Pride 2021 Update!

Watch These Online Spaces for Pride 2021 Developments: All Month, June 2021   Follow the Unicorn March on Twitter @UnicornMarch Follow Bi-BQ Bi Pride on Facebook @BiBQSF Follow SF*EB BiCon on Twitter @sfbicon

VIRTUAL Bi+ Pride Palooza   Sun., June 6, 2021 AT 11 AM PDT – 2 PM PDT   Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82960780812 Although it's getting nice outside, stay in and party with us for an afternoon of prideful cheer. Join us as BiRequest hosts a Zoom house party with activities in the different "rooms" of the house. We'll start the event off with a Pride fashion show and then will proceed to the "Conservatory" for crafts, sharing stories and bi+ anthems, and the "Game Room" for Jackbox games, "Would you rather?" and a Dutch Auction. Don't feel like doing any activities? Join us in the "Living Room" to chat, chill and just hangout. It's easy to switch rooms and get around our virtual house so you can visit the different rooms as you want. This event is open to all people regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, race, age or ability. Join us for this pride inspired, bi+ centered event on Zoom.

Ninth Annual Bisexual Book Awards   Sat., June 12, 2021 AT 4 PM PDT   Facebook Live Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/525493571948273   Award-winning authors of the Ninth Annual Bisexual Book Awards will read from their books, with musical interludes by bi+ singer-songwriters plus artwork from a finalist book. This FREE show will stream on FB & YouTube. A whole night of bi culture! More info on streaming links TBA. READINGS Poetry: Bianca Phipps / Crown Noble Fiction: Rowan Hisayo Buchanan / Starling Days Non-Fiction: Angela Jones / Camming: Money, Power, and Pleasure in the Sex Work Industry Mystery: Tanen Jones / The Better Liar Fiction: The Company Daughters / Samantha Rajaram Non-Fiction: Bisexuality in Europe: Sexual citizenship, romantic relationships, and bi+ identities by Emiel Maliepaard and Renate Baumgartner (Eds.) Fiction: Jennifer Steil / Exile Music Fiction: Zaina Arafat / You Exist Too Much Memoir/Bio: Molly Wizenberg / The Fixed Stars Speculative Fiction: Rashid Darden / Children of Fury Fiction: Emma Stroub / All Adults Here YA: Nita Tyndall / Who I Was with Her LIVE MUSIC Anne Heaton, Singer-Songwriter Rorie Kelly, Singer-Songwriter ART Illustrations from Ceremonials by Katharine Coldiron, Kernpunkt Press. Artist: Mariana Magaña de Lio HOSTS Sheela Lambert, Director Bisexual Book Awards & Bi Writers Assoc Donna Redd, Exec Director SiSTAH!

Announcement: Advancing Polyamorous Legislation in Northern California: An Organizers Meeting Sat., June 12, 2021 AT 4 PM PDT   Zoom link for the event: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/93346060061?pwd=T2U3QytyZ0tKYjMzS0pScjE2ZlNEdz09&from=addon   Calling Local Polyamorous Leaders! Polyamorous people currently face discrimination around workplace, marriage/domestic partnership, childcare, and housing; And this will continue so long as polyamory is deemed immoral or deviant. Let's change that together! The Polyamory Legal Advocacy Coalition is calling for local leaders and activists who are passionate about advancing Polyamory-friendly legislation in their Northern California communities! Queer and BIPOC all the way to the front! We're kicking off this initiative with a Zoom meeting on June 15. Come learn about our current advocacy strategy, what’s happening in cities across the US, and how you can get involved! We will also feature a Q&A with Massachusetts City Council members involved in passing polyamory-affirming ordinances in their respective cities! June 15, 7:30 – 9:30 PST RSVP: [email protected] with Northern California in the subject line. In the email please let us know a little about your interest in polyamory advocacy and what city you hope to bring change to.   Host: Polyamory Legal Advocacy Coalition, a multi-disciplinary coalition of academic and legal professionals supported by the Harvard Law School LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic, Chosen Family Law Center, and APA Division 44 Committee on Consensual Non-Monogamy. We've helped pass polyamorous domestic partnership ordinances in Somerville, Cambridge, and Arlington, MA, and are organizing to support the passage of similar domestic partnership and anti- discrimination laws in Northern California. Co-Hosts: This event is co-sponsored by: PolyActive, East Bay Polyamory Group, Bonobo Network, San Francisco Sex Positive Democratic Club, Bay Area Polyamory Collective, Bay Area Bi+ & Pan Network, forLove, Alt Parenting Bay Area.

Pride In The Park, Andrews Park, Vacaville   SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 2021 AT 12 PM PDT Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/andrews-park/pride-in-the-park/473217813971592/   Please bring a lunch, a blanket, and some friends for an afternoon for LGBTQIA+ folks, allies, and co-conspirators to celebrate the community!   There will be a DJ, Live Music, Community Open Mic, Trivia, Crafts, Dessert Auction, as well as resources.

Bi Candy Shorts   Thurs., June 24, 2021 AT 7:30 PM PDT   Link: https://www.frameline.org/festival/film-guide/bi-candy-x8019   We are so excited to be co-presenting the Bl CANDY SHORTS with @framelinefest for #Frameline45! Come ride this bi-fabulous, pan-tastic rollercoaster of seduction, unlikely matches, and relatable misses. And explore self-emancipation in the face of adversity, nerdy tween fantasies coming to life, a Hitchcockesque meetcute in Estonia, and even a COVID/Zoom musical. Get your tickets to stream Bl CANDY online on June 24th at 7:30pm! #BiCandyShorts #frameline #framelinefest Curated by Allegra and April Hirschman.