the Bisexual Agenda for August 2020

the Bisexual Agenda for August 2020

With news of the LGBT Foundation community centre shutting its doors and much more besides, it's the August What's On For Bis Guide! It also has the latest BCN magazine and news from this year's BiCon, which is not happening in Leeds just as so ma...
My desert island discs – a journey through identity, relationships, and music
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My desert island discs – a journey through identity, relationships, and music

In May BBC Radio 4 invited listeners to put together their own list of tracks that were meaningful to them as part of the Desert Island Discs Challenge. Due to other things happening then, I didn’t have time to focus, but recently I thought I would give consideration to what music means a lot to… Continue reading My desert island discs – a journey through identity, relationships, and music
the Bisexual Agenda for July

the Bisexual Agenda for July

 The pubs are re-opening a little but it's still lockdown life in the North West by and large - but here's  what's happening in July.As well as the events listings we have the good news that the Manchester Parents Group won a big award ...
BiCon lets us down again. Part 2
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BiCon lets us down again. Part 2

  BiCon Racism Part 2: Introduction by Jacq Since posting our previous entry, one of the authors, and Bi’s of Colour as a whole have received threats. If this is what happens when we critique a white bisexual institution, and speak openly about our experiences, then white bisexual people haven’t learned a thing. By Nila … Continue reading BiCon lets us down again. Part 2 →
BiCon lets down People Of Colour. Again…
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BiCon lets down People Of Colour. Again…

Collaborative Post: First section credit to “Jaime Starr:  https://twitter.com/femme_jaime Privileged people ONLY: please donate to Jaime’s PayPal to support their work”   BiCon is paying bi people of colour to speak at this year’s virtual BiCon. I don’t recommend anybody work with them – they’ve fucked bi people of colour over in systemic racist ways … Continue reading BiCon lets down People Of Colour. Again… →
Whose Black Lives Matter?
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Whose Black Lives Matter?

Reposted from my personal blog    I was born in 1969, just as the UK switched from Imperial to the Metric system.  One half of my old family were stuck with inches, yards and shillings.  The other half of my family used millimetres and kilograms.  I was stuck exactly in the middle. I learned how … Continue reading Whose Black Lives Matter? →
the Bisexual Agenda for June

the Bisexual Agenda for June

 Our June what's on roundup of bisexual life is out now!It includes meet up dates, resources and news of our next Bi+ Book Club night where we'll be considering Orlando by Virginia Woolf.If you can help keep the virtual bi+ meets going with a dona...
Young Bisexual People & Self Injury Study
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Young Bisexual People & Self Injury Study

Originally posted on Bi's of Colour:
Website: SIBL research study http://man.ac.uk/9YjBjj ? The SIBL research study is looking to examine which psychological factors or processes are associated with non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) in young bisexual people. The reason we are focussing on young people is because adolescence/young adulthood is a time when this behaviour has been found…