Newsgroups: soc.bi,soc.motss,soc.answers,news.answers Path: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!gatech!news.sprintlink.net!newsie.dmc.com!spdcc!alan From: alan@spdcc.com (Alan Hamilton) Subject: Bisexual Resource List (monthly posting) Message-ID: Followup-To: poster Summary: Resources for and about bisexual people. Reply-To: alan@spdcc.com (Alan Hamilton) Organization: S.P. Dyer Computer Consulting Mailing-Lists: Bisexu-L,BiAct-L,BiFem-L,Gay-Libn Date: Thu, 1 Jun 1995 05:45:16 GMT Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.Edu Lines: 1913 Xref: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu soc.bi:82405 soc.motss:294530 soc.answers:3117 news.answers:45273 Archive-name: bisexual/resources Bisexual Resource List BISEXUAL RESOURCE LIST This is a compilation of resources useful to bisexual and bifriendly people. Look for items that are NEW> marked as new . In price listings, "waged" means that you have a job; "unwaged" or "concessions" means that you're unemployed, at school or university, retired, etc. Many informational documents, including this one, are archived and available via anonymous FTP from rtfm.mit.edu in the directory /pub/usenet/news.answers. This document is archived as bisexual/resources. You also may send e-mail to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu with: send usenet/news.answers/finding-sources in the body (the Subject: line is ignored) to find out how to get files from rtfm.mit.edu by e-mail. Send additions, corrections, and suggestions to the Bisexual Resource Center in Boston (see below), including requests to have your email address listed in the Bisexual Activists Email Addresses section of the Bisexual Resource List. You can get a recent hard copy of this document through the Bisexual Resource Center in Boston (see below.) You can support bisexual participation in the Stonewall 25 planning meetings by sending your (tax deductible in the US) donations to the Bisexual Resource Center, marked "Stonewall 25 Travel Fund." All money goes to travel costs of bisexual representatives attending the Stonewall 25 planning meetings. Copyright (c) 1994 by Alan Hamilton of this collection of information as a work of literature. Permission is granted for unlimited free distribution of any version that is less than 2 months old at the time of distribution. Permission must be obtained in writing for any commercial use. In all cases, this notice and the date of distribution must be included. This document is updated monthly. Personally verify any information from here that you personally use. Thanks to the many, many people who have contributed information for this listing. Bisexual Resource Center, P.O. Box 639, Cambridge Massachusetts 02140, USA. Email: BRC@panix.com . Phone: 617-338-9595. Getting Information Over The Network GETTING INFORMATION OVER THE NETWORK Many of the resources listed in this document are stored on the computer network ("the net"). The following are a few of those locations and how to get things from them. FTP, WAIS, archie You may have access to the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) to copy information from another computer to your own. For information on FTP, send e-mail to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu with "send usenet/news.answers/finding-sources" in the body. World Wide Web (WWW) WWW stands for "World Wide Web". The WWW project, started by CERN (the European Laboratory for Particle Physics), seeks to build a distributed hypermedia system. To access the web, you run a browser program. The browser reads documents, and can fetch documents from other sources. Information providers set up hypermedia servers which browsers can get documents from. The browsers can, in addition, access files by FTP, NNTP (the Internet news protocol), gopher and an ever-increasing range of other methods. On top of these, if the server has search capabilities, the browsers will permit searches of documents and databases. The document "World Wide Web Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)" is posted to news.answers, comp.infosystems.www, comp.infosystems.gopher, comp.infosystems.wais and alt.hypertext on the 1st and 15th of every month (please allow a day or two for it to propagate to your site). The latest version is always available on the web as . (see "What is a URL?" to understand what this means.) The most recently posted version of this document is kept on the news.answers archive on rtfm.mit.edu in /pub/usenet/news.answers/www/faq file://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/www/faq>. For information on FTP, send e-mail to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu with "send usenet/news.answers/finding-sources" in the body. me. Particular Sites RFTM.MIT.EDU This site stores an enormous amount of information, most of which is an archive of the latest version of each of several hundred informational postings (like this one) made regularly to the net. For information on accessing it, send e-mail to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu with "send usenet/news.answers/finding-sources" in the body. QUEER RESOURCE DIRECTORY (QRD) This site stores an enormous amount of information, most of which is related to LesBiGay and Transgender issues. For information on this service and how to access it, send email to ftpmail@qrd.org with the following commands in the body of the message (the Subject: line is ignored): open dir get ABOUT.QRD cd pub/QRD dir get 00README get 0FREQUENTLY.ASKED.QUESTIONS quit This script will cause the ftpmail program to send you the following messages in response: An acknowledgement that your request was received and is queued A top-level directory of ftp.qrd.org's FTP area A short file about Vector A directory of the QRD The QRD Readme file A receipt that your request was successfully processed A list