For a long time, bisexuality in UK law existed in a sort of limbo: there were laws that were written with heterosexual people in mind, laws written with gay men in mind, and occasionally lawmakers wondered about the existence of…
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February 1989: Bi Health Taken Seriously
The February 1989 edition of Bi Monthly was memorable as the first time that an arm of the UK government took the bi community seriously. The centre pages were taken up by a big bold advert about safer sex, taken…
1987: NUS kicks out the bis
The National Union of Students has long had a lesbian & gay section and conferences. These days the conventional values in NUS circles are that the campaign and the conference alike are for lesbian, gay, bi, trans and queer students.…
9th June 1985: London Lesbian & Gay Centre changes its mind on bis
A packed meeting of members of the London Lesbian & Gay Centre in the Conway Hall on June 9th, 1985 voted to revoke the centre’s ban on bisexual people and groups using its facilities. Bi Monthly reported that “The votes…
9 January 2004: Sowing the seeds of bi activism
2004 began with an away weekend in Milton Keynes for bisexual activists – people who were or who wanted to get involved in things like running local groups, helplines and events. It wasn’t the most high profile bi event ever,…