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Bis Of Colour Launch, central London, 21st July, full details

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Bis of Colour UK are thrilled to announce our launch event!

When? 21st July, 2-5pm

Where? Kairos in Soho. Map/accessibility and venue information :

http://www.kairosinsoho.org.uk/

What?

2pm – 3 pm 

Why Bis of Colour?  Open to all.

Jacqui and Camel, co-founders of the Bis of Colour UK Project will talk briefly about the project and bi of colour identity. There will be time for discussion/questions. Come meet us, collect information about the group.

3pm – 330pm Break

330 – 5pm

Bis of Colour UK meet up. Open to Bi people of colour only*

A confidential/anonymous safer space for Bis of Colour to meet and support each other. Facilitated by Camel and Jacqui.

The group will run as a drop-in, people are welcome to come for the whole session, 5 minutes or anything in between.

Bis of Colour social

Jacqui and I would like to invite group attendees to join us for some chilled social time. Likely plan is going for dinner somewhere nearby and cheap

Any questions, queries, to Bis of Colour UK at bis.of.colour@gmail.com

We look forward to meeting bis of colour, friends and allies!

*for our definitions of bi of colour, see the the text to the right of this >>>>>>

Bis Of Colour Launch, central London, 21st July

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We’ll be launching our project with an event at Kairos in Soho on Saturday 21st July.

More details including timings to follow.

There will be a Bis of Colour-only space for mutual support followed by an open session/presentation on the specific issues faced by Bi people of colour, and a mixed social to finish up the night.

check the Kairos website for directions/accessbility info.

http://www.kairosinsoho.org.uk/

Want to meet us/other Bis of Colour? UK events

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BiCon, Bradford, 11th August

We’ll both be at the Bis of Colour session at BiCon, the UK National Bisexual convention in Bradford. Bicon is running from 9th to 13th August, the Bis of Colour session is mostly likely to take place on the 11th August and day passes can be bought on the day.

More about BiCon here: http://bicon2012.org.uk/

UK Black Pride, Ministry of Sound, 103 Gaunt Street, London, SE1 6DP, 18th August

We’ll have a community stall with information about the group, about being BME/people of colour and being bi, please come and say hello

More about UK Black Pride here: http://www.ukblackpride.org.uk/


Welcome to the Bi’s of Colour Tumblr

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The Tumblr space for the UK Bi’s of Colour group.

Bi’s of Colour:

Bi:

Bi(sexual), not straight or gay, queer, pansexual, bicurious, unsure people all welcome

Attracted to more than one gender? Attracted to men and women? Welcome.

We aren’t interested in whether you are ‘gay enough’ or ‘queer enough’ or ‘too straight’ or how many relationships you’ve had/who with.

Of Colour:
Those who are descended (through one or both parents) from anywhere in Africa, Asia and Latin America, the original inhabitants of Australasia, North America, and the islands of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans.

We explicitly welcome and invite mixed race people.

We’re not interested in whether you are ‘black enough’, lots of us aren’t.

We welcome anyone who defines/sees themself anywhere in *both* of these groups.

This is the tumblr/one of the online spaces for the new UK Bis of Colour group. Questions and queries in comments or to bis.of.colour@gmail.com

Welcome!