Overview

• Observed each September 23, the day is also known as Bi Visibility Day.
• The commemoration was established at the 1999 ILGA conference in Johannesburg, with parallel events held in Boston.
• U.S. activists Wendy Curry, Michael Page and Gigi Raven Wilbur led the effort to launch the global observance.
• The date references Freddie Mercury’s birth month and coincides with Gigi Raven Wilbur’s birthday on September 23.
• Amnesty International reports that people perceived as bisexual face abuses including violence, torture and mistreatment in detention, and discrimination in healthcare.