Bisexuality Beyond Binaries challenges the myths and erasure surrounding bi+ identities. A must-read for anyone interested in sexuality, gender, and inclusive sex education.

BISEXUALITY BEYOND BINARIES:
CELEBRATING MULTIPLE BISEXUAL IDENTITIES

This book brings together a collection of diverse contributors to discuss bisexual erasure and biphobia and how this intersects with racism, sexism, ableism, and transphobia.

Amplifying the voices of a group often unheard and erased, this book explores and celebrates the experiences, stories, and complexities of bisexual identity, providing tools to help dismantle the dehumanization of erasure, move beyond the gender binary, and increase visibility of multiple bisexualities. Beginning by outlining key definitions, labels, and context, each chapter addresses an identity or experience that intersects with bisexual identity, such as disability, masculinity, femininity, gender-diverse identities, media, religion, dating apps, porn, non-monogamy, intimate partner violence, aging, kink, and sex work. Each chapter begins with theoretical research before illuminating the personal narratives of bisexual people, especially people of color, that reflect the negative impact of bisexual erasure as well as the joy, beauty, and resilience of bisexuality.

Engaging and powerful, this book will help sex therapists, students, and educators enhance their inclusive and supportive practices. It will also be of immense interest to bisexual people so they may see diverse realities, celebrating stories of resistance and joy.

WHAT PEOPLE SAY

Robert Cohen

This book goes beyond the many primers and explainers of bisexuality and gets to the fascinating nuances, challenges, and joys that Bi+ people experience beyond just fluid attractions.

Bianca Laureano

This book offers personal testimony and solutions from those most impacted, which is always a welcome addition to conversations and learning about sexuality topics.

Loraine Hutchins

Grateful that the bisexual diaspora’s emergence since the turn of the century is shown so well.

The Edge of Sex, by Lisa Speidel and Micah Jones, is an anthology of voices from the margins, bringing together 37 writers to discuss their experiences of sex and sex education in America.

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THE EDGE OF SEX

The anthology explores often overlooked and excluded identities, with pieces on sexuality and disabilities, survivors of assault, sex work as women of color, kink, and BDSM, being Muslim and queer, reproductive rights, and the challenges of culture and identity when grappling with gender fluidity and gendered expectations. As they trace the negative effects of restrictive, fear-based sex education – particularly on marginalized individuals – these stories unearth larger themes: tensions with race and religion, expectations from heteronormative society, and pressures of femininity and masculinity. Importantly, they also highlight the resilience and empowerment of marginalized individuals within a culture designed to ostracize them.

The rich, diverse, and intersectional stories of The Edge of Sex paint a contextualized picture of sex education and make an urgent case for better representation and more inclusive, consistent, and comprehensive content. By reading this anthology, casual readers may learn more about their sexual selves, clinicians can apply the material to their practices with clients, and educators and students can expand their knowledge of feminist theory, intersectional theory, queer theory, and sex education.

Learn more about this book in this great article from Cville Weekly:

https://www.c-ville.com/many-angles-lisa-speidels-new-book-talks-about-happy-sex-and-more/

REVIEWS

"Real stories. Real people. This anthology offers us experiential narratives of sexuality education and consulting that were not available until now. What is particularly compelling is how rich each account is and how they collectively help reshape our conceptualization of how to transform beyond white, patriarchal, cis ideologies and theoretical frameworks. The book is bold, revolutionary, and a must-have for all sexuality educators and consultants to utilize in their work."

Dr. James C. Wadley, CSTS, editor-in-chief, Journal of Black Sexuality and Relationships and co-author of The Art of Sex Therapy Supervision

"Timely, relevant, and deeply personal, this book fills in the many gaps and corrects the many misconceptions that currently exist about modern day sexuality. It is an innovative and engaging snapshot of where sexuality is and where it may be headed. The personal stories are diverse and intimate, and the writing is straight-forward and accessible even as it addresses complex ideas. Rooted in intersectionality, The Edge of Sex is an exciting must-read for anyone interested in the ways gender and sexuality are influenced by age, race, ability, education, religion, class, political ideology, and more."

Dr. Andre Cavalcante, associate professor, University of Virginia Department of Media Studies and Women, Gender and Sexuality and author of Struggling For Ordinary: Media and Transgender Belonging in Everyday Life

"This is a much-needed resource for those interested in deepening their intersectional awareness concerning sexuality studies. This anti-erotophobic resource is critical for reclaiming our right to comprehensive sexuality education and highlights diverse, historically marginalized perspectives often missing from dominant hegemonic discourses that perpetuate outdated, white, capitalistic, cisheteropatriarchal racialized biases. The Edge of Sex can assist readers to unlearn harmful sexualization, increase compassion, and contribute to sexual epistemic justice."

Dr. Zelaika Hepworth Clarke, co-founder of the anti-racist, anti-colonial sexuality concentration program at Goddard College and clinical sexologist at the Pluriversity, an organization committed to increasing sexual multiepistemic literacy.