http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bundy_bi_girls

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Downs_Bi_Adults

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oz_grrls

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/toowoomba

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Brisbane_GLBT_Witches

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SEQAdultFun

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coffee_and_s_e_x

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pleasure_activism_au/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LifestylePoliticalActivism/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WFQ

We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

Bi Coffee & Chat - Brisbane, Queensland

Date: Thursday, October 14, 2004
Time: 7:30PM - 9:30PM EST (GMT+10:00)

The Bi Coffee & Chat is on again at ScooZi Cafe, Eildon Road (enter from
Lutwyche Road), Windsor, Brisbane (next to Windsor Railway Station). Call
the Bi Network on (07)38572500 or text 0416068532. Look for us outside main
entrance on right or ask at counter for the ABN group.

Wayne

Go Bi at Pride.

Yes Brisbane's and Queensland's 15th Pride Festival is here.

Show your support of the bisexual community and rock along to King George
Square in Brisbane City for 10:00am on Saturday 12th June. Following a
Rally, we will MARCH with lots of other groups and individuals to Musgrave
Park, South Brisbane at 11:00am for the annual Fair Day. The Fair Day runs
from 11:30am to 7:00pm and is followed by the After Party from 7:00pm to
2:00am, Downstairs at South Leagues Club, (Davies Park), Joan Street, West
End. Entry is $9 at the door but to avoid missing out, get your tickets at
the PRIDE tent at the Fair. If you ain't been to anything else this year ya
gotta get along to the Rally, March, Fair and Party this Saturday. Show you
are Bi and buy a Pride Spot to stick on your chest or wherever. This is
really a great fun day for you and all the family.

The party continues on Sunday 13th June with the Queen's Ball at Casino
Nightclub 1936, from 8:00pm to late. Dress is Masquerade. Entry is $15
presale or $20 at the door.

So cum join us at the Rally and march in Bi style. For Bi queeries call
Wayne on 38572500 or 0416068532.

Don't see many ppl comin here any more what all u ppl doin? the net
seams pretty quiet now days , wounder if msn chat will be back to
normal again one day , yahoo seams to still be slow
im still here

Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 00:02:37 +1000
    From: "Glenn Vassallo" <glenn@...>
Subject: Updated bi.org.au free personals

The bi.org.au personals have been updated! They now include a number of
features to assist you in connecting with others.

All old ads have been removed to make way for these improvements, so please
add your profile again.

Search Profiles - http://bi.org.au/personals/  (Not many yet, just getting
started)
Add New Profile - http://bi.org.au/personals/add.htm

Bi.org.au personals are set up to service a number of relationship types
including Casual Sex, Monogamous Relationships, Polyamorous Relationships,
Bi Swingers, Mixed Swingers, Straight Swingers, BDSM/DS/Fetish and
Friendship.

The improvements have also made the site more accessible to all genders and
sexualities.

We hope you enjoy the update bi.org.au free personals.

Glenn Vassallo
bi.org.au Editor
http://bi.org.au

Bi.org.au is a community project of Bi Pride Australia.

Please contribute if you can.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robyn Ochs" <ochs@...>
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 11:34 PM
Subject: URGENT: Call for SHORT writing on bisexuality
>
> Following is the call for writing for the book I am working on.  Please
> pass it along to anyone who might be interested.
>
> The book is an international anthology, and I currently have writings from
> 21 countries.  Though this is much better than most "international
> anthologies" I've come across, I'm still trying to improve on this.
>
> Currently, there is only one submission from each of the following
> countries: Australia, India, Philippines, Brazil, South Africa, and
> Japan, and no others from Asia or the Pacific.  Make sure that your
> country is better represented in this new book!
>
> Robyn Ochs
>
>
============================================================================
===================
>
> My name is Robyn Ochs, and I am the editor of a new book, which
> will be called _Getting Bi: Essential Resources for Bisexuals
> and Other Folks Along the Sexuality Spectrum_.
>
> Part of the book is an anthology of short writings (between a paragraph
> and a page) on bisexuality. Possible topics include: what is bisexuality?;
> living my bisexual life; my bisexual politics; bis in relationships;
> crossing lines (intersections of identities); coming out as bisexual;
> bisexual community.  Basically, tell your personal story!
>
> If you identify as bi... or knows someone else who does, PLEASE sit down
> and write!
>
> I am not looking for professional, polished writing. What we want you to
> do is sit down and write ABOUT YOUR OWN LIFE.  My idea is to have the
> writers span the spectrum from professional writers to people who have
> never before published even a letter to the editor. Each essay should be
> accompanied by a 1 or 2 sentence bio and (ideally) a photo or sketch of
> the author).
>
> Essays must be received by March 10th, 2004.
> Thanks,
> Robyn Ochs
> robyn@...
>
>

MessageThe biggest bisexual party in Australia - don't miss out on being there -
Sydney 28 February 2004.

----- Original Message -----

BIVERSITY 2004
BISEXUAL CHEMISTRY · EXPERIMENT WITH US

DJs
Gemma & Seymore Butz
Sveta
Flair

visuals
Eskatonia

performances
FireArtFanatics

roaming random performers

Saturday 28 February 20004
Lava Bar
Level 3
Burdekin Hotel
2 Oxford Street

tickets $20
from Toolshed Stores
Oxford Street Darlinghurst
King Street Newtown
or
$25 on the door.

afterparty @ Gilligans with half-price cocktails* for those with Biversity
afterparty flyers.
*conditions apply

more information call 0401 039 022
or visit
www.bi.org.au/biversity

Yahoo! Groups Links

   a.. To visit your group on the web, go to:
   http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biversity-info/



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Hi,

Here are the details for our next coffee & chat evening at Windsor in
Brisbane. You are welcome if you can make it along, if not it is on
fortnightly.
Wayne (ABN)

----- Original Message -----
From: <AusBiNet@yahoogroups.com>
To: <AusBiNet@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 6:32 PM
Subject: [AusBiNet] Reminder - Bi Coffee & Chat - Brisbane


>
> We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.
>
> Bi Coffee & Chat - Brisbane
>
> Date: Thursday, January 8, 2004
> Time: 7:30PM - 9:30PM EST (GMT+11:00)
>
> Quiet, discrete coffee and chat evening for Bi people, partners
> & friends welcome. We meet fortnightly at ScooZi Cafe, Eildon
> Road (enter from Lutwyche Road), Windsor, Brisbane (next to
> Windsor Railway Station). We sit out side to right side of
> entrance. Call the Bi Network on (07)38572500 or text
> 0416068532.
>

Hi all, you might find this article from the Washington Post of interest and
worth printing for anyone building up a resource collection of bisexual and
related articles. The link to the article is:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53140-2004Jan4.html

The text is below. Happy New Year to all from the Australian Bisexual Network.

Partway Gay?
For Some Teen Girls, Sexual Preference Is A Shifting Concept
By Laura Sessions Stepp
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, January 4, 2004; Page D01


Move over, Ellen DeGeneres, and make way for the younger girls. Way younger,
actually, and way different from what most people think of as lesbians.

