Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 18:04:23 +1100 From: Community Development Project Subject: PRIDE E|Newsletter PRIDE E|Newsletter ------------------ 10.9.97 Upcoming events @ PRIDE Corroboree three Funny Farm The Princess of Wales legacy Gay Games 2002 bid Sleaze Ball Graffiti Wall ACON Facilitator Training Computing skills course for positive people Brisbane's Rainbow Community Centre is OPEN! For activists ... Amnesty Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Network Why Pauline Hanson is wrong ULTRASEX UFMCC Virtual Conference Website Queer Australian Buddhist discussion list Breast Cancer NSW Police Royal Commission Women in Transition Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras: 20th Anniversary Sponsorship Proposal Community Aid Abroad Sydney Events mailing list Ecopolitics XI: Green Politics in Grey Times geekgirl #11 - 'crime' 5th International Bisexual Conference Disturbing Anti-Gay Trend Continues In Cyberspace Gay Greeks form Internet list Rubber Men of Australia Fly-by-Night Gay Sports Mate database HotHead Paisan: homicidal lesbian terrorist ---> Upcoming events @ PRIDE Martial arts every Saturday 11-1 and now Thursday 5.45-7. Call 9130 8064 for more info. Yoga, Monday September 15 from 7.30. Peter Masters 9130 4635 for information. Fundraiser for the Fitness Exchange, Friday Sept 19 from 6pm. Call 9361 3311 (the Gym) between 5.30 - 7pm for more info. 'Reclaim The Night' fundraiser, Saturday September 27 from 8pm. $8/12. More info from Shannyn 9713 7762. PRIDE Annual General Meeting, September 30, 7:30pm at the PRIDE Centre. Join PRIDE! http://cybersyd.rainbow.net.au/pride/membership-form.htm 'A Maturing Community: Gays & Lesbians Growing Old Successfully'. All day course, Saturday Oct 12. More info at http://www.geocities.com/WestHollywood/Heights/5244/a-maturing-community.htm Performance Positive VII: Hope, October 24+25 http://cybersyd.rainbow.net.au/pride/ppos/new.htm ---> Corroboree three A gathering for Gay and Lesbian Aboriginal people and our friends and lovers Imperial Hotel (downstairs), 35 Erskineville Rd, Erskineville Saturday September 27, 7pm 'till midnight (open house after midnight) Aboriginal entertainment, Gold coin donation entry http://cybersyd.rainbow.net.au/pride/Corroboree.htm mailto:blackout@rocketmail.com ---> Funny Farm *NOW ON September 17 @ Kinselas, Taylor Square, Darlinghurst. http://cybersyd.rainbow.net.au/pride/funnyfarm.htm ---> The Princess of Wales legacy The AIDS Trust of Australia and AFAO have set up a joint appeal in response to inquiries from many Australians as to how they could support causes championed by the Princess of Wales in memory of her life and work. The appeal is to be known as the 'Diana Princess of Wales HIV/AIDS Appeal'. http://www.rainbow.net.au/~aidstrus/diana.htm AIDS Trust of Australia mailto:aidstrust@rainbow.net.au Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations (AFAO) mailto:afao@rainbow.net.au UK National AIDS Trust memorial to HRH Diana Princess of Wales and Queen of Hearts. You can view other messages here or add your own. All messages posted will be sent ot the National AIDS Trust 'Book of Hope'. http://www.qxmag.co.uk/index.html mailto:diana@nat.org.uk New 'Candle in the Wind' lyrics http://www.bbc.co.uk/politics97/diana/lyrics.html Check out the anti-Diana rhetoric at: http://www.godhatesfags.com Behind it is a certain Rev. Phelps and his homohating congregation in Topeka Kansas. Maybe we could get an anti-Westboro Baptist church / Rev. Phelps email-in going? - Barry McKay Camille Paglia on evil queens, witchy consorts, soiled knights and an English Rose's descent into decadence http://www.salonmagazine.com/sept97/paglia970902.html ---> Gay Games 2002 bid Send your letters of support ASAP to mailto:gamesbid@ozemail.com.au It is with your support that the Games will be won for Sydney and Australia! For more information about the bid see http://www.sydney2002.org.au/gaygames.html ---> Sleaze Ball Graffiti Wall Pinkboard's (in)famous Sleaze Ball Graffiti Wall for 1997's Altantis Sleaze Ball is up and running. Leave your rumours, fashion tips and announcements at http://www.pinkboard.com.au/cgi/Graffiti/Sleaze97 ---> ACON Facilitator Training ACON Sydney and ACON Western Sydney are offering FREE training for gay men in * health promotion * group work skills * presentation skills * program development The training will be held over six saturdays starting from the 18th October. The training is designed to be both flexible and 'hands on' with an emphasis on creating fun and supportive environment to learn. All participants will have the opportunity to use their new skills and gain experience in gay community education initiatives. For further information or to register - Joseph ACON WEST mailto:aconwest@acon.org.au (02) 9204 2403 - Hamish ACON Sydney (02) 9206 2065 ---> Computing skills course for positive people If you're interested in this course at East Sydney TAFE, contact Jo Black on (02) 9844 3815. Bookings are now being