It has been a while and enjoying virtual BiCon has left me feeling like being more in touch with friends.[BiCon being the yearly national get-together for bisexuals and friends]I found BiCon felt a lot like a BiCon this year. It was my 27th and 2nd time it was virtual.I found Discord noisy but OK. I\'m not sure what I\'d replace it with. The [...]
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It has been a while and enjoying virtual BiCon has left me feeling like being more in touch with friends.[BiCon being the yearly national get-together for bisexuals and friends]I found BiCon felt a lot like a BiCon this year. It was my 27th and 2nd time it was virtual.I found Discord noisy but OK. I\'m not sure what I\'d replace it with. The [...]
BiCon 2020
Virtual BiCon 2020 went really well I think. Actually felt like a BiCon in many ways.I chaired the Decision Making Plenary which was a certain amount of work and stress but I think went fine and I feel I did a useful admin thing. comments
Bi Role Modelling
On 13th September 2017 I went to the City of London (\"The City\" means the financial bit) for a Bisexual Role Models day organised by Stonewall. I\'d heard of previous LGBT Role Models days and a colleague (one day I\'ll spell \"colleague\" without correction) recommended it highly. Work paid, which I was pleasantly surprised by. I\'m scepti [...]
BiCon session idea
Have proposed to run at BiCon:Having been bi for longer than five years: a conversationSome of us have thought of ourselves as bisexual for a while now. This will be a chance for us to talk together about how being bi has been in our lives and how it is going now. All welcome who have thought of themselves as bisexual or similar for five year [...]
skibbley 2018-02-05 15:48:39
BiFest WikipediaSince it is LGBT history month:In 1999 I went to London for the first BiFest \"Festival of Bisexuality.\" We met for a march through London to the venue, ULU, The University of London Students Union. Our numbers were quite small so police wanted us to go along the pavement rather than the road. At least one person didn\'t want [...]
skibbley 2018-02-01 22:50:32
Happy LGBT History Month.I suggested a number of speakers for University of Leicester and we have:https://www2.le.ac.uk/staff/announcements/pride-month-at-the-university-of-leicesterBi Pride UK: a new movement for the bi communityTuesday 13 February, 4.30pm: Attenborough Arts Centre, Lancaster Rd, Leicester LE1 7HABi Pride UK is a new organis [...]
skibbley 2017-11-22 15:40:39
Letter to Glamour magazine re: https://www.glamour.com/story/what-does-pansexual-mean/ampRe: your article \"What Does It Mean to Be Pansexual?\" November 20th.I\'m pleased to see more media coverage of sexualities that are not gay or straight, particularly given recent surveys of younger people where a high proportion identify as neither gay [...]
Bi summit ideas
A while ago I had the idea of getting one of our local LGBT organisations together with a bunch of interested bisexuals to help the organisation set strategy around bisexuality and also plan near-future provision for bisexuals:I would like to see more for bisexuals in Leicester with the aim of reducing current erasure, invisibility and inequa [...]
Purple List
I\'m with some excellent people on the Biscuit Purple List.I\'ll leave my to imagination what a soiree with all of us together could be like 8-) comments
Responding to racism at BiCons
Guest Post by Manishita for Bis of Colour: People of Colour at BiCon: Are we really welcome there?I think it is important for white people to engage in discussions about whiteness and racism and so am writing this even as I do feel I\'m opening myself up for attack from all quarters. If people of colour don\'t wish to engage with this writing [...]
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