“The Future of Bisexuality”
A special double issue of The Journal of Bisexuality
Edited by Jonathan Alexander, PhD, University of California, Irvine
- How has the emergence of bisexuality in specific communities, in the mass media, in the public sphere affected larger discourses about sex and sexuality? What are some long-term ramifications of such effects?
- How do bisexuals and bisexual communities affect social spacesâ”and how might such spaces be changed by the presence of bi- and bi-friendly people?
- What particular effectsâ”social, ideological, politicalâ”are made possible by the increasing visibility of âBâ in the LGBT conglomerate? How has the LGBT community changedâ”and how might it continue to changeâ”because of a growing âBâ presence?
- How might increasing understandings of bisexual or bi-erotic relations in other cultures affect Western understandings and topologies of sex and sexuality?
- What might future sexualities look like, and how might contemporary bisexuality impact the construction of such identities?
- What does science fiction (or even science âfactâ about sex and sexuality) tell us about the future of bisexuality?
