International Conference on Bisexuality

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International Conference on Bisexuality

Genre| Bisexuality
Location(s)| Varies
Country| Varies
Inaugurated| October 1991
Founder| Fritz Klein et al.
Attendance| 200–1000 (approx.)
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The International Conference on Bisexuality (ICB), also known as the International BiCon, was a periodic gathering of bisexual activists and academics from around the world.

Started by Fritz Klein and a group of fellow activists, the first ICB was held in Amsterdam in 1991[1] and followed the concept of a BiCon started in the UK in 1984 and San Francisco in 1990.[1] The last one was 2010 in London.[2]

## Past events

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Number  | Date  | Location  | Country  | Attendance  | Notes

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1st ICB  | October 1991  | Amsterdam | Netherlands | 250[1] | \--
2nd ICB  | 23–25 June 1992  | London | UK  | 253 | Held at a church in North London
3rd ICB  | 24 June 1994  | New York City | United States  | 350[1] | The event was held in the week prior to the 25th Stonewall Anniversary Parade. A large number of participants at the conference marched under an "International Bisexuals" banner in the parade.
4th ICB  | October 1996  | Berlin[1] | Germany  | 196 | \--
5th ICB  | 3–5 April 1998  | Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts | United States  | 910[1] | Held over 140 workshops, panels, or performances; "largest-ever gathering of bisexual advocates from around the globe"[3]
6th ICB  | 25–28 August 2000  | University of Manchester | UK  | 265  | This event was held in combination with the UK's BiCon 18
7th ICB [1] | 25–28 October 2002  | Sydney | Australia  | 80[1] | Coincided with Mardis Gras and the Gay Games[1]
8th ICB  | 5–8 August 2004  | University of Minnesota—Twin Cities Campus Minneapolis | United States  | 225  | This conference was hosted by the Bisexual Organizing Project.
9th ICB  | 15–18 June 2006  | Ryerson University Toronto | Canada  | 200  | This conference was hosted by the Toronto Bisexuality Education Project. It offered 57 workshops and included keynote addresses from Dr. Loraine Hutchins and researcher Trevor Jacques.
10th ICB  | 26–30 August 2010  | London | UK  | 454  | This event was held in combination with the UK's BiCon 28. During the 9th ICB this was announced as being the 11th, however the 10th ICB had no immediate takers. Although work was then done on the issue, a planned conference in 2008 in Rhode Island, United States failed to get off the ground. The 2010 ICB in the United Kingdom was consequently the 10th.

## See also

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* BiCon (UK)
* Bisexual community

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h Burleson, William (2014-04-04). Bi America: Myths, Truths, and Struggles of an Invisible Community. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-71260-2.
2. ^ Paternotte, David; Tremblay, Manon (2016-03-03). The Ashgate Research Companion to Lesbian and Gay Activism. Routledge. p. 158\. ISBN 978-1-317-04291-4.
3. ^ Belmonte, Laura A. (2020-12-10). The International LGBT Rights Movement: A History. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 168\. ISBN 978-1-4725-0695-5.

## External links

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* "Why Bisexual Conferences are Important" by Denise Penn in Penn Points (June 2004)

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