You can see this new trend on Friday nights outside Union Station, sweethearts
from high schools around the Washington area, some locking lips, others hanging
out in their tight blue jeans and puffy winter parkas, talking on their cell
phones.

You can see them in the hallways of high schools like South Lakes in Reston,
Magruder in Rockville or Coolidge in the District. In 2002 at Coolidge, a
teacher got so fed up with girls nuzzling each other in class and other public
places that he threatened to send any he saw to the principal's office. He
admitted to students that he wouldn't report boy-girl kisses, setting off a
furor among a student body that, the year before, had chosen a lesbian pair as
the school's cutest couple.

These girls pack Ani DiFranco concerts and know tATu lyrics by heart. Their
attention is usually directed exclusively at each other but not always: A group
of girls at a private school in Northwest Washington charge boys $10 to watch
the girls make out in front of them. At one school dance earlier last year, a
chaperon had to break up a group of guys circled around two girls kissing,
according to other girls who were there.

Maybe the teenage exhibitionists were just yanking guys' chains, or hoping to
prove how sexy they are, or copying Britney and Madonna. But it's also possible
they were enjoying themselves. There's no way for an outsider to know, for in
the protean world of young female sexuality, where all forms of expression are
modeled, nothing is certain.

Social scientists say that 5 percent to 7 percent of young people are gay or
lesbian, and that teenagers are starting at younger ages to have same-sex sexual
experiences: 13 for boys, 15 for girls.

But those figures don't begin to tell the full story about today's girls because
girls, more often than boys, experiment with their sexuality and resist being
placed in any particular group.

Chanda Harris, a junior at High Road Upper School in Beltsville, is one of these
girls. She's standing outside Union Station on a cold Friday night, waiting for
her girlfriend and holding three giant helium balloons in celebration of her
friend's birthday.

The girls around her from various high schools -- Bladensburg in Maryland,
Anacostia, Ballou, Cardozo and Coolidge in the District -- converge to hear what
she has to say.

She started going out with girls when she was 14, following a breakup with her
boyfriend.

"At first I thought going out with a girl was nasty," she says. "Then I went to
a club and did a big flip-flop. I've been off and on with girls and guys since
then."

Another girl, a junior at Anacostia High, says her first love was a guy now in
the Marines and stationed in North Carolina. She dated Kenny for two years and
his picture adorns her bedroom wall.

But now she's dating a female high school basketball player. "Whoever likes me,
I like them," she says matter-of-factly.

A world away, on the campus of Brown University, Chloe Root, a sophomore with a
penchant for bright-colored, funky skirts from secondhand stores, also prefers
to keep her options open.

She had her first crush on a girl at age 12 but dated guys, including one with
whom she thought she was in love, until her senior year in high school in Ann
Arbor, Mich. Then she fell in love with a girl a year behind her in school and
has been going out with her ever since.
"If something happened to my relationship with Julie, I could see myself with a
boy again," Root says. "There are some days I notice I'm thinking girls are
pretty, and other days I'm thinking there are a lot of good-looking guys at this
school."

So are these girls bisexual? Perhaps. But they prefer descriptions like
"gayish," questioning, even "queer" -- an umbrella description so broad,
according to Root, that it encompasses straights as well as gays.

Try this on, Mr. and Mrs. America: These girls say they don't know what they are
and don't need to know. Adolescence and young adulthood is a time for
exploration and they should feel free to love a same-sex partner without
assuming that is how they'll spend the rest of their lives.

"I like women only right now," says Cary Trainor, also a Brown sophomore and a
self-defined lesbian since high school. "But who knows where I'll be in 25
years?"

Even gay rights veterans such as David Shapiro struggle to explain such
equivocation.

Shapiro is head of the Edmund Burke School, a private, college-preparatory
program in Northwest Washington. In 2002, Burke held a "diversity day" assembly
in which students and teachers stood together in a circle. An adult leader took
the group through various exercises, and in one of those, participants were
asked to move inside the circle if they defined themselves as gay or lesbian.

One female teacher stepped forward, but no students did.

Then the leader called for those who thought of themselves as bisexual -- the
broadest label offered. Out of the approximately 60 pupils in the group, 15
obliged: 11 girls and four boys.

Shapiro says he was "astounded" at the number of kids who stepped into the
bisexual group. As he thought about it, he concluded that "kids today know the
difference between behavior and orientation. They say, 'I may be behaving in
this certain way, but I'll make up my own mind about who I am in my own time.' "

He searches for a comparison. "It's like saying, 'Mom, Dad, I'm going to take
some courses in science but I'm not sure I want to be a doctor."

A Changing Model

Outside of conservative religious circles, the common understanding for years
has been that homosexuality is largely genetic, based on physical attraction,
and unchanging. Though an easy model to understand, if not accept, it has a
major flaw: It is derived almost exclusively from male subjects.

Recent studies of relationships among women suggest that female homosexuality
may be grounded more in social interaction, may present itself as an emotional
attraction in addition to or in place of a physical one, and may change over
time. Young women also appear to be more open to homosexual relationships than
young men are. In one recent national study, more than twice as many girls as
boys reported being attracted to the same sex at least once.

Girls may be reacting, in part, to relationships gone sour with guys.

Root has been surprised by the number of gay women she knows who say this. "They
say that when you're with a guy, there is often a feeling that you're always
going to be in a narrow feminine role," she says. "They say that guys treat them
as less capable, overly emotional, or too hungry to be attached."
The Union Station girls are more blunt about it.

"Girls understand how girls think," Chanda Harris says. "You can tell a girl, 'I
think I'm falling in love with you' and she'll listen. A boy will slough that
off, or run away. Besides, the young boys around me are into making money,
selling weed and stuff. That's not what I'm about."

A Bladensburg High senior, Kateria Rhodes, who says she has dated girls for five
years, overhears Harris. "It's not the sex," she says. "Girls are there for you
emotionally. Sure, they cheat sometimes, but I've found [dating girls] is better
for me mentally. Actually it's better on every level."

She says she has friends who used to date girls and now date guys, and that her
mother keeps telling her she'll change, too.

Harris doesn't feel that parental pressure: "My mother prefers me to be with
girls than guys. She says I'm happier."

Lisa Diamond, assistant professor of psychology at the University of Utah, is
one of a handful of researchers altering the way some people think about girls
such as Harris and Root.

"Starting in graduate school, every study I found sampled males only," she
recalls. In 1994, Diamond launched a longitudinal study of women ages 16 to 23
who said they were attracted to other women.

In the eight years she has been following these women, almost two-thirds of them
have changed labels. "They've gone from unlabeled to bisexual, lesbian to
bisexual, lesbian to 'heterosexual and getting married but may be attracted to
women in the future,' " she says. Another word she heard was "heteroflexible."

"The reason one person ended up gay might be very different from another
person," she continues. "One might know at 4, another at 30."

Diamond's research, reported in the Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology, among other publications, confirms the experience of Diane Elze, who
has counseled gay and lesbian youth for two decades.

"Women who come out as lesbians but lived most of their lives as heterosexuals
-- does that mean they were always lesbian? I don't think so," says Elze,
assistant professor of social work at Washington University in St. Louis.
"Probably we're going to find out there are multiple pathways to homosexuality
and that could vary by gender."

