 | This article includes a list ofgeneral references, butit lacks sufficient correspondinginline citations. Please help toimprove this article byintroducing more precise citations.(February 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
New York Area Bisexual Network (NYABN) is a central communications network forbisexual and bi-friendly groups and resources in the five boroughs (Brooklyn, theBronx,Manhattan,Queens andStaten Island) ofNew York City and the surrounding Tri-State area.[1] The mission of the New York Area Bisexual Network is to facilitate the development of a cohesivebisexual community in the New York Area.[1] The network promotesbisexual visibility, works to protect the bisexual community from discrimination andbiphobia and assists and empowers the individual community members, their families and friends to live full, rich, safe and happy lives.[1]
NYABN provides listings of groups, events and general information of interest to the local bisexual community as well as providing links toRegional,National andInternational Groups and Events on its website and phone-line.[1][2] Additionally NYABN has a Bisexual Speakers Bureau, coordinates the Bisexual-Information Phone-Line, keeps up the Bisexual Community PO Box, works withBialogue an NYC based bisexual activist/political group, hosts various groups, meetings and events of interest to the entire bisexual community, helps new groups form and coordinates arrangements for the Bisexual Contingent(s) at NYC's annualLGBT PrideFest and Parade each June.[1] NYABN began having regular meetings and engaging in PrideFest activities virtually in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
After theStonewall riots in June 1969Brenda Howard, a bisexual woman who had previously been active in theanti-war andfeminist movements, both organized a rally one month after the riots and then co-ordinated the very firstGay Pride in June 1970, commemorating the first anniversary of Stonewall. Howard continued to be active in theLGBTQ community in New York during the 1970s and 1980s whilst thebisexual community in the Tri-State area ofNew York,New Jersey andConnecticut grew larger, more active and more diverse. In the 1980s regional bisexual networks started to form such asBoston's highly successfulEast Coast Bisexual Network, now theBisexual Resource Center and theBay Area Bisexual Network.[4] In 1987 Howard was involved in setting up the New York Area Bisexual Network.[5]
| Sexual identities |  | |
|---|---|---|
| History | ||
| Study | ||
| Attitudes | ||
| Community | ||
| Organizations | ||
| Lists | ||