of Frequently Asked Questions and their answers, about QRD. Calendar of Events CALENDAR OF EVENTS CALENDAR: International and National . International NEW> INTERWEAVE (Unitarian Universalists for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Concerns), 167 Milk Street #406, Boston MA 02219, USA. URL: http://www.qrd.org/QRD/.html/brc-toc.html . FTP: ftp.qrd.org /pub/QRD/orgs/BRC/brl.txt . FTP by email: send to ftpmail@qrd.org: get /pub/QRD/orgs/BRC/brl.txt Gay and Lesbian Parents Coalition International (GLPCI) An advocacy and support organization of Lesbian mothers, gay fathers, bisexual parents, their partners and children. We are located in 8 countries and have over 85 chapters. GLPCI can provide some information and referrals on custody issues, adoption, surrogacy, A.I., and the rights of co-parents. If you would like additional information or would like to receive our quarterly newsletter, please send your name and address to our E-mail box: GLPCINat@ix.netcom.com . Our mailing list is kept confidential and is never given to other organizations or groups. Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere (COLAGE) Email: KidsOfGays@aol.com . COLAGE offers a quarterly newsletter and support groups facilitated by trained professionals for children age 12 and above. BI'S R US (Ottawa) Email: paula@proton.com . Postal: 11 Ettienne Brule Apt 2, Hull, PQ, Canada, J8Z-1E4. Bi's R Us - Mission Statement: The Goals of Bi's R Us are to disseminate information that works towards an end to Biphobia, through non-violent means. Bi's R Us is privately funded by the members. No outside institutions fund or aid in the funding of this group. Bi's R Us does the following: Disseminates information (as fincances allow), Educates towards an end to Biphobia within the Lesbian, Gay, and Heterosexual communities. Supports local organizing for non-violent social change, provided that this social change includes an end to Biphobia. Provides resources and referrals to support individuals and projects. Provides consultation and support of existing and emerging bi groups through personal support of organizers. Since we are emerging as a new group ourselves, we hope to maintain close ties with other Bi organizations in order to forward bisexual liberation. Provides speakers to local groups through a Bisexual Speakers Bureau. Keeps an ongoing resource list and collects articles, and books on Bisexuality. no longer exists. Contact Manchester Men's bisexual group, who are trying to set up mixed meetings. Biversity: Edinburgh University Bisexual Group Postal: 60 The Pleasance, Edinburgh EH8 9TJ, UK. Meets Wednesday evenings at The Pleasance during termtime. Birmingham Bi Women's Group Meets monthly. Write to BBWG, Friend, PO Box 2405, Birmingham B5 4AL, UK. Phone: 021 622 7351 7.30-9.30pm. Manchester Bi Men's Group Meets 3rd Mondays, 7.30pm, Manchester Gay Centre, and 1st Wednesdays during term times at Manchester Metropolitan Students Union. Also monthly social events. Newcastle Bisexual Group no longer exists (see North East Group). North East Bi Group Write c/o Gateshead Law Centre, Swinburnre House, Swinburne St, Gateshead, UK. Mostly meets second Thursdays. Preston Bisexual Group PO Box 375, Preston PR2 2UP, UK. Sheffield Bisexual Women's Group Write c/o General Office, Voluntary Action, 69 Division St, Sheffield S1 4GE, UK. Staffordshire Bisexual Group Now meets at members' houses, other details as before. Edinburgh Bi's Over Thirty Phone: 031 557 3620, Thursdays 7:30-9:30. Nottingham Women's Bi Group 8pm, third Tuesdays, at Nottingham Women's Centre, 30 Chaucer St, Nottingham NG1 5LP, UK (press buzzer marked "Reception"). Write to that address. Cambridge Group Meets monthly, address currently changing. Contact Dave Berry or see Bifrost for details. London Bisexuals at Fanny's No longer exists. Brighton BiChoice Meets Fridays in LGBS room, Falmer House, University of Sussex. Open to non-students. Phone: 0273 678152. BASH (Bisexuals Action On Sexual Health) Campaigning and organising group for HIV prevention. write c/o London Bisexual Group. Bisexual Resource Centre 58a Broughton St, Edinburgh EH1 3SA, UK. Phone: 031 557 3620. Open Tues 10.30am-4.30pm, Thursdays 12.00pm-7.00pm, and Saturdays 11.00am-5.00pm. Provides Bisexual Library, Archive, T-shirts, badges, posters, Bifrosts, speakers list, free condoms and lube and much more. Bi Men For Men A UK-based network for bisexual men. It aims to put bisexual men in touch with each other, to share ideas, experiences, hopes and fears. It offers a pen-pal service, and a regular mailing of written contributions from members. If you are interested in finding out more, please send an SAE to Hugh Deynam, Dracaena, Sunny Corner Lane, Sennen, Penzance, Cornwall, TR19 7AX, UK. United States National with Regional or Local Contacts/Affiliations Affirmation: United Methodists for Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual Concerns P.O. Box 1021, Evanston Illinois 60204, USA. Phone: 708-733-9590. Caucus of LesBiGay United Methodists. Reconciling Congregation Program 3801 N. Keeler Avenue, Chicago Illinois 60641, USA. Phone: 312-736-5526. The organization of UM congregations (about 80 to date) who have taken a public stance supporting/welcoming queer folk is: Methodist Federation for Social Action 76 Clinton Avenue, Staten Island New York 10301, USA. Phone: 718-273-672. A general progressive Methodist lobby, which has consistently supported queer issues in church politics. THE HEARTLAND PROJECT, Inc. A nationwide nonprofit program to provide on-site training and advice by experienced organizers to lesbians, gay men, and bisexual and transgendered persons in suburban, small-town and rural America, to help them create (or renew) and successfully maintain organizations, projects and political action in their communities, and to link these new and