The UK national organisation for bisexual research and activism
30/05/2012
We now have a video of the launch event of The Bisexuality Report – with subtitles (thanks Jen!) Great to see speakers from the Government Equalities Office, Stonewall, and the Metro Centre commenting on what the report means to them.
14/05/2012
Meg writes:
I’m presenting at the PACE/DIVA event on happiness on Tuesday 22nd May. Hope to see people there. You can read about my presentation over on Rewriting-the-Rules which deals with bisexuality and mental health, among other things. I’ll be presenting on similar matters at BiReCon later this summer.
15/02/2012
Later today we will be launching The Bisexuality Report, which members of BiUK have been working on for the past year.
A detailed description of the report plus links for downloading will be up here within the next 24 hours.
24/01/2012
Research suggests that bisexual people are more likely to experience depression, anxiety, self-harm and suicidality than lesbian, gay or heterosexual people. Biphobia and bisexual invisibility can mean that if bi people seek help from health professionals and therapists they are not always well supported. However it is also clear that many bisexual people experience benefits to their mental wellbeing from being bi, such as a sense of independence, self-awareness and authenticity and an ability to develop identities and relationships without restrictions. In this conference we aim to explore both mental health problems and mental wellbeing for bisexual people.
BiReCon is a conference for anyone with an interest in contributing to, or finding out about, current work on bisexuality.
01/01/2012
Happy new year to readers of BiUK.
This is going to be a huge year for us. The Bisexuality Report will be published this month and launched in February with events in London and Manchester.
Our third BiReCon is happening in the Summer, with a focus on mental health.
And our researcher guidelines paper will be out in the Journal of Bisexuality by the end of the year.
We’ll keep you posted…
06/09/2011
Each year the Lesbian and Gay Foundation runs their ’Homo Heroes‘ awards to recognise and celebrate the heroes of the LGBTQ communities. This year there are bi-related nominations in four out of the seven categories: most appropriate given that the awards night is happening to day before Celebrate Bisexuality Day on September 23rd. Many of BiUK’s own heroes are included in the shortlists…
Natalya Dell has been shortlisted for volunteer of the year for her fantastic work organising BiCon 2011 and many previous bi events, as well as her major role in UK bi activism.
Marcus Morgan has been shortlisted for Role Model. Marcus set up bi visibility group The Bisexual Index and recently spoke for bi people on TV’s Vanessa show, as well as organising bi events and speaking for bi community for many years.
Jen Yockney has been shortlisted for Community Champion for all her wonderful work editing the longest running bisexual magazine, Bi Community News magazine, organising the long-running social & support group BiPhoria, and so much more.
Bi Community News magazine itself has been shortlisted in the community organisation category.
Do your bit towards bi visibility and vote today! Voting is open until September 7th.
BiUK will be there on the night and will report back here.
05/09/2011
Celebrate Bisexuality Day is 23rd September every year.
This year we will mark the day in Manchester with the first ever Critical Sexology Up North event, featuring two of the speakers from last year’s international BiReCon event: Christian Klesse and Anna Einarsdottir. To see short clips of them speaking go here.
Critical Sexology is a successful seminar series which has been running in London for nearly a decade. It is an interdisciplinary seminar series for psychologists, psychoanalysts, medical doctors, literary and cultural studies scholars, philosophers, artists, lawyers and historians with a critical interest in the construction and management of gender and sexuality in the medical, human sciences, discursive and cultural spheres. Established in 2002 by Iain Morland and Lih-Mei Liao, Critical Sexology has since held three seminars per year, with meetings taking place in London. The seminar is currently co-organised by Lisa Downing (University of Exeter), Meg Barker (Open University), and Robert Gillett (Queen Mary, University of London).
From 2011, one seminar out of the three we organise per year will be held at a university in a northern location. This first will be in Manchester in September:
23 September 2011, 2pm-6pm: Relationships
Venue: Manchester Metropolitan University, John Dalton building, room 0.05
Organised by Meg Barker in collaboration with Christian Klesse
Speakers:
Anna Einarsdottir and Brian Heaphy (University of Manchester) – Civil Partnerships
Christian Klesse (Manchester Metropolitan University) – Non-monogamous Relationships
Mark Carrigan (University of Warwick) – Asexual Relationships
Respondents: Eleanor Wilkinson (University of Leeds) and Hera Cook (University of Birmingham)
All details of the event are here, and a map to the venue can be found here, including a pdf of how to get to the venue.
27/08/2011
The annual UK bisexual conference, BiCon 2011, is happening from 1-4 September 2011. All details can be found on the BiCon website.
BiUK will be facilitating a workshop on all things research-related on the afternoon of Friday 2nd. Hope to see you there!
27/08/2011
Welcome to BiUK, the national organisation for bisexual research and activism.
We were founded in 2007. Since then we have run two BiReCon events: a national one in 2008 and an international one in 2010. We have developed guidelines for researchers and writers on bisexuality. Between us, we have published several papers and chapters relating to aspects of bisexuality. We are currently working on a report documenting the issues faced by bisexual people in the UK.
