Robyn Ochs

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footnotes = editor of the Bisexual Resource Guide, Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World Robyn Ochs (1958-) has been a American bisexual rights activist since 1983 when she was involved in the founding of the Boston Bisexual Network, which was followed by the creation of the Bisexual Resource Center. in 1985 [ [http://www.gaypeopleschronicle.com/stories08/march/0328082.htm Theres "more to humanity than just gay and straight" March 28, 2008 Gay People's Chronicle ] ] .

She is the editor of the "Bisexual Resource Guide" and the anthology [http://www.biresource.org/133] . She works as a staff member at Harvard University and also taught courses at Tufts' Experimental College [ [http://www.excollege.tufts.edu/ Tuft's Experimental College] ] . She is a professional speaker and workshop leader. Her primary fields of interest are identity and coalition building. In 2004 and in 2007, she keynoted the Midwest Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Campus Conference Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Ally College Conference, the largest gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender student conference in the United States.

Ochs has appeared on a number of television talk shows, including "Donahue", "Rolanda", "Maury Povich", "Women Aloud", "Real Personal", "Hour Magazine" and "The Shirley Show", to discuss issues relating to bisexuality. She has also been in "Seventeen" and "Newsweek".

Ochs has taught courses on topics including LGBT history & politics in the United States, the politics of sexual orientation, and the experiences of those who transgress the binary categories of gay/straight, masculine/feminine, black/white and/or male/female. [Citation
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On 17 May 2004, the first day it was legal for same sex couples to marry anywhere in the United States, Ochs and her long-time partner Peg Preble were among the first same-sex couples to get legally married ( [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34665-2004May17.html A Carefully Considered Rush to the Altar] ). Ironically, in an example of exactly the type of bisexual erasure she has spent much of her life fighting against, Ochs was publicly misidentified in the press as a lesbian.

Ochs is the niece of late folk singer Phil Ochs.

ee also

*Bisexual Community
*Bisexual Resource Center
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elected bibliography

Books

* [http://www.biresource.org/133 Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World]

Anthologies

* [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/catalog/data/978023113/9780231137249.HTM Becoming Visible: Counseling Bisexuals Across the Lifespan (Firestein, ed.)]
* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1555831745 Bi Any Other Name: Bisexuals Speak Out (Kaahumanu & Hutchins, ed.)]
* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1878067176 Closer to Home: Bisexuality & Feminism (Weise, ed.)]
* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0807079197 Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price (Blumenfeld, ed.)]
* Bisexuality: The Identity and Politics of an Invisible Minority (Firestein, ed.)
* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0767420896 Women: Images and Realities: A Multicultural Anthology (Kesselman, McNair, & Schniedewind, eds.)]
* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0815319207 Lesbian Histories and Cultures: An Encyclopedia (Zimmerman, ed.)]
* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0415926343 Readings for Diversity and Social Justice (ed. Adams, et al.)]

References

External links

* [http://www.robynochs.com/ Robyn Ochs' website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/robynochs Robyn Ochs' MySpace page]
* [http://andrejkoymasky.com/liv/fam/bioo1/ochs1.html Robyn Ochs Famous GLTB People]
* [http://www.thepulsemag.com/Outtakes/prejudice.html Fighting Prejudice with Education by Sasha Hnatkovich The Pulse September 2005]
* [http://main.bisexual.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3241 Unstoppable and Always Learning:Robyn Ochs by Jon Pressick bisexual.com Apr 23, 2007]
* [http://www.baywindows.com/news/448376.html Robyn Ochs: Activist/Pioneer: Local leader to keynote second North American conference on bisexuality, by Ethan Jacobs in Bay Windows, 7/24/03]
* [http://www.lavendermagazine.com/this-issue/news-and-politics/bisexuality-and-the-space-between-binary-categories/ Bisexuality and the Space Between Binary Categories, by John Townsend in Lavender Magazine, June 2008]