renewed groups and programs to state, regional and national gay movement organizations. Actual field work will begin, funds permitting, January 1995. An eight-page organizational prospectus outlining the goals, plan and budget for the project through the end of 1997 is now available. If you are interested in using the services of the project, making a financial contribution, or serving on the board of directors, please send a snail-mail address to Mark Hertzog >mwh8h@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu<. The Gayellow Pages Free listings for LesBiGay groups and services of all kinds. Contact: P.O. Box 533 Village Station, New York, New York 10014-0533, USA. Phone: 212-674-012. Dignity/USA For Lesbian and Gay (and now Bi!) catholics in the US. P-FLAG Parents, Family and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, 202-638-4200. National Coalition for Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Youth The Coalition is a non-profit organization which serves the needs of lesbigay and questioning youth. Our goal is to help them to become happy, successful, confident adults. To this end, we works to provide the information, resources an support to assist on their journey of self-realization, self-acceptance, and coming out. One of our first projects has been to create a national database of lesbigay resources, used by a variety of referral agencies to connect youth, adults coming out of the closet, and many others to the service providers nearest them. Postal: P.O.Box 24589, San Jose California 95154-4589, USA. Fax: 408-269-5328. Email: ncglbyorg@aol.com . Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Caucus of the Young Democrats of America Write to GLB Caucus Chair Gary Perkins at 2178 Lakemoore Drive SW, Olympia Washington 98512, USA. Phone: 206-943-1808. Email: jmcderm@u.washington.edu California-Bay Area Bisexual support group First and third Tuesday each month, 7:00-9:00pm. It is held at the Billy DeFrank Lesbian and Gay Community Center, 175 Stockton Ave., San Jose, California, USA (just off The Alameda, across the street from the arena). People of all orientations and genders are welcome to participate. For more information, call the DeFrank Center at (408) 293-2429 weeknights from 6pm-9pm, or weekends from noon-6pm. Or contact Ken Jones at or (415)390-5342. Bisexual People of Color Caucus Phone changed to 415-703-7977. California-Other Long Beach Long Beach area bi activities: 310/669-4768. Colorado BiNet/Colorado Email: cheryl@bbs.tde.com. Voice mail: 303-784-5557. Georgia Valdosta State College Gay and Lesbian Association C/O Doug Carver, VSC Box 7097, Valdosta, Georgia 31698, USA. Phone: (912) 247-0181 Email: dcarver@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu . Founded in March, 1992. BiAtlanta PO Box 5240, Atlanta, Georgia 30307, USA. Phone: 404-256-8992. Bisexual Atlanta Resource Center (BARN) Phone: 404-908-3413 Maine Maine Gay Network The purpose of this mail list is to establish a connected-ness network for Lesbians, Gay Men, Bisexuals, etc and our friends throughout Maine, where we will be fighting for Equal Rights and Equal Protection in 1995. The goal is simply to have one more way to stay in touch, and to share information - be it social, political or professional. To subscribe, send mail to majordomo@abacus.oxy.edu with the following text: subscribe me-gaynet Real Name (include brackets) Massachusetts Coming Out as Bisexual An informal support group for people who think they may be bisexual &/or who are attracted to more than one gender. 1st, 3rd, (& 5th, when appropriate) Wednesday of each month at 7pm at 95 Berkeley Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Call the BRC (Boston) office at 617-338-9595 for more info. Minnesota Brian Coyle, Minneapolis D.F.L. Caucus for G/L/Bi/Tg People and their Families and Friends. Phone: Marie Hanson (612)722-5673 or Wally Swan (612)338-0209. Front Runners/Walkers of MSP Outdoor walking/running group. Phone: Judy (612)293-0465 or Greg (612)724-2111. Minnesota Leather Den Women's Group Phone: Sheila (612)292-0542. Philips G/L/Tg/Ts/Bi Organization Phone: Rand (612)872-2241 or Tom (612)871-8410. New Jersey Bisexual Network of New Jersey (BNNJ) A support and social group for all people that self-identify as (or think they might be) bisexual. For directions to the meetings, call the Pride Center at 908-846-2232. Pennsylvania Bisexual Women's Group c/o LGBSA, 310 HUB, University Park Pennsylvania 16802, USA. Texas Ready for Radio Austin's Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual program on KO.OP Radio, P.O. Box 49340, Austin TX 78765, USA. Phone: 472-5667. T.J Guadette 707-1694. Rick Cramer 447-8837. We are looking for reporters, councilors, psychologists, medical doctors, lawyers, legal advice groups, artists, musicians, people with radio experience, people interested in radio, writers, audio performers, and generally the many ideas that YOU can bring. We also would like to share this opportunity to increase awareness of your public service organization. We can provide public service announcements during "Ready for Radio" for your non-profit public-service organization. SMU Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Student Organization 3116 Fondren, Dallas Texas 75275, USA. Phone: 214-768-4792. Email: David Quantic (co-president) -- dquantic@sun.cis.smu.edu . Support group for bisexuals, gays, and lesbians at Southern Methodist University. Meets Thursdays at 5pm at the Human Resource / Women Center. Speakers on various topics every other meeting. Active at city and state level in GLB issues. Hosted Coalition of Gay and Lesbian Student Groups conference in September 1993. Virginia ROBIN Richmond area. Newsletter: Bi Lines. Electronic Mailing Lists ELECTRONIC MAILING LISTS NEW> West Australian GLB and Friends mailing list To find out more about the