Testing the Waters

What Diamond calls "passionate friendships" among adolescent girls, nonsexual
but highly affectionate, are a staple of life in late elementary, middle and
high schools. Hugs, kisses and back rubs are the coin of the realm.

But as it becomes more acceptable to be gay or gayish, will heterosexual girls
in such friendships wonder whether they're gay, feel pressure to act gay or even
shy away from same-sex relationships for fear of being seen as gay?

Ritch Savin-Williams, a Cornell University professor who has written extensively
about gay youth, doesn't think so. "The natural affection that most young girls
see around them probably protects them from assuming that their desires to
touch, hold and kiss mean 'being gay,' " he says.

He doesn't rule out the possibility of some confusion.

"Boys with these feelings say these attractions are homosexual but 'I'm not a
homosexual.' Girls are less likely to say that, less able to separate their
personal identities and sexual selves.

"They may say, 'I'm not totally heterosexual,' and unlike guys, tell someone
almost immediately. It's 'Ring, ring, ring -- hey Sally, I must be bisexual.' "

Bladensburg High's Rhodes says that among the group at Union Station, peer
acceptance does play a role. "Most of these girls aren't gay," she sniffs.
"They're just doing it because their friends are doing it."

Girls aren't as forthright in swank, upper Northwest Washington, where being gay
-- or gayish -- is still a scary proposition.

At Edmund Burke, which has the reputation of being one of the Washington area's
more liberal schools, no student is officially "out," not even those who joined
the bisexual circle on Diversity Day. After that workshop, a couple of girls
approached Gianna D'Emilio, a junior and a member of the Gay-Straight Alliance,
and talked to her about being bisexual. "They felt more comfortable once they
had been in the circle," D'Emilio says.

A group of junior and senior girls at another private school in Northwest
Washington, all of whom say they're straight, say that they'd rather have a gay
guy as a friend than a lesbian. How about a bisexual girlfriend?

"That's too confusing," says one. The girls say they'd be mortified if their
names, or the name of their school, were used.

The Either/Or Conundrum

How easy it would be to chalk gayishness up to the influence of TV and the
movies (although most of Hollywood's gay characters are white males).

Comedian Ellen DeGeneres came out when girls who are now seniors in high school
were in third grade. Girls have grown up with shows like NBC's "Will & Grace"
and recently saw Karen, the show's bisexual socialite secretary, plant a
14-second kiss on the straight Grace.

"Kissing Jessica Stein," a 2001 romantic comedy about two young women falling in
love, became a cult movie. One evening last month, three shows with lesbian
themes aired on UPN.

More and more schools march in this parade as well, shepherding students into
gymnasiums for assemblies on tolerance, posting rainbow stickers on classroom
doors and allowing teachers to come out to their students.

Many young people, in particular young women, are making their own push for more
sexual latitude and more understanding.

The number of student-organized, gay-straight clubs, formed to promote
understanding of sexual orientation issues, jumped from 1,200 in 2002 to 1,970
in 2003, according to reports filed with the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education
Network, a national organization that works with schools on behalf of gay youth.
In poll after poll, proportionately more young people than old people (and more
girls than guys) say they accept homosexuality as a legitimate lifestyle,
whenever it occurs.
That understanding often doesn't emerge until the late teens or early 20s,
however. Michelle Lettiero, 23, who now works at the Department of Housing and
Urban Development, remembers a girl at her Catholic high school near New Haven,
Conn., who ran around with about a half-dozen other girls. The little clique
drove the Sisters of the Sacred Heart crazy by dying their hair, piercing their
noses, wearing knee-length boxer shorts under their schoolgirl skirts and
claiming to be lesbians.

The girl went to Providence College with Lettiero. "As soon as she got there,
she started having boyfriends. She dated guys all four years," Lettiero says.

Lettiero says the group's antics seemed weird to her and her friends at the
time. "We were so boy-crazy. But I would hope we're more accepting now."

Romantic changeability between females is hardly a new thing in this country.
Nineteenth-century women workers who lived together in the settlement houses of
New York City wrote as passionately about their friendships with other women as
they did about the poor whose lives they changed -- before they moved out and
got married to men. First lady Eleanor Roosevelt, a powerful woman in the 20th
century, enjoyed a close, 30-year relationship with Associated Press reporter
Lorena Hickok.

But that was then and this is now, a politically charged, risk-averse time when
Americans crave definition in order to contain what they perceive to be chaos. A
loose definition of female-female love makes people especially uncomfortable.

It upsets parents who like to fit their children into easily recognizable boxes
("Do you like men or women? Pick one"). Older gay rights activists get nervous
about the political consequences, because if young women adopt a homosexual
lifestyle assuming it's temporary, couldn't they also choose to abandon it?

"As gays, we have predicated our acceptance by the culture on something we can't
change," psychology professor Diamond says. "We say, 'Oh look at us! We can't
help it!' That's what the straights want to hear."

Older lesbians who came out in the 1970s can be especially hostile to the idea
of flexible sexuality, she notes, accusing the younger women of being "either
repressed lesbians or curious heterosexuals who are wasting our time."

It is the older lesbians who are wasting their time, according to
Savin-Williams. "Identity labels are over," he says. "This is a cutting-edge
issue for all of us."


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Biversity...In the styx


That's right folks Biversity (the bisexual dance party) is leaving its usual
Sydney location for a country holiday in Wodonga, Victoria.



The location has changed but the atmosphere stays the same...the features we
've come to love are travelling too, thumping sexy music, groovy people and
great entertainment...Nelly Thomas, Internationally acclaimed Bi Comedian
will be joining us for the evening.



In keeping  with the country atmosphere, the theme this time around is
Ho-Down...chaps, straps, flannel and fringes folks and a little a bit of
yee-haa!



Albury/Wodonga is about 600k south/west of Sydney, 300km North of Melbourne
and has an airport, rail station, lots of hotels of various stars...and
other typical inland city stuff. A weekend away from the hustle and bustle
of the City...with a party full of queer farm folk to play with...what more
dưa want?



Date:    Saturday,  November 15th

Venue:  Rear, Carrier Arms Hotel, Cnr South and Church St, Wodonga Vic.

Time:    8:00 - Late

Tickets $20.00 at door



More info: rpearson@...

For the information of bisexual people and those that wish to learn more
about us and bisexuality on Tuesday 23 September - 5th International
Celebrate Bisexuality Day. Happy Bi Day to all.

