[SF Pride Contingent Update] We are not marching as a contingent this year. The only other contingent monitor had a family emergency and they will not be attending SF Pride now. With only two and now one contingent monitor, we will not be able to get our parade packet. If you are still looking for a contingent to march with, consider where you volunteer, or work, if they have a contingent, or the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Contingent.
 
I am sorry to have to cancel our contingent, but without more people willing to take the monitor training on YouTube and the short quiz through google docs we couldn't move forward.

We can now focus on Oakland Pride in the fall.
 
Thanks for being so understanding, and have a great Pride Week!

Wishing you all the best this Pride Season!

Bi / Pan 45+ Women’s Community Gathering
 
Please join us at our next gathering, Saturday, May 25th, 11 - 1.
 
We’re excited to be building an intentional community of local bisexual/pansexual women who are 45+ and monogamous leaning (women who are understand and are okay that polyamory is not the focus of this group are welcome). We want to invest in meaningful friendships and more intimate connections. It will be a safe space to discuss the challenges and joys that women over 45 experience. 
We meet monthly in-person on 4th Saturdays and are inviting you to join us if this fits you and your identities. No Cis Men.
 
We'll be meeting for a picnic lunch at Strawberry Creek Park this time, and maybe through the dry season.
When:
 
Saturday, May 25th, 11:00 am -1:00pm
 
What:

• Peer-facilitated connecting with topics or questions starts at 11:15am
• We will provide discussion prompts and mix it up to ensure everyone meets everyone. 
• General schmoozing!
• Bring food and/or drink. Also blankets and pillows to lounge on are a good idea! In a pinch, there's a cafe with food nearby.

Where:  
Strawberry Creek Park, 1289 Addison St, Berkeley, CA 94702 https://goo.gl/maps/eFsxwtXKey9E8usS7   
We'll be at the Addison St end of the park, NOT the Allston Way end.
 
Questions? Contact Annie email: [email protected] or text: 510-282-1279
 
See you there!
 
Warmly,
Annie, Janet & Ahoora

Hello fabulous queers/bi/pan peeps--
 
We’re excited to build an intentional community of local bisexual/pansexual women who are 45+ and monogamous leaning. We want to invest in meaningful friendships and more intimate connections. It will be a safe space to discuss the challenges and joys that women over 45 experience. 
 
Our first fab meeting in February was so fun and a big success! We had a great time connecting and hanging out. Now we're expanding our outreach.
Please join us at our next meeting on Saturday, April 27th.
 
We meet monthly in-person on 4th Saturdays. We are warmly inviting you to join us if this fits you and your identities. Feel free to invite others for who this group is a fit. No Cis Men, please.

Gathering of Bi / Pan 45+ Women’s Community
 
When:
 
Saturday, April 27, 11:00 am -1:00pm
 
What:

• Peer-facilitated connecting with questions/games starts at 11:15am
• We will provide discussion prompts and rotate seats to ensure everyone meets everyone. 
• General schmoozing!
• Food & drink is available for purchase. We encourage you to support the venue!

Where:  
              Vault Cafe:  a spacious, comfy diner with chill environs for filling portions of classic American comfort food.
              Address: 3250 Adeline St, Berkeley, CA 94703
              Phone: (510) 595-9600              
https://www.yelp.com/biz/vault-cafe-berkeley?osq=the+vault
 
Questions? Contact Annie email: [email protected] or text: 510-282-1279
Or Janet email: [email protected] or text: 619-806-8122
 
We hope to see you there!
 
Warmly,
Annie, Janet, Sue and Ahoora

Let's go to the movies! The BiCONIC Film Festival is coming to the Roxie on September 20th 2023 at 7:00 PM.BiCONIC Film Festival 2023/2024

What: The BiCONIC Film Festival centers on the Bi+ umbrella, bisexual, pansexual, polysexual, multisexual, fluid, omnisexual, or anyone attracted to more than one gender. We were launched in early 2023 by artists and activists who perceived the programming of other LGBTQ+ film festivals as lacking a focus on the bi+ communities! (18+ Only)

Where: The Roxie Theater, 3117 16th Street San Francisco, CA 94103

When: Doors Open at 7:00 PM

• 7:30 PM - 7:45 PM - Program Starts

• 7:45 PM - 8:45 PM - 1st Round of Film Program (1 Hr)

• 8:45 PM - 9:15 PM - Intermission Chat with Local Bi+ Filmmakers

• 9:15 AM - 10:15 PM - 2nd Film Program (1 Hr)

• 10:15 PM - 10:30 PM - Closing Remarks

* Not all films listed will play on September 20th, some will play after the Bi-BQ on June 19th, 2024.

