Robyn Ochs 4308314 223707648 2008-07-05T10:59:02Z User0529 7280847 bi footer {{Infobox revolution biography |name = Robyn Ochs |lived = |dateofbirth = [[1958]] |placeofbirth = |dateofdeath = |placeofdeath = |image = [[Image:Robyn Ochs Front.jpg|200px]] | |caption = Robyn Ochs| |alternate name = |spouse = Peg Preble |children = |movement = [[Gay rights|LGBT rights movement]]| |organizations = Boston Bisexual Network and [[Bisexual Resource Center]] | |Political Affiliation = |monuments = |prizes = |religion = |influences = |influenced = |footnotes = editor of the Bisexual Resource Guide, Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World }} '''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 | last = Ochs | first = Robyn | author-link = | last2 = | first2 = | author2-link = | title = Robyn Ochs Teaching | date = | year = | url = http://www.robynochs.com/teaching/teaching.html | accessdate = 2008-02-25}}</ref> Her writings have been published in numerous [[bisexual]], [[women's studies]], [[multicultural]] and LGBT [[anthologies]]<ref>{{Citation | last = Ochs | first = Robyn | author-link = | last2 = | first2 = | author2-link = | title = About Robyn Ochs | date = | year = | url = http://www.robynochs.com/speaking/speaking.html | accessdate = 2008-02-25}}</ref>. 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== <references/> ==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] {{Bi footer}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ochs, Robyn}} [[Category:American activists]] [[Category:Bisexual rights activists]] [[Category:Bisexual speakers]] [[Category:Bisexual writers]] [[Category:LGBT rights activists from the United States]] [[Category:LGBT writers from the United States]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People from Queens]] [[de:Robyn Ochs]]