For author and activist Baumgardner, bisexuality has always been more than the "sexual non-preference of the '90s." Here she takes a close look at gay and bisexual people on the national cultural stage and the issues their growing visibility raises. In a society supposedly grown more open and accepting, what can it mean that bisexuality continues to be marginalized by both gay and straight cultures, and dismissed either as a phase or, worse, a cop-out? Baumgardner discusses her own experience as a bisexual, and the struggle she's undergone to reconcile the privilege of a woman who is perceived as straight, and the empowerment and satisfaction she's derived from her relationships with women. Her book is a study in bisexual lives lived secretly and openly, and an exploration of the lessons learned by writers, artists, and activists who have refused the either/or paradigm defended by both gay and straight communities.--From publisher description.
Record details
ISBN:9780374190040 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN:0374190046 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Physical Description:244 p. ; 22 cm. print
Edition:1st ed.
Publisher:New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-231) and index.