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Bi Men: Coming Out Every Which Way BiMen:ComingOutEveryWhichWayhas been co-published simultaneouslyasJournalofBisexuality,Volume5,Numbers2/32005. 212x152 PB Monographic Separates from theJournal of Bisexuality™ ForadditionalinformationontheseandotherHaworthPresstitles,including descriptions, tables of contents, reviews, and prices, use the QuickSearch catalog at http://www.HaworthPress.com. Bi Men: Coming Out Every Which Way,edited by Ron Jackson Suresha and Pete Chvany (Vol. 5, No. 2/3, 2005).“A must-read, this book is sure to be the standard for years to come.” (Les K. Wright, independent scholar, author, and gay activist; editor ofThe Bear BookandThe Bear Book II; founder of the Bear History Project) Plural Loves: Designs for Bi and Poly Living,edited by Serena Anderlini-D’Onofrio, PhD (Vol. 4, Nos. 3/4, 2004).“Heartful, insightful, provocative, and stimulating. . . . In these pages, polyamory provides a context for many kinds of complex relationships that simply refuse to be pigeonholed into neat and exclusive little boxes.” (Oberon Zell-Ravenheart, DD, MA, President, TheaGenesis LLC; Founder, Church of All Worlds; Former Publisher,Green Eggmagazine; Author ofGrimoire for the Apprentice Wizard) CurrentResearchonBisexuality,editedbyRonaldC.Fox,PhD(Vol.4,Nos.1/2,2004).“Finally,the subdisciplineofbisexualstudieshasmovedforward.Thisbookrepresentsagreaterbreadthand depthofempiricalresearchonbisexualitythananyotherworktodate.Itcontributesgreaterinsight intoissuesrangingfrombetterunderstandingofthebisexualidentityformationprocess,tofriendship patterns,intimaterelationships,andmentalhealth.Thereader’sguidealoneisworththepurchase price.”(MicheleJ.Eliason,PhD,AssociateProfessor,CollegeofNursing,UniversityofIowa) BisexualityandTransgenderism:InterSEXionsoftheOthers,editedbyJonathanAlexander,PhD, andKarenYescavage,PhD(Vol.3,Nos.3/4,2003).Thefirstbookdevotedexclusivelytoexploring thecommonground–andtheimportantdifferences–betweenbisexualityandtransgenderism. Women and Bisexuality: A Global Perspective,edited by Serena Anderlini-D’Onofrio, PhD (Vol. 3, No. 1, 2003).“Nimbly straddles disciplinary and geographical boundaries. . . . The collection’s diversity of subject matter and theoretical perspectives offers a useful model for the continued development of interdisciplinary sexuality studies.”(Maria Pramaggiore, PhD, Associate Professor of Film Studies, North Carolina State University) Bisexual Women in the Twenty-First Century,edited by Dawn Atkins, PhD (cand.) (Vol. 2, Nos. 2/3, 2002).An eclectic collection of articles that typifies an ongoing feminist process of theory grounded in life experience. Bisexual Men in Culture and Society,edited by Brett Beemyn, PhD, and Erich Steinman, PhD (cand.) (Vol. 2, No. 1, 2002).Incisive examinations of the cultural meanings of bisexuality, including the overlooked bisexual themes in James Baldwin’s classic novelsAnother Country andGiovanni’s Room,the conflicts within sexual-identity politics between gay men and bisexual men, and the recurring figure of the predatory, immoral bisexual man in novels, films, and women’s magazines. Bisexuality in the Lives of Men: Facts and Fictions,edited by Brett Beemyn, PhD, and Erich Steinman, PhD (cand.) (Vol. 1, Nos. 2/3, 2001).