Why today’s #LGBTQ+ #PrideinLondon is a day of mixed emotions for me and for many
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Why today’s #LGBTQ+ #PrideinLondon is a day of mixed emotions for me and for many

Today is Pride in London, the United Kingdom’s largest gathering of Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans, and Queer people together with their allies and friends and others whose life, love, or identity is marked in some way by difference. For me and for many it is a day of great celebration for the achievements of equality… Read More
UK Black Pride

UK Black Pride

UK Black Pride:

bisofcolour:

UK Black Pride is happening on Sunday 9th July in London.  Black Pride isn’t the most inclusive place for bisexuals, but don’t let that put you off if you’re able.  It’s a one-of-a-kind event for black, asian, and minority ethnic LGBT+ folk in the UK.

Help me attend this bisexual conference!I’ve been a bisexual…
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Help me attend this bisexual conference!I’ve been a bisexual…



Help me attend this bisexual conference!

I’ve been a bisexual activist for over 20 years.  I’ve campaigned widely across the UK and Continental Europe for better treatment and visibility of bisexual people of colour.  I’d love to go to BECAUSE, but airfare is ridiculously expensive from the UK to the US.

Please donate at Paypal.me/ACrystalGem and help me go!  However if I don’t raise enough, all money will be put toward the B’is of Colour book fund http://bisofcolour.tumblr.com/post/152552451453/bis-of-colour-book-edited-by-asha-jacq-and-nila.

July’s roundup

July’s roundup

Our newsletter for July is out now, and you can read it here if you haven't signed up to the email.We're full into Pride season with Oldham, Stockport and Liverpool among the Prides coming up soon.Next month it's the big one: Levenshulme... oh, hold on...
London Zine fairs ahoy!This Saturday 1st July, Exchange Zine…
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London Zine fairs ahoy!This Saturday 1st July, Exchange Zine…







London Zine fairs ahoy!

This Saturday 1st July, Exchange Zine fair: http://penfightdistro.com/zine-event/exchange-zine-fair/

Saturday 15th July, Weirdo Zine fest: http://penfightdistro.com/zine-event/weirdo-zine-fest-at-sutton-house/

Wanna get hold of Drunken Bible Stories, or the A-Z of Biphobia? Come along to these zine fairs, where I’ll have these goodies and more!

The B in LGBT+ doesn’t stand for Blank.  Yet so many times I see…
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The B in LGBT+ doesn’t stand for Blank.  Yet so many times I see…





The B in LGBT+ doesn’t stand for Blank.  Yet so many times I see events big and small, who have the acronym LGBT, but with zero bisexual input.

“We don’t ask our guests/panelists/speakers sexual orientation,” is something that’s only ever said in response to questions about the lack of bi representation.

“No bisexuals approached us,” is only said when all the letters except B are represented at events.

I can’t imagine a world where someone would run a Pride event, and say “Sorry, no gay groups contacted us, so there won't be any marching in the parade.  Yet this is exactly what London Pride has done (2 years after they let the hate-group, UKIP march).

Pride used to be something that excited me, but it hass joined the long list of places that are racist and biphobic - places I don’t want anything to do with.  And as an isolated alienated person, that just stinks.

Fat people with visible scars of disfigurementsFat people who…
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Fat people with visible scars of disfigurementsFat people who…



Fat people with visible scars of disfigurements

Fat people who survived abuse/violence & have mental/internal scars

Fat women/femmes who don’t wear, or can’t access make up

Fat women/femmes who are bald or balding

Fat women/femmes who aren’t hourglass or pear shaped

Fat people who are older

Fat people who can’t afford or can’t access the latest fashions

Fat people who are super-fat/super-sized

Fat people who are genderqueer or nonbinary

Fat people of colour who live outside of North America

Fat people who are disabled

Fat people with multiple oppressions

Fat liberation is for you too.  You will probably never see yourself reflected in anything, mainstream or alternative.  You will probably feel let down by body positivity and fat positivity.  But you count.  You matter.