This was the Bi+ World Conference!

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Let's drift together

We're unifying all continents, like a new Pangea. After all, bi+ activism resembles the movement of continents: slow and steady, yet ultimately transformative, reshaping the world in profound and lasting ways.

Bi+ World Conference

On 28, 29, and 30 July 2026, Bi+ Nederland and Bi+ Equal hosted the Bi+ World Conference in Amsterdam.

Bi+ people from around the globe joined us for this three-day conference, featuring engaging workshops, insightful panels and meaningful connection. It was a unique occasion to meet bi+ people from all corners of the world, exchange knowledge and lived experiences, and celebrate the strength and diversity of the bi+ community together.

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These were some contributions to the Conference. Full programme with descriptions, organisers, locations and further details are only available to registered participants.

Tuesday 28 July 2026

Step Bi Step: Healing Our Younger Bi+ Selves

Bi+ Equal current, Creative current, Interactive, Safer space, Workshop

This reflective workshop invites participants to write a short letter to their younger bi+ selves, sharing the encouragement, advice and insight they wish they'd had at the time.

Do all Bi+ people think alike? A participatory format visualizing diverse viewpoints.

Bi+ Equal current, Community current, Interactive, Workshop

An interactive workshop by Bi+ Switzerland that makes viewpoints within the Bi+ community visible in real time. Join actively, observe, or participate anonymously and explore where we align and where we differ.

Mental Health (CFP Brazilian Resolution 08/2022), Biphobia and Bisexual Affectivities

Community current, Conversation

A group conversation about bisexuality and mental health.

Exploring (New)Bi+ Identities: Building a Shared Toolkit

Bi+ Equal current, Interactive, Intersectionality current, Safer space, Workshop

A supportive workshop for people who are newly identifying as bi+ or exploring their identity, offering a safe space to connect, share experiences, and discuss identity, visibility, and belonging. Together, participants will create a practical toolkit of resources, idea...

Bi+ research across the world: Developments, cultural diversity & fun facts

Interactive, Presentation, Research current, Workshop

In this panel, researchers and activists from various continents discuss how they conduct, use and / or advocate for research to advance bi+ inclusion and equality. Moderator Soudeh Rade invites the panelists to share both professional and personal perspectives.

Bisexual Killjoys Around the World

Bi+ Equal current, Community current, Interactive, Presentation, Session

This is a community session beginning with a brief overview of how the Bisexual Killjoy project began, and what it means to be a Bisexual Killjoy in everyday life. Afterwards we begin a guided community building session, focused on creating Bi+ joy and solidarity throug...

The Edge of Queer : Lessons in Liberation from Bisexual Asian Women

Guided discussion, Interactive, Research current, Womens' current, Workshop

Through guided discussion, participants will engage with key research findings on identity, violence, belonging, and resistance. The workshop invites feminist, LBQ, and allied actors to reflect on how bisexual women’s experiences challenge dominant narratives of queer...

Racial inclusivity in Bi+ Communities

Conversation, Hybrid, Interactive, Intersectionality current, Session

This interactive session will explore why many bi+ people of color do not feel comfortable in bi+ groups. Participants will examine barriers to inclusion and co-develop practical strategies for building more racially inclusive and sustainable bi+ communities.

Exploring bi+ experiences and identities via gamification and roleplay: a gaming session and training

Bi+ Equal current, Creative current, Game, Interactive, Presentation, Roleplay

I've made a game about bi+ feelings and identities, we will take turns roleplaying people in different scenarios. The session will include include a briefing on safety techniques whithin roleplaying games, including ways to escalate or de-escalate a scenario. No previo...

How to Heal... a participatory ritual

Bi+ Equal current, Creative current, Interactive, Ritual

Take part in a ritual where we will invoke trans and bisexual ancestors in order to heal ourselves, transform our community and create hope.

Bisexual Persecution in Bangladesh: Trends and Challenges (2022–2025)

Guided discussion, Interactive, Presentation, Research current

This session examines LGBTQI+ persecution in Bangladesh from 2022 to 2025, highlighting trends in harassment, legal challenges, social stigma, and media representation, with a focus on bi+ and other marginalized communities. It will share insights from research, case st...

Getting Bi: Challenging Biphobia and Bi Erasure & Creating a Culture of Inclusion

Community current, Interactive, Presentation, Workshop

What does it mean to identify as bi+? What are challenges to recognizing and understanding the largest yet often-overlooked segment of the LGBTQIA+ community? No matter how you identify, come to this engaging and interactive program if you are looking for tools for ch...

Documentary screening of De Bi Kwestie (The Bi Issue) and Q&A session

After-talk, Bi+ Equal current, Creative current, Documentary, Womens' current

Screening of documentary The Bi Issue, followed by an after-talk with featured poet and activist ZaĆÆre Krieger.

Wednesday 29 July 2026

Rethinking Normativity Through Bisexual Lived Experience

Guided discussion, Presentation, Research current, Session, Workshop

This session will be presenting research on bi+ university-aged men who are part of bro culture. The focus will be on their experiences coming to terms with their identity and for some, the coming out process.

Rooted and Resistant: Bi+ Resilience Across Hostile Contexts

Community current, Conversation, Interactive, Workshop

An interactive workshop and a facilitated group conversation exploring resilience, safety, and activism among bi+ people living in hostile or high-risk contexts. Participants will exchange strategies, build connections, and strengthen collective solidarity.

