Issue 5, 2014

Hello dear readers,

Here it is; the fth newsletter. Hopefully youll enjoy it
even more than the previous ones. Hopefully you had a
nice bisexuality day the 23rd of September, and without
further ado, enjoy the newsletter!
Word of the week: bisexuality

The OED describes this as being sexually attracted
to members of both sexes. (1) This implies there
are only two sexes, which is problematic. That
aside, bisexuality is indeed often used to indicate
attraction to both men and women. However, it is
also used with some regularity to describe attraction
to people of all genders. Within the community there
is no consensus about which of the two meanings is
the correct meaning.
Events

This week we have two more wonderful events, Thursdays
discuss-a-something will be on Chasing Amy. We hope to see
you all at 8.30PM in Eleanor 7 to watch this wonderful movie with
you and maybe have a short discussion afterwards.

Friday there will be another meeting in Glam where you can just
hang out, have some (cheap) drinks and dance and/or talk a bit.
Hope to see you all there!
Contact

www.facebook.com/LGBTQ.UCR
gaysociety@rasa.ucr.nl

Love,
Ian Snel, Kelly Roemer, Kayleigh Mathey
Queer person of the week: Eleanor Roosevelt

With our Roosevelt Legacy course and a building named after her, we hardly need to explain
who Eleanor Roosevelt is and what she has done. But what might not be as widely known, is
that Eleanor was most likely bisexual. Of course, we cant go back in time and conrm this, but
sources suggest that she was.

Eleanor had a very close and intimate relationship with Lorena Hickok, nicknamed Hick by
Eleanor. They met when Lorena was a reporter during the presidential election campaign of
Eleanors husband, Franklin Roosevelt. During Franklins inauguration, Eleanor wore a
sapphire ring that Lorena had given her. In letters to Lorena, she had written, I want to put my
arms around you. I ache to hold you close. Your ring is a great comfort to me. I look at it and
think she does love me, or I wouldn't be wearing it.

In other letters, she writes, I want to put my arms around you and kiss you at the corner of
your mouth and I wish I could lie down beside you tonight and take you in my arms, implying
that this might have been a sexual relationship alongside their romantic one. Unfortunately, a
lot of other letters between them and photos of them have been burned by the rest of the
Roosevelt family who wanted to keep the relationship a secret, or have been edited to leave
out Lorenas identity. (2, 3, 4)
Trivia

Celebrate Bisexuality Day began in 1999
and occurs every 23rd of September. It was
created by three American activists: Wendy
Curry (presumably bisexual), Michael Page
(presumably bisexual, created the bisexual
ag), and Gigi Raven Wilbur (intersex and
pansexual). Despite its name, the day is
observed by pansexuals and those whose
sexuality is uid. (5, 6)

The pink stands for same-sex
attraction


The purple stands for both


The blue stands for opposite-sex
attraction
Sources
1. http://www.oed.com.proxy.library.uu.nl/view/Entry/19449?
redirectedFrom=bisexuality#eid
2. http://sparrowlet.hubpages.com/hub/lesbians-in-history
3. http://lesbianlife.about.com/cs/herstory/a/Eleanor.htm
4. http://www.sappho.com/letters/e_roosevelt.html
5. http://www.outsmartmagazine.com/2008/01/beyond-two-genders/
6. http://www.hufngtonpost.com/2013/09/24/celebrate-bisexuality-day_n_3977289.html