Welcome to episode 256 of the Sexology Podcast! Today I am delighted to welcome Dr. Mimi Hoang (she/her) to the podcast. In this episode, we discuss the common misconceptions around bisexual people, the pressures bisexual people face when getting into a same-sex relationship and looking at the ways in which Dr. Mimi has helped uplift the bisexual community. 

 

Dr. Mimi Hoang (she/her) is an internationally-recognized psychologist, educator, author, and grassroots activist specializing in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual (LGBTQ+) and Asian Pacific Islander (API) communities. Since the 1990s, she has co-founded three organizations in Los Angeles for bisexual, pansexual, fluid, and other nonmonosexual (AKA "bi+") individuals, authored multiple publications, and earned a seat at the landmark 2013 White House Bisexual Community Roundtable.  

  

Dr. Mimi's steadfast leadership has earned her multiple awards, a feature in Jan Dee Gordon's LGBTQ of Steel photography book, and being named “One of the Most Significant Women in the Bisexual Movement.” She currently works as a Staff Psychologist at Loyola Marymount University (LMU), Clinical Supervisor of the LGBTQIA+ Affirmative Therapy Center at Airport Marina Counseling Services, and is the creator of the "Bi on Life" self-empowerment series and Bi+ Women's Space, a virtual support group for bi+ women in Los Angeles. 

  

In this episode, you will hear: 

  

• How Dr. Mimi became interested in this line of work  
• The ways in which Dr. Mimi has helped uplift the bi community  
• Overcoming the mental health challenges around coming out as bi-sexual  
• How many people try to invalidate bisexuality as a pathway to becoming gay or lesbian  
• How the percentage of people in the US identifying as LGBTQ+ has doubled since 2012 
• Looking at the common misconceptions around bisexual people  
• Why it’s important to understand that bisexuality is not experimentation 
• The pressures bisexual people face when getting into a same sex relationship 
• Recommendations for communities and support groups for bisexual people  

 

Find Dr. Mimi Hoang Online 

https://www.drmimihoang.com  

 

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