taken. Confidentiality assured. ---> Brisbane's Rainbow Community Centre is OPEN! The Rainbow Community Centre is available for use by community groups and members, for meetings, workshops, social events and for public meetings of interest to our communities. If you would like to enquire about the Centre mailto:Rainbow_Centre@queer.org.au http://glwa.queer.org.au/html/rainbow_centre.htm The Centre is funded by donations and by the tenants and users of the Centre. Please consider making a tax deductible donation today. YOUR support is vital. - David McKelvey ---> For activists ... ... all the email addresses for Federal pollies are now on line @ http://www.aph.gov.au/house/members/mplist.htm http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/blackrod/lists/sen_list.htm ---> Amnesty Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Network In Amnesty International sections around the world GLBT networks have been established with the specific aim of defending the human rights of those who have been, and continue to be persecuted because of their sexuality. AI Queensland is seeking to set up such a network, with a view to including interested AI members across Australia. Anyone who is interested in joining the network or who has suggestions as to other acronyms, please contact Paul Tavatgis in the Regional Office mailto:qldaia@ozemail.com.au. There are still copies of the book "Breaking the Silence" produced by the AI UK GLBT network, available @ $12, which is an excellent analysis of AI's work in fighting persecution on grounds of sexual orientation. http://www.amnesty.org.au/ ---> Why Pauline Hanson is wrong Overcome the hysterical debate and prejudices which Pauline Hanson has generated. Find out Why Pauline Is Wrong. See the complete document http://www.democrats.org.au/woodley/why_pauline_is_wrong.html Please distribute this ... the more people who know the truth, the better. - The Office of Senator Cheryl Kernot Democrats Gays and Lesbians Policy http://www.democrats.org.au/democrats/policy/gays.html A law student has set up an Internet site for people to express their opposition to the views of Pauline Hanson and her One Nation Party. http://www.protest.org/ ---> ULTRASEX yes, at last, the most radical trany web site is published ! Transnational Spansexual Foundation, now truly transnational with the publication of the ULTRASEX site! http://www.cat.org.au/ultra/ultra1.html Feel free to post links or whatever high tech thing it is you cyber folk do! it's still in formative phase, and yet to be filled with cross-links and pictures and other paraphernalia, but A BRIEF GUIDE TO GENDER is there framed in glorious living colour! - norrie may-welby, anything i please. sex: latin for "divide". End the division of the individual! ---> UFMCC Virtual Conference Website The largest gay spirituality conference ever held in the Pacific Rim took place July 20-25 in Sydney under the sponsorship of the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches (UFMCC). The use of technology to share gay spirituality formed a second track of General Conference XVIII. UFMCC has made a significant commitment to Internet technology, according to the Rev. Elder Troy D. Perry, founder and moderator of UFMCC. More than 34,000 persons around the world visited the UFMCC Virtual Conference Website at http://www.ufmcc.com/ during conference week, said Perry. - James N. Birkitt, Jr. UFMCC Director of Communications mailto:UFMCCHQ@aol.com. ---> Queer Australian Buddhist discussion list 8fp (Eight-Fold Path) is a place for Queer Australian Buddhists to discuss anything they want, from their perspective as Queer and Buddhist. 8fp is an inclusive queer space. That means, bi-s, trans people of all persuasions, lesbians, gays and anyone else who doesn't identify by the 'Ozzie and Harriet' model of gender relations. More info is available (including how to subscribe) at http://werple.net.au/~janie/8fp - Jane Anna Langley mailto:owner-8fp@queer.org.au ---> Breast Cancer Women, cancer and sexuality: Enhancing Sexuality and Self-Esteem After A Breast Cancer Diagnosis http://www.salick.com/resource/sexual.html Breast Cancer Haiku Cycle by Beva Eastman "Asymetrical with one breast. Cancer gives new meaning to butch-femme ..." http://www.lesbian.org/sapphic-ink/jan97/cancer.html The Mautner Project is a Washington DC volunteer organization dedicated to assisting lesbians with cancer, their partners and family. http://www.newell.arlington.va.us/personal/mautner/Advocacy.html The Politics of Breast Cancer by Marj Plumb "The words "Breast Cancer" have become the mindless mantra of some gay men looking to say something real about lesbians and the rallying cry of some lesbians looking to forge an empowered movement for our own lives. But the elevation of breast cancer to the primary issue of mortality for lesbians is wrong, and not helpful in building a movement to eradicate cancer or in understanding our health risks ..." http://aidsnyc.org/Q-zone/mplumb.html Breast Tutorial Provides information