Have a great day whatever your sexuality and gender identity maybe.
Wayne

----- Original Message -----
From: "Graham McKay" Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 1:50 AM
Subject: [AusBiNet] Bisexual talkback on Triple J - Tues 11am


> Dear all,
>
> This is quite a significant media event for the Bi community in Oz....
>
> The Triple J "Morning Show" is going to have Yasmin, of Sydney BiFem
Social
> Group, and Michael, of Sydney Bisexual Network, doing a live interview
about
> "Celebrate Bisexuality Day". The interview will be followed by a talkback
> session.
>
> The interview will happen soon after the 11am. news slot so if you're able
> to tune into Triple J this Tuesday at that time please do so. I know
Yasmin
> & Michael are really looking forward to it. Even better if you can call in
> to the talkback and give some of your positive views about the Bi
community.
>
> Regards,
> Graham
>
> ----------------------------------
> | Graham McKay |
> | Sydney Bisexual Network Inc. |
> | Email: sbn-admin@yahoogroups.com |
> | Web: http://sbn.bi.org |
> | Phone: (02) 9565-4281 |
> ----------------------------------
>

MEDIA RELEASE FROM AUSTRALIA'S BISEXUAL COMMUNITY.

Celebrate the Fifth Annual CELEBRATE BISEXUALITY DAY

Celebrate Bisexuality Day is sponsored in Australia by Bi Pride Australia,
Australian Bisexual Network, Sydney Bisexual Network INC., Sydney BiFem
Social Group, Bi Victoria INC., Bi Tasmania, Bi Adelaide, bi.org.au

Tuesday, 23 September, is the 5th Annual CELEBRATE BISEXUALITY DAY (CBD).
CBD is a day that bisexuals everywhere can celebrate publicly or privately .

Former BiNet USA Board member Gigi Raven Wilbur and other bisexual activists
created "Celebrate Bisexuality Day" in 1999 in order to increase Bi
visibility. Since that time, 23 September has been set aside internationally
as a day to celebrate bisexual visibility and what it means to be bisexual.

"It is amazing how bisexual people in Australia and around the world have
taken 23 September as their day," said Wayne Roberts of the Australian
Bisexual Network. "The US founders of the day realised that there are a lot
of bisexuals who are not part of an organisation and thought about how
isolated some bisexuals are, so they chose a day we could all celebrate,"
said Roberts. "Many bisexuals in Australia face the same isolation not
knowing others exist and fearful of rejection if tell family or friends
about their feelings. For us, Celebrate Bisexuality Day is liberating in
that it lets us all know that being bisexual does not have to be a secret
and that there are others, organisations and information out there. It is a
day for some to 'come out' to their self or others, a day to educate the
community and a day to socialise and just enjoy being bisexual for others."

For Roberts and other bisexual activists who attended the International
Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA) World Conference in Johannesburg, South
Africa, it was inspiring  to see the official Bisexual Flag, with its pink,
lavender and blue colours flying over the conference on the First Annual
Celebrate Bisexuality Day on September 23, 1999. The conference, "Building
Partnerships for Equality," was the most successful and biggest-ever ILGA
World Conference, with delegates from 40 countries. "For me and especially
for the African bisexuals, it was such a special day where we were
recognised and respected," Roberts said.

Since that time, bisexuals and Bi organisations all over the world have
celebrated CBD every year in their own unique way.  In the USA, The National
Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) took the lead in the gay community in
acknowledging "Celebrate Bisexuality Day" and calling on all members of the
gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community to remain vigilant
advocates for the human rights for bisexual people. On the internet, people
post Bi Pride Flags on their web sites and send CBD greetings to others.
Organised events in previous years have included a Celebrate Bisexuality Day
Masquerade Party  in Brisbane and a Celebrate Bisexuality Day Picnic in
Sydney, CBD Dinner, Pool Party and Dance in Toronto, Canada, a Bi Film
Festival in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, USA, a Bi Ball in Boston, MA, USA and
International Celebrate Bisexuality Day Greenwich Village Pub 'n' Grub Crawl
starting at the Stonewall Inn on Christopher Street in New York City in
2002.

This year's CBD events in Australia will kick off in Brisbane on Friday 19th
September with a CBD Bar and Disco night, then on Tuesday 23rd in
Albury/Wodonga there will be a CBD Coffee, Meal and Chat in Albury at 5pm,
and a gathering in Melbourne while in Sydney there will be a CBD dinner and
drinks in the evening, while in Hobart there will be the first meeting for
the group, Bi Tasmania at 7pm which will include a teleconference facility
for Tasmanians outside Hobart. The events conclude with a Celebrate
Bisexuality Day Picnic in Sydney on Sunday 28th at 1pm.

"Bi people who have supportive friends and family that know about their
sexuality are often happier and healthier. I encourage every bi person to
utilise Celebrate Bisexuality Day to share with at least one new person that
their desire does not discriminate on gender lines," said Bi Pride Australia
Co-President, Glenn Vassallo.

"The number of out, loud and proud bisexuals in Australia has grown by leaps
and bounds in recent years. The year 2003 represents an excellent and
exciting time to share in our celebrations, and join with us to help show
our love for people regardless of gender!" said Eve from Bi Victoria Inc.

Rob Pearson from Bi Victoria Inc., adds, "International Celebrate
Bisexuality Day is our day to reflect and recognise in ourselves, our
achievements as a diverse Community.  Pat ourselves on the back, crack open
the bubbly let out a cheer and party hard on this very special day!"

"This is a day that gives permission to bisexuals to be 'out and proud' at
the same time as being part of their own distinct community. To many of us
this is more liberating than being a small part of a Gay and Lesbian
parade." says Graham McKay of the Sydney Bisexual Network Inc.

Roberts concluded, "For me CBD allows me to celebrate socially with my
friends from the Bi community where we can be ourself to talk freely, dance,
party and be confident and proud of our achievements both personally and
within society."

For information on bisexuality, Bi organisations and events:

Bi Pride Australia - http://bi.org.au
Brisbane - Wayne - tel. 07-38572500 / 0416-068532
Sydney - Graham - tel. 0416-070360
Albury/Wodonga - Rob - tel. 02-60260782
Melbourne - Eve - tel. 0405-038361
Hobart - Jen - tel. 0401-054003
Perth - Collin - tel. 0400-297 386

Happy Celebrate Bisexuality Day.

5th Annual Celebrate Bisexuality Day.
23 September 2003.

An international day for bisexuals everywhere to celebrate in their own way.

For some it will be a quiet beer at home as they "come out bisexual"
privately to themself.

For others, it may be telling a friend or family member they are Bi.

For others, well it means a PARTY.

Why not join us in Brisbane for a special CBD Bar and Disco night on Friday,
19th September!

We will be partying at Rosie's Bar & Cafe (the old Options Nightclub), 18
Little Edward Street, Spring Hill, Brisbane from 9pm. We will be in the
ground level bar.

If you need any further info call Wayne on 38572500.

Other CBD events are happening in Sydney, Albury/Wodonga and Hobart.
Check out http://bi.org.au

Hello,

Wayne here from the Bisexual Network. I am sending this e-mail to the
various bisexual and bi-curious e-lists in Queensland. I have been
participating in an advisory group with Qld Health and Qld AIDS Council and
members of various Gay Lesbian Bi and Transgender groups to look at the
health needs of our various communities.

