Date: Fri, 02 May 1997 02:45:04 +1100 From: Paul Canning Subject: PRIDE information e-mail out PRIDE information e-mail out ---------------------------- 1.5.97 over 300 served! now comes ready wordwrapped! New information on PRIDE Week 1997 Massage at PRIDE Deaf Gay & Lesbian Association AGM Performance Positive V Gay Aboriginal BBQ @ PRIDE Blackout Funny Farm Madam Lash Entertains Hello all Lesbian Space Tasmanian Gay and Lesbian Rights Group MCC International Conference Resonance: Positive Perspectives 1997 BRISBANE Lesbian and Gay Pride Festival Maybe Baby Europride '97 The 1st World Conference on Lesbian & Gay culture Australian Political Studies Association Women's Caucus Electronic Newsletter Cairns Wilderness Society Espána National Aboriginal History and Heritage Council's Website The Sans-Papiers: The Undocumented Africans "of St. Ambroise" Australian Butch/Fem Network ---> New information on PRIDE Week 1997 Further to information on PRIDE Week issued previously please note the following changes CORRECTION --> Wednesday June 25 - 8pm FILM FESTIVAL Festival of Films exploring the effect of HIV/AIDS on the representation of queer sexuality in Australian Independent film. NOW AT the Academy Twin Cinema, Oxford St, Paddington. CORRECTION --> Saturday June 28 - 8pm- 2am The Stonewall Ball - Themed "Winter Wonderland" - RAS Showgrounds Tickets ARE $45 ($30 conc) - [*Not $40 as previously stated] Outlets: Aussie Boys, The Bookshops and PRIDE Centre (concession tickets only from PRIDE) For more information phone 9331 1333 or mailto:pride@geko.net.au PRIDE is also open to proposals for fringe events. If you have ideas contact Executive Director Bronte Morris on (+61 2) 9331 1333 or mailto:pride@geko.net.au http://pride.queer.org.au/sydney/ ---> Massage at PRIDE Tuesdays from 5-7pm. Bookings essential. Third Healing Day @ PRIDE this Sunday, May 4 from 9am - 5pm. For more info on both contact Doug on 018 249 136. Massage for men workshop @ PRIDE. Saturday & Sunday May 10 & 11. For more information contact Sydney Community College on (02) 9555 7411. ---> Deaf Gay & Lesbian Association AGM Friday May 9 7.30-9pm @ PRIDE. For more information fax Bruce Morgan on (02) 9358 6387. ---> Performance Positive V Thank you to all those who supported PPIV! It was another fabulous, engrossing and productive night! The fifth Performance Positive is over two nights, June 13 & 14. Expressions of interest from possible performers are still being sought for this or future events. They should be faxed to Victoria Spence c/o (+61 2) 331 1199 or mailto:pride@geko.net.au ---> Gay Aboriginal BBQ @ PRIDE To be held Sunday May 25 from 3pm 'til 9pm @ PRIDE (26 Hutchinson St, Surry Hills). This is the beginning of National Reconciliation Week. Look out for further details. For information, ideas or offers of assistance phone Paul Canning on (02) 9331 1333 or mailto:pride@geko.net.au ---> Blackout Blackout is the newsletter produced by and for Aboriginal gay people. To get on the mailing list for the group (and receive the newsletter) contact: mailto:blackout@rocketmail.com ---> Funny Farm Laughs all the way at Australia's only lesbian & gay comedy night: Wednesday May 21 Tuesday June 24 at Kinselas! ---> Madam Lash Entertains Become a TV Star! Madam Lash Entertains is a forum for people who in some way are extraordinary because their lives are anything but conventional. A 30/60 minute late night weekly chat show for G & L Television consisting of guests and host. The program is interspersed with pre-edited video segments that illustrate the topic under discussion or as entertainment and cabaret recorded at the Kirk in Cleveland Street. Hosts are required, try out at CTV-1 Community Cable Television Channel One, 55 Walker Street (the Mc Kell Building), Redfern (in the parking lot), 11am, Sunday, May 18. For further information call Royce on (02) 9319 1887 or mailto:royces@eagles.bbs.net.au ---> Hello all I have just updated my Aussie Gay Sites page at http://www.ozemail.com.au/~twhelan/gay/gayindex.htm but it's very basic and I would really appreciate hearing about more sites so I can make it a bit more comprehensive. I am not after sex sites (we all have lots of those). Pages for Australian/New