Hey everyone!On Friday 6th November we will be hosting a Show and Tell on Zoom.

What do we mean by Show and Tell? Well, come along and if you want feel free to show us something that is special to you and tell us a bit about it if you wish. Whether you want to show us your grooviest dance moves, or maybe sing a song, or perhaps you’d like to show us your favourite blanket and tell us how you got it. Honestly, we just want to hear from you. 

And please remember you are under no pressure whatsoever to present a show and tell. You are more than welcome to join us for the chats, or just observe what's going on. 

Whatever you feel most comfortable doing, is what you should be doing. This zoom, like all Bi+ Ireland events is there for the enjoyment and comfort of our members and that means different things to different members but each is valid.


For privacy reasons we ask you to fill out this form if you wish to participate. On the day, we will send you an email containing the link and password to join the meetup, if you don’t receive it by 12pm please pm us. 

If multiple people from the same household are participating, you could all, of course, join us on the one video call.

For the purpose of this event, we will be hosting over Zoom.
We will be using a paid version of Zoom so there is end-to-end encryption on the call. A link to the zoom meeting and its password will be sent on the day. You are not required to download Zoom onto any device as you can access the meeting through any web browser. Nor do you have to sign up to zoom.

Like always our meet-ups are open to all adults under the Bi+ Umbrella and their friends, partners, carers etc.

First time going to a Bi+ Ireland Meetup? Not yet a member of our lovely online community group? Feel free to send us a message and our volunteers can add you to the group and look out for you on the day.

Important to Note

• Friday 6th November 2020.
  • Starting at 8pm. Finishing at 10pm.
• Like all Bi+ Ireland events, this event puts consent first and foremost, you can choose if you have your mic and camera on or not, at any point.
  • You can type comments as well/ instead of using your voice .
• If you are running late, don’t worry pop into the call whenever you are free. Likewise, feel free to leave at any stage. Whether you are there for 5 minutes or the 2 hours, we will be happy to know you were there.
• Feel free to work away on crafts, knitting, colouring or such, if you like to keep your hands busy as you talk.
• If possible please wear headphones with a mic. This helps improve audio and reduces the amount of feedback in the call.
• You can have a public chat in the chat function, but no private messaging anyone
  • Please note, there will be Bi+ Ireland volunteers keeping an eye on the chat.
• Please use "content notices" if you are about to talk about sensitive or potentially triggering topics. 
  • If you're talking about a situation that is sensitive for you it might be helpful if you clearly say if you're looking for sympathy or if you're looking for solutions - but you don't have to do that .
• In the interest of consensual interactions we are implementing a "badge" policy, which we learnt from another group.

Just rename yourself to include the first letter of the colour badge you feel is appropriate.
Eg: G -Alex, O - Aaron, R - Eliza,

• Green (G) means I'd like to interact so please chat with me & I might not speak out myself.
• Orange (O) means prior permission - I only want to interact with people whom I've given permission.
• Red means - (R) I'm here, but not up for any kind of interaction
• No colour means you'll manage things as they come .
• You can change badges/ colour things many times during a conversation but just remember it might take others a few seconds to notice.
• Volunteers will have a V badge
• This is a Bi+ Ireland event and as such our guidelines are in play. Remember to respect each other, act in good faith and know that no racism, sexism or lgbt-phobia will be tolerated. 
  • For a full review of our guidelines please see http://tinyurl.com/irlbiguidelines 

Useful Links
To join us please fill out the form:
https://forms.gle/hWK7h4EcTzwgge5T8 

To see Facebook event please see:
https://www.facebook.com/events/347326963039142/ 

Bi+ Ireland Supports all our intersex members.
We stand with all intersex people.
We wish you a Happy Intersex Awareness Day.

You are valid. You are visible. You are loved.
While Bi+ Ireland, will always stand up for Intersex people and other minorities in the LGBTQAI+ spectrum, we are very conscious not to speak over those who identify as such.

So we like to take this moment to direct you to Intersex groups in Ireland, if you are aware of more please let us know
Intersex Ireland
https://www.facebook.com/Intersex.ie/
twitter.com/IrelandIntersex
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Other useful links:
https://oiiuk.org/
https://ihra.org.au/allies/
https://www.amnesty.org/.../its-intersex-awareness-day.../
https://spunout.ie/life/article/what-is-intersex
https://gcn.ie/no-longer-invisible-conversation-intersex.../
https://www.them.us/story/intersex-allyship-101

On Wednesday 28th October at 12pm we will have casual chats on Zoom
For privacy reasons we ask you to fill out this form if you wish to participate. On the day, we will send you an email containing the link and password to join the meetup, if you don’t receive it by 11am please pm us. 

