For the third time in two years, the Northern Ireland Assembly has voted down a motion to introduce same-sex marriage there – now the one part of the UK not to have legislated for it. The proposal was defeated by…
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Stormont debates same-sex marriage… again
Unlike the rest of the UK, Northern Ireland hasn’t passed same-sex marriage into law. Today for the third time the devolved Stormont assembly will debate bringing the law there into line with the rest of the UK. It seems unlikely…
Tackling biphobia in schools: project gets started
The National Centre for Social Research has been awarded a contract to take forward the first stage of a project to help drive out homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying in schools. The project, which we reported last November, seeks to…
This week: meet bis in Bristol, Cardiff, Brighton, Glasgow & London
Want to meeet other bi folk? There are upcoming bi meetups in the next few days in Bristol, Cardiff, Brighton & London. On Monday Bristol BiVisible meet up at Cafe Kino, Stokes Croft from 7pm. Look for the purple teapot…
Coalition split on Civil Partnerships
Today’s Sunday Times reports that the government is split on introducing mixed-sex civil partnerships. After the battle of words with some faith groups over same-sex marriage Conservative leader David Cameron is reported to be unwilling to support extension of civil…