Empowerment Formats for Bi+ Specific Life Situations: Insights from a Community-Led Meetup for Bi+ People in Hetero Facing Relationships

Bi+ Equal current, Guided discussion, Intersectionality current, Session, Workshop

Insights from a community-led, moderated meetup for bi+ people in hetero facing / mixed orientation relationships and their partners in Berlin. Together we explore how tailored empowerment spaces for bi+ specific life situations can support and empower bi+ individuals.

The Architecture of Biphobia

Bi+ Equal current, Presentation, Research current

We already know biphobia is deadly, we just don’t know why. This talk challenges dominant theories and reveals a simple framework that exposes how biphobia really works and why it keeps shaping both research and activism.

Between Invisibility and Hypersexualisation: Encountering Bisexual+ Experience through Art Installation

Bi+ Equal current, Creative current, Informal art circle, Interactive

Experience a sculptural installation combining film and sound that explores AFAB bisexual+ invisibility and hypersexualisation. Drop in, engage at your own pace, and take part in optional, informal reflection.

From Survival to Sustainability: Reimagining Bi+ organising when there is no money

Bi+ Equal current, Community current, Conversation, Guided discussion, Session, Workshop

How do you build a visible, meaningful Bi+ community without money, without a team, and without burning out? In this interactive workshop, organisers from across Europe will share honest stories, smart choices and surprising insights into what really deserves priority w...

Too young to dare, too old to care? An intergenerational conversation about becoming bi+

Bi+ Equal current, Conversation, Interactive, Intersectionality current

This workshop explores how bi+ experiences evolve across the lifespan, focusing on age as a key dimension and fostering an intergenerational dialogue about bi+ identity, history, and community. It challenges monosexist assumptions about there being only one ā€œrightā€ ...

Finding Your Voice: Creative Writing and Bi+ Storytelling

Bi+ Equal current, Creative current, Interactive, Workshop

A creative workshop using writing and spoken word to explore bi+ identity and self-expression. Participants will develop confidence in sharing their stories in supportive and imaginative ways.

About American Institute of Bisexuality (AIB): Past and Future Research, Education and Community-Building

Interactive, Presentation, Research current

We will cover American Institute of Bisexuality (AIB) and its history and Mission, and seek community input, feedback and ideas for making the world better for and more accepting of bi+ people.

FLINTA and other ways bi+ people are excluded from safe spaces

Bi+ Equal current, Community current, Safer space, Workshop

A safer space to share frustrations about bi+ - exclusive language in queer communities, with an opportunity to gather best practices to help each other find new ways for more bi+ inclusivity in different countries.

Beyond any Norm: Celebrating the Neurodivergent Bi+ Experience

Bi+ Equal current, Intersectionality current, Presentation, Safer space, Session

Explore the powerful intersection of bi+ identity and neurodiversity (e.g. Autism Spectrum, ADHD, Dyslexia, Dyscalculia) in a dedicated safer space designed for connection and validation. We’ll move beyond societal norms to transform the feeling of being "too complex"...

'Queer Enough' Documentary + aftertalk about queer insecurities and biphobia

After-talk, Bi+ Equal current, Creative current, Documentary

In the documentary Queer Enough we follow three people who question whether they are truly "queer enough." During the aftertalk with director Annemarije Rus the audience can reflect on the film together.

Thursday 30 July 2026

Overcoming Silence and Erasure: Creative Activism and Campaigning for Bi+ People. Brainstorming and sharing experiences session

Bi+ Equal current, Community current, Conversation, Interactive, Session

A brainstorming session, sharing experiences and inspiration in the field of visibility, creative activism, and campaigning for bi+ people.

Monosexism as Epistemic Injustice: Naming and Resisting Bi+ Erasure

Conversation, Interactive, Research current, Workshop

This workshop introduces monosexism as epistemic injustice—the structural denial of bi+ people’s knowledge and experiences—and invites participants to collectively map how it operates in their own contexts. Through interactive discussion, we transform individual e...

Vacuums do not exist: a journey of being unburdened through African spirituality praxis

Creative current, Interactive, Presentation, Safer space, Session

This creative and participatory session invites bi+ community members and allies to explore spirituality as a decolonial, embodied practice, grounded in afrosurrealist art, movement, and storytelling from Black African bi+ communities in Kenya. Through artistic works, ...

Creativity as a solid foundation: Building collective wellbeing infrastructure where none exists

Community current, Interactive, Session

The facilitators reflect on their parallel journeys in activism and human rights work, exploring burnout, retreat, and their pathways toward more holistic, sustainable ways of engaging in activism across different contexts. Through storytelling, guided reflection, and ...

Bisexual Research in Brazil

Panel, Research current, Session

A panel with two sessions on Bisexual Studies in Brazil.

Bi+ identities as a social catalyst to combat hate speech and fascism

Bi+ Equal current, Community current, Conversation, Guided discussion, Presentation

Bisexual people outside of activism have the potential to become challengers of hate speech and fascism. We will propose the theoretical framework and some tools to achieve this.

Bi & Polyamory: Can You Really Have It All?

Interactive, Intersectionality current, Session

A personal story combined with interactive reflection on what polyamory can look like in real life. Explore whether it might fit you, your identity, and your relationships.

This is not a Phase! It's how we show up.

Creative current, Fashion performance

An immersive fashion performance by Biweekly.