The Scottish Government has at last announced the date for the first same-sex marriage ceremonies in Scotland: 31st December 2014! Same-sex marriage will be legal in Scotland from 16 December, but that is only the date from which couples can submit…
Category: Politics
Equality Quango Erasing Bis?
Is the Equality & Human Rights Commission erasing bisexuality and neglecting the need to tackle biphobia? The government has announced work on tackling biphobia, transphobia and homophobia and finding the best ways of doing so from the many projects that…
Equality minister welcomes Bi Visibility Day
Equality minister Jo Swinson MP welcomed the sixteenth Bi Visibility Day this morning, saying: “I’m proud that this has been a momentous year for LGBT equality. The first marriages of same-sex couples have taken place in England and Wales, and…
Backbencher bids to extend Civil Partnership
Conservative MP for East Worthing & Shoreham Tim Loughton will tomorrow propose the extension of Civil Partnerships to mixed-sex couples. The proposal is a very short Private Members Bill that would simply remove the words “same-sex” from the original 2004…
20 Years On, Mancs Are Still Bi
Manchester-based bi organisation BiPhoria is celebrating its 20th birthday – their first social / support evening for bisexual folk and those who think they might be bi was held on the 1st September 1994. It’s the UK’s longest-running bisexual group:…