on breast anatomy, physiology, examination, and pathology http://www.biostat.wisc.edu/surgery/wolberg/breast.html NSW Breast Cancer Institute http://www.bci.org.au/index.html NSW Cancer Council http://www.nswcc.org.au/default.htm NHMRC Natioanl Breast Cancer Centre http://www.nbcc.org.au/ The Health Report: New Findings On Colon Cancer/Breast Cancer Screening http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/helthrpt/hstories/hr100397.htm Download pink ribbon gif for Breast Cancer Awareness http://www.magic.ca/~blank/download_pink-ribbon.html ---> NSW Police Royal Commission The entire report can be downloaded from http://www.premiers.nsw.gov.au/police_royal_commission/ ---> Women in Transition A Sydney based service offering practical, emotional & spiritual techniques to help women cope better with change http://www.rainbow.net.au/~wit/ ---> Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras: 20th Anniversary Sponsorship Proposal " ... ethel_y@rwood enterprises is offering to co-ordinate and stage our 1998 parade entry for the benefit of a community group. We have the concept and are willing to sponsor your group ... " http://www.ozemail.com.au/~kabi/mg98.htm mailto:kabi@ozemail.com.au ---> Ecopolitics XI: Green Politics in Grey Times October 4-5, 1997, Department of Political Science, University of Melbourne Ecopolitics provides academics, activists and environmental practitioners with a forum for the discussion of important topics relevant to environmental politics. mailto:ecopolitics@politics.unimelb.edu.au http://www.arts.unimelb.edu.au/Dept/Politics/ecopolitics ---> geekgirl #11 - 'crime' Featuring, Ross Gibson discussing his formidable research at the NSW Justice and Police Museum. Kathy Grattan takes a stab at dip, dunk, detention and let's you know how to book a barbie with that 'great train robber' Ronald Biggs. Tina Kaufman gives her lengthy and passionate account of women writers in crime. Catharine Lumby 'that bad girl' slices away at SCREAM the movie ... http://www.geekgirl.com.au/011crime/index.html ---> 5th International Bisexual Conference (IBC5) The 5th International Bisexual Conference (IBC5) will take place in Boston Massachusetts on April 3, 4, and 5, 1998. The IBC5 conference theme is "One World, Many Faces: Unity and Diversity in Bi Communities, Queer Communities, and the World." Further information about the conference can be found at http://hcs.harvard.edu/~lbggs/conference.html We are currently seeking proposals for papers, presentations, panel discussions, performances, and workshops. You may submit proposal forms electronically by sending them to mailto:lbggs@hcs.harvard.edu and including "ATTN: PAPERS" in the subject line. Australian Bisexual Network mailto:ausbinet@rainbow.net.au http://www.rainbow.net.au/~ausbinet/ ---> Disturbing Anti-Gay Trend Continues In Cyberspace "Through monitoring the development of Internet filtering software, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) is concerned that a product which has historically impeded the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community's access to the Internet has only gotten worse since the Supreme Court struck down the Communications Decency Act recently. GLAAD has found that InterGO's products KinderGuard and the SafeSearch search engine rate several gay and lesbian youth group Web sites and newsgroups as appropriate for "Mature" viewers only ..." http://www.glaad.org/glaad/glaad-lines/index.html --> Gay Greeks form Internet list "gay-el" is a new Internet mailing list for gay Greeks. To subscribe, e-mail majordomo@nyx.gr with "subscribe gay-el" (without quotes) as the message. A related web site, "Greece in Pink and Lilac" is located at http://www.nyx.gr/glb. ---> Rubber Men of Australia RMA (Rubber Men of Australia) is a fledgling contact group for local like minded Gay Men who have a special/sexual interest in RUBBER, in all it's forms. We are Rubber Men - not just men who wear Rubber. RMA is slowly increasing in numbers as more Rubber Men find out about us. http://www.rainbow.net.au/~markdon/RMA/ ---> Fly-by-Night "Welcome to "Fly-by-Night", Queer Air's inflight magazine hosted by Diego and Patrick. Our inflight service is second to none so please sit back and enjoy your flight with us...and if you require anything please don't hesitate to contact our friendly cabin crew ... " http://www.rainbow.net.au/~diepa/ ---> HotHead Paisan: homicidal lesbian terrorist Wanna read about a homicidal lesbian terrorist who likes to kill straight men? You've come to the right place. http://www.marystreet.com/HH/ ------------------> E|NEWSLETTER ARCHIVES http://www.altnews.com.au/gay ------------------> E|NEWSLETTER FAQ http://cybersyd.rainbow.net.au/pride/e-newsletter-faq.htm ------------------> THE PRIDE CHARTER http://cybersyd.rainbow.net.au/pride/pridecharter.htm PRIDE Sydney Gay & Lesbian Community Centre Limited ------- e-mail: pride@rainbow.net.au - - fax: (+61 2) 9331 1199 - - ph: (+61 2) 9331 1333 - post: PO Box 7, Darlinghurst NSW 2010