Thank you for marching with our groups in SF Pride!
We had a lot of folks marching with Still Bisexual and the Bay Area Bisexual+ and Pansexual Network! Everyone brought the energy and stamina to keep us going through the long wait in the fog, wind and sun. They raised their Lani Ka'ahumanu inspired Biphobia Shields high and made the crowd roar with delight. The mustachioed Freddie Mercury brigade was on point and the Bi Fieri was awesome.

Thank you Nicole, from Still Bisexual, for helping to organize and sticking with us as a driver with a clutch of steel, thank you Marisa for being the awesome person that you are and holding down the joint Bi+ Booth with Karen, thank you Carol Queen for your wheel monitoring, and thank you all of the amazing marchers and attendees who made SF Pride and all of Pride Week rock!

Martin (Your Organizer)

Dolores Park
(Picnic Area near Dolores St and 20th Street)
Saturday, September 24, 2022
from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM (PDT)

Marked each year since 1999, Bi Visibility Day raises bi awareness and challenges bisexual & biromantic erasure.

2022 will be the 24th year that we have celebrated bisexual lives and we will be celebrating on the 24th of September this year.

This year we will meet outdoors and have a pizza party (including vegan options) and play games from 2-5pm.

The evolution of the word 'bisexual' — and why it's still misunderstood
The pervasive stereotype that bisexuality is an exclusive and limiting label is something bi activists have been fighting for decades.

On Wednesday, September 23rd, at 5pm Pacific Time we will be hosting an event for Celebrate Bisexuality Day:
 
INVISIBLE NO MORE: A Celebration of Bisexuality & Bi+ Pioneers
Event is free & open to the public; register on Zoom at: bit.ly/bidaypanel
 
Wednesday, September 23rd is Celebrate Bisexuality Day, but what does it mean to celebrate bisexuality in 2020? As LGBTQ+ rights and awareness grow, is bisexuality becoming more accepted, or does it remain invisible and stigmatized? And as activism and communities move increasingly online, what even is "visibility" anymore? Join a panel of bisexual activist pioneers as we explore these questions and more in an unabashed claim to visibility and dignity.
 
With:
 
Loraine Hutchins, moderator: Co-Editor, “Bi Any Other Name: Bisexual People Speak Out"
Luigi Ferrer: Activist, HIV/AIDS Educator
ABilly Jones-Hennin: Marine Corp Veteran, Activist
Lani Ka’ahumanu: Co-Editor, “Bi Any Other Name: Bisexual People Speak Out”
Robyn Ochs: Speaker, Writer, Editor of Bi Women Quarterly

BiCon 2020 Schedule (aka bitinerary) — work in progress, check back for updates.

Anti-Racism 101: Dismantling Racism & White Supremacy How To Be A Queer Ally with Shaun Haines, Karen Fleshman, Esq. and LeRon L. Barton

Trans Awareness with Aria Sa'id, Janelle Vinson, and Sean Greene

Speed Dating (for friendship or dating) with Bex

Additional Comedy later that evening with Nick Leonard and the Bilarious Show at Martunis

The Bilarious Comedy Show at Martuni's requires a separate ticket.
*Cost is $15
tickets available at https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4344015


6pm -9pm, Saturday 12 at Martuni's, 4 Valencia Street, San Francisco.
https://www.facebook.com/events/369503070404304/?active_tab=discussion
Just another tasty treat from your bi+ activists, working to create more community for those of us who love more than one gender.


The SF BiCon Organizers (a very small group of local activists)
Twitter: @sfbicon
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sfpanbicon/
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.sfbicon.com
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Anti-Racism 101 in the Queer CommunityKaren Fleshman, Esq. Founder, Racy Conversations, is an anti-racism trainer and police accountability activist. The mission of Racy Conversations is to flip 10% of white Millennials and Generation Z to anti-racism so we can have a majority anti-racist generation and transform our society.