mailing list, send email to matt@gu.uwa.edu.au. Partners Mailing list for women whose partners are transsexual, transgendered, or cross dressers. To join, send mail to: request-partners@starwars.com. BiFem-L (discussions by bi and bi-friendly women [only]) To subscribe, send a message to listserv@brownvm.brown.edu with no subject line and the following message body: SUBSCRIBE BIFEM-L *your full name* You will receive an acknowledgement of your message, and will later receive a message welcoming you to the list and explaining how to post messages. The list volume is 80-100 messages per day. name="#bisexu-l">Bisexu-L (discussions by bisexuals and bi-friendly people) To subscribe, send a message to listserv@brownvm.brown.edu with no subject line and the following message body: SUBSCRIBE BISEXU-L *your full name* You will receive an acknowledgement of your message, and will later receive a message welcoming you to the list and explaining how to post messages. The list volume is 45-50 messages per day. A digest form (2-3 mail messages per day, each a packet of messages received that day) is available to reduce the number of mail messages. Instructions for switching to the digest form are included in the welcome message you receive when you are added to the list. name="#biversity">Biversity (Boston area announcement list) This is not a discussion-type list. Subscriptions to biversity-request@gnu.ai.mit.edu, announcements to biversity@gnu.ai.mit.edu Eagle (gays in the Boy Scouts of America) Send subscription requests to eagle-request@pompei.usc.edu and contributions to eagle@pompei.usc.edu name="#gaylibn">GAY-LIBN (Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual Librarians Network) To join the list and receive mailings: At Bitnet nodes, send mail or an interactive message to LISTSERV@USCVM with the text SUB GAY-LIBN FIRSTNAME LASTNAME (no punctuation, no other text). At other nodes, send mail to LISTSERV@VM.USC.EDU with the text SUB GAY-LIBN FIRSTNAME LASTNAME (no punctuation, no other text). name="#arenal">Arenal (para Gais, Lesbicas, Bisexuales y Amigos en Latinoamerica y el Mundo) To join, send mail to listserv@lut.fi with the following message body: Subscribe Arenal Your Name Send articles to arenal@lut.fi . Postal address: P.O. Box 5065, Bloomington Indiana 47407, USA. GLB-News (LesBiGay-related news and information) To join send mail to listserv@brownvm.brown.edu or listserv@brownvm.bitnet with the following message body: Subscribe GLB-NEWS Your Name GayNet (LesBiGay issues) To join, send mail to gaynet-request@queernet.org. bnnj (BiNet New Jersey) Mostly announcements. To join, send mail to bnnj-request@plts.org or uunet!sdl!plts!bnnj-request Contributions to: bnnj@plts.org or uunet!sdl!plts!bnnj ne-social-motss Announcements about social (and not social) events in the North East (United States, from New Jersey up to Maine) that are of interest to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trangendered people. To subscribe, send mail to majordomo@plts.org with the following command in the body of the message (the Subject: line is ignored): subscribe ne-social-motss nj-motss and nj-motss-announce Mailing list for discussing gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered, issues/etc. in New Jersey. Topics vary, but are mostly about happenings in the area. Messages are tagged as either "announcements" or non-announcements. To subscribe, send mail to majordomo@plts.org with the following command in the body of the message (the Subject: line is ignored): subscribe nj-motss OR subscribe nj-motss-announce ddmm-l@surplus.demos.su Novyj forum dlja RUSSKOJAZYCHNYH LES, BI i GEJev: Dlja vkljuchenia v list ili chtoby uznat' o nem podrobnee, pishite (ne objazatel'no po-russki :) na adres: gala@surplus.demos.su . Avtomaticheskogo listservera poka net, tak chto vozmozhna zaderzhka podpiski na 2-3 dnja. Vy poluchite izveshchenie o vkljuchenii v list. Dobro pozhalovat'! Gala. For English readers: A new LES-BI-GAY-oriented mailing list for RUSSIAN speakers on the net. To get more info and/or to get subscribed let you send a letter to the address: gala@surplus.demos.su . You should concisely introduce yourself to get subscribed. You will get a notice when you will be put on the list (this is not automated yet, so 2-3 day delay may occur). You are welcome for friendly conversation (_Primarily_in_Russian_!) Profemen ( men's issues in (pro-)feminist environment) Bi men & women are welcome. Subscription to: jyanowitz@hamp.hampshire.edu (Jason). Transgen (for people interested in gender and transgender) Send an email message to LISTSERV@brownvm.brown.edu with the words: SUBSCRIBE TRANSGEN Your Name as the only thing in the BODY of the message. CD-Forum (support of cross-dressing, transsexuality, and other gender issues) A "safe space", digested electronic mailing list for friendly and frank discussions. No membership fees. Your address will be kept in strict confidence. Articles you submit for publication in the forum are stripped of header and signature id unless you instruct me otherwise. To subscribe, please send a short paragraph describing your interest in cd forum, and where you heard of it, to cd-request@valis.biocad.com . You will be requested to submit an introductory article within one month of your subscription. LUTI (LesBiGay Christians) For information, send an email message (from Internet) to lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu or (from CompuServe) to INTERNET:lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu with the following subject line: Subject: LUTI, yes UK-MOTSS (lesbian, bisexual and gay network community) Requests for further information, or to be added to the list, should be sent to one of the following addresses: uk-motss-request@dircon.co.uk Information may be obtained automatically by sending a message to uk-motss-server@dircon.co.uk