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'''Bialogue''', a [[portmanteau]] of the words [[bisexuality|bisexual]] and [[dialogue]], is an [[United States|American]] activist/political group based in [[New York City]], working on issues of local, national & international interest to the [[bisexual community]] and it's allies.[http://www.biresource.org/333] Bialogue's mission is to dispel myths and [[stereotype]]s about [[bisexuality]], address [[biphobia]] and [[bisexual erasure]], educate the public on the facts and realities of bisexuality and advocate for the [[bisexual community]]. Its slogan is ''"Taking Action not just Offense"''.
==History==
Bialogue founded in 2005, is the merger of two older [[New York City]] based activist/political groups BiPAC and the Coalition for Unity and Inclusion.<ref>[http://www.nyabn.org/Pages/WhoWeR/OurHistory.html New York Area Bisexual Network - Our History page]</ref>.
BiPAC the ''"Bisexual Political Action Committee"'' (founded in 1989), was an explicitly militant activist political group dedicated to confronting & eradication [[biphobia]] and [[Bisexual erasure]] wherever it was found. In addition to working on issues exclusive to [[New York City|NYC's]] [[bisexual community]], BiPAC also worked in conjunction with other [[New York City|NYC]] [[LGBT]] & progressive groups of their day including [[ACT-UP]], [[Queer Nation]], Irish Lesbian and Gay Organization, ''Children of the Rainbow'', ''Por Los NiƱos'', Coalition for a District Alternative (CoDA), etc.<ref>[http://www.glaad.org/programs/cim/bihistory.php GLAAD Bisexual History page]</ref>
The Coalition for Unity and Inclusion (founded 2000) was a coalition of [[bisexual]] and [[transgender]] activists who drew support from reform minded directors of the more traditional [[LGBT]] organizations, liberal politicians as well as the grass-roots [[bisexual]] and [[transgender]] community. They used such tactics as letter writing campaigns, petition drives and an innovative ''"feedback campaign"'' to achieve their goals.[http://motherboards.infopop.cc/groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/4306060101/m/8556028701/inc/-1]
Interestingly enough, the original impetus for founding both [[BiPAC]] and the [[Coalition for Unity and Inclusion]] was to combat instances of blatant [[biphobia]] within the larger [[New York City|NYC]] [[Gay community|LGBT community]]. While Bialogue, which emerged in response to the flap[http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2573] over the [[J. Michael Bailey|the 'Bailey Study']] which attempted to invalidate bisexuality itself,[http://nsrc.sfsu.edu/MagArticle.cfm?Article=475&PageID=171&SID=2F61BCD15F440019472CA01253795FEB&DSN=nsrc_dsn] has always worked closely with such established bisexual organization as [[BiNet USA]], the [[Bisexual Foundation]] and the [[Bisexual Resource Center]] as well as mainstream [[LGBT]] groups such as [[GLAAD]].
==See also==
* [[Bisexual community]]
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.bialogue.org/ Official site]
* [http://bialogue.livejournal.com/ Bialogue at LiveJournal]
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