Robyn Ochs, Keynote Speaker at Alphabet Soup 2007 Photo by Michael Grewe |
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Robyn Ochs is a long-time activist, professional speaker, and workshop leader. Her primary fields of interest are Identity and Coalition Building. She is the editor of the new, 42-country anthology Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World; and the quarterly newsletter, Bi Women. Robyn has taught courses on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) history and politics in the United States, and the experiences of those who transgress the binary categories of gay|straight, masculine|feminine, black|white and|or male|female. She has spoken at hundreds of colleges, universities, and conferences in the US and beyond, and is the recipient of numerous awards, most recently the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force Susan J. Hyde Activism Award and the Harvard Gay & Lesbian Caucus Lifetime Achievement Award.
Robyn's writings have been published in numerous bisexual, women's studies, multicultural, and GLBT anthologies, including: Bi Any Other Name: Bisexuals Speak Out (Kaahumanu & Hutchins, eds.); Closer to Home: Bisexuality & Feminism (Weise, ed.); Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price (Blumenfeld, ed.); Bisexuality: Identity and Politics of an Invisible Minority (Firestein, ed.); Becoming Visible: Counseling Bisexuals Across the Lifespan (Firestein, ed.); Women: Images and Realities: A Multicultural Anthology (Kesselman, McNair, & Schniedewind, eds.); Lesbian Histories and Cultures: An Encyclopedia (Zimmerman, ed.), Readings for Diversity and Social Justice (ed. Adams, et al.) and Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World (editions in Chinese and Spanish are forthcoming).
She has appeared on a number of talk shows, including Donohue, Rolanda, Maury Povich, Women Aloud, Real Personal, Hour Magazine and the Shirley Show (Canada); and in Seventeen and Newsweek.
Robyn lives in Boston, Massachusetts and on May 17, 2004 — the first day it was legal to do so — she married Peg Preble, her long-time partner.
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