BiUK and Bi Community News have produced guidance for researchers working on and around bisexuality. Frequently at BiMedia we get contacts from academics and researchers wanting to find subjects to interview about being bi. We know other bi projects in the UK do too, and imagine the same goes for bi organisations overseas. When...
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Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender History Month begins today with events all across the UK over the coming 29 days (it’s a leap year so we get that little bit more history this time!) Last year there were two bi-specific events that we know of (in London and Manchester) celebrating bi history, but this...
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LGB campaign group Stonewall have launched two postcards highlighting the growing campaign for same-sex marriage – and we’re delighted to report the cards reflect that many people who would like to marry a member of the same sex aren’t gay or lesbian. Stonewall say: “We … want to see civil marriage available to same-sex...
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Oxford’s first BiFest in 2010 was an excellent day out with lots of bi and bifriendly people and a packed programme of discussion spaces, dancing and more. That set the bar high so perhaps it’s no wonder it has taken 2 years for another Oxford BiFest to come together! But we’re delighted to report...
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A new press campaign urges us to remember charities working in and for the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities in our wills. Under the slogan “It’s Good To Give” the ads encourage people to remember LGBT charities in their will. Paul Martin OBE, Chief Executive of Manchester’s Lesbian & Gay Foundation says: “It...
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The lack of funding of bi-specific work is highlighted in a new piece in the Huffington Post by Amy Andre. While the figures are specific to the USA, the findings seem likely to have strong parallels in the UK. The news report contrasts figures for work tackling lesbian, gay, bi and trans issues in...
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This summer’s UK bisexual research & academics conference has issued its Call for Papers: Call For Papers BiReCon 2012: Bisexuality and mental healthPlease circulate Research suggests that bisexual people are more likely to experience depression, anxiety, self-harm and suicidality than lesbian, gay or heterosexual people. Biphobia and bisexual invisibility can mean that if bi...
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Tis the season to write reviews of the year, so jumping on a bandwagon for once… Our bi year highlights: * The biggest UK BiCon ever with 297 people over four days in Leicester * Bi Visibility Day on 23rd September having a bigger profile than ever – Bi Day website september23 reported double...
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Earlier this week we reported on the Equality Network’s meetings to discuss the proposals for changes to the law on partnership recognition in Scotland. As well as those meetings there is now an online questionnaire – which you can fill in here. Same-sex marriage has been legalised in the Netherlands (2001), Belgium (2003), Spain...
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The Scottish Government are currently consulting on whether to introduce same-sex marriage in Scotland; as we know the anti-equality lobby will mobilise to try and keep discrimination entrenched, it’s important that the views of bisexual people are heard. The Equality Network will be hosting five special LGBT consultation events in partnership with the Scottish...
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