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Citing her personal experiences, bisexual activist and author Lorraine Hutchins warned against labeling and oversimplification in the gay, lesbian and bisexual movement at a speech before an audience of about 30 in Harvard Hall last night.
Hutchins, whose speech was entitled "Bi Aloud, Bi And Proud--Transcending the Limits of Identity Politics and Binary Thinking to Create Queer Family Values for Everyone," is the co-editor of Bi Any Other Name, a collection of essays and literary pieces by bisexuals, and is a longtime activist for...
"All choices can be equally respected," Hutchins said. "One choice doesn't have to be good and one choice doesn't have to be bad."
Hutchins applauded the achievements of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans-gender movements. But she warned against gay-rights activism becoming fragmented.
"I am not going to follow...any movement that says, 'Here's another little box that we're going to divide up the world with," Hutchins said. "There is beauty in diversity."