Eurovision: will it stay bi?
The Eurovision Song Contest final is less than 48 hours away and following the second semi-final, there’s at least one bi contestant still in the running. Lithuania’s Silvester Belt (above)…
Methodists move on
The United Methodist Church has taken a step into the modern age. The church’s General Conference in the USA has voted to allow bi people (and other LGBTs) to be…
Seen Less On Screen
GLAAD, the US’ biggest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organisation, has just released the 19th edition of the annual Where We Are On TV study, which…
Best Bi Books of 2023
The Lambda Literary Awards shortlists are out – and among them are some of the best bi books published last year. The organisers have announced finalists in 26 categories for…
Bi Gossip – April 2024
We mostly cover the “big stuff” in BCN – like bi events, changes to law that particularly affect bi people, new research and so forth. But a lot of bi…
Iraq goes to extremes
Iraq has clamped down on same-sex relationships – and much more besides. The government there has voted through a new ‘morality’ law, amending an existing law about sex work. It…
Nursing Stats: Bi Die Younger
New research from the USA suggests bi women die younger than lesbians, and lesbians die younger than heterosexual women. It’s released by the JAMA research journal, in a paper entitled…
Scotland: Whatever Next?
The Scottish coalition government has come to an abrupt end. The Nationalist-Green arrangement at Holyrood had been signed in August 2021 as a five-year plan but has fallen apart at…
Major League Baseball challenged on biphobia
A minor league baseball umpire is taking the MLB to court after he was fired – citing biphobia as a reason he was let go. Brandon Cooper claims to have…
Bi Pride moves to August
London’s annual Bi Pride festival is moving out west – though only to west London, not Birmingham as their teaser campaign this week made some speculate. The University of West…