I seek your cooperation in filling in an anonymous on-line survey so that
bisexual, bi-curious and bi-orientated people (be they men, women,
transgender or intersex) are represented in the survey and the survey
reflects the health and sexual health needs and issues of our diverse Bi
community. Far too often such surveys only target gay men leaving out women,
bisexuals and transgender people. This is our opportunity to show bisexuals
exist, everywhere. Please go to the below web site, read about the survey
then go to the survey and fill it in. Once finished, click on the send
button to send your survey in. An independent organisation receives the
anonymous surveys and tallies the results. Thanks for your cooperation.

http://www.options.com.au/qldsurvey/

Best wishes,
Wayne Roberts.

I have received several e-mails from people with a ZIP file attacted, some
have the subject line Re: Movie. If you receive similar do not open the
attached file. It is a new virus. The infected computer sends out the virus
to others but uses the addresses of people in the address book so you never
can tell just who has the virus. Someone got an e-mail from my address but I
don't have the virus. I must be in the infected computer's address book. Be
wary. This is not a hoax.

Wayne

FYI - would be great to see an international response from Bi women
everywhere.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Cheryl Dobinson" <cjdobins@...>
Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2003 12:54 AM
Subject: "The Fence" - bi women's zine seeks submissions for third issue!


> Greetings,
>
> Given the success of the first two issues of the new bi women's zine
> "The Fence" I'm keen to put out another in the fall. So here's the
> official call for submissions for the third issue of "The Fence: a new
> place of power for bisexual women." Please feel free to forward this
> call far and wide.
>
> Send me your writing and/or artwork!! This includes but is not limited
> to - short articles, rants, personal narratives, lists, stories,
> fiction, poems, quotes, reviews, comics, drawings, photos, collages, and
> so on..... Artwork needs to be easily reproducible in black and white.
> (This is a low tech, cut and paste, photocopied type production.)
> Previously unpublished stuff is much preferred.
>
> Here is a far from exhaustive list of possible topics to help get your
> creative juices flowing.
>
>      -bisexuality and feminism
>      -the ups and downs of being a bi woman
>      -bi community/lesbian community
>      -stuff you want to tell other bi women
>      -dealing with straight men
>      -coming out issues
>      -challenging myths and stereotypes about bi women
>      -relationships
>      -monogamy
>      -polyamory/nonmonogamy
>      -sex and dating stories
>      -comments on pop culture representations of bi women
>      -biphobia
>
> I'd like to have submissions in hand by September 1, 2003 so I can have
> the issue out in time for International Celebrate Bisexuality Day in
> late September. I'm looking forward to many excellent submissions!
>
> Btw - I still have copies of issue #2 available if anyone is interested.
> They are $1 each plus $1 for shipping. Also - one year subscriptions
> (starting with issue 3) are now available for $5.00, postage included.
>
> cheers,
> cheryl
>
> Email: cjdobins@...
> Mail: Cheryl Dobinson, #705-88 Isabella St., Toronto, ON, Canada M4Y 1N5
>

The Sydney Bisexual Network and Handbag Promotions presents:

Biversity 7 - Fake It
a dance party for Bisexuals and their friends

Saturday the 3rd of May
The Minc Lounge, 360 George St.
(cnr of King), Sydney
from  9pm till Very late
Tickets now on sale
$20 pre-paid and on the door (see below)
Latest details at http://bi.org.au/Biversity/

Biversity keeping events affordable for the Bi Community and funding the Bi
Groups that support bisexuals.

4 of Sydney's top DJ's will be playing on the night + an erotic performance just
for you.

Tickets will be available from The Toolshed stores www.toolshed.com.au or online
through Inthemix at www.inthemix.com.au .

The Blacket Hotel www.blackethotel.com.au runs the Minc Lounge and has made
rooms available for Biversity party goers at a special rate of $185. Please
mention Biversity when you book.

Pictures from Biversity 6 - Temptation can be seen here
www.bi.org.au/culture/live/biversity6.htm and a review of the party, a must
read, at www.inthemix.com.au/p/np/viewnews.php?id=8969.

Please invite you friends to join Biversity-info
groups.yahoo.com/group/biversity-info/join.

All ticket options are the same price - $20 (SBN financial subscribers see
below),
but pre-purchasing will ensure you don't have to wait in a queue on the night.

1/ Pre-purchase with cash at Toolshed stores - Oxford St., Taylor Square,
Newtown.

2/ Pre-purchase online with credit card at InTheMix
(http://www.inthemix.com.au/whatson/buytickets_list.php?city=1). We aren't
up on their web site yet but hope to be within the next 24 hours.

3/ Purchase at the door by queuing with all the other punters.

Financial subscribers of Sydney Bisexual Network receive a $5 discount (for
your ticket only) which is available by purchasing your ticket at the door,
mentioning you're on the SBN list, and showing id to prove who you are.

Annual subscriptions to SBN start at a low price of $12 and you can become a
subscriber to receive the discount right up until Friday 2nd. Details on how
to do that are on the web at http://sbn.bi.org/info.html#membership

Complete details of our theme, DJ line-up, etc. are being put together for
the Biversity web site (http://bi.org.au/biversity) as I write this. So drop
by there to see the fun we'll be having.

You can also email for more info - biversity@...


See you at the Party.

The Biversity team.
http://sbn.bi.org
http://www.bi.org.au





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Hello fellow Queenslanders,

I am forwarding the following e-mail for your attention (sorry I am late in
doing so). BiPride Australia is seeking nominations for state based
representatives. If you feel you may be interested in putting your name forward
as a Queensland rep., then read on. I am afraid the deadline for nominations is
Tuesday 1st April. Replies to the e-mail addresses given below.

Thanks
Wayne Roberts
Australian Bisexual Network

----- Original Message -----
From: Glenn Vassallo
To: biprideaust@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 11:44 AM
Subject: <BPA> IMPORTANT: BPA Nomination Requests


Hi Everyone,

With the increased media we have received lately, we are starting to get
requests for spokes persons and Bi Pride Australia representatives to talk about
the bisexual community and issues relating to bisexuality.

To assist us in taking advantage of the recent interest in the bisexual
community, we need to become more organised. The first step in becoming more
organised will be the establishment of interim representative positions. The
second and later step will be the formation of a constitution.

Below covers the details and procedures for the first step of establishing
interim positions.


Positions:

a. National Co-Presidents (1 male and 1 female*)
b. 2 Representatives from each state/territory (1 male and 1 female*
representative in ACT, NSW, NT, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, WA)
c. 1 International Representative

Nominations:

Qualification

a. Any Bi Pride Australia member** can nominate for the position of National or
International Representative.
b. Any Bi Pride Australia member** can nominate for the position of
State/Territory Representative for the State/Territory they reside in.
c. A single person can nominate and hold both a National and State position***

Procedure

a. An individual will need to be nominated by a BPA member.
b. Nominations will close in 2 weeks at midnight (est) 1/4/03.
c. Nomination must specify the persons full legal name and the position
nominated.
d. Nominations are to be sent via email to the Returning Officer Munro Saunders
munrosaunders@... and the Assistant Returning Officer Kitty Tannenberg
indie_kit@... with the subject line "BPA Election Nomination"

Term:

a. The term will be until a constitutional model is established, or for 1 year,
which ever is less.

Elections:

a. Elections will take place within 3 weeks of close of nomination
b. Election procedure will then be announced along with the persons nominated
c. If only 1 person is nominated for a position, they will be elected unopposed


Regards,
Glenn Vassallo
glenn@...


