebellion, the gay and lesbian community has grown in strength and visibility. The bisexual community also has grown in strength but in many ways we are still invisible. I too have been conditioned by society to automatically label a couple walking hand in hand as either straight or gay, depending upon the perceived gender of each person.
This celebration of bisexuality in particular, as opposed to general LGBT events, was conceived as a response to the prejudice and marginalization of the bisexual persons by some in both the straight and greater LGBT communities.[citation needed]
In its first year, an observance was held during the International Lesbian and Gay Association, which occurred during the week of the 23rd. While at first it only took hold in areas with an extremely strong bisexual presence, it is now celebrated worldwide.
It features events such as discussions, dinner parties and dances in Toronto and a large masquerade ball in Queensland, Australia.[citation needed] At Texas A&M University, the week featured discussion panels and question-and-answer sessions. It has also been celebrated in Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Sweden and the United Kingdom.[10][dead link][11][12]
On September 18, 2012, Berkeley, California became what is thought to be the first city in the U.S. to officially proclaim a day recognizing bisexuals.[13] The Berkeley City Council unanimously and without discussion declared Sept. 23 as Bisexual Pride and Bi Visibility Day.
[edit] References
- ^ "Yes, 23 is everywhere. Here are 23 examples in the GTA". The Planet Star.
- ^ Weekend Festivities Celebrate Bisexuality
- ^ Celebrate Bisexuality Day. University of Calgary Undergraduate Student Newsweekly.
- ^ BiSexuality Day. Celebrate Bisexuality Day.
- ^ "Celebrate Bisexuality Day" press release.
- ^ Toronto Bisexual Network: Celebrate Bisexuality Day
- ^ Day celebrates bisexuality, dispels myths. The Michigan Daily.
- ^ Bi Community Celebrates. Bay Windows; 9/25/2003, Vol. 21 Issue 41, p3-3, 1/4p
- ^ Scene Around Town. Bay Windows; 9/28/2000, pN.PAG, 00p
- ^ Bisexuality Day
- ^ Bikonferens - Bisexual Conference in Sweden during Celebrate Bisexuality Day!
- ^ UK Events to mark International Celebrate Bisexuality Day
- ^ "Berkeley becomes first US city to declare Bisexual Pride Day, support ‘marginalized’ group". The Washington Post. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
[edit] External links
- UK Events to mark Bi Visibility Day
- Celebrating Bisexuality[dead link] by Wendy Curry in BiWomen Vol. 17 No. 6 Dec 1999/Jan 2000
- What's in a Name? by Wendy Curry in Curried Spam September 2007
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