BECAUSE (conference)

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BECAUSE (Bisexual Empowerment Conference: A Uniting, Supportive Experience) is an annual, national conference for the bisexual community and other bi+ people that takes place in the Twin Cities in Minnesota. It was founded in 1992.[1] It has been organized by the Bisexual Organizing Project since 1999. The conference is "dedicated to building an empowered bisexual, pansexual, fluid, queer, and unlabeled (bi+) community."[2] It is the longest-running and largest conference for bi+ people in the United States.[3][4][5][6]

  1. ^ Andre, Amy (11 April 2012). "20 Years of Bisexual Conferencing with BECAUSE". HuffPost. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  2. ^ "BECAUSE". Bisexual Organizing Project. 2019. Archived from the original on 30 December 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  3. ^ Dayton, Mark (4 June 2014). "State of Minnesota Proclamation" (PDF). Minnesota State Legislature. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Resource Guide to Coming Out as Bisexual" (PDF). Human Rights Campaign. March 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 August 2024. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  5. ^ Birkey, Andy (2 November 2017). "BECAUSE conference to celebrate 25 years of bisexual visibility, organizing". The Column. Archived from the original on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  6. ^ Holthaus, Camille (21 September 2015). "Bisexual community has unique needs, starting with more and better data". MinnPost. Retrieved 2 January 2020.