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Queer Cafe, Film and Reading Group ######################## Some volunteer-run Queer events in Manchester After the success of the Queer Cafe, we've decided to start a new, monthly queer film night as a compliment to this. Also, we will be restarting the old Queer Reading Group on the regular Cafe nights at the end. Yay! All of these events are at the LGBT Center off Oxford Road in central Manchester - skip to the bottom for details. The Queer Cafe, Film Nights, and Reading Group are for people of all genders, sexualities, sexes, in all kinds of relationships who like doing all kinds of things to each other. This includes both traditional LGBT groups, and other gender, sexual or just plain deviant people who don't fit nice boxes. Both Canal Street regulars and people who don't fit the scene are more than welcome - we do our best to make this a non-threatening, safe space for everyone so that people are welcome to get involved on whatever level they like. We created these events out of a lack of informal, low energy input regular events happening in Manchester. We aim to create long running, sustainable events for all, and to raise Queer visibility in Manchester. This is a space to eat, drink (well, tea) and be merry - also feel free to bring craft projects, publicity, have meetings etc (although please email us if you wish to have a meeting!). Everyone is welcome at these events, but please be respectful of each other's boundaries and identities. Summary ####### -- Sun 5th October 12pm-4.30pm. Queer Cafe. "What is Queer?" discussion group 3pm-4.30pm. -- Sun 19th October, 7-9pm. Ladyfest Manchester film night. With food. -- Sun 2 November 12pm-4.30pm. Queer Cafe. "Manchester Queer Hermstory" discussion group 3pm-4.30pm. -- Sun 23rd November, 7-9pm. Pride is a Protest and trans films. With food. -- Sun 7 December, 12pm-4.30pm. Queer Cafe. "How can we go about (re)building a Queer movement in Manchester?" discussion group 3pm-4.30pm. Email us: [log in to unmask] Website: http://qvox.org/queer-cafe-manchester Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=11259541977 Email list: http://lists.qvox.org/mailman/listinfo/queercafe Film Night ####### The new film night will also have lovely vegan food and as always we welcome donations of money or food. Each one will be curated by a different Manchester queer individual or queer group, hopefully bringing together the best of queer activism in the area. They will be on the third Sunday of each month all being well! We have two days booked, and will get more next year if they are a success. -- Sun 19th October, 7-9pm -- Ladyfest Manchester will be presenting a plethora of feminist based films, and doing a short talk about the Ladyfest festival from 7-9 Nov at the Zion center. The main feature will be Girls Rock: The Movie - a documentary about "rock camps" for girls for ages 8-19. They began in Portland, Oregon in 2001, and have now spread to London. * Website: http://ladyfestmanchester.com -- Sun 23rd November, 7-9pm -- Mx Tomboi (Trans Youth Network), and David Henry (Queer Youth Network) are both involved in the new social media venture Outcast Media. They will be showing the premiere screening of "Pride Is A Protest" - a documentary film about Manchester Pride 2007-2008, exploring the commercialisation and depoliticisation of the Pride business machine. See clips: [1] [2] [3]. To commemorate the International Transgender Day of Remembrance, Mx Tomboi will introduce a selection of documentary clips highlighting the continuing struggle for liberation by transgender, intersex and gender-variant people over the last fifty years. Followed by Q&A Session and open debate. See clips [4] [5]. The 10th International Transgender Day of Remembrance is on 20th November. Manchester event details are TBC for Sunday 16th/23rd November [6]. * Email: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] * Website: http://queeryouth.net/ Queer Cafe ######## The Queer Cafe is a safe space for queer people to come and enjoy each other's company and tasty food. Vegan, wheat free food is provided, but people are welcome to bring (veggie or vegan please) food or donations (£3-£5 would be great if you can afford it). The cafe is on the first Sunday of the month, from 12pm-4pm. The next cafes are: * Sun 5th October * Sun 2nd November * Sun 7th December Reading Group ########## At 3pm at the Cafes, we will now be restarting the Reading Group, finishing at 4.30pm. People are welcome to come to the Cafe, or the Reading Group, or both, and food will be available till it runs out (we always seem to have more than enough). Rather than read huge texts like we have in the past, we've opted to go for smaller, more digestible material that will all be circulated at the Cafe if you don't have time to read it. Everything will be posted to the queercafe list in advance. Subscribe here: http://lists.queerwp.net/mailman/listinfo/queercafe -- Sun 5th October: What is Queer? -- We've had this discussion many times in setting up queer events. What is queer (both big Q and little q), and what does it mean to different people? What alternate meanings are there, and how much is queer rooted in Western culture? We will have plenty of excerpts from academia, fanzines and the Internet to talk about. -- Sun 2nd November: Manchester Queer Hermstory -- What queer history does Manchester have? What groups have been around in the past? What famous people and movements came from Manchester? What has been forgotten about, left undocumented in the mists of time? What obvious omissions are there from the current Central Library exhibits? We have no idea, and hope you do! Hopefully this can be a great sharing of information and past experience, and something we can think about publishing in some format. If anyone has any suitable material, please send it to [log in to unmask], and we can send this out nearer the time. -- Sun 7th December: How can we go about (re)building a Queer movement in Manchester? -- Manchester has had many Queer movements in the past, and some continue to this day. Why have certain things worked and not worked? Can we devise a strategy to kick start Queer movements in Manchester in a sustainable way? We hope to talk more specifically about groups people have had personal experience in in this group, and encourage frank discussion of what people feel works and what doesn't. Again, emails to [log in to unmask] if you want anything included. About the venue ########### Street Level Fully Accessible Venue! Sidney Street LGBTQI Community Centre 49-51 Sidney Street Off Oxford Road (Purple doorway behind 8th Day Veggie Cafe on Oxford Road, opposite All Saints Park) M1 7HB The Centre is only 10 minute walk from Oxford Road Train Station, or 10 minute bus journey on Number 42 Bus from Piccadilly Gardens Bus Terminal, stopping at All Saints Park, Oxford Road. View a map [7]. Hope to see you at one of these events! Kim, Sylvia, Tomboi and the Queer Cafe team. Please contact us for further info, directions, if you require assistance with accessibility, or want to be involved in running future cafes: [log in to unmask] [1] http://www.youtube.com/leatherpup [2] http://www.viduk.com/v101 [3] http://www.ukgaynews.org.uk/Archive/08/Aug/2301.htm [4] http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=5IfqOOxUiHY [5] http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=eZhBGYMHlUE [6] http://www.transgenderdor.org/ [7] http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=M1+7HB&ie=UTF8&z=16&iwloc=addr -- D. Kim Foale Room G11, Newton Building, Salford University Phone 0774 3917404 My GPG public key: http://alliscalm.net/dfoale.asc