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Bi film scoops $60,000 prize

July 9, 2010
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Bi film scoops $60,000 prize

Bi-themed film Heartbeats won the Sydney Film Prize at the 2010 Sydney Film Festival. Sydney Film Festival Jury President, Jan Chapman, announced Heartbeats as the winner of the 2010 Sydney Film Prize at the State Theatre during the closing gala of the Festival. “The Sydney Film Prize is awarded to Heartbeats directed by Xavier...
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Derby Pride

July 9, 2010
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Derby Pride

It’s Derby Pride tomorrow – a smaller Pride so not as crowded as London or Brighton. There will be a bi stall – drop by, say hello, even help out for a while if you can! Marching in the parade will happen if there are enough of us. More information about Derby Pride is...
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23/9: time to plan!

July 8, 2010
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23/9: time to plan!

July may have only just arrived but Bi Visibility Day (September 23rd) is just a few short weeks away, so it’s time to start making plans for any awareness-raising events or even just plain social get-togethers. Last year saw a record-breaking level of activity, but there’s no reason why this year there can’t be...
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Wordy bi bird

July 8, 2010
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Wordy bi bird

Bi Community News columnist Libby Baxter-Williams will be among a lineup of promising new women poets giving readings in Streatham, London tonight. She is a fledgling “word bird”: her writing tutor has called her ‘the new Wendy Cope’ and she hopes one day to live up to such wonderful praise. Libby splits her time...
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Book your bed for BiCon

July 7, 2010
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Book your bed for BiCon

The accommodation booking deadline for this year’s BiCon international bisexual conference has been extended to 23 July. The organisers point out they now have lots of extra bedrooms available too. Register now, and you still have several weeks to pay before the event. Find out more here.
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Spare some change for bi visibility?

July 7, 2010
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Spare some change for bi visibility?

UK bi visibility & campaign group Bisexual Index need fresh donations to keep up their valuable work. It’s half-way through the 2010 Pride season and they’ve run out of resources to distribute: can you help? The say: “Bisexual visibility costs, and right now’s when … we run out of funds. Buy a shirt or...
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Bis in Unison

July 5, 2010
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Bis in Unison

The trades union Unison’s LGBT wing will be holding a meeting for bisexual members on Friday 23 July, from 10.30am –1pm, in London. To find out more email out@unison.co.uk or call – in confidence – on 020 7551 1799.
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London Pride: Bis On The March

June 30, 2010
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Come to London Pride this Saturday – bi-ing up a delightful opportunity to take over London’s streets! The bi group in the parade will be meeting at the corner of Baker Street and Dorset Street, around 12.30 – parade moves off at 1pm. Here’s a map of the route of the parade. You don’t...
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Me & Her & Him – in Brum

June 28, 2010
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Me & Her & Him – in Brum

Birmingham project Healthy Gay Life have a short series of workshops for bi people lined up for July. “Me & Her & Him!” will give bis a space to talk about bisexual lives with other bisexual people and their partners. You’ll get to explore sexual relationships and discuss feelings about how to manage bisexual...
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Welsh Makeover

June 26, 2010
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The all Wales network for bisexual people and people who think they may be bi, BiWales, has a new website with an address that’ll be much easier to remember. The new site has a very different look too, without the acid colours of the old one. Take a look and update your bisexual bookmarks...
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