Gay Nuptials Wedding Cake Bash! “Whack shit without Fear” #bridezillas #midsumma #Melbourne #geekgirl

On January 22^nd, women in bouffant gowns and stylin’ tuxes will converge in Fitzroy’s Edinburgh gardens for an all-in wedding cake brawl – in the name of equal love and as part of the Midsumma Festival.

The ‘Gay Nuptials Cake Bash’ is the latest in a series of women’s only fights held by ‘Femme Fight Club’ over the past two years from Melbourne to Berlin. The fights are non-spectator and were conceived as a place where women could express their natural aggression without fear of judgement or injury. In keeping with this weapons have included tomatoes, flowers, wine, wet newspapers, breadsticks, balloons, lettuce and beer.

As event organiser Casey Jenkins explains “We’re more interested in breaking stereotypes than bones”

For the bash on January 22^nd, they’ll be fighting for something more: marriage equality.

“Femme Fights are all about trying to break down old fashioned prejudiced assumptions about gender,” says Jenkins, “We find the fact that Australia is still so blatantly discriminatory and obsessed with genitals, by dictating who we can love and commit to based on gender, appalling. It makes us want to chuck, so that’s what we’re going to do.”

Jenkins hopes the cake fight will send a message to the Government that women aren’t going to sit pretty waiting for change; they’re prepared to get up and fight for gender equality in marriage.

The event is for anyone who identifies as female, is strictly non-spectator (you show, you biff) and adults only though child minders will be on site. The cakes, which are vegan and made largely from discarded ingredients, will be provided and the rubble collected at the end of the event for compost. Provisions will be made to include those who have physical conditions such as being preggas or sporting broken limbs.

The fight will be followed by a reception with live music so we can lick our tasty wounds.

 Event Details:

Where: Edinburgh Gardens, Fitzroy, by the rotunda
Melbourne, Australia
Date: Sunday 22 January
Time: 3pm
Price: Full $8; Concession $6 (through Midsumma.org.au)
Duration: 60 mins approx

Dress: Bridezilla

Links: http://www.midsumma.org.au/component/jevents/icalrepeat.detail/2012/01/15/1419/-/-

http://www.facebook.com/FemmeFightClub

Digital Art Commission Call Out: My Big Gay Family #Melbourne #Gay #geekgirl

The City of Darebin is presenting, as part of Midsumma Festival 2012, a celebration of ‘My Big Gay Family’. Expressions of Interest are invited from digital artists to design, develop and prepare for presentation a public projection for the ProjectarT space at Northcote Civic Square between January 15 and February 5, 2012. The selected artist will be paid $2000. What does ‘Big Gay Family’ mean to you?

ProjectarT is a facility to enable the projection of digital art onto the south wall of the Northcote Town Hall overlooking the Civic Square.

To request an artists’ brief or for further information please call (03) 8470 8458 or email Bel Schenk, Arts and Cultural Development Officer.

Expressions of interest are due by 5pm, December 7, 2011.

Source: http://www.darebin.vic.gov.au/eNewsletter/eNewsletter.asp?id=103

Calling all Self publishers of the world! #zines #videos #geekgirl

Hi Self Publishers of the world, as you may or not know the library has an exhibition at Salford Art Gallery running from 15th October 2011 to 29th January 2012.

Pink Mince

I am looking to show a film at the exhibition made up of short videos that contributers to the library have made of themselves. The video will explain why you personally self publish and about the zines you produce. To submit please email me your short talking head videos no longer than five minutes. I will compile and edit these together and add captions for the finished film. All are welcome to contribute to this project and I would like an eclectic range of zine makers to participate covering all the genres etc. So wherever you are making your zines it would be great to hear from you.

Kind regards, Craig

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www.salfordzinelibrary.blogspot.com
www.craigjohnbarr.co.uk
www.matthewwalkerdine.co.uk

Turing Centenary 2012: Invitation to New Media Artists Call for Expressions #code #geekgirl

Due 29 July 2011

2012 is the centenary of the birth of Alan Turing, the renowned mathematician, code-breaker and computer pioneer. This will be marked by an extensive series of events, which is being coordinated by the Turing Centenary Advisory Committee. As Turing worked at the University of Manchester for the last six years of his life, Manchester is one of the two main centres of this events programme – the other being London, where he was born.

The Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) plans to celebrate the Turing centenary throughout 2012. As Turing was a great innovator, MOSI is keen for its events to feature innovative creative works inspired by Turing and utilising the digital media made possible by the achievements of the early computer pioneers. MOSI invites written expressions of interest in this project which should include a description of the nature of the proposed work, how it links to Turing and the likely hardware requirement.

Contact Pauline Webb
Collections Manager MOSI
p.webb@mosi.org.uk
http://www.turingcentenary.eu/

Take Care {out} There Short Film #Competition #sexualhealth #queer #geekgirl

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Be part of the first major Sexual Health Short Film competition in Australia! The ALSO Foundation’s Take Care {out} There Program invites emerging filmmakers to submit Films and Digital Videos between 30 seconds and 10 minutes in length, around topics of GLBTIQ Sex and Sexual Health. Films must be about or must include Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex or Queer (GLBTIQ) themes, additional consideration will given for films that address sexual health and relationship issues around sexual health. There are no specific categories and all genres are given equal consideration. Formats may include: MiniDV, SP Betacam, WMV, Quicktime etc.

Queer Fruits Film Festival #queer #geekgirl

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**Early Bird Entries Close: March 31**
[www.queerfruitsfilmfestival.org]()

The international Queer Fruits Film Festival wants your fabulous film. Whether it’s innovative or entertaining, intelligent or celebratory, a short or feature film send it to them now! To be eligible to enter QFFF, the film must be either by or about GLBTIQ persons, themes, or issues, that are relevant, recognisable, or of interest to the GLBTIQ community. Films from queer filmmakers and films with queer themes.

Emerging or Established queer filmmakers are equally welcome to enter.

Want to be in the Queer Animal Liberation NSW float in Mardi Gras Parade?

Mardi Gras – March 5.

THIS EVENT IS FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE IN THE FLOAT, NOT JUST WATCHING IT!

Queer Animal Liberation NSW’s application into the Mardi Gras Parade 2011 has been accepted. Theme is ‘We as queers agree, set the chickens free’. The aim is to highlight the plight of battery hens. Float entry will be upbeat and fun, but with a serious message.

Queer Animal Liberation NSW (QALNSW) was formed last year by queer journalist Katrina Fox as… a loose coalition of queer animal rights advocates. Queer is used in this context as a very broad umbrella term to cover all sexuality, sex and/or gender diverse identities, including but not limited to gay, lesbian, bisexual, queer, trans, intersex, transsexual, transgendered, androgynous, and without sex and/or gender identity.

Animal Liberation NSW has kindly agreed to be our financial supporter and sponsor, providing assistance, venue and admin/organising support to co-ordinate costume-making, float building etc.

Queer animal libbers and their straight allies are invited to take part in QALNSW’s float. Please note there is a $12 participation fee to be paid in advance to cover costs.

If you want to take part, please EMAIL LYNDA STONER at lynda@animal-lib.org.au as she is co-ordinating the list for us. You can state you are attending here on FB but please ALSO email Lynda to make sure you are on the list and to receive important info and updates. Places are limited so get in quick.

Saturday, March 5 · 5:00pm – 11:00pm

2011 #Melbourne #Queer Film Festival #MQFF

Entries close: December 1
Festival screenings March 17-27
www.mqff.com.au

The Melbourne Queer Film Festival invites submissions to its 21st Film Festival in 2011. Each year the Festival screens over 150 features, shorts, documentaries and experimental films from Australia and all around the world over 11 days. The Festival is Australia’s largest, oldest and most successful queer film festival and screens at 3 premier Melbourne venues including the state of the art Australian Centre for the Moving Image to audiences of over 25,000. The MQFF also tours highlights of its program to various parts of Australia.

Titles can be of any length and should be of interest to the gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgendered communities.

There is over $10,000 in the cash prize pool including the jury voted City of Melbourne Award for Best Australian Short Film ($2000), and the Audience Awards for Best Feature ($3000) Documentary ($2000) etc.

Some people are gay. Get over it!

Gaydalf?

Arlene TextaQueen – Social Engagement a new show of radical nudes

Description.SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT:
New work by Arlene TextaQueen featuring Textanudes of queer/radical/trans/burlesque performers from Sydney, New York, San Francisco, Montreal and Vancouver including CeliaCurtis, Annie Danger and Singing Sadie.

Opening features performance by featured portrait subject, Sydney’s one and only Singing Sadie.

@ Sullivan and Strumpf Fine Art
44 Gurner Street, Paddington, NSW

Opening Thurs 6-8pm 29th April.
Exhibition runs until May 16th 2010.