The title of this recording is "Bisexual plenary - Proud 2016". It is described as: Audio from the bisexual plenary at PROUD 2016. It was recorded in University of Otago Wellington School of Medicine, Mein Street, Wellington on the 11th March 2016. Sandra Dickson is presenting.  Their name is spelt correctly but may appear incorrectly spelt later in the document. The duration of the recording is 25 minutes, but this may not reflect the actual length of the proceedings. A list of correctly spelt content keywords and tags can be found at the end of this document. A brief description of the recording is: Audio from the bisexual plenary, including the gameshow We Want It All. The content in the recording covers the 2010s decade. A brief summary of the recording is: The presentation titled "Bisexual plenary - Proud 2016" features Sandra Dickson addressing biphobia and bisexual visibility at the University of Otago Wellington School of Medicine. The audio, recorded on March 11, 2016, captures not only Sandra's discussion but also an interactive game show format called "We Want It All", devised to engage the audience on issues relevant to those who are attracted to more than one gender. Contestants, who are members of the bisexual community, partake in the game by answering questions on themes of identity, societal perceptions, and challenges that bisexual individuals face. During the game, the participants utilize "lifelines" akin to those found in "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" to navigate tough questions which touch on common misconceptions and bi-erasure. Contestants are invited to engage with the audience, a friend, or through 50/50 options to dispel myths and affirm their rights, such as the right to an open sexuality and an understanding family that supports their partner choices. Sandra recounts coming out as bisexual in 1989 and cites improvements in acceptance since then, yet underscores the ongoing presence of biphobia. They reference personal protective measures against pervasive societal prejudice and express the desire to find a safe space within the LGBTQ+ community. They discuss shocking statistics on mental health, partner violence, and substance use within the bisexual community, emphasizing the need for safer and more inclusive environments. By sharing personal experiences and knowledge, Sandra and the contestants vividly illustrate the oft-misunderstood realities and struggles of bisexual individuals. They call for awareness and action against biphobia and advocate for explicit inclusion of bisexual people in conversations about sexuality and rights. Participants also highlight the importance of creating educational and support systems for bisexual individuals, particularly youth. The presentation concludes with a call for the audience to be safe and welcoming for people who identify as bisexual. They are encouraged to understand and address biphobia, ensuring it is part of the broader fight against discrimination in all its forms. The full transcription of the recording begins:  Good morning, everyone. How lovely to see you here with us. So my name and also is Lady by However I've decided lead by is a thing of the past. And now I am dang by and on a good day It's a hot day. We've got something interactive for you this morning We've got a game show we can't do Who wants to be a millionaire? Because they've already done that. We've got something better. We've got a game, a game that involves the issues that are pertinent to people who love more than one gender. And we have some authentic bisexual people here. I am one of them, and we stand proud and ready to share this game with you. And we think we've got a really on the spot to name for this game. We're gonna play a little clip and see if that gives you a clue. Yeah. Yeah. So this game has prices, like all good game shows, Uh, and we'll hear about those surprises as we go along, but I think without further ado, let me tell you how it works. Each of our lovely contestants over here is going to have a chance to answer one question. They will have four options and 60 seconds within which to respond. So without further ado, can I welcome up my first contestant? Oh, wait, There's something else. Oh, yes, I need to tell you with the lifelines. So should they be having trouble answering the question they can reach for lifeline, something we want to encourage anybody to do? The lifelines go like this. There's a chance to choose that 50 50 lifeline, which means we'll take out 50% of the wrong answers. Then you only left with two. Your next live line is ask the audience. There's all kinds of collective knowledge in here. They so we can put it up to the audience and see what feedback they've got for us. Lifeline number three, Call a friend. You know, someone who knows