The Importance of Bi+ Inclusion in LGBTQ Law and Policy Work

Nancy Marcus

Stevenson 101
8:30 AM

Marcus, an out bisexual lawyer, will address the importance of bi+ inclusion in LGBTQ rights advocacy while also addressing the reciprocal problem and harms of bi+ erasures in LGBTQ law and policy work. Bisexuals’ time for meaningful inclusion in LGBTQ-rights discourse and advocacy is both long-overdue and essential to the protection of liberty for all LGBTQ people. She is the “Legally Bi” columnist for bi.org; co-founder of BiLaw, the national legal organization; author of numeous articles on LGBTQ rights, bisexual jurisprudence, constitutional law, racial justice, and other issues; and has held a number of leadership positions in the LGBTQ movement. She grew up in Memphis, where she rejected efforts to turn her into a southern belle.