#bisofcolour

Still here on #BiVisibilityDay 

Still here - just about

Still queer - whether or not you think we belong.

Me and the fabulous #applewriter , cofounders of Bis of Colour.

Can you see us? Are we visible? Can you see all of us, or just the version edited for your comfort.  

Jacq Applebee wrote the first report on Bisexual PoC in the UK. Read it - even if you think you know what is says. If you want copies, email us at [email protected].  We can send them out As with all of our stuff, it's largely self funded/DIY so if you have institutional access/funds (unions, uni etc) and can fund a print run, then shout. :)

Tl: dr version: as ever - black working class women, trans and cis, and black non-binary people - do the most labour and get the least support.

Also - when ur 'best' option for community = choose between dealing with structural biphobia or  racism or both = it's a shit sandwich.

That said, I wouldn't change being me for all that; bis of colour give me LIFE

The number of times people have explicitly or implicitly let me know that if i would just shut up about being bi in terms of politics, oppression, liberation, connected struggles etc..... that they would 'tolerate' me.  Gay, lesbian, het. All of you.

The number of times people have explicitly /implicitly let me know that if i'd just shut up about being brown.... ditto. White people, I'm looking right at you here. And some poc who would rather not 'rock the boat' and hate anyone who does.

Let's just say that if I had a fiver for every time, I'd never have ended up homeless.

I would probably still be as isolated/fucked over/sick of humanity - my  chronic health conditions are largely trauma/extreme stress response things, so i'd probably have most of that.

But I would have been doing it from atop a biiiiiiiiiiiigg pile of cash.