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Oscar Wilde Bookshop

The Oscar Wilde Bookshop was the first bookstore devoted to gay and lesbian authors.


American Veterans for Equal Rights

It was founded by several lgbt veterans including St. Sgt. (Army Reserve-Rtd.) Miriam Ben-Shalom in 1990 as the Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Veterans of America, the oldest organization of LGBT veterans.

Baldwin v Brighton City Council

Andrea Baldwin underwent gender reassignment while working in a temporary post as Lesbian Gay and Bisexual Community Safety Development Officer with Brighton and Hove City Council.

Bill Cannastra

At that point he was a bisexual drunk who lived in a loft in Chelsea, and did everyday jobs like working in a bakery.

BiNet USA

After the 1991 bisexual anthology Bi Any Other Name: Bisexual People Speak Out was forced to compete in the Lambda Literary Awards under the category Lesbian Anthology, BiNet USA led the Bisexual Community a multi year campaign eventually resulting in the addition of a Bisexual category, starting with the 2006 Awards.

Bisexuality in the United States

In 1914 the first documented appearance of bisexual characters (female and male) in an American motion picture occurred in A Florida Enchantment, by Sidney Drew.

Cameron Marshall

In the 2008 bisexual film Shifting Gears, Marshall had sex with a woman.

David Garnett

Garnett was bisexual, as were several members of the artistic and literary Bloomsbury Group, and he had affairs with Francis Birrell and Duncan Grant.

Gay Kids

Other celebrities such as pioneering Norwegian gay activist Kim Friele, chairman of Oslo's city government, Erling Lae and chief editor of Dagbladet, Anne Aasheim have also contributed with photographs for the book, altogether more than 100 lesbian, bisexual and gay people have contributed with their childhood photos.

Groundswell

Groundswell: The Second Diva Book of Short Stories, an anthology of fictional short stories about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people

IO Tillett Wright

Actress Olivia Thirlby used the Self Evident Truths project to come out publicly as bisexual.

James Lees-Milne

Both Lees-Milne and Alvilde were bisexual, and for a period Alvilde had lesbian affairs with Vita Sackville-West and Winnaretta Singer, among others.

Julian Beck

Malina and Beck shared a lover in Lester Schwartz, a bisexual shipyard worker who was the third husband of Andy Warhol acolyte Dorothy Podber.

Lambda Foundation

Lambda Foundation is a registered Canadian Charity with the mission of creating scholarships, awards, and bursaries in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) studies, and education and awareness, in advancement of equality and human rights.

Lambda Warszawa

Psychological help and support for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transsexual people: setting up a helpline (Monday to Friday, 6 – 9 pm: 022 628 5222); office duty of psychiatrists, therapists, and lawyers; Gadu-Gadu Messenger duty; Internet chat duty; support and meeting groups (both for gay, lesbian, and transsexual people, and their relatives).

Leena Manimekalai

Tamil version of Openly Bisexual Afro American Poet June Jordan's cult verse 'About my rights' is another highlight of Antharakanni.

Lena Kundera and Bianca Montgomery

Lena, a "sassy" bisexual from Poland, was characterized as a temptress "in the mold of Juliette Binoche".

Lorri

Lorri Jean, a leader in the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender ("GLBT") civil rights movement in America

Marilyn Jaye Lewis

She went on to write several erotic romance novels as well as a collection of her short stories, Lust: Bisexual Erotica (Alyson Publications, 2004), and edited anthologies of erotic fiction, memoir, photography, and Yaoi.

New York Area Bisexual Network

NYABN provides listings of groups, events and general information of interest to the local bisexual community as well as providing links to Regional, National and International Groups and Events on its website and phone-line.

In the 1980s regional bisexual networks started to form such as Boston's highly successful East Coast Bisexual Network (ECBN), now the Bisexual Resource Center (BRC) and the Bay Area Bisexual Network.

Nicola King

Bored with Simon and their financial problems, Nicola hatched a plan to snare her half-brother Paul Lambert's bisexual lover, Ivan, who was mates with Simon.

QPDX.com

qPDX.com is a news and events website dedicated to covering the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered communities of Portland, Oregon.

QT: QueerTelevision

Focusing on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues, the series was hosted by Irshad Manji.

Reel Pride

Reel Pride is an annual gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and two-spirit film and video festival produced by the Winnipeg Gay and Lesbian Film Society in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Richard Fairbrass

Speaking about the incident upon his return to the UK, Richard Fairbrass commented, "When it was over I actually felt more sorry for the guy that whacked me than I did for me ... How threatened can he be, how insecure is he to be threatened by a bisexual pop singer who's most famous for singing "I'm Too Sexy"?".

Sarah Rainmaker

Despite originally claiming to be bisexual in early stories, especially in an issue written by Scott Lobdell, later series confirm she is a lesbian.

ScotsGay

ScotsGay Magazine is a monthly magazine published in Scotland for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.

Sexual orientation and the United States military

"Gays in the military" became a political issue during the 1992 Presidential campaign, when Clinton, the Democratic candidate, promised to lift the military's ban on homosexual and bisexual people.

Shifting Gears

Shifting Gears: A Bisexual Transmission, a controversial 2008 bisexual pornographic film written and directed by Chi Chi LaRue

Steven Reigns

Later he organized Loving in Fear, a gay, lesbian, bisexual, queer literary event in response to Hillsborough County’s lack of gay, lesbian, bisexual or queer programming.

Sweethearts: The Timeless Love Affair Onscreen and Off Between Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy

Discussed candidly in the book are Jeanette's four pregnancies by Nelson, her affair with studio boss Louis B. Mayer and her marriage to bisexual Gene Raymond.

The Closet

Coming out of the closet, a figure of speech for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transsexual (LGBT) people's disclosure of their sexual orientation and/or gender identity

TNT N.V.

TNT allowed its gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender employees in 2005 to join together in an employee network called TNT GLBN — representing all GLBT/LGBT employees.

Touro University Rainbow Health Coalition

Touro University Rainbow Health Coalition (RHC) is a group of students, faculty, and staff who promote health equity for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people at Touro University California, a Jewish-sponsored university in Vallejo, California founded by Dr. Bernard Lander.

Virginia McKenna

She was married for a few months in 1954 to bisexual actor Denholm Elliott, whom she met on the set of The Cruel Sea.


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