Awards
Bi OBE
Out-bisexual actor Alan Cumming has received his OBE from the Princess Royal at Buckingham Palace.
He was honoured for services to film, theatre and the arts – and for his work as a bisexual, lesbian and gay rights campaigner. “I have a voice because of my work. I’m loud and I speak my mind,”… »
On International Women’s Day: the most influential bi women?
In one of a range of pieces to mark International Women’s Day, USA website examiner.com has published its list of the most significant and influential women in the bisexual movement in North America.
Bisexual columnist Mike Szymanski names sixteen women who have made powerful differences to the bi community in the USA and Canada. Amongst… »
BiCon slips to fifth
BiCon has been voted the fifth best festival, Pride or event in the UK by readers of a leading gay newspaper.
As BiMedia.org reported last month, for the second time BiCon made the shortlist for the annual readers’ awards list. Last year BiCon came third ahead of London Pride and Glastonbury.
This year it was beaten… »
Last chance to vote!
It’s your last chance to vote for BiCon in this year’s Pink Paper readers awards. As reported recently on BiMedia.org, the UK’s biggest bisexual community event has been shortlisted for Event Of The Year in the gay newspaper’s awards alongside various Pride events. Voting closes on Thursday 17th so get your votes cast now!
The… »
BiCon makes Pink Paper Best Festival shortlist… again!
For the second time in its twentyfive year history, the bi community festival BiCon has been shortlisted by Pink Paper readers for their Best Festival, Pride or Event award.
BiCon 2008 is shortlisted alongside Manchester, London, Soho and Brighton Pride events. Last year it polled third place overall.
You can vote online… »
BiCon: it’s better than London Pride or Glasto!
The Pink Paper have announced that BiCon won third place in their Readers “Event of The Year” poll.
The top five are -
1. Manchester Pride
2. Brighton Pride
3. BiCon
4. London Pride
5. Glastonbury
A BiCon team spokesperson comments: “Considering how large the other events in the top five are, this is an amazing result. Thank you to all who… »
Bi Book of the year? Lammy shortlist published
News from across the Atlantic as the list of the 2008 nominees for the Bisexual category in the Lambda Literary Awards (“the Lammies”). All are books with bi themes published in 2007, and the category covers both fiction or non-fiction.
1. Look Both Ways, Jennifer Baumgardner (Farrar, Strauss & Giroux)
2. Lord Carabas, James Buchanan (Phaze)
3. Crossdressing,… »
Lammy Nominees for Bisexual Category 2006
The nominations for the new Bisexual category in the Lammy book awards, in alphabetical order:
1.. Affirmative Psychotherapy with Bisexual Women and Bisexual Men edited by Ronald C. Fox, PhD (Haworth Press, due out Oct 2006)
2.. Bi Guys: A Fiction Anthology edited by Ron Suresha (Haworth Press, November 2006)
3.. Bi Men: Coming Out Every Which Way… »
Fritz takes 2006 Dutch Bi-Award
The Bi-Award 2006 has been granted posthumously to researcher/bi-activist Fritz Klein by the National Bisexual Network (LNBi). The award was presented during the Autumn Party Nijmegen, organised by the local bi-organisation Gobi and the national bi-organisation LNBi. The award was presented Luc Houtkamp, LNBi’s president to Ron Fox, bi author, researcher, and activist, who accepted… »
‘Volunteer of the Year’ award for bi community activist
A local bisexual community activist was one of twelve volunteers from across Greater Manchester honoured for impact on their communities at a reception with the Lord Mayor in Manchester Town Hall yesterday (26/10/05).
Jen Yockney was recognised for her work in running support organisations for people coming out as bisexual over the past decade, and inspiring… »