Hi everyone,

Sorry we’ve had to cancel the Bi Cardiff meeting scheduled for 1st December, as none of the  committee can make it.

Unfortunately it also clashes with the Swansea Pagan Moot yule ball, which all are welcome to attend, pagan or not.

Bi Swansea will still be meeting on 20th December as planned and there’ll be a Swansea coffee meeting on 27th November, but not in December, as that would be Christmas day!

Hopefully see all the lovely people from Cardiff on 5th January at the next Bi Cardiff meeting

Bi Swansea now has a monthly coffee social as well as the usual monthly meeting.

The new coffee group was created as a space where babies and children could come along with members

Bi Coffee Swansea meets on the last Sunday every month, 12 noon until 2pm in the IceHouse, opposite Sainsburys on Swansea marina.
Serving coffee, tea, hot chocolate, fruit juices, fizzy soft drinks, bar snacks and more!
Meets: 25th June; 31st July; 28th August; 25th September; 30th October; 27th November 2011. No meeting in December.

Email:BiSwansea1@yahoo.co.uk for more information or just turn up on the day!

From June 2011 Bi Swansea and Bi Cardiff have new homes for monthly meetings.

Bi Swansea now meets at Mozarts in Uplands on the third Tuesday every month at 7:30pm for a 7:45pm start. Socials open to all from 8:45pm
Email: BiSwansea1@yahoo.co.uk or find Bi Swansea on Facebook for details.

Bi Cardiff will now  be meeting at the Quaker meeting house, 43 Charles Street, Cardiff. On the first Thursday of each month at 6:30pm. Socials from 7:45pm at The Yard, Brewery Quarter, off St. mary’s Street. Email: BiCardiff@yahoo.co.uk or find Bi Cardiff on Facebook for details

Bi Swansea  will be on the Victim Support Cymru stall at Swansea Pride, Coopers Field, Saturday    25th June 2011.
If you’re there please come and say hello.

We are delighted that Victim Support Cymru has supported us to be at Swansea Pride, as with no income and as a small grop Bi Swansea had given up on being able to afford our own stall.

We feel it is important for bisexuals to be represented at LGBT events and to offer information on the support and bi groups in the area to local people.

For details of Swansea Pride visit: www.swanseapride.com

We would like to invite you to BiFest Wales 2011

BiFest is a one-day annual event run by Bi Cymru/Wales, Bi Cardiff and Bi Swansea bringing bisexual people, their friends, allies and anyone interested in bisexuality, regardless of sexual orientation, together for a day of workshops around bisexuality and related issues, community stalls and craft and social space followed by an evening social event.

When: Saturday 5th March 2011. Workshops 12 noon until 6pm, followed by an evening social –at the Owain Glyn Dwr Pub
Where: Cardiff University Students’ Union 4th floor
Price: £5 unwaged, £10 waged – all proceeds go to continuing to run BiFest Wales and to local bi groups in Wales.
No need to register, just turn up on the day.

Workshops will include:
finding the bisexuals and groups in Wales and the UK; beyond gender binaries – what does it mean to be trans?; community interaction – bi communities and non-bi communities working together; allies and friends; fitting and misfitting in the bi community; fun and games; biphoic hate crime and bisexuals and community safety and many more.

There will also be social space, craft table, meet and mingle zone and commuity stalls in the main room all day.

Evening Social event
FREE evening social until late in the top bar of the Owain Glyn Dwr pub. Opposite the Church between St. Mary’s Street and The Hayes in the city centre.
Erotic storytelling 7pm – Jacqueline Applebee is a published writer of erotic fiction. She will read short stories and poems that will raise the temperature, and leave you breathless. Or she might just make you giggle with how silly sex can be.
Creative writing readings 7:45-8pm
Social from 8pm – This is an open social so please bring your friends, whether or not they’ve come to BiFest Wales itself.  Organisers will be helping guide people to food venues and pubs at 6pm.

Join the FaceBook event or email us to receive updates as details are confirmed. Details and documents will also be posted on our website.

We also have a list of local hotels in Cardiff, a map and travel information for anyone that needs it and leaflets and posters we’d like people to pass out and ask other people to display also available to download on our website. Please contact us for an electronic version or printed copies.

Please do pass details about this event on to anyone you think may be interested at all.
BiFest Wales is entirely run by volunteers, if you want to help out in any way please email BiCymru@yahoo.co.uk

If you know of any organisations or groups in Wales, LGBT or straight, that are bi inclusive please bring some leaflets with you to BiFest Wales or contact us to arrange delivery.

BiFest Wales welcomes children with an adult and young people to the event.

Just a reminder the next Bi Swansea meeting is this Tuesday 15th June.
Meeting for bi people and those who think they may be bi at 7pm inhe YMCA on the corner of the Kingsway and St. Helens road.
Social open to anyone, friends, allies and supporters 8:15pm in the Hanbury on the Kingsway.
Any queries or need so…meone to show you where it is text 07982 308812.
Take care
Simon

The next Bi Swansea meeting is on Tuesday 18th May.

The meeting for bi people and those who think they may be bi, is at 7pm in the YMCA on the corner of the Kingsway and St. Helens Road. You can click here for a Google Map.

The social meeting is open to anyone. Friends, allies and supporters are all wecome at 8:15pm in The Hanbury on the Kingsway. Once again, you can click here for a Google Map.

If you have any queries, or if you need someone to show you where it is, please feel free to text us on 07982 308812, or alternatively, by using the contact form here.

Welcome to the new Bi Wales website. Please bear with us while we get everything up and running!

All the important links are to the right. Details on Bi Swansea and Bi Cardiff, access to the membership form, and details on how to contact us.