Eli, Kori, and Taylor discuss the fallout from the bisexual flag design debacle, as well as look at the history behind the flag (and its predecessors) itself.
Sources
- The Flag’s Origin:
- https://fotw.info/flags/qq-bi.html
- https://www.browardpalmbeach.com/arts/night-and-day1998-december-3-9-6331686
- https://www.thisisbiscuit.co.uk/hoisting-our-colours-a-brief-history-of-the-bisexual-pride-flag/
- http://www.originalexpressgaynews.com/issue130/Issue130.pdf (p. 9)
- https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_yWMEAAAAMBAJ/page/n65/mode/2up/search/bahama+hotel
- https://www.facebook.com/wendy.curry/posts/10163544015055603
- The Biangles:
- https://owlcation.com/humanities/Show-Your-True-Colors-A-Guide-to-Bi-Pride-Symbols
- https://www.dezeen.com/2019/10/23/queer-design-andrew-campbell-50-years-lgbt-graphic-design/
- https://twitter.com/NYABN/status/1202681983341649921
- https://twitter.com/NYABN/status/647179054223892480
- http://web.archive.org/web/20190522023105/http://www.binetusa.org/uncategorized/binet-usa-the-beginning
- Celebrate Bisexuality Day → started in 1999 (Michael Page, Wendy Curry, Gigi Raven Wilbur)
- https://twitter.com/BiNetUSA/status/1070459765745020928 https://twitter.com/curry_wendy/status/1256565870953992196 →
- http://web.archive.org/web/20131216095935/http://www.binetusa.org/regional/chicago/Chicago_Bi_Newsletter_CBD2013.pdf
- https://twitter.com/curry_wendy/status/1256400128644177927
- https://twitter.com/mikethebiguy/status/1256642541073469442
- http://web.archive.org/web/20200429211228/http://www.binetusa.org/our-mission/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200429191225/https://binetusa.blogspot.com/2016/09/biweek-happy-celebrate-bisexuality-day.html
- https://twitter.com/curry_wendy/status/1256415597660983302
- https://twitter.com/MadelynTheRose/status/1255575553186451456?s=20
- Activists on Flag Discourse:
- https://twitter.com/BiNetUSA/status/1255317615117025281
- https://twitter.com/ianLourinho/status/1255609935305428992?s=20
- https://twitter.com/LoveSeymore/status/1255524531072110598?s=20
- https://twitter.com/thefayth/status/1151990710234599427?s=20
- https://twitter.com/cianna/status/1256639200415191044
- https://twitter.com/BiNetUSA/status/1233466012957278208?s=20
- https://twitter.com/JaronRMJohnson/status/1256644105419005954?s=20
- Michael Page as a Bisexual Activist:
- (Credit to Gay Today)
- Accounts of Bullying:
- News Articles:
- https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2020/04/group-threatening-legal-action-demanding-payment-use-bisexual-pride-flag/
- https://www.peacock-panache.com/2020/04/binet-usa-bisexual-flag-36722.html?fbclid=IwAR0SiJBa3lAhm_kkIPSjTvWvsduO147pnFQUSzMwXwp5-C0wZLLXTc9DJVk
- https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2020/04/29/the-copyright-battle-over-the-bisexual-pride-flag/
- https://thegeekiary.com/binet-usa-is-back-on-twitter-pretending-their-flag-grab-was-about-racism/82114
- https://thegeekiary.com/binet-usa-is-slinging-copyright-infringement-threats-for-artists-using-the-bi-pride-flag/81977
- Copyright:
- Additional Sources:
- https://www.glaad.org/blog/glaad-wishes-everyone-happy-celebrate-bisexuality-day?page=2&response_type=embed
- https://www.queerarthistory.com/love-between-women/michael-page-bisexual-pride-flag-1998/
- https://www.huffpost.com/entry/celebrate-bisexuality-day_n_3977289
- https://web.archive.org/web/20070704160113/http://biflag.com/Help.asp?tag=EN000000000000&index=HLP_contact01
- http://web.archive.org/web/19981203085050/http://www.bicafe.com/
- http://biwomenquarterly.com/index.php/2019/02/01/gigi-raven-wilbur-advice-on-bisexuality/
- https://recklesstea.wordpress.com/2020/04/29/who-on-earth-is-running-binets-pr/
- https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/laurenstrapagiel/binet-usa-bisexual-flag-copyright
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Part time gamer, full time complainer. Gotta go fast cuz I’ve got ADHD! Nonbinary, they/them. El serves as a Managing Editor for The Fandomentals. You can find them on Twitter.
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Kori is an entertainment writer and Managing Editor at the Fandomentals. In her spare time, she is a fragrance and watch enthusiast, lover of Eurovision, and Yanni devotee.
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Taylor is a writer who will always jump at the chance to blur genres. So obviously she can't pick just one to fangirl over. Though if she had to choose, she would narrow it down to science fiction and fantasy. Currently, she is most interested in women-centric stories and the depiction of trauma in media. She is also an aspiring YA novelist and aspiring Taylor Swift scholar.
