This essay originally appeared on Medium.com on November 20, 2017. My conversations with men have changed. Some men are quiet, easing off social media. Listening. Reading. Some men have become loud. Asking questions. “But what if the survivor forgives him? Surely then it’s ok! Right?” “Oh come on, You’re not comparing Al Franken with Roy Moore? That’s disgusting! Right?” And behind these changes in men’s actions, I sense fear. The fear of self-knowledge. For surely these men,

This essay first appeared on Medium.com on October 16, 2017. **Content note: sexual violence** On Sunday night, women took to social media to say “#MeToo,” confirming their places among the staggering numbers who’ve experienced sexual violence. Study after study after nationally representative study finds that bisexual women in particular report higher percentages of sexual assault, rape, intimate partner and domestic violence than lesbian and heterosexual women. The data is

This article originally appeared in the Advocate on September 27, 2016. Despite making up more than half of the lesbian, gay, and bisexual population, bisexual people are often overlooked and invisible. Bisexual people are frequently assumed to be gay, lesbian, or heterosexual based on the gender of their partner. Yet when bisexual people are open about their sexuality, they face increased levels of violence from intimate partners; rejection by community, family, and peers; a

This article appears in full in At the Intersections. Please visit the site for the full text and citations and to read more about the experiences of LGBTQ youth experiencing homelessness and how to support their success. The largest proportion of lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) youth experiencing homelessness identify as bisexual: in a recent study of street outreach programs by the Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, 20.0% of youth identified as bisexual, comp