Robyn Ochs
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|dateofbirth = [[1958]]
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|spouse = Peg Preble
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|movement = [[Gay rights|LGBT rights movement]]|
|organizations = Boston Bisexual Network and [[Bisexual Resource Center]] |
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|footnotes = editor of the Bisexual Resource Guide, Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World
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'''Robyn Ochs''' (1958-) has been a [[United States|American]] [[LGBT social movements|bisexual rights]] activist since [[1983]] when she was involved in the founding of the Boston Bisexual Network, which was followed by the creation of the Bisexual Resource Center. in [[1985]]<ref>[http://www.gaypeopleschronicle.com/stories08/march/0328082.htm Theres ''more to humanity than just gay and straight'' [[March 28]], [[2008]] [[Gay People's Chronicle]] ]</ref>.
She is the editor of the ''Bisexual Resource Guide'' and the anthology [[Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World]][http://www.biresource.org/133]. She works as a staff member at [[Harvard University]] and also taught courses at [[Tufts University|Tufts']] [[Experimental College]]<ref>[http://www.excollege.tufts.edu/ Tuft's Experimental College]</ref>. She is a professional speaker and workshop leader. Her primary fields of interest are identity and coalition building. In 2004 and in 2007, she keynoted the Midwest Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Campus Conference [[Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Ally College Conference]], the largest gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender student conference in the United States.
Ochs has appeared on a number of [[Talk show|television talk shows]], including ''[[Phil Donahue|Donahue]]'', ''Rolanda'', ''[[Maury Povich]]'', ''Women Aloud'', ''Real Personal'', ''[[Hour Magazine]]'' and ''The Shirley Show'', to discuss issues relating to bisexuality. She has also been in ''[[Seventeen (magazine)|Seventeen]]'' and ''[[Newsweek]]''.
Ochs has taught courses on topics including [[LGBT]] history & politics in the [[United States]], the politics of [[sexual orientation]], and the experiences of those who transgress the binary categories of gay/straight, masculine/feminine, black/white and/or male/female.<ref>{{Citation
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On [[17 May]] [[2004]], the first day it was legal for same [[Same-sex marriage in Massachusetts|sex couples to marry]] anywhere in the United States, Ochs and her long-time partner Peg Preble were among the first same-sex couples to get legally married ([http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34665-2004May17.html A Carefully Considered Rush to the Altar]). Ironically, in an example of exactly the type of [[bisexual erasure]] she has spent much of her life fighting against, Ochs was publicly misidentified in the press as a [[lesbian]].
Ochs is the niece of late [[folk singer]] [[Phil Ochs]].
==See also==
*[[Bisexual Community]]
*[[Bisexual Resource Center]]
*[[Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World]]
==Selected bibliography==
====Books====
* [http://www.biresource.org/133 Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World]
====Anthologies====
* [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/catalog/data/978023113/9780231137249.HTM Becoming Visible: Counseling Bisexuals Across the Lifespan (Firestein, ed.)]
* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1555831745 Bi Any Other Name: Bisexuals Speak Out ([[Lani Ka'ahumanu|Kaahumanu]] & [[Loraine Hutchins|Hutchins]], ed.)]
* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1878067176 Closer to Home: Bisexuality & Feminism (Weise, ed.)]
* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0807079197 Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price (Blumenfeld, ed.)]
* Bisexuality: The Identity and Politics of an Invisible Minority (Firestein, ed.)
* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0767420896 Women: Images and Realities: A Multicultural Anthology (Kesselman, McNair, & Schniedewind, eds.)]
* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0815319207 Lesbian Histories and Cultures: An Encyclopedia (Zimmerman, ed.)]
* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0415926343 Readings for Diversity and Social Justice (ed. Adams, et al.)]
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.robynochs.com/ Robyn Ochs' website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/robynochs Robyn Ochs' MySpace page]
* [http://andrejkoymasky.com/liv/fam/bioo1/ochs1.html Robyn Ochs Famous GLTB People]
* [http://www.thepulsemag.com/Outtakes/prejudice.html Fighting Prejudice with Education by Sasha Hnatkovich The Pulse September 2005]
* [http://main.bisexual.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3241 Unstoppable and Always Learning:Robyn Ochs by Jon Pressick bisexual.com Apr 23, 2007]
* [http://www.baywindows.com/news/448376.html Robyn Ochs: Activist/Pioneer: Local leader to keynote second North American conference on bisexuality, by Ethan Jacobs in Bay Windows, 7/24/03]
* [http://www.lavendermagazine.com/this-issue/news-and-politics/bisexuality-and-the-space-between-binary-categories/ Bisexuality and the Space Between Binary Categories, by John Townsend in Lavender Magazine, June 2008]
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