Sheela Lambert
Encyclopedia
Sheela Lambert is an American civil rights
activist, and writer
. She is the founder of the Bi Writers Association, co-founder of Bi Women of All Colors and is active in a number of bisexual rights groups including BiNet USA
. She is openly
bisexual and writes about bisexuality and LGBT popular culture/entertainment issues in her national bisexual column for Examiner.com as well as articles for Curve
, The Huffington Post
, The Advocate
, AfterEllen and AfterElton, Bi Magazine, Lambda Literary Foundation and the America Today LGBTQ Encyclopedia and editing for various efforts including Biwriters.org. She frequently presents information on bisexuality issues at universities, colleges, conferences, high schools and in-service trainings. She also continues to advocate against bisexual erasure
.
. She received her B.S. degree in psychology from Empire State College
in 1989 and is a graduate of a two-year Psychotherapy Training Program of the Hakomi Institute. She is certified as an HIV Counselor by New York City and New York State. She also received formal training in Family Therapy and Group Leadership Skills; studied Intensive Case Management at Hunter College
; coursework in AIDS
Training for Child Welfare Staff (Center for Development of Human Services of SUNY Buffalo and the New York State Department of Social Services); coursework in HIV Medical and Technical Information (Department of Health, Division of HIV Counseling and Testing, Training Unit).
Lambert has been a public speaker on the topic of bisexuality including: Understanding Bisexuality, Famous Bisexuals in History, Border Crossings, Activist Toolkit and Marriage Discrimination: Impact on the Bi Community. She has also appeared on a variety of televisionshows on the topic of bisexuality including Real Personal With Bob Berkowitz
(CNBC
), The Rolonda Show
(syndicated), The Richard Bey Show
(WWOR-TV
) and others. Additionally Lambert has been quoted in various other media — including The Washington Blade
, The New York Blade and Time Out New York — on issues related
to bisexuality.
and has an adult son. She was married from 1982 to 1994, though separated from her husband beginning in 1984.
), New York Area Bisexual Network
and BiPAC
. During the 1992-93 television season, Lambert was the on-air correspondent and producer of Out in the 90’s, a live New York City
Public, educational, and government access
(PEG) cable tv channels news and information show for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community. In 1993, Lambert was the executive producer/host for Bisexual Network, the first television series
by and for the bisexual community
. The series aired on New York City's public-access television
. Lambert produced a bisexual health care report for the New York City Department of Health in 1993, examining barriers to service for bisexual people accessing health and mental health services. She was a member of the Educational Coalition on Lesbian and Gay Youth (ECoLaGY), 1992-94. Lambert ran a Women's Safer Sex Workshop series, for bisexual women and lesbians, that ran almost three years, from March 1992 through December 1995. The Workshops were co-sponsored by New York Area Bisexual Network
; N.Y.C. Department of Health, Office of Lesbian and Gay Concerns, Lesbian Health Project; Gay Men's Health Crisis
' Lesbian Health Project (LAP); Community Health Project (CHP, now the Callen-Lorde Community Health Center
) Lesbian Health Program. In January 1993, Lambert ran a workshop — Sexual Orientation: Experience, Identity and Fantasy — with Fritz Klein
at the Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center
in Manhattan. Friends, Allies, Community Members, Lovers, Bisexuals: A Part of Our Community, a program of song and poetry performance and panel and group discussion, was held in October 1993. This program was co-sponsored by the Mayor's Office for the Lesbian and Gay Community, BiPAC
and Bisexual Women of Color. In 1996, Lambert joined Heritage of Pride
, in which she was an active LGBT pride organizer for two years to promote the bi-inclusive agenda as a member. In 2002 Heritage of Pride
renamed New York City's
Lesbian and Gay Pride events to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride March, Rally, Festival and Dance.