more than you do about this possible Answer them. Give them a ring. Now, the thing about life lines, because we can only use them once. So once one of these contestants, let's use one step for that lifeline. All right, I think that's all we need to know. So let's invite out our first contestant, Marie, when you're ready Hello, four. Great. Bye. What do you like to tell us? Just a couple of things about yourself. Um, I'm, um a violin is my job. I've got three Children. The four legged variety. Not the two legged about it. Ok, fantastic. Thank you for being here with us today. Thank you for being the first person now. So let's have a look at what's coming. You feeling ready? Ready? Let's do this. Let's move on. OK, Do people who identify as bisexual generally prefer to be with someone who is a the same gender as themselves? B, A different gender to themselves. See all genders and equal else all the time. The love, It's different for everybody. A bit of a tricky one. This. So are you, Um think you have an idea what you're gonna see here? I think I know. Yeah. Yeah, I reckon it is. Dean came the day I ask her. Yeah, you're you're away and you won a prize. Oh, yes. It's true. The right to be bisexual. You're amazing. That's super. Thank you very much. We're so glad to come. Thank you. Yeah. So, um Sandra? Yeah. A bit nervous to see Robert a bit. We got a big hand and all out of it. So I pretty excited that, uh, here and yes, that is true. Let's, um Let's look at what's Sandra's up to these days? A couple of things. Oh, OK. So I came out as bisexual in 1989 when I was 18. So I can remember the days of, um, signs and events saying bisexuals Fuck off. Yep. Yep. Um, really happy to say different experiences these days. Um, may be the most bike friend you've played in New Zealand. What do you think? I think that's probably, uh yeah, um, and very happy to say that I'm in a relationship with the woman who makes my heart sink every day. That's a love to hear. All right, then are you ready for the questions? Some light light and stay away. OK, Your questions answer Is a person identifies as bisexual. Does that mean that they are away? Um, they always see they are and does, and I Well, to be honest, I'm pretty sure that all of those things have been said to me, so I think I want to check it out with the audience. Are you cool with that? Yeah, it's funny. That's great. Take away your first lifeline. Ask the audience. What are they doing? Hands up. Do you think it's a How about me? They always wanna have presence. Don't be sure. I see They are bisexual D. They are talking on video Game channel. It's probably what they do. Thank you so much. It feels like Yeah, I think so. I mean, I guess the, um you know, the confusion around transphobia sometimes comes from that big, isn't it? But when we know that we're attracted to people of more than one gender that doesn't feel that relevant to me Threesomes? Yep. The there are bisexual people who want to have free. That's cool. But I'm gonna lock in De Nancy. Thank you. I consider it either anyway, so this really, because basically, it means pretty much everybody won this prize. It is? Yeah. The prize is the right not to have your sexuality questioned again. Ever. I am not in a face. Right, Ok, very much. Thank you, Senator. I said love. And welcome up, Nathan. Um, yes. So I'm Nathan, and, uh, I'm, uh, married with two stepdaughters and uh, and a cat and a four legged member of the family. And, um, I work at Victoria University in the law school, and I identify as bisexual and gender fluid. All right, so for you, we have quite an interesting question. Witcher is most likely to be in hiding about their sexuality at home. That's a bisexual man. B, lesbians, C, bisexual women and D gay men. So we OK? Not sure about this one. Would you like to ask A Yes, I think I might. I might. I might use 50 50 doesn't quite describe. I mean, but I'll use that. All right, We're going to take away two incorrect answers. So now you've been left with a and D bisexual man. Gay men. So what are you able to know? Well, look, um, So my original home was Australia, and I'm not out of in Australia. I'm not out at home, so I think I might. The Tasman Sea is my beautiful wall. Um, so I think I might try a Ok, let's have a look and see. And the correct answer is bisexual. We're on the money and let's see who surprises you have won the right to be open about your sexuality in all situations without fear of or violence. That's something bisexual. More like us and sexual. So thank you so much for your help today. And now we're going to in in Hi. Welcome to the We'd love to hear a couple of things from you. OK, so I am five and I've been out for 3. 5 years. So, um, that took a long time. Um, And I have two wonderful kids, two girls and I'm a disability. Right, Cerf? Thank you, guys. And a fantastic upcoming element. Thanks. How did how did people take that? Um, Mixed reactions. Yeah. So, um, got the usual stuff. Um, that I'm gross and I'm greedy, um, alive obviously. Um but the worst thing was that possibly my Children were not safe to be around me anymore. It's a horrible thing to say. Yeah, Yeah. OK, great. Are you ready to, uh, show the next question? Ok, let's go. So what is the figure for reported suicide attempts for both sex attracted students. So we just need to to share with the audience here that we're using that expression. Both sex attracted, uh because that is what was in the study that was done. Some, some really important research. And that's how they phrased it. So we're we're going to use that phrase. It is unfortunate. Yeah. So let's look at the answers. A 0% being false. Sex attracted is the easiest. OK, B 4% the same as opposite sex attracted students. C 13% the same as same sex attracted students and D 32%. That's 2. 5 times more than same sex attracted students. Um, I actually don't think that I'm the right person to answer this question next week, so yeah, I'd like to call my friend. Not yet. I'd like to call my friend Paula. Let's let's get a Let's get a polar ring. It's now the right time now, you know. Hello, Paula. Hi, Paula. We have a question for you. Um, your lovely friend Alexia is here on a game show called We want It all. And she has a question to her. She thinks you're a better person to answer this question. That is what is the figure of reported suicide attempts to both sex attractive Pacific students. So a 0% for being both. Sex attracted is easiest. B 4%. Same as opposite. Sex attracted is probably with a lot of time visitors. I am using this with my DRA students. OK, girls. Now, um so C the same as same sex attacks. Students pull up or D 2. 5 times more. What do you think? That's just so thank you. Oh, you got a OK, Thank you. So, um well, these are really suffering statistics. I'm gonna I'm gonna fast forward with this. I'm gonna look at the OK, Great. Let's look at what the real answer is. And, yes, we love it. Unfortunately, that is the truth. They are 2. 5 times more likely so Very so. Indeed. I believe you're Paula, your friend. We should take Pass that over to Paula. Yeah, let's see what she's gonna say. Paula, what are what are your feelings on this? Actually, when? Because I'm from the islands, I when I relationship with with a female people, I can discussion about it, but he was to be open about it either. Um, you don't see a lot of this. You don't see same sex relationship or even a against people being openly, um, attracted to, um, or on a show. Yeah, it's quite OK. I'll. This must be to some degree responsibility of these Children out away in his shoulder. Much of these adults to make these young adult feel, um, feel it to be your fear in itself is not the first of it. Not afraid, Al. Yeah. Thank you to Paula that she's made a really important contribution to today. I, I thank you for bringing your friend in on this. It's really valuable. Ok, um just remind us how important it is that this message is going out into schools and that the important work that's being done there is continued and and built up. So, um yeah, thank you very much for bringing that extra dimension here today. Thanks, Alexia. Your price they deserve you have one the right to an understanding family. We all deserve that one that is supportive of your partner's choices. No, your your partner choices What? Um and and no matter what they're doing, So you all right? Last of all. Let's welcome up, Katie. Hello, Kate. I hear we've heard from you in general. Can I go. You Kay is famous for really just taking it away. Um, my name is Kate Jones. I've been out the first time I came out, I was about 15. And of course, as people may know Oh, no, you're not. Really. And so every time you know that that coming out over and over again. Um, but in recent years, I've also gradually been coming out has probably been on the autism spectrum. And it's one of the reasons I don't have thoughts. And I don't really, you know, these boxes that say gender, I don't really understand them very much. And so yeah, sometimes I'll jump in and people sort of. But I I've always been enthusiastic to help both me take a little a long time. OK, The next question is how many? Both sex attracted students were binge drinking. A one in 10 who needs to drink B One in six have as many as the same sex attracted students because they get half C one in three, the same as all other students or D one and two more than all the other students. Ok, what do you think? Well, I think that probably, uh actually so sorry about that. But sometimes you just don't get a chance. Well, ladies and gentlemen, you don't understand. That's all. Um, but meanwhile, we have really appreciated having you as our intestines today. You have made all the difference. Um, helping us move your lifelines, Uh, just having your shining faces out there giving us support. And, uh, we would just all like to to give each other a mutual clap. We'll clap you and you clap us. And what I'm gonna do now is I'm gonna pass it back to you. If I can say, Listen, who's got a couple of things to say? So thank you for everyone who's made the effort to come up early in the morning. We really appreciate you seeing your faces here. Um, I'm Sandra. I've been a member of the Bisexual Women's group here in Wellington for more than 25 years. Um, when I came out to my parents as bisexual in 1989 my dad said to me that he didn't know any gay people, and what he meant by that was that he didn't think there were that many of us that we were quite invisible to him. So when we started planning, we want it all. We wanted a way to tell our bisexual stories that would capture people's attention, because often when we try and talk about bisexual people's lives and biphobia like Kay, our last contestant, we get ignored or shut down. And that's a problem because Biphobia is literally killing bisexual people. That's literally killing us. Our rates of mental health, because it's so so hard for us to find places to belong, are the worst of all. Sexualities. Our rates of partner violence, of sexual violence and of alcohol and drug use are the worst of all sexualities, and we all know right that it's got nothing to do with being attracted to more than one gender and everything to do with Biphobia. I guess for me it's about the kind of armour I wear when I go out into that straight sis world out there. I put on full body armour because I know that homophobia and biphobia and transphobia have taught the world to hate people like me, and I expect that I'm going to have to regularly challenge that for both myself and for the people that I love. But when I'm here with you folks with my over and under and well and truly around the Rainbow family, I want to take at least some of my armour off and I can't always and these folks up here, some of whom are doing this kind of stuff for the first time today and all of the bisexual people who aren't here and they don't even know if they're welcome. They want to take off some of that armour, too, because this should be home for us. We want it to be home for us. Most bisexual people only come out in bisexual groups because it's sometimes the only place that's safe for us when bisexual people contact me for support, I always say that coming out as a political act but that each person is the best judge of when that's safe for them to do that. So what I really want to leave you with today is if you think you don't know any real bisexual people, if you think that there's no such thing as bisexual trans people or bisexual people of colour or bisexual disabled people, I'd like to say the same thing to you that I said to my father back in 1989 Please try and be a safe person for bisexual people to come out to. One way to start doing that is by saying the word bisexual. Every time you're talking about people in our communities, she not hard. It's good. Another way is to mention biphobia and transphobia. Every time you mention homophobia, ask us what biphobia means because we know and ask us what we need to grow safer rainbow spaces for all people attracted to more than one gender because we need you. We need our rainbow family to help us deal with the horrors of biphobia. And we want to be part of the fight for human rights for people of all sexes, genders and sexualities. So thanks very much and have a beautiful day at proud. The full transcription of the recording ends. A list of keywords/tags describing the recording follow. These tags contain the correct spellings of names and places which may have been incorrectly spelt earlier in the document. 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The original recording can be heard at this website https://www.pridenz.com/bisexual_plenary_proud_2016.html. The master recording is also archived at the Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington, New Zealand.  For more details visit their website https://tiaki.natlib.govt.nz/#details=ecatalogue.1089714. Sandra Dickson also features audibly in the following recordings: "Session 5- Beyond conference", "Session 7 - Beyond conference", "Session 9 - Beyond conference", "Session 3 - Beyond conference", "Speaking Out Proud - Proud 2016", "Hohou Te Rongo Kahukura - Outing Violence - Proud 2016", "Homelessness in 2016" and "Healthy Relationships and Consent launch". Please note that this document may contain errors or omissions - you should always refer back to the original recording to confirm content.