Times Higher Education reports a speech from the University and College Union LGBT Conference given by Professor Ian Rivers from Brunel University, challenging common practice in LGBT research and service delivery: Services labelled LGBT often serve “G” and hopefully “L”, occasionally “B” and rarely “T”, he said. “How can we justify the fact that...
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Older-LGBTs organisation Polari have contacted BiMedia saying, “We are carrying out a confidential consultation of LGBT residents in Kensington and Chelsea who are either disabled or 50 or over, or both. “The aim is to help services be more aware of LGBT people and needs. We are keen that any bi people who this...
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The programme for the first BiReCon bisexual research conference has been unveiled, with a huge array of speakers and themes represented. Organisations represented by speakers in the morning include the Equality and Human Rights Group of the Department of Health, Amnesty, Lesbian & Gay Foundation, Stonewall, Polari, Mind, UNISON, NUS and the Metropolitan Police....
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It seems likely we can dismiss two fresh claims in the press that the vital difference between gay and straight people has been found. Scientists have recently found that the brains of homosexuals have structural and functional differences from those of their straight counterparts. The Wellcome Trust Centre for neuro-imaging at University College London...
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Stonewall’s new report on queer women’s health has drawn a flurry of media attention, such as here on the BBC and here on PinkNews. It’s great proof that if you use the B word in a credible, respected report on gay issues, the media won’t necessarily edit things down to “lesbian and gay”. As...
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Once again Stonewall, Britain’s biggest gay equality lobbying group, has published a report which makes sweeping recommendations about the need to effect change for lesbians and gay men without touching on similar challenges faced by bisexuals. The survey interviewed more than 1,600 lesbian, gay and bisexual people – yet the analysis and recommendations are...
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Manchester is hosting a bi-focused event for LGBT History Month in just over a week’s time, on Saturday 16th February. “2,000 Years of Bisexuality” will run from 2pm – 4pm at the Lesbian & Gay Foundation, just off the city’s famous Canal Street. It’s being organised by the local bi social-support group BiPhoria. For...
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The fourth Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender History Month kicks off today – and it’s the first to fall in a leap year so slightly longer than usual! Editor of Bi Community News, Jen Yockney said, “It looks like an even bigger and more varied season than before with events all over the country....
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This weekend’s British newspapers are reporting – with an undertone of homophobic glee – that an Office for National Statistics poll of 4,000 people found that “only” 1 in 100 described themselves as gay or lesbian. Read more closely thoughy and it becomes a little clearer and even heartening. A further 1 in 100...
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Bi Wales have begun a UK-wide consultation on the experiences of bis in the workplace, and are looking for your thoughts and experiences, whether of good practice or of bad. The following piece appeared in issue 88 of Bi Community News: Before the launch event Bi Wales were approached by a major employer for...
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