NYC Taiwanese Queer Activities

LBT organizing in China reportback - 12/3

2008-12-01T10:07:00.000-05:00

Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Organizing in China -- A Reportback from Lala Camps 2008

Come hear about exciting current LBT organizing efforts in China from New Yorkers who participated in five regional Organizer Training Camps Chengdu, Kunming, Beijing, Anshan and Shanghai this past October! We'll discuss recent victories, highlights and challenges raised by queer Chinese activists from a wide range of experiences and geographical regions.

Wednesday, December 3rd
7-9PM
Astraea Lesbian Foundation For Justice
116 East 16th Street, 7th Floor, on the corner of Irving Place
212.529.8021
N R 4 5 6 trains to Union Square

Please rsvp to meanirene@gmail.com

"Lala Camp 2008 · Lala Connections" leaps forward

Breaking Regional Boundaries, Fostering Diversity and Cultural Exchange

"Lala Camp 2008 · Lala Connections" is the second annual cross-regional leadership forum. The term "lala" is a local identity embraced by Chinese-speaking communities, used here as an umbrella term to include lesbians, bisexual women, and women-loving transgender people (LBTs).

Building on last year's vision of breaking isolation, "Lala Camp 2008" aims to provide leadership training for even more lala activists and organizations. This year's five-city convenings emphasize programming that closely reflects local needs, the exchange of organizing experience across regions, skills development for grassroots organizers, and the opportunity to interact with winder local & regional communities. These unique gatherings were organized by local lala teams and held in five designated regions of Anshan, Kunming, Chengdu, Beijing, and Shanghai.

One Focus, Five Cities

To better serve the needs of grassroots lala organizations from different regions, five local groups took charge of hosting lala camps in each of their cities. While last year's camp was held in one location, "Lala Camp 2008 · Lala Connections" was underscored by in-depth involvement in the local communities, to better understand
local issues and conditions.

Based autonomously on regional needs and interests, topics of training include some of the following: a history of the queer movement, organization building, volunteer management, fundraising and accounting, public education, media and press, working with youth and marginalized queers, and various types of cultural events such as film
screenings, photo exhibits, oral history projects, and book exhibits.

Educating the Public, Reaching Thousands

150 organizers from 35 cities in the Mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the United States participated and benefited from the intensive training portion of "Lala Connections. " Delegations of 30 experienced lala activist visitors from Taiwan, Hong Kong, the Mainland, and the U.S., had the unique opportunity for exchange with the local communities.

Through the conference, lala groups in various cities were able to connect with other organizations that address women's, HIV/AIDS/MSM, civil society issues. These groups are invited to cosponsor and attend events in the public portion of the forums, attracting as many as 1,000 people.

After the conclusion of all regional camps, organizing groups and delegates gathered in Shanghai to discuss collectively the need to assemble a coalition structure. Thus, the "Chinese Lala Alliance" was founded at this meeting for the joint purpose of providing a sustainable framework for leadership training, resource sharing and
organizational development in Chinese lala communities.

"Lala Camp 2008 · Lala Connections" was planned by Beijing Common Language, the Gender/Sexuality Rights Association of Taiwan, the Women Coalition of Hong Kong, and the Institute for Tongzhi Studies in New York. Regional host groups included Beijing "les+" Magazine, Shanghai Nvai Lesbian Group, Chengdu Les'GO, Kunming Tong Hua She, and Anshan Lala Yizhan.

November 5th, 2008

2008年北京拉拉營培訓課程，北京拉拉營為今年拉拉營的五個分站之一。

新聞稿

拉拉串串女同志領導力培訓

突破地域開展多元文化交流

"2008拉拉營·拉拉串串"爲第二屆跨區域的女同志培訓活動。今年重點在於根據當地拉拉需求開發設計活動培訓、跨區域組織者的經驗交流、基層組織工作者能力培訓、瞭解當地拉拉社區文化。本屆特別安排在鞍山、昆明、成都、北京、上海等五個地區進行，吸引了150位來自35個城市的拉拉組織志願者進行深度培訓。她們來自中國大陸，臺灣，香港及美國等地。

