News from abroad: Bi Lines On Line, The Electronic Newsletter of the Richmond Bisexual Network (ROBIN) has moved from geocities.com to wordpress.com They say: “We moved our location on the web because we did not have a choice. Yahoo is phasing out Geocities Web Pages and we needed someplace to go. The choice of...
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Bi Lines On Line reopens
Calling bi academics!
We are delighted to help announce Academic Bi, a new International (English-language) Mailing List/Yahoo Group. It has been started by a Bi-identified Israeli Academic and Activist for the Discussion of and the Exchange of Information and Ideas about Topics related to Bisexual/Pansexual Theory, Queer Theory and the Academic Study of Bisexuality, Pansexuality, Fluidity, et....
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On the streets
The new edition of Bi Community News snuck out a couple of weeks ago under our radar here at BiMedia. Out now, issue 98 includes the third feature on a national bi organisation – this time it’s BiUK, the network for academics and others interested in research on and around bisexuality. Subscribe or find...
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Coming Out?
Many people pick New Year as a time to make the break with the past and ‘come out’ about being bisexual, or take their first steps to finding other bi people and feeling less isolated. If you’re planning something like that this January, here are some Top Tips from BiMedia: Read through a copy...
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New look bi.org
One of the leading bisexual information “hub” websites, bi.org, is sporting a new look. Bi.org was one of the first bi web resources online in the mid 1990s but its look has stayed largely unchanged since it was launched. The sleeker new look highlights bi information for the UK, Canada, Australia, Ireland, Germany, the...
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We want your quotes!
In among the news and all the most important bi community links, the front page of BiMedia carries a randomly generated quote about bisexuality. We try to pick ones that are positive! However, we could really use more of them. If you have a favourite that you think we might like to add, please...
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Telling people there’s no hyphen in bisexual
Bisexual Index launched their “drop the hyphen” campaign earlier this year, and Manchester bi group BiPhoria took up the theme in the publicity for their recent bi community day event. Writer Jacqui Applebee wrote a poem inspired by the campaign, which BiPhoria turned into a postcard, perfect for sending to writers and organisations that...
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Yahoo move pulls Bi Lines
Bi Lines On Line, a long-running bisexual electronic news source based in the USA, is one of many websites set to vanish today as Yahoo closes down all their old “Geocities” websites. The Virginia based news site in a bried update promises that readers should “Stay tuned for where Bi Lines On Line is...
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Bi at Work
LGB lobbying group Stonewall have released their first publication to focus on bisexual issues. Stonewall’s “Bisexual People In The Workplace” guide reflects that despite many great strides that have been made to achieve sexual orientation equality in workplaces across Britain, many bisexual men and women still feel unable to be themselves at work. They...
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NUS guidance for bi inclusion
The National Union of Students Lesbian, Gay, Bi & Trans campaign (NUS LGBT) have published a guide to making university and college LGBT groups more welcoming and inclusive to bisexual students. You can download a copy from here.
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