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We are: PROUD – July 14th College Green

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Apr 282012

From We Are:Proud

On the 14 July we declare ‘We Are: Proud’ – Bristol Pride 2012

This year Bristol Pride is taking place on College Green and surrounding areas as once again thousands of people will flock to Bristol for one of the countries largest Pride events, and this year it’s FREE.

On the 14 July we declare WE ARE: PROUD.

With 2 stages and 3 performance hubs already over 40 acts already confirmed including international stars such as Meet Your Feet and Bright Light Bright Light to name just a few – and we have an exciting headliner yet to announce! Pride Day also features a bustling Market and Expo zones, Community Area and new Family Zone housing the high profile Alternative Families campaign.

All kicking off with the Pride Parade that’s bigger than ever Bristol Pride 2012 will continue through the day and into the Pride Night Street Fiesta with yet more performances, carnival and outside Djs from Motion, Wonky, New City Sound and a special set from Bright Light Bright Light. Pride then takeover the O2 Academy with Horseplay, Push The Button, Horse Meat Disco and very special guest performances.

Follow our NEW Page, add us as a friend and follow us on Twitter for artist announcements and the chance to win VIP Passes and tickets to the Pride O2 takeover.

For all the latest news visit www.wearefest.com and spread the word with out Facebook Event

Beacons, Icons and Dykons (BID): 4 new events to celebrate inclusion

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Apr 242012

Beacons, Icons and Dykons (BID) events have been organised in Bristol to celebrate gay and queer heroes and heroines in film, including John Waters, Dirk Bogarde, and honorary queers such as Elizabeth Taylor and Dolly Parton. It’s been running for a year now and has been very popular. Here’s a link to the Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/119248751522367/

Through support from The Big Lottery, BID are creating four new, more inclusive, events. These will come under the umbrella title ‘ISSUES’. Each event will have a different focus: the black and ethnic minority (BME) community (‘The Black Issue’, celebrating black queer icons); the trans community (‘The Trans Issue’); older LGBT people (‘Club 60+’), and mental health issues, (‘The Issues Issue’). These nights will host micro lectures, film, poetry and performance alongside films that are considered important in helping LGBT community members find role models. The aims are to strengthen the community through celebrating these icons’ achievements and talents, and the communities achievements as a whole.

You can get involved in BID by

1. Suggesting an icon we should support and the film that would be shown.

2. Provide your local knowledge about any local heroes (experts in the field) that should be invited to speak at the night and have been offering any sort of support to the specific groups outlined.

3. Perform or present material at the night. (We accept work from cabaret, live art, spoken word and music but above all work should be short, informative and hit and run!

Email me! tom@tommarshman.com

CycleOut Bristol’s Special Spring ride and more…

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Mar 242012

From CycleOut Bristol CycleOut Bristol.

Sorry for the late notice. Here are the joining instructions for our Special Spring ride.

Sunday, 25 March 2012 - Somerset by train and bicycle led by Richard and Phil. Meet in the Ticket Hall at Bristol Temple Meads Station at 10am to catch the 10:23 train to Highbridge & Burnham. Purchase your ticket in advance to collect at the station or arrive a bit earlier to allow time for purchase. Bring food in case there is a problem with the lunch stop.

Sunday, 15th July – Great Weston Ride – Register now, if you want to join CycleOut Bristol members on the fifty-six mile challenge ride from Bristol to Weston for the Prostate Cancer Charity. Limited places. Charity fund-raising is not essential. Enjoy a great day out. Book transport back to Bristol; or, if you’re keen, you can cycle back.

http://www.greatwestonride.com/

Keep in touch on facebook (http://tiny.cc/cycleoutbristol), GOC (http://goc.org.uk/) or Better by Bike (http://www.betterbybike.info/).

All Out remix the U.N. Secretary General’s speech: “The Time Has Come”

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Mar 232012

Subject: address by the Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon: Message to UNHRC meeting on Violence and Discrimination based on Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity 7th March 2012, Venue: UN Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland.

