The UK BiCon (more formally known as the UK National Bisexual Convention or UK National Bisexual Conference), is the largest and most consistent annual gathering of the UK's bisexual community. It is also the world's longest running bisexual community event. Bisexuality is a sexual orientation characterized by aesthetic attraction, romantic love and sexual desire for both males and females. ...

While the format does vary, the common format is a long weekend over 4 days consisting of workshops, discussions, meetings and social events. Although being billed as a "bisexual" event, it is open to partners of bisexuals, supporters, non-bisexuals, non-definers, and anyone else interested in the issues around bisexuality. To that extent it can often be characterised as a nexus of the sexual freedom and queer movements. Since the late 1980s, BiCons have normally attracted between 150 and 250 participants. Bisexuality is a sexual orientation characterized by aesthetic attraction, romantic love and sexual desire for both males and females. ... Look up nexus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary The noun nexus is Latin in origin. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Queer has traditionally meant strange or unusual, but is now most often used in reference to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities. ... // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ...

Each year BiCon is organised by a different team of activists, sometimes under the banner of a local Bisexual group, sometimes as independents.

History

In December 1984 the London Bisexual Group (in association with the now defunct zine 'Bi-Monthly') ran a conference called "The Politics of Bisexuality" at The Factory Community Project in Highbury. Around 40 people braved the icy weather to attend and judged the event to be a huge success. A second event was then attended by over fifty people in April 1985. Unfortunately the venue used, the London Lesbian and Gay Centre, had just decided to ban bisexuals (and some other groups) from their premises. This did not stop the conferences which soon gained popularity in a Britain devoid of bisexual focussed event. A zine—a contraction of the word fanzine—is most commonly a small circulation, non-commercial publication of original or appropriated texts and images. ... The London Lesbian and Gay Centre was a lesbian and gay community centre located at 67-69 Cowcross Street, London. ...

That following October the Edinburgh Bisexual Group took up the torch and ran an event called "Bisexuality and the Politics of Sex". This established the idea of conferences moving around the nation. The next was run by a bisexual women's group in London. By this point the communtity was starting to know what they wanted from BiCon - a chance to meet other bisexuals (and their allies) from across the country, discuss sexuality issues, relax in the company of likeminded folk and network. Look up Sex on Wiktionary, the free dictionary A sex is one of two specimen categories of species that recombine their genetic material in order to reproduce, a process called genetic recombination. ...

Armed with an agreed purpose, for the next few years the conference alternated between venues in London and Edinburgh. Then in 1989 it branched out to Coventry. As well as being the first one outside the two capitals, it was also the first to be residential (previously, people from outside the host city had either booked accommodation privately or stayed with local attendees: 'crash space') and to use the name 'BiCon', in part because of the organisers' and venue's experience with SF cons. Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Science fiction conventions are gatherings of the community of fans (called science fiction fandom) of various forms of science fiction and fantasy. ...

A range of cities and towns have hosted it since. Over time BiCon has evolved to fit with the needs of the community. The word 'conference' has been largely replaced by 'convention', but there is still a political and campaigning side to the event. In recent years the momentum behind the event has spawned a number of off-shoots, such as 'BabyBiCon', 'BiFest' and the 'Bi Academic Conference', which have concentrated themselves on particular aspects covered by BiCon. The term conference can be used to describe any meeting of people that confer about a certain topic. ... Convention has at least two very distinct but related meanings. ...

Past events

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BabyBiCon

A spin-off event BabyBiCon, aimed at bisexual youth (under-26's) was held in Manchester on 5-7 June 1998. It was organised at the Ardwick Youth Club by the group 'BiYouth' (folded in 2000) with support from a couple of local lesbian & gay youth projects. While attracting around 25 people, discussions of holding successor events in 1999 and 2000 led to nothing. 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

Future events

2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Glasgow Caledonian University is a University in Glasgow, Scotland. ...

See also

• Bi Community News
• International Conference on Bisexuality

Bi Community News (commonly shortened to BCN) is the United Kingdoms only publication serving the bisexual population. ... The International Conference on Bisexuality (ICB), also known as the International BiCon is a periodic gathering of bisexual activists and academics from around the world. ...

References

• "BiCon UK: Archives" at Bicon.org.uk. Accessed 13 July 2005.
• 2 March 2002 - "BiCon's Past" at Bi.org. Accessed 13 July 2005.

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External links

• BiCon UK central directory
• BiCon UK livejournal
• Bi Youth UK directory
• BiCon 2005
• BiCon 2006