BiCon has a lot less political/activist/theory workshops than it used to. 10 years ago there were plenty; it was already declining by 1995.
I've only been involved in the Bi Community since 2000 so can't comment on this in relation to how it was before then, but I do agree that the majority of Bicon attendees appear to be interested in the social aspects more than the political/activist/theory ones. I don't think this is a good or bad thing, but in the last year or so there has been movement in other areas for the more political/activist/theory minded of us. So far this year there have been two smaller bi activist seminars, a two day meet in January in Milton Keynes and a one day event in Birmingham in April, and there'll probably be one more in about November time, venue tbc. One of the things I'd have liked to have done this year at Bicon if I wasn't busy organising it would be to have a session summarising the work that has been done in those gatherings and encourage other interested people to attend future ones. There have been write ups of them and advertising for them in BCN though.
The Bi-Blio group is the most visible outcome so far from these events, but there are other things going on such as moves towards developing a slightly more formal/organised network of local groups and representatives in the Bi Community and the possibility of providing training in Bi-phobia and bi visibility for L/G groups. Some of these things are still pretty embryonic at this stage but the activist conferences are continuing, so we shall see what comes of them in the future.
The yahoo group is 'uk-bi-activism' if you hadn't come across it already.
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Date: 2004-09-06 02:03 am (UTC)I've only been involved in the Bi Community since 2000 so can't comment on this in relation to how it was before then, but I do agree that the majority of Bicon attendees appear to be interested in the social aspects more than the political/activist/theory ones. I don't think this is a good or bad thing, but in the last year or so there has been movement in other areas for the more political/activist/theory minded of us. So far this year there have been two smaller bi activist seminars, a two day meet in January in Milton Keynes and a one day event in Birmingham in April, and there'll probably be one more in about November time, venue tbc. One of the things I'd have liked to have done this year at Bicon if I wasn't busy organising it would be to have a session summarising the work that has been done in those gatherings and encourage other interested people to attend future ones. There have been write ups of them and advertising for them in BCN though.
The Bi-Blio group is the most visible outcome so far from these events, but there are other things going on such as moves towards developing a slightly more formal/organised network of local groups and representatives in the Bi Community and the possibility of providing training in Bi-phobia and bi visibility for L/G groups. Some of these things are still pretty embryonic at this stage but the activist conferences are continuing, so we shall see what comes of them in the future.
The yahoo group is 'uk-bi-activism' if you hadn't come across it already.