[plug] Talk on Bisexual Identity and Health

Lane Hall Conversations

Bisexual Identity & Health:
Consequences of Contestation

Wendy Bostwick
U-M Substance Abuse Research Center (UMSARC)

Thursday, January 11, 2007
12:00–1:30 PM
2239 Lane Hall

Bostwick, who has a PhD in Public Health, will discuss her research on bisexual women and their health. In much the same way that bisexuality has represented a profound blind spot in sex research, so too have bisexual women been largely absent from the LGBT health literature. Bostwick will explore broader social and cultural determinants that may contribute to increased mental health and substance use problems among bisexual women. Of particular interest is the unique stigma that bisexual women face vis-à-vis their sexual identity, including its contested nature and its treatment as a merely ephemeral identity. To this end, she will present preliminary findings from her study on bisexual women, their experiences of stigma and discrimination and their health.

This talk is free and open to the public.

IRWG, University of Michigan
1136 Lane Hall
204 S. State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1290
http://www.umich.edu/~irwg
(734) 764-9537