Love Counts More Than Gender

August 29, 2008

“Love Counts More Than Gender” is the message of a new leaflet campaign to raise awareness of the bisexual community, being distributed at Prides and Freshers events this summer and autumn. Launched at London Pride, the eyecatching leaflets give information about BCN magazine, and the main bisexual community events BiCon and BiFest. Supplies of...
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BCN Summer Special

August 29, 2008

With features on polyamory, flirting, activism made easy, the teeshirt archive project and more, this summer’s BCN Special has just been published for BiCon 2008.  Available from reception desk at the conference, in welcome packs, or from the BCN team onsite (try the bar and look for the “Subscribe to BCN now! Ask me...
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26th UK BiCon Kicks Off

August 29, 2008

The 26th annual British bisexual conference starts today with over 200 people already registered. The three-day touring event is in Leicester this year, with a packed weekend daytime programme of discussions and activities, and evening entertainments. In a new development the Saturday has been branded as “family day” and has a programme designed to...
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First Bi Research Conference a massive success

August 28, 2008

BiReCon, the UK’s first bisexual research conference, has proved a huge success with around 60 attendees and a diverse lineup of speakers from both LGBT related organisations such as Polari, Stonewall Housing and MIND, and researchers who have worked on bi issues. The event was held in Leicester as a precursor to the 26th...
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BCN 92

August 27, 2008
BCN 92

The August issue of Bi Community News is out now.
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Speed of Dating roaring success

August 20, 2008

A play about a bisexual woman’s dating experiences has proved a massive hit as part of this year’s Manchester LGBT Pride festival. “The Speed Of Dating” is a one-woman play with Sarah Emmott in her first full-length performance, the story of Alice, who simply cannot get to grips with dating when she comes out...
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Bi Research Conference programme published

August 18, 2008

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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BiCon 2008 Accommodation deadline: 12th August!

August 11, 2008

If you want to register for this year’s BiCon and stay onsite, you need to act now – get over to the bicon website and book straight away!
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Katy Perry: hero or villain?

August 11, 2008

Topping the charts in the USA and UK this week, Katy Perry’s single I Kissed A Girl has set the queer blogosphere alight. In the forthcoming issue of Bi Community News editor Jen Yockney writes: With lines like “I kissed a girl and I liked it… I hope my boyfriend won’t mind it…  It...
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