thank you. hey, iam this is bbc world news, i'm reged ahmad. hey, i am a bi activists and i work our top stories: with the lgbtq community and i know from the european union for a third time, in a major setback the eu warns a no deal brexit is increasingly likely after british for the prime minister, theresa may. so, the reason we're here is to talk mps rejected the withdrawal about sexuality and specifically how sexual violence affects the community because i was raped by a dealfor a third time. hetero couple. this is the first mps defeated it by 58 votes, dating a male bisexual. i think for the uk's now set on the day originally set to leave on 12 april, but prime minister theresa may says for britain to leave the eu. time sally has spoken about the attack publicly. —— salli owen. some most people, for me as well, it is a delay is almost inevitable. the head of the european council, of her memories of that night took police use water cannons and tear donald tusk, has called a special like insecure anything because i'm gas, as more than a million people meeting of eu leaders two days before the new brexit deadline quite jealous descend on the streets of algiers like insecure anything because i'm quitejealous and like insecure anything because i'm quite jealous and more like insecure anything because i'm quitejealous and more people be in the biggest protest yet of april 12th. they'll consider any request jealous of that. you would be like weeks to come back to her. they were for a longer extension, against president bouteflika. but the european commission says they like that girl's actually like a no deal brexit is now a "likely scenario". that person's picture, they are blackouts plunge venezuela ns just giving me loads to drink and i into even more hardship. was drinking water because i'd had the opposition is calling for people enough, did not want any more but i liking everyone's picture, you are like oh god, like... theyjust have kept finding vodka in front of me, not water. i was just hoping they to come out in protest. hundreds of thousands of people more to worry about than if you are would say soon that they were going in algeria have taken to the streets to sleep because i was so tired, but of major cities, demanding they didn't. so eventually, i ask the resignation of with someone that's straight.” president bouteflika. police have used teargas and water don't know, surely we judge that person by their character, so if i them, i said can i go to sleep now, cannon to disperse the crowds. was like a known player, like iamso them, i said can i go to sleep now, i am so tired? and i had so many someone who would sleep around a those are the headlines. lot, withjust someone who would sleep around a lot, with just women and someone who would sleep around a lot, withjust women and ijust drinks that i could not speak slept lot, withjust women and ijust sle pt around with lot, withjust women and ijust slept around with a lot of women, that could play on the golf and's it's liz30am. properly, i couldn't walk straight, now on bbc news, does society mind. yeah, that would put me off and then they suddenly seemed really nervy around me, really edgy, and really accept bisexuality? personally. but then, if it was like

to find out, radio 1's newsbeat has then when i stood up to go to bed, i would only sleep with people that spent a year following a group i find interesting, whether it be guys or girls, surely that would be they stood up as well and they of friends as they try to hold grabbed me and... that's when it the uk's first major bi pride march. fine, if you could trust them. -- this programme contains started and it went on for hours and some adult themes. wealth fund. yeah, i know that they hours, and... it was, a lot of it i are wealth fund. yeah, i know that they do not remember but, i remember, i a re interested wealth fund. yeah, i know that they are interested in both sexes, see would find that you are never able to give them everything that they remember the pain and i remember wa nt to give them everything that they want but at the same time, from what lg bt lgbt pride events, the perfect place you are saying, it is notjust about bits of it like being smacked so that. for lesbian, gay, bisexual, ha rd bits of it like being smacked so hard around the head that everything transgender and loads of other went white and i couldn't see. it people to come together and celebrate who they are. well, not according to this lot. these events i think it's straight people, there are according to this lot. these events a re often according to this lot. these events are often not fully inclusive to bi is an assumption that they can only was really scary but i was too be with other straight people scared to say anything and i think because that is what is evenif scared to say anything and i think even if i had tried to, because i stereotypical and it is a shame. i was so out of it, then i am not sure people, so this is an opportunity for us to say actually, we're going to create our own space. they have mean, this has opened my mind a lot. i would have been able to say anything anyway. i was there for maybe six hours in total and the decided to try and do something never before done in the uk, to i have never been in a situation to have this discussion with a bisexual organise a pride event specifically only reason they let me out in the for bisexual people. it can be quite oi’ have this discussion with a bisexual end was because they had work to do, or gay person, now that i have, i so...i end was because they had work to do, probably wouldn't care going so... i went home then, passed out