with the subject: send misc/info EURO-QUEER is a list devoted to communication among European l/b/g/t activists, organizations and individuals. It has a specific focus on queer EURO-NEWS and EURO-ACTIVISM, but it is also a forum for GENERAL L/B/G/T DISCUSSION. TO SUBSCRIBE, send a mail message to: majordomo@queernet.org with the first (not subject) line of the message: subscribe euro-queer-digest (for the digest) subscribe euro-queer (for separate messages) EURO-QUEER-STUDIES is a list devoted to communication among European l/b/g/t researchers and students involved or interested in queer studies. Researchers and students are encouraged to contribute with information about their present projects, as well as with all kind of other information relevant to the purpose of this list. TO SUBSCRIBE, send a mail message to: majordomo@queernet.org with the first (not subject) line of the message: subscribe euro-queer-studies QUEERCAMPUS is a list devoted to organizing and networking among the l/g/b/o campus communities world-wide. It will be a means to foster communication in an inexpensive manner between lgb activists, student leaders, organizations and individuals committed to making all campuses more queer and queer-friendly. To join the QUEERCAMPUS mailing list send a message to MAJORDOMO@vector.casti.com with a one line message: subscribe QUEERCAMPUS Usenet Newsgroups USENET NEWSGROUPS Subscription method depends on your newsreader software, so check out the manual or ask someone else who uses the same newsreader. alt.polyamory Usenet social newsgroup for discussing polyamory - loving moren than one person at a time. soc.motss Usenet social newsgroup for gays and lesbians, it also includes many bisexual people, and supportive straight people. 200+ messages per day. soc.bi Usenet social newsgroup for Bi and Bi-friendly people. 20-50 messages per day. HREF="news:alt.personals.bi".alt.personals.bi Newsgroup for personal ads by or for bisexuals. alt.transgendered Usenet social newsgroup for people interested in gender and transgender issues. ELSEWHERE... There is a bisexual sub-forum on Compuserve - it is called Biways, and is a sub-forum of the HSX200 forum. One of the seven message boards of America Online's 'Gay & Lesbian Community Forum' is a Bisexual Message Board. There are several FidoNet echos for LesBiGay and Transgendered folks. Please send specifics to brc@panix.com for inclusion here. Other Electronic Fora OTHER ELECTRONIC FORA International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) Postal: 1360 Mission Street, Suite 200, San Francisco California 94103, USA. Phone: 415-255-8680. Fax: 415-255-8662. Email: iglhrc@igc.apc.org . Sail And Steam A bisexual electronic magazine to provide a forum for discussion and dissemination of items of interest to the bisexual community and other people interested in bis and bisexuality. Seeking: Short essays and non-explicit poetry and fiction reflecting on the bisexual experience. Preferred length is 500-1500 words. Anything above 2,000 will be automatically serialized. Topics can include anything from coming out, to finding the right couple, to your anger over biphobia. People with disabilities, PWAs, and people of color are especially encouraged to add their voices. Compensation: copy upon publication. Previously published material is strongly discouraged. Email: SailNSteam@aol.com. America Online There is a lively UU community on AOL with at least one busy message board, downloadable library files, and live "chats". Prodigy CompuServe Forums: HSX100 and HSX200. See also the Lesbian/Gay Issues section of the Issues Forum on CompuServe. It is a welcome place not only for lesbians and gays, but also for bisexuals and discussions of bisexuality (and other issues of interest to bisexuals). FidoNet FidoNet has several echos which deal primarily with lesbigay issues: GAYNEWS Gays/Lesbians News Echo. ICGAL Issues Concerning Gays and Lesbians GAYLINK Gay Topic Discussion Conference GAYTEEN Gay Teenager forum for teenagers to discuss their sexuality Queer-e An interdisciplinary electronic journal of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer writing. For more information, send email to majordomo@vector.casti.com with the following command in the body of the message (the Subject: line is ignored): info queer-e-text #bisex An Internet Relay Chat (IRC) channel for discussions of/by bisexuality and bisexual people. Reportedly most active 10:00 P.M. EST to 3:00 A.M. PST. If your system has IRC capability, the 'irc' or 'ircii' command should connect you to IRC. Then the '/join #bisex' command should connect you to the #bisex channel. Use the command '/help' for general help and '/help [command]' for help with a particular command. Note that "straight het boys" may pester you to get together with them for sex, but if you ignore them they'll eventually stop sending you messages. Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Speakers Bureau of Boston Would like to start an email list to publish articles which won't fit in the monthly print newsletter. Email: GLBSB@AOL.COM Bisexual Newsletters BISEXUAL NEWSLETTERS Bi Centrist Newsletter, c/o BiCentrist Alliance, 202-828-3065, PO Box 2254, Washington, District of Columbia 20013-2254, USA. US$7/year. Bifocal Newsletter, PO Box 13158, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414, USA. Bifrost: The Rainbow Bridge A national monthly magazine for bisexuals. Postal: Bifrost, 58a Broughton St, Edinburgh, EH1 3SA, UK. Email: bifrost@ed.ac.uk. Subscriptions: #7.50 individual, #10 organisation/supporting, #10 EEC, #15 other outside the UK. Monthly three page newsletter and quarterly 24 page A5 magazine. We also sell t-shirts, badges, posters and back issues. If you want any more info please ask. The Bi Monthly Newsletter, published monthly by the Champaign-Urbana