Foot notes:

* Transgender and Intersex persons can nominate for either male or female
positions or the gender they identify with.

** Bi Pride Australia membership quilification are as follows (All the below
will be reviewed during constitutional formation process):-
     1. Support the mission of BPA - http://bi.org.au/bpa/
     2. Be a citizen or permanent resident of Australia
     3. Membership is not restricted by gender or sexuality
     4. Demonstrate their commitment to the bi and/or queer community, some
examples include, but not limited to, are shown below:-
         a. Volunteered for a bisexual community event like Biversity
         b. Contributed regularly to a bi or queer community either geographic or
online
         c. Be active in bi or queer community building, for example organising a
social group, managing a mailing list etc.
         d. Written letters to newspapers, magazines, politicians etc. from a bi
or queer perspective
         e. Contributed to surveys that were specific to sexuality or bisexuality
         f.  Be a loudmouth who talks about being bi or bisexuality in an open
and proud manner
         g. Be publically known to be a bisexual

*** An individual can hold both National and State/Territory positions if the
individual is in a State/Territory that does not have a representative. The
individual will have to specify which position is their primary and which is
their secondary. They will hold the secondary position until a qualified
applicant applies for the secondary position.


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----- Original Message -----
From: Lesbian Smurf
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 1:46 PM
Subject: <qldQueer> A Picnic for Lesbian,Bi, and Queer Women!! 5th April


Calling all women!


The Women's sub-committee of GLWA invites all women members of GLWA

and

ALL OTHER queer women!!! to attend a monthly picnic in the City Botanical
gardens, Brisbane.

We will meet on the first Saturday of each month at 11am at the Rotunda.

The first picnic is happening on Saturday the 5th April!!!

BYO food, drinks and play equipment.



Jen Clark
Convener, Women's Sub-Committee
mailto:women@...






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Hello & for the Attention of Bi Women on this list,

Sorry for the cross postings. Please have a read of the below study proposal
from Tanja Koter. I have checked with Tanja on a number of points before I
forwarded her request to the various Australian Bi e-lists.

Firstly, the study is open to women from anywhere in Australia whom identify
as bisexual.

Tanja has an e-mail version if participants are happy to exchange a few
e-mails as she prefers not to bombard participants with all the questions at
once.

The results will be presented in her Master of Psychology Thesis. It is
unlikely to get published in a broader forum as she will be using a small
sample and it's only a Master's Thesis. But I am sure we could have her
present a paper on her findings at a local or national Bi forum or online at
say http://bi.org.au where we can all have a read. No names are used.

Transgender people who identify as bisexual women are able to participate in
this Study.

The Australian Bisexual Network is happy to support this research and we
encourage bisexual women in Australia to contact Tanja and participate if
they can.

Wayne Roberts

Australian Bisexual Network

----- Original Message -----

From: Tanja Koter
To: ausbinet@...
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 3:45 PM
Subject: Re: Seeking bisexual women for research study

To whom it may concern,

I am looking for  female volunteers for my study that is based at the
University of Western Sydney (My Supervisor is Jane Ussher) and will seek to
investigate the subjective and personal experiences of women who identify
themselves as being bisexual and how this has impacted on their lives, their
self-identity, sexuality and relationships with others.

I believe this to be an important study as little research has investigated
the psychosocial aspects of women's bisexuality. Thus I am seeking to
broaden people's understanding and awareness as regards sexuality not
limited by gender.


The research will take the format of a semi-structured interview, with about
6-8 open ended questions. The interview will take about an hour. Since the
subject matter is personal and sensitive, confidentiality is ensured and at
any point participants may withdraw. The final project will be a synthesis
of what the various participants have told me regarding their views on
bisexuality and how this has impacted on their lives, their self-identity
and their sexuality.

I am hoping that you might be able to introduce me to potential participants
for my research, by forwarding this e-mail to your mailing list. If you have
any questions or comments please feel free to contact me at
tanja@....

Thank you for your assistance

Tanja Koter

Brisbane Bisexual Group events:

Thursday 6th March - Bi Coffee & Chat 7.30pm at ScooZi Cafe, Eildon Road,
Windsor, just off Lutwyche Road before Windsor Railway Station (held
fortnightly).

Saturday 8th March - Bar Bi at Options Nightclub from 9pm, 18 Little Edward
Street, Spring Hill (held 2nd Sat. each month). Bar/Disco night. Free entry.

For more information contact 38572500 or e-mail ausbinet@...

Wayne

as per www.queerradio.org/Next_Program.htm :
Queer Radio this week
9-11pm Wednesday 26th Feb on 4ZZZ fm102.1 (Brisbane reaching Noosa -
Toowoomba - Tweed Heads):

Features: Skott Freedman interview, Mardi Gras Parade preview
*Skott Freedman www.skottfreedman.com , speaks to us by phone from
Charleston, South Carolina, USA about his newly released CD album "Some
Company". This is finely recorded interactive voice and acoustic grand
piano - with intimate and at times deeply personal lyrics.  We'll play seven
songs from "Some Company" plus "Fairytales", one of two live tracks from the
CD single - recorded at The Healer in Brisbane on November 1st 2002. "Some
Company" is already receiving deservedly strong reviews. Skott returns to
Brisbane in January 2004 - don't miss him next time!

* Mardi Gras 25th Anniversary Parade this Saturday: There won't be the usual
TEN TV coverage of the parade this year (thank god you say) - there'll just
be a commissioned 1 hour special which will be flogged off to the highest
bidder later in March. So we'll be playing some highlights of our own
historic 'Parade interviews (from '96 onwards), just so that we who are
staying in Brisbane will have an inkling of what we're missing.

*Young presenters - youth support and community relevant articles.

* News as read by the very capable professionals of Los Angeles based
international LGBT radio program This Way Out. You can hear their half hour
weekly shows via www.radio4all.net/ (search using the keywords "this way
  out").



John Frame
Ph: 3350 1562 / 0409 501 561
more details: www.queerradio.org/JohnFrame.html
"There is no substitute for equality"


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Biversity - Having Your Cake And Eating It

Bisexual Community's Sydney Mardi Gras 2003 Parade Entry

Be a part of the 25th anniversary Mardi Gras and support Australia's
Bisexual Community.

How You Can Get Involved:
Help decorate our float - contact Yasmin - 0418-270-665 or
mer_baby@...

To assist with the cost of the float while giving us a cohesive look, we
will be selling Biversity T-shirts ($20) to wear in the parade - contact
Mel - 0413-809-448 or melvenn@... and provide her your name and
T-shirt size. (We have a limited number of T-shirts for sale at cost for
people with limited financial circumstances)

Meet Us On The Day At:
Meet us at the corner of Elizabeth St and Goulburn St between 5:30pm and
6:30pm Saturday the 1st of March - Look for the people wearing white
Biversity T-shirts. Come join in the Parade and march with the Bi
Community's Biversity entry. Where ever you are from and whatever your
sexuality, gender or age, you are welcome to join us in the Parade and
support our community.