difficult trying to fit in within forward. yeah. the lgbtq difficult trying to fit in within the lg btq community. for a bit and then when i woke up, i difficult trying to fit in within the lgbtq community. definitely a lot that i have heard aboutjust went to a&e. wanting everything. for the past 11 for a bit and then when i woke up, i went to me. salli owen says before months, we have been following the the attack, the couple repeatedly campaign to get a bi pride, quizzed her on a sexuality. months, we have been following the campaign to geta bi pride, can months, we have been following the campaign to get a bi pride, can they do it? along the way, we have been me and sophie and hanging out with bisexuality is seen by a lot of people as just a type of sophie was really cool. i think the pornography, meaning two women and thing i have taken away is the one man and that definitely reason she gave me for not wanting influenced what happened to me. trying to find out why, whether it to initially date bisexual male were is mental health or sexual violence, less malicious than i initially despite the violence, it was not research suggests bi are having a thought they would be, less until later salli owen started to prejudiced. it is very logical in think of what happened as vapour tough. bi people have to move to because only around 2% of reported rapes in england and wales resulted everyday just living in a the way she thinks, but it also tough. bi people have to move to everydayjust living in a world that seems very personal. i feel like i does not get you. i do not get how in conviction, she was put off coming forward. did not decide to go have learned a lot from him and that lg bt does not get you. i do not get how lgbt people can be both sides, to the police? although i fully i shouldn't be so quick to judge and straight or gay. curious people, support people who do go to the like they do not know what they want police about sexual violence, bi in life. we have also been meeting assume what i would be interested m, assume what i would be interested people who say their lives have in, without getting to know the person, rather than just going suffered massively, just to being women are seen as greedy, asking for bi. bisexuality is seen by a lot of in, without getting to know the person, rather thanjust going on what society tells me to go offjust it, if i had have even got as far as because i'm straight. so would you people is just a type of go on because i'm straight. so would you goona because i'm straight. so would you go on a second date with him?” pornography, to women and one man and the definitely influenced what happened to me. why would you not would, yeah. having it taken to court, which wouldn't happen anyway, it would have been dropped long before that. wa nt happened to me. why would you not want to date a guy that has been there is no way i would win.

with a guy before? like an insecure thing because i'm quitejealous, and it is like normal to be jealous of historically, the reason why bisexual people face this prejudice it, right? is that society has been invested in the idea that sexuality is you are either straight or gay and there is nothing in between. on the lesbian and gay side of things it has been helpful to them politically and whether or not it is actually the case, to say we were born this way and we cannot help our sexuality and therefore we ought to have the same rights as everybody else. and then what are we doing today? so we've bisexual people are muddying that message a little and making it a got people gathering today to match little more messy because if you can with us for pride in london, we're be with partners of more than one going to have 100 people in the gender then maybe that's just parade and we are selling these sexuality is not something inborn absolutely parade and we are selling these a bsolutely lovely parade and we are selling these absolutely lovely silicon wristbands, one in the bi pride flag but for some people there is a level of choice. and so because society colours and one in the pan pride has historically been homophobic we have people here who are invested in not being gay and people here who colours, and then we're going to be off marching and having fun. yes, are invested in not being straight and not being able to be straight

pride in london, one of hundreds of pride in london, one of hundreds of and not being able to be straight and then you have bi people in the pride events that already go on all around the country, celebrating the middle who are on popular on both entire lgbtq community. so if sides because they mess with the messages that both sides are trying bisexuals can happily take part in to put across. over the summer, the this, why do they need their own pride too? it is absolutely bi pride team have been going to as incredible to see the amount of many existing lg btq people that have come out to show bi pride team have been going to as many existing lgbtq events as possible to drum up support for their support. you probably feeling their own pride. it is september and we have got in on a fundraising like why we need our own pride? we eventin we have got in on a fundraising get to come to these prides, and event in london. just setting up for u nfortu nately get to come to these prides, and unfortunately there are still rather bi opposition lights which is a bi a lot of stigma in the lgbtq community. there's been saying that you are untrustworthy, that they do not want to date bisexuals. it visibility fundraising event. our happens across the whole bi production manager has just resigned, unfortunately and that was community. so we will have people the person who was going to be responsible for basically arranging the main event. so we are all turn up and celebrate their own individuality, it is going to pitching in at the moment and wonderful. as a bisexual, i have desperately trying to plan for march and this has been at the top of my felt prejudice when i am in lgbtq mind because i have been focusing on this for the time being. and this is

