The Biscuit Purple List 2015
Your nominations have been collected, heated discussions have been had and disagreements have been thwarted, and now we are proud to be able to present the first ever Biscuit Purple List.
The Purple List was conceived as a reaction to the bi-erasure of similar honours lists, which neither recognise the work done that specifically benefits the bisexual community, nor the importance using the word ‘bisexual’ to describe the non-monosexual people who do appear in them.
We think that it’s important to make a really big deal about the awesome people who give their time, energy, cash and resources to make life a little bit better for bisexual people. As a group we have lower rates of well being than gay and lesbian identified people. We’re more likely to commit suicide and to self harm. We are more likely to misuse drugs. Our teens have … Continue reading
You Didn't Hear it from Us 13/6/15
Here’s a round-up of some of the news, blogs posts and comment we missed this week.
- Patrick Strudwick wrote about the cons of banning UKIP from London Pride
- We watched an awesome vid on the history of queerness in DC Comics
- A quest was made to define sexual fluidity
- Lesli-Ann Lewis wrote in Ebony about the dominance of cis white women in feminism
- Miley Cyrus talked about coming out
- We read this thought provoking essay on racism on the gay scene
- The UK’s ‘fastrack’ asylum appeals system was deemed unlawful.
Did we miss any other must-see stories? Let us know in comments…
Image: “Actress Laverne Cox at The Paley Center For Media’s PaleyFest 2014 Honoring “Orange Is The New Black”” by Dominic D. Shared under CC BY 2.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.
You Didn't Hear it from Us 28/03/15
Here’s a round-up of some of the news, blogs posts and comment we missed this week.
- LGBTQNation presented the case for why pronouns really matter.
- The cast of Orange is the New Black made us giggle with their rendition of Don’t Talk to Me. We love those Litchfield Ladies.
- Unicornbootly listed the things we say to bisexuals but shouldn’t.
- The government pledged £2 million to defeat homo-, bi- and transphobic bullying in schools.
- Biscuit fav EJ Rosetta rallied against casual biphobia.
- Texan American Footballer Connor Mertens spoke to Al Jazeera about being out as bi in the sport
- Blogger Rebecca of bluebec went to Canberra LGBT film festival shOUT and discovered just how insidious biphobia in allegedly inclusive spaces is.
- HuffPo Gay Voices featured an interesting opinion piece on religious freedom bills.
Did we miss any other must-see stories? Let us know in comments…
Biscuit shares panel with asylum seeker Aderonke Apata
Last weekend, Biscuit’s editor-in-chief Lottie was privileged enough to join a panel of inspiring lesbian and bisexual woman at the Lesbian and Gay Foundation’s Sugar and Spice event. One of these was Nigerian Aderonke Apata, who is fighting to stay in the country in light of a Home Office ruling that she cannot be a lesbian because she has children and has been in heterosexual relationships.
Apata appeared in the High Court last week to challenge the Home Office’s decision to refuse her asylum. During the hearing, Home Secretary barrister Andrew Bird insisted that she was simply someone who had “indulged in same-sex activity”. “You can’t be a heterosexual one day and a lesbian the next day,” he asserted.”Just as you can’t change your race.” Apata was told that the results of her appeal would arrive at the end of the month. Outside the court, Apata fell into the arms of her wife-to-be, Happiness Agboro.
Biscuit’s Lottie Dingle joins Aderonke Apata on a Lesbian and Gay Foundation panel
Apata’s story is a harrowing one. When Apata’s family found out she had a female partner, they dragged her to a Sharia court to be stoned for adultery. A “legal technicality” gave her the time she needed to flee to England. After she left, her female partner of 20 years was killed by vigilantes.
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"Just leave your boyfriend at home…": Being Bi at Pride
While the LG community often has problems with bi people, these issues seem to get intensified when the issues of Pride comes about. Despite the origins of Pride and the heavy involvement of bisexual (and trans) people in its early organisation, there seems to be a focus on open and visible gay celebration. But what happens when you are someone who is never able to be visibly queer, despite… Continue reading →