RESOURCES
ON NEWS MEDIA
We support journalists, editors, and others writing for news outlets to improve coverage of bi+ people.
1827
first year the term “bisexual” appeared in a U.S. newspaper
727K
times the term “bisexual” has appeared in U.S. newspapers since 1827
300%
increase in the use of the term “bisexual” in U.S. print news media in last 30 years
7%
of LGBTQ+ news coverage in the last decade has been of bi+ people and issues
2025 Bi+ News Coverage
Only 2.3% of LGBTQ+ News Coverage was of Bi+ Issues
A significant decline
from the previous decade
Invisibility Rising
Published: April 2026
Our most recent report, Bi+ Censorship in the News: Invisibility Rising in Trump's Second Term examines how bi+ visibility in the news has diminished amid a climate of censorship during the first year of the Trump administration’s second term.
On Inauguration Day 2025, LGBTQ+ and HIV-related content was rapidly removed from the White House website and across federal agencies, rendering key terms and resources inaccessible almost overnight. Within weeks, more than 350 pages, policies, and educational guides had disappeared—an erasure that signaled whose identities were no longer of value to the current administration.
This silencing is unfolding amid a broader decline in freedom of expression, but bi+ invisibility in the news is is neither inevitable nor intractable. News organizations possess both the capacity and the responsibility to address the gaps identified in this report. And we offer four clear ways to do so.
Mapping Bisexuality
in the
News
A 30-Year History of Bi+ News Coverage
Published: October 2023
Bi+ Censorship in the News
Bi+ Censorship in the News is the deepest dive into the coverage of bi+ people and issues in the news over the last 30 years.
Our findings show that print newspapers underreport on bi+ issues. In many instances, they also perpetuate harmful stereotypes and do not reflect the lived experience of bi+ people. Additionally, news media at the intersection of race and LGBTQ+ issues is limited, and it is nearly non-existent on bi+ issues and race.
California leads the nation with more than 67,000 media mentions of bi+ people and issues throughout news media history—the highest of any state. Yet since Trump’s inauguration, coverage has dropped sharply, now appearing in only a handful of counties.
Mapping Bisexuality
in the
News
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How We Can Help
We partner with news outlets and individual journalists to tell human-centered, solutions-focused stories about bi+ people and issues.
We also provide editing services for bi+ activists who want to publish op-eds and other articles to shape the important political, cultural, and social justice conversations of our time.