spaces and within the lgbtq an indicator. and if you can't work community from gay men. i get with people here, what chance do you comments like that is not a real have otherwise? please, don't remind thing, and just... me. we have the whole summer. we comments like that is not a real thing, and just. .. bi comments like that is not a real thing, andjust... bi now, gay have had many people come up to us later. and just being with my and to our stand and telling us it girlfriend, i sometimes can feel uncomfortable in spaces that are specifically for gay men. bi pride! is great what we are doing, that we need a bi space where we can be celebrated. and then you ask people to come and you don't sell tickets. now, because i will be there next i don't know what the issue is but we just haven't sold enough tickets. year. i have kept like four prides myself. this is so amazing, the i don't know. so i am a little atmosphere is so happy, everybody stressed. how many tickets have you here is so amazing. we all know that sold? about 30. if we sold out we love is love, but to have such focus on us asa love is love, but to have such focus on us as a group love is love, but to have such focus on us as a group would just mean the could have raised £3000 towards the world to so many people who feel the event and would have made so much same way as we do. it would be, you difference because we just have no money at all. at the moment it is know, it would just be fantastic. there's not a great deal of like £250 which is not ideal. but, large—scale, credible research there about bisexuality, but what research there is suggest bisexuals do not hey... so this is the most despondent i think i have ever seen just experience prejudice in the gay you. iam despondent i think i have ever seen you. i am so worried. yeah. all the community. —— from the gay

community. —— from the gay community. a lot of bisexual men optimism of earlier this year is dwindling. there is still so much to do. we don't have a venue yet. we reckon they are treated massively differently to bisexual women, so don't know if there will be a march, how does it feel when so many we don't know if we can get the members of the opposite sex would streets, that is not confirmed. all we have is that done is advertise rule out dating you before they have the date. so basically... even met you? to find out, we have everything. but we do have flyers. enlisted the help of a 22—year—old named ryan from huddersfield.” so... great. think there's definitely a huge difference in the way that male and female bisexuals are viewed in society and just one example, like, how glamorised lesbians are, like on pornography, you see lesbians all over the place and bisexuals, female female, you do not see the same relationship when it comes to mail bisexuals and girls watching i have never seen i have never seen a man i have never seen a man put a condom pornography. —— mail. there are on so fast. people out there who have a problem dating bisexual males for sure. ——

male. i have never had any problems, but i know that it is a problem for so we just finished and the ad were incredible. we probably had a0 or 50 people. not to dampen it... if you some guys. to open ryan's eyes, we're packing off to glasgow on a date with a girl called sophie, except it is not really date because they are both already in relationships and sophie told us she would not date bisexual.” wa nt to relationships and sophie told us she would not date bisexual. i am excited to meet sophie, i think people. not to dampen it... if you want to put on a major event, 50 shall be a regular person with some people won't make it major. absolutely not. we are looking for slightly backwards views. i would not hold it against someone having an opinion, but i do think... it is thousands of people, hopefully. i'm very much worth them trying to be more open—minded —— take a more open—minded view. there is a very hoping that when it is an unpaid good chance that sophie and i may full pride event hopefully we will fall in love. 's orion is feeling have more people. sam is putting a confident, what about sophie? —— so brave face on it but she is clearly ryan. i am nervous, i'm really worried there may not be as much appetite for their pride as she nervous. we found sophie after hoped. she may be right. we met lulu putting up a very unscientific poll and herfriends hoped. she may be right. we met lulu and her friends at a gay bar on facebook asking women whether hoped. she may be right. we met lulu and herfriends at a gay bar in they date a man who had had sex with sheffield. for me, as a bisexual another man, mo said no. it is not my preference, but it has never, as person, another event to celebrate

yet with anyone that i have dated, the lgbtq community cannot be negative. it is a good thing. but i so it has never been something i've had to think about as of yet, until wonder if we're going to end up now, so this will probably be a bit separating all of these things and ofan now, so this will probably be a bit of an eye—opener to me, i will eventually there will a pride for understand a bit more than what i do every sexuality every weekend of the really. well, after five year. and will we lose our momentum understand a bit more than what i do really. well, afterfive long hours, by and is nearly there. he goes asa year. and will we lose our momentum nothing. hey, sophie. you 0k? as a minority? we are better by and is nearly there. he goes nothing. hey, sophie. you ok? how together. the more we get together are you? so far, so good? thank you. the stronger we will be and the better we will face the future with all these things and issues the stigma. the lgbtq that we have now —— three that we have now. i don't crave a special occasion just to represent my part of the community. i'm not opposed to it, i'm just not sure if it is the number one thing on my agenda with my sexuality.

