London Pride Bi DIY - help us make things!

[slightlyfoxed]

London Pride looms in July (Saturday 4th). I've booked bisexuals a walking group on the march, and a stall in the aftermath, and it would be brilliant to have your creative contributions, and lovely presence, for both.

You may be wondering - why no float?

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[barakta]

That sounds supremely awesome - the umbrellas and the whole idea of a walking group.

It's very useful to know what a float group would entail, I agree we don't have the human volunteer power this year but might be able to do it in future now we/you know.

There's a purple and blue umbrella that's been abandoned at my work, I wonder if I could filch it for bisexualisation purposes.

I find stickers - small ones with "Bi?" in felt tip given out to people bi or not work well - as part of a revisibilising bisexuals and supporting bisexuals as part of an often invisible group in LGbt space. I also did "Bi!" ones for those who wanted to be declarative about their identity as bisexuals.

I can send you a load down cos I've got a wadge of stickers and stuff. I did multi coloured wording ones and pink ones which were most popular. We had loads of "I'm not bi but I will support your cause" folk wearing them at Brum Pride.

[slightlyfoxed]

Stickers! Thanks for this - someone mentioned them before, and (as my write-up, coming shortly, will report) they went down a storm.

I like the idea of 'Bi?' - I did some 'Bi', and some 'Bi friendly' (same design, 'friendly' in little letters, so it was ambiguous from a distance whether you were declaring or supporting).
I also did - and I can't remember from whom I stole this - 'I'm sexual'. I'd filled in some of these - 'I'm bisexual' 'I'm heterosexual' 'I'm quite sexual' - and left the rest for other people to fill in. It was lovely talking to people, and hearing them talking to their friends, about what to put in the gap.

[barakta]

Oh, and I'm wondering why you've not funded the umbrellas out of BiCon's funding, sounds like optimal use of the money to me - resources and cool ideas for bisexual visibility at prides.

I don't think you're close to spending the £500 yet and I would personally be happy to see the money spent on whatever ideas are thought up - they don't all have to work, it's the trying and thought and doing which is the important thing. :)

[booklectic]

Great, I think I can make that. Keen to be of help.

[parallelgirl]

Yes, I would have thought so too! I'm only just realising the true genius of the purple brolly idea- fantastic!

[memevector]

Purple umbrellas = genius!