Facing the Dragon: the Second Annual LGBTQ Inclusivity in Higher Education Conference is coming up in Swansea and there’s a lot of bisexuality on the agenda! The two-day event on 5th and 6th September will explore how to bring intersectionality into inclusive curricula across the Higher Education landscape, bringing equality home to the seats of learning and research. Papers and […]
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The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) this morning published an update on how it will prosecute hate crime and support victims in England and Wales. Included in them, for the first time the CPS acknowledges that victims of biphobic hate crime have different experiences and needs to victims of homophobic and transphobic offences and that we can be victims of hate […]
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Scottish BiFest-alike bi day BiTastic is back in October – and this time it’s coming to Nairn in Scotland. We think that might be the most northerly bisexual event ever! It’ll be on Saturday 28 October from 11:00am – 5:30pm in the Highland Conference Centre at the Newton Hotel, Inverness Road, Nairn, IV12 4RX. The plan is for sessions during […]
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It’s a new bisexual week in our calendar of bi events – and being the last week of the month it’s a bit quieter than usual, but really kicks off at the weekend. Tuesday night in Southampton they’re getting ready for Pride with a sign-making creative evening at at the Art House from 6pm. On Thursday there’s the London bi […]
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Pride in London’s Independent Community Advisory Board (CAB) today releases its annual report on the 2017 Pride in London events, which also contains its thoughts on the future of the capital’s LGBT+ Pride. Suggestions include a rotating ‘theme’ for the parade with a bi block leading the march some years. Outlining the report they note that the CAB’s membership is drawn from […]
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There’s a bonus issue of BCN this summer – mostly for people at Leeds BiCon, the Manchester Bi Takeover, and local Prides. Don’t worry if you’re not at any of those though: everything in it is either retrospective stuff from our past year of BCNs or is a taster from the upcoming August edition. Still, it’s a great excuse to […]
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Leeds Beckett University flew the bi flag while BiCon was in town last weekend. Now they say it’ll be back over the James Graham building in just over a month. It’ll be back in September for Bi Visibility Day – just as students arrive for the new academic year. They tweeted in response to a request from Leeds Bi Group: […]
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It’s out! The official BiCon 2017 group photo, taken shortly after the Closing Plenary. It’s in high resolution over on our Flickr channel here. Get it in A3 size print in all its glory in the August issue of BCN, out shortly. Subscribe here now to make sure you get yours!
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