Manchester 2000
The 18th Bicon was held at Manchester University, on the 24th-28th August 2001. It was combined with the 6th International BiCon (also known as IBC6) and as such had many more international participants than usual. 265 people attended; over £500 was raised for the national bisexual phone helpline; around 100 workshops, keynote speeches, seminars and networking sessions were held; and a four day programme of entertainments from punk rock to performance poetry to an adult size bouncy castle ran smoothly. The organisers were Jenni, Kate and others.
Chronicles of BiCon
(contributed by Felicity Cade - 24/8/2000)
In the beginning was the Bicon. And it was without form and void and darkness gathered upon the face of the earth. And in the midst of darkness, voices were heard, London, Birmingham, Edinburgh and the legendary Norwich they said. We remember and we hope for the future.
And bisexuals did gather from the four corners of the globe, and their allies also, unto Manchester did they come. Great was the rejoicing of the organisers, they looked and saw that it was good. It was the evening and the morning of the first day.
And then the voices of the organisers were raised at the closing plenary and many thanks were made to them all and their handmaidens, who had toiled so hard to bring about the Bicon.
Next year they said, next year unto Rotterdam, Coventry and even unto Sydney in the year after that, shall we come.
So they parted, each to their homeland and great was the jubilation of the organisers, for they too could go home. And they looked around, and behold it had been good. And they vowed, never again will we host a Bicon, not until the memory of it has faded from our hearts, our feet, our heads and even our purses. And it was so.
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