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“Students felt that bisexuality was invisible within LGBTQ+ campus spaces in more ways than one. For example, they noted that their LGBTQ+ spaces were demographically homogeneous, frequented predominantly by cisgender gay and lesbian students. They also felt the LGBTQ+ campus spaces to which they had access upheld very particular depictions of what queer identities should look like, and bisexuality often did not fit into those depictions, additionally, they all noticed a lack of bisexual representation within the programming done by LGBTQ+ offices and organisations. Programmes offered were either completely exclusive of bisexuality or inadequately represented bisexuality when compared with lesbian and gay identities. Overall they were frustrated by the lack of bisexual representation in LGBTQ+ campus spaces. They often needed to take matters into their own hands by hosting educational opportunities around bisexual identities, history, and issues, and creating bisexual-specific spaces. Basically, they felt that as bisexual students, if they wanted bisexual representation, they had no choice but to represent themselves.”

- Jayna Tavarez, The Bi-ble: New Testimonials, Further original narratives and essays about bisexuality

“It’s one thing to be bisexual and quite another to live as a bisexual person, to make that space in the world for yourself every day, to consciously work to blend those feelings and relationships. It’s a real charge… when I can do it.”

- Billy Jones, Bi Any Other Name: Bisexual People Speak Out

Sweet tongues duel

“To some extent most men, straight or gay, aren’t interested in what women like. Maybe gay men, because they sleep with men, think they no longer have to think about women’s sexuality. So maybe when they go to a club, and there are lesbians there who are very openly sexual… some think it’s disgusting, but a lot of others might find it erotic… I think women are more interested in male sexuality than men are interested in women’s.”

- ‘Hilary’, quoted by Nicola Field, Bisexual Horizons: Politics, Histories, Lives