Bisexual Network, c/o McKinely Foundation, 809 South Fifth Street, Illinois 61820, USA. 1-year subscription (10 issues) US$10 (US$7 with valid University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus mail address.) BiNet quarterly newsletter Published by BiNET, P.O.Box 772, Washinton District of Columbia 20044-0772, USA. US$10 or membership in BiNet (yearly dues of $1 per $1000 of income.) BI-Nieuws Published four times per year by the Dutch National BI-Network (Vereniging Landelijk Netwerk Biseksualiteit.) Write to P.O. Box 75087, 1070 AB AMSTERDAM to subscribe, or send e-mail to maurice@bi-link.tdcnet.nl Bi-ways Newsletter published by the Australian Bisexual Network. Monthly about 15 pages $oz 20 p.a. Subscriptions to the Australian Bisexual Network, P.O. Box 490, Lutwyche, Australia 4030. Bi Women Newsletter, published bimonthly by the Boston Bisexual Women's Network, 617-338-9595, POB 639, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02140, USA. North Bi NorthWest Newsletter, Seattle Bisexual Women's Network, 206-783-7987, P.O. Box 30645 Greenwood Station, Seattle WA 98103-0645. Side Bi Side Quarterly newsletter of the Bi Network of the Washington, D.C. Area, P.O. Box 2646, Langley Park, MD 20787, USA. US$15/year, checks payable to BNDC or Bi Network. INTERWEAVE News Newsletter of INTERWEAVE: Unitarian Universalists for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Concerns. Issued 3-4 times per year. 167 Milk Street #406, Boston MA 02219, USA. Other Literature OTHER LITERATURE From the Bisexual Resource Center (Boston) (URL: http://admin.qrd.org/QRD/.html/BRC/) An From: Bisexual Resource Center (Phone: 617-338-9595 Email: BRC@panix.com) (URL: http://admin.qrd.org/QRD/.html/BRC/) for several things, including the following: International Directory Of Bisexual Groups Maintaining A Simple Archives Pamphlets, including: A Brief History of the Bisexual Movement Bisexuality Bisexuality: Some Questions Answered 50 Steps To Bisexual Visibility Bisexual Books Of 1991 (annotated bibliography) Bisexual Books Of 1992 (annotated bibliography) Bi-Bliography (suggested readings) How To Start A Bisexual Support Group Myths About Bisexuality Why Would Gay & Lesbian Organizations Include Bisexuals Safer Sex Using The Klein Scale To Teach About Sexual Orientation LesBiGay and Transgender Glossary Retreat And Conference Budgeting These pamphlets are also available on 3.5" IBM-compatible floppy disk. Call BRC to order, or to volunteer to record them on audio cassette. Anything That Moves Magazine, c/o BABN, 2404 California Street #24, San Francisco, California 94115, USA. 1 year: US$25, 2 years: US$45, Foreign/Group/Institutions: 1 year, US$30, Limited Income: 1 year, US$16. Make checks payable to BABN. "Mailings are discreet & sent bulk mail." Bi Any Other Name: Bisexual People Speak Out Ed. by Loraine Hutchins & Lani Kaahumanu. Boston: Alyson Publications, 1991. ISBN 0-55583-174-5 (paperback). US$11.95 Bisexual Lives Published in London by Off Pink Publishing, 1988. ISBN 0-9513103-0-5 (paperback). Sequel (More Bisexual Lives) in preparation. The Bisexual Option, Second Edition Fritz Klein, MD. 1993. The Haworth Press, Binghamton New York 13904-1580, USA. ISBN 1-56023-033-9. Bisexuality, A reader and sourcebook Thomas Geller, ed. 1989 Times Change Press, Ojai, California, USA. Bisexuality & HIV/AIDS: A Global Perspective Ed. Rob Tielman, Manuel Carballo, & Aart Hendriks. Buffalo, NY, Prometheus Press, 1991. ISBN 0-87975-666-7. [US$42.50 cloth; paperback not yet available 2/92.] Dream Magazine Klinger Publications, Klinger Building, 2801 Fourth Ave., San Diego, California 92103 USA. US$70 for 12 issues. The Final Closet: The Gay Parents' Guide for Coming Out to Their Children rev. ed. Rip Corley. Ed. by Jean Chang. LC 89-82740. 192p. 1990. pap. 8.95 (ISBN 0-945586-08-6). Editech Pr. The Handbook of Non-Sexist Writing for Writers, Editors and Speakers Casey Miller and Kate Swift. US: 1980, Harper and Row, ISBN 0-06-463542-2. UK: 2nd British edition 1989, The Women's Press Limited, 34 Great Sutton Street, London EC1V 0DX, England. UK pounds 4.95. International Gay/Les/Bi Student Group Directory. 128KB. Send mail to to request a copy or provide updates. Two Lives to Live: Bisexuality in Men and Women Ed. by Fritz Klein & Timothy J. Wolf. New York: Harrington Park Press, 1985. ISBN 0-918393-22-1 (pap.). Also published by Haworth Press, 1985, with the title Bisexualities: Theory and Research; originally appeared as Journal of Homosexuality, vol. 11, nos. 1/2 (Spring 1985). Open Hands Is published by the lesgay group of United Methodists. Open Hands, 202-863-1586 FAX 202-488-1423, P. O. Box 23636, Washington, District of Columbia 20026, USA. The Other Side of the Closet: The Coming-Out Crisis for Straight Spouses Amity P. Buxton. 350p. (Orig.). 1991. pap. 14.95 (ISBN 1-877880-07-8). IBS Press. Talk Back! The Gay Person's Guide to Media Action "Lesbian and Gay Media Advocates", US$3.95 Alyson Publications, Boston, 1982. ISBN 0-932870-10-4 Closer to Home: Bisexuality & Feminism edited by Beth Reba Weise. $14.95 from Seal Press, 3131 Western Avenue #410, Seattle, WA 98121-1028. Phone: (206) 283-7844. Women and Bisexuality by Sue George. 