Date: Sun, 06 Jul 1997 03:31:02 +1100 From: PRIDE HIV/AIDS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT Subject: PRIDE E|Newsletter PRIDE E|Newsletter ------------------ PRIDE Survey Funny Farm Mailing List Reconciliation: lesbian & gay support Homophobia as an Issue of Sex Discrimination Australian Net Cafes Brisbane's Rainbow Community Centre Withdrawal of "Gay Spain-Feel the Passion" Another PRIDE E|Newsletter archive! Lobby via Free Fax Pinkboard:Adult:Gay North Illawarra Social Justice Network The Stolen Generation Lesbian Community: Feminist Futures We Are Family ZYGOTE Hong Kong 1997 Ezine Drag Queen Shopping Older gay men sought Women of Beauty And Temptation Scotland! A brief history of the Gay Games Young Guys Together GALNET list Lesbian Health Issues: We are not immune! Gerbil Zine SEA-AIDS Hepatitis C - the Facts Gay and Lesbian partners survey ---> PRIDE Survey Could you please take 5 minutes to complete this short questionnaire? Your ideas are greatly appreciated and we value your contribution through this survey, thank you in advance for your support. http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/5243/survey.htm ---> Funny Farm Mailing List Funny Farm, Australia's only Gay & Lesbian comedy night, has instituted a snail mailing list. To keep in touch with future events send a message with your postal address to mailto:pride@geko.net.au ---> Homophobia as an Issue of Sex Discrimination: Lesbian and Gay Equality and the Systemic Effects of Forced Invisibility This paper examines the role of heterosexism in reinforcing heterosexual male privilege and patriarchal power. It is argued that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is an issue of gender discrimination which must be addressed if the attempt of legislators to eliminate other forms of systemic inequality are to be truly effective. http://www.murdoch.edu.au/elaw/issues/v3n3/kendall.html ---> Reconciliation: lesbian & gay support On 23 May this year, Sydney lesbian and gay community organisations released a statement in support of Aboriginal people in the context of the reconciliation process. This statement was intended as the first step in a much wider debate about the Reconciliation process within the lesbian and gay community. http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/5243/reconciliation_statement.htm A community consultation will be held at the PRIDE Centre in Surry Hills (26 Hutchinson St) on Thursday, July 10 from 6.00pm to 8.00pm and we are seeking the involvement of as many people as possible within the Aboriginal, lesbian and gay communities. http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/5243/avpPR.htm mailto:avp@eagles.bbs.net.au ---> Australian Net Cafes Internet access in Australia is generally wide-spread and reasonably in-expensive. If you don't have a computer, or access to one on the road, try one of the many Internet cafes percolating the country. Arrange for short-term accounts with a local provider, a free mailbox on services such as HotMail, or pay for a temporary time-charged mailbox with an Internet cafe. http://www.toysatellite.com.au/news/onroad/netcafes/welcome.html ---> Brisbane's Rainbow Community Centre Its official! Brisbane's Rainbow Community Centre opens its doors next week. The Community Centre will initially house the Gay and Lesbian Welfare Association's telephone counselling services and MCC Brisbane. The address of the Centre will be 719 Stanley Street Woolloongabba (next to the freeway). The 2 year lease begins on 7 July 1997. For further information, send e-mail to: mailto:rainbow_centre@queer.org.au or visit the web site at: http://glwa.queer.org.au/html/rainbow_centre.htm ---> Withdrawal of "Gay Spain-Feel the Passion" After the withdrawal last April of the Tourist Guide "Gay Spain-Feel the Passion", edited by the Spanish Tourism Institute (TurEspaņa) and distributed from Spanish Tourism Information Offices in the USA, Coordinadora Gai-Lesbiana has decided to include it in its internet web-pages, aimed at the whole world. http://www.pangea.org/org/cgl/guiagaie.html --> Another PRIDE E|Newsletter archive! "Much like a hyper-clipping service, PRIDE E|Newsletter provides an extensive range of resources culled from the web, giving you faster access to information that may often be impossible to find." http://www.toysatellite.com.au/news/altmedia/00/welcome.html Satellite Dispatch is a mail-drop magazine published by the new media production house, Toy Satellite. Join our sponsorship program, learn more about Satellite Dispatch and support independent and progressive publishing on the Internet. mailto:editor@toysatellite.com.au http://www.toysatellite.com.au/news/ ---> Lobby via Free Fax Marg Hutton is the facilitator of the Australian mailing list, Left-Link. Marg