{"id":1676,"date":"2014-05-18T09:19:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-18T08:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/j-applebee.tumblr.com\/post\/86089602118"},"modified":"2014-05-18T09:19:00","modified_gmt":"2014-05-18T08:19:00","slug":"big-bi-fun-day-2014-was-a-blast-i-had-been-very-unwell-for-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/2014\/05\/big-bi-fun-day-2014-was-a-blast-i-had-been-very-unwell-for-a\/","title":{"rendered":"Edited 22nd May\n\nBig Bi Fun Day 2014 was a blast!  I had been&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/31.media.tumblr.com\/64a13c96d9194fe1ad9a1dcc6430ac04\/tumblr_n5rgh5fIx31qd3j1wo1_500.jpg\"\/><br \/> Chilling out in the quiet room<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/33.media.tumblr.com\/327c289440988774f0c9e4e535df243e\/tumblr_n5rgh5fIx31qd3j1wo2_500.jpg\"\/><br \/> The bisexual flag<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/33.media.tumblr.com\/16de16d795364d7869879451e18a070b\/tumblr_n5rgh5fIx31qd3j1wo3_500.jpg\"\/><br \/> Wibbly-wobbly bisexual<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/31.media.tumblr.com\/1510913e1611a998e2715bc412dfd692\/tumblr_n5rgh5fIx31qd3j1wo4_500.jpg\"\/><br \/> The front desk<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/33.media.tumblr.com\/c5bfaf6548f45def850c8fdbc8708f2f\/tumblr_n5rgh5fIx31qd3j1wo5_500.jpg\"\/><br \/> Jacq and the flower sticks<\/p>\n<p>Edited 22nd May<\/p>\n<p>Big Bi Fun Day 2014 was a blast!  I had been very unwell for a month, so I didn\u2019t know if I would be able to make it, but I\u2019m glad I did.  The event was held in Leicester, UK, at the Quaker Friends Meeting House (although the Quakers had no involvement in the event)<\/p>\n<p>The weather was sunny and incredibly hot; the garden was full of happy bi folks, their friends and families.  There were quite a few children present who all enjoyed the garden facilities, although I did spot a few adults making castles in the sand pit, and taking advantage of the swings!<\/p>\n<p>I found I had very little energy when I arrived, but I still had a go learning how to use flower sticks (I can twirl it now!).  I also enjoyed the quiet room with the free books and games.<\/p>\n<p>I returned home at 5\u00a0o\u2019clock, totally exhausted, but I had a brilliant time.  Most of the other attendees went to nearby Victoria Park for some more fun in the sun.<\/p>\n<p>Big Bi Fun Day managed to raise enough money to cover their costs, so they will be back in 2015.  Many thanks to Sanji for a wonderful event!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/31.media.tumblr.com\/64a13c96d9194fe1ad9a1dcc6430ac04\/tumblr_n5rgh5fIx31qd3j1wo1_500.jpg\"><br \/> Chilling out in the quiet room<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/33.media.tumblr.com\/327c289440988774f0c9e4e535df243e\/tumblr_n5rgh5fIx31qd3j1wo2_500.jpg\"><br \/> The bisexual flag<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/33.media.tumblr.com\/16de16d795364d7869879451e18a070b\/tumblr_n5rgh5fIx31qd3j1wo3_500.jpg\"><br \/> Wibbly-wobbly bisexual<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/31.media.tumblr.com\/1510913e1611a998e2715bc412dfd692\/tumblr_n5rgh5fIx31qd3j1wo4_500.jpg\"><br \/> The front desk<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/33.media.tumblr.com\/c5bfaf6548f45def850c8fdbc8708f2f\/tumblr_n5rgh5fIx31qd3j1wo5_500.jpg\"><br \/> Jacq and the flower sticks<\/p>\n<p>Edited 22nd May<\/p>\n<p>Big Bi Fun Day 2014 was a blast!  I had been very unwell for a month, so I didn&rsquo;t know if I would be able to make it, but I&rsquo;m glad I did.  The event was held in Leicester, UK, at the Quaker Friends Meeting House (although the Quakers had no involvement in the event)<\/p>\n<p>The weather was sunny and incredibly hot; the garden was full of happy bi folks, their friends and families.  There were quite a few children present who all enjoyed the garden facilities, although I did spot a few adults making castles in the sand pit, and taking advantage of the swings!<\/p>\n<p>I found I had very little energy when I arrived, but I still had a go learning how to use flower sticks (I can twirl it now!).  I also enjoyed the quiet room with the free books and games.<\/p>\n<p>I returned home at 5&nbsp;o&rsquo;clock, totally exhausted, but I had a brilliant time.  Most of the other attendees went to nearby Victoria Park for some more fun in the sun.<\/p>\n<p>Big Bi Fun Day managed to raise enough money to cover their costs, so they will be back in 2015.  Many thanks to Sanji for a wonderful event!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":1211,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9,357,63,166],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bi","category-bisexual","category-leicester","category-lgbt","category-queer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}