BiRequest: A social group for bisexual and bi-friendly people

Discussion group meets
1st & 3rd Thursdays
6:00pm to 8:00pm
@ the LGBT Center
(208 W 13 St, between
7th & 8th Aves.)

Optional, informal dinner
follows at a nearby
restaurant.

BiRequest NYC - 3rd Thurs Meeting - 20 June 2013

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Date:	3rd Thursday 20 June 2013
Time:	6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location:	NYC's lgBtQ Community Center 208 West 13 Street, NYC ....between 7th Avenue & Greenwich/8th Avenues Check at the front desk on arrival to confirm room location.
Facilitator:	Paul
Topic:	Bi Twin Cities: A Report from the Heartland
Summary: Earlier this month - Pride Month, I might add, folks from around the heartland of the U.S. gathered in the Twin Cities for a weekend of inspired community building and organizing: the 21st annual BECAUSE conference. BECAUSE 2013 featured an exciting array of workshops to inspire and empower all bisexual people. It's organized by the most well formed of all the Bi organizations across the country, the Bisexual Organizing Project, aka BOP. In addition to the usual fair at such conferences, this was also the first year that a day's worth of presentations were dedicated specifically to academic research and it's impact for, on and about our community. Results from a huge survey of health issues and health related behaviors of Minnesota Postsecondary students. < Report based on research compliation by Katherine Lust Dimensional Sexuality: New Modes of Reading Non-Binary Desires < PhD Candidate, Jenée Wilde The State of the Bisexual Movement, < by Lauren Beach Dilemmas and conflict in conducting research with mono-sexual supervisors < just one point from a panel presentation on organizing and research. And then, yes, there was a host of programs dedicated to our community.. from media presentations to the community debate regarding our most basic identity labels [bi - pan or what?? ] to strategies for creatively expressing ourselves, and others for managing the self care we all need. So this week, join us as we parse thru the program guide, consider the work that is being done in the Twin Cities, and begin to rethink what work a major metropolis like NYC can offer, and perhaps why there isn't more. If you feel yourself one of the uninitiated, feel free to just hang out and listen to what others have to say in BiRequest's fabulously safe, non-judgmental environment. Open to all Bi and bi-friendly folks, of any age, race, gender, sexual or relational orientation. Ours is a tiny example of the rainbow; a safe space to share your perspective and insights into all things Bi. And if you can’t join us for the meeting, catch up with us for dinner, round 8:15-ish, at... Empire Szechuan Village 173 7th Avenue South one block south of 11th Street @ Perry ~ a short walk from the Center ** Please TXT Paul if you will be joining us after and he'll add a seat for you: 347-645-6509 = txt PostScript regarding restaurants: If you would like to help expand our palette of dining options, suggestion are welcomed. We need a place that can accommodate 20+ people from 8:15pm for about an hour on a given Thursday - both in seating us, and relative speed for serving too. We also need the menu to have some vegetarian options, and to be fairly reasonable in cost.

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