Resources for News Media
We support journalists, editors, and others writing for news outlets to improve coverage of bi+ people and stories.
Why Bi+ Voices
Rewrite the BiLine's inaugural Bi+ Censorship in the News report explores the visibility of bi+ people and bi+ issues over the last three decades (1993- 2003) in English-language print news.
Unfortunately, our findings show that print newspapers underreport on bi+ issues. In many instances, they also perpetuate harmful stereotypes and do not reflect the lived experience of bi+ people. Additionally, news media at the intersection of race and LGBTQ+ issues is limited, and it is nearly non-existent on bi+ issues and race. In fact, we found:
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Although people who experience attraction to more than one gender make up approximately 60 percent of the LGBTQ+ community, less than 7% of LGBTQ+ news coverage in the last 30 years is of bi+ people and issues;
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Over 66% of articles in the most recent decade (2013 to 2023) in which “bisexuality” was the main subject focused only on medical issues (i.e. HIV and/or bi+ men’s ability to donate blood), discrimination, and inequality; and
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Media representation of bi+ people does not reflect the lived experience of bi+ people, manifested in the lack of bi+ people quoted in articles.
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We partner with news outlets and individual journalists to tell ethical, human-centered, solutions-focused stories about bi+ people and issues.
We also provide editing services for bi+ activists who want to publish op-eds and other articles to shape the important political, cultural, and social justice conversations of our time.
Meet Our Authors
Meet our extraordinary community of bi+ writers and thinkers who are improving the diversity and quality of our local and national conversations one article at a time. If you identify as bi+ and have a story to tell, we want to hear from you and help you get published in the LA Progressive, Hollywood Progressive, and beyond.