LeRon L. Barton is a writer. LeRon’s essays have appeared in Salon, The Good Men Project, Eastbay Express, Those People, AlterNet, SF Bay view, Buzzfeed, Gorilla Convict, and Elephant Journal. His first book, “Straight Dope: A 360 degree look into American drug culture” was released in Feb 2013. LeRon’s book, “All We Really Need Is Love” is available on Amazon.

Shaun Haines is the Founder and Executive Director of San Francisco Impact Partners. His goals are to affect the remediation of disparities that impact communities that are most in need. Shaun is an Associate Member of the San Francisco Democratic Party. He is Founder and President of San Francisco Black Community Matters. He became elected in 2015 to the position of Assembly District Delegate. He was appointed to serve on the San Francisco Human Rights Commission – LGBT Advisory Committee, Commissioner on the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force and the African American Advisory Committee of the 17th Assembly District. As such Shaun understands how public policy can benefit or create consequences that impact low-income communities. Shaun is a Permanent Member of the San Francisco Police Department Chief’s LGBT Advisory Forum.

The purpose of Antiracism 101 is to educate, mobilize, and build multi-racial community. All who are interested in understanding racism—and moving from awareness to action and accountability in unlearning and eliminating racism—are encouraged to request a consultation.

Trans Awareness
Aria Sa’id is a transgender advocate and award winning political strategist based in San Francisco Bay Area. She is a founder and the Executive Director of the Compton’s Transgender Cultural District- the world’s first transgender district, celebrating the resilience, culture, and presence of transgender people in San Francisco’s famed Tenderloin neighborhood. She is the founder of Kween Culture Initiative- a social and cultural empowerment project for Black transgender women.

Janelle Vinson is an award-winning community organizer and transgender advocate native of the San Francisco Bay Area. She serves as Program Associate for the Compton’s Transgender Cultural District- the first legally recognized transgender district in the world. She also serves as Bay Area President of FLUX- a national transgender empowerment initiative through AIDS Healthcare Foundation. In addition she co-directs an annual transgender empowerment retreat, TRANScend- and is an ambassador for the National Transgender March on Washington D.C. In her work, she strives for the advancement of transgender women of color.

Sean Greene has been working in the non-profit sector on and off for the past 25 years, with the past 10 years working specifically in Volunteer Management, Event Production and Development at Breast Cancer Emergency Fund, Positive Resource Center, the GLBT Historical Society and on the Board of Directors for Folsom Street Events. Sean Greene currently serves as Director of Strategic Partnerships for the Compton's Transgender Cultural District- overseeing fundraising, event production and organizational relationship building.

The Compton's Transgender Cultural District will be leading a workshop on our work, transgender cultural competency, and the importance of both including transgender people in our spaces- as well as the need for our spaces that affirm transgender people overall.

Speed Dating (for friendship or dating)Bex is a longtime queer activist and has been engaged with numerous local nonprofits in the queer and educational spheres. She currently sits on a local board of an LGBT nonprofit, and is involved in increasing SFPD transparency. She likes dogs and identifies as femme, demisexual and queer.

Bilarious Show at Martunis Nick Leonard performs regularly as a comic and host at venues around California and beyond. For the past ten years, Nick has been producing the premiere gay comedy showcase in San Francisco, QComedy. He also performed regularly at the legendary Josie's Cabaret in San Francisco, as well as headlining, featuring, or hosting at Cobb's Comedy Club, The Punchline, Rooster T. Feathers, Russian River Resort, San Jose Improv, The Purple Onion and many other venues and events.
The Bilarious Comedy Show at Martuni's requires a separate ticket.
*Cost is $15
tickets available at https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4344015

6pm -9pm, Saturday 12 at Martuni's, 4 Valencia Street, San Francisco.
https://www.facebook.com/events/369503070404304/?active_tab=discussion
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The Bilarious Show, an evening of laughs celebrating the diverse world of the bisexual community. This milestone event is a complete lineup of openly Bi comedians serving up the laughs. Too long invisible in the comedy world, the Bilarious Show changes all that with real live bisexual comics and performers speaking out about life, love, politics and people. Everybody's welcome to join us for a night of laughs, music and community with your funny Bi friends.