15 Facts About Robyn Ochs

Robyn Ochs was born on 1958 and is an American bisexual activist, professional speaker, and workshop leader.

Robyn Ochs is the editor of the Bisexual Resource Guide, Bi Women Quarterly, and the anthology Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World.

Robyn Ochs has appeared on a number of television talk shows, including Donahue, Rolanda, Maury Povich, Women Aloud, Real Personal, Hour Magazine and The Shirley Show, to discuss issues relating to bisexuality.

Robyn Ochs has a Bachelor of Arts in Language and Culture, Latin American Studies from the State University of New York, Purchase.

Robyn Ochs has taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Johnson State College, and Tufts University.

Robyn Ochs worked as an administrator at Harvard University from 1983 until she retired in 2009.

Robyn Ochs helped found the Boston Bisexual Network in 1983, and the Bisexual Resource Center in 1985.

Robyn Ochs has served on the Board of Directors of MassEquality, Massachusetts's statewide equality organization, from 2004 to 2016.

Robyn Ochs has written frequently on bisexuality and LGBT rights and her writings have been published in numerous bisexual, women's studies, multicultural and LGBT anthologies.

Robyn Ochs received the 2011 Brenda Howard Award at the Queens NYC PFLAG chapter's annual awards luncheon on February 5,2012.

On June 13,2015, Robyn Ochs received the City of Cambridge's GLBT Commission's annual recognition award for her work as an educator and activist.

On October 16,2024, Robyn Ochs was recognized as an LGBT History Month Icon.

When early news reports spoke of the marriage as a "lesbian wedding", Robyn Ochs objected strongly to being classified as a lesbian rather than a bisexual.

In follow-up news coverage, Robyn Ochs publicly denounced this as an example of exactly the type of bisexual erasure she has been calling attention to for much of her life.

Robyn Ochs is the daughter of music producer and radio host Sonny Ochs and niece of folk singer Phil Ochs.