Bi The Way

Well recently, I’ve not been posting as much as I would have liked or as regularly as I have done previously, there are several reasons, so I felt I kinda offered everyone a bit of an explanation.

Firstly I never wanted to post for the sake of it and to a certain extent I’m breaking that rule by posting this entry. I really only wanted to post when I have something to say, and whilst I have a lot I’d like to say, not much of it has anything to do with bisexuality.

Mind you, Mark Simpson has posted anything on his blog in the Bisexual Category since January, so I’m doing better than the erstwhile leader of British male bisexual movement (ahem!).

Occasionally something topical has cropped up, but I’ve been too busy with work to find time to write a post about it and the moment passed. I’ve also joined the Geek Squad proper and become addicted to World of Warcraft, which is about as unsexy as you can get and as sapped up large quantities of my leisure time.

So this post is a quick round-up, a relatively short entry full of bite sized gems which have caught my attention or amused me over the past few weeks.

• Stonewall chief executive Ben Summerskill appeared at a Conservative Party Conference fringe meeting. Somewhat surprising considering the Tories less than favourable records on LGBT rights. Summerskill expressed hope for a future when LGBT people might be able to vote for a political party base on real issues like Economic and Foreign Policy and LGBT rights were removed from the equation.
• Sir Ian McKellen (aka Gandalf the Grey) has given his backing to the Stop Homophobic Bullying Campaign launched to tackle victimisation of LGBT children in schools.
• DELGA (Lib Dem LGBT Group) managed to get the UK Party conference to back their campaign to end the deportations of LGBT asylum seekers to countries where they face persecution, torture or even death because of their sexuality. (Lets see if the government takes notice.)
• For Harry Potter fans, I finally managed to convince my work colleagues that Dumbledore was gay - I had to dig out a news story which reported J K Rowling’s revelation. But lets face it, wasn’t it obvious? Why else would he have entered Goderic’s Hollow?
• Apparently in the US, some conservatives have accused homosexuals of recruiting people to their cause and turning people gay. GT Magazine responded by commissioning leading advertising agencies to design posters to actively recruit straight people to the queer cause. (Not on-line but buy this month’s issue for a good laugh.)
• Keeping on the gay recruitment theme. Watching Magnum PI can turn you gay… apparently. Well no not really, this is a spoof of Christian Fundamentalism. However, listening to these bands definitely will turn you gay, or at least a bit bisexual… no-one is quite sure whether this guy is for real or not.

That’s all for now. Hopefully I’ll be back with something more meaningful shortly.

Well we got the news today. Bitheway.co.uk made it into 9rules. Naturally we’re honoured and chuffed that the site was one of the few picked from thousands of submissions.

For those of you that don’t know, 9rules is like Mensa for blogs. Its a highly selective online community of blogs and bloggers dedicated to bringing together the best content from the independent web. In 2006 it took the award for Best Community Site of the Year at SXSWi in Austin, Texas.

From Wikipedia: 

9rules is currently made up of over 30 communities divided by topics such as Gaming, Apple, Web Design and Web 2.0. Each member is hand-picked out of thousands that apply to join, their blogs evaluated over an extended period of time with regard to quality. In 2006 it is estimated to have had more than 200 members.

You can read more about 9rules here. I’m going to crack open a bottle of appletiser to celebrate.

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Welcome to Bitheway.co.uk - a blog exploring male bisexuality. If you’ve ever thought you might be gay, suppressed feelings for another guy, or felt uncomfortable with a gay identity then this site is for you. Whether you are confused about your sexuality or confident and want to “branch out” then hopefully you’ll find something in this blog which helps you take the next step.

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