#thebilife

[babywillow27]

So, in honor of Pride Month, I wanna share my coming out story.

When I was 12/13, I had an online girlfriend. She was so sweet and I can honestly say I loved her lol.

Well, my mother decided she was gonna go through my instant messages for one reason or another. She legit didn't give me a reason. But it was late at night and I had been upstairs in bed. She called me down stairs (where my computer was).

So she sees I've called this girl my girlfriend and we were talking about our sexualities.

I wish I could tell you I was kidding but she beat the living shit out of me. Like beating me so bad, I had bruises all over.

I don’t know if she thought she could beat the "gay" out of me or what, but it was terrifying.

At this point, its about 2 am and she decides to call my very religious, catholic grandparents. AT 2 AM!

Shes going on and on with my grandma how this isn't right, blah blah blah and then hands me the phone.

I could hear the sleepiness in my grandmas voice. And my grandma tries to explain to me that this MIGHT just be a phase. So, to get her off the phone and back into bed I agree with her.

Then my mother sends me back to bed.

****

I hadn't planned to come out, I was outted. And once I was out I wasn't allowed to talk about it, she shamed me for it, laughed and mocked me for it, for a long ass time I couldn't have ANY kind of friends over or leave the house. She grounded me for being bisexual. I wasn't allowed to be bisexual. It was forcefully, brutally ingrained into my head that I was a disgrace.

It has taken me so long to even be comfortable around women in a romantic setting. And I still get nervous; I shake like crazy.

In the itty-bitty back of my mind I'm waiting to get beaten for holding hands with a girl, kissing a girl, loving a girl.

Through the course of my life, being anything but straight was so shameful.. I'll tell you about it another time.

[disneyprinceronweasley]

i love that courtney has gone from being a contestant on a dating show to the host

[anawkwardencounter]

For this years #nationalcomingoutday I would like to highlight and give thanks to @channel4 and @eonlineuk for their new shows #TheBisexual and #TheBiLife 💖💜💙 given that bisexuality is so invisible and marginalised even (by some) within the queer community itself, I thought we were years away from seeing such shows on TV and it makes me so so happy and feels my heart with such warmth and support!! Thank you 😊 🏳️‍🌈 #bivisibility #bisexualpride https://www.instagram.com/p/Boy4cquBfb6/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=imx302xrq14p

[waynedidit]

Who wore it better, @courtneyact or Jem? #prettyinpink #jemstar #jemandtheholograms #drag #asymmetric #star #pink #toon #courtneyact #thebilife https://www.instagram.com/p/BqV3abXBs0b/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=o5dgw8kifmy6

[dragliciouz]

"Já era hora de fazer um programa de namoro para o grande número de jovens atualmente, como eu, que são atraídos por mais de um gênero". Declara @courtneyact, vencedora do #CBB⁠ ⁠ e finalista de #DragRace. #TheBiLife chega em outubro no E! UK! https://www.instagram.com/p/BoKoP3EAzN9/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=r5i9ri422rdh

[londonbisexualsmeetupgroup]

Now *this* is the (Bi) Life! Not quite Barcelona (lol) but a so-so-sunny little spot on the back patio with a #bibrolly as parasol (mounted on camera tripod with clamp I bought recently for just such a thing+other uses). All while I do #bi #activism and admin. #TheBiLife (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzS5_5vBRKg/?igshid=11hnl0mi5fhki

[sam-i-am-1989]

Can it be jean vests too?

bi culture is:

leather jackets

finger guns 

bad puns 

milkshakes 

[theqreview]

COURTNEY ACT ‘Fight for Love’ . Drag Race superstar and Celebrity Big Brother winner Courtney Act is stepping back into the competition arena. This time in the Eurovision competition. Courtney has released her song ‘Fight for Love’ which she hopes will win at home to become the official entry into Eurovision 2019 and to represent Australia at the Tel Aviv competition. . Of the song Courtney says that “Fight for Love is a dancefloor banger all about coming together and fighting for the things we believe in. I think it’s so important to think about the basic human rights of others and to use our collective voices, minds and bodies to lift those people up and bring about change.” . We’ll see if Australia chooses Courtney in February when the “Australia Decides” selection show results are announced. Good luck Courtney! . Hear ‘Fight for Love’ at: . https://youtu.be/C6VbWUz55pA . @courtneyact #CourtneyAct #FightForLove #lgbtmusic #queermusic #lgbtqmusic #qtunes #qreview #qvibrations #insta #instagood #instagay #instagram #instamusic #instadaily #instalike #instafollow #thebilife #dragqueen #drag #australia #eurovision @eurovision #songcompetition https://www.instagram.com/p/Bru23RiglA6/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ur6numx53yw2

