New: due to the closure of BiNet USA’s website, which carried extensive US listings, we’ve added international listings – scroll down for bi groups outside the UK & Ireland.
NOTE – SOME OF THESE GROUPS ARE STILL SUSPENDED OR MEETING ONLINE IN LINE WITH LOCAL COVID SITUATION AND RESTRICTIONS. We have kept the listings as they are but check with any group whether they are meeting (especially with international listings we aren’t sure what the latest local rules will be).
Some groups in the UK have started to hold small in-person meetings again in line with the local guidelines and rollback of lockdown while others are continuing to meet online for the safety and comfort of attendees. As research shows bis are more likely to have comorbid conditions that seem to lead to worse COVID-19 outcomes than the population on average this is a reasonable decision for the health of group attendees.
| There are a variety of local bi meets across the UK and Ireland. They are mostly either held in community centres or in public spaces like pubs and cafes. Some are more focused on social support, others on socialising.
Please note the local groups, events, websites and email lists linked to here are not run by BCN magazine. We advertise them in good faith but you may want to check that meets are still happening on a given date if you will be travelling a distance to get there. Our “diary box” in the side column on each page of the website covers the advertised dates of upcoming bi meetings, and the weekly Bisexual Agenda stories round up what’s on including any one-off events we pick up on. Know of a bi meet we’re missing? Drop us a line! And while you are waiting for the next meet to happen, check out the coming out & staying out guidebook, Getting Bi In A Gay/Straight World. Note: we have removed one of the groups we used to list below for transphobia. |
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Local Bi Groups
Nationwide Groups
Former Bi Groups
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In-depth listings:
BIRMINGHAM
Birmingham Bi Group – meeting 2nd Tues of each month. At LGBT Centre, 38/40 Holloway Circus B1 1EQ from 7.30. Web: brumbigroup.wordpress.com Twitter: @brumbigroup / 07946 821394.
Coffee meet every 4th Sunday from 1:30pm onwards at The Warehouse Cafe.
Bi Boardgaming alternate Friday evenings, in the LGBT centre cafe.
BRIGHTON
Brighton Both Ways – used to run monthly coffee meets, see facebook group “brighton bothways” for news.
BRISTOL
BiVisible – meet 2nd Friday of month at the Watershed, 7pm. See www.bivisiblebristol.co.uk
CARDIFF
Bi Cardiff meets 1st Thursday every month, 6:30pm, Quaker Meeting House, Charles Street. Open socials from 7.45pm in The Prince of Wales (Wetherspoons), St. Mary’s Street. For details contact bicardiff@yahoo.co.uk, text: 07982 308812 or join us on facebook.
DERBY
No longer meeting. Derby Bi Group still has a small private Facebook group. tinyurl.com/biderby
EAST MIDLANDS
East Mids Bi Network – email network, occasional social meet-ups arranged through the email list – to join send a blank email to embn-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
EDINBURGH
Bi & Beyond – meets 9 Howe St, on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of each month 6:30pm. facebook.com/biandbeyond
GLASGOW
Bi Glasgow – no longer meeting.
HAMPSHIRE
BiPanic (formerly known as BiWessex) – Regular social meet-ups in both Southampton and Winchester. Email biwessex@yahoo.co.uk or see www.facebook.com/BiPanicSouthampton/
IRELAND
Bi Irish – organises occasional bi meets in Dublin, Cork, Belfast & more. Find out more at www.biireland.com
ISLE OF WIGHT
Bi Wight – now defunct.
LEEDS
Leeds Bi+ Social Group – from June 2021. See www.leedsbigroup.org.uk
LIVERPOOL
Liverpool Bees get together for events like Pride and LGBT History Month. liverpoolbis.wix.com/livbis
LONDON & SURROUNDS
Bi Coffee London – bi.tocotox.org/bicoffeelondon – meet 1st Sat of the month, 3-6pm, Leon cafe, Spitalfields Market nr Liverpool Street Station. Twitter: @bicoffeelondon
Bi Meetup – 4th Thurs, a pub social meet once a month in a Soho bar. Web: lgbtfriends.meetup.com/145/
Bi Underground – monthly bis and friends pub night. Second Tuesday of each month from 6pm. For more info see www.bisexualunderground.com
Bi The Way: for over-50s. Meet on the fourth Monday of each month from 6 to 8pm at Opening Doors, Tavis House, 1-6 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9NA
Ebony Bi Mates: Black bi group. www.meetup.com/ebonybimates
MANCHESTER
Bi Coffee BiPhoria’s coffee meet third Sun 1pm-4pm at Vienna Coffee House, Mosley Street.
BiPhoria! – bi social/support group, meets 1st Tues monthly, 7.30pm, at LGBT Foundation, 5 Richmond St, Manchester M1 5HF. www.biphoria.org.uk Email: info@biphoria.org.uk; Twitter: @biphoria
Bi Drinks BiPhoria’s pub meet third Tuesday of each month at 8pm at Via, Canal Street. Nearest tram Piccadilly Gardens or Piccadilly. Look for the lion.
Bi Boardgames Every second month. See BiPhoria’s events listings for details.
BCN magazine – meetings and stuffing nights for the mailouts are in the city. Join us? Use the contact us page.
