Skip to navigation | Skip to main content | Skip to footer
Menu
Search the University of Manchester siteSearch Menu StaffNet

Marking Bi-Visibility Day

21 Sep 2022

The annual event on 23 September has been marked by our University every year since 2012

Bi Visibility Day

This day has been marked nationally since 1999 and is a call for the bisexual community, their friends and supporters to recognise and celebrate bisexuality, bisexual history, community and culture, and all the bisexual people in their lives.

At our University we have a significant bisexual population – with 2.3% declaring their sexual orientation as ‘bisexual’ in the 2019 Staff Survey.

You can read profiles of some of our bisexual members on our ALLOUT Profile pages or listen to an It Gets Better podcast.

We have a special Zoom background for people to use – if you would like a copy, please contact:

What resources are available?

  • Take a picture of yourself with your Zoom or Teams background and Tweet it to @BiVisibilityDay using #BiVisibility
  • Be familiar with terminology and definitions of ‘bi’, ‘pan’ and ‘queer’
  • Read our article written by a bi member of ALLOUT
  • Wear colours of the biflag to show support to friends and colleagues
  • Watch the very first TED Talk on bisexuality, or a TED Talk which looks at bi-erasure
  • Contribute to Wikipedia - you can edit the pages of bi celebs! A video gives a flavour of what you can do
  • Look at Workplace stories of Amy, Pierette and Stella from Stonewall about being bi in the workplace
  • Familiarise yourself with our LGBT Guidance for managers
  • Check and update your equality details in MyView and encourage others to do the same
  • Read all about The Kinsey Scale which describes a person's sexual orientation
  • Become a member of ALLOUT – the LGBT Staff Network Group or become an ALLOUT Ally - supporting all LGBT Staff – you will learn how to be a bi-ally - plus all allies get a choice of LGBT+ lanyard to wear! ALLOUT members who are not bi can also become a bi-ally via this route too.

Our Director of People and OD Adèle MacKinlay says: “We have been marking BiVisibility Day since 2012 and as we continue to enhance the inclusiveness of our culture, it is critical that we acknowledge every person within the LGBT+ acronym.  Please take some time to talk with bi colleagues and access the resources we have available in order that you can become an even better ally.”

Further information:

  • Find out more about Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at our University on our StaffNet site.