Celebrate Bisexuality Day

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Celebrate Bisexuality Day
Also called Bisexual Pride Day
Observed by Bisexual people and their families, friends and allies
Date September 23
Observances Teach-ins, Poetry reading, Concerts, Festivals, Parties, Picnics
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Celebrate Bisexuality Day is observed on September 23 by members of the bisexual community and their allies.[1][2][3]

This day is a call for bisexual people and their families, friends and allies to recognize and celebrate bisexuality, bisexual history, bisexual culture, bisexual community and the bisexual people in their lives.[4][5][6]

First celebrated in 1999[7][8], Celebrate Bisexuality Day is the brainchild of three U.S. bisexual rights activists, Wendy Curry, a bisexual activist from Maine, Michael Page, a bisexual activist from Florida, and Gigi Raven Wilbur, a bisexual activist from 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.

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 now features event such as discussions, dinner parties and dances in Toronto and a large masquerade ball in Queensland, Australia. In Texas at a University, the week featured discussion panels and question-and-answer sessions.[10] It has also been celebrated in Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Sweden and the United Kingdom.[11][12][13]

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  1. ^ Yes, 23 is everywhere. The Planet Star. http://www.thestar.com/News/article/181696
  2. ^ Weekend Festivities Celebrate Bisexuality. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BG&p_theme=bg&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADDE74689F182A&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM
  3. ^ Celebrate Bisexuality Day. University of Calgary Undergraduate Student Newsweekly. http://gauntlet.ucalgary.ca/story/4429
  4. ^ BiSexuality Day. Celebrate Bisexuality Day. http://www.gay.com/news/article.html?1999/09/23/2
  5. ^ Celebrate Bisexuality day" press release. http://www.egale.ca/index.asp?lang=E&menu=42&item=1078
  6. ^ Toronto Bisexual Network: Celebrate Bisexuality Day http://www.torontobinet.org/culture.htm
  7. ^ Day celebrates bisexuality, dispels myths. The Michigan Daily. http://www.pub.umich.edu/daily/1999/sep/09-24-99/news/news2.html
  8. ^ Bi Community Celebrates. Bay Windows; 9/25/2003, Vol. 21 Issue 41, p3-3, 1/4p
  9. ^ Scene Around Town. Bay Windows; 9/28/2000, pN.PAG, 00p
  10. ^ Texas A&M University Gender Issues Education Center Programs and Events http://studentlife.tamu.edu/giec/programs.htm
  11. ^ Bisexuality Day. http://planetout.com/news/article.html?1999/09/23/2
  12. ^ Bikonferens - Bisexual Conference in Sweden during Celebrate Bisexuality Day! http://www.ilga-europe.org/europe/guide/country_by_country/sweden/bikonferens_bisexual_conference_in_sweden_during_celebrate_bisexuality_day
  13. ^ UK Events to mark International Celebrate Bisexuality Day http://september23.bi.org/

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