By: Branden Largent

The Bisexual Organizing Project’s conference on bisexuality is coming back to the Twin Cities this weekend at Augsburg College.

Focusing on the empowerment of the bisexual community, the 21st annual BECAUSE conference will feature workshops, keynote speeches, films and performances.

The conference is the nation’s largest and longest running conference on bisexuality.

This year’s conference will also have an academic research component for the first time, which kicked off Friday morning.

Saturday night’s cabaret will feature burlesque, drag, dance and musical performances starting at 7:30 p.m.

The cabaret will be open to the public for $5 a ticket at the Augsburg’s Sateren Auditorium. The show is free for conference participants.

BECAUSE will also feature the Gadfly Theatre’s world premiere of “QUEER!” on Sunday at 1 p.m.

QUEER! is a performance art piece of monologues and short scenes showing the marginalization the queer community faces.

For more details about the conference, pick up Wednesday’s Minnesota Daily.