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'''Celebrate Bisexuality Day''' is observed on September 23 by members of the [[bisexual community]] and their supporters.
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'''Celebrate Bisexuality Day''' is observed on September 23 by members of the [[bisexual community]] and their supporters. <ref>Yes, 23 is everywhere. [http://www.thestar.com/News/article/181696 ''The Planet Star'']</ref><ref>[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BG&p_theme=bg&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADDE74689F182A&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Weekend Festivities Celebrate Bisexuality]</ref><ref>''Celebrate Bisexuality Day''. [http://gauntlet.ucalgary.ca/story/4429 University of Calgary Undergraduate Student Newsweekly].</ref>
  
   
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This day is a call for [[bisexual]], [[pansexual]], friends and supporters to recognize and celebrate bisexuality, [[LGBT history|bisexual history]], bisexual community and culture, and the bi/pansexual people in their lives.<ref>BiSexuality Day. [http://www.gay.com/news/article.html?1999/09/23/2 Celebrate Bisexuality Day].</ref>{{Dead link|date=February 2010}}<ref>"[http://www.egale.ca/index.asp?lang=E&menu=42&item=1078 Celebrate Bisexuality Day]" press release.</ref><ref>Toronto Bisexual Network: [http://www.torontobinet.org/culture.htm Celebrate Bisexuality Day]</ref>
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This day is a call for [[bisexual]], [[pansexual]], friends and supporters to recognize and celebrate bisexuality, [[LGBT history|bisexual history]], bisexual community and culture, and the bi/pansexual people in their lives.
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First observed in 1999, Celebrate Bisexuality Day is the brainchild of three [[United States]] [[bisexuality|bisexual]] [[civil rights|rights]] [[activism|activists]]: [[Wendy Curry]] of [[Maine]], [[Michael Page (Activist)|Michael Page]] of [[Florida]], and [[Gigi Raven Wilbur]] of [[Texas]]. Wilbur said,
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"Ever since the [[Stonewall riots|Stonewall rebellion]], the gay and lesbian community has grown in strength and visibility. The bisexual community also has grown in strength but in many ways we are still invisible. I too have been conditioned by society to automatically label a couple walking hand in hand as either straight or gay, depending upon the perceived gender of each person."
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This celebration of bisexuality in particular, as opposed to general [[LGBT]] events, was conceived as a response to the [[biphobia|prejudice]] and [[Bisexual erasure|marginalization]] of the bisexual persons by some in both the [[heterosexuality|straight]] and greater LGBT communities.
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In its first year, an observance was held during the [[International Lesbian and Gay Association]], which occurred during the week of the 23rd. While at first it only took hold in areas with an extremely strong bisexual presence, it is now celebrated worldwide.
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It features event such as discussions, dinner parties and dances in [[Toronto]] and a large masquerade ball in [[Queensland]], [[Australia]]. At [[Texas A&M University]], the week featured discussion panels and question-and-answer sessions. Princeton University celebrates this day each year by throwing a party at its LGBT Center.It has also been celebrated in [[Germany]], [[Japan]], [[New Zealand]], [[Sweden]] and the [[United Kingdom]].
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==See also==
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* [[Bisexual community]]
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* [[Bisexual pride flag]]
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==References==
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{{reflist|2}}
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==External links==
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*[http://web.archive.org/20010412110714/www.geocities.com/bihouseusa/index.html A Celebrate Bisexuality Day Announcement]{{Dead link|date=February 2010}}
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*[http://www.biresource.org/bbwn/Dec99.html#Celebrating Celebrating Bisexuality]{{Dead link|date=February 2010}} by [[Wendy Curry]] in [[BiWomen]] Vol. 17 No. 6 Dec 1999/Jan 2000
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*[http://www.binetusa.org/curriedspam.html#cbd What's in a Name?] by [[Wendy Curry]] in Curried Spam September 2007
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Latest revision as of 01:42, 8 November 2013

Celebrate Bisexuality Day is observed on September 23 by members of the bisexual community and their supporters.

This day is a call for bisexual, pansexual, friends and supporters to recognize and celebrate bisexuality, bisexual history, bisexual community and culture, and the bi/pansexual people in their lives.

First observed in 1999, Celebrate Bisexuality Day is the brainchild of three United States bisexual rights activists: Wendy Curry of Maine, Michael Page of Florida, and Gigi Raven Wilbur of Texas. Wilbur said,

"Ever since the Stonewall rebellion, the gay and lesbian community has grown in strength and visibility. The bisexual community also has grown in strength but in many ways we are still invisible. I too have been conditioned by society to automatically label a couple walking hand in hand as either straight or gay, depending upon the perceived gender of each person."

This celebration of bisexuality in particular, as opposed to general LGBT events, was conceived as a response to the prejudice and marginalization of the bisexual persons by some in both the straight and greater LGBT communities.

In its first year, an observance was held during the International Lesbian and Gay Association, which occurred during the week of the 23rd. While at first it only took hold in areas with an extremely strong bisexual presence, it is now celebrated worldwide.

It features event such as discussions, dinner parties and dances in Toronto and a large masquerade ball in Queensland, Australia. At Texas A&M University, the week featured discussion panels and question-and-answer sessions. Princeton University celebrates this day each year by throwing a party at its LGBT Center.It has also been celebrated in Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

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