Living the Bi Life
Max the Communist
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Birthday
- January 17
- Bio
- "Her beauty served a mob of terror whose one mission is to destroy." Yeah, that's me alright.
I am a writer, actor, activist. That means I've worked in the hospitality and retail industries. Before you ask for fries with that, prepare yourself for political, economic, social, and sexual liberation.
Not a total commie. I just marvel at the inflammatory red-baiting language--so much like queer-baiting, it's scaaary. I will be your downfall yet, America. Until then, I go for universal healthcare and making friends with anarchists, hippies, fellow-travelers, philosophers, actors, and other troublemakers. And, of course, da queers. So I'm pinko. Does that make me more Canadian than anything else? How queer are they in Canukistan? And can they put me up for the night--you know, just in case?
In other words, just your typical OS blogger.
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “The real problem is that
you're not teaching exactly
this in
a public school.
Yo…”
4:42PM - “I love monocles. It's
just that they can be copied
by others
too easily and
then…”
4:28PM - “By the way, Calen gets
it: "Then you both love
each
other."
Rated”
4:10PM - “@Jack Heart--and if a
man prefers a woman's hairy
asshole to
a man's hairy
asshol…”
4:07PM - “Of course you can. Pull
up a seat and set a
spell,
LeftofCenter44.”
October 25, 2009 05:37PM
Republican WWII Veteran Stands Up for Marriage Equality
I'll get back into the swing of things writing for this blog.
In the meantime, a million thanks to Wayne Bryant of the BIACT-L listserv for bisexual activists, who alerted us all to an 86 year-old veteran's testimony for marriage equality in Maine. People like this make me proud to… Read full post »
Even though you've been dead for a while, Mom, there's something we've got to have out, here and now.
I've caught up to research that finally reveals the true cause of my bisexuality. And guess what? It's all your fault.
That's right. Last year, rep… Read full post »
Bi Condom Advertisement for Boundless Love
Many thanks to Ed from Chicago Bi/Queer Meetup for alerting us all to this condom ad, now showing on MTV.
It's official. Equality Illinois announced today that a bill was introduced in the Illinois State Senate to legalize same-sex marriage. State Senator Heather Steans of the 7th District introduced the bill. A companion bill, HB178, was introduced into… Read full post »
Great reading, hot video, from Celebrate Bisexuality Day
I am liking GLAAD more and more. Soon, it will be a life-long love affair. Not that I didn't like them or anything before--just not really hooked on their work until they really started including bisexuals in their content, not just their mission statement. Funny how that w… Read full post »
For Robin, Etta James to soothe the soul.
Say Our Name: an email to a Memphis LGBT community center
To whom it may concern at the Memphis Gay and Lesbian Community Center,
Pop star MIKA (aka Michael Holbrook Penniman) has just come out bisexual in the Dutch Gay and Night magazine. Or rather, he is pretty much a "no labels" kind of guy, but will settle for bisexual, if you have to call him anything--a stance that's quite st… Read full post »
Bisexual Chauvinism
Adam and Eve and Carol and Bob and Alice ?
I love hearing and reading positive things about bisexuality and seeing positive images of bisexual, pansexual, and fluid sexuality people. Sheela Lambert's coverage of the recent MTV Video Music Awards is a zany bi-lapalooza… Read full post »
Transcending Boundaries: Call for Proposals; Taormino Speaks
The 6th Transcending Boundaries Conference is taking place November 20-22, 2009 in Worcester, Massachusetts, for bisexual/pansexual, trans/genderqueer, intersex, and polyamorous people and our allies . . . "to foster community, provide safe space, educate ourselves, and… Read full post »
Gay Lib Network Checks "Kill Gays" Performer Buju Banton
Chicago's Gay Liberation Network has been leading a campaign since early August to get Live Nation and other concert promoters to cancel Buju Banton concerts because the performer calls for killing lesbians and gay men in the lyrics of his songs. So far, their work has reaped some… Read full post »
The bisexual Brits are bringing it. An early announcement has been made about the 28th BiCon UK merging with the 10th International Conference on Bisexuality, happening in the UK, August 26-30, 2010--though specific venues are still to be announced-- "welcoming activists, academi… Read full post »
Gossip Girl Does the Bisexual Tease, Man-style
If reports are true, my favorite guilty pleasure, Gossip Girl, in its upcoming season, will finally act out the bisexuality of it's ultimate bad boy, Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick). In the novels upon which the CW television series is based, Chuck Bass is unabashedly bisexual,/… Read full post »
Sending Out the Love
Sometimes, you just gotta send out the love to a particular individual who needs it. Some of us have heard from John E. Moore, MD, and some of us haven't. But this post is crafted especially for him. Hope it brings a secret smile to your day, John.
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No sooner had news gone out about the 2009 Bi Health Summit, but the religious right was on it like white on rice.
The website Americans for Truth About Homosexuality, run by Peter LaBarbera, absolutely misquoted and distorted the information brought out at the 2009 Bi Health Su… Read full post »
2009 Bi Health Summit: Top Ten Things To Do for Bi Health
I look at things through an activist lens. Give me facts, give me info, but above all, give me ideas on what to do next. By the end of the Bi Health Summit, the last hour and a half of programming, you could feel the brain death. Everyone was… Read full post »
Biphobia's Impact On Bi (White) Women, Bi Black Men
It was a pleasure to be able to hear Wendy Bostwick and Grady Garner's presentations at the Bi Health Summit once again during the first day of the LGBTI Health Summit, since it allowed for more discussion from those attending and the presenters did not have speed through their… Read full post »
Homophobic Teachers Harass Student, School Loses $25,000
Two teachers at an Anoka-Hennipin high school in Minneapolis so subjected a student, Alex Merritt, to biphobic, transphobic and homophic harassment, he had to change to another school 25 miles away. Now the school district has settled with his family to the tune of $25, 000. But the high… Read full post »
2009 Bi Health Summit: Amy's Short and Sweet Bi Health Talk
Bi Health Summit Exposes Critical Health Needs
In spite of the overwhelmingly negative information reported regarding health disparities for bisexual men and women, the 2009 Bi Health Summit was groundbreaking, insightful, and well-facilitated. Researchers, sexual health educators, and policy makers provided important information for activi… Read full post »
Bisexual Conferences Update
Live Nude Queer!--NEA Funding Fracas Returns
Open Season On Transgendered People
Every three days, somewhere in the world, a transgendered person is murdered. Every three days.
Brazil may be the most dangerous country in the world for transgenders, but the good ol' USA is second. (We're number two. We're number two.)
I thought violence against transg… Read full post »
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