{"id":235763,"date":"2025-03-09T12:38:12","date_gmt":"2025-03-09T01:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.starobserver.com.au\/?p=235763"},"modified":"2025-03-09T12:38:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T01:38:12","slug":"give-it-to-me-bi-march-is-bi-health-awareness-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.starobserver.com.au\/give-it-to-me-bi\/give-it-to-me-bi-march-is-bi-health-awareness-month\/235763","title":{"rendered":"Give It To Me Bi: March is Bi+ Health Awareness Month!"},"content":{"rendered":"
March isn\u2019t just when we bask in the afterglow of <\/span>Mardi Gras<\/b>\u2014it also marks <\/span>Bi+ Health Awareness Month<\/b>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Spearheaded by Boston\u2019s <\/span>Bisexual Resource Center<\/b>, this initiative highlights the very real disparities that bi+ folks face, while advocating for action toward better health outcomes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n When we zoom in on the health of bi+ people, research shows us that bi+ people experience worse health outcomes than the rest of the LGBTQIA+ community especially in the areas of quality of life, physical health, and mental health. It\u2019s a bummer, to say the least.<\/span><\/p>\n This isn\u2019t because bi+ people are inherently less healthy, it\u2019s usually because we don\u2019t have access to the same support.<\/span><\/p>\n This year\u2019s theme, <\/span>Navigating Bi+ Health in an Uncertain World,<\/span><\/i> acknowledges rising barriers to healthcare and legislative attacks on LGBTQIA+ rights\u2014reminders that the work is far from over.<\/span><\/p>\n Throughout the month on the <\/span>Give It To Me Bi<\/span><\/i> podcast, we\u2019re talking about:<\/span><\/p>\n Our hope is that by naming these real-world challenges, we can spark conversations and actions that move us toward Bi+ health justice.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" March isn\u2019t just when we bask in the afterglow of Mardi Gras\u2014it also marks Bi+ Health Awareness Month.\u00a0 Spearheaded by Boston\u2019s Bisexual Resource Center, this initiative highlights the very real …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":925,"featured_media":234272,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11216,52807,11204],"tags":[53375,51394,51395],"class_list":["post-235763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community-opinion","category-give-it-to-me-bi","category-opinion","tag-bi-health-awareness-month","tag-give-it-to-me-bi","tag-give-it-to-me-bi-podcast"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nBi+ Health Awareness Month 2025: Navigating Bi+ Health in an Uncertain World<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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