so, the reason we're here is to talk a senior member of theresa may's about sexuality, and specifically cabinet warns that she cannot afford dating a male bisexual. to ignore parliament if it moves together and celebrate who they are. to back a softer brexit. i think for most people, for me the prime minister is considering her next move as mps well, not according to this lot. as well, it is like an insecurity prepare to vote again on alternatives to her deal. thing, because i'm quitejealous and most people would be i don't think it's these events are often not fully jealous of that. inclusive to bi people, sustainable to say, well, so this is an opportunity for us to say actually, we'll ignore parliament's position, we're going to create our own space. and therefore leave without a deal. -- it is we'll have the latest —— it is more people tojealous from westminster. also tonight... they have decided to try and do about. something never before done you would be like they like that in the uk, to organise a pride event girl's or actually like that person's picture, they are liking everyone's picture, you are like oh specifically for bisexual people. god, like... theyjust have more to worry about than if you are with someone that's straight. i don't know, surely we judge that it can be quite difficult trying to fit in within the lgbtq community. person by their character, so if i was like a known player, definitely a lot that i have heard like someone who would sleep around about just wanting everything. a lot, withjust women and ijust for the past 11 months, slept around with a lot of women, we have been following the campaign to get a bi pride. that could play on the can they do it? girlfriend's mind. yeah, that would put me off personally. i'm so worried, yeah. you perch an but then, if it was like i would only sleep with people that i find interesting, whether it be guys event on, you ask people to come and or girls, surely that would be fine, you need to sell tickets. if you could trust them.

along the way, we have been trying to find out why, whether it is mental health or sexual violence, research suggests bis ifi are having a tough. bi people have to move through every if i only slept with people that i thought there was a feature or a dayjust living in a world that chance with. doesn't get you. i don't get how lgbt yeah, i know that they are people can be both sides, interested in both sexes, straight or gay. so you would find that you are never curious people, like they don't know able to give them everything what they want in life. that they want, but at the same we have also been meeting people who say their lives have suffered time, from what you are saying, it is not just about that. massively, just through being bi. bisexuality is seen by a lot of people as just a type of porn, two women and one man, and that definitely influenced i think it's straight people, what happened to me. there's an assumption that they can only be with other straight people because that's what's stereotypical, and it's a shame. why would you not want to date a guy that has been with a guy before? like an insecure thing because i'm quite jealous, i mean, this has and like a lot of people opened my mind a lot. i have never been in a situation would be jealous of it. to have this discussion with a bisexual or gay person. —— and that is more people to be jealous about. now that i have, i probably wouldn't care going forward. yeah. you are a cool guy.

me and sophie and hanging out with sophie was really cool. what are we doing today? i think the thing i've taken away so we've got people gathering is the reason she gave me for not today to match with us wanting to initially date bisexual for pride in london. males were less malicious we're going to have 100 people than i initially thought in the parade and we're selling they would be, less prejudiced. these absolutely lovely silicone wristbands, it is very logical in the way she thinks, but it also one in the bi pride flag colours seems very personal. and one in the pan colours, and then we're going to be off i feel like i have learned a lot from him and that i shouldn't be marching and having fun. so quick to judge and assume what i would be interested in, without getting to know the person, rather than just going off yes, pride in london, what society tells me to go offjust one of hundreds of pride events that already go on all around the country, celebrating the entire lgbtq community. because i'm straight. so if ryan wanted to, so if bisexuals can happily take would you go on a second part in this, why do date with him? they need their own pride too? even though this wasn't a date! i would, yeah. the blur here is a flower for you! it is absolutely incredible to see