252 pages. Published by Scarlet Press, 5 Montague Road, London E8 2HN, UK. Price: GBP 9.99 (paperback); GBP 30 (hardback) (GBP is the international code for British pounds). ISBN: 1 85727 071 1 (paperback); 1 85727 066 5 (hardback). Cracking the Corporate Closet to be published by Harper/Collins in 1993, will examine employment practices, workplace issues, charitable and political giving, advertising and other issues relevant to lesbian and gay rights. Slippery When Wet -- Bisexual. Penetration Positive. Queer. Published by More! Productions, PO Box 3101, Berkeley, California 94703, USA. Email: slippery@netcom.com. Very sex-positive, sexually radical up-and-coming 'zine. Subscriptions $20.00 for 4 issues, or 30.00 for 4 issues and a t-shirt. Make check out to More! Productions, and sign your name over a statement saying you are over 21 and wish to purchase erotic materials. Editor, Sunah Cherwin. Radio Shows RADIO SHOWS BiVocal The radio show by, for, and about BiSexuals,c/o 9A Bealey Ave, Christchurch 1, New Zealand. Plains FM, 96.9 MHz, canterbury plains area, New Zeland. It is a community radio station. We alternate, every 2nd week Mondays 8-8:30pm. The other week is Outwaves, the queer show. Other Lists Of Resources OTHER LISTS OF RESOURCES International Directory of Bisexual Groups Numerous pamphlets on bisexuality and related issues. US$8. Bibliography of books by and/or about bisexual people and issues. Developed by Lambda Rising Bookstore, Washington, District of Columbia, USA. Bisexual Resource Center (BRC), POB 639, Cambridge Massachusetts 02140, USA. The Bisexual Archives available for use by appointment with BRC, POB 639, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02140, USA. Guide to Internet Resources for Women Available from 2 sources: Telnet or Gopher to INFORM.UMD.EDU to do this type "telnet inform.umd.edu" or "gopher inform.umd.edu" Use either the arrow keys or number keys to select: Educational Resources / Women's Studies / Computing / Guides to the Internet / guide by hunt Clearinghouse for Subject-Oriented Internet Resource Guides at the University of Michigan: Gopher: Minnesota's list of Gophers / University of Michigan / Library Resources / New and Featured on the Internet / Clearinghouse of Subject- Oriented Internet Resource Guides / Guides on the Social Sciences / Women's Studies Guide ftp://una.hh.lib.umich.edu/inetdirsstacks/women:hunt FTP to una.hh.lib.umich.edu. Login as "anynomous", and use your e-mail address as a password. Type "cd inetdirsstacks" to reach the proper directory. The commands "ls" and "dir" will display a list of files in the directory. Use the command "get women:hunt" to download the file onto your account. End with "bye". List of organizations who either have a "sexual orientation" clause as part of policy or are subject to laws relating to "sexual orientation". Requests, corrections and contributions to larry@bradley.bradley.edu. List of Bisexuality in Science Fiction, Fantasy and Other Fiction Requests, corrections and contributions to daveb@harlequin.co.uk (Dave Berry). List of GLBO Television Characters semi-regular or recurring/ occasional gay, lesbian or bisexual characters. Requests, corrections and contributions to David Wyatt . List of books with bisexual themes and/or characters. Requests, corrections and contributions to jhm%hourglas@tronsbox.xei.com . *** This address is obsolete. Does anyone have another? *** Soc.bi FAQ A list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) and their answers from soc.bi, the bisexual social newsgroup. Copies may be requested from J.W.Harley@bham.ac.uk (Jon Harley). Reading list (short) for people in mixed-sexual-orientation relationships. Requests, corrections, and contributions to: pfieland@citron.sw.stratus.com (Peggy Fieland). GLBO-Centered Film List Available by ftp from ftp.qrd.org as /pub/QRD/info/LISTS/glbo.films.list . Queer Resources Directory (QRD) A collection of lots of information on QRD is accessible in the following ways: by World Wide Web at: URL: ftp://ftp.qrd.org/pub/qrd/.html/QRD-home-page.html URL: http://northstar.otago.ac.nz/QRD/.html/QRD-home-page.html by WAIS at quake.think.com by Gopher at: teetot.acusd.edu windex.its.rpi.edu hopper.acs.virginia.du, gopher.qrd.org [also WAIS capable] by FTP in: /pub/QRD at ftp.qrd.org (149.52.1.1.30) /pub/QRD at qrd.tcp.com (128.95.10.106). /pub/QRD at northstar.otago.ac.nz (139.80.64.10). /doc/political/umich-poli at ftp.uu.net (192.48.96.9). /pub/Politics/QRD at red.css.itd.umich.edu (192.131.22.7) For more information contact the volunteer staff at Staff@QRD.org E-Mail Directory of Lesbigay Scholars Contains more than 150 persons listed. To be included, request the entry form from lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu . Open Hands list of Welcoming Churches gopher://gopher.qrd.org/00/gaystuff/QRD/religion/ok.churches ftp://ftp.qrd.org/pub/QRD/religion/ok.churches HIV/AIDS Education HIV/AIDS EDUCATION Safer Sex pamphlet, developed by BiCEP and published by BRC, 617-338-9595, PO 639, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02140, USA. The following people have volunteered to be contacts for HIV/AIDS issues: "Liz Highleyman" "Michael Beer" "Julie Waters" Fight the Right Contacts FIGHT THE RIGHT CONTACTS US/National Scot Nakagawa, Fight the Right Coordinator/NGLTF, 522 S.W. 5th Avenue, #1375, Portland, OR 97204. Phone: (503) 221-0115. Fax: (503) 228-1965. US/California Task Force To Oppose the California Anti-Gay Ballot Initiative, c/o Mike Hudson of People for the American Way, 330 Washington Blvd. Suite 703, Marina del Rey, CA 90292. Phone: 310-823-2860. US/Florida Floridians Respect Everyone's Equality, 317 1/2 Park Ave., Tallahasse, FL 32301. Phone: 904-561-6336. Human Rights Task Force 1222 S. Dale Mabry, #652, Tampa, FL 33629. Phone: 813-273-8769. US/Idaho Idaho for Human Dignity, P.O. Box 797, Boise, ID 83701. Phone: 208-336-5160. US/Maine Equal Protection Lewiston, P.O. Box 7804. Lewiston, ME 04243-7804. Phone: 207-784-5818. US/Michigan Michigan Organization for Human Rights, P.O. Box 2738, Lansing, MI 48909. Phone: 517-887-2605. US/Oregon Support Our Communities Political Action Committee. Phone: Debra Betron 503-287-9370. Rural Organizing Project PO Box 919, Scappoose, OR 97056. Phone: (503) 543-3978. Ask about getting in touch with the nearest Human Dignity Coalition group, there are fifty-two throughout rural Oregon. US/Tennessee Social Justice Committee, James Talent, c/o MCC/Knoxville, P.O. Box 2343, Knoxville, TN 