activist Pauline Park
, Lambert formed the Coalition for Unity and Inclusion in 2000. The Coalition was the lead group that successfully lobbied various New York City LGBT-related institutions to make their names more inclusive, including New York City's
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center
(formerly the NYC Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center) and the New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Film Festival
(formerly the New York Lesbian and Gay Film Festival). In 2000 she co-chaired Community, Unity, Inclusion: The 4th Tri-State Bisexual Conference, held at New York University and co-sponsored by NYU's Office of LGBT Student Services. In 2005, in response to the misinformation put out by the academically disputed Bailey Study
, Lambert worked as a senior member of a joint Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
/Bialogue
task force that began to create information packets to provides facts about bisexuality
, dispel myths and stereotypes, and educate the public about issues bisexuals face, as well as provides guidelines for various professionals. In 2006 Lambert founded the national groups the Bi Writers Association, the Bi Mental Health Professionals Association and co-founded the New York City group Bi Women of All Colors. In 2006, she led the successful campaign to convince Lambda Literary Foundation to add a bisexual award category to its literary awards, known as the "Lammys," which did not have a bisexual book category for its first 18 years of operation. She has served as a judge for the Lammy Awards ever since. In 2007, Lambert organized two major bi events. Bi Lines: A Celebration of Bisexual Writing in Reading, Music and Culture, held in conjunction with the 19th Annual Lambda Literary Awards
events. Bi Lines was co-sponsored by BiNet USA
, the Lambda Literary Foundation
, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Services Center
, et al. for the benefit of the Bi Writers Association. Lambert also organized the "Words on Wings" concert, also a benefit for BWA, headlined by Rachael Sage and a lineup of out bi and lesbian musicians held at the New York LGBT Community Center. She conceived and was lead organizer for the National Summit on Putting the "B" in LGBT co-presented by the Bi Writers Association and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Services Center
and co-sponsored by The New York Times Company GLBT & Allies Affinity Group, The Natl. Gay & Lesbian Task Force and Renna Communications and Bi Lines II: A Celebration of Bisexual Writing in Reading, Music and Theater both held Sat May 30, 2009. Lambert organized and hosted Bi Lines III: A Celebration of Bisexual Writing in Reading, Arts and Culture held May 28, 2010 on behalf of the Bi Writers Association and co-sponsored by BiRequest and Lambda Literary Foundation.
She began a bisexuality column on Examiner.com in July, 2009.
, popularly known as Doctor Ruth, and Joy Browne
’s public incidents and uncovered history of bisexual erasure
. In October 2005, Westheimer made statements in her nationally syndicated advice column that "everyone is either straight or gay
" and there "is no such thing as being bisexual". In November, 2005, Browne, on her nationally syndicated radio show and Discovery Health Channel
TV show, told a young woman regarding her attractions to women and men that she must decide between being gay
or straight. According to BiNet USA's website Browne stated "saying that 'I’m bisexual' just means 'Do me!'".
Working together with BiNet USA
, Bisexual Resource Center
(BRC) and Gay and Lesbian Association Against Defamation (GLAAD), Lambert led letter-writing campaigns to Westheimer and Browne and also designed a packet of books and educational materials on bisexuality which targeted the two doctor's mental health and psychology research-oriented backgrounds. It was paid for and forwarded by GLAAD. Their syndicated columns and TV shows have been monitored closely since the beginning of each campaign with no further incidences of bisexual erasure observed since they were contacted. "Bialogue
/GLAAD Bisexuality Packet for Mental Health Professionals" is available on Bialogue’s website.
Lambert also wrote and edited the Bi Writers Association Media Guide to Bisexuality and LGBT
Reporting, which was made available on the BWA website.
Print
Journals
Magazines
Civil rights
Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from unwarranted infringement by governments and private organizations, and ensure one's ability to participate in the civil and political life of the state without discrimination or repression.Civil rights include...
activist, and writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
. She is the founder of the Bi Writers Association, co-founder of Bi Women of All Colors and is active in a number of bisexual rights groups including BiNet USA
BiNet USA
BiNet USA is a national bisexual/pansexual civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States. It was founded to formalize communication between U.S...
