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		<title>BiCon Adrift</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:14:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The theme for the Ball at this year&#8217;s biggest bi event has been announced -and this time BiCon is all at sea. &#8220;You are cordially invited aboard the HMS BiCon for a sea-faring adventure that’s naughty-cal, but nice!&#8221; say the organisers. &#8220;Help us celebrate the 30th UK BiCon with an oceanic party of DJs, kids’ party games and dancing way into the night. &#8220;Shiver your timbers at Pirate Cove, practice slow-motion running on Baywatch Beach, risk your life in shark-infested waters, sing a sea shanty on the deck or have your cake and eat it at the Captain’s table.&#8221; We&#8217;re land-lubbers at BiMedia but we do like to have our cake and eat it. What&#8217;s the point of cake any other way? If you&#8217;ve still got your cossie from the BiCon Beach Party in 2004, it might just do. Or come as you are: costumery is entirely optional. BiCon will be in Bradford from 9th-13th August.]]></description>
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		<title>Research Call-out</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:32:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This summer&#8217;s UK bisexual research &#38; 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 people seek help from health professionals and therapists they are not always well supported. However it is also clear that many bisexual people experience benefits to their mental wellbeing from being bi, such as a sense of independence, self-awareness and authenticity and an ability to develop identities and relationships without restrictions. In this conference we aim to explore both mental health problems and mental wellbeing for bisexual people.BiReCon is a conference for anyone with an interest in contributing to, or finding out about, current work on bisexuality. The conference aims to bring together academics, professionals, activists, and the bisexual community. It is organised by BiUK and is held every two years – see the BiUK website for information about past BiReCons. This year it will take place on Thursday 9th August 2012 at Bradford University. We invite papers and workshop sessions on these and other related themes: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>That was 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 08:36:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tis the season to write reviews of the year, so jumping on a bandwagon for once&#8230; 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 &#8211; Bi Day website september23 reported double the traffic they had in 2010 (and two bi events marking LGBT History Month &#8211; not a lot, but twice the previous best!) * Good bi coverage from Auntie for once as Tom Robinson talked bi past and bi present on Radio 4 * That New York Times headline breaking the shock news that Bisexual Men Exist. * Bi community activists being invited to Obama&#8217;s White House LGBT reception (sadly the same didn&#8217;t seem to happen over here for Number 10&#8242;s LGBT shin-dig) * Jessie J as an out bi woman sweeping the boards at the Mobo awards * Bristol BiVisible launching Greedy, the first regular bi club night in the UK since the Fencesitter&#8217;s Ball closed down * Manchester BiPhoria launching Getting Bi In A Gay/Straight World, a very pretty and pocketable publication * Four people presented with Cake Awards recognising their work in and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bi New Year&#8217;s Resolutions?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:26:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking for a new year&#8217;s resolution in time for the chimes of Big Ben tomorrow? Local bi group in Manchester, BiPhoria, have sent out their New Year circular to people they&#8217;ve met at their outreach stalls &#8211; with three suggestions. Maybe you&#8217;ll want to take one of them up! * going along to a bi group &#8211; there are groups in Manchester, Bristol, Swansea, Sheffield, London, Edinburgh, Birmingham and so forth; see the UK bi calendar. * booking for BiCon, the year&#8217;s biggest bi event &#8211; this summer in Bradford and bookings are now open. * subscribing to bi magazine BCN. Whether you take up one, all or none of them &#8211; a happy new year to you]]></description>
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		<title>Bookings open for Yorkshire&#8217;s first BiCon</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 09:03:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BiCon 2012 today opened bookings for the biggest event in the bisexual calendar. With prices for the five day residential event starting at just £135 including accommodation, attendance is expected to be high: 2011&#8242;s BiCon set a new record attendance for a UK bi event. Libby, one of the pair heading the team this year, told us: “Bradford is a vibrant city with strong history of involvement in the LGBT community, so it&#8217;s great to be take the event there for the first time.” BiCon 2012 will be held at Bradford University, 9th to 13st August 2012. Find out more on the bicon 2012 website]]></description>
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