Download the speech in PDF format

From AllOut:

Dear Friends

Earlier this month, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon delivered an incredibly powerful speech at the U.N. in Geneva. It’s not every day that a major world figure speaks out forcefully in defense of equality. But most people didn’t even hear about it.
Why? Because a handful of delegates stormed out of the meeting in protest and their story – that gay people should be denied human rights – dominated the day’s news.

But we are about to change that. Our friends at the U.N. just let us REMIX Ban-Ki Moon (complete with a dance beat chosen by the team at All Out). Will you take just 2 minutes to listen to this incredibly inspiring speech and share with your friends and family? When someone like Ban Ki-Moon speaks out, it makes a difference – but only if people hear what he has to say:

http://youtu.be/lUizJUQIbq4

Without losing sight of major advances made towards legal and social equality in recent years, Ban Ki-moon’s speech reminds us that in many places around the world LGBT people are still demonized, criminalized, attacked and even killed for who they are. Seventy-six countries still criminalize being gay, and 10 countries make being gay punishable by death or life imprisonment.
To fight back against that kind of hate, All Out is building a historic alliance of millions of people, straight, gay, lesbian, bi trans, between and beyond, to push for a world where every person can live freely and be embraced for who they are. Take a moment to watch Ban Ki-moon’s inspiring speech, and ask the people you know to join the movement:
www.allout.org/thetimehascome
All Out,
Alberto, Andre, Erika, Flavia, Guillaume, Jasmin, Jeremy, Joseph, Oli, Tile and Wesley

SOURCES:
Muslim and African nations walk out of UN panel on gay rights
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/07/muslim-african-nations-un-gay-rights

U.N. Secretary-Gen. Urges Global Gay Rights
www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2012/03/07/UN_Secretary_Gen_Urges_Global_Gay_Rights

UN Calls for protection of gay rights
www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2011/12/20111215191244754908.html

All Out is bringing people together in every corner of the planet and of every identity – lesbian, gay, straight, bisexual, transgender and all that’s between and beyond – to build a world in which everyone can live freely and be embraced for who they are.
Our mailing address is:
Purpose Foundation
224 Centre St
New York, NY 10013

CycleOut Bristol’s March list of events

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Mar 152012

If you are planning to attend the cycle maintenance on Wednesday, 21st March you need to book your place now, they are going FAST!

Forthcoming events:

Monday, 19 March 2012 – Women-only “dykes on bikes” evening ride led by Rachel – 6pm Queen Square, back by 9pm

Wednesday, 21 March 2012 – Cycle Maintenance by Yael – 7pm, Hamilton House; book your place now by return e-mail. This event is in the Bristol Bike Project workshop in Hamilton House, 80 Stokes Croft BS1 3QY. The entrance is through the back door from City Road. There’s space for six active participants (as in, that’s the number of work-stands available) and plenty of space for others to watch. CycleOut Bristol will make a donation to the Bristol Bike Project for use of the workshop and participants will be asked to contribute to the donation. Book your place now by return e-mail.

Sunday, 25 March 2012 – Wales: train and cycle led by Richard and Phil – Joining details to follow

http://www.greatwestonride.com/

Keep in touch on facebook (http://tiny.cc/cycleoutbristol), GOC ( http://goc.org.uk/) or Better by Bike ( http://www.betterbybike.info/).

Survey and workshops on Domestic Violence and Abuse amongst the LGBT communities

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Mar 142012

From Anne James, Principal Equalities Officer, Equalities and Community Cohesion Team, Bristol City Council.

We are conducting a survey and workshops on Domestic violence and abuse amongst the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities. The survey will help to influence how services are provided for LGBT people, including disabled LGBT people.

(Please note: after this survey we will be conducting a survey on disabled and Deaf people’s experiences of domestic abuse as we know both LGBT people and disabled people are less likely to report DVA, so there will be an opportunity for disabled and Deaf people to participate in workshops as well.)

We would like LGBT people who have experienced domestic violence and abuse AND people who have supported someone who is LGBT who has experienced domestic violence and abuse to be involved in the survey. This is because we would like to hear from people who have direct experience of the issues and, where relevant, services received.

