Bisexual Empowerment Conference:
A Uniting, Supportive Experience
BECAUSE took place April 16-18, 2010
at Hamline University in St. Paul
A big thank you to everyone who attended!
Spring 2009 marked the 15th BECAUSE Conference. We had a FANTASTIC turnout and look forward to seeing everyone again this year!
The BECAUSE Conference is the premier weekend event in the Midwest for bisexuals, queers, non-mono-sexual, bi-curious, questioning, and all others, regardless of sexual or gender identity. This conference is open to everyone!
This year conference
attendees found an exciting and packed weekend of social and
educational programming, including keynote speaker Amy André. Amy is a
writer, activist and current Executive Director of San Francisco Pride
who will be speaking about health in the bisexual community. In
addition to workshops on Saturday, there was a conference wide
panel titled It’s Time: Perspectives on Bisexuality Past, Present and
Future. The panel was comprised of current and past bisexual
activists and allies from across the Nation discussing bisexuality, the
bisexual identity and the bisexual movement. Also, on Saturday evening
we had our annual Drag Show/Cabaret event.
We thank everyone who attended the conferences in the past and everyone who has worked so hard to make each event such a success. 2009 was the largest BECAUSE Conference in history--we hope to continue growth and service to the bi community. Help us to serve you!
This is an autonomous grass roots conference, so send us a message if your group would like to host it in 2011. This year's planning committee can assist with the transition and get you started on planning!