Zealand sporting and outdoors groups, general gay resource sites, media, etc are what I'm after. Please send me anything you think I should check out. (Oh dear, did I really say that). Tony W. Word Productivity page: http://www1.tpgi.com.au/users/twhelan/ Personal home page: http://www.ozemail.com.au/~twhelan/ ---> Lesbian Space Lesbian Space Community and Cultural Centre offers lesbians a venue in which to organise and provide for their social, cultural, educational, health, welfare and other needs. Social events, workshops and classes, performances, exhibitions are opportunities for lesbians to gather and form friendships, exchange knowledge and assist each other in a multitude of ways. http://www.rainbow.net.au/~lespace/ ---> Tasmanian Gay and Lesbian Rights Group The Tasmanian Gay and Lesbian Rights Group is a community-based organisation. It has been at the centre of the campaign for gay law reform in Tasmania for over eight years. Its activities include parliamentary lobbying, media liaison, community education and direct action and it has a commitment to the politics of visibility and community empowerment. http://www.tased.edu.au/tasonline/tasqueer/ This site is sponsored by Island Produce Tasmania. ---> MCC International Conference The largest international gay and lesbian religious gathering ever held in the Pacific Rim will take place in Sydney, Australia July 20-25. United Federation of Metropolitan Communtiy Churches (UFMCC) is the largest and oldest faith community with a primary ministry to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered communities. "This is the first of UFMCC's biennial General Conferences to be held outside of North America, and reflects our growing commitment as a truly international community of faith." http://www.ufmcc.com/largest.htm mailto:UFMCCHQ@aol.com ---> Resonance: Positive Perspectives Art show by positive people, friends & family. Opening night Tuesday May 13 6pm @ Arthaus Gallery, 24 Enmore Rd, Newtown. mailto: living@rainbow.net.au ---> 1997 BRISBANE Lesbian and Gay Pride Festival The 1997 Festival begins on Sunday 8 June and continues until Saturday 5 July. The crowd-pleasing Fair Day will be held on Stonewall Day, Saturday 28 June, incorporating the popular Pet Parade. Stonewall Day kicks off with the Rally and March at 11am. This year's events include the Queen's Birthday Ball, art exhibition, dance party, forums, films, gay and lesbian writers and bus trips! "Show ya pride darl"! Meets every Thursday, 8:00 PM. Venue: Gay and Lesbian Health Service (Gladstone Road Medical Centre). Call Nina at PRIDE for further information on 0418 152 801. mailto:brispride@queer.org.au http://pride.queer.org.au/brisbane/ *(under construction) ---> Maybe Baby Our aim is to provide resources and workshops for gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transgender persons and friends considering an informed decision about whether to parent or not and for those that support them. We want our workshops to be safe and confidential ways to meet, learn from one another, share experiences and form support and networks. Our values: Love and nurturing; Integrity and responsibility; Acceptance, respect and inclusion. http://www.pinkboard.com.au/~maybebaby/ ---> Europride '97 From June 19th to 29th, 1997, Paris will be the centre of gay and lesbian Europe. Paris 97 is a series of gay and lesbian events, organized by the LGP association, the Gai Pied group, and the CGPIF federation, and whose global coordination is handled by the Sofiged company. http://fglb.qrd.org:8080/fqrd/events/97/paris97/paris97-en.html ---> The 1st World Conference on Lesbian & Gay culture What is homoculture? Is there such a thing as homoculture? Writers, painters, musicians, dancers and other cultural workers will exchange news, opinions, and views on how we can fight homophobia using culture as a weapon. Some of the International Lesbian & Gay Association's cultural ambassadors will participate and perform or display their art work during the conference. Stockholm July 20-23, 1998: http://hem.passagen.se/tupilak/worldconference.html ---> Australian Political Studies Association Women's Caucus Electronic Newsletter To facilitate