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{{Short description|English anthology edited by Robyn Ochs and Sarah E. Rowley}}
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| name = Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World
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| caption = Cover of ''Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World'' (2nd ed.)
| author = [[Robyn Ochs]] and Sarah E. Rowley
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| country = United States
| language = English
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| subject = [[Bisexuality]]
| publisher = [[Bisexual Resource Center]]
| release_date = {{unbulleted list|2005 (first edition)|2009 (second edition)}}
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| pages = 273
| isbn = 978-0-9653881-5-3
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'''''Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World''''' is an English [[anthology]] edited by [[Robyn Ochs]] and Sarah E. Rowley. It is an important book in the history of the modern [[LGBT social movements|bisexual rights movement]] and appears on numerous [[Bisexuality|bisexual]] and general [[LGBT]] reading lists.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.torontobinet.org/resources.htm#books |title=Toronto Bisexual Network:Books |publisher=Torontobinet.org |accessdate=2013-12-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209160356/http://torontobinet.org/resources.htm |archivedate=2013-12-09 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Pam's House Blend: 10 Books Every Bisexual Should Read |url=http://www4.soapblox.net/pam/showDiary.do;jsessionid=E6D42D4FEF5B4AE04222CE30C3B8F5BC?diaryId=3990 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080609231908/http://www4.soapblox.net/pam/showDiary.do;jsessionid=E6D42D4FEF5B4AE04222CE30C3B8F5BC?diaryId=3990 |archive-date=9 June 2008 |access-date=1 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nyabn.org/Pages/BiKnowledge/LiteraryLife.html |title=New York Area Bisexual Network: A Literary Life |publisher=Nyabn.org |date= |accessdate=2013-12-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiana.edu/~glbtlib/wp/?p=83 |title=The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Student Support Services Library: Bisexual Voices |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080317231615/http://www.indiana.edu/~glbtlib/wp/?p=83 |archivedate=March 17, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hrc.org/issues/3308.htm |title=Human Rights Campaign: Recommended Books & Media about Bisexuality |publisher=Hrc.org |date= |accessdate=2013-12-03 |archive-date=2008-06-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080609171122/http://www.hrc.org/issues/3308.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The book is composed of short [[essays]] by 184 predominantly bisexual people ranging in age from 15 to 79 years of different classes, races, and experiences speaking about their lives. The authors are from 42 countries on 6 continents and the book includes 15 pieces translated into English, primarily from Spanish and Mandarin.

Paula Ettelbrick, Executive Director of the [[International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission]] said "''Getting Bi'' is one of the most important recent contributions to the global struggle for human rights. By enriching our understanding of bisexuality within so many cultural and geographic contexts, this anthology serves as a magnificent tool for building support and respect for the sexual rights of each one of us."

It is organized into nine themed chapters including "What is Bisexuality?", "Coming Out as Bisexual", "Why Bi? (Coming to Terms)", "Life Stories", "Crossing Lines", "Bi's in Relationships", "Language of Desire", "Bisexual Politics", "Bi Community", and "Bisexual Worlds", with additional sections of brief articles and resource lists.<ref>{{cite web |last=Dobinson |first=Cheryl |url=http://www.thefence.ca/Getting%20Bi%20book%20review.htm |title=Book review |website=The Fence |access-date=2008-03-30 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120911135433/http://www.thefence.ca/Getting%20Bi%20book%20review.htm |archive-date=2012-09-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bisexual Resource Center >> Archive >> Bay Area Reporter Reviews Getting Bi |url=http://www.biresource.org/342 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012074806/http://www.biresource.org/342 |archive-date=12 October 2007 |access-date=1 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World.(Brief article)(Book review) |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb3491/is_200607/ai_n18862738 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080609214621/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb3491/is_200607/ai_n18862738 |archive-date=9 June 2008 |access-date=1 September 2024}}</ref>

The first edition came out in 2005; the second and most recent edition came out in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.biresource.net/documents/GB2colorflyer.pdf |title=Getting Bi Second Edition |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090902080726/http://www.biresource.net/documents/GB2colorflyer.pdf |archivedate=September 2, 2009 }}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Bisexual community]]
*[[Biphobia]]
*[[Bisexual erasure]]
*[[Queer studies]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080511201208/http://www.robynochs.com/Getting_Bi/reviews.html Robyn Ochs: ''Getting Bi'']
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070926225351/http://www.biresource.org/133 Bisexual Resource Center: ''Getting Bi'']

{{Bisexuality topics}}

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[[Category:Bisexual non-fiction books]]
[[Category:LGBTQ literature in the United States]]
[[Category:2000s LGBTQ literature]]
[[Category:2005 LGBTQ-related literary works]]

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