From September 16 to 23, the LGBTQ+ community marks Bisexual Awareness Week, closing with Bi Visibility Day on September 23. It’s a week dedicated to the bi+ community: bisexual, pansexual, queer, and fluid folks who are too often told to pick a side or pushed to the margins of their own community. At Anthem, Downtown Orlando’s LGBTQ+ bar, there’s no side to pick. You belong here, fully, exactly as you are.
Bi erasure is real, and visibility is the answer
Bi+ people make up a large share of the LGBTQ+ community, yet they routinely face erasure from both straight and queer spaces, the tired “it’s just a phase” or “pick one.” Bisexual Awareness Week exists to push back on exactly that: to say bi+ identities are real, valid, and worth celebrating out loud. Visibility isn’t a luxury; it’s how a community stops feeling invisible.
A space with no caveats
Anthem was built as a sanctuary for the whole community: every letter, every identity, every kind of love. Whether you’re bringing a different date than last month, still figuring out the language for who you are, or proudly waving the pink-purple-blue, this is your room. We reclaimed the pink triangle as a symbol of resilience, and that resilience includes bi+ people who’ve had to fight to be seen.
Celebrate Bi Week at Anthem
Bi Visibility Day lands midweek this year, so make the whole week count. Come out for Happy Hour, a drag show, or just a night where nobody asks you to explain yourself:
- Happy Hour, weekdays 3 to 7 PM, Saturday 3 to 5 and Sunday 2 to 4, with Power Hour 3 to 4 on weekdays for the best prices of the day.
- Drag and DJs all week, there’s something on every night.
- A crowd that gets it, proudly, loudly inclusive.
You don’t owe anyone an explanation
This Bisexual Awareness Week, take up space. Watch this week’s events, learn more about who we are, and come celebrate a community that deserves to be seen every day of the year. Learn more about the week through GLAAD’s #BiWeek.
Live loud, love proud. Anthem, 100 N Orange Ave, Downtown Orlando.
