Psychological Overviewcatalyzed the new movement for biexual identity and activism, helped spark at least ten other books, many by its own contributors, has been re-printed 3 times since 1991, has almost 30,000 copies in circulation and is still selling strong. To find it go to your nearest bookstore (support women's bookstores and small independent bookstores first, only buy it from a chain if you can't find it anywhere else). If you have trouble finding it either contact the publisher directly or the Amazon Books webpage.
Here are two excerpts from the book:
BI ANY OTHER NAME:
Bisexual People Speak Out
ISBN 1-55583-174-5 (alk. paper): $11.95
1991
Loraine Hutchins and Lani Ka'ahumanu, Editors
Alyson Publications
(formerly of Boston, now owned by Liberation Publications,
publishers of the Advocate magazine, in Los Angeles, California)
i Preface
ii Acknowledgements
iii BICOASTAL INTRODUCTION
I. PSYCHOLOGY: FACING OURSELVES
II. SPIRITUALITY: HEALING THE SPLITS
III. THE BISEXUAL COMMUNITY: Are We Visible Yet?
IV. POLITICS: A QUEER AMONG QUEERS
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I PSYCHOLOGY: FACING OURSELVES-Overview
Myths/Realities of Bisexuality
Sharon Sumpter
This Poem Can Be Put Off No Longer
Susan Carlton
The Queer In Me
Carol A. Queen
Ninety-Three People = 100% Acceptance
Cornelius Utz
I Am Who I Am - A Married Bisexual Teacher
Amanda Yoshizaki
Worth The Balancing
Alan Silver
Development of A Bisexual Identity: Understanding The Process
Ann Fox
What Do Indians Think About?
Joe Rios
Making My Own Way
Laura Johnson
Bisexual Feminist Man
Dave Matteson
She Kissed Me!
Laney Nelson
More Than A Footnote
Chuck Barragan
My Life As A Lesbian-Identified Bisexual Fag-Hag
Ellen Terris
My Underself
Chandini Goswami
A Gift To Myself
Nate Brown
Points of Reference
Lin Collette
Love, Friendship, and Sex
Wayne Bryant
Bisexual Tendencies
Lisa Yost
A Question of Invisibility
Rifka Hozid Reichler
Double Quest
Nachama
Insights at 3:30 AM
Victoria Woodard
What I Need Is: In Contemplation of Bisexuality
Ronda Slater
my foundations
Dajenya
Coming Out In Spirit And In Flesh
Karen Hurley
Just Another Lingering Flu
David Lourea
Beyond Bisexual
Annie Sprinkle
Let Me Doctor Your Love
Neil MacLean
Sacred Rituals
Karla Rossi
Letting Go - An Interview With John Horne
Loraine Hutchins
Reclaiming Heart and Mind
Leonard Tirado
Room For You -- a song by Betsy Rose
Bisexuality, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, And Me
Elizabeth Reba Weise
Two Way Closet
Michael Brewer
The Palmist Knew
Brenda Blasingame
A Healing Journey
Hap Stewart
Just Because
Irene Wolt
Gray Haired and Above Suspicion
Bobbi Keppel
Growing Up With A Bisexual Dad
Billy and Peaches Jones
A Few Brave and Gifted People
Chris Girard
A Day In The Life
Richard Susan Bassien
Never, Never Boring...
Mattie Key
The Incongruencies
Selena Julie Whang
A Man, A Woman, Attention
Shu Wei Chen - Andy
Don't Call Me
Janet Bohac
Bisexual Movies
Paul Haut
Bi-Lovable Japanese Feminist
Megumi Uwano
The Most Natural Thing -- An Interview with Arlene Krantz
Marcy Sheiner
Affirmation: Bisexual Mormon
Christopher Alexander
I Have Always Been One
Suzanne
The "Women's" Center
Sharon Sumpter
Que Es Un Bisexual?
Obie Leyva
Foundations of a Bisexual Community -- An Interview with Dr. Maggie Rubenstein,
Ph.D.
Marcy Sheiner
The "B" Word
Matthew LeGrant
BiVocal and Monogamous
Robyn Ochs
Loving Whom We Choose
Lisa Orlando
Coming Out To Congress
Cliff Arnesen
One
Sharon Hwang Colligan
What's In A Label?
Naomi S. Tucker
Sisterhood Crosses Gender Preference Lines
Dajenya
The Voice of a Wandering Jewish Bisexual
Rebecca Gorlin
Proud Father of a Bisexual Son
Roland Glenn
Another Senseless Loss
Dolores Bishop
"out"line of one man's polymorphic liberation
ben e factory
Beyond Defense: Considering Next Steps for Bisexual Liberation
Rebecca Shuster
Guilt Politics
Ann Schneider
My Pet Peeves
Elise Krueger
Can Bisexuals Be Monogamous?
Lenore Norrgard
The Fine Art of Labelling: The Convergence of Anarchism, Feminism,
and Bisexuality
Lucy Friedland and Liz Highleyman
Conflicts
Sheilah Mabry
Potential Lovers
Rich Aranow
Hapa Haole Wahine
Lani Kaahumanu
Bisexuality: The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Lesbian Feminism?
Beth Elliot
Talking About Sex, Gender and Desire
Karen Klassen
Love That Kink
Loraine Hutchins
Choosing Not To
Michael Ambrosino
Bisexuality in an Essentialist Gay World: Toward an Understanding of
Biphobia
Amanda Udis-Kessler
Political Activism - A Brief History