. She is openly
Closeted
Closeted and in the closet are metaphors used to describe lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning and intersex people who have not disclosed their sexual orientation or gender identity and aspects thereof, including sexual identity and sexual behavior.-Background:In late 20th...
bisexual and writes about bisexuality and LGBT popular culture/entertainment issues in her national bisexual column for Examiner.com as well as articles for Curve
Curve
In mathematics, a curve is, generally speaking, an object similar to a line but which is not required to be straight...
, The Huffington Post
The Huffington Post
The Huffington Post is an American news website and content-aggregating blog founded by Arianna Huffington, Kenneth Lerer, and Jonah Peretti, featuring liberal minded columnists and various news sources. The site offers coverage of politics, theology, media, business, entertainment, living, style,...
, The Advocate
The Advocate
The Advocate is an American LGBT-interest magazine, printed monthly and available by subscription. The Advocate brand also includes a web site. Both magazine and web site have an editorial focus on news, politics, opinion, and arts and entertainment of interest to LGBT people...
, AfterEllen and AfterElton, Bi Magazine, Lambda Literary Foundation and the America Today LGBTQ Encyclopedia and editing for various efforts including Biwriters.org. She frequently presents information on bisexuality issues at universities, colleges, conferences, high schools and in-service trainings. She also continues to advocate against bisexual erasure
Bisexual erasure
Bisexual erasure is the tendency to ignore, remove, falsify, or reexplain evidence of bisexuality in history, academia, the news media, and other primary sources...
.
Education
Lambert attended Beloit CollegeBeloit College
Beloit College is a liberal arts college in Beloit, Wisconsin, USA. It is a member of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest, and has an enrollment of roughly 1,300 undergraduate students. Beloit is the oldest continuously operated college in Wisconsin, and has the oldest building of any college...
. She received her B.S. degree in psychology from Empire State College
Empire State College
Empire State College, one of the thirteen arts and science colleges of the State University of New York, is a multi-site institution offering associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees. It is primarily oriented towards the adult learner...
in 1989 and is a graduate of a two-year Psychotherapy Training Program of the Hakomi Institute. She is certified as an HIV Counselor by New York City and New York State. She also received formal training in Family Therapy and Group Leadership Skills; studied Intensive Case Management at Hunter College
Hunter College
Hunter College, established in 1870, is a public university and one of the constituent colleges of the City University of New York, located on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Hunter grants undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate degrees in more than one hundred fields of study, and is recognized...
; coursework in AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
Training for Child Welfare Staff (Center for Development of Human Services of SUNY Buffalo and the New York State Department of Social Services); coursework in HIV Medical and Technical Information (Department of Health, Division of HIV Counseling and Testing, Training Unit).
Lambert has been a public speaker on the topic of bisexuality including: Understanding Bisexuality, Famous Bisexuals in History, Border Crossings, Activist Toolkit and Marriage Discrimination: Impact on the Bi Community. She has also appeared on a variety of televisionshows on the topic of bisexuality including Real Personal With Bob Berkowitz
Bob Berkowitz
Bob Berkowitz is an American journalist, talk show host, and author.He began his career at Associated Press, and is best known as former Senate and White House correspondent for CNN. He was general news correspondent for ABC News, and men's correspondent for the Today Show on NBC...
(CNBC
CNBC
CNBC is a satellite and cable television business news channel in the U.S., owned and operated by NBCUniversal. The network and its international spinoffs cover business headlines and provide live coverage of financial markets. The combined reach of CNBC and its siblings is 390 million viewers...
), The Rolonda Show
Rolonda Watts
Rolonda Watts is an American actress, producer, voice over artist, novelist, motivational speaker, and television and radio talk show host. She was the host of eponymous Rolonda, an internationally-syndicated talk show which aired from 1994 to 1998...
(syndicated), The Richard Bey Show
Richard Bey
Richard Wayne Bey is an American talk show host. He was popular in the 1990s as host of The Richard Bey Show, a daytime talk show containing ordinary people's personal stories incorporated into entertaining competitive games....
