Fyra stycken bi+ event under hösten

Eventen organiseras tillsammans med RFSL Göteborg, RFSL Stockholm och RFSL på nationell nivå. Med finansiering från USA:s ambassad i Sverige.

Läs hela programmet för Stockholm och Göteborg här (öppnas i separat fönster).

Information in english below.

Malmö

Bi+ Forum Connectivity and Creativity
30/9, 10-17
Stora salen, Elite Hotel Savoy, Norra Vallgatan 62, Malmö
Tillgänglighet: Elite Hotel Savoy är tillgängligt.

Välkommen till Sveriges första internationella Bi+ forum! Forumet syftar till att öka kunskapen kring bi+ frågor och uppmärksamma bi+ communityt. Vi kommer titta på kopplingen mellan kreativitet och välbefinnande samt utmana stereotyper om sexualitet i mainstream såväl som i hbtqi-sammanhang. Låt oss föreställa oss en framtid där identiteter inte begränsas av kategorier utan berikas av förmågan att uttrycka begär och sig själv fritt.

För dig som är hbtqi, aktivist, eller möter hbtqi-personer i din yrkesroll.

Läs hela programmet här (öppnas i separat fönster).

Är du taggad? Anmäl dig via formuläret (öppnas i separat fönster).

Göteborg 

Bi+ Sexuality, Connectivity and Creativity
3/10, 18:00-21:00

Workshop Beyond Binaries med Robyn Ochs
Föreläsning om bi+ unga med Ritch Savin-Williams

Plats: Regnbågshuset, Barlast
Tillgänglighet: Regnbågshuset är tillgängligt. Hiss och stortoa finns, hörslinga finns dock inte.

Tycker du att bi, pan och queer borde uppmärksammas mer? Det gör vi också! Därför vill RFSL passa på att bjuda in er till en magisk kväll med workshop av Robyn Ochs, välkänd Bi+ aktivist, och en föreläsning med Ritch Savin-Williams, professor emeritus i utvecklingspsykologi vid Cornell University, specialiserad i unga hbtq-personers identitetsutveckling. Kvällen handlar om att utforska och förstå språk, sexualitet och identitet bortom binären. 

Eventet är för dig som faller in under paraplybegreppet bi+, alltså attraheras av personer av olika kön. Även du som är aktivist, allierad eller möter bi+ personer i din yrkesroll är välkommen!

Är du taggad? Anmäl dig via formuläret (öppnas i separat fönster).

Obs! Eventet sker på engelska.

Organiseras av:
RFSL Rådgivningen Skåne och RFSL Göteborg
Med finansiering från USA:s ambassad i Sverige

Stockholm

Bi+ Sexuality, Connectivity and Creativity
5/10 18.00-21.00

Workshop Beyond Binaries med Robyn Ochs

Föreläsning om bi+ unga med Ritch Savin-Williams

Plats: ABF Huset, Sandlersalen
Tillgänglighet: ABF-huset är tillgängligt. Lokalen har hiss, stortoa och det finns hörslinga.

Tycker du att bi, pan och queer borde uppmärksammas mer? Det gör vi också! Därför vill RFSL passa på att bjuda in er till en magisk kväll med workshop av 

Robyn Ochs, välkänd Bi+ aktivist, och en föreläsning med Ritch Savin-Williams, professor emeritus i utvecklingspsykologi vid Cornell University, specialiserad i unga hbtq-personers identitetsutveckling. Kvällen handlar om att utforska och förstå språk, sexualitet och identitet bortom binären. 

Eventet är för för dig som faller in under paraplybegreppet bi+, alltså attraheras av personer av olika kön. Även du som är aktivist, allierad eller möter bi+ personer i din yrkesroll är välkommen!

Är du taggad? Anmäl dig via formuläret (öppnas i separat fönster).

Obs! Eventet sker på engelska.

Organiseras av: 

RFSL Rådgivningen Skåne, RFSL Göteborg och RFSL Stockholm. 

