Yorkshire makeover

January 6, 2008

West Yorkshire bisexual group have kicked off the new year with a new website. Find out what they are up to in Leeds and the surrounding area at http://westyorkshire.bi.org/
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Bi Book of the year? Lammy shortlist published

January 1, 2008

News from across the Atlantic as the list of the 2008 nominees for the Bisexual category in the Lambda Literary Awards (“the Lammies”). All are books with bi themes published in 2007, and the category covers both fiction or non-fiction. 1. Look Both Ways, Jennifer Baumgardner (Farrar, Strauss & Giroux) 2. Lord Carabas, James...
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2008 is set for Leicester

January 1, 2008

This year’s BiCon will be in Leicester, home of the 2002 event. The date has been set for the final weekend of August, 28 – 31. This is Thursday to Sunday – not the Bank Holiday weekend. For more details bookmark www.bicon2008.org.uk – though it’s a little sparse just yet.
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Still the best bisexual recruiters

December 30, 2007

As the third edition of Stonewall’s lesbian, gay and bisexual recruitment guide “Starting Out” gets thumbed by eager undergraduates across the country, a little winter holiday fun: google “bisexual recruitment”. Yup, the best recruiters for lesbians and gay men may be carefully filed and categorised, but the best recruiters for bis are the B*R*A....
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Where are the bis?

December 27, 2007

As gay news site PinkNews.co.uk unveils their list of the “50 most influential LGBT people in politics”, BiMedia.org is left asking: where are the bisexuals? Sure, there’s Lib Dem Party President and London MP Simon Hughes, and Green MSP for Glasgow Patrick Harvie. There are a few debatable names in there too: does Michael...
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Bis at work

December 15, 2007

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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BCN 88 – new issue hot off the presses

December 2, 2007
BCN 88 – new issue hot off the presses

The latest edition of Bi Community News has just hit the streets with a four-page special report on the discussions at BiCon 2007 about the future of the bi movement, and news from Wales about the new Bi Wales umbrella organisation. Subscription details and back issues are on BCN’s website, www.bicommunitynews.co.uk
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Bi event makes Pink Paper top 5

December 1, 2007
Bi event makes Pink Paper top 5

For what is believed to be the first time, a bisexual event has made the top five LGBT events of the year in gay newspaper The Pink Paper’s reader’s poll of the year. In the category, “Best festival, Pride or event” the shortlist on which readers will vote in a second round of polling...
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Bi resources a hit

November 14, 2007

The Both Directions guide to the UK bi scene has been downloaded nearly 4,000 times in the past year. While hundreds of printed copies have been distributed around the UK by local groups like BiPhoria, Bothways and Bisexual Underground, downloads have reached far more people still. UK bi journal Bi Community News have released...
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