(WWOR-TV
WWOR-TV
WWOR-TV, virtual channel 9 , is the flagship station of the MyNetworkTV programming service, licensed to Secaucus, New Jersey and serving the Tri-State metropolitan area. WWOR is owned by Fox Television Stations, a division of the News Corporation, and is a sister station to Fox network flagship...
) and others. Additionally Lambert has been quoted in various other media — including The Washington Blade
The Washington Blade
The Washington Blade is a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender newspaper in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. The Blade is the oldest LGBT newspaper in the United States and second largest by circulation, behind Gay City News of New York City...
, The New York Blade and Time Out New York — on issues related
to bisexuality.
Personal
Lambert lives in New York CityNew York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
and has an adult son. She was married from 1982 to 1994, though separated from her husband beginning in 1984.
1990s
Lambert helped produce "Gay Men, Lesbians, Bisexuals, Sharing Our Lives: A Forum on Bisexuality", a forum held in May 1992. The forum was co-sponsored by the Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center (now the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Services CenterLesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Services Center
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center is a nonprofit organization serving the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender population of New York City and nearby communities.- History :...
), New York Area Bisexual Network
New York Area Bisexual Network
New York Area Bisexual Network is a central communications network for bisexual & bi-friendly groups and resources in the five boroughs of New York City and the surrounding Tri-State area....
and BiPAC
BIPAC
BIPAC was formed in August 1963 by officials in the National Association of Manufacturers with seed funding from that organization, with the goal of electing business-friendly candidates...
. During the 1992-93 television season, Lambert was the on-air correspondent and producer of Out in the 90’s, a live New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
Public, educational, and government access
Public, educational, and government access
Public, educational, and government access television, refers to three different cable television specialty channels...
(PEG) cable tv channels news and information show for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community. In 1993, Lambert was the executive producer/host for Bisexual Network, the first television series
Television program
A television program , also called television show, is a segment of content which is intended to be broadcast on television. It may be a one-time production or part of a periodically recurring series...
by and for the bisexual community
Bisexual community
Bisexual community is a term used to describe members of the LGBT community who identify as bisexual, pansexual, "fluid", and queer-identified, as well as their allies...
. The series aired on New York City's public-access television
Public-access television
Public-access television is a form of non-commercial mass media where ordinary people can create content television programming which is cablecast through cable TV specialty channels...
. Lambert produced a bisexual health care report for the New York City Department of Health in 1993, examining barriers to service for bisexual people accessing health and mental health services. She was a member of the Educational Coalition on Lesbian and Gay Youth (ECoLaGY), 1992-94. Lambert ran a Women's Safer Sex Workshop series, for bisexual women and lesbians, that ran almost three years, from March 1992 through December 1995. The Workshops were co-sponsored by New York Area Bisexual Network
New York Area Bisexual Network
New York Area Bisexual Network is a central communications network for bisexual & bi-friendly groups and resources in the five boroughs of New York City and the surrounding Tri-State area....
; N.Y.C. Department of Health, Office of Lesbian and Gay Concerns, Lesbian Health Project; Gay Men's Health Crisis
Gay Men's Health Crisis
The Gay Men's Health Crisis is a New York City-based non-profit, volunteer-supported and community-based AIDS service organization that has led the United States in the fight against AIDS.-1980s:...
' Lesbian Health Project (LAP); Community Health Project (CHP, now the Callen-Lorde Community Health Center
Callen-Lorde Community Health Center
Callen-Lorde Community Health Center is a primary care center located at 356 West 18th Street in New York, NY. The center is dedicated to providing medical health care to the city's LGBT population without regard to ability to pay....
