Welcome to our weekly roundup of what’s on around Bi Britain. The week kicks off on Tuesday when from 7.45pm it’s Swansea Bi Group’s regular pub meet at Mozarts, Walter Road. 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 Hall. They are normally in one of the […]
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One of our favourite pieces of queer research is back! The EU Fundamental Rights Agency is conducting a follow-up to its 2013 survey. When the results of that were published they came not just as a dry set of figures but as a map you could make a plethora of choices about – so getting a really quick and easy […]
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Welcome to our weekly roundup of what’s on for bi folks across the UK. 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 […]
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In the USA, the Chicago Bisexual Health Task Force will be hosting a Bisexual Health Summit on July 9, 2019 (1:00-5:00 PM), the day before the beginning of the US’ 2019 National Sexual Health Conference in Chicago. Like the Manchester event in the UK two years ago, this engages with a variety of health organisations and covers information for health […]
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New figures from Public Health England reveal that in 2018, there were 447,694 diagnoses of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) made in England, a 5% increase since 2017. There were 56,259 diagnoses of gonorrhoea reported in 2018, a 26% increase since 2017; this is of concern given the three cases of extensively drug resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae identified in England in 2018. […]
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The long-running annual “Lammy” Lambda Literary Awards for 2019 have been presented and this year’s included three bi category winners. Interestingly there was no overlap with the winners at the Bisexual Book Awards from a few days earlier. Bisexual Fiction Disoriental by Négar Djavadi, Translated by Tina Kover, Europa Editions Shortlisted in the category were also: Behind These Doors: Radical […]
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The City council in New York has announced plans to memorialise Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera. The authority has declared an intention to correct the gender imbalance of statues in public places remembering contributions to the life of the city and nation. The monument, set for the Ruth Wittenberg Triangle near to the Stonewall Inn, will also be one […]
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Looking for a bi volunteering opportunity? The @bisexualhistory twitter account attempts to tweet a little bit of bi history every day of the year – and they want your contributions to add to the calendar. It’s a great flexible choice in bi volunteering as you can make it as big or as small an effort as you choose – and […]
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