Bisexual Killjoy: A 2025 Year in Review

Bailey & Jace are building bi+ community, expanding resources, answering bi+ advice letters, and setting the foundation for their work in 2026.

Happy New Year’s Eve!

We knew 2026 was going to be a bi+ year the moment we realized New Year’s Eve fell on a Wednesday, the most liminal day of the week (and our favorite). If that’s not bisexual timing, we don’t know what is.

Looking back on 2025, we’re proud of a lot of things. We launched our online community through Discord, and started offering more juicy content for y’all here on the Substack. This means that we’ve gotten to share with all of you so much more than just our research-based podcast. We’ve begun crafting a meaningful Bisexual Killjoy community that’s ready to grow into even more beautiful things.

Our volunteer Transcript Team spent the year transcribing past episodes so they could function as usable resources rather than disappearing into audio archives. This wasn’t glamorous work, but it was necessary and we deeply appreciate the contributions of our team!

At the same time, our Research & Development Team began assembling a growing body of bi+ resources and media. This wasn’t about creating a definitive list or positioning ourselves as gatekeepers (we hope you know how we feel about that at this point). It was about addressing a familiar problem: bi+ people are constantly told to “do their research,” and then handed nothing but scraps. We wanted better tools on the table for everyone to enjoy.

We also answered over a dozen Give It to Me Bi+ advice column submissions this year. These weren’t edge cases or anomalies. They reflected patterns like coming-out later in life, navigating queer spaces that weren’t built for them, and the quiet erosion that happens when your identity is treated as provisional. We take those letters seriously because they reflect how bisexuality+ actually shows up in people’s lives.

In addition to our regularly scheduled programming, we hosted 9 “Spill the Tea” episode debriefs where we share all the juicy details that went into producing the latest episode, and everyone who attends gets a chance to ask questions or suggest a topic to discuss.

Outside our own platforms, we presented a workshop at the International Bisexual Research Conference on what it looks like to listen to the bi+ community when we articulate our needs. That work sits at the center of Bisexual Killjoy’s approach: research and advocacy that begins with lived experience and refuses to abstract it away.

This year, we were recognized with the 2025 Bee Hero Award by the Bisexual Resource Center. We don’t treat that as a personal achievement, though it is nice. We understand it as recognition of a broader orientation toward bi+ work: one that prioritizes accountability to community over visibility to those outside of our community.

It’s been a busy year for us Killjoys, and we’re proud that we’ve kept the bi+ community front and center. We have kept our sights set on the importance of Bisexual Killjoy being a community project, and that means putting community first.

In an era of escalating surveillance and data extraction, we’ve made intentional decisions that run counter to how most online spaces operate. We don’t use Facebook groups, Instagram broadcast channels, or Substack messaging for community building. We don’t record live events. We don’t ask people to hand over personal details to belong. We want people to be able to speak honestly without worrying about screenshots, receipts, or unintended audiences.

No online community is entirely safeguarded in terms of complete data protection. The very nature of online communications necessitates relatively easeful transfer of data. Still, we have done (and will continue to do) our best to balance privacy and accessibility in a way that protects our community.

As we move into 2026, we’re excited to continue building ways for bi+ community to thrive. We have plenty of plans cooking, and big goals to manifest.

None of this happens without the people who show up, contribute, question, and stay. Your support doesn’t fuel us emotionally; it sustains the work materially and intellectually. If you’d like to help us support this bi+ work, our fundraiser for other bi+ organizations is still running. Help bi+ volunteers ring in the new year!

More is coming. We’ll share specifics soon.

But what won’t change is this: Bisexual Killjoy will continue to operate with bi+ ambition, audacity, and a refusal to make ourselves smaller for the sake of comfort.

With Killjoy determination,
Bailey & Jace