has prepared a very useful website from which Australian Federal and Victorian State politicians may be reached via fax. The service is free utilizing the global email-fax service from The Phone Company. http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/5165/ The Phone Company: http://www.tpc.int/ The US based Eco Justice Service, in collaboration with the Institute for Global Communications, provides issues based email - fax services. Currently, you can send a free fax to Jim Bob Moffet, CEO of Freeport regarding the company's behavior in Indonesia. http://www.igc.apc.org/envjustice/action/may/ ---> Pinkboard:Adult:Gay Pinkboard has just opened a gay adult section. It is specially designed to help you meet up with other men. Pinkboard:Adult:Gay is on http://adult.pinkboard.com.au Proceeds from the service will help pay for a faster connection so that more people can access all of Pinkboards services, including the very popular Personals. ---> North Illawarra Social Justice Network On Sunday, June 22, residents of the northern suburbs of the Illawarra (south of Sydney) meet to form the North Illawarra Social Justice Network. The network hopes to promote education, action and information exchange on social justice issues. A second meeting will be held on 2pm Sunday, July 6, upstairs at the Old Bulli Council Chambers, 328 Princes Highway, Bulli. For further details contact Ian Miles (042) 672 608 or Bruce Reyburn mailto:reyburn@peg.apc.org ---> The Stolen Generation A new site on the internet allows you to add your name to the list of people wishing to apologise to Aboriginal people for 'the stolen generation'. If you're interested, the address is: http://apology.west.net.au/ - Nellie Hall Bringing them Home - Community Guide A guide to the findings and recommendations of the National Inquiry into the separation of Aborignal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families. http://www.austlii.edu.au/rsjlibrary/hreoc/stolen_summary/ ---> Lesbian Community: Feminist Futures A conference organised by Australian Women's Research Centre, Deakin University in association with Spinifex Press and Matrix Guild Saturday 9th August, 1997 Queen Victoria Women's Centre 210 Lonsdale St Melbourne Enquiries: Australian Women's Research Centre, 03 5227 2597, email mailto:aworc@deakin.edu.au ---> We Are Family We Are Family Foundation has launched its web site. Please take a look and offer your comments and suggestions to mailto:info-wearefam@pridemail.com We Are Family is a voice of informed straight and gay people who have chosen to love and support our gay relatives and friends by working to spread truth about homosexuality. Our focus is on young people because they generally feel so desperately alone. http://www.pridemail.com/wearefam/index.html -James Redman ---> ZYGOTE Hong Kong 1997 Ezine Thoughts on this whole 1997 'handover' business... http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Lofts/6290/zygote.html ---> Drag Queen Shopping Drag Bag, the 'Beyond Woman' factory is currently erecting the most glamorous site on the net. With the aid of Drag Queen technology, you'll be able to peruse the outragous Ms Pencil Vania's wide range of ever changing fashions and accessories.To place your orders for our 'Door-to-Whore' delivery, simply go to our shopping list, and scream CHARGE! http://www.rainbow.net.au/~dragbag/ ---> Older gay men sought I am interested in contacting older gay men living in the Sydney Metro Region to discuss their propects for retirement and supported care needs. I am undertaking a Masters in Community Health by Research at Sydney Uni and would loove to hear from you! Or if anyone else who is working in this new area of research is interested in talking about these issues with me, please feel free to e mail me. Bye now! - Ralph W. Moore mailto:ralphy@wr.com.au ---> Women of Beauty And Temptation WomBAT is an e-mail list specifically for bisexual women, but any woman is allowed to join. To subscribe to WomBAT send the command: SUBSCRIBE WomBAT your name to: Listserv@Listserv.aol.com More info @ http://data.club.cc.cmu.edu/%7Ejulie/wombat.html ---> Scotland! ScotsGay was set up in December 1994 as a bi-monthly magazine for the lesbian, gay and bisexual community in Scotland. We felt that there was a need for a general-purpose magazine, neither weighted too much towards the scene nor to the arts field. We believe that the success of the magazine reflects the diversity of lesbian, gay and bisexual experiences in Scotland. http://www.scotsgay.co.uk/index.html Lesbian archive and information centre. The unique national (UK) collection of material relating exclusively to lesbians. The archive is housed in Scotland and maintained by Glasgow Women's Library. http://www.quine.org.uk/resources/glasgow_womens_library/lesbian_archive.html