{"id":2544,"date":"2015-04-19T20:53:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-19T19:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bisexualblogs.wordpress.com\/?p=143"},"modified":"2015-04-19T20:53:00","modified_gmt":"2015-04-19T19:53:00","slug":"preparing-for-pride-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/2015\/04\/preparing-for-pride-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparing for Pride Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

These days I try to get ready for summer\u00a0a few months in advance. This is partly because some things like ordering flags, leaflets and stickers can take a while to sort out and get\u00a0delivered. It’s also because you’ll be a lot busier nearer the time than you are now. The weeks\u00a0fly by and big events tend to sneak up on you. You think you have loads of time but before you know it you’re rushing round town\u00a0searching for something to stick\u00a0signs to just 10 minutes before the parade starts.<\/p>\n

*dashes\u00a0into shop wearing a bi flag as a cape*
\n“Do you have any broom handles?”
\n“No.”
\n“Washing line poles!?”
\n“No.”
\n<\/span>“OK.\u00a0Thanks.\u00a0Bye!”
\n*dashes out*<\/p>\n

\"purple<\/a><\/p>\n

Earlier this year\u00a0I managed to pick up a bunch of purple umbrellas in Poundland and Wilkos are now selling purple bubble wands for 100 pence each.<\/a>\u00a0Soon\u00a0I’m going to get some washing line poles and make some more signs.<\/p>\n

I wrote a piece in BCN last summer<\/a> for people who have never taken part in a Pride parade before, and the BCN website has a guide on how to run an outreach stall<\/a>\u00a0on their\u00a0page of resources.<\/p>\n

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These days I try to get ready for summer a few months in advance. This is partly because some things like ordering flags, leaflets and stickers can take a while to sort out and get delivered. It’s also because you’ll be a lot busier nearer the time than you are now. The weeks fly by and big events … Continue reading Preparing for Pride Season<\/span> →<\/span><\/a>\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":1211,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[392,389,390],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bi-activism","category-my-bi-life","category-running-a-bi-group"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2544","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\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2544\/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=2544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}