Following the incident in which no bisexual organisations were going to march in the Pride in London parade until UK Pride gave up half their slots, Lois Shearing addresses the isloation that young bi people may feel during Pride season.
Author: Lois Shearing
I'm a content creator in a tech start-up and write for blogs and magazines as an occasional freelancer. I'm a bisexual advocate and I run a sewing group for LGBT+ people in London. I'm also a first class Journalism graduate from Bournemouth University, a literature lover, and a getter of too many tattoos. Email me about writing at lois.shearing@gmail.com
Queer and Wicca: a contradiction?
Can a religion that places heavy focus on balancing male and female energies and uses wombs and fertility as symbols of feminine power ever be truly inclusive and welcoming to queer and gender variant people? Lois Shearing explores what it means to be queer and Pagan.
Review: The Fire Eater’s Lover by Sophia Blackwell
For this month's theme of Book Club, Lois Shearing reviews second anthology The Fire Eater's Lover, which celebrates all things related to performance. Whether its getting up on stage, dressing up for a night out, or seducing a lover, The Fire Eater's Lover heaves with the beauty of all the rituals and tribulations of everyday life.
The bisexual erasure / over-sexualisation feedback loop
Lois Shearing explores the ways in which bisexual erasure and over sexualised on-screen representations creates an environment in which being bisexual is seen as a behaviour rather than an identity.
The Queerness 