ROBYN'S WRITING
BOOKS
GETTING BI: VOICES OF BISEXUALS AROUND THE WORLD. This book, which she co-edited with Sarah E. Rowley, contains 184 short personal essays written by people in 32 countries, ranging in age from 15 to 79. It's an amazing book, and she is hoping that everyone in the entire world will purchase and read it, thus putting an end to bipohobia once and for all.
Robyn is the editor of the BISEXUAL RESOURCE GUIDE (Boston: Bisexual Resource Center, 2001), which includes, among (many) other things, an annotated bibliography of books with bisexual characters and/or content.
Robyn and the Bisexual Resource Guide were the subjects of a feature article by Heidi Randen in the Journal of Bisexuality (Haworth Press), Volume 1, Number 1, 2001, pages 5-26). (link to this interview)
ROBYN'S WRITING: SELECTED ESSAYS
FORTHCOMING: "Dancing with My Grandma: Talking with Robyn Ochs About Complex Identities and Simple Messages in the Marriage Equality Movement, by Laurie Kendall. in Bisexuality and Same-Sex Marriage. (Ed. M. Paz Galupo). Haworth Press, forthcoming. (more about this book)
"What's in a Name? Why Women Embrace or Resist Bisexual Identity." In B. A. Firestein (Ed.) Becoming Visible: Counseling Bisexuals Across the Lifespan. New York: Columbia University Press, 2007. (link to this article)
"Uncommon Wisdom" column in the Fall 2001 issue of In the Family: The Magazine for Queer People and Their Loved Ones.(p. 5). Question: "Why do so many women who easily admit to having male and female lovers refuse the label 'bisexual'? (link to this article)
"Bisexuality" in Lesbian Histories and Cultures: An Encyclopedia (Bonnie Zimmerman, ed.) Garland Publishing, 2000. (link to this article)
"Bisexual Movement" (co-authored by Liz Highleyman) in Lesbian Histories and Cultures: An Encyclopedia (Bonnie Zimmerman, ed.) Garland Publishing, 2000. (link to this article)
"Teaching Bisexuality," in The Sociology of Sexuality and Sexual Orientation: Syllabi and Teaching Materials (Paula C. Rust, ed.) American Sociological Association, 1997.
"Biphobia: It Goes More than Two Ways," in Bisexuality: The Identity and Politics of an Invisible Minority (Beth Firestein, ed.) Sage Publications, 1996. (link to this article)
"Biphobia,' in Getting Bi: Voice of Bisexuals Around the World (Robyn Ochs and Sarah Rowley, eds.). Bisexual Resource Center 2005, pp. 201-205. This is a shortened version of "Biphobia: It Goes More than Two Ways" (above). (link to this article)
"Bisexual Etiquette: Helpful Hints for Bisexuals Working With Lesbians and Gay Men," in Bisexual Politics: Theories, Queeries and Visions (Naomi Tucker with Liz Highleyman and Rebecca Kaplan, eds.) Hayworth Press, 1995. (link to this article)
"Bisexuality, Feminism, Men and Me," in Closer to Home: Bisexuality & Feminism (Elizabeth Reba Weise, ed.) Seal Press, 1992. [reprinted in Women: Images and Realities: A Multicultural Anthology (Mayfield Publishing Co., 1999), edited by Desselman, McNair, Schniedewind, in Women's Voices, Feminist Visions: Classic and Contemporary Readings, ed. Susan Shaw & Janet Lee (McGraw-Hill, 2001), and in The Social Construction of Difference and Inequality: Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality, ed. Tracy E. Ore (Mayfield: 2000; McGraw-Hill 2003]. (link to this article)
"BiPhobia," (with Marcia Deihl) in Homophobia: How We All Pay The Price (Warren Blumenfeld, ed.) Beacon Press, 1992. (reprinted in Readings for Diversity and Social Justice: An Anthology on Racism, Antisemitism, Sexism, Heterosexism, Ableism, and Classism (Routledge, 2000), edited by Maurianne Adams, Warren J. Blumenfeld, Rosie Castañeda, Heather W. Hackman, Madeline L. Peters, and Ximena Zúñiga.
"From the Closet to the Stage," in Bi Any Other Name (Loraine Hutchins and Lani Ka'ahumanu, eds.) Alyson Publications, 1990. (link to this article)
SHORT ESSAYS
Celebrating Equal Marriage, a special 4-part series in Jamaica Plain Gazette, April-July 2006 (link to this essay -- PDF format ) (go directly to Robyn's story -- html format )
Family Ties: What I Want, in Bi Women (Sept-Oct-Nov 2005) (link to this essay)
My Body, Myself, in Bi Women Dec-Jan-Feb 2006) (link to this essay)
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letter writing is, for me, a therapeutic art. There is so much dysfunction out there, and so many reasons to be enraged! Rather than bottling it up inside, I have taken to writing letters. I send them to my elected representatives, to local and national newspapers, and sometimes directly to the person(s) who are the subject(s) of my anger. Not all of my letters are angry. Sometimes I write letters expressing my joy and appreciation. Click here to read some of the letters I've written.
Robyn's writings have appeared in Sojourner, Gay Community News, Empathy, Gay People's Chronicle, Bi Women, In the Family, The Jamaica Plain Gazette, and other bi publications too numerous to mention.
To read some of Robyn's favorite soundbites, including her definition of bisexuality, go to Robyn's Words.