) Lesbian Health Program. In January 1993, Lambert ran a workshop — Sexual Orientation: Experience, Identity and Fantasy — with Fritz Klein
Fritz Klein
Fred "Fritz" Klein was an American sex researcher, psychiatrist, inventor of the Klein Sexual Orientation Grid and author. He was also a pioneering bisexual rights activist, who was an important figure in the modern LGBT rights movement.- Life and career :Klein was born in Vienna, Austria, to...
at the Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Services Center
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center is a nonprofit organization serving the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender population of New York City and nearby communities.- History :...
in Manhattan. Friends, Allies, Community Members, Lovers, Bisexuals: A Part of Our Community, a program of song and poetry performance and panel and group discussion, was held in October 1993. This program was co-sponsored by the Mayor's Office for the Lesbian and Gay Community, BiPAC
BIPAC
BIPAC was formed in August 1963 by officials in the National Association of Manufacturers with seed funding from that organization, with the goal of electing business-friendly candidates...
and Bisexual Women of Color. In 1996, Lambert joined Heritage of Pride
Heritage of Pride
Heritage of Pride is a wholly volunteer-managed, non-partisan, tax-exempt, non-profit organization that organizes lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender pride events in New York City to commemorate the 1969 Stonewall Riots...
, in which she was an active LGBT pride organizer for two years to promote the bi-inclusive agenda as a member. In 2002 Heritage of Pride
Heritage of Pride
Heritage of Pride is a wholly volunteer-managed, non-partisan, tax-exempt, non-profit organization that organizes lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender pride events in New York City to commemorate the 1969 Stonewall Riots...
renamed New York City's
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
Lesbian and Gay Pride events to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride March, Rally, Festival and Dance.
2000s
Together with transgenderTransgender
Transgender is a general term applied to a variety of individuals, behaviors, and groups involving tendencies to vary from culturally conventional gender roles....
activist Pauline Park
Pauline Park
-Early life and education:Born in Korea, Park was adopted by European American parents and raised in the United States. As a child, she attended public schools in Milwaukee. Park received a B.A. in philosophy from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, an M.Sc. in European studies from the London...
, Lambert formed the Coalition for Unity and Inclusion in 2000. The Coalition was the lead group that successfully lobbied various New York City LGBT-related institutions to make their names more inclusive, including New York City's
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Services Center
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center is a nonprofit organization serving the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender population of New York City and nearby communities.- History :...
(formerly the NYC Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center) and the New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Film Festival
New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Film Festival
NewFest: The New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Film Festival put on by The New Festival, Inc., is one of the most comprehensive forums of international LGBT film/video in the world....
(formerly the New York Lesbian and Gay Film Festival). In 2000 she co-chaired Community, Unity, Inclusion: The 4th Tri-State Bisexual Conference, held at New York University and co-sponsored by NYU's Office of LGBT Student Services. In 2005, in response to the misinformation put out by the academically disputed Bailey Study
J. Michael Bailey
John Michael Bailey is an American psychologist and professor at Northwestern University. He is best known among scientists for his work on the etiology of sexual orientation, from which he concluded that homosexuality is substantially inherited...
, Lambert worked as a senior member of a joint Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation is a non-governmental media monitoring organization which promotes the image of LGBT people in the media...
/Bialogue
Bialogue
Bialogue, a portmanteau of the words bisexual and dialogue, is an American activist/political group that started in New York City, working on issues of local, national & international interest to the bisexual, fluid, pansexual, queer-identified communities and their allies...
task force that began to create information packets to provides facts about bisexuality
Bisexuality
Bisexuality is sexual behavior or an orientation involving physical or romantic attraction to both males and females, especially with regard to men and women. It is one of the three main classifications of sexual orientation, along with a heterosexual and a homosexual orientation, all a part of the...
, dispel myths and stereotypes, and educate the public about issues bisexuals face, as well as provides guidelines for various professionals. In 2006 Lambert founded the national groups the Bi Writers Association, the Bi Mental Health Professionals Association and co-founded the New York City group Bi Women of All Colors. In 2006, she led the successful campaign to convince Lambda Literary Foundation to add a bisexual award category to its literary awards, known as the "Lammys," which did not have a bisexual book category for its first 18 years of operation. She has served as a judge for the Lammy Awards ever since. In 2007, Lambert organized two major bi events. Bi Lines: A Celebration of Bisexual Writing in Reading, Music and Culture, held in conjunction with the 19th Annual Lambda Literary Awards
Lambda Literary Award
Lambda Literary Awards are awarded yearly by the US-based Lambda Literary Foundation to published works which celebrate or explore LGBT themes. Categories include Humor, Romance and Biography. To qualify, a book must have been published in the United States in the year current to the award...
events. Bi Lines was co-sponsored by BiNet USA
BiNet USA
BiNet USA is a national bisexual/pansexual civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States. It was founded to formalize communication between U.S...