"拉拉串串"沿襲去年拉拉營的宗旨，旨在對於拉拉社團領導力培訓。這里拉拉是涵蓋性辭彙，意指包括女同性戀、雙性戀和跨性別等多樣性/性向的女性。

五地拉拉營別具意義

爲了配合來自不同地區之女同志草根組織的需要，今年特別由五地承辦五個拉拉營，有別于去年集中在一個營區進行，深入社區瞭解當地需求，努力促進多元文化交流。

培訓課程內容同樣經過精心策劃，包括同志運動史介紹、組織搭建，專案開展，志願者招募與管理、資金籌集與財務管理，公衆教育，媒體技巧，青少年及邊緣同志的支援；及各式各樣的文化活動：如電影展，照片展、口述史、及圖書展等。

公衆教育面向千人

各地女同志小組，藉由"2008拉拉營拉拉串串"，與公民社會、艾滋病運動、及婦女組織等進行多面向的交流，當中參與的公衆更達千人。

"2008拉拉營拉拉串串"組委會由北京同語，臺灣性別人權協會，香港女同盟會及紐約華人性別研究中心共同籌備。地方承辦小組由北京les+，上海女愛，成都les愛心工作小組，昆明同話舍，及鞍山拉拉驛站工作組組成。到訪五地的訪問員是來自美國、臺灣、香港的資深同運人士30人。本次活動在2008年10月 16~27日期間在鞍山，昆明，成都，北京，上海等五個地區舉行。活動結束後，促成了"華人拉拉聯盟"的成立。此必將持續推動華人地區女同志的培訓及組織發展。

2008年11月5日

Drag Show Video Verite

2008-12-01T10:03:00.001-05:00

12/3 Wednesday, 7-9 PM

The Graduate Center
Room C198

CLAGS LGBTQ Studies Screening

Drag Show Video Verite

Joe E. Jeffreys, New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, Department of Drama, and Stony Brook University, Department of Theatre Arts

It’s the ultimate New York City drag show… on video tape. Drag Show Video Vérité gathers, preserves and screens rare film and video footage that documents the faces and places, past and present, of New York City’s vibrant drag scene. This all new edition incorporates footage spanning more than fifty years and includes a rare 1965 Avery Willard film of Adrian’s drag Salome dance and clips from drag legends including Holly Woodlawn, Sister Tui, Ethyl Eichelberger, Dean Johnson, Mo B. Dick, Lady Bunny, Rose Wood, and Taylor Mac See a short trailer on YouTube by searching Drag Show Video Verite at the site. Produced and directed by Joe E, Jeffreys. Edited by Seth S. Hauer. Q&A after the screening.

10/19 Coming of Age, Coming Out in Asian Culture

2008-10-10T18:40:00.000-04:00

CINEMAROSA -queens only queer film series-

Presents

Coming of Age, Coming Out in Asian Culture

Sunday, October 19, 2008, 3:00 pm: Free Admissions!

Hosted at the Queens Museum of Art, Flushing Meadows Corona Park

Queens, NY (October 8, 2008) --Queens' first and only film/video series dedicated to present independent fiction, documentary, and experimental works focused on the lives and experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual (LGBT) peoples and communities continues its Fall 2008 Season with a program focusing on Gay Youth in Asian Culture. The presentation of Coming of Age, Coming Out in Asian Culture includes the feature film from Thailand "Right By Me" directed by Thanyatorn Siwanukrow preceded by the short "See Me" directed by young Chinese filmmaker Steven Liam.

About the Films
Right By Me, Rak Nai Thi Plai Roong
Dir. Thanyatorn Siwanukrow
(Thailand, 2005, 100 min)
Focuses on the story of three college students in Thailand and they deal with coming out and their first love experiences. In contrast to typical stereotypical depictions of gays in Thai films as clownish, and effeminate, this film features well-rounded, realistic portrayals of young Thai gay men.

See Me
Dir. Steven Liang
(USA, 2006, 8 min)
A coming out story of a Chinese American high school senior written for his traditional immigrant parents. Told by 17 year old director, this piece depicts his life from middle school, struggling with his sexuality and identity, to his current life as a self-accepting LGBT activist.

After the screenings, join us in a panel talk with local LGBT Asian group representatives. Light refreshments will be served.

Directions
By Subway: E, F, V, R Trains to 74 Street and Roosevelt Ave. Transfer to the #7 Train to Flushing. Exit at Willest Point Avenue/Shea Stadium. Descend the platform on the park side and walk through the park towards the "globe," the Unisphere. The museum is located next to it.

About CINEMAROSA
As Queens Only Queer Film Series, CINEMAROSA's mission is to create a cultural hub in Queens, screening a diverse range of Queer Independent Films, presenting media events, and spreading news of interest and in relation to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender communities of this borough. The project fosters the integration LGBT peoples through the creation of cultural film media programs where Queer Artists can present their works and speak about their experiences with the audience. All CINEMAROSA screenings and presentations are FREE OF CHARGE to the public, and are hosted at the Queens Museum of Art, NYC Building, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. As part of its mission, CINEMAROSA co-produces LGBT events and publishes P!NK an online monthly electronic newsletter.

The presentation of "Right By Me" is made possible by Water Bearer Films. "See Me" is a copresentation with REACH LA and qteam.

Photos and detailed program information available at www.cinemarosa. org

PFLAG FCA, Sunday, OCTOBER 5, 08, 1-3PM

2008-09-30T19:29:00.000-04:00

Coming soon is the next meeting of PFLAG for Families of Color and Allies in New York City (PFLAG FCA, NYC). This is the chapter of Parents, Families, Friends of Lesbians and Gays in New York City that focuses its work on maintaining the unity of families of color and their allies.

THE MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE ON Sunday, October 5, 2008, 1-3PM

at the LGBT Community Center .

Meeting Information

PLACE: LGBT Community Center , 208 West 13th Street , (between 7th and 8th Aves.), New York , NY 10011 , for more information see: www.pflagfamiliesof color.org.

All are welcome, including parents, friends, family members and gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people, with or without their families!

Oct 3, Talk on Oral Histories of 1st to 4th Generation Asian Americans

2008-09-29T09:06:00.001-04:00

Dear Friend,

Good evening! You're cordially invited to a talk on "Asian Americans in the Twenty-First Century: Oral Histories of 1st to 4th Generation Americans" by Joann Lee, on Friday, October 3, 2008, from 6PM to 8PM, at 25 W. 43rd Street, Room 1000, between 5th & 6th Avenues, Manhattan.

This book is a 21st Century snapshot of Asian Pacific Americans; a tapestry of tales reflecting their lives, experiences, hopes, and dreams. Ultimately the spectrum of values-in education, family, work--form a remarkable mosaic of the Asian American experience, distinct in many ways from that of Asians living in Asia, or as immigrants encountering diaspora elsewhere in the world.

Through the individual experiences recounted, we become engaged in the discourse of major themes within the interdisciplinary fields of cultural, and sociological literature, history, and politics, spanning first to fourth generation. Within the book, there are a range of voices. Examples: Gary Locke, former governor of Washington State, talks about his start in American politics; while Hank Sasaki shares his passion for Country and Western music as the "Cowboy from Japan". Gita Deane recounts her efforts to fight for same-sex marriage in Maryland, while Dale Minami, attorney, details his efforts in changing the tide of history in Korematsu v. United States, 1984.

Joann Faung Jean Lee, Ph.D. is author of Asian Americans in the Twenty-First Century (New Press, 2008). This marks her third book of oral histories on Asians in America. She has written and lectured extensively on the Asian American experience and Asians and media.

Dr. Lee has been a journalism educator for over two decades. She is currently Professor and Chairperson of the Communication Department at William Paterson University. She has served as Dean of the Reynolds School of Journalism, University of Nevada, Reno. At Queens College, City University of New York, she established and directed the journalism program and created the T.W. Wang Awards for Excellence in Coverage of Chinese American Issues, a national journalism award sponsored by the World Journal.

Her other books include Asian American Actors (McFarland, 2000), and Asian Americans (New Press, 1992).

Admission to this talk is free of charge. Light refreshments will be served. Signed copies of Dr. Lee's book will be available for sale.

Note: For those unable to attend, live webcasting is available on our website at 6:15PM EST. Online viewers are able to provide questions or comments live via chat through AOL Instant Messenger or Skype. Streaming video and audio podcast (on iTunes) of the discussion will be available after the lecture.

To register for this talk, please RSVP to this email with your contact information including zip code, or call our office at 212-869-0182. For details on this and all our upcoming activities, please visit our website @ www.aaari.info. See you on next Friday!

Sincerely,

Antony Wong
Program Coordinator
Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York

GLBT ALMS Conference May 8-10, 2008

2008-02-11T17:28:00.000-05:00

The CUNY Center for Lesbian & Gay Studies (CLAGS) proudly hosts the 2nd international conference on GLBT Archives, Libraries, Museums, and Special Collections (ALMS) and the archivists, librarians, researchers, artists, activists, and volunteers who work with them. This will be the 2nd ALMS conference since 2006 to explore the construction, use, organization, preservation, and reflection of queer archival material, collections, and research.

Early bird registration ends February 15. A limited number of discounted rate hotel rooms are available through the conference site, along with complete lists of sponsors, organizers, and presenters: http://web.gc.cuny.edu/clags/glbtalms/

Featured Presentations:

Archival Knowledges: Practical, Political, and Theoretical Observations on Making Queer History

Susan Stryker

Former Executive Director GLBT Historical Society, filmmaker, writer, and transgender activist

Ruth Wynn Woodward Endowed Professor, Women's Studies, Simon Fraser University, San Francisco

Keeping Current: China’s LGBT Information Networks

Jiang Hui “Bing Lan”

Founder, LGBT Archive, Aibai Culture & Education Center, Beijing, China

&
Damien Lu

President, Information Clearinghouse for Chinese Gays & Lesbians (ICCGL), Aibai Culture & Education Center, Beijing, China

Memory in Action: Documenting Same-Sex Experience in an African Context

Busi Kheswa & Anthony Manion

Gay and Lesbian Memory in Action (GALA), Johannesburg, South Africa

Drag Show Video Vérité & The 82 Club: A Multi-Media Talk

Joe Jeffries

Theater historian, archivist of drag performance, New York

Opening Reception: Lesbian Herstory Archives, Brooklyn

Mid-Conference Reception: National Archive of Lesbian, Gay Bisexual & Transgender History, The LGBT Community Center, Manhattan

Closing Reception: Black Gay and Lesbian Archive, Schomburg Center, New York Public Library, Harlem

Tributes to: Yolanda Retter, Barbara Gittings, Allan Bérubé

The Graduate Center is located at 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY at 34th Street. All events in the Graduate Center are wheelchair accessible. Please contact the security office at the Graduate Center (212-817-7777) for further details.

CLAGS is committed to accessibility for all participants at our events, so we have a SCENT-FREE policy. ASL interpretation can be provided for any CLAGS event if requested 10 or more working days prior to the event. If you have other accessibility needs, please contact the CLAGS office, with a relay operator when necessary, at (212) 817-1955 or email us at clags@gc.cuny.edu. For more information, visit our website, www.clags.org.

All CLAGS events, which are free and open to the public, are co-sponsored by the Interdisciplinary Studies Concentration in Lesbian and Gay/Queer Studies.

Nearest subways: B, D, F, V, N, Q, W to 34th Street; 6 to 33rd Street

Last Call at Maud's Paris Poirier 1993 77 min. USA

2008-02-11T17:22:00.000-05:00

CLAGS/FRAMELINE Screening Series Present

Last Call at Maud's
Paris Poirier 1993 77 min. USA

Friday, February 15
Segal Theater
7-9 PM

Some genuinely wild women take center stage in Paris Poirier's vivacious and historical documentary about Maud's, the longest-running lesbian bar in the United States. This venerable San Francisco establishment opened in 1966, when lesbians were still very much in the closet. Maud's flourished throughout the '70s and '80s, enjoying an international reputation as a meeting place for lesbians and their friends, only to be shut down in 1989 as a result of the community's shifting priorities. Provocative personal stories of coming out, sexual politics and softball are mixed with flashbacks to the Hollywood gay bars of the '40s and the vice raids of the '50s.

The vintage photos and personal interviews (with Mary Wings, Judy Grahn, Phyllis Lyon, Del Martin, Sally Gearhart, JoAnn Loulan and Rikki Streicher, to name a few) are an invaluable window into lesbian history.

A witty and informative look at cultural evolution in the making, Last Call at Maud's salutes and preserves an era in history when bars were the only cultural institutions in the lesbian community.

Co-sponsored by Frameline, the leading nonprofit educational media distributor solely dedicated to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender film and video with a collection of more than 200 titles for colleges, K-12, schools, libraries, and community groups.

Color Me Queer 2007 - New Date!

2007-06-06T20:04:00.000-04:00

The 12th Annual Queer People of Color Pride Dance

Save the Date: Saturday, June 16, 2007

Location: e l e m e n t
225 East Houston Street
@ Essex Street/Avenue A

21+ with ID

$15 before 11 pm
$20 after 11 pm

All Proceeds benefit:
Audre Lorde Project - community center for Lesbian. Gay, Bisexual, Two Spirit, Trans and Gender Non-Conforming People of Color (718-596-0342 / www.alp.org)
SALGA – New York South Asian Lesbian and Gay Association (212-358-5132 /www.salganyc. org)

The Audre Lorde Project
Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two Spirit & Transgender People of Color communities
85 So. Oxford St. * Brooklyn, NY 11217
Tel: 718-596-0342 * Fax: 718-596-1328
Web: www.alp.org * Email: alpinfo@alp.org

Short Films from the Asian Lesbian Film Festival

2007-05-11T11:28:00.000-04:00

The Hemlet (directed by One)

2003 ∣South Korea∣Fiction∣Color∣25 min∣Korean with Chinese & English subtitles

The Helmet is the second film of the director One, who has introduced the teenage female force as a significant part of Korea's independent film scene through her first short Keeping the Sea, an account of !.bad girls' wandering the city. The Helmet follows a young woman's private journey through sexual self (discovery to the eventual realization that she is a lesbian. A "Helmet" comes to symbolize female homosexuality throughout the film. By weaving personal experience into the mostly fictional narrative, the director presents some of her own stories as part of a greater history of homosexuality in Korea.

Identity Behind the Mirror (directed by Julian JEEYASEELAN & Lina TAN)

2003∣Malaysia∣Documentary∣Color∣20 min∣Malay with English subtitles

3R (respect, relax, respond) is a popular young women's program in Malaysia which is well known for its feminist and human rights approach on issues dealing with youth especially young women. This episode dealing with lesbianism was banned by the Malaysian censorship board even though the producers had taken a anti discrimination stand on the issue. This is the banned episode and at the end of the program, the producers show Malaysian censorship board's reasons for banning the episode.

Prolesb (directed by Joselito MENDOZA)

2003∣Philippines∣Documentary∣Color∣42 min∣Filipino with English subtitles

The documentary video presents the pains and gains in organizing lesbians in the Philippines , particularly those in the lower economic bracket. The film tackles experiences in advocacy against discrimination at work, by families, and services for reproductive health and gender sensitivity for members and non-members, as well as partners. Interviews by feminist-lesbians and experts on the definition of Filipino lesbianism, and with other support characters are interspersed with actual scenes at work of Prolesb officers.

Date: 7pm, Friday, May 11, 2007
Place: Segal Theatre, Graduate Center, CUNY, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York
The films will be introduced by Stephanie Hsu who studies queer and gender non-conforming immigrants and is a founding member of Q-Wave.
Free and open to the public.

Co-Sponsored by Institute for Tongzhi Studies, The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies, and Q-Wave.

What is the “Asian Lesbian Film and Video Festival” (ALFF)

The Asian Lesbian Film Festival is organized by Gender/Sexuality Rights Association Taiwan with programming support from Institute for Tongzhi Studies, City University of New York and Spectra Studio for Asian Queer Media.

As most of the films made by and/or about lesbians in Asia, especially by young lesbians and queers, in the past few years are usually shown and circulated outside Asia, primarily in Film Festivals in Europe and North America. ALFF seeks to initiate dialogue around media representations of and by lesbians/lazi/lala/tongzhi/t/po/queer persons in an inter-Asian context so that communities within Asia could share images and stories made in their own region by and about Asians in Asian societies and build a forum for the lesbian and queer communities to discuss issues including visibility, media representation, gender and sexuality, relationships among women, family and community, violence and social justice.

ALFF taps on the social accessibility of media representation and its ability to reach wide and diverse audiences and seeks to participate in the larger cultural activist turn toward supporting and fostering inter-Asian on the ground critical perspectives and social movements. We hope to use this opportunity to expand and enrich our communities in ways that could not be done otherwise. (More...)

Mon 3/19 CLAGS/Institute for Tongzhi Studies Film Series

2007-03-17T12:33:00.000-04:00

Two short films from the 2005 Asian Lesbian Film and Video Festival in Taiwan: “No Time No Place” (2004) by Kazuyo Oishi and “3-Second Melancholy” (2001) by Iri

Segal Theatre, Graduate Center, 7 PM

For more information on the films see: http://www.tongzhistudies.org/LalaFest/films2007.htm . Co-Sponsored by Q-Wave, an organization for people of Asian Pacific-Islander descent who identify as lesbian, female bisexual, transgendered, or questioning; and by the Institute for