Bi and bye.

Thanks for publishing an interview with bi and out-of-the-closet former congressman Michael Huffington ["Michael Huffington: The Long-awaited Advocate Interview," June 6]. Bisexuality is frequently misunderstood by both straight and gay people, and some of those people react with fear and disgust. But bi people are here to stay, and the GLBT community needs to accept them as our brothers and sisters. Speaking of brothers and sisters, transgender people like me do consider ourselves a part of the GLBT community, but we are often overlooked, misunderstood, and even hated by other members of the GLBT community. Yes, we are very different when it comes to gender and gender expression, but that's what makes us a part of the GLBT community. We need to band together--queer, gay, bi, tranny, les, and straight allies--if we ever want equality for all humankind.

DANI P. Portland, Ore.

In 1992, California Republican and oil heir Michael Huffington paid more than $5 million in inherited money for his one and only term in the House of Representatives--the most expensive congressional campaign before or since. Then in 1994, to trump his uneventful two-year stint as a lawmaker, Huffington anted up about $28 million to unseat Democratic senator Dianne Feinstein, again smashing the charts as the most expensive nonpresidential campaign in history. This time he lost, proving at least one point: Even a bad politician can't spend his way into office.

Now we hear that he is on another spending spree--funding a homemade movie advocating acceptance of bisexuals, a public persona he assumed in 1998 after his infamous bust-up with celebrity pundit and blogger Arianna. I have a simple request for Michael: Will you shut up and get lost? Most gays are already sick to death of trying to scrutinize how the heterosexual longings of so-called bisexuals have anything to do with our campaign for civil equality. For that, the gay community needs Huffington and his hedonistic spending habits like a hole in the head.

DOUG RODGERS Atlanta, Ga.

Quick pick: Which sounds the most boring? (1) Reading about a movie flogging the travails of bisexuality, from the unique perspective of Michael Huffington, known heretofore only for two spectacular losses: his obscenely expensive Senate campaign against Dianne Feinstein and his 11-year marriage with politically progressive diva Arianna. (2) Watching said movie. (3) Watching paint dry.

DAMON HAWYER Chattanooga, Tenn.