We will not know from the questionnaire if you are giving your own experiences or the experiences of a friend so you can complete the questionnaire or come along to a workshop and not have to reveal if you have experienced domestic violence and abuse.

The questionnaire will be out shortly.
Please let me know if you would like to attend the workshops, I have organised BSL interpreters but I can’t reveal the venue in a general email like this so you need to contact me by email or text so I can let you know the venue.

There is a workshop for Gay, bisexual and trans people who identify as men from 6-8pm on Tuesday 24 April 2012
and a workshop for lesbians, bisexual and trans people who identify as women from 6-8pm on Wednesday 25 April 2012

Contact me by email anne.james@bristol.gov.uk or 07807 608240

My thanks in anticipation

Anne James
Principal Equalities Officer
Equalities and Community Cohesion Team
Room U16, the Council House
College Green
Bristol
BS1 5TR

Tel 0117 922 4446
Fax 0117 922 2392
www.bristol.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/community-and-living/equality-and-diversity/

Don’t let homophobia win out: support the Russian LGBT Resistance to the St. Petersburgh Ban

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Mar 062012

Dear LGBT,
Since we launched this video to protest Russia’s new gay censorship law 4 days ago, thousands of people have left horrendous, hateful comments like “Die all of you, faggots!” and “Fags should go in the oven”.

Thanks to you, the video is having a huge impact and going viral with over 200,000 views1, but right now a minority of violently extreme voices are drowning us out on the page.

The messages are so terrible that many Russian All Out members asked that we disable the comment feature – and for one day we did – but the All Out team just made the decision to open them back up and give you a chance to change the conversation.

It will take 30 seconds to log into YouTube (you can do it with your Gmail account), but it will really make a difference. Journalists and Russian lawmakers who see this viral video think the supporters of hate are ruling the day. Will you help us overwhelm the page with messages of equality from all around the world and share the emotional video with your friends and family:

BYLaw presents: an LGBTQ Emotional Wellness fundraiser

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Mar 062012

BYLaw Presents: a fundraiser for the LGBTQ Emotional Wellness Programme, 29th March 2012 7.30pm The Phoenix Pub (the Old Market side of Cabot Circus)

Bylaw, the Bristol LGBT lawyers’ association, will be putting on a pub quiz and a raffle in order to help raise funds for the LGBTQ Emotional Wellness Programme – Bristol’s LGBT mental health support group.

If you wish to participate in the quiz, or just want to make a donation, please pop on by the Phoenix pub from 7.30pm

For further information please contact either, info@lgbthealthforumbristol.co.uk or lee.reed@TLTsolicitors.com

Petition to 17 MPs to sever links with “gay cure” Christian Charity CARE

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Feb 272012

Why This Is Important

We the undersigned call on the MPs listed below to publicly state that they will no longer accept material support from the Christian Charity CARE, which in 2009 co-sponsored a ‘gay cure’ conference (see link to conference flier): http://zefrog.blogspot.com/2009/04/gay-cure-conference-agenda-and-other.htmlHomosexuality is not a disease. The Royal College of Psychiatrists clearly state this and add ”so-called treatments of homosexuality create a setting in which prejudice and discrimination flourish” (see link to RCP statement):

http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/pdf/PS01_2010x.pdf

The same charity is actively fundraising to provide sex and relationship education material to primary school age children ” to help young people make value choices and to strengthen family relations” :http://new.thebiggive.org.uk/projects/view/523?search=538eaa11-b628-426a-bb38-6a8b42759b64

And has established the ‘Sex and Relationships Education Council’ to “promote the best possible sex and relationship education both at home and at school”:
http://www.care.org.uk/news/sex-and-relationships-education-council-launched-in-parliament-this-week

CARE is also a founding member of the Coalition for Marriage, which is campaigning against the legalisation of equal marriage rights.

