From: "Regan Andrew" Subject: UniQ Pride Week Itinerary Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 19:39:53 +1200 Pride Week(s) Itinerary 1999 Monday 19th July - Thursday 25th July ALL WEEK Pride flag in the Atrium Pride Week Salient Get visible: wear your UniQ T-shirt! MONDAY 19th JULY History of Pride Panel Discussion: Meeting Rooms 1&2 12-2pm TUESDAY 20th JULY GLBT political forum: Memorial Theatre Foyer 1-3pm Queer Eastside "Randy Randerson & the Hot Dog Stands" and "The Shirleys". Eastside Bar, Student Union Building 5-7pm WEDNESDAY 21st JULY UniQ stall in the quad Clubs Day: Quad 11:30am - 2:30pm Intersex in the New Millennia: Re-constructing a Reality: Upper Common Room 3-4:30pm THURSDAY 22nd JULY Short Films - "Miss Crowe" and other Stories: Upper Common Room 12-2 The Great Big Social Shindig Party Thang A UniQ SGM, pizza party and fuck-a-ware party all in the same time slot: Meeting Room 2 5-8pm FRIDAY 23rd JULY Sarah Bickerton: Really Inclusive? Transgender in the University Environment Upper Common Room 12-2pm SATURDAY 24th JULY COME OUT & PLAY - a dance party for queers & friends. Shows: Pollyfilla DJ Woody The saucy bit: the theme is FETISH Take it how you like - rubber, PVC, lingerie, xdress, mesh, shine, cyber, corsets, boots, B&D, S&M, heels, studs, leather, police officers, sailor boys/girls, schoolboys/girls, feathers, fake fur ... or what ever works for you. STUDIONINE 10pm-early TICKETS $10 from Vic Book Centre, Body Worship & Bojangles ($15 on the night) after & pre-parties as Bojangles SUNDAY 25th-THURSDAY 29th JULY LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN a play by OSCAR WILDE Almost exclusively students from Victoria University, the cast plays Wilde's fascinating and very real characters in a way new and unique way, questioning the construction of relationships that exist between people and the motives therein, in Wilde's time and now. Starring Judith Wayers ("Ophelia Thinks Harder") as Lady Windermere, Scott Anderson as Lord Windermere, Michelle Fraser as Lord Darlington and Tanja Clarke ("Best Part of the Meal") as Mrs. Erlynne. Directed by Blaise Orsman and Siobhann McCafferty. Presented in association with VUWSA Drama Club and kindly supported by Heritage Nyonya Restaurant, Body Worship and Smoke Stop Phoenix Theatre, Dixon Street 8:30pm Tickets $12/10 from Phoenix ============================================================ From: "Regan Andrew" Subject: UniQ Pride Week at Victoria University Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 19:39:40 +1200 MEDIA RELEASE: Pride Week at Victoria University Pride Week is becoming a long-established and well-loved tradition for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students at Victoria University. This year's offering is scheduled for the 19th - 29th of July, and is organised by queer students through their group UniQ Victoria. Don't forget to tell everyone you know!! Many students will remember last year's Pride Week, and this year's offering hopes to deliver similar satisfaction with some new and interesting events, as well as old favourites. All week the Pride flag will be displayed in the Atrium and UniQ members will be encouraged to wear their UniQ T-shirt. Also the University newspaper - Salient - will have a queer theme throughout for the week. It will contain heaps of articles, information and details of events. On Monday 19th of July there will be a History of Pride Panel Discussion featuring Allison Kirkman, Philip Knight and Ngahuia Te Awekotuku. These academics from several subject areas will discuss angles on and aspects of queer pride including some fascinating histories. They will also take questions from the floor. This expository event will take place in Meeting Rooms 1 & 2 at 12-2pm. A political forum will take place on Tuesday 20th at the Memorial Theatre Foyer 1-3pm. Representatives from political parties will talk about their policies that impact on people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender. This is an opportunity for people to ask the questions they've always wanted to - a fantastic opportunity in an election year. Also on Tuesday, the queer bands "Randy Randerson & the Hot Dog Stands" and "The Shirleys" will be playing at Eastside Bar in the Student Union Building from 5-7pm. Wednesday's events will start off at 11:30am with a UniQ stall in the quad for Clubs Day. Here you will be able to get information about UniQ and buy tickets to the play and party. In the Upper Common Room from 3 - 4:30pm, Mani Bruce Mitchell from the Intersex Society of Aotearoa/New Zealand will be doing a talk titled "Intersex in the New Millennia: Re-constructing a Reality". The discussion will revolve around gender constructions, and how Intersex people (those born with ambiguous genitalia) break through these. Thursday is going to be a BIG day with two "must attend" events. Showing in the Upper Common Room from 12 - 2 there will be a few "queer" short films. "Miss Crowe" and other Stories by 17-year-old filmmaker Andrew Boreham are about a drag queen's progression to living life as a woman full time. All the films are by Wellington queer filmmakers and there will be a drag show afterwards! To finish off the day will be the aptly named "Great Big Social Shindig Party Thang". To summarise, this will be several events rolled into one- a UniQ SGM, pizza party and fuck-a-ware party all in the same time slot. This event is open to GLBT students and their friends and will be in Meeting Room 2 from 5-8pm. In association with Flat-out, UniQ has Sarah Bickerton from Canterbury University coming to speak on Friday in the Upper Common Room from 12-2pm. Sarah Bickerton is a Sociology Masters student and her talk is titled "Really Inclusive? Transgender in the University Environment". This is a unique opportunity not to be missed. The big events in this year's Pride Week are notably different from previous years. Some may remember the popular "Decadence" dance parties held in Pride Week by UniQ. This year, a smaller dance party called "Come Out & Play" is to be held at STUDIONINE on Saturday July 24th, from 10 p.m. till the early hours. There will also be before and after parties at Bojangles. Suraya Singh from UniQ says that "Come out and Play" will be a dance party for queers & their friends. There will be a show from well-known Wellington performer "Pollyfilla" with DJ Woody returning once more to provide his fantastic musical skills. The theme for the party is fetish, which can be taken in a number of ways - rubber, PVC, lingerie, xdress, mesh, shine, B&D, S&M, leather, police officers, sailor boys/girls, fake fur ... or what ever works for you. Tickets cost $10 and are available from the Vic Book Centre, Body Worship & Bojangles, with door sales at $15. For the dramatically orientated comes a combined production between UniQ and the university Drama Club. It will be a camped-up and very glamorous interpretation of Oscar Wilde's masterpiece "Lady Windermere's Fan" showing at Phoenix Theatre July 25th to 29th. The cast is almost exclusively students from Victoria University and they play Wilde's fascinating and very real characters in a new and unique way, questioning the construction of relationships that exist between people and the motives therein, in Wilde's time and now. The play stars Judith Wayers ("Ophelia Thinks Harder") as Lady Windermere, Scott Anderson as Lord Windermere, Michelle Fraser as Lord Darlington and Tanja Clarke ("Best Part of the Meal") as Mrs. Erlynne. Blaise Orsman and Siobhann McCafferty direct it with the kind support of Heritage Nyonya Restaurant, Body Worship and Smoke Stop. Tickets cost $12/10 from Phoenix theatre in Dixon St with the play beginning at 8:30pm. UniQ Pride Week events are open to students and non-students of all sexual orientations. More information on the events planned for Pride Week at Vic can be obtained from uniq@sans.vuw.ac.nz, or on their web page www.sans.vuw.ac.nz/~uniq, snail mail UniQ, C/- VUWSA, Victoria University, PO Box 600, Wellington or phone Jacques on (04) 4758233.