Since it first began in 2014, Bi+ Health Awareness Month has been dedicated to raising awareness about the startling social, economic and health disparities facing the bi+ community. Bi+ people experience greater health disparities compared to our gay and lesbian peers and a lack of research on those disparities, as well as biphobia in medical settings. These disparities include higher rates of mood disorders, substance abuse, eating disorders, cancers and more.
We also know that people living at the intersections of multiple marginalized identities experience greater and compounded disparities, including health disparities. This includes bi+ people of color and others. Last year, today and tomorrow, the movement for racial justice reminds us that all of our work is and must be intersectional and equitable. That’s why the Bisexual Resource Center chose “Equity” as this year’s theme for Bi+ Health Awareness Month. This month, we’ll be centering the voices of those in the bi+ community who carry intersectional and multiply marginalized identities, including bi+ people of color, bi+ trans and non-binary people and more.
HRC has a number of resources that can be helpful to bi+ people this month and year-round:
