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Be Yr Own Queero brings you the best in LGBTQ activism, politics and culture by focusing on the personal stories of queer individuals. We feel that it's important to have strong and supportive queer communities and we are creating those communities where they do not exist. Please feel free to share your thoughts and comments with us. read more
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PRIDE is happening all over the nation, click through to CarlosinDC’s YouTube channel to see LTBGQ views, opinions and happenings in the DC area.
Carlos in DC is about the peoples and the spaces of Washington, D.C., about his experience as an immigrant living in this city, about the influence of U.S. policies in Latin America, about Latino issues [mostly Indigenous and Afro descendant peoples], Immigration Reform and other stuff. Follow him on Twitter @CarlosQC
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South Carolina Pride 2008 with RuPaul
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South Carolina Pride 2009 with Ongina
damn girl, she is working that feather.
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a man at South Carolina pride.
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Thousands march in Taipei for gay marriage
Thousands of people from Taiwan’s LGBT community marched through the streets of Taipei on Saturday to demand recognition of same-sex marriage and equal rights. The island’s seventh annual Gay Pride Parade, with an estimated turnout of 25,000, also attracted supporters from neighbouring Hong Kong, Japan and South East Asian countries.
“We urge the government to better protect gay human rights including same-sex unions so we can have the same legal rights as heterosexual couples” said chief organiser Tung Chu-chu.
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(AFP)
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redguard:sexisnottheenemy:London Pride 2009 (via richiesoft)
posted by getbuck-deactivated20090820Hey queeros! Happy Pride! Whoooooooohooooo!
Here are a few events going on around the city this weekend - If you have any to add to the list, please comment below! Have fun, be safe, be proud, and Be Yr Own Queero!!
Wednesday, June 24th
Spirit of Pride: A Service of Thanksgiving & Celebration with the Gay Men’s Chorus, various religious leaders and advocates of equality
Cathedral of St John the Divine
7:30pm ** FREE
An interfaith event in support of full rights and equality for all LGBT citizens
Soulgasm with The Wizard DJ Brian Coxx
@ Sin Sin || 85 2nd Avenue (cnr. of 5th St.)
10pm-4am ** FREE before 11pm, $5 after
myspace.com/soulgasmnyc
Comic Pride Fundraiser feat. Dykes on Mics, Jeff Lawrence, Jessica Kirson + many others
@ Laugh Lounge || 151 Essex Street (btw Stanton and Rivington)
9pm-11pm ** $20 in advance/$25 @ door
Thursday, June 25th
Queer Eye for the Sex Toy
@ Babeland L.E.S. || 94 Rivington St.
7pm, mini-workshops at 8pm/9pm and goodies ;) ** FREE
40th Anniversary Reunion Gay Liberation Front (GLF)
LGBT Community Center || 208 West 13th St
6pm ** FREE
Featuring a panel of speakers from folks active in GLF
Switch N’ Play, feat. queer theater and dance, drag of all kinds
Coney Island ||cnr. Surf Ave & W 12th St
9pm ** $10
Friday, June 26th
TRANS DAY OF ACTION! Rally & March
Gather @ Union Sq W btw 14th and 15th St » Marching to Sheridan Square/Christopher Park (Across the Street from the Stonewall Inn)
3:00pm RALLY / 4:00pm MARCH ** FREE
Dyke Rock Benefit Show feat. Carnal Knowledge Reuinion, Zombie Dogs, The Diamond Sea, Ina Ina!, Brilliant Colors
Silent Barn \ 915 Mycoff Ave, Williamsburg
8:00pm, $5-10
all-girl political hardcore bands!
Trans My Jam (of That’s My Jam) feat. DJs Darelle, Nasty, and Tikka Masala
Sputnik Bar || 262 Taaffe Place
9:00pm-4:00am ** $5 cover
Saturday, June 27th
DYKE MARCH! (women marchers only)
Bryant Park || W 42nd St and 6th Ave.
5:00pm SHARP ** FREE
Post-Dyke March Spectacular with DJ Chrissy P and drink specials
Ginger’s Bar || 363 5th Ave (Park Slope)
8:00pm || $10 (strongly suggested - benefits go to Dyke March ‘10)
Dyke March Race to Brooklyn with 4 DJs, drink specials, pole/lap and GoGo dancers
Kalli Lounge || 160 N 4th (Williamsburg)
9:00pm (2for1 drinks till 11) ** $15/10 with RSVP
Rapture on the River (for chicks) with DJ Susan Levine
Pier 54 || 13th St @ the West Side Highway
6:00pm-11:00pm ** $25 advance/$35 at the door
Sunday, June 28
Annual Gay Pride March!
5th Ave and 52nd St, ending @ Christopher and Greenwich St
12noon step-off, 2:00pm moment of silence ** FREE
PRIDE STREETFEST, feat. vendors & performers
Hudson St. btw Abingdon Sq. & West 14th St.
11:00am-7:00pm ** FREE
Bluestockings Queer Pride Showcase
Bluestockings Bookstore || 172 Allen St.
7:00pm ** $5-10 suggested donation
Feat authors and spoken word artists: Kelli Dunham, Kestryl Cael, Felecia Luna Lemus, Taueret Manu, Sassafras Lowrey and Kay Barrett
Pride Stop-Light Flirt Party
Babeland SoHo || 43 Mercer St.
8:00pm ** FREE (w/some snacks and drinks)
You guessed it… wear green if you’re looking, yellow if you’re available, red if you’re taken. Cute.
Snapshots Proud As Fuck! Party
The Delancey || btwn Clinton & Attorney (@ Williamsburg Bridge)
6:00pm-4:00am (2for1 drinks 6-9) ** $15 / $10 with flyer
Aural Flow Productions: Pride Wknd/Stonewalls’ 40th Anniversary with DJ Susan Morabito
Love || 179 MacDougal @ 8th St
10:30 Doors
Monday, June 29
Bluestocks Presents: Jessica Max Stein “Queer Muppet Pride”
Bluestockings Bookstore || 172 Allen St.
7:00pm ** FREE
To celebrate the release of “Please Watch Out for Each Other: A Tribute to Gay Muppeteer Richard Hunt”
Tuesday, June 30
Women’s / Trans’ Poetry Jam & Open Mike
Bluestockings Bookstore || 172 Allen St.
7:00pm ** $5 suggested
The jam is hosted by Vittoria Repetto, the hardest working guinea butch dyke poet on the Lower East Side. Deliver (up to) 8 minutes of your poetry, prose, songs and spoken word.
Snapshot’s Pride Hangover Party
The Delancey || btwn Clinton & Attorney (@ Williamsburg Bridge)
9:00pm || FREE before 10, after that $5
Fannypack’s Pride Hangover Party with DJ Boxcuttah, DJ Carpetbagger, DJ VJJ
Local 269 || 269 Houston St.
9:00pm || $3, with drink specials
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posted by mellowtonesGo for it, Russian Queeros! (And let’s hope no one gets hurt.)
posted by babeuselessLast night was UNCW PRIDE’s last official meeting of the year. We came together as a group to discuss the programming we put on this year and the kinds of things we’d like to do next year. This year we were honored along with Mi Gente, the campus’s Latino organization, for putting on the most programming. Next year, we want to be even bigger and better.
This year our membership reached 120 people on the facebook group—3 times more members than last year—yet we only averaged around 15 people per meeting. Our programs were well attended at times (Divas Live brought over 250 people!!!) but there were definitely times when we were in a room that was next to empty (most notably at Y U Scared?, a program that centered around homophobia and hate speak). I realize that the reason for this seems very simple—drag show=fun, talking about homophobia=not so much—but our job isn’t to be an entertainment group.
We did talk about some programs with entertainment value. We just decided that there needs to be some sort of educational value to them. We generated a huge list of queer films that we can pull from next year and years to come. We are still looking for more, if any of you out there have any contributions especially since the community makes up quite a bit of our attendance at these events.
After the general body meeting, the executive board met for just over 2 hours to start setting up fall programming, and we actually did all right. We’ve got most of the fall laid out—believe me when I say that the previous administration was lucky to have planned something 2 weeks in advanced.
We even nailed down the events for our fall Pride Week! I have to say that I’m really excited to see what comes of these events. I do have something to ask of all of you, though. We want to have a speaker that will draw a broad crowd for National Coming Out Day (Sunday, October 11th). We’re open to suggestions. The suggestion that we have right now is Scott Turner Schofield (http://speakoutnow.org/userdata_display.php?modin=50&uid=2791).
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Our fellow queero, Victoria, recently gave me an update on the projects and activities UNCW’s PRIDE group has in store for this semester. Here’s the run down. Thanks again Victoria for keeping the community outside of UNCW aware of all the hard work PRIDE is doing!
Pride week is going to be from April 13-18. UNCW Presents is already putting on a Diversity Week at that time so PRIDE is going to collaborate.
We plan to kick off Pride Week in Lumina on Monday April 13 with Y U Scared?: A LGBTIQA Program Confronting Homophobia. This program consists of showing media clips that depict homophobia then discussing it. There will be a panel to answer questions. If anyone has any ideas for clips that can be shown, input would be great.
On Tuesday April 14, UNCW Presents is playing Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing, and PRIDE will be tabling.
For Wednesday or Thursday PRIDE is hoping to have Julia Boseman on campus to talk about being out in politics, legislation involving homosexuality, and how we can influence/lobby such legislation. The day of the event depends on when she is available. The day she doesn’t come speak, PRIDE is planning to do another MyStory in the Clocktower Lounge. MyStory is an open mic/floor event where LGBTIQA students and faculty are invited to share their personal stories through literature, poetry, art, dance, or any other medium.
Finally to end Pride Week on Saturday April 18, there will be a transprom and Diva’s Live. Diva’s Live is PRIDE’s annual spring drag show involving both drag kings and queens and hosted by Tara Nicole. Diva’s Live will be during the transprom, and both are free.
I know I skipped over Friday, but that’s because PRIDE doesn’t know exactly what it’s doing. There’s been talk about having a sit in for the Day of Silence and possibly painting the rock rainbow. As for a breaking the silence event, it’s still in the planning stages.
Now other than Pride Week, PRIDE is participating in Relay for Life which is April 24 & 25.
To register for Team Rainbow:
It costs $10 to register.
From April 3-5 UNC Chapel Hill is having a UNITY Conference which PRIDE will be attending. It’s free for all UNCW members! This year’s theme is: Sweet T: Transgressing, Transforming, and Transcending Gender and Sexuality in the South. If anyone is interested in going, it’s still possible to sign up.
To find out more about UNCW Pride, check out their facebook group. They meet Wednesday nights at 7:00pm in the Saffo Room (FSC 2009, across from the Bookstore in the upstairs of the Fisher Center.)