Bi Series – no longer running, was a series of “every 2 months” themed bi discussion workshops, at LGBT Foundation; ran for five meetings. lgbt.foundation/bi
BiPhoria^2 – quarterly themed discussion/workshop meetings, 8pm, fifth Tuesday of the month. www.biphoria.org.uk Email: info@biphoria.org.uk; Twitter: @biphoria
NEWCASTLE
NewBi+NE has ceased meeting. They were at facebook.com/NewBine
NOTTINGHAM
BiTopia meets 2nd Thursday of month at 7:30pm in the Lord Roberts pub, see nottinghambi.wordpress.com/bitopia/
Nottingham Bi-Women email list groups.yahoo.com/group/nbwg/ or call Margret on 0115 956 8810
SHEFFIELD
Sheffield BiSocial – coffee meets most months. fb.com/groups/242100959262106/
STOKE ON TRENT
BiSociable – used to run coffee meets in 2018. Facebook page here
SWANSEA
Bi Swansea – meets 3rd Tuesday every month, 7:45pm, front bar, Mozarts, Walter Road. Ask for Ele at the Pagan Moot in the main bar. Coffee meets last Sunday monthly, at The Kindercafe (except bank holidays), 12 noon -2pm, families welcome. Email: BiSwansea1@yahoo.co.uk Text: 07982 308812; or on Facebook.
TELFORD
Bis Around The Wrekin. Not currently meeting, facebook page continues though. www.tinyurl.com/wrekinbis
WALES
Bi Cymru / Wales – the all-Wales social support network for bisexual people and those who think they may be bi. Also runs campaigns, training on bi issues for organisations in Wales, events such as BiFest Wales. Email: bicymru@yahoo.co.ukText: 07982 308812. Email list: uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/biwales/ Post: c/o Diverse Cymru, 3rd Floor, Alexandra House, 307-315 Cowbridge Road East, Cardiff, CF5 1JD.
WOLVERHAMPTON
Third Way stopped meeting some time ago. Contact LGBT Network c/o Martha 01902 425 092. www.facebook.com/thirdwaybigroup
Never been to a bi group before?
- For the coffee / pub type meetups (eg Brighton, Manchester, London, Bristol, Nottingham) try Hannah’s guide here.
- For the “talky space” meetups in community centres (eg Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh), there’s Jen’s guide here.
- Know of a bi meet we’re missing? Drop us a line!
- Thinking of starting a group? Check out our A-Z…
International Links
Bi groups around the world include:
Armenia
- Not a bi group but best link we have: Equality Armenia
Australia
Austria
- Bi Visibi*lity Austria (facebook)
Belgium
- Leuven All Bi (facebook) and web page
Bolivia
- Manodiversa (facebook)
Brazil
- Belo Horizonte Frente Bi (facebook)
- Rio de Janeiro Bisibilidade RJ (facebook)
Canada
- Calgary AB Bi/Pan group
- Toronto Bi Network on facebook
- Toronto Ambi
- Toronto Bi Arts Festival
- Vancouver BC Bi+Brunch
- Vancouver BC BiFocus
Croatia
- Bi+Cro (facebook)
Denmark
- BiGruppen (facebook)
- LGBT+ Danmark bi page
Finland
France
- Bi’Cause (facebook) and website
- Tolouse To Bi Or Not To Bi
- Bisexualite Info web forum
Germany
- BiNe national network
- Bi Berlin (facebook) and website
- Braunschweig BiTogether bi youth group
- Franken & Regensburg (Nürnberg, Regensburg, Bamberg)
- Hamburg Bi & Friends
- Koln
Guatemala
- Guatemala City: BiGuate (facebook)
Italy
- Bisessuali Toscana (facebook)
- Bisessuali e Pansessuali del Veneto (facebook)
- Fuori dai Binari (facebook)
- B.Proud
Mexico
- Bi Positivo Mexico (facebook)
Netherlands
- Amstelveen Bi Group
- Bi+Nederland (facebook) and website
- Landelijk Netwerk Biseksualiteit (facebook)
Norway
Serbia
- Bisexsualki i Biseksualci Srbije (facebook)
Singapore
- Bi+ Collective Singapore (facebook)
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
Spain
Sweden
- Göteborg BiQuPan (facebook)
Switzerland
Taiwan
USA – like the UK there are many groups so we have them listed by state
AR / Arkansas
AZ / Arizona
CA/ California
- Corona Ambi Group
- Los Angeles Ambi Group
- Los Angeles Bi Task Force
- Oakland Bi Women
- Sacramento Ambi Group
- San Francisco Bi Bar
- San Francisco Bi Men’s Happy Hour meet
- San Francisco Bi Cycling club
- San Francisco Bi/Pan group
- San Jose South Bay Bi Men
- San Jose Bi+ South Bay
- San Diego Ambi Group
- South California Bi Women (Orange & LA)
CO / Colorado
- Arvada Bi Motorcycle club
- Colorado Bi & Pan (facebook)
- Denver Bi Group
- Denver ELEMENT (facebook) – also webpage
- Denver Bi+ Alliance
CT / Conneticut
Washington DC
FL / Florida
GA / Georgia
IA / Iowa
- Biowa (facebook)
- Central Iowa Bisexuals (facebook)
IN / Indiana
- Indianapolis Bi+ Support
- Indiana Bisexuals (facebook)
MD / Maryland
MA / Massachusetts
MN / Minnesota
MI / Michigan
NC / North Carolina
NE / Nebraska
NH / New Hampshire
NJ / New Jersey
NY / New York
PA / Pennsylvania
OH / Ohio
- Cleveland Bi Network (facebook)
OK / Oklahoma
OR / Oregon
- Ashland Ambi Group
- Eugene Bi Pan Empowerment Group
- Oregon Bi Women (facebook)
- Portland Ambi Group
- Portland Bi Brigade and webpage
RI / Rhode Island
TN / Tennessee
TX / Texas
UT / Utah
- Bisexuals of Utah (facebook)
WA / Washington
WI / Wisconsin
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