If you’re queer and online it’s been hard in the last month not to pick up the “It Gets Better” project, making short videos where people who had a hard time growing up because of biphobic, homophobic and transphobic bullying talk about how that is a tough time but life does improve especially once...
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BBC Radio Manchester’s weekly LGBT show focuses on the B in LGBT this week. Presenter Ashley Byrne and co-hosts Andrew Edwards and singer/songwriter Claire Mooney are joined by researchers from the University of Huddersfield including Surya Monro who have been studying how bisexual people are treated by local councils in the UK. They found...
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A new YouTube short film interviews people at this year’s International BiCon in London, asking how the main event in the UK bi calendar was for them. You can view it here or on the YouTube website.
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A number of short films taken from the presentations at August’s BiReCon international academic & research conference on bisexuality can now be seen on YouTube. Speakers include John Sylla from the American Institute of Bisexuality, Meg Barker from BiUK, Jenny Kangasvuo on bisexuality in Finland, Miguel Obradors on Deconstructing Biphobia and much more. See...
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Stonewall’s new report on bisexual, lesbian and gay representation on TV points out that while there was only a tiny amount of positive representation of gay and lesbian people in the programming monitored, there was no positive portrayal at all of bisexuals. The BBC’s reporting of the Stonewall publication, however, wiped that from the...
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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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The Bi-deology Project is a new web documentary series giving voice to the experiences of straight women in (and out of) relationships with bi men. Though it’s being filmed and produced over in the USA no doubt a lot of what they will have to say will chime with people’s experiences over here in...
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Calling all bi folks in and around Dublin! BiMedia have been contacted by a journalist wanting to document bi life and experience for a radio programme. He says: I am making a radio documentary on the bisexual community in Dublin. I am looking for bisexual guys and girls of any age willing to take...
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The final episode of season one of Rose By Any Other Name is out… While Anthony struggles to find a way to get Rose back, Rose finds herself being pulled in two different directions – keeping her friends support and being true to herself. The “B-Word” makes its first appearance! Catch it above or...
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The BBC have commissioned research into the portrayal of lesbian, gay and bisexual characters in order to better represent them onscreen. As part of this research, they’ve set up an online survey to canvass views and opinions. You can take part here
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