Bisexual Index’s latest teeshirt is out – with the slogan, “Accept the truth – there is no fence”. It’s even available printed on the side of a bag, as illustrated. But I have to disagree with the message — cos when you’re sitting up here, the view’s fabulous. Go buy their merchandising anyway )
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There will be a Euro Elections Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender community hustings in London this Friday evening. The hustings has been organised by the Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association and will take place at Conway Hall on Friday evening – May 15th – from 7.30pm. Liberal Democrat, Labour, Conservative and Green parties will...
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Bi groups across the UK should be talking to their local councils and other authorities about bisexual inclusion following a change in the law that should sweep away past biphobic practices. Just over a month ago, 1st April, saw the “duty to involve” introduced following the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act...
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Unison trades union has set the date for their National Network Meeting for bisexual members. These are great opportunities to network, find out more about UNISON’s LGBT work and feed in your views. The meetings receive reports from their representatives on the national LGBT committee and agree motions to LGBT conference. All members of...
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From today marriage laws in Sweden will no longer discriminate on grounds of gender, so same-sex couples can now marry there both in religious and civil ceremonies. Same-sex couples cannot yet get married in church ceremonies – the main Swedish church will decide whether to perform same-sex marriage ceremonies until October.
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Bookings have opened for this year’s biggest bisexual event. BiCon 2009 will be held in Worcester on August 20-23 and is open to bisexuals, their partners, friends and allies. Day tickets, weekend passes and both standard and en-suite accomodation prices and booking forms are now online at the BiCon website.
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BiScotland has given its backing to the Equal Marriage campaign, which has just launched calling on the Scottish Parliament to open up access to both marriage and civil partnerships to couples regardless of gender. If you live in Scotland you can add your support, and get help emailing your local MSPs, from www.equalmarriage.org.uk BiScotland...
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The “Hyphen Watch” Bisexual Index campaign has taken to Facebook with a new group, “M-y Se-xua-lity I-sn’t H-yph-ena-ted” – over 70 people have signed up already. If you’re on Facebook, join them – and quietly help your Facebook friends remember how to spell the ‘b’ word!
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Bisexuals aren’t bi-sexuals. We don’t have two competing sexualities, we have one whole healthy one! Stand up to the hyphen! Send your pictures (phone pictures will do) to Bisexual Index on campaign@bisexualindex.org.uk and they’ll put those rogue hyphens up on their website, and then email the offenders to tell them they’re starring in the...
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Times Higher Education reports a speech from the University and College Union LGBT Conference given by Professor Ian Rivers from Brunel University, challenging common practice in LGBT research and service delivery: Services labelled LGBT often serve “G” and hopefully “L”, occasionally “B” and rarely “T”, he said. “How can we justify the fact that...
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