Gigi Raven Wilbur


Gigi Raven Wilbur is an American bisexual rights activist and writer. Additionally she has been active in the BDSM community for over twenty years. She has a bachelor's degree in philosophy and a master's degree in social work.

Career and activism

Wilbur was a state organizer in Texas with a bisexuality radio show, and a coordinator for BiNet USA. In 1999, the first Celebrate Bisexuality Day was organized by her, Wendy Curry, and Michael Page; to quote Wendy Curry, "We were sitting around at one of the annual bi conventions, venting and someone, I think it was Gigi said we should have a party. We all loved the great bisexual, Freddie Mercury. His birthday was in September, so why not Sept? We wanted a weekend day to ensure the most people would do something. Gigi's birthday was Sept 23rd. It fell on a weekend day, so poof! We had a day."
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In 1999, Wilbur was awarded the American Institute of Bisexuality Globe Award for outstanding service to the bisexual world community.

Personal life

As of 2008, she lives in Houston, Texas, and is the coordinator of the adult campground and the sex-positive Temple of Aphrodite at Dragons Wylde Ranch.
Wilbur is intersex, and has said she identifies as third gender, neither male nor female. Wilbur stated in a 2008 interview, "my birth gender was altered shortly after I was born... I am hermaphrodite. That is my true gender."

Selected works

She is the author of The Dominant's Handbook: An Intimate Guide to BDSM Play, and published the essay "Walking in the Shadows: Third Gender and Spirituality" in Trans/Forming Feminism, Trans-feminist Voices Speak Out, edited by Krista Scott-Dixon. As of 2008, she publishes a column in the pagan publication Rogue Moon.