Med finansiering från USA:s ambassad i Sverige.

INFORMATION IN ENGLISH

MALMÖ

When? 30/9, 10.00-17.00
Where? Stora salen, Elite Hotel Savoy, Norra Vallgatan 62, Malmö
Accessibility?  the venue is accessible.

Welcome to this forum where we will reflect upon and celebrate the diversity and creativity of human expression regarding sexuality and romantic attachments. The forum aims to raise awareness, connect people, and celebrate bi+ community. We’ll be looking at the interconnection between creativity and wellbeing, and challenging stereotypes about sexuality in the mainstream as well as in LGBTQ+ contexts. Let us envision a future where identities are not limited by categories but enriched by the freedom to express desire and oneself freely.

Who is the forum for? For curious and creative people, LGBTQ+ people, activists, professionals, and other stakeholders.

The event will be held in English.

Organized by RFSL Rådgivningen Skåne and funded by U.S. Embassy in Sweden. 

Are you excited? Register via the form

Göteborg

When? 3/10, 18:00-21:00
Where? Regnbågshuset, Barlast
Accessibility? Regnbågshuset is accessible. There is an elevator and a big WC. However, there is no audio induction loop.

Bi+ Sexuality, Connectivity and Creativity

Workshop Beyond Binaries med Robyn Ochs

Lecture about young bi+ with Ritch Savin-Williams

Do you think that bi, pan, and queers should be highlighted more? We do too! That’s why RFSL would like to take the opportunity to invite you to a magical evening with a workshop by Robyn Ochs, renowned  Bi+ activist and a lecture with Ritch Savin-Williams, professor emeritus of developmental psychology at Cornell University who specializes in bisexual, lesbian, and gay research involving adolescents. The evening is about exploring and understanding language, sexuality, and identity beyond the binary.

The event is intended for those who identify as Bi +, meaning they are  attracted to individuals of different genders. LBTQI-people, activists, allies, or those who encounter bi+ individuals in their professional roles are also welcome!

Please note that the event will be held in English. 

Are you excited? Register via the form

Organized by RFSL Rådgivningen Skåne, RFSL Göteborg and funded by U.S. Embassy in Sweden.

Stockholm

Bi+ Sexuality, Connectivity and Creativity
When? 5/10, 18.00-21.00
Bi+ Sexuality, Connectivity and Creativity
Where? ABF-huset, Sveavägen 41, Sandlersalen
Accessibility? ABF-huset is accessible. There is an elevator and a big WC. audio induction loop is available.

Workshop Beyond Binaries med Robyn Ochs

Lecture about young bi+ with Ritch Savin-Williams

Do you think that bi, pan, and queers should be highlighted more? We do too! That’s why RFSL would like to take the opportunity to invite you to a magical evening with a workshop by Robyn Ochs, renowned  Bi+ activist and a lecture with Ritch Savin-Williams, professor emeritus of developmental psychology at Cornell University who specializes in bisexual, lesbian, and gay research involving adolescents. The evening is about exploring and understanding language, sexuality, and identity beyond the binary.

The event is intended for those who identify as Bi +, meaning they are  attracted to individuals of different genders. LBTQI-people, activists, allies, or those who encounter bi+ individuals in their professional roles are also welcome!

Are you excited? Register via the form

Organized by RFSL Rådgivningen Skåne, RFSL Stockholm and funded by U.S. Embassy in Sweden.

BI+ SEXUALITY, CONNECTIVITY AND CREATIVITY

Welcome to an evening where we celebrate diversity and creativity of human expressions regarding sexuality and romantic attachments. Let´s envision a future where identities are not limited by categories but enriched by the freedom to express desire and oneself freely.

