Reports in the LGBT press in the USA suggest the White House will host a summit addressing bisexual issues on September 23. The date – marked since 1999 as Bi Visibility Day – is clearly deliberately chosen, and the White…
Category: Politics
Manchester trumpets #endthebiban
It’s Manchester Pride weekend and local bi group BiPhoria have a stall running across the Bank Holiday weekend. They’re highlighting Google’s decision to block ‘bisexual’ from its predictive search under the slogan “Dear Google, End The Bi Ban!” When users…
Google under fire for bi erasure
A new online petition is putting pressure on search engine Google to change its ways over the word “bisexual” More than two years ago we reported that search engine Google was blocking searches for information about bisexuality. The website’s “autocomplete”…
Apple backs down on “bisexual” ban
After just 24 hours, Apple have changed their mind as to whether ‘bisexual’ is a bad word. Apple had barred it as a description term for Apps made available through the iTunes store for iPads and other such Apple devices.…
Petitioners challenge Apple’s biphobia
Tech giant Apple have decided ‘bisexual’ is a naughty word. It seems they’ve barred it as a description term for Apps made available through the iTunes store for iPads and other such Apple devices. A new LGBT history app, Quist,…