Further Information:
Contact Glenn on 0414-664-888 or glenn@...

(Mobile numbers given can be called from within Australia, from overseas add
61 and drop the "0".)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Darkgrrl@home" <darkgrrl@...>
Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 7:15 AM
Subject: [bi-sydney] REMINDER: Mardi Gras Tshirts


> This is a call-out to everyone who's marching with the bi entry in this
> years Mardi Gras Parade in Sydney - you only have three days left to order
your T-shirt!
>
> I've only heard from 17 people so far - come on everyone, get involved!
> Let's show the world that we are out and proud and part of the queer
> community.
>
> Our shirts this year are white with the slogan "BIVERSITY - Having your
> cake and eating it!" emblazoned across the front in the bi pride colours
> of pink, blue and purple.
> We would like everyone marching to wear one, so if you don't want to be
> stuck with the wrong size, please email me <melvenn@...>
> ASAP.  If you can't justify the cost, or have a conscientious objection,
> just let us know and we'll figure something out.
>
> Orders close this SUNDAY 23rd February.  Come on, people, let's make this
> the biggest bi entry yet!  We'l be especially visible, with only about
> half as many floats in this year's parade as last year.
>
> Looking forward to a fantastic parade,
> Mel.
>

Hey all,

Only two days to go until the BIG Bi event in Sydney., the biggest held
anywhere. Are you planning to attend the BIVERSITY Dance Party - Temptation,
and not got your tickets yet. Don't delay or you may miss out. Partners and
friends are all welcome to come along too.

It is a great way to support the Bisexual Community in Australia and have a
fun and fantastic time meeting heaps of other bi people and dancing to some
great music.

"Biversity 6: Temptation"
The biggest yet!
Saturday February 22 at the Civic Hotel, Pitt Street, Sydney.
Tickets $25 at The Toolshed or www.inthemix.com.au or $30 on the door.

Top DJs and shows - 3 stunning levels
Dress = as tempting as you dare!
More info at www.bi.org.au/biversity
or join our mailing list at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biversity-info/join.

I'm flying to Sydney on Friday and I hope to meet heaps of you at the Party
on Saturday night.

I just can't wait to be with so many Bi people and Bi-friendlies.

Wayne
(now back on mobile phone 0416-068 532)

Bisexual Community announcement  - Biversity Party tickets available online
or at Sydney outlets.

Hurry don't miss out on the biggest bisexual dance party so far held in
Australia.

Howdy all,

Well we've had a slight delay but I now have 250 Temptation tickets in my
hands. The rest are being passed on to our other distribution channels.
Remember, the party is now only 2 weeks away - details at
http://www.bi.org.au/biversity

There are several ways to get tickets:

1/ Online: http://www.inthemix.com.au/whatson/buytickets.php?id=6451
This option which is already operational is available for those with Visa,
MasterCard, or Bankcard, will cost you $27.50 per ticket plus $3 for
delivery and will require you to visit the post office to pick up the
envelope. (I'd recommend using this option early to make sure you get the
delivery in time.)

2/ In person from The Toolshed:
81 Oxford Street or Taylor Square or 196 King Street Newtown. This option
will cost you $25 per ticket, cash only. I'll have the tickets in the stores
by midday Saturday 8th. (You might like to note that The Toolshed is
currently advertising that they have a new extended range of bisexual adult
videos.)

3/ In person at Mardi Gras Fair Day:
Taking place all day next Sunday (16th) in Victoria Park, Broadway. Find the
Sydney Bisexual Network stall - reference D15. This option will also cost
you $25 per ticket.

4/ Sell tickets yourself:
If you can get 10 friends together and gather $250 between you, I can give
you 11 tickets - yip 11 for the price of 10, or sell 10 get one free.
Contact me by email - graham@..., or by phone - 0416-070360, and we
can arrange to meet up.

5/ In person at SBN pub night: (http://sbn.bi.org/events.html)
The evening of Sunday 16th is the monthly SBN social gathering in the
cocktail bar of The Bank Hotel in Newtown. I'll have more of those $25
tickets available there.

6/ Other Biversity team members:
If you know a team member (eg. Michael, Morag, Yasmin, Jen, Glenn, ...) or
have bought a ticket from one of them previously, contact them and arrange
purchase and delivery. Price $25. Email biversity@... if you need more
info to track them down.

7/ Become an SBN subscriber: (http://sbn.bi.org/info.html#membership)
As a subscriber you're eligible for a $5 discount on Biversity tickets for
all the parties that happen over the next 12 months. With our minimum
subscription being $12 that would mean paying $32 now for a subscription and
ticket. This payment can be done via internet banking (details on the form),
accompanied by a confirmation email to sbn-admin@yahoogroups.com. Your
ticket can then be collected from me or picked up on the night at the door
upon producing identification.

8/ At the door on the night:
If all else fails you can just rock up on the night. But for that you'll
have to pay $30 to get in and you may have to queue. (Remember that we're
advertising this party quite widely.)

9/ Current SBN subscribers:
If you pre-purchase then your price is $20. You need to contact me to
arrange payment and ticket collection - graham@... or 0416-070360.

There you go - easy isn't it!

Have a great Biversity (allow yourself to be tempted!) & a happy Mardi Gras.

Regards,
Graham


  ---------------------------------------
| Graham McKay                                |
| Sydney Bisexual Network                 |
| Email: sbn-admin@yahoogroups.com |
|   Web: http://sbn.bi.org                       |
| Phone: (02) 9565-4281                     |
  ---------------------------------------

Bisexual Community announcement  - Biversity Party tickets available online
or at Sydney outlets.

Hurry don't miss out on the biggest bisexual dance party so far held in
Australia.

Howdy all,

Well we've had a slight delay but I now have 250 Temptation tickets in my
hands. The rest are being passed on to our other distribution channels.
Remember, the party is now only 2 weeks away - details at
http://www.bi.org.au/biversity

There are several ways to get tickets:

1/ Online: http://www.inthemix.com.au/whatson/buytickets.php?id=6451
This option which is already operational is available for those with Visa,
MasterCard, or Bankcard, will cost you $27.50 per ticket plus $3 for
delivery and will require you to visit the post office to pick up the
envelope. (I'd recommend using this option early to make sure you get the
delivery in time.)

2/ In person from The Toolshed:
81 Oxford Street or Taylor Square or 196 King Street Newtown. This option
will cost you $25 per ticket, cash only. I'll have the tickets in the stores
by midday Saturday 8th. (You might like to note that The Toolshed is
currently advertising that they have a new extended range of bisexual adult
videos.)

3/ In person at Mardi Gras Fair Day:
Taking place all day next Sunday (16th) in Victoria Park, Broadway. Find the
Sydney Bisexual Network stall - reference D15. This option will also cost
you $25 per ticket.

4/ Sell tickets yourself:
If you can get 10 friends together and gather $250 between you, I can give
you 11 tickets - yip 11 for the price of 10, or sell 10 get one free.
Contact me by email - graham@..., or by phone - 0416-070360, and we
can arrange to meet up.