the amount of people that have come out to show their support. you are probably feeling like why do we need our own pride? we get to come to these prides, and unfortunately there are still rather a lot of stigma in the lgbtq community. lesbians saying that you are untrustworthy, that they don't want to date bisexuals. those are bad comments that i have received personally. it is not very hey, i'm salli owen. nice. it happens across the i'm a bi activist and i work whole bi community. with the lgbtq community, we need our own space, we need our own march. and i know how sexual violence so we will have people affects the community turn up and celebrate their own individuality. because i was raped it is going to be wonderful. as a bisexual, i have felt prejudice bya hetero couple. when i am in lgbtq spaces this is the first time salli has and within the lgbtq spoken about the attack publicly. community from gay men. some of her memories of that night took weeks to come back to her. i get comments like that's not they were just giving me loads a real thing, and just... to drink and i was drinking water bi now, gay later. because i'd had enough, i didn't want any more but i kept and just being with my girlfriend, i sometimes can feel uncomfortable finding vodka in front in spaces that are of me, not water. specifically for gay men. i was just hoping they would say bi pride! soon that they were going to sleep because i was so tired,

but they didn't. so eventually, i asked them, of course i will be there next year. i said "can i go to sleep now? i am so tired." and i had so many drinks that this is so amazing, i couldn't speak properly, the atmosphere is so happy, everybody here is so amazing. i couldn't walk straight, we all know that love is love, and then they suddenly seemed really but to have such focus on us nervy around me, really edgy, as a group would just mean the world and then when i stood up to go to so many people who feel the same way as we do. to bed, they stood up as well it would be, you know, it would just be fantastic. and they grabbed me and... out there about bisexuality, but what research there is suggest that's when it started bisexuals don'tjust experience and it went on for hours and hours, and... prejudice from the gay community. it was, a lot of it i don't remember but, i remember, i remember the pain and i remember bits of it, like being smacked a lot of bisexual men reckon so hard around the head that they are treated massively everything went white differently to bisexual women, and i couldn't see. so how does it feel when so many members of the opposite sex would rule out dating you before they've even met you? to find out, we've enlisted the help it was really scary but i was too of a 22—year—old bisexual named scared to say anything, ryan, from huddersfield. and i think even if i'd tried to,

because i was so out of it, i think there's definitely a huge then i'm not sure i would have been difference in the way that male and female bisexuals are viewed able to say anything anyway. in society and just one example, like, how glamorised lesbians are, i was there for maybe six hours in total and the only reason like on porn, you see lesbians they let me out in the end all over the place and bisexuals, was because they had work to do, so... female female, you don't see the same relationship when it i went home then, passed out comes to male bisexuals and girls watching porn. for a bit, and then when i woke up, i went to a&e. salli says before the attack, the couple repeatedly there are people out quizzed her on her sexuality. there who have a problem dating bisexual males, for sure. bisexuality is seen by a lot i've never had any problems, but i know that it's a problem of people as just a type of porn, for some guys. meaning two women and one man, and that definitely influenced what happened to me. despite the violence, to open ryan's eyes, it was not until later salli started we're packing him off to glasgow to think of what happened as rape, on a date with a girl called sophie but because only around 2% of reported rapes in england — except it's not a really date, and wales resulted in conviction, because they're both already she was put off coming forward. in relationships and sophie told us she wouldn't date a bisexual. you decided not to go to the police? i'm excited to meet sophie, i think she'll be a regular person although i fully support people with some slightly backwards views. who do go to the police

i wouldn't hold it against someone about sexual violence, having an opinion, but i do think bi women are seen as greedy, it is very much worth them trying slutty, asking for it. to take a more open—minded view. if i had've even got as far as having it taken to court, there's a very good chance that sophie and i may fall in love. which wouldn't happen anyway, so ryan's feeling confident, it would have been dropped long before that, there's no way i would win. what about sophie? i'm nervous, i'm really nervous. so, historically, the reason why bi people face this kind of prejudice we found sophie after putting up a very unscientific poll on facebook is that society has been really asking women whether they'd date invested in the idea that sexuality a man who had had sex with another man. is you're either straight or you're most said no. it's not my preference, but it has never, as yet with anyone gay and there is nothing in between. that i have dated, so it has never been something i've had to think on the lesbian and gay about as of yet, until now, side of things, it has been helpful so this will probably be a bit to them politically, of an eye—opener to me. and whether or not it is actually the case, i will understand a bit more to say we were born this way and we cannot help our sexuality than what i do, really. and, therefore, we ought to have the same rights as everybody else. well, afterfive long hours, and then bisexual people ryan is nearly there. are kind of muddying that here goes nothing. message a little bit and making it a little more messy hey, sophie. because if you can be with partners

you 0k? how are you? of more than one gender, then maybe that suggests that sexuality is not something born so far, so good? into you, but for some people, thank you. cheers. there is a level of choice. and so because society has historically been incredibly homophobic we have people here who are invested in not being gay and a bunch of people here who are really invested in not being straight and not being able to be straight and then you have bi people in the middle who are kind of unpopular on both sides because they mess with the messages that both sides are trying to put across. over the summer, the bi pride team have been going to as many existing lgbt pride events as they can to try to drum up support for their own bi pride. it is september, and we have dropped in on a fundraising event they're running in london. just setting up for bi lights, which is a bi visibility day fundraising event. but we've just had a bit of a slight stress on our committee. our production manager

has just resigned, unfortunately, and that was the person who was going to be responsible for basically arranging the main event. so, we're all kind of pitching in at the moment and desperately trying to plan for march and this has just been at the top of my mind because i have been focusing on this for the time being. and this is a bit of an indicator. if you can't get people here, then you don't stand much chance next march. i know, i know. don't remind me. it's weird because basically we had the whole summer. we have had loads people come up to us and to our stand and telling us it is great what we are doing, that we need a bi pride, we need a space where we can be celebrated. and then you put an event on and you ask people to come and you just don't sell tickets. i don't know if it's because it's a paid event or what the issue is, but we just haven't sold enough tickets, really. i don't know. so i am a little stressed! how many tickets have you sold? about 30. to be honest, if we sold out, we could have raised somthing

like £3,000 towards the event and would have made so much difference because we just have no money at all. at the moment, it is like £250, which is not ideal. but, hey... so this is like the most despondent i think i have ever seen you. are you worried about next march? i am so worried, yeah. all the optimism of earlier this year is dwindling. there is still so much to do. we don't have a venue yet. we don't know if there will be a march, we don't know if we can close the streets, we haven't got acts confirmed. all we have is that done is advertise the day. like, we have flyers with the date on it and stuff. so, basically everything. but we've got flyers. so. ..great.

i have never seen a man put a condom on so fast. so we just finished and the acts were absolutely incredible. how many people do you think you got in total? probably about a0 or 50 people. not to put a damper on it, but if you want to put on the uk's first major bi pride event, 50 people won't be a major event. no, absolutely not. we are looking for 2,000 people, hopefully. i'm hoping that when it is an unpaid

full and proper pride event hopefully we will have more people. sam is putting a brave face on it, but she is clearly worried there may not be as much appetite for their pride as they'd hoped. she might well be right. we met lulu and herfriends at a gay bar in sheffield. for me, as a bisexual person, another event to celebrate the lgbtq+ community cannot be negative. it is a good thing. but i wonder if we're going to end up separating all of these things and eventually there will a pride for every sexuality every weekend of the year. and then, will we lose our momentum as a minority? as people who. .. exactly. i think we are better together. the more we get together, the stronger we will be and the better we will face the future about all these things, all these issues and all the stigma. the pride that we have now is enough that 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 issue with the bank that we were setting up an account with, they took three or four months longer than expected to set our bank account up, which meant we could not apply for grants, we could not get sponsorship and basically could not get money in. so we have had to postpone our march 9 event. really, really gutted, to be honest.

