What is your ideal relationship structure? Monogamous, polyamorous, solo, or something else? Are you living it now, or have you in the past? Tell us about your most cherished (or current) relationship in any form. Deadline: February 1, 2026.

A story from 50 years ago reminds us how powerful even small acts of courage and defense can be. Gloria Jackson-Nefertiti is a writer, frequent podcast guest, panelist, workshop presenter, and artists’ model. She lives in Seattle, Washington, in the U.S.

Gen Z isn’t canceling labels. They are expanding them. More young women are identifying as bisexual or queer, showing sexuality is a spectrum, not a box.

Some battles are worth standing tall for, no matter the cost. Casey Lawrence (she/they) has a PhD from Trinity College Dublin. After taking a five-year hiatus from creative writing to pursue her doctorate, Casey published her third Young Adult novel with JMS Books in 2023, and has since published..

When thinking about your preferred relationship, what is your ideal configuration? Are you currently in the type of relationship that is the same as your ideal choice, or were you ever? Describe your most treasured (or current) relationship, whatever form that may take. Submit by February 1, 2026.

A reminder that true allies don’t compromise your safety for social comfort or appearances. Rachael Arsenault is a bi Canadian author who currently lives in New Brunswick with her son. She primarily writes contemporary fantasy featuring bi women in over their heads and some variety of plant magic.

Fear tries to silence love. We’re louder.

A testament to the power of openness, vulnerability, and the ways family can surprise us with compassion. Jamie Clark (she/her/hers) is an autistic, queer, bi+ Renaissance woman living in the U.S.

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When thinking about your preferred relationship structure, what is your ideal configuration? Is it monogamous? Polyamorous? Solo? Are you currently in the type of relationship that is the same as your ideal choice, or were you ever? Tell us all about it at t.ly/eMgMS 💜 Submit by February 1, 2025.

Every label falls apart when faced with a whole person. Kaylee Baucom lives in Las Vegas, Nevada, in the U.S. and is a Professor of English at The College of Southern Nevada.

To every Bi+ woman who’s ever been questioned, erased, or made to feel “too much” or “not enough” — your love is real, your identity is real, and you don’t owe anyone an explanation.

Art is not decoration, it’s declaration. A practice of care, accountability, and resistance in a culture that profits from exhaustion. Martine Mussies is an autistic academic and artistic researcher based in Utrecht, the Netherlands. A PhD candidate at Maastricht University, she explores identity 👇

We welcome essays, reviews, poetry, short fiction, news articles, and visual art. Our submission guidelines are on our website at www.biwomenquarterly.com ✨ Send your submissions to t.ly/izRcl and suggestions for future themes to [email protected]. You may use a pseudonym, if you prefer!

The author wishes to remain anonymous until she has had the rest of her “letting in” conversations. She hopes to see her name on this piece (& maybe others!) by this time next year, but doesn't want that to stop her from sharing and hopefully inspiring more of the community connection we all need 💖

Felicia Fitzpatrick (she/her) is a New York City-based writer, interviewer, and content creator. She is the author of The LGBTQ+ Travel Guide for Lonely Planet and a Pennsylvania native who has lived in several cites across this U.S. before moving to the Netherlands. ✨🌎

About the author: Julie Petry is a practicing professor of theatre and dance. She is a native of the beautiful Pacific Northwest, mother to Georgie, author of the children’s book How To Feel Good When You Wish That You Could, and currently lives in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

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About the author: Glenis Moore is a poet who currently lives in the flatlands of the Fens just outside of Cambridge, UK, with her partner and three rescue cats. When she is not writing, she reads, makes beaded necklaces, knits, cycles, and runs 10k races slowly.

We welcome essays, reviews, poetry, short fiction, news articles, and visual art. Our submission guidelines are on our website at www.biwomenquarterly.com 💖💜💙 Send your submissions to t.ly/ZMX3s and suggestions for future themes to [email protected]! You may use a pseudonym, if you prefer ✍️

About the author: Jaxx Davis (they/them) is a queer and disabled activist, artist, and writer from the Netherlands. Bedridden with severe ME, they write and create from their bed, creating simple but raw works about their life and the world.

About the author: B.P.D. is a recent graduate with a degree in English Literature and lives in Flagstaff, Arizona. She hopes that her work will help with the understanding of the true mistreatment and disadvantages that women and queer people deal with daily.

Connecting bi+ folks with therapists who get it. Every therapist listed either identifies as bi+ or has proven bi-competence as an ally. You can even filter by identity, race, religion, and whether they're poly/kink-affirming. Check it out here: stillbi.org/bi-plus-ther...

About the author: Jane Barnes has published work in BWQ for more than 14 years, and has poems in Gay & Lesbian Quarterly, Ploughshares, River Styx, The Massachusetts Review, and Wrongdoing. Her work appears in the anthologies Bi Any Other Name and Getting Bi.

Visibility and safety remain serious concerns even in many "progressive" countries. Let queer people finally live in peace.

About the author: Solveig Stafford (she/they/he) is a singer-songwriter, healthcare worker, social work graduate student, and proud bisexual from the beautiful river valleys of Mankato, Minnesota, in the U.S.

A warrior, survivor, and a poet who loves to sing, Apphia Kumar has been a bi+ community leader in India and New York City. They currently reside in Boston and are contemplating their next move.

We’re sharing examples of real, recent biphobic comments—many from within the LGBTQ+ community itself. If you recognize yourself in these words, take a moment. Reflect on why you can so casually dismiss a whole group of people and their experiences because of one label.

About the artist: Charlotte Poitras is a bisexual writer and multidisciplinary artist based in Montréal, Québec, Canada. Her work explores feminist and queer perspectives through literature, visual art, and experimental storytelling.

Crowned king of Sweden at the age of six, Christina lived a life that defied the expectations of gender, power, and sexuality in 17th-century Europe. Christina refused to marry, insisted on being referred to with masculine titles, and dressed in masculine clothing throughout her life.

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About the author: Lilliana Méndez-Soto, is a poet and writer based in Northern California, U.S. She worked as a clinical pharmacist for 35 years. Her work has appeared in the journal Peregrine: The Caregiving Issue (2024), The Writing Coven Anthology: Women’s Stories of Healing and Resistance Vol. 1

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A prominent voice in the feminist and civil rights movements, Alice Walker (b. Feb 9th, 1944) is an American novelist, poet, and activist best known for her Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Color Purple (1982), which explores themes of race, gender, and identity in the American South.

About the author: Chelsea Bock is a community college educator currently working on her Ed.D. at Rockhurst University. She lives with her husband and their cat, Lucy, in Annapolis, Maryland, in the U.S.

Help sustain the work of the best, the oldest – and currently the only – bisexual+ women’s publication in the world, Bi Women Quarterly! Bi Women Quarterly (BWQ) is a completely free resource, available online and in print to readers globally. We’ve been in continuous publication since 1983!

About the author: Desirae Mack is a bisexual writer from North (New) Jersey in the U.S., pursuing an accelerated master's degree in Writing Arts while also studying Psychology and Publishing.

The U.S. government is redefining LGBTQ+ history. This year, the Trump administration ordered the removal of “transgender,” “queer,” and “bisexual” from the official Stonewall monument site — in line with a federal ban on “gender ideology” language across agencies.

About the artist: Melissa Kulig received her BFA from Emmanuel College in 1989 and her MFA from the Art Institute of Boston under Lesley University in 2009. She has exhibited her art for decades throughout New England and New York City.

Each of these words is a piece of what being Bi+ means to us. What does being Bi+ mean to you? Tell us in the comments!

About the author: Melanie Ulland is a bisexual content creator living in Bremen, Germany. She’s an aspiring writer and is currently developing her own educational bi+ focused video podcast.

Sobi Buchhammer is a bi activist from Russia. They have been engaged in activism and raising the visibility of bisexual rights in Russian for over a decade.

About the author: Riley Quinn, 55, multi-gender-attracted, non-binary human. Steadfast advocate for human rights, the rights of our trans, gender fluid, non-binary, and bi+ communities, locally and globally.

Halsey (Ashley Nicolette Frangipane) is a bisexual artist who’s never shied away from using her voice — and her platform — to amplify queer stories and challenge the status quo. 🌈🎤

About the author: Loraine Hutchins helped put the B in LGBT from her place in national organizing via Washington., D.C., and co-edited the beloved anthology Bi Any Other Name with Lani Ka’ahumanu back when there was a national network of bi activists which they helped found in the 1990s.

About the author: Susana Arrieta is a writer and visual artist from Venezuela living in Toronto, Canada.

About the author: Amber Ballweg lives in the U.S. near Minneapolis, Minnesota, and has one cat. Read the rest on our site: www.biwomenquarterly.com