BIGC; Bisexual Initiative of Greater Cleveland.

This Initiatives' mission is to set up a legitimate network where all Bisexual, Bicurious, and Straight spouses can find resources, support, and network with others like them.

*What's being offered now?

1. "Bisexuality Festivities Weekend!"

2. Boothe space at the annual Cleveland Pride Parades in June.

3. Bisexual awareness articles in various LGBT publications.

*So what is going to be offered?

1. BIGC outreach to Gay and Lesbian organizations

2. Bi Mixers

3. Weekly support/social meetings

4. Bi Retreats

5. Booth space at the annual Columbus and Cincinnati Pride parades

6. BIGC Speed Dating Nights

7. Yearly Trip to International Conference on Bisexuality

8. BIGC planning meetings

CHECK OUT WHAT'S NEW!!!!

This Network is no longer the Bisexual Network of Greater Cleveland but now the Bisexual Iniative of Greater Cleveland. There is only one member - moi! - so there was no reason to keep emphasizing that this is a "Network." This is an "Iniative" to become a "Network."

Currently, I am still in need of 12 dedicated Bisexual individuals (6 male, 6 female) who live in the Greater Cleveland area that are willing to devote their time to polishing, improving, and promoting this initiative so it can become a network. See the Contact list page for more information if interested.

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As part of BIGC's outreach,

BIGC features a page on Myspace; and

BIGC has a profile on Bisexual.com.

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*SPECIAL REQUESTS*

Hello,

My name is Drew Walther and I am fifth year doctoral student at the University of California, Santa Barbara working on my dissertation research. My study is aimed at improving counseling and psychotherapy services for lesbian, gay, bisexual, (LGB) and same-sex attracted people and needs your help. All one needs to participate is to be over age 18 with a computer with speakers and 20(ish) minutes. Participants will be asked to watch a seven minute video of a mock therapy session, answer questions about your impressions of the session, and some questions about yourself. It's 100% confidential and you will have the opportunity to win one of several $50 gift certificates.

The link to the study is here:

http://survey.ucsb.edu/counseling

I deeply appreciate your help and welcome your feedback to Wwalther@education.ucsb.edu. Please feel free to forward this email to any of the people and groups that may be willing to participate in this type of study -- I am hoping to gather a diverse group of responses (in term of location, age, gender, ethnicity, etc.). It is UC Santa Barbara's IRB Human Subjects use number 08-530, approved 11/06/08 for the project. The faculty advisor is Dr. Tania Israel (Tisrael@education.ucsb.edu) and you can reach the Office of Research at 805-893-5196 with additional questions.

Welcome to the "B" realm of the community!!!

(New and improved site up and running since 4/1/07)

TRIVIA...

Win a free 2xL Bisexual t-shirt if your the first to answer all these questions correctly:

1. Name 10 famous people who actually identify as Bisexual (does not matter if they are music or movie stars).

2. Name 5 famous people who are suspected of being Bisexual and what source did you read/hear it from (does not matter if they are music or movie stars).

3. Name 5 famous people who played Bisexual Characters and what movie they played those characters in (Hint: one just played a bisexual femme fatale in a movie released Sept 9th,2006).

4. What male movie star was suspected as being Bisexual but is actually Gay? (Hint: Xmen2)

5. Who is the actress that played as the Bisexual character on Season 1 of The L word?

6. What do the Bisexual flag colors stand for?

7. What rappers' mother was Bisexual? (Hint: Pocket Change)

8. Which twin came out as Bisexual on America's Next Top Model Fall 2006?

9. Whose debut film role was a Bisexual hit woman?

10. In what movie did Sharon Stone play a murderous Bisexual femme fatale?

11. What important Bisexual pioneer died May 24, 2006 at 73?

12. Who plays Stuart in the movie Threesome?

13. What Bisexual beauty slept with Frank Sinatra, Edith Piaf, Kirk Douglas, and John F. Kennedy Jr. ?

14. Who was the Bisexual character in Rules of Attraction?

@@@Email all answers to bngcohio@gmail.com . Please put BIGC Trivia in the subject line and include your first name and email address so you can be notified if you are the winner!!!@@@