Bisexual Organizing Project (BOP)

September's NEW Book Club Selection!

8/19/2018

The Bi+ Book Club reading for 9/5 at 7:00 pm at Quatrefoil Library will be "Go the Way Your Blood Beats" by Michael Amherst.
Summary: "Using bisexuality as a frame, Go the Way Your Blood Beats questions the division of sexuality into straight and gay, in a timely exploration of the complex histories and psychologies of human desire. A challenge to the idea that sexuality can either ever be fully known or neatly categorised, it is a meditation on desire’s unknowability. Interwoven with anonymous addresses to past loves - the sex of whom remain obscure - the book demonstrates the universalism of desire, while at the same time the particularity of each individual act of desiring. Part essay, part memoir, part love letter, Go the Way Your Blood Beats asks us to see desire and sexuality as analogous with art - a mysterious, creative force, and one that remakes us in the act itself."
(**Please note that we have made a change to September's book club reading! If you're already devouring "Whipping Girl", don't worry! We will be discussing that book at our October meeting on 10/3 instead! Thank you for your flexibility and understanding, and happy reading!)

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September's Bi+ Book Club Selection

8/2/2018

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Join us next month on Wednesday, September 5 at 7:00 pm at Quatrefoil Library for BOP's next Bi+ Book Club meeting! We will be discussing "Whipping Girl" by Julia Serano!

Summary: "A provocative manifesto, Whipping Girl tells the powerful story of Julia Serano, a transsexual woman whose supremely intelligent writing reflects her diverse background as a lesbian transgender activist and professional biologist. Serano shares her experiences and observations both pre- and post-transition to reveal the ways in which fear, suspicion, and dismissiveness toward femininity shape our societal attitudes toward trans women, as well as gender and sexuality as a whole. Serano's well-honed arguments stem from her ability to bridge the gap between the often-disparate biological and social perspectives on gender. She exposes how deep-rooted the cultural belief is that femininity is frivolous, weak, and passive, and how this "feminine" weakness exists only to attract and appease male desire. In addition to debunking popular misconceptions about transsexuality, Serano makes the case that today's feminists and transgender activist must work to embrace and empower femininity in all of its wondrous forms."

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Join us for Bi+ Book Club in August!

7/13/2018

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The next Bi+ Book Club meeting will be Wednesday, August 1 at 7:00 pm at Quatrefoil Library (1220 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN 55407). This month we will be reading "House of Sable Locks" by Elizabeth Schechter.

From Passionate Plume award finalist Elizabeth Schechter comes a steampunk novel of dark passion. In a respectable neighbourhood, on the top floor of a beautiful house, crouches the Succubus; by design, and by temperament, she is all that men crave and fear. To the wealthy and privileged men of London, the Succubus is a test they must pass to gain access to the House of Sable Locks, the most exclusive brothel in town. However, to William, a wealthy young man born and raised in India, she is the very essence of his desires.

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Thanks again for a Great PRIDE!

7/5/2018

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Thank you to our community for another wonderful PRIDE season!

It was an honor to celebrate with you all again this year in Loring Park and in the Ashley Rukes LGBT Pride Parade!

We are so grateful to those of you who volunteered, and so happy to have connected with so many old and new bi+ friends and allies!

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Twin Cities Pride is ALMOST HERE!

6/18/2018

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Listen to "At the Table with the Bisexual Organizing Project" on KFAI!
Listen as KFAI celebrates Pride Month on the air! Join members of the Bisexual Organizing Project, or “BOP” on Thursday, June 21st at 2:00 pm on KFAI for an hour of “At the Table with BOP”. We will delve into what Pride means to the bisexual, pansexual, queer, fluid, and unlabeled (bi+) community, and what it means to celebrate and hold space for Pride as a bi+ person. We will also discuss what it’s like to be involved in BOP, and share details about our upcoming conference, BECAUSE 2018!
The full schedule of KFAI Pride Programming can be viewed here!

March with the Bisexual Organizing Project in the Twin Cities 2018 Ashley Rukes GLBT Pride Parade!
Join with us in community on Sunday, June 24 from 10:30 am to 1:00 pm to let Twin Cities see our true colors! All ages welcome! We need volunteers in the BOP marching unit, as well as volunteers to hold the bisexual flag in the color guard at the head of the parade! The parade route is down Hennepin Avenue from North 3rd Street to 16th Street in downtown Minneapolis, MN. The color guard is in spot #3, meeting on 3rd Street between Hennepin Avenue and the Nicollet Mall. BOP is in spot #28, meeting on 3rd Street between the Nicollet Mall and Marquette Avenue. Click here to see the lineup map.
Click here to march with us in the Pride Parade!

Volunteer at BOP's booth at the Pride Festival in Loring Park!
BOP will have an exhibitor booth at the Twin Cities PRIDE Festival again this year! Our booth will be open on Saturday June 23, and Sunday, June 24 from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm in Loring Park, 1382 Willow Street, Minneapolis, MN 55403. We will be in the Blue section on West 15th Street in spaces B20, B22, and B24. We will need volunteers to set-up and tear-down the booth, hand out BOP info and stickers, meet and greet community members, and run the BOP store! Volunteers can sit or stand under the shade of the tent. Volunteers will get free water, light snacks, and sunscreen! You may choose multiple or partial shifts. Click here for the park vendor map.
Click here to volunteer at BOP's Pride Festival booth!

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BECAUSE

BECAUSE
October 12-14, 2018
Location Wellstone Center, St. Paul, MN

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Mission

Build, serve and advocate for an empowered bisexual, pansexual, fluid, queer, and unlabeled (bi+) community to promote social justice.

Vision

Within the next five years grow Bisexual Organizing Project (BOP) into a successfully-run Upper Midwest nonprofit organization with annual funding of $100,000 that provides community building, education, and advocacy for the bisexual, pansexual, fluid, queer, and unlabeled (bi+) community and our allies.

September's NEW Book Club Selection!

September's Bi+ Book Club Selection

Join us for Bi+ Book Club in August!

Thanks again for a Great PRIDE!

Twin Cities Pride is ALMOST HERE!

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