do you mind reading us one of your poems? i don't. what sort do you want me to read? i have loads of different ones. what you want it to be about? i guess, one that touches on your mental health? ok, yeah, i 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 feeljust like a puppet, my body on loan. "i'm tired of my mind's 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 gps about it, they were hesitant to give me any sort of diagnosis. they basically told me i was a teenager and i'd 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 really, really difficult to get across to people that you need help without kind of feeling like you're attention seeking. so, at the moment, i'm on mirtazapine. it's an antidepressant and it basically just releases serotonin in the brain, it'sjust like an extra chemical. i do think for me, definitely, bisexuality has had an impact on my mental health because i constantly feel like half of myself is missing. if i am in a relationship with a man, i feel like i can't really talk about my attraction to women, and if i am in a relationship with a woman, ifeel like i can't talk about my attraction to men. just because i'm meant to be in a committed relationship and it should not matter who

else i'm attracted to. 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. "know to just stop asking because i know i'm getting there. "and i know i'll be ok. "so i'lljust say, i'm fine." really good. thanks. so this is the venue that we'd 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 that big 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 march 9th 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's a bit sad it's not got flags or cheerful pride people. we haven't 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 actually will not rain. amazing. so, is this the end for bi pride? we have now booked the same venue on september 7th, in pride visibility month, and we will do this epic event. at the end of day, this is the first

time this event has ever happened in the uk, so as long as it happens, it is happening at the right time. a 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 roller—coaster. yeah, i'm thinking of the best times and the stressful times and it is... yeah, it has been all over the place, but in a very very good way. every time we hit a bump, we come back stronger. so, yeah, building a dynasty. it will go on for years, forever. this isjust the beginning.

hello. although we took a step forward into spring on sunday with the clock change, nobody told the weather. it has been very springlike in the past week or so, culminating ata in the past week or so, culminating at a warm spell with 20 degrees in southern and eastern areas on saturday. not as high on sunday, the chilly breeze in the south and it will be much colder for the start of aprilfor us all. it might will be much colder for the start of april for us all. it might feel like we have stepped back into winter. we will have april showers. the cold snap will have april showers. the cold 5 na p starts will have april showers. the cold snap starts on monday morning with quite a widespread frost in rural areas, there could be some ice on the cards. temperatures should not be as lower northern ireland because we have started the approach of the high pressure which has brought the system slips away eastwards. we will pick up more showers across northern ireland through the morning, spreading into western and eventually northern and eastern areas. a lovely start to april, just

areas. a lovely start to april, just a bit chilly. given the fact that brisk easterly winds in the south will have eased through the course of monday, we might feel more present here, with more sunshine. in contrast, are strengthening southerly breeze, this shower cloud and the rain coming into the north and the rain coming into the north and west. temperatures in a par with the weekend. a more definite bands of rain, and quite significant changes on the weight behind it. it is behind this band of rain that the really cold air comes in, you can follow its origins from the uk by the beginning of tuesday. we still have the rain hanging around across southern and eastern areas, some heavy showers will have drifted from france potentially. a very different complexion to the weather for england and wales. much colder. to northern ireland. the showers indicate wintry weather on the hills, given there are light winds will be moving, pretty decent between behind the showers but quite

chilly in the downpours, which will still be with us and wednesday. the wind strengthens again, there will be more of a wind chill and the wind coming down from the north, sending a shiver through us. there could be persistent rain until sleet and snow for eastern areas, slow—moving or heavy showers elsewhere, temperatures struggling on tuesday and wednesday to reach double figures even on the south coast. very little difference on thursday but this has a?, this low pressure. where will it lie? if it comes into the eastern side of england and scotla nd the eastern side of england and scotland it could bring more significant rain and hill snow, several centimetres settling on the hills with the heavy, slow—moving showers continuing in many other parts. hail, thunder and winteriness over the hills. ritchie chilly on friday, the low pressure is becoming more fine —— confined to the north on friday, some further wintry showers over the hills, we may pick

up showers over the hills, we may pick up longer sunny spells and the increasing strength of the april sunshine will lift temperatures a little. but as we start april it will feel like we are stepping back into winter. colder by day and night, april showers, but some winteriness over the hills. after that as we skip through into next weekend and beyond, it may be that the weather systems are held at bay by developing high pressure again.