Hey everyone! GLYNI is hosting a public workshop tomorrow evening for Pride, called ‘Signs and Symbols’! We will be painting banners, signs, t-shirts, all for use in Saturday’s Pride Parade. Everyone is welcome, LGBT or not, so bring your friends and family!
The event is being held in the Black Box, and begins at 7pm. There are no age restrictions!
Tags: arts and crafts, GLYNI Events, pride, signs, symbols, workshop
The 20th Belfast Pride was launched successfully last night in Queen’s Film Theatre, Belfast. With hordes of priders there for the event, an enlightening and entertaining documentary ‘Pride, Sweat and Tears’ was launched (featuring, in part, yours truly ;P).
The documentary covered the history of Belfast Pride, and I was particularly impressed with some of the old footage from years gone by. With contributions from many members of the Pride committee past and present, as well as high-profile political leadership views from former Mayor and current MP for East Belfast Naomi Long, as well as current Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness, the documentary covered all aspects of Pride, from the reasons, to the organisation, to the protestors, to the fun and events… it really is not to be missed!
It is getting a second showing on Tuesday at the Northstar Science Fiction Night Pride Event, which is at The Roost bar on Tuesday 27th, at 8pm, where you will also get to watch a science-fiction triple feature of Doctor Who, Star Trek: Voyager and Family Guy Star Wars!
Pride 2010 has begun!
There are some great photos up on the BBC website from Glasgow’s Pride festivities, check them out!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-10673475
Tags: gay rights, lgbt, march, parade, pride
Background
On Thursday, April 22 – 23, 2010, Alan Chambers, President of Exodus International will be the guest speaker in Northern Ireland on Thursday, April 22nd at the Leaving Homosexuality Celebration service hosted by Core-issues.
http://www.core-issues.org/index.php?page=training.
Core is a destribed as a ministry supporting local churches in their efforts to provide appropriate pastoral support for those with unwanted same sex attraction. The service recognizes God’s grace for many individuals making the journey out of homosexuality. Changing Attitude Ireland (www.changingattitudeireland.org ) has decided that the message given by Exodus International needs to be countered.
Tags: exgay, exodus, love needs no cure, truth wins out
Stand Up! LGBT Awareness Week is brought to you by BeLonG To Youth Services the national youth service for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Young People. (more…)
Tags: activism, campaign, coming out, film, gay, GLYNI Events, lgbt, rights, website
SPRING!
Check out CROOKED, a new lesbian-themed play by Queen’s University Drama students
Brian Friel Theatre (QFT Building)
23rd-25th March 7.30pm £6/£4
“CROOKED takes an intimate look at sexual identity and acceptance, in a bittersweet comedy that highlights how vulnerable we are at the hands of others.
Laney Waters has just moved to Mississippi with her mother, Elise. The fourteen-year-old suffers from dystonia, a condition which causes the muscles in her back to seize up. At a crucial point of adolescence, Laney’s condition isolates her from those at her new school and she seeks refuge in the sanctuary of the short stories she writes.
Enter the impressionable, overweight sixteen-year-old Maribel Purdy, the daughter of a Holiness Church Preacher. She is also cut off from her peers due to her weight and her extreme and alienating openness about her religious beliefs. The girls quickly strike up a strong friendship and teach each other new lessons in life, redemption and love…”Group bookings of 10 or more people will be offered the concessions price of £4 when they book by calling the booking line on 02890 971382 and quoting “CROOKED SPECIAL GROUP OFFER”.
Further details and booking at www.brianfrieltheatre.co.uk
The 10th Belfast Film Festival kicks off in April (15th-30th) with some highly anticipated films in the Same Sex Cinema strand…
We’ll finally get to see the very brilliant I Killed My Mother (J’ai Tue Ma Mere), a film that was originally scheduled for OUTBURST ’09 but unfortunately had to be replaced at the last minute. Alternating between hilarity and horror, it’s tale of a young gay man coming of age while struggling with his tortured relationship with his mother.
Also highly recommended is City of Borders, a powerful documentary that follows the daily lives of five Israeli and Palestinian LGBT people as they navigate the minefield of politics, religion and discrimination to live and love openly. It’s very moving and the parallels to Belfast are uncanny at times.
You’d be mad (mad!) to miss the wonderful Topp Twins – Untouchable Girls, a film about New Zealand’s national-treasure-lesbian-comedic-singing-duo. Every country should have one.
For full details and bookings, see the Same Sex Cinema strand at www.belfastfilmfestival.org
Don’t go changin’….
love from
OUTBURST x
Tags: belfast film festival, coming out, film, homophobia, lgbt, queen's university belfast
Stonewall held their annual Education for All Conference in London, on Monday 7th July, attended by The Rainbow Project, Cara-Friend GLYNI and NUS-USI LGBT.
Participants from all across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland attended a one day long conference in the historical capital, focussing on Homophobia in Education, hosted by Stonewall England.
The event, opened by Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg MP and chaired by Stonewall’s Chief Executive Ben Summerskill, attracted professionals from across the board in education and youth work.
Representing the voice of LGBT Youth in Northern Ireland were our very own Liam Larmour (Project Coordinator for Cara-Friend GLYNI, and also Mental Health Officer at The Rainbow Project), Steve Williamson (Coordinator, Cara-Friend) and Chris Geddis (recently appointed as LGBT Officer for NUS-USI Northern Ireland branch).
The day’s events included workshops on engaging young people in tackling homophobic bullying, tackling bullying in primary and post-primary schools, and working in partnership with local authorities.
On the event, Liam states: “It was good to see the commitment of staff and volunteers from a vast variety of youth-service providers, sharing their experiences and offering insights into the efforts to tackle the plight of homophobic bullying in the UK.
This is definitely an issue in Northern Ireland, and we welcome Minister for Education Catriona Ruane’s commitment to tackling this prejudice, particularly in the formal education sector, head on.
Education is indeed for everyone, and we all share an equal responsibility in ensuring that it is delivered equally and fairly across the board. The mental, physical, sexual and emotional health and wellbeing of LGBT young people should not be treated any less equally than that of their heterosexual counterparts.”
Speaking on the highlight of the day: “Meeting Sir Ian McKellen, who gave the keynote closing speech as a co-founder of Stonewall, was a dream come true. He is such an inspiration, and has worked effortlessly throughout his career to promote inclusion, equality and acceptance for LGBT people of all ages. He asked questions about the experiences of LGBT youth here, and spoke of his many visits to Belfast to support fundraising efforts in the early days of the AIDS Crisis.
I had a good wee chat with him, and was thinking the whole time ‘I can’t believe I’m talking to Gandalf!’. We presented him with leaflets from the various groups in Belfast, including Family Ties – A Guide for Parents of LGBT Children and Young People, and ‘What’s In Your Closet?’, a coming-out support resource for LGBT youth produced by members of Cara-Friend’s Gay & Lesbian Youth Northern Ireland.”
He gave me his autograph and wished us all the best of luck in our efforts in Northern Ireland to tackle homophobic bullying.
The conference was a one day event, but will certainly have its impact on the three visitors to London. Despite the early wake-up call (4am) and travelling all day, it was considered to be worth every minute of it.
Tags: conference, GLYNI Events, ian mckellan, rainbow, stonewall
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