Bisexual Visibility Day 2015

Join us to celebrate Bisexual Visibility Day!

On Wednesday 23rd September, the Council LGBT Workers’ Forum are getting together with LGBT HIP and Brighton Bothways to celebrate Bisexual Visibility Day:

5-7pm Coffee & Cake at the Red Roaster on St James’s Street

7-9pm Buy a Bi a Beer! at the Marlborough Pub on Princes Street

Join us for drinks and chats with like-minded people and find out what support is available for bisexual and bi-curious people in the city. All bisexual, bi-curious and bi-friendly people welcome!

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The Council LGBT Workers’ Forum have also teamed up with LGBT HIP and Brighton Bothways to ask people to challenge biphobia and show their support by being a Bi ally. Throughout September, LGBT HIP will be collecting your top tips on being a Bi ally! Simply post your top tips on Facebook or Twitter and tag it #Brighton4BiVisibility. We also wanted to share this fab online tool to add a Bi flag over your profile photo on Facebook or Twitter to show your support – check it out here.

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Find out more about the different ways people are marking Bi Visibility Day around the world at www.bivisibilityday.com

Why is this needed?

Bi Visibility Day started in 1999 to celebrate bisexual identities and challenge biphobia. Research shows that bisexual people often face discrimination and marginalisation from both heterosexual, and lesbian and gay, communities. Bisexuality has been acknowledged to be an ‘invisible’, ‘excluded’ or ‘silent’ sexuality within several domains including: mainstream media, lesbian and gay communities, sex research, psychology and psychotherapy, policy and legislation. Bisexual people have significantly higher levels of distress and mental health difficulties than heterosexual and lesbian/gay populations; this has been found both internationally and in the UK and has been strongly linked to experiences of biphobia and bisexual invisibility.