If multiple people from the same household are participating, you could all, of course, join us on the one video call.

For the purpose of this event, we will be hosting over Zoom.
We will be using a paid version of Zoom so there is end-to-end encryption on the call. A link to the zoom meeting and its password will be sent on the day. You are not required to download Zoom onto any device as you can access the meeting through any web browser. Nor do you have to sign up to zoom.

Like always our meet-ups are open to all adults under the Bi+ Umbrella and their friends, partners, carers etc.

First time going to a Bi+ Ireland Meetup? Not yet a member of our lovely online community group? Feel free to send us a message and our volunteers can add you to the group and look out for you on the day.

Important to Note

• Wednesday 28th October
  • Starting at 12pm. Finishing at 2pm.
• Like all Bi+ Ireland events, this event puts consent first and foremost, you can choose if you have your mic and camera on or not, at any point.
  • You can type comments as well/ instead of using your voice .
• If you are running late, don’t worry pop into the call whenever you are free. Likewise, feel free to leave at any stage. Whether you are there for 5 minutes or the 2 hours, we will be happy to know you were there.
• Feel free to work away on crafts, knitting, colouring or such, if you like to keep your hands busy as you talk.
• If possible please wear headphones with a mic. This helps improve audio and reduces the amount of feedback in the call.
• You can have a public chat in the chat function, but no private messaging anyone
  • Please note, there will be Bi+ Ireland volunteers keeping an eye on the chat.
• Please use "content notices" if you are about to talk about sensitive or potentially triggering topics. 
  • If you're talking about a situation that is sensitive for you it might be helpful if you clearly say if you're looking for sympathy or if you're looking for solutions - but you don't have to do that .
• In the interest of consensual interactions we are implementing a "badge" policy, which we learnt from another group.

Just rename yourself to include the first letter of the colour badge you feel is appropriate.
Eg: G -Alex, O - Aaron, R - Eliza,

• Green (G) means I'd like to interact so please chat with me & I might not speak out myself.
• Orange (O) means prior permission - I only want to interact with people whom I've given permission.
• Red means - (R) I'm here, but not up for any kind of interaction
• No colour means you'll manage things as they come .
• You can change badges/ colour things many times during a conversation but just remember it might take others a few seconds to notice.
• Volunteers will have a V badge
• This is a Bi+ Ireland event and as such our guidelines are in play. Remember to respect each other, act in good faith and know that no racism, sexism or lgbt-phobia will be tolerated. 
  • For a full review of our guidelines please see http://tinyurl.com/irlbiguidelines 

Useful Links
To join us please fill out the form:
forms.gle/cgfx8CTdaBS2fT3y9

To see Facebook event please see:
https://www.facebook.com/events/829796794448180

Bi+ Ireland Supports all our asexual members.
We stand with all those who fall under the Ace umbrella.
We wish you a Happy Asexual awareness week.

You are valid. You are visible. You are loved.

While Bi+ Ireland, will always stand up for Asexual people and other minorities in the LGBTQAI+ spectrum, we are very conscious not to speak over those who identify as such.

So we like to take this moment to direct you to Asexual groups in Ireland, if you are aware of more please let us know

Irish Asexuality
https://www.facebook.com/IrishAces/
​https://twitter.com/IrishAsexuality

Ireland Asexual/Aro Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/960608484381593

Other useful links:
www.aceweek.org/
www.stonewall.org.uk/about-us/news/six-ways-be-ally-asexual-people
lgbt.ie/asexuality-a-brief-breakdown/

On Sunday at 8pm to 9pm we will be having chats over in Discord.
We can chat by typing but can move to voice or video, if there is a want for it. The idea is basically just knowing that there is one hour during the week at least one person will be online to chat to you for an hour.
This is not to take away from the spontaneous chats that happen almost daily on Discord, but to add to the variety of options.
If you are running late, don’t worry pop into the chat whenever you are free. Likewise, feel free to leave at any stage. Whether you are there for 5 minutes or the 2 hours, we will be happy to know you were there.
Please note all of our community guidelines apply in the Discord server, and we'll be modding it accordingly.
For a link to the Discord server, please message Bi+ Ireland directly on Facebook or Twitter.