It Ain't Over Til The Bisexual Speaks: A Book Launch and Panel

The Common press
118 Bethnal Green Road, London, E2 6DG (view map)

Saturday 25th May 2024 (+ 1 other date)

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It Ain't Over Til The Bisexual Speaks: A Book Launch and Panel

Join us this May 25th or June 1st (or both if you're a real fan of bisexuality) for a book launch and a panel!

The bisexual experience is, by necessity, incredibly diverse – we are likely to be attracted to different genders, form part of multiple marginalized groups, and be perceived – depending on the gender of our partner(s), in wildly different ways.

This anthology is a radical attempt to capture the multiplicity of bisexual identities. With essays that unpack the intersectionality and conflict of bisexuality with history, language, sexual violence, class identity, religion, polyamory, gender critical ideology, fatness, trans activism, the asylum system, literature and anarchy – this collection of voices, with contributors including Shiri Eisner, Hafsa Qureshi and Zachary Zane – demands to be heard.

At the panel:

Vaneet Mehta (He/Him) is an Indian bisexual man born and raised in Southall, West London. Vaneet is the founder of #BisexualMenExist and has written for Men’s Health, Stonewall, GMFA, Metro UK, OutLife and Unicorn Magazine and his work has been published in The Bi-ble: New Testimonials, The Ampersand Project and The Sex Agenda. Vaneet’s first book, the Lammy nominated Bisexual Men Exist, was published in 2023.
Lois Shearing (they/she/he) is a journalist, author, and activist. Their writing focuses on sex, relationships, sexaulity, gender, and politics. They have written for Cosmopolitan, Mashable, The Independent, Metro, and The Advocate, among others. As a passionate queer organiser, they are the founder of The Bi Survivors Network, the only suppot resource for bisexual survivors of sexual violence in the UK. Their first book, Bi the Way: The Bisexual Guide to Life was published in 2021.
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THE REVEAL:
25th May:
Theme - Finding Community
Guests:
-Marcus Morgan (they/them) founded The Bisexual Index and The Bisexual Underground, co-founded SM Bisexuals, chaired the London Bisexual Group, was chief organizer of three national bisexual conventions and of one international bisexual conference. Marcus is a Stonewall Role Model, a government-listed bisexuality champion, the UK’s only known “bisexual activist magician” and is very tired (of biphobia)
-Avi Kay (they/them) is the co-founder and Chair of Bi Pride UK, a national award-winning charity which creates celebratory and educational spaces for people attracted to more than one gender. Professionally they work in volunteer management in the charity sector, with Bi Pride UK as a side project that got a bit out of hand. Avi is bi/pan, agender, non-binary, demisexual and greyromantic – in queer terms they seem to sit somewhere in the middle of every spectrum! They are also disabled and autistic, and their idea of a good night is a comfy sofa and Netflix. Avi lives in London with their finance and two teddy bears, and enjoys singing and cross stitching in their spare time.
1st June:
Theme - Intersectional Identities

Guests:
-Tanaka Mhishi (he/him) is an author, playwright and performer whose works with issues surrounding masculinity and trauma have been produced on screen by the BBC and on stages nationwide. His theatrical work includes This Is How It Happens, a play about male survivors of sexual violence, and the Off West End Award-nominated Boys Don’t, which he co-wrote and performed in partnership with Papertale Productions and Half Moon Theatre. Tanaka is a trustee for SurvivorsUK, a charity supporting male and non-binary survivors of sexual violence in London and across the UK. His first book, Sons and Others: On Loving Male Survivors, a new look at how men navigate life after sexual violence, was published in late 2022 by 404Ink.
-Libby Baxter-Williams (she/her) has been involved in bi+ organizing and advocacy since 2006 when she attended her first BiCon. She is Director of Biscuit, the organization for bi+ people living in the UK, and she lives in South London with far too many shoes.