Bisexual Index have challenged bi people to help raise the bi profile on Coming Out Day, 12th October, both in real life and online. They say: Every year on October 12th (or 11th in the USA) we celebrate the bravery of coming out – living in the open as LGBT people. Coming out of...
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Manchester BiFest‘s programme for today’s event runs as follows: 1pm Open – 1.45: Tea, coffee, etc. 1.45pm – 2.30pm Welcome / mixer games. Get to meet people! Or Bi UK: A quick tour 2.30 – 3.00pm break for food etc 3.00 – 4.15 Workshops: either How Bisexual Are You? Kinsey, Klein and More or...
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Manchester BiFest is a one-day get-together for bi people and our allies in Manchester and the North West. If you’ve never been to a bi community event before, it’s a brilliant place to start. When: This Saturday, 3rd October 2009 – 1pm to 7pm. Where: The LGF centre in Central Manchester, just on the...
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Manchester bisexual group BiPhoria turns fifteen this month and have a mini-BiFest Bi Day lined up at the local LGB community centre on Saturday October 3rd to celebrate. BiPhoria is now the longest running bi group in the UK, as bi groups set up before it have folded and sometimes been re-formed after a...
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We’re delighted to report another new bi group launching in Wales. The first meeting of Bi Swansea is this Tuesday, 15th September. The meeting is closed to Bi people (anyone attracted to more than 1 gender) and people who think they may be bi/questioning people. Please text 07982 308812 or email biswansea1@yahoo.co.uk for details...
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Launching right after the city’s LGBT Mardi Gras festival, new bisexual group Bi Cardiff will be holding its first meeting tonight, Tuesday 1st September. The meeting will be from 6:30pm for a 7pm start, and will move on to a social starting at 8:30pm in the Kings Cross Pub in central Cardiff. The 6:30pm...
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After 2 years of Bi Cymru/Wales, local people have come together in Cardiff and Swansea to get local bisexual groups going. Meetings of both groups are open to anyone attracted to more than one gender or who thinks they may be and lives near Cardiff or Swansea. Socials and other events for both groups...
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This weekend is Birmingham Pride and the bi stall – well placed between the merchandise traders and the village green community stalls – has drawn lots of attention. Natalya from the stall team said: “We found that the ‘Bi?’ badges and ‘Love Counts More Than Gender’ postcards were particularly popular wherever people were from....
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Bi groups across the UK should be talking to their local councils and other authorities about bisexual inclusion following a change in the law that should sweep away past biphobic practices. Just over a month ago, 1st April, saw the “duty to involve” introduced following the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act...
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With three weeks to go, the programme for London BiFest is now available online. During the day, there will be a variety of sessions on themes from gender to bi activism. There will be social space so you can have a drink, a craft corner, and a time-out area with books and magazines. Children...
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