PROGRAM

18.00-18.10 Opening remarks

18.10-19.40 Beyond Binaries – Robyn Ochs
How do we assign labels to our complex experiences of identity? In this interactive workshop, we explore the landscape of sexuality, conduct a thought-provoking anonymous survey of those present, and look together at the data. How do we identify, privately and publicly? Where do we locate ourselves on sexuality and gender continue? How old were we when we came to our identities? How a/sexual are we? How well do our friends/family members understand us? This workshop will change the way you think about labels and deconstruct binary systems of identity.

19.40-20.00 Coffee break

20.00-20.50 The New Bisexual: Young, Progressive, Creative – Ritch Savin-Williams

When we are more inclusive by including both sexual and romantic attractions and behaviors as to who “counts” as bisexual, the percentage is closer to 20% and equally prevalent among women and men. The considerably higher prevalence is driven in large part by young people who are increasingly inventing labels and descriptions that best reflect who they are. Many are eschewing sexual labels altogether by referring to “bisexuality” less as a category and more as a spectrum of sex and romance to multiple sexes. Common identities that fall under a bisexual umbrella include fluid, pansexual, queer, and “something else” (unlabeled) and other descriptions are being created every day. This is a promising tendency because it reflects a progressive spirit on the part of young people not to be trapped by labels but to be sexually and romantically free to embrace whatever is best or true for them.

On the other hand, these developments complicate our tasks as researchers and clinicians; yet we should adapt to them rather than expect them to follow our lead. Perhaps because of their bisexuality, individuals have something unique to contribute to our national wellbeing, such as creativity, artistic skills, cognitive flexibility, and tolerance for differences. Bisexuality is not an obstacle but a blessing.

20.50-21.00 Closing remarks

Robyn Ochs is an educator, speaker, grassroots activist, and editor of Bi Women Quarterly and two anthologies: the 42-country collection Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World and RECOGNIZE: The Voices of Bisexual Men. Her writings have been published in numerous bi, women’s studies, multicultural, and LGBTQ+ anthologies, and she has taught courses on LGBTQ+ history & politics in the United States and Canada, the politics of sexual orientation, & the experiences of those who transgress the binary categories of gay|straight, masculine|feminine, black|white &/or male|female. Among other things, she crafted the definition of bisexuality that is used by many bi+ activists around the world: “I call myself bisexual because I acknowledge in myself the potential to be attracted — romantically and/or sexually — to people of more than one gender, not necessarily at the same time, in the same way, or to the same degree.”

Robyn is deeply committed to intersectional and sustainable activism, to working with others to build coalitions across identities and across social movements, to supporting emerging leaders, and to learning and growing. She is particularly interested in bi+ health, the experiences of bi+ people in the workplace, the global bi+ movement, and bi and LGBTQIA+ youth. An activist for 50 years (so far), she is in it for the long haul.

Ritch C. Savin-Williams is a developmental psychology professor emeritus of Human Development, Cornell University and a licensed clinical psychologist with a private practice specializing in identity, relationship, and family issues among sexual-minority young adults.

Dr. Savin-Williams has written nine books on adolescent development. The last one is “Bi: Bisexual, Pansexual, Fluid and Nonbinary Youth”. With an understanding that sexuality and romantic attachments are often influx, Savin-Williams offers us a way to think about bisexuality as part of a continuum. He shows that many of the young people who identify as bisexual often defy traditional views, dispute false notions, and reimagine sexuality with regard to both practice and identity. Broadly speaking, he shows that many young people experience a complex, nuanced existence with multiple sexual and romantic attractions as well as gender expressions, which are seldom static but fluctuate over their live.

Dr. Savin-Williams research focuses on the experiences of growing up with same-sex attractions, the resiliency and mental health of sexual-minority youth, the sexual continuum, and the sexual development of youth. His work on differential developmental trajectories attempts to supplant our generic, stage models of identity development with a perspective that explores the similarities of sexual-minority youth with all youth and the ways in which sexual-minority adolescents vary among themselves and from heterosexual youth.

For whom?
For curious and creative people, BLGTQ+ people, activists, professionals, and other stakeholders.