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Brian
Apr 7, 2006, 1:38 PM
Press release that just came in:

** please distribute **

There is nothing more satisfying than knowing you paid $50 less than
everyone else.

Starting the 16th of April, the cost for the 9th International
Conference on Bisexuality, Gender & Sexual Diversity (9ICB for short)
will increase to $150 CAD. Register by April 15th and you'll pay only
$100 (payment due upon registration). After all why pay $150 to come to
9ICB when you can register until April 15th at the reduced rate of $100?

To register right now, go to: http://www.9icb.org/registration.shtml

The 9th International Conference on Bisexuality, Gender & Sexual
Diversity (9ICB for short) is June 15-18, 2006 at Ryerson University in
downtown Toronto, Canada, just as Toronto's incredible Pride
celebrations get started. Toronto is one of the world's most diverse
cities and has so much to offer.

Join people from all over the world to explore such topics as bi
politics, gender, and sexual diversity. Participants are invited to
strengthen connections between local and international communities and
challenge the socially accepted binary views of sexuality and gender.
People will have the opportunity to meet and share tools and information to become more visible and reach out to those who might not
even know that safe spaces exist for them to be themselves.

Opening ceremonies Thursday hosted by BiNet USA, two days full of
workshops and lectures and community groups and vendors in our Community
fair & Marketplace, a community dinner & dance and much more, all in
downtown Toronto, Canada. All that's missing is you!

Keynotes:

Sexologist and sacred sexualities scholar Loraine Hutchins, Ph.D.,
speaks on the spiritual pathways most likely to make these new kinds of
beloved erotic communities of the future possible, and what we can do to
find the steps between here and there ... and take them!

Trevor Jacques has recently completed the largest and most detailed
survey of BDSM practitioners to date. This keynote address will offer a
preview of his research, with special emphasis on how bisexuals varied
from heterosexual and homosexual-identified BDSM practitioners.

Some of the Workshops:

Bi identity • Bi Health • Book readings/discussions • Dating Roundtable
• Sexual Orientation • Spirituality • BDSM/Kink • Flirting • Queer
Parenting • Youth issues • Zine making • Gender roles • Worldwide
Community Building • Polyamory • Sexuality • and much more!

To learn more or to register visit http://www.9icb.org. Anyone
interested in participating in the Community Fair and Marketplace should
email market@9icb.org for more information. General questions can be
sent to info@9icb.org. Check out the web site for special accommodation
rates.

9ICB is proudly sponsored by the Toronto Bisexual Network, BiNetCanada,
the Bisexual Foundation, BiNetUSA, Xtra Magazine, Bisexual.com, Bi
Tribune, Trade: Queer Things and The Fence (links on our web site).

Yours,
The 9ICB Team
http://www.9icb.org
info@9icb.org

bigregory
Apr 8, 2006, 9:36 PM
Some of the workshops look great.
Some silly, but i think i might get down there for a day or two.
Its great that the main theme is bi not gay/les.
:bipride: