Loraine Hutchins
Loraine Hutchins | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1948 |
| Died | November 2025 (aged 77) |
| Occupation | Author, editor in chief, cultural critic and academic |
| Nationality | American |
| Period | Late 20th/early 21st century |
| Genre | Books, essays, magazine articles |
| Subject | Feminism, bisexuality |
| Literary movement | Feminism and LGBT rights movement |
| Notable works | Bi Any Other Name |
| Website | |
| lorainehutchins | |
Loraine Hutchins (1948 – November 2025) was an American bisexual and feminist author, activist, and sex educator.[1][2]
Life and career
Hutchins rose to prominence as co-editor (with Lani Kaʻahumanu) of Bi Any Other Name, an anthology that is one of the seminal books in the bisexual rights movement.[3][4] Hutchins contributed the pieces "Letting Go: An Interview with John Horne" and "Love That Kink" to that anthology.[5] After the anthology was forced to compete in the Lambda Literary Awards under the category "Lesbian Anthology", and Directed by Desire: Collected Poems, a posthumous collection of the bisexual poet June Jordan’s work, had to compete (and won) in the category "Lesbian Poetry", BiNet USA led the bisexual community in a multi-year campaign eventually resulting in the addition of a Bisexual category, starting with the 2006 Awards.
She was a graduate of The Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality's Sexological Bodyworkers Certification Training program. She taught Intro to Women's Studies, Intro to LGBT Studies, Women's Health, and Health Issues in Sexuality at two different campuses in the Washington, D.C., area.[1]
In June 2006 Hutchins delivered the keynote address at the Ninth International Conference On Bisexuality, Gender And Sexual Diversity (9ICB).[6]
In October 2009, Hutchins was honored as a "Community Pioneer" by the Rainbow History Project in Washington, D.C., for her activist work.[7]
In November 2025, it was announced that Hutchins had died at the age of 77.[8][9][10][11]
Selected bibliography
Books
- Bi Any Other Name: Bisexual People Speak Out co-edited with Lani Kaʻahumanu (1991)
- Sexuality Religion and the Sacred: Bisexual Pansexual and Polysexual co-edited with H. Sharif Williams (2012)
- Some Women, edited by Laura Antoniou (Hutchins did not edit this book, but contributed "Letter to David".)[12] (1995)
References
- ^ a b "About Loraine Hutchins". Archived from the original on February 12, 2012.
- ^ "About Loraine Hutchins Profile".
- ^ Bisexual Movements Archived August 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine glbtq.com.
- ^ "A Brief History of the Bisexual Movement by Liz A. Highleyman". Archived from the original on September 26, 2007.
- ^ "b i · a n y · o t h e r · n a m e".
- ^ ""A Slippery Slice of The Rainbow," Xtra".
- ^ "Dr. Loraine Hutchins · Community Pioneers: Creators of DC's LGBTQ Communities · Rainbow History Project Digital Collections".
- ^ Ring, Trudy (November 21, 2025). "Remembering the groundbreaking bisexual activist and author Loraine Hutchins". Advocate. Retrieved November 24, 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Weisberger, Jason (November 24, 2025). "Loraine Hutchins has died. She gave bisexual activism its name, shape, and sass". Boing Boing. Retrieved November 24, 2025.
- ^ "Remembering Loraine Hutchins: Trailblazer for Bisexual Visibility and Justice | EDGE United States". EDGE Media Network. EDGE Media Network. November 22, 2025. Retrieved November 24, 2025.
- ^ Villarreal, Daniel (November 24, 2025). "Groundbreaking bisexual activist Loraine Hutchins passes away at age 81". LGBTQ Nation. Retrieved November 25, 2025.
- ^ Some women (Book, 1995). [WorldCat.org]. OCLC 34697142.