communication between Australian women political scientists/policy scholars. To subscribe contact Jocelyn Clarke (editor) @ mailto:jocelync@rmit.edu.au ---> Australia is rich in digital media culture and a growing number of cultural networks. The Culture Domain is the latest of these networks bringing together many contemporary arts groups and artists in a consortium of work, exhibitions and sites for easy and global access to Australia's creative core. Links from the sites will take you on to further networks and sites around Australia or featuring Australian artists and their work. Culture.com.au is a resource for all Australian culture. http://www.culture.com.au/ ---> Cairns Wilderness Society The Wilderness Society in Cairns has revamped, rejuvenated and generally reconstituted its web site. Visit: http://www.altnews.com.au/twscairns for info on the rainforests of the Wet Tropics, Cape York, and the Great Barrier Reef. Our web site includes the pages of the Cape York Indigenous Environment Foundation: http://www.altnews.com.au/twscairns/CapeYork/welcome.htm And now features a FREE interactive FAX A POLLIE feature! With a click of a button you can send a fax to Rob Borbidge, Premier of Queensland - the guy who is standing in the way of a community solution to protect the indigenous wilderness of Cape York, and who seems willing to smash the federal Racial Discrimination Act to strip indigenous Australians of their land rights: http://www.altnews.com.au/twscairns/borbidge.htm ---> Espána The Triangle Foundation for social equality of lesbians & gays has got a new Web page, and welcomes you to visit is homepage. I am involved at the "Urgent Campains" site, here we want to focus on campaigns in Spanish-speaking countries without neglecting other important actions. Please visit it, any ideas and/or suggestions would be gratefully appreciated: http://www.redestb.es/personal/triangulo e-mail: Manuel Ballesteros mailto:cibb110@fresno.csic.es casal lambda is a non-profit association who is struggling for gays and lesbians in Spain. It was established in Barcelona, in 1976 and nowadays is a very important gay & lesbian center of activity around Spain. Since then it has offered a space for meeting and orientation to gays and lesbians and a Information and Documentation Centre for professionals interested in homosexuality. http://www.redestb.es/lambda/inici7.htm {International} Events page http://www.redestb.es/lambda/mesany7.htm mailto:lambda@pangea.org ---> National Aboriginal History and Heritage Council's Website The Koori Centre takes pleasure in announcing the launch of the National Aboriginal History and Heritage Council's Website, under the Koori Centre's Internet Sponsorship Scheme for community organisations. The Website details the current campaign to save the Sydney site of the 1938 "Day of Mourning and Protest" Aboriginal Conference. http://www.koori.usyd.edu.au/NAHHC/ ---> The Sans-Papiers: The Undocumented Africans "of St. Ambroise" Three hundred African people have been fighting for more than five months to obtain regular permits and documents from the French authorities. Their action began with the occupation of the Church of St. Ambroise in Paris. A "college of mediators" composed of distinguished French personalities tried unsuccessfully to negotiate with the French government. Today, nearly all the "paperless" aliens are threatened with deportation. Ten of them went on hunger strike for fifty two days. This case happens at a time when the French government has been criticised for its human rights violations by the international community http://www.bok.net/pajol/index.en.html ---> Australian Butch/Fem Network ausbfn is the internet discussion list for the Australian Butch/Fem Network who are based (mainly) in Melbourne Australia. Membership is open to all fems, butches, and their supporters all over the world. ausbfn is sex-positive, tranny supportive and s/m friendly. Membership is not restricted to dykes or butch/fem identified women - we also welcome bi, queer and transgendered folk to the list as well as butch/butch and fem/fem experience. This list is for the time being unmoderated and private. 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