The MPs listed below have declared in the Members’ Register of Financial Interests that they have received an intern paid for by CARE as part of its Educational Leadership Programme and have registered such declarations since the ‘gay cure’ conference took place. The link provides a schedule showing when these declarations were made: http://www.scribd.com/doc/82380030/List-of-MPs-Who-Have-Received-an-Intern-From-CARE-Since-22-April-2009

The ‘gay cure’ conference took place on 24th and 25th April 2009 and was widely publicised as a result of the large protests that were organised by gay rights and equality campaigners outside the event : http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/04/26/100-protest-outside-london-gay-cure-conference/

We are concerned that by accepting material support from CARE and actively participating in its Educational Leadership Programme, which seeks to place interns with Christians in public life, the MPs listed below could be seen to be implicitly supporting the views of the charity and, in turn, their co-sponsorship of a conference held on 24th and 25th April 2009 at which discussed “Therapeutic approaches to and understandings of Same-Sex Attraction.”

We call on the MPs listed below to follow David Lammy MP in publicly distancing himself from the charity CARE and confirm that they will no longer accept an intern: http://www.enfieldindependent.co.uk/news/localnews/9547018.Pressure_on_MP_after_David_Lammy_cuts_ties_with_far_right_Christian_group/.

Furthermore we call on the MPs listed below to join us in calling on the Charity Commission to investigate whether, by co-sponsoring a conference titled “Sex and the City : Redeeming sex today” which took place in London on 24th and 25th April 2009 at which topics discussed included “Therapeutic approaches to Same-Sex Attraction” and “Mentoring the sexually broken”; despite the authoritative and accepted medical view that homosexuality is not a disease; CARE, a registered charity, has acted inappropriately and could be seen to have brought itself, and other faith charities, into disrepute. We do not consider that such an organisation should continue to enjoy the lucrative financial benefits of its charitable status and would call on the MPs below to publicly state whether they agree with this and to join with us in calling on the Charity Commission to investigate.

The following MPs have made declarations of material support in the form of interns paid for by the Christian charity CARE and have made such declarations since the ‘gay cure’ conference took place.

Rt Hon Sir Alan Beith MP, Berwick-Upon-Tweed (LibDem)
David Burrowes MP, Enfield Southgate (Con)
Paul Burstow MP, Sutton and Cheam (LibDem)
Alistair Burt MP, North East Bedfordshire (Con)
Stephen Crabb MP, Preseli Pembrokeshire (Con)
Tim Farron MP, Westmorland and Lonsdale (LibDem)
John Glen MP, Salisbury (Con)
Sharon Hodgson MP, Washington and Sunderland West (Lab)
Elizabeth Kendall MP, Leicester West (Lab)
Catherine McKinnell MP, Newcastle Upon Tyne North (Lab)
Stephen O’Brien MP, Eddisbury (Con)
James Paice MP, South East Cambridgeshire (Con)
Andrew Selous MP, South West Bedfordshire (Con)
Rt Hon Caroline Spelman MP, Meriden (Con)
Gary Streeter MP, South West Devon (Con)
Desmond Swayne MP, New Forest West (Con)
Steve Webb MP, Northavon (LibDem)

David Lammy MP, Tottenham (Lab) has also made declarations of material support from CARE but on 22nd February 2012 publicly stated that he would no longer accept an intern from the organisation.

Former MPs David Drew (Stroud, Lab) and Andrew Reed (Loughborough, Lab) also made such declarations but are no longer in the House of Commons.

Love Music, Hate Homophobia 29 February 2012- from 7pm

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Feb 222012

Eton & Haze ( Jongluers) 28 Baldwin Street, Bristol BS1 1NG

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£5 tickets on the door

OutUWE (UWE’s LGBT Student Network) proudly present Love Music Hate Homophobia. This fundraising event features performers from choirs, circus acts, jazz, poetry and performance art inc. Sing Out Bristol, Anna Freeman, Swing Thing, UWE Drama Soc and Crinkle Cuts. LMHH is a national campaign which seeks to raise awareness of homophobia, and the challenges faced by LGBT people, using music and art.

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