Issue 118 of bisexual magazine Bi Community News is landing on subscribers doormats all across the country. There’s lots of bis in the media at the moment and BCN reflects on bis in Warehouse 13, Heading Out, Parks & Recreations and more. It looks ahead to the summer’s Pride events and where there will...
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Happy mayday! What’s going on around Bi Britain this week? On Thursday it’s the talky space meeting for bis in and around Cardiff from 6.30pm. From 8.30 there’s a social open to partners, friends and allies too. On the same night in Brighton, local group Bothways have their regular get-together at the Friends Meeting House,...
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Two weeks ago there were eleven countries where same-sex couples could marry; now there are fourteen. The French parliament has passed a bill introducing same-sex marriage today, passing the measure by 331 votes to 225. The measure has been hard-fought with huge anti-equality campaign protests and a reported upsurge in homophobic attacks in the...
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The programme for the annual big bi conference BiCon is made up of sessions attendees run – and the organisers would like to hear from you soon if you’d like to run something. The BiCon team say: “Got a workshop or session you’d like to run at BiCon 2013? Or an idea for a workshop...
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As legislation for same-sex marriage works its way into law in Scotland, England and Wales, other countries continue to make the same move. Today the New Zealand parliament voted to introduce same-sex marriage by a nearly two-to-one margin (77 to 44). Like the UK, New Zealand introduced same-sex civil partnerships in 2005. It is...
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What’s going on around Bi Britain this week? Tuesday it’s the talky space meeting for bis in Swansea from 6.30pm: email BiSwansea1@yahoo.co.uk for more details and venue for meetings. From 8.30 there’s a social open to partners, friends and allies too. Also on Tuesday, Manchester bis get together for their regular pub night at...
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Uruguay has legalised same-sex marriage today with a massive parliamentary majority in support. 71 of 92 members of congress supported the measure. It’s the third country in the Americas to make the change – Argentina and Canada already have equal marriage, and it is also legal in various parts of Mexico, Brazil and the...
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This year’s biggest bi event, BiCon, is a little earlier than usual – and there’s just a month left to book if you want to stay onsite. With BiCon being held in mid July, the booking deadline that bit earlier in the year. If you want to stay on campus you need to get...
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In the USA, the Lambda Literary Foundation has announced its shortlists for the best LGBT books published in 2012. The winners in over 20 categories of queer publishing will be revealed on Monday June 3rd – in the meanwhile, here are the five titles shortlisted for the bisexual category. The finalists for the Bisexual...
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