ROBYN OCHS
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Robyn Ochs, Ed.M., (www.robynochs.com) is a professional speaker and workshop leader. She is the editor of The Bisexual Resource Guide, and Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World, an international anthology with authors from 32 countries.

Speaking

Robyn has spoken at more than 300 colleges and universities. She has spoken at conferences and public events in Australia, Canada, England, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Scotland, the United States. She has keynoted several conferences, including the International Conference on Bisexualiity; the European Bisexual Conference; UK BiCon; the Midwest Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Campus Conference; Out on the Prairie; Out in the Middle of the Wheatfield; the Pink Mountain Conference and several other regional LGBT conferences.

She speaks primarily to university and community groups, has keynoted several international conferences on bisexuality, and has spoken recently at IBM and the Corning Corporation. She has taught at MIT, Tufts University and at Johnson State College in Vermont. Her fields of interest include bisexual identity; identity and labels; GLBT history and politics in the United States and Canada; same-sex marriage; and the experiences of those who transgress the binary categories of gay/straight, masculine/feminine, black/white and/or male/female.

Campus activism

Robyn works at Harvard University, where she is engaged in the following forms of activism:

  • LGBT Faculty and Staff Group (co-founder and current steering committees member)
    * Trans Task Force Harvard University (active member) .
  • LBTQ Lunches: a monthly lunch series for lesbian, bi, queer and trans faculty and staff women at Harvard(co-founder and co-convenor)
  • Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Student Association (BGLTSA).

    Faculty advisor.

    • Board of Directors experience includes:

  • MassEquality
  • Harvard Gay and Lesbian Caucus
  • Boston Bisexual Women's Network. Co-founder and treasurer since 1988.
  • SpeakOut (Boston's GLBT Speaker's Bureau).

    Robyn holds the following academic degrees:

  • B.A., Language and Culture (Latin American Studies), State University of New York, Purchase
  • C.S.S., Administration and Management, Harvard University
  • Ed.M., Harvard University