it has been a bit of a tricky time lately. we have had some financial issues. basically we had a massive issues. basically we had a massive issue with the bank that we were setting up an account with and they took three or four months longer than expected to set our bank account up which meant we could not apply for grants and we could not get sponsorship and basically could not get money in. so we have had to postpone our march nine event. quite gutted, to be honest. do you mind reading us a poem?” have loads of different ones. what you wanted to be about? one that touches on your mental health?” have one called i'm fine. when i say

i'm fine! have one called i'm fine. when i say i'm fine i mean i'm tired. i'm tired of waking up and feeling like i'm not in control of my life i feel like a puppet, my body on loan. i am tired of my thoughts cutting away at me likea tired of my thoughts cutting away at me like a knife. i have had mental health difficulties ever since i can remember. when i began going to the gp about it they were hesitant to give me any sort of diagnosis. they basically told me i was a teenager andi basically told me i was a teenager and i would grow out of it. i even self harmed and stuff like that and for a 12 or 13—year—old to be going through these things it is quite difficult to get across to people that you need help without feeling like you are attention seeking. so at the moment i am on mirtazapine. it is an antidepressant and it

basically just releases serotonin it is an antidepressant and it basicallyjust releases serotonin in the brain like an extra chemical. i do think for me, definitely, bisexuality has an impact on my mental health because i constantly feel like half of myself is missing. ifiam in feel like half of myself is missing. if i am in relationship with a man i feel like i can't talk about my attraction to women and if i am in a relationship with a woman i feel like i can't talk about my attraction to men. just because i am meant to be in a committed relationship and it should not matter who else i'm attracted to stop so i do feel like it has had an impact, just because i feel like there's always a part of me that is not being true to myself and a part of me isjust kind of being left and forgotten. so when you ask me how i'm doing, know that i'm tired. no

to just stop asking because i i'm doing, know that i'm tired. no tojust stop asking because i know i'm getting there and i know i'll be 0k. i'm getting there and i know i'll be ok. so i'll just i'm getting there and i know i'll be ok. so i'lljust say, i'm fine. really good. thank you. so this is the venue that we would have been in today. this would have been full of food trucks and people and flags with people coming in and out of those doors. our main auditorium in the building there but, yeah... it's all a little empty today which is sad. there will probably be a wedding or something like that later. but, yeah, this is where we would have been had much nine still been happening. we were looking at closing the roads and having a big parade and everything so that would have been pretty amazing. it is a bit sad there are

no flags or cheerful pride people. we've been here since 6am which is also sad but... it's actually not raining. yeah, according to the weather forecast it looks like the hours that the event would have been open today it will not rain. amazing. so is this the end for bi pride? we have the same venue on september seven pride? we have the same venue on septemberseven in pride? we have the same venue on september seven in pride visibility month. and we will do an epic event. at the end of day this is the first time this event has ever happened in the so as long as it happens it is happening at the right time. six—month delay is not the biggest deal. so if we had done this event now, today, it would not have been what it should have been. how do you reflect on the last year? quite a rollercoaster. yeah, i'm thinking of

the best times in the stressful times and it is... it has been all over the place but in a very good way. every time we hit a bump we come back stronger. so, yeah, building dynasties. it will go on for years, for ever. this isjust the beginning. hello. the clocks may be springing forward this weekend but the temperatures are falling back. here is why. a cold front will move south across the uk with the leading edge of colder air has not much in the way of rain associated with it but the most noticeable change in the weather through the weekend will be the drop in temperature. of that weather front there will be plenty of dry weather to come. we start the

weekend, saturday, with a touch of frost on the coldest parts of england and wales with some for touches around for some of those as well and here is that weather front. scotla nd well and here is that weather front. scotland and northern ireland with a bit of patchy rain. some snow on the hills of scotland, edging southwards into the north of northern england as we go into the afternoon. behind the weather front it will brighten up the weather front it will brighten up again with a few blustery winter showers. south of the weather front for most of england and wales in the finals of england will have broken cloud, sunny spells as the fog clears and temperatures rebounding. i9 celsius and the warm parts of south—east england stop isolated afternoon showers in parts of south—east england. here is the weather front. loudon south—east england. here is the weatherfront. loudon patchy rain. enter parts of wales, midlands and east anglia on saturday night keeping temperatures up. the further north you are in northern england, especially scotland and northern ireland there will be a foster sunday begins under clear skies. it is, in the early hours of sunday that the clock change happens.

springing forward. start of british summertime has nothing to do with the weather. and i only there, however, because temperatures continue to fall back through sunday is our weather front takes the blue, that cold air, further south. with cloud, a little patchy rain for parts of england and wales not amounting to much. most places will be dry. when you start with sunshine expect some cloud to build so it looks like a cloudy but mainly dry sunday afternoon. across the board, temperatures have dropped. you may still get around 13 or ia degrees in south wales and south—west england, mind you, but most of us will fall short of that. expect a widespread frost sunday night into monday morning under clearing skies but monday is dry for many but the weather front will approach from the north—west, a sign of a more u nsettled north—west, a sign of a more unsettled week to come next week will be wet, fairly windy at times. not all the time to look at these temperatures. single figures for some at or below average.