Bialogue
{{Short description|American queer activist group}}
Bialogue, a portmanteau of the words bisexual and dialogue, is an American activist group that started in New York City, working on issues of local, national, and international interest to the bisexual, fluid, pansexual, queer-identified communities and their allies.{{cite web|url=http://www.binetusa.org/Pages/network.html |title=find Bisexual, Fluid, Pansexual, Queer-identified & Bi-Friendly Communities in the USA |publisher=BiNet USA |accessdate=2014-06-29}}[http://lib.sdstate.edu/GuideoftheMonth/glbtjune.htm Hilton M. Briggs Library Resource Guide: Gay and Lesbian Pride Month] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100728163820/http://lib.sdstate.edu/GuideoftheMonth/glbtjune.htm |date=2010-07-28 }} June 2007 South Dakota State University Bialogue's mission is to dispel myths and stereotypes about bisexuality, address biphobia and bisexual erasure, educate the public on the facts and realities of bisexuality and advocate for the bisexual community. Its slogan is "Taking Action not just Offense".{{cite web|url=http://www.bialogue.org |title=Taking Action not just Offense |publisher=Bialogue |date=2007-04-06 |accessdate=2014-06-29}}
History
Bialogue was founded in 2005 and is the merger of two older New York City–based activist/political groups: BiPAC and the Coalition for Unity and Inclusion.{{cite web|url=http://www.nyabn.org/Pages/WhoWeR/OurHistory.html |title=New York Area Bisexual Network - Our History page |publisher=Nyabn.org |date=2001-07-12 |accessdate=2014-06-29}}
Founded in 1989, BiPAC (short for the "Bisexual Political Action Committee") was an explicitly militant activist political group dedicated to confronting and eradicating biphobia and bisexual erasure. In addition to working on issues exclusive to New York City bisexual community, BiPAC also worked in conjunction with other New York City LGBTQ and progressive groups of their day including ACT UP, Queer Nation, Irish Lesbian and Gay Organization, Children of the Rainbow, Por Los Niños, and the Coalition for a District Alternative (CoDA).
The Coalition for Unity and Inclusion (founded in 2000) was a coalition of bisexual and transgender activists who drew support from reform-minded directors of the more traditional LGBT organizations, liberal politicians as well as the grassroots bisexual and transgender community. They used such tactics as letter writing campaigns, petition drives and an innovative "feedback campaign" to achieve their goals.
The original impetus for founding both BiPAC and the Coalition for Unity and Inclusion was to combat instances of blatant biphobia within the larger New York City LGBTQ community. Bialogue, which emerged in response to the flap[http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2573 New York Times Suggests Bisexuals Are "Lying": Paper fails to disclose study author's controversial history] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060419004109/http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2573 |date=2006-04-19 }} July 8, 2005 Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting over the 'Bailey Study' which attempted to invalidate bisexuality itself,{{cite news |url=http://www.americablog.com/2005/07/bisexuality-study-nyt-gives-prominence.html |title=Bisexuality Study: NYT Gives Prominence To Disgraced Researcher |publisher=Americablog.com |accessdate=2014-06-29 |archive-date=2011-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928211821/http://www.americablog.com/2005/07/bisexuality-study-nyt-gives-prominence.html |url-status=dead }}{{Verify source|date=August 2015}}{{Unreliable source?|date=August 2015}} has always worked closely with such established bisexual organizations as BiNet USA,{{cite web|url=http://bialogue.livejournal.com/tag/binet%20usa |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709071524/http://bialogue.livejournal.com/tag/binet%20usa |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-09 |title=Bialogue: BiNet USA |publisher=Bialogue.livejournal.com |accessdate=2014-06-29 }} the Bisexual Foundation{{cite web|url=http://bialogue.livejournal.com/tag/american%20institute%20of%20bisexuality |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708034422/http://bialogue.livejournal.com/tag/american%20institute%20of%20bisexuality |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-08 |title=BiNet USA: American Institute of bisexuality |publisher=Bialogue.livejournal.com |accessdate=2014-06-29 }} and the Bisexual Resource Center as well as mainstream LGBTQ groups such as GLAAD.{{cite web|url=http://bialogue.livejournal.com/tag/glaad |title=Bialogue: GLAAD |publisher=Bialogue.livejournal.com |accessdate=2014-06-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707055418/http://bialogue.livejournal.com/tag/glaad |archive-date=2012-07-07 }}
See also
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References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.bialogue.org}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100108022902/http://bialogue.livejournal.com/ Bialogue at LiveJournal]
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Category:2005 establishments in New York City
Category:Bisexual culture in the United States
Category:Bisexual organizations
Category:LGBTQ political advocacy groups in the United States