“At last, a source book which explains bisexual male desires, practices, and identities in a language all of us can understand! This is informative reading for a general audience, and will be especially valuable for discussions in gender studies, sexuality studies, and men’s studies courses.” (William L. Leap, PhD, Professor, Department of Anthropology, American University, Washington, DC) Bi Men: Coming Out Every Which Way Ron Jackson Suresha Pete Chvany Editors BiMen:ComingOutEveryWhichWayhas been co-published simultaneouslyasJournalofBisexuality,Volume5,Numbers2/32005. First Published by Harrington Park Press®,10AliceStreet,Binghamton,NY13904-1580USA HarringtonParkPressisanimprintofTheHaworthPress,Inc.,10AliceStreet,Binghamton,NY 13904-1580 USA Transferred to digital printing 2011 by Routledge 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN BiMen:ComingOutEveryWhichWayhas been co-published simultaneouslyasJournalofBisexuality,Volume5,Numbers2/32005. ©2005byTheHaworthPress,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisworkmaybereproducedoruti- lizedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronicormechanical,includingphotocopying,microfilmandre- cording,orbyanyinformationstorageandretrievalsystem,withoutpermissioninwritingfromthe publisher. Thedevelopment,preparation,andpublicationofthisworkhasbeenundertakenwithgreatcare.How- ever, the publisher,employees,editors, and agents of The Haworth Press and all imprintsof The HaworthPress,Inc.,includingTheHaworthMedicalPress®andPharmaceuticalProductsPress®,are notresponsibleforanyerrorscontainedhereinorforconsequencesthatmayensuefromuseofmateri- alsorinformationcontainedinthiswork.Opinionsexpressedbytheauthor(s)arenotnecessarilythose ofTheHaworthPress,Inc.Withregardtocasestudies,identitiesandcircumstancesofindividualsdis- cussedhereinhavebeenchangedtoprotectconfidentiality.Anyresemblancetoactualpersons,living or dead, is entirely coincidental. Cover design by Kerry E. Mack Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bi men : coming out every which way / Ron Jackson Suresha, Pete Chvany, editors. p. cm. “BiMen:ComingOutEveryWhichWayhasbeenco-publishedsimultaneouslyasJour- nal of bisexuality, v. 5, no. 2/3 2005.” Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-1-56023-614-6 (hard cover : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 1-56023-614-0 (hard cover : alk. paper) ISBN-13: 978-1-56023-615-3 (soft cover : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 1-56023-615-9 (soft cover : alk. paper) 1. Bisexualmen.2. Bisexuality.3. Comingout(Sexualorientation) I.Suresha,Ron Jackson. II. Chvany, Pete. III. Journal of bisexuality. HQ74.B525 2005 306.76(cid:1)5(cid:1)081–dc22 2005008520 ABOUT THE EDITORS Ron Jackson Suresha authored the groundbreaking men’s studies book, Bears on Bears: Interviews & Discussions, which the Village Voice acclaimed as “required reading for anyone interested in gender studies.”HehaseditedseveralfictionanthologiesincludingBearotica and Bear Lust, both from Alyson Publications. Suresha is editor, with Pete Chvany, of the nonfiction anthology Bi Men: Coming Out Every WhichWay,copublishedasadoubleissueoftheJournalofBisexuality; and sole editor of Bi Guys: Firsthand Fiction for Bisexual Men and Their Admirers, both from Haworth Press. His fiction and nonfiction writing appears regularly in GLBTQ periodicals and anthologies. He residesinNewLondon,Connecticut,withhishusband,Rocco,andhis online presence dwells at <http://www.suresha.com>. Pete Chvany is a longtime bisexual activist from the Boston area. A former head of fund-raising for the Bisexual Resource Center, he has alsopresentedatLGBTconferencesrangingfromtheFifthandEighth InternationalConferencesonBisexualitytothefirstGayMen’sHealth Summitin1999,andthefirstLGBTIHealthSummitin2002.Heserved in the US Air Force in the late 1980s and holds a doctorate in English andAmericanLiteraturefromTuftsUniversity.Alongwithpaidwork as a computer system administrator for a prominent university, he spendshistimeasawriter,musician,andphotographer.Helivesinthe Boston area with his chosen family and several cats. Dedicated to Alfred C. Kinsey 1894-1956 who steadfastly dedicated himself to listening to and telling the story of the bisexual man
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