Our vision

A European Umbrella
Bi+ Organisation

so all bi+ people in Europe - and beyond- with all their intersecting identities, needs and victories are represented by a well-structured bi+ entity.

Bi+ Equal

Who We Are

Bi+ Nederland” from The Netherlands and “Spectrum” from France joined forces, expertise and experience, and of course passion for equality. We respond to a longtime felt gap and will create the European bi+ umbrella legal entity.  The shape and functionalities of the entity, whether it is a network, organisation or collective, will be decided by all members through the process. This is simply done by the bi+ community, for the bi+ community!

Objective I
Mapping the existing bi+ initiatives, organisations and networks ​in Europe, conducting a needs assessment, and collecting and ​sharing good practices

Objective II
Facilitating capacity building, mutual learning and exchange, by ​organizing online and in person opportunities

Objective III
Explore and create a European bi+ legal entity through a ​participative process

Our Team

Core Team

And many more volunteers and members of the European bi+ community

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Barbara Oud
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Director

Co-founder and executive director of Bi+ Nederland, the Dutch organization for bi+ people & bi+ inclusion. Barbara is incredibly passionate about working on bi+ equality together with others, is part of a blended family and a once-a-week-yoga-lover.

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Soudeh Rad
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Vice-Director

Based in France, a life-time eco-queer-feminist activist, project manager and community builder, Soudeh has co-founded Spectrum in 2014. They are also a person of color, migrant, living with (dis)abilities, eager to share and passionate to learn!

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Monique Boesewinkel
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Finance Director

Co-founder and board member of Bi+ Nederland. Monique is the finance hero of the project and is the happiest at the intersection of Excel spreadsheets and bi+ equality.

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Jantine van Lisdonk
Research Director

Researcher, advisor, advocate, speaker & writer, Jantine is co-founder of Bi+ Nederland and has successfully advocated for more knowledge on bi+ people. With an open vision she works on equality and inclusion for everyone

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Zeynab Peyghambarzadeh
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Senior Researcher

Based in the UK, Zeynab is a researcher, lecturer, queer-feminist activist, and co-founded Spectrum in 2014. They wrote their PhD research about Iranian bi+ asylum seekers in Turkiye at the University of Huddersfield.

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Hilde Vossen
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Mapping Coordinator

Longstanding bi+ activist at heart with an extensive love for networking and learning about how bi+ activists work on bi+ equality in their own country, Hilde is co-founder of Bi+ Nederland and co-hosted multiple EuroBiCons.

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Aida Marukyan
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Researcher

Armenian queer-feminist researcher specialised in grassroots community-based advocacy for LBQ women, prioritising community well-being in all activism efforts. Academic interests centre on exploring the intersections of gender and sexuality.

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Daphne Hermsen
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Conference Coordinator

Working as an employee at Bi+ Nederland, Daphne is passionate about creating and spreading knowledge about the experiences of bi+ people and increasing bi+ visibility. Besides working on bi+ equality, Daphne feels happiest when she is dancing.

How can you get involved?

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Join our self-managed google group and become a member of the Bi+ Equal network! This is going to be a safe space to share and learn, and simply bi+  together.

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