With a career of pop hits from the 1960s to the 1990s Dusty Springfield is one of the most successful bisexual singers we could name. She’s also a formally honoured bi, who was due to collect her OBE from the…
Tag: Bi History
15th February 2012: The Bisexuality Report
For once our bisexual history series and our news overlap. Last night in London the Open University published The Bisexuality Report, bringing together the best research about bi life in the UK today. Its production is a collaboration between three…
14th February 1996: Bisexual Action on Sexual Health
Sixteen years ago today, the peer education project set up by Bisexual Action on Sexual Health (BASH) held an awareness evening at George House Trust in Ardwick, Manchester. A couple of dozen bi and questioning people took part in a…
14th November 1930: Marlene kisses in Morocco
Marlene Dietrich kisses another woman in the 1930 film Morocco, and performs a song dressed in a man’s tuxedo – all very daring in its day. Her character, Amy Jolly, slips a man her room key moments after kissing a…
22nd October 2006: Everything Changes
“Everything Changes”, the first episode of BBC television’s Doctor Who spin-off series Torchwood, aired in the autumn of 2006. Aimed at an older audience than Doctor Who, the programme follows the adventures of a group of alien hunters in Cardiff…