Are you coming to this year’s BiCon bisexual conference? If you are, and you’re planning to bring children or young people under 16 with you, you need to register by 14 May, as parents with children are housed off-site. If you register after this date the organisers warn that they may not be able...
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No surprises that same-sex marriage is not in today’s Queen’s Speech. With a government consultation ongoing it would probably have been inappropriate to publish a bill at this stage, and comments in recent days from Ministers had made it clear it wouldn’t be there. Whether the reform comes in next year’s Queen’s Speech or...
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The third BiReCon conference on bisexuality research is just three months away now – on 9th August 2012. A day later the annual BiCon conference begins – a yearly gathering of bi and bifriendly people with a much broader programme. Held in Bradford the day before BiCon begins, the BiReCon conference brings together academics...
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Bisexual magazine Bi Community News has confirmed today that its subscription prices will be forced to rise following this week’s leap in the price of postage. BCN told us: “The additional postage costs will add about a pound to every subscription, and our margins just aren’t big enough to absorb that after last year’s...
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BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour this morning had bisexuality as one of its topical topics, following on from stories claiming popster Jessie J is really a lesbian and not bisexual. The author of a new biography claims people around Jessie believed being bi was a fashion statement which would increase her marketability compared to...
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From time to time we have comments posted to BiMedia stories, which either in their words or in an attached link are promoting this or that bisexual dating site. Sometimes there’s a connection between dating and the subject of the story it’s a comment on… but, well, let’s just say “not always”. For the...
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Tuesday is the first of May and the month kicks off in Manchester with the regular monthly meeting of local bi group BiPhoria. They meet in the city centre at the Lesbian & Gay Foundation building on Richmond Street, from 7:30pm – 9:30pm. This is followed by adjourning to a nearby Canal Street bar...
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Tuesday is the first of May and the month kicks off in Wales with Bi Cardiff’s regular monthly meeting. They meet in the city centre from 6:30pm – 8:30pm followed by a social open to partners and friends of group members – for more details, email bicardiff@yahoo.co.uk or see the Bi Cardiff website.
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London will host a BiFest this summer! London BiFest is an annual* festival exploring and celebrating bisexuality, open to bi and bifriendly folk alike. It will be held on the first weekend of World Pride, and provides space for bi and bi-friendly people to run workshops, play games and socialise. The 2012 London BiFest...
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Are you getting your regular fix of bi news and opinion through the post? The UK’s leading bisexual magazine, Bi Community News, drops through letterboxes across the land every two months. A little bird tells us that BCN’s prices are likely to go up soon cos of the postage price rise due to come...
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