Glasgow Gay & Lesbian Centre http://www.gglc.org.uk/gglc/ Glasgow Bisexual Women's Group http://www.quine.org.uk/support/gbwg/ Welcome to Gay Scotland's Internet page, which contains a selection of the information in Scotland's best-selling magazine for gay men, lesbians and bisexual men and women. http://www.gayscotland.co.uk/ Quentin Crisp Scotch Whisky http://www.taynet.co.uk/users/crisp/qcsinglecask.html List of Scottish WWW sites http://www.virtual-inn.co.uk/scottish-links.html ---> A brief history of the Gay Games This page is a tribute to Doctor Tom Waddell, his vision, his courage, and his dedication to achieving his personal best; ideals which live on in the spirit of the Gay Games. http://www.backdoor.com/castro/Gaygames.html Personal Accounts From The Gay Games http://www.kwic.net/lgb-sports/gaygames/personal.html Federation of Gay Games website http://www.gaygames.org During the first week of August 1998, around 12.500 sport participants and 2.500 culture participants from five continents will gather in Amsterdam for a great sports and cultural event. The fifth Gay Games will be unique. For the first time a city in Europe will host the Gay Games. Participants will strive for medals on their personal best and display their artistry in the capital of the Netherlands. Early registration now open. http://www.gaygames.nl/index2.html Gaygameslist mailing list > to join send mail to with the following command in the body of your email message: subscribe gaygameslist your e-mail address Out Elite Athletes http://www.kwic.net/lgb-sports/outelites.html L/G/B Sports Home Page Review http://tatlin.arc.co.uk/127286.arc In San Francisco, this is Jeff Stryker for Marketplace ... http://www.best.com/~nousmeme/jeffstryker/gaygames.html ---> Young Guys Together If you're a young guy between the ages of 18-25, who think they might be bisexual or gay, or sometimes want to have sex with men then this web site is for you. Where to go, what to do, and how to do it. All the latest info for young guys who are exploring their sexuality, or just simply like mucking around with other guys. Young Guys Who Have Sex With Men As Well; Coming Out Gay or Bisexual, What's it Like?; Where To Go, What To Do, How To Meet Others; Links http://bigayguy.rainbow.net.au/ ---> GALNET list A list for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and other queer-identifying people and friendly straights, working in Australian universities. For more information, see: http://ausqrd.queer.org.au/qrd/net/lists/galnet.html To subscribe, mail majordomo@queer.org.au and in the body of the message include the words: subscribe galnet ---> Lesbian Health Issues: We are not immune! Lesbians account for about 10-12% of the total population but there are only three articles on lesbian health in gynaecological and obstetrics journals. Studies have shown that 84% of lesbians are not comfortable seeking health care. The reasons being that they have experienced non-empathetic responses from health care providers. http://www.vub.mcgill.ca/clubs/lbgtm/info/women.html ---> Gerbil Zine Gerbil zine: Queer Writing, Queer Arts, Queer Youth, Queer Expression, Queer Old Folx... Keeping a Queer presence and offering a LESBIAN & GAY ALTERNATIVE to Mainstream Queer Media http://www.multicom.org/gerbil/gerbil.htm ---> SEA-AIDS The information support services for people living or working with HIV/AIDS in the Asia-Pacific region. What's new? The latest issue of SEA-AIDS Flash; SEA-AIDS discussion groups; SEA-AIDS file archives - documents and other materials on HIV/AIDS in the region; Search the archives http://www.inet.co.th/org/unaids/ ---> Hepatitis C - the Facts What Is Hepatitis? Hepatitis is a general term used to describe inflammation of the liver. Alcohol, chemicals and drugs can cause hepatitis. It can also be caused by a viral infection, such as hepatitis A, B, C, D, E, F and G. http://hna.ffh.vic.gov.au/phb/hprot/idci/hepc.html If you suspect you are suffering any of these symptoms consult your medical practitioner! http://www.wasex.com.au/SIERA/hepatitis.html Safer injecting http://powerup.com.au/~quivaa/inject/safeinj.htm Focus on Hepatitis C International http://pages.prodigy.com/hepc/ Hepatitis C Transmission Study http://www.general.uwa.edu.au/u/kraepeln/hepcadvt.html Hepatitis C Council of NSW mailto:hepcnsw@compuserve.com ------------------> Please draw the attention of the members of your group/organisation and/or network to this information. Thank you. You are welcome to send items or hyperlinks of interest to others on the 650+ mailing list. The shorter the better. The final decision on whether to include something rests with us, however! No correspondence will be entered into! 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