37901. Phone: 615-521-6546. US/Washington Washington Citizens for Fairness, P.O. Box 4828, Seattle, WA 98102. Phone: 206-233-1932. Bi/Queer Product Source List BI/QUEER PRODUCT SOURCE LIST Buys For Bi's 1559 Rockville Pike Suite 213, Rockville Maryland 20852, USA. Buttons and T-shirts. Write for catalog. Like A Diva 312-227-2588. Call for catalog. Lambda Rising 800-621-6969, 1625 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington District of Columbia 20009, USA. Books, music, videos, buttons, gifts, etc. Mailing list for extensive quarterly book catalog.Send name and mailing address to: lambdarising@his.com Don't Panic Designs 11264 Playa Ct., Culver City California 90230, USA. Phone: 310-815-0280, 800-457-PANIC. Shocking Gray San Antonio, Texas, USA. Phone: 800-555-1212. A Different Light on Hudson Street in Manhattan, NYC (Info in 212 Area Code) Liberty Books Austin, Texas, USA. Phone: 800-828-1279. Cardpack Subscriptions Box 330, 70-A Greenwich Avenue, New York, NY 10011. Specify your request for either the Community Cardpack (men) or Sapphile (women). Christopher Street West Association sells a number of Gay-oriented items through the mail. Credit cards accepted; for a free merchandise catalog, call 213-656-6553. Gay, Lesbian and Bi Merchandise Catalog. Catalog Request, Dan Kaufman Graphics, Dept. X, PO Box 4901, Washington, DC 20008. Phone: (202) I'M OUT-RU? [466-8878]. Fax: (202) 466-8879. E-mail: imoutru@aol.com Bisexual Resource Center (Boston) Has an Order Form for buttons and T-shirts (and bisexual literature). OVERLOOK Sells T-shirts and will soon have buttons and jewelry. Postal: ATTN: BBL Department, 6611 W Peoria Suite 5132, Glendale Arizona 85302, USA. Email catalog: 9650@ef.gc.maricopa.edu . Phone orders (any time of day or night): 1-800-OVERLOOK (1-800-683-7566) from within the United States. 2% of all sales goes to the Shanti Foundation. Also check out the back pages and ads in Genre, OUT, Advocate andother related magazines, often found even in MAINSTREAM bookstores, like Barnes & Noble, WaldenBooks, BookStop and others. For the Blind FOR THE BLIND Publications of the Bisexual Resource Center (Boston) (URL: http://admin.qrd.org/QRD/.html/BRC/) are available free to vision-impaired people in either the regular, printed form or on 3.5" IBM-compatible floppy disk. We would like to make our literature available on audio tape, as well. Contact us to volunteer to record literature on audio cassettes for the blind. Pet Projects PET PROJECTS (things we'd like to see happen in Bi communities) Audio tape/braille/large print/email/floppy disk bi literature for people with visual impairments. Eliminating oppression of people in the Bisexual Communities on the excuse of race, age, or disability. Translating bisexual pamphlets into other languages than English. Contact the Bisexual Resource Center (Boston) (URL: http://admin.qrd.org/QRD/.html/BRC/) to volunteer. Bi Activist Email Addresses BI ACTIVIST EMAIL ADDRESSES (Internet format) Send mail to BRC@panix.com to be added to this list. Keep in mind: This list may be requested by anyone, from BRC@panix.com, and is posted monthly to many places. Robert Morrison New York area activist. Aimee L. Tweedie Alan Hamilton Former president of the East Coast Bisexual Resource Center (now the Bisexual Resource Center) and co-founder of the Unitarian-Universalist Bisexual Network (now merged with Interweave: Unitarian Universalists for LesBiGay and Transgender Concerns.) Does writing and public speaking, panel discussions and workshops on HIV/AIDS, sexual orientation, bisexuality, oppression theory, and related subjects. Contact for bisexual issues, bisexual literature, or to volunteer time to BRC or Interweave. Ann Schranz Contact person for the BiNet USA Southeast Region Newsletter. Bisexual Resource Center (Boston) Biverse - The Bisexual Association TLGC@trentu.ca Biverse is a open political/social/support group based on the principle of freedom of sexuality expression in all forms. Although its address is through Trent university, it is a community based group. Brett Beemyn Cappy Harrison Philadelphia area activist. Darci L. Chapman Dave Berry Dean Taormina Ellen Clary Email contact for Bi-Friendly, San Francisco, California, USA. Gerard Palmeri Ian Watters Hon Secretary of the London Bisexual Group, PO Box 3325, London, Great Britain N1 9EQ. Julie Firman Julie Waters Contact for issues related to HIV/AIDS and issues related to gender and transsexuality. Does public speaking and panel discussions on sexuality and gender. Kelly Cookson Ken Jones Laura Arnold Louie Crew Maria Maso Martin an Australian contact. Mike Montgomery A.k.a. "M. S. Montgomery". Reference librarian, bi-bliographer, versifier, essayist, lifepartner, father, lover, friend. Takes reference and bibliographic queries on bi-related subjects. Malcolm Pon Co-chair, Education and Outreach, George Mason University GLBSA. Maurice Snellen Secretary of the Dutch National BI-Network ("Vereniging Landelijk Netwerk Biseksualiteit"), e-mail contact-person for this organization, who can also be contacted if you want to subscribe to their newsletter 'BI-Nieuws'. Ray Schnitzler Robyn Ochs Ronald Ferguson Sharla Clos Scott Wells Tane' Tachyon Ted Hardie Tigger Tom Limoncelli (home) -- (work). Write to me for info about internet mailing lists on these topics: Drew University Alumni/ae, IXO/tpage users, New Jersey Unix Sysadmins' Group (like SAGE), New Jersey motss, North East motss, BiNet/New Jersey, and more! Wayne Bryant Co-founder of Biversity Boston. Contact for the Biversity Calendar. Member of the BRC board of Directors. Author of Bisexual Characters in Film: From Anais to Zee (not yet published). Will Rowe An active member of Biverse, the Trent Lesbian and Gay Collective, and a dedicated activist on HIV/AIDS and sexuality issues. Kay Dekker Virginia Fleming Zan Walker