| Contents |
Introduction. "Outside belonging": an introduction to the women, their men, and the research ; "Border women and their border men": some theories, definitions, and debates framing the research ; "You know, the old Kinsey scale": women talk about their partners' bisexualities ; "I have a sexuality too": women discussing their own sexualities -- The journeys. "Starting out knowing": negotiating the beginning of the relationship ; "Changing course midstream": from closet to confrontation ; "We've arrived where we started and know the place for the first time": women reflecting on 'staying the course' or 'splitting up' -- Mapping the landscape. "New rules, no rules, old rules or our rules": women designing MOREs with their partners ; "The problem is that he's a man, not that he's bisexual": women discussing masculinity, misogyny, privilege, and power ; "What do we tell the kids?": women talk about bisexual fathers ; "Spreading disease with the greatest of ease": negotiating sexual health issues -- Border dwelling as outsides belonging. "Minute by minute maneuvering": navigating the Heteroworld ; "Ewww, girl germs": women's experiences and perceptions of homonormativity ; "The priest told him to marry me and he'd go straight": bordering religion and spirituality in MOREs ; "It's a matter of family honor and shame": negotiating ethnic and racial identities and community codes ; "When your relationship isn't recognized by relationship services": misrepresentations and erasures in health services -- Not just belonging but blooming in the borderlands. "A door that hasn't been opened": women's final words for future women. |