5/ In person at SBN pub night: (http://sbn.bi.org/events.html)
The evening of Sunday 16th is the monthly SBN social gathering in the
cocktail bar of The Bank Hotel in Newtown. I'll have more of those $25
tickets available there.

6/ Other Biversity team members:
If you know a team member (eg. Michael, Morag, Yasmin, Jen, Glenn, ...) or
have bought a ticket from one of them previously, contact them and arrange
purchase and delivery. Price $25. Email biversity@... if you need more
info to track them down.

7/ Become an SBN subscriber: (http://sbn.bi.org/info.html#membership)
As a subscriber you're eligible for a $5 discount on Biversity tickets for
all the parties that happen over the next 12 months. With our minimum
subscription being $12 that would mean paying $32 now for a subscription and
ticket. This payment can be done via internet banking (details on the form),
accompanied by a confirmation email to sbn-admin@yahoogroups.com. Your
ticket can then be collected from me or picked up on the night at the door
upon producing identification.

8/ At the door on the night:
If all else fails you can just rock up on the night. But for that you'll
have to pay $30 to get in and you may have to queue. (Remember that we're
advertising this party quite widely.)

9/ Current SBN subscribers:
If you pre-purchase then your price is $20. You need to contact me to
arrange payment and ticket collection - graham@... or 0416-070360.

There you go - easy isn't it!

Have a great Biversity (allow yourself to be tempted!) & a happy Mardi Gras.

Regards,
Graham


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| Graham McKay                                |
| Sydney Bisexual Network                 |
| Email: sbn-admin@yahoogroups.com |
|   Web: http://sbn.bi.org                       |
| Phone: (02) 9565-4281                     |
  ---------------------------------------

Bisexual Community announcement  - Biversity Party tickets available online
or at Sydney outlets.

Hurry don't miss out on the biggest bisexual dance party so far held in
Australia.

Howdy all,

Well we've had a slight delay but I now have 250 Temptation tickets in my
hands. The rest are being passed on to our other distribution channels.
Remember, the party is now only 2 weeks away - details at
http://www.bi.org.au/biversity

There are several ways to get tickets:

1/ Online: http://www.inthemix.com.au/whatson/buytickets.php?id=6451
This option which is already operational is available for those with Visa,
MasterCard, or Bankcard, will cost you $27.50 per ticket plus $3 for
delivery and will require you to visit the post office to pick up the
envelope. (I'd recommend using this option early to make sure you get the
delivery in time.)

2/ In person from The Toolshed:
81 Oxford Street or Taylor Square or 196 King Street Newtown. This option
will cost you $25 per ticket, cash only. I'll have the tickets in the stores
by midday Saturday 8th. (You might like to note that The Toolshed is
currently advertising that they have a new extended range of bisexual adult
videos.)

3/ In person at Mardi Gras Fair Day:
Taking place all day next Sunday (16th) in Victoria Park, Broadway. Find the
Sydney Bisexual Network stall - reference D15. This option will also cost
you $25 per ticket.

4/ Sell tickets yourself:
If you can get 10 friends together and gather $250 between you, I can give
you 11 tickets - yip 11 for the price of 10, or sell 10 get one free.
Contact me by email - graham@..., or by phone - 0416-070360, and we
can arrange to meet up.

5/ In person at SBN pub night: (http://sbn.bi.org/events.html)
The evening of Sunday 16th is the monthly SBN social gathering in the
cocktail bar of The Bank Hotel in Newtown. I'll have more of those $25
tickets available there.

6/ Other Biversity team members:
If you know a team member (eg. Michael, Morag, Yasmin, Jen, Glenn, ...) or
have bought a ticket from one of them previously, contact them and arrange
purchase and delivery. Price $25. Email biversity@... if you need more
info to track them down.

7/ Become an SBN subscriber: (http://sbn.bi.org/info.html#membership)
As a subscriber you're eligible for a $5 discount on Biversity tickets for
all the parties that happen over the next 12 months. With our minimum
subscription being $12 that would mean paying $32 now for a subscription and
ticket. This payment can be done via internet banking (details on the form),
accompanied by a confirmation email to sbn-admin@yahoogroups.com. Your
ticket can then be collected from me or picked up on the night at the door
upon producing identification.

8/ At the door on the night:
If all else fails you can just rock up on the night. But for that you'll
have to pay $30 to get in and you may have to queue. (Remember that we're
advertising this party quite widely.)

9/ Current SBN subscribers:
If you pre-purchase then your price is $20. You need to contact me to
arrange payment and ticket collection - graham@... or 0416-070360.

There you go - easy isn't it!

Have a great Biversity (allow yourself to be tempted!) & a happy Mardi Gras.

Regards,
Graham


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| Graham McKay                                |
| Sydney Bisexual Network                 |
| Email: sbn-admin@yahoogroups.com |
|   Web: http://sbn.bi.org                       |
| Phone: (02) 9565-4281                     |
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A Bisexual Community Announcement

The Sydney Bisexual Network in association with BiPride Australia and The
Sydney BiFems presents:

*** Biversity 6 - Temptation ***
a dance party for Bisexuals and their friends

Saturday the 22nd of February
The Civic Hotel, 388 Pitt St. Sydney, NSW
from  9pm till Dawn
Tickets on sale from Friday February 7
$25 pre-paid or $30 on the door
Latest details at http://bi.org.au/biversity/


Temptation will be a night of indulgence, frivolity, sexuality & discovery
and will occupy all 3 floors of The Civic Hotel:

The Temptation Bar
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features Deep Pumping House with DJ's Flair, DJ Gemma and Seymour Butz

Pinkies Bar
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will be playing Sexy Funky House with DJ's Pablos, Frank Rodi, Ali Omar and
Ben Drayton

The Bent Bar
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a  decadent chill area playing Rare Soul Grooves and Disco Classic with DJ
Tommy

Entertainment on the night includes a Drag Show by Pandora Box, Miss Rikki
Renee & Byron + a sensuous performance by Yoni Lumaea and friends.

Tickets will be available from Friday the 7th of February at The Toolshed
stores http://www.toolshed.com.au , online through Inthemix at
http://www.inthemix.com.au/ , or from your Biversity ticket seller  -
contact biversity@....

Our media partners are Bent Magazine http://www.bent.net.au/, actively
supporting the bi community of Australia. Don't miss the February issue
featuring a full page article on the Biversity parties. Subscriptions
available by contacting subscriptions@... or by emailing Glenn
Vasallo at glenn@... with your name, number and time to call for a
special one-off offer of a 12 month subscription for only $49.95 (all
proceeds go to BiPride Australia for the Mardi Gras parade entry). Offer
valid until the 15th of February.

Temptation is an official Mardi Gras event. Check out the full festival
program at http://www.mardigras.org.au/festival/. The event is sponsored by
The Civic Hotel, Personal Success Australia Life Coaching
(www.psalifecoaching.com.au), Ooshka.com (www.ooshka.com), Sensual.com
(http://sensual.com.au/), Drambuie Cream and pinkies Champagne.

See you at the Party.

The Biversity team.

http://sbn.bi.org
http://www.bi.org.au
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biversity-info/join

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