The House of Lords today debated and passed reforms to the teaching of sex education in schools in England. Children will get basic information about relationships and consent regardless of gender or sexuality from age 11 (not from age 5 as reported in some places). Younger children will learn about online safety, menstruation and other such age-suitable basics. The reforms […]
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Welcome to our weekly what’s on roundup of Bi Britain. There’s a little bit of chopping and changing what with the double bank holiday weekend. Monday night in London it’s normally the Over 50s bi group from 6pm-8pm at Opening Doors London, that has been put back to next week on account of the Bank Holiday. Wednesday is also the monthly […]
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Two bisexual groups are among 24 LGBT organisations announced as grant recipients today. The LGBT+ Futures Fund is administered by the LGBT Consortium and is government funding via the Government Equalities Office following the research conducted in 2017 that produced the largest data set yet on the lives of LGBT people in the UK. £200,000 is being shared out in […]
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Welcome to our regular what’s on roundup bringing you all the vital diary dates across Bi Britain. The week kicks off on Tuesday when from 7.45pm it’s Swansea Bi Group’s regular pub meet at the Hefty Chest bar. More about them here. Also that night it’s the monthly bi pub meet for Manchester BiPhoria. 8pm at the Waterhouse pub, across Princess Street from Manchester Town […]
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One of this year’s biggest bisexual events, BiCon, has announced the theme for its Saturday night ball. This year’s do is called Bisexuals of the Future. Make of it what you will. There is just over six weeks left to book your place if you want to stay onsite at the convention, which has toured the country each summer since […]
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New American TV show Abby’s has premiered in the USA, giving us a rare television show with a bisexual character as the lead rather than a sidekick or minor character. The series stars Natalie Morales (who has talked about her past relationship with men and women) as the bisexual bar runner Abby, alongside Neil Flynn, Nelson Franklin, Jessica Chaffin, Leonard […]
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Welcome to our weekly what’s on roundup of Bi Britain. Tuesday night in London, Bisexual Underground meet at The Blue Posts, 81 Newman Street, London. It’s a pub meetup and; find out more here. Also that night it’s Brum Bi Group, a community-centre space group at the LGBT Centre, 38 Holloway Circus, Birmingham. More on their group and where it meets here. On Wednesday it’s Leeds Bi […]
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Today Brunei starts implementing a law that imposes – among other new measures – the death penalty by stoning for same-sex relationships between men. Brunei introduced a reform of its criminal law based on Sharia law in 2014, to be implemented in 3 stages: the first phase in May 2014; the second was due in 2015; and the third phase […]
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