Come join our discussion group the second Thursday of every Month. We are gathering at 6:00 pm to chit chat and get settled. If you are ordering something please try and order it once you get here to minimize noise durning the discussion. We will start the discussion at 6:15 pm till 7:30 pm. The topic this month for Bi+ Salon is monogamy and bisexuality. Brianna will be our guest moderator and she has some great questions to lead off the discussion.
Please RSVP via Meetup. What: Bi+ Salon When: 6:00 - 7:20 pm on Thursday, August 14, 2014 Where: Cafe SouthSide 3405 Chicago Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN Map: Google Map Contact: BOP@bisexualorganizingproject.org
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There is a lack of understanding about the experiences of bi+ people. The Bi+ Story Project seeks to change this.The Bi+ Story Project (BSP) is building a trove of stories and experiences to improve bi+ visibility and contribute to greater understanding of the resiliency and needs of bi+ identified people. We use bi+ to be inclusive of bi/pan/poly/fluid sexual orientations as well as other identities such as two spirit. Bi+ Story Project is operated by Bisexual Organizing Project – BOP (www.bisexualorganizingproject.org), a not-for-profit in the State of Minnesota. BSP has financial support from PFund Foundation. And, of course, your generous donations. We're so grateful to Lynette and John from The BiCast (www.thebicast.org)for helping us spread the word. #becausebistoriesmatter.
By Martha Hardy BiNet USA's Faith Cheltenham just published a wonderful piece about solidarity on The Bilerico Project called "Bisexuals at the Gates" in which she further reflects on being present a the signing of President Obama's Executive Order prohibiting workplace discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. In this piece, Faith Cheltenham calls upon us to work together not only within bisexual communities but also with lesbian, gay, transgender, queer, asexual, and intersex people. It is hard to pick just one pull quote, so here are a couple: "We can't save lives alone, and I'm proud we have amazing gay, lesbian, transgender, queer, ace, intersex, and heterosexual allies who stand with us and against every stupid myth, stereotype, and slight against complex sexualities. Together we're fighting against a monosexist society that would call for bisexuals to "come out," and then close the gates to desperately-needed resources when they do. Bisexual resources and support opportunities still need to be created at nearly every major LGBT organization, and doing so will ensure bisexual people won't continue to face immediate sexual assault, stigma, and suicidality upon disclosing they are bisexual." "Having frank conversations about acephobia, biphobia, transphobia, racism, sexism, ableism, ageism, and classism are necessary in order to keep our entire community safe and whole, even if inclusive language is sometimes unfamiliar and suspiciously lacking in cynicism. Sexual and gender minority movements have never had a "more perfect union," but we can still build one on the backs of our collected strength." "How I got up there onstage with President Obama last week is also the story of how I survived growing up black, broke, and bisexual. It's the tale of how I got up from thinking I was alone and never at home in the world, let alone at home with a word that described my own community. And it's another step in the nearly fifty years of modern bisexual history that belongs to us all. As bisexual people, we're used to being erased, or ignored, or overlooked. We're rightfully frustrated when others act as if the B in GLBT is silent or not there at all. We get caught up in debates about labels. All of these conversations are crucial for bi+ folks to have AND we also need to remember that, as bi+, transgender, gay, lesbian, queer, intersex, and asexual people, we're all in this thing together, working for social justice.
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BECAUSEBECAUSE 2024
October 4th - 6th, 2024 Murzyn Hall Columbia Heights, MN We hope you will join us for the BECAUSE Conference in fall 2024! MissionBuild, 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.
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