Comments for Oh, Come Now... http://ohcomenow.wordpress.com Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:35:13 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Portland, Oregon: Bisexual capital of the world by Sven http://ohcomenow.wordpress.com/2007/10/08/portland-oregon-is-the-bisexual-capital-of-the-world/#comment-127 Sven Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:35:13 +0000 http://ohcomenow.wordpress.com/2007/10/08/portland-oregon-is-the-bisexual-capital-of-the-world/#comment-127 The Portland Bisexual Alliance ran from 1995-2002, and I was on the board for six of those years. We did just about everything that a bi organization *can* do... * Every month: a bi themed panel or workshop, a bi community orientation night, and bringing in a guest speaker from an outside organization. * Bi 101 education workshops. * An annual "Bi Day" rally, with ~15 bi speakers, bi musicians, even bi ASL providers. * At Pride we had a "famous bisexuals" exhibit and gave out thousands of free bi pins. * We ran two statewide bi conferences. * We published a monthly newsletter and a calendar of events for the seven Oregon bi organizations that we were in contact with. * We had representation at countless queer community political meetings... We even played a small part in putting Multnomah County's sexual orientation non-discrimination policy in place. ...And so, ultimately, those of us who were running the organization burnt out. It was a phenomenal time commitment, with once-a-week board meetings -- and sometimes three meetings a week when we were hosting an event, or political events were afoot. A cursory google search suggests that Portland Bisexual Women is still around... They've been going for 16+ years now. If you want to connect with what the state of things is now, they'd be the first folks I'd talk to. File this under "where are they now?", I suppose. The Portland Bisexual Alliance ran from 1995-2002, and I was on the board for six of those years.

We did just about everything that a bi organization *can* do…

* Every month: a bi themed panel or workshop, a bi community orientation night, and bringing in a guest speaker from an outside organization.

* Bi 101 education workshops.

* An annual “Bi Day” rally, with ~15 bi speakers, bi musicians, even bi ASL providers.

* At Pride we had a “famous bisexuals” exhibit and gave out thousands of free bi pins.

* We ran two statewide bi conferences.

* We published a monthly newsletter and a calendar of events for the seven Oregon bi organizations that we were in contact with.

* We had representation at countless queer community political meetings… We even played a small part in putting Multnomah County’s sexual orientation non-discrimination policy in place.

…And so, ultimately, those of us who were running the organization burnt out. It was a phenomenal time commitment, with once-a-week board meetings — and sometimes three meetings a week when we were hosting an event, or political events were afoot.

A cursory google search suggests that Portland Bisexual Women is still around… They’ve been going for 16+ years now. If you want to connect with what the state of things is now, they’d be the first folks I’d talk to.

File this under “where are they now?”, I suppose.

]]> Comment on You don’t know Jack by hankeong http://ohcomenow.wordpress.com/2006/11/16/you-dont-know-jack/#comment-8 hankeong Sat, 31 Mar 2007 07:58:37 +0000 http://ohcomenow.wordpress.com/2006/11/16/you-dont-know-jack/#comment-8 Keong and myself are both bisexual and married. My wife knows about my bisexuality but she doesn't know the extent of my relationship with Keong. She simply knows Keong as "a very good friend". I have denied that we have a sexual relationship. Actually we have more than a sexual relationship... we think that we have found true love in each other. Had we met each other earlier, we would have taken a different path... Its not that we don't love or enjoy sex with our wives but we its just so much more passionate... Yes, we often wonder if we are really more gay than bisexual... Would like to know more about your experiences... Keong and myself are both bisexual and married. My wife knows about my bisexuality but she doesn’t know the extent of my relationship with Keong. She simply knows Keong as “a very good friend”. I have denied that we have a sexual relationship. Actually we have more than a sexual relationship… we think that we have found true love in each other. Had we met each other earlier, we would have taken a different path… Its not that we don’t love or enjoy sex with our wives but we its just so much more passionate… Yes, we often wonder if we are really more gay than bisexual… Would like to know more about your experiences…

]]> Comment on You don’t know Jack by texasphil http://ohcomenow.wordpress.com/2006/11/16/you-dont-know-jack/#comment-7 texasphil Mon, 19 Mar 2007 21:45:21 +0000 http://ohcomenow.wordpress.com/2006/11/16/you-dont-know-jack/#comment-7 like to read more. I like things in my butt too like to read more. I like things in my butt too

]]> Comment on What makes Oh, Come Now… different than other sexuality sites? by naughtyboy http://ohcomenow.wordpress.com/2006/10/24/what-makes-oh-come-now-different-than-other-sexuality-sites/#comment-2 naughtyboy Thu, 16 Nov 2006 19:15:03 +0000 http://ohcomenow.wordpress.com/2006/10/24/what-makes-oh-come-now-different-than-other-sexuality-sites/#comment-2 Ok then, *bookmars for later read* Ok then, *bookmars for later read*

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