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Here's Liz Highleyman's article on the NY Times bi study controversy, which appeared in Bay Area Reporter on 7/14/05. Liz emails: “They gave it front-page above-the-fold coverage, and it includes photos of Fritz Klein & Ron Suresha. Unfortunately BAR does not have a web site (but they're “working on it”). Thanks to everyone who helped with materials, comments, and sources.”

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Bi Community Blasts Bailey Study
by Liz Highleyman

The bisexual community and LGBT advocacy groups last week denounced a sensationalistic news story about a psychological study casting doubt on the validity of male bisexual attraction.

The study, “Sexual Arousal Patterns of Bisexual Men,” by Gerulf Rieger and colleagues from Northwestern University…..

Published by Ron Suresha

Ron Jackson Suresha is an editor, anthologist, and writer. He is considered an authority on emergent queer masculinities, in particular the subcultures of gay and bi male Bears and of male bisexuality. For Ron's service to the bear community, he was named "Bear of the Year" 2008. Born in Detroit, Michigan, Suresha attended the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, 1976-8), where he studied creative writing, and Vista College (Berkeley, Cal., 1989-92), where he studied American Sign Language. For more than two decades, he has worked as a freelance proofreader for trade book publishers such as Shambhala Publications. He was married in October 2004 to Rocco Russo. He is also a licensed Justice of the Peace in Connecticut, an ordained minister, ULC, and a member of the New London Green Party. Nonfiction works include Bears on Bears: Interviews & Discussions; Bi Men: Coming Out (coeditor, with Pete Chvany); Bisexual Perspectives on the Life and Work of Alfred C. Kinsey (editor). His latest book is The Uncommon Sense of the Immortal Mullah Nasruddin: Stories, jests, and donkey tales of the beloved Persian folk hero, published by Lethe Press.