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Participant quote from the study 'The positive aspects of a bisexual self-identification' in Psychology and Sexuality 1 (2) by S. Scales Rostosky, D. E. Riggle, and D. Pascale-Hague pp.131-44
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Participant quote from the study 'The positive aspects of a bisexual self-identification' in Psychology and Sexuality 1 (2) by S. Scales Rostosky, D. E. Riggle, and D. Pascale-Hague pp.131-44
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“He goes on to explain that in the period before World War II, gay people “did not speak of coming out of what we call ‘the gay closet’ but rather of coming out into what they called homosexual society or the gay world, a world neither so small nor so isolated, nor, often, so hidden as closet implies.”
Chauncey draws on an example from a 1931 headline in the newspaper the Baltimore Afro-American, which announced “the coming out of new debutantes into homosexual society” at a ball referred to as a “frolic of the pansies.” Apparently large drag balls were popular at the time and were a classic place for men to come out into gay society in America. ”
Bi : The hidden culture, history, and science of bisexuality by Julia Shaw
Queer Nonfiction Books Bracket: Round 1A
Choose a book:
Bi: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality by Julia Shaw
Female Husbands: A Trans History by Jen Manion
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Number of books you've read so far: 14
Best book you've read so far in 2025: The Honeys by Ryan La Sala & Bi: The Hidden Culture, History and Science of Bisexuality by Julia Shaw. My only 5 star reads this year!
Best sequel you've read so far in 2025: Go Luck Yourself by Sara Raasch
New release you haven't read yet but want to: Absolutely tons! Sunrise on the Reaping by Susanne Collins, The Survivor Wants to Die at the End by Adam Silvera, Lady's Knight by Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner, The Rose Bargain by Sasha Peyton Smith to name a few.
Most anticipated release for the second half of the year: The Entanglement of Rival Wizards by Sara Raasch (I have this pre-ordered, very rare for me) & The Dead of Summer by Ryan La Sala.
Biggest surprise favorite new author (debut or new to you): Sara Raasch (I started The Nightmare Before Kissmas end of 2024 & finished in 2025 so she counts 😂) & now I'm planning on making my way through all her books, love the range she's done & I appreciate her as a writer a lot.
Newest fictional crush: Rhysand (I've finally caved, currently on A Court of Mist and Fury) and can I say almost all the characters in the Royals & Romance series? They're chaotic bisexuals, how can I not? 😇
Book that made you cry: Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin and The Honeys by Ryan La Sala. Giovanni's Room was for my book club so we had a virtual group hug after that one 🥺
Most beautiful book you've gotten so far this year: I bought a pink spray-edged signed copy of I Kissed Shara Wheeler to complete my CMQ physical collection 🥰 (it was only £9, second hand but immaculate condition!)
Book that made you happy: Mismatched by Anne Camlin & Isadora Zeferino.
What books do you need to read by the end of the year? I'd like to finish ACOTAR and get back to one of the other fantasy series I started (Court of Broken Bonds series by Ben Alderson or The Raven and the Dove series by Kaitlyn Davis). One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston, only 1 I haven't read of theirs. The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun, I'm annotating a copy then giving it to a friend who's going to do the same, so we can chat in the margins. She's doing Problematic Summer Romance by Ali Hazelwood for me so that too!
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"The reason the alliance between trans and bi people is so natural is that both represent a fluidity and a destruction of binaries that make people uncomfortable. What's layered with bi trans people is that they are destroying both binaries at once."
—Julia Shaw, Bi: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality
Picked this up from the library! Excited to read it!
Bisexuality introduces nuance, which has always made it easier to discard than accommodate it
There's a new article in TIME Magazine by Dr. Julia Shaw about bi history. Thanks for the shout out, Julia.