, the Lambda Literary Foundation
Lambda Literary Foundation
The Lambda Literary Foundation is the largest LGBT literary organization in the world. The foundation's mission is to nurture, celebrate, and preserve Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender literature through three programs that honor excellence, promote visibility and encourage development of...
, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Services Center
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Services Center
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center is a nonprofit organization serving the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender population of New York City and nearby communities.- History :...
, et al. for the benefit of the Bi Writers Association. Lambert also organized the "Words on Wings" concert, also a benefit for BWA, headlined by Rachael Sage and a lineup of out bi and lesbian musicians held at the New York LGBT Community Center. She conceived and was lead organizer for the National Summit on Putting the "B" in LGBT co-presented by the Bi Writers Association and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Services Center
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Services Center
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center is a nonprofit organization serving the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender population of New York City and nearby communities.- History :...
and co-sponsored by The New York Times Company GLBT & Allies Affinity Group, The Natl. Gay & Lesbian Task Force and Renna Communications and Bi Lines II: A Celebration of Bisexual Writing in Reading, Music and Theater both held Sat May 30, 2009. Lambert organized and hosted Bi Lines III: A Celebration of Bisexual Writing in Reading, Arts and Culture held May 28, 2010 on behalf of the Bi Writers Association and co-sponsored by BiRequest and Lambda Literary Foundation.
She began a bisexuality column on Examiner.com in July, 2009.
Response to bisexual erasure
Lambert has helped in the response to Ruth WestheimerRuth Westheimer
Ruth Westheimer is an American sex therapist, media personality, and author. Best known as Dr. Ruth, the New York Times described her as a "Sorbonne-trained psychologist who became a kind of cultural icon in the 1980s...
, popularly known as Doctor Ruth, and Joy Browne
Joy Browne
Joy Browne also named Dr. Joy, is an American radio psychologist.-Early life:Browne was born in New Orleans, Louisiana and educated at Rice University in Houston, TX.-Career:...
’s public incidents and uncovered history of bisexual erasure
Bisexual erasure
Bisexual erasure is the tendency to ignore, remove, falsify, or reexplain evidence of bisexuality in history, academia, the news media, and other primary sources...
. In October 2005, Westheimer made statements in her nationally syndicated advice column that "everyone is either straight or gay
Gay
Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....
" and there "is no such thing as being bisexual". In November, 2005, Browne, on her nationally syndicated radio show and Discovery Health Channel
Discovery Health Channel
Discovery Health Channel is a website owned by Discovery Communications, created for people interested in health and wellness. Until December 31, 2010, it was a U.S. cable television specialty channel dedicated to television programming that highlights various aspects of health and wellness...
TV show, told a young woman regarding her attractions to women and men that she must decide between being gay
Gay
Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....
or straight. According to BiNet USA's website Browne stated "saying that 'I’m bisexual' just means 'Do me!'".
Working together with BiNet USA
BiNet USA
BiNet USA is a national bisexual/pansexual civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States. It was founded to formalize communication between U.S...
, Bisexual Resource Center
Bisexual Resource Center
Bisexual Resource Center is a 501 non-profit educational organization that has served the bisexual community since 1985. Originally known as the East Coast Bisexual Network, the BRC is headquartered in Boston MA and provides education about bisexual and progressive issues and support for bisexual...
(BRC) and Gay and Lesbian Association Against Defamation (GLAAD), Lambert led letter-writing campaigns to Westheimer and Browne and also designed a packet of books and educational materials on bisexuality which targeted the two doctor's mental health and psychology research-oriented backgrounds. It was paid for and forwarded by GLAAD. Their syndicated columns and TV shows have been monitored closely since the beginning of each campaign with no further incidences of bisexual erasure observed since they were contacted. "Bialogue
Bialogue
Bialogue, a portmanteau of the words bisexual and dialogue, is an American activist/political group that started in New York City, working on issues of local, national & international interest to the bisexual, fluid, pansexual, queer-identified communities and their allies...
/GLAAD Bisexuality Packet for Mental Health Professionals" is available on Bialogue’s website.
Lambert also wrote and edited the Bi Writers Association Media Guide to Bisexuality and LGBT
LGBT
LGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people. In use since the 1990s, the term "LGBT" is an adaptation of the initialism "LGB", which itself started replacing the phrase "gay community" beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the...
Reporting, which was made available on the BWA website.
- The Pain Management Handbook: Guided Imagery and Relaxation for Pain Management and Stress Relief. Self-published, 1988.
Journals
- "Hakomi Therapy Supervision Verbatim." Hakomi Forum (professional journal of The Hakomi Institute), No. 7, Winter 1989.
Magazines
- Reviewed the film Running with ScissorsRunning with Scissors (film)Running with Scissors is a 2006 American comedy-drama film based on Augusten Burroughs' 2002 memoir of the same name, written and directed by Ryan Murphy, and starring Joseph Cross, Annette Bening, Brian Cox, Joseph Fiennes, Evan Rachel Wood, Alec Baldwin, Jill Clayburgh, and Gwyneth Paltrow with...
, Go NYC Magazine, October 2006. - Reviewed independent films The Gymnast, GYPO and Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing and interviewed film directors Linda Thornburg (Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing), Katherine Brooks (Loving AnnabelleLoving AnnabelleLoving Annabelle is a 2006 film directed by Katherine Brooks. Based on Mädchen in Uniform, it tells the story of a boarding school student who falls in love with her teacher. It was filmed at Marymount High School in Los Angeles.-Plot:...
), Lesli Klainberg (Fabulous!) and the actress and producer Dreya WeberDreya WeberDreya Weber is an American actress, producer and aerialist.She was born in Bloomington, Indiana, and attended Hunter College in New York.She performed aerial silks at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City....
(The Gymnast) for CurveCurve (magazine)Curve is a lesbian magazine in the United States. It covers news, politics, social issues, and includes celebrity interviews and stories on entertainment, pop culture, style, travel, and a website that hosts an internet forum focusing on lesbian issues, active since 2000.The magazine was first...
, October, November and December 2006 issues.
Online
- Bialogue/GLAAD Bisexuality Packet for Mental Health Professionals (2005)
- http://www.bimagazine.org/nonfict/pages/feature8.htmlInterview with Fritz KleinFritz KleinFred "Fritz" Klein was an American sex researcher, psychiatrist, inventor of the Klein Sexual Orientation Grid and author. He was also a pioneering bisexual rights activist, who was an important figure in the modern LGBT rights movement.- Life and career :Klein was born in Vienna, Austria, to...
in BiMagazine (2006)] Accessed 7 April 2007. - http://www.afterellen.com/archive/ellen/Music/2006/5/sage.htmlProfile of the singer-songwriter Rachael SageRachael SageRachael Sage is an American singer-songwriter and producer.She has shared stages with Sarah McLachlan, Judy Collins, Marc Cohn, The Animals and Ani DiFranco, and was named one of the Top 100 Independent Artists Of The Past 15 Years by Performing Songwriter magazine...
. AfterEllen.comAfterEllen.comAfterEllen.com, founded in April 2002, is a website that focuses on the portrayal of lesbian and bisexual women in the media. AfterElton.com, its brother site for gay and bisexual men, was launched in January 2005. The websites were founded by Sarah Warn, who initially served as the editor in...
, 31 May 2006.] Accessed 6 April 2007. - Review of Looking for Cheyenne. AfterEllen.com, 19 June 2006. Accessed 8 April 2007.
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