[stuckssyboo]

being a bisexual girl is having girls think you’re straight and boys think you’re gay

[pinksixty]

MON 24 SEPT #PinksixtyNews⠀ ⠀ @unsw : 92% of #NSW #HIV+ men undetectable.⠀ #Queen’s cousin in first ever #royal #samesex #wedding.⠀ @dbngayfilmfest launches with @georgemofficial doc.⠀ #Lesbian #movie @rafiki_movie #ban lifted for 7 days.⠀ @courtneyact explains #TheBiLife in trailer for new #dating #TVseries on @eentertainment #Australia #UNSW #HIV #Undetectable #globaltargets #EndAIDS #UK #Mountbatten #SSM #wedding #royal #TheQueen #SouthAfrica #Durban #FilmFestival #queer #GeorgeMichael #Kenya #Nairobi #Rafiki #censor #Oscars #PrestigeCinema #Eentertainment #TheBiLife #CourtneyAct #bisexual #dating (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoHwdYgFQ-L/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1s512bqqeeo76

[wa11worth]

Know any other Manchester blogs?, the accent is so sexy

@allinsecret @hiddenpr1de @thebilife are just a few northerners x

[kikoalcazar]

✨⭐️Courtney Act⭐️✨; (2018) @courtneyact ; #art #illustration #kikoalcazar #artist #photo #photographer #portrait #designer #creative #magic #colorful #style #love #fashion #pop #surrealism #picture #beautiful #courtneyact #rupaulsdragrace #star #thebilife https://www.instagram.com/p/BwbuiVvl6Si/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=pz7ynasiobx5

[reaganwallworth]

@thebilife is beautiful

@thebilife secret admirer x

[paulturner76]

Look at my new article - Courtney Act on The Bi Life: ‘Bisexual people are usually portrayed as predators on TV’

The drag star will help bisexual singletons find love on new E! show.

#CourtneyAct, #Entertainment, #FilmAndTV, #ShaneJenek, #TheBiLife, #UK

[news-mashable-yahoopartner-blog]

The UK is getting its first bisexual+ dating show and it's honestly about time

Move over, Love Island.

A new dating show is coming to town and we can only hope it's going to be as refreshing as it sounds.

SEE ALSO: Facebook is testing its very own dating app

While dating shows on TV are always drama filled and generally fun to watch, they also tend to focus almost exclusively on dating between straight people.

The Bi Life will be the title of the new dating show on E! UK and Ireland, focusing on bisexual+ dating, meaning dating between people who identify as bisexual, pansexual or questioning. It will the the first dating show in the UK to focus exclusively on the bisexual+ dating experience. 

Coming to our screens in October, the ten-part show will send a group of singles looking for love to Barcelona to party, date, and "navigate the rocky road of bisexual+ dating," according to E!

“It’s high time there was a dating show for the large number of young people today, like me, who are attracted to more than one gender.” #CBB Winner and #RPDR finalist @CourtneyAct is ready! #TheBiLife. Coming this October on E! Read More: https://t.co/adS4O5lO6c pic.twitter.com/9mMwVsBapz

— E! Online UK (@EOnlineUK) August 21, 2018

The show will be hosted by drag queen Courtney Act, who is perhaps best know as a contestant in RuPaul's Drag Race.

"In 2018 we know that sexuality is fluid and sharing the stories and experiences, the laughter and the love making, of young bi people is so important," Courtney Act told E!.

As if this summer hasn’t been hot enough, @EOnlineUK decided to crank it up another notch with #TheBiLife, a brand new British Bisexual+ dating show hosted by yours truly! 💗💜💙 Coming this October on E! pic.twitter.com/GdUr7lHwF1

— Courtney Act (@courtneyact) August 21, 2018

Kim Sanders, Head of Media Engagement at the UK LGBTQ rights organisation Stonewall, told Mashable The Bi Life is an important step in the right direction for bisexual people. 

"It’s great to hear there will be a new dating show about bi people," says Sanders. "Representation is so important, especially for bi people who continue to be seriously underrepresented in mainstream media."

"We hope this show will breakdown harmful stereotypes as well as exploring the unique challenges that bi people face when it comes to dating, whether that’s having to come out to their partner or using dating apps that force you to pick a gender," says Sanders. 

Up until now, bisexual representation on dating shows has been rare — apart from the occasional bisexual contestant on mainstream dating shows. 

Only a few modern dating shows have been centred around bisexual dating, an example being MTV's 2007 reality dating show A Shot At Love With Tila Tequila, where both men and women competed to date the bisexual television personality. Earlier this year Australia got its first bisexual dating show What's your Flava?

We are so ready to obsess over every interaction on The Bi Life. 

Is it October yet? 

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[babywillow27]

It was so beautiful outside yesterday, I couldn't help but smile.