Sex ed is designed to help us understand our bodies, relationships, and desires. If you’re bisexual, you might feel like you were left to figure out a lot of things on your own. So let’s dive in and explore how sex education can better serve the bi community, and why that’s so important for your mental and sexual health.

Have you ever watched a movie or TV show and felt like, Finally, someone like me!? That feeling of recognition is powerful, especially for us LGBTQ+ people. In this article, we’ll explore how LGBTQ+ representation impacts mental health—both the helpful and the harmful-and give you tips on how to navigate this landscape.

Anxiety is a common and often misunderstood experience. That’s particularly true within the LGBTQ+ community. This article will explore the root causes of anxiety, with a focus on the unique challenges we face as LGBTQ+ adults.

Despite increasing awareness and acceptance of LGBTQ+ concerns, bisexual people often face a unique maze of challenges in the workplace. By sharing bisexual stories, I’m hoping to foster understanding and inclusivity in the workplace.

Connecting with the right therapist can be a transformative experience, especially for those of us in the LGBTQ+ community. If you’re in the process of finding a new therapist, use these questions as a guide to ensure they’re queer-friendly.

Should you come out to your therapist as bisexual? Coming out is a deeply personal experience and it comes with different challenges. This guide aims to help queer adults navigate the process of coming out to their therapist.

Finding therapists that truly understand and affirm our experiences as queer people is a daunting task. This article aims to shed light on why LGBTQ+ friendly therapy is essential and the ways it can make a profound difference in our lives.

Loneliness is a universal experience. It comes with a serious impact on mental and emotional well-being. In this article, we'll delve into the source of loneliness for queer people, how it impacts us as a group and as individuals, and end on some practical tips for overcoming it.

Exploring your sexuality is a deeply personal and transformative journey. For those beginning to dip a toe in bisexual identity, this process can be daunting. This article aims to provide support and resources for people who are starting to explore the B in LGBTQ+, helping us navigate our bisexual stories together with confidence and self-assurance.

Finding your own path in the landscape of mental health can be hard for people all across the LGBTQ+ spectrum. For bisexuals in particular, the trip through discovery and acceptance and into better mental wellbeing is marked by unique struggles. In this article, let’s explore how Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) can be applied to our experiences as bisexual people. We’ll explore how the skills from the four key modules of DBT can be adapted to work for bisexual people specifically. Though DBT was not designed with us in mind, it can still provide valuable tools for exploring our identity and for accepting and challenging the specific stigma and discrimination we face as queer people. 

What are the top five misconceptions about bisexual people? Bisexuality is a significant and common part of human sexuality, although it is often misunderstood and misrepresented. Within the LGBTQ+ community and beyond, many myths and misconceptions persist. The pervasiveness of these misunderstandings casts a shadow on the experiences of bisexual individuals, and their self-esteem can take a hit. As a psychologist specializing in queer issues, it's critical to me to address these myths head on, and provide clarity for people exploring their sexual identities. By debunking these myths about bisexuality, we can deepen our understanding, acceptance, and support for bisexual people everywhere.

Within the tapestry of the queer community, bisexual people find themselves navigating a unique set of snarls. Among these challenges, one of the most ensnaring is bisexual erasure: the process whereby the B in LGBTQ+ gets hidden, dismissed, or denied. This experience diminishes the validity and the visibility of bisexuality within the queer community itself and society at large. In this article, we will pick apart the threads of bisexual erasure, exploring the causes, the impact, and most importantly, the power of bisexual stories in combating that erasure.

March is Bisexual+ Health Awareness Month. That makes it a great time to highlight bisexual stories and talk about a 2023 study conducted at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Let’s dive into what participants shared about their experiences as bisexual women of color: the struggles they face and the strengths they rely on to make it through.

Forming queer community is often spoken about as the cure for loneliness for LGBTQ+ people. But how do you go about building it? This article explores different strategies for how we can connect with our queer family. Let’s take a close look at research published in the Journal of Lesbian Studies that explores the strategies one group of Black lesbians use for constructing LGBTQ+ community.

Today we’ll explore one specific tool designed to help you deepen your understanding of your sexual orientation and identity. Originally developed by groundbreaking researcher and founder of the American Institute of Bisexuality, Dr. Fred “Fritz” Klein, this tool is designed to give you a deeper look at various parts of your sexual orientation. The grid teases apart some of the overlapping threads of sexual identity to help you look more closely at the different components that make up this part of you. My hope is that this tool gives you a place to start thinking about your own sexual orientation with nuance and joy!

The B in LGBTQ+: how many people claim it? Let’s explore how many people identify as bisexual, where those numbers come from, and what those numbers miss. We’ll also take a deep dive into what it means to come out as bisexual, according to new research out of the Netherlands.

Apps like Grindr are designed so that queer people, predominantly gay cisgendered men, can find each other through their phones. It has an opportunity with its audience to provide information that may be helpful to them. In 2017, that’s what Jack Harrison-Quintana was trying to do when he launched Grindr’s Sexual Health Resource Center.

For many pansexual people, forming queer community can start with exploring how to define your sexual orientation, connecting with people in similar positions, and choosing how and with whom to share all of this. This article will take a look at one research study into the different ways pansexual people form queer community.

Quality healthcare is hard to find for people who are bisexual. It’s difficult to navigate the barriers alone. This blog will explore one researcher’s findings to shed some light on finding therapy for bisexual people, and what stands in the way of that.

Caring for plants reduces anxiety and lowers stress. Did you know it can also teach vital lessons about how to care for yourself? Let’s explore how gardening teaches self-care, and how that can reduce your anxiety.