As the new month begins, the bi social diary kicks off with bi bi baby in Romford tonight. Tomorrow it’s the London bi coffee meet, and the Brighton bi coffee meet, both starting at 3pm. Tuesday is social & support group BiPhoria in Manchester, meeting at the LGF, and the day after Bi Glasgow...
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With five months to go to 2011′s biggest bi event, BiCon, BiMedia will be bringing you news over the coming weeks of what the organisers have got in store. BiCon is an annual long-weekend gathering for bisexual people, their friends, partners and anyone with a supportive interest in bisexuality. There are discussion groups and...
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Plans to lift the ban on couples registering civil partnerships in religious settings in England and Wales were announced in February. The government has now invited views on how plans to lift a ban on civil partnerships taking place in religious settings will work in practice. The consultation, launched today, looks at how this...
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London LGBT charity Kairos in Soho have launched a new annual publication, The London Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans (LGBT) Voluntary and Community Sector Almanac. This half-inch-thick tome brings community group information alongside an overview of those community groups, how they are funded, who runs them, what they do and who they reach. It...
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Manchester bisexual project BiPhoria have launched a new publication looking at bisexual people’s experiences of mental health and interacting with NHS provision. The six-page guide offers advice for service providers and real-life stories of bi people’s experiences, as well as information about research on bisexuality and mental health, and listings for those who want...
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The National Union of Students’ annual LGBT conference in May will discuss bisexuality – and specifically, the way bisexuality is exploited in sexist advertising. The motion tabled for discussion reads: 405 Bisexuality – Sexism in Raunch Culture Conference Believes: 1. That many members of our campaign define as bisexual or as being attracted to...
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This year’s shortlist in the Lammy Awards, America’s LGBT book prizes, has been published. As last year there are now two bi categories (fiction and non-fiction). Winners will be announced on 26th May. The shortlisted titles are: Bisexual Fiction * Fall Asleep Forgetting by Georgann Packard, The Permanent Press * If You Follow Me...
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The government is to make an announcement “in the near future”regarding the ban on bisexual and gay men, and their female partners, donating blood, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health Anne Milton MP told the House of Commons today. She said, “I understand that there has been a lot of concern that the...
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LGBT Equalities Minister, Lynne Featherstone MP, today launched a new Government campaign to tackle bullying and discrimination against LGBT people in sport. Major sports organisations, such as the Football Association, the London Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games and the Rugby Football League, have signed up to a Charter for Action in...
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Manchester Pride talks to local bi project BiPhoria about coming out as bisexual and what the group gets up to, on the Pride blog today. Read what they have to say here. BiPhoria was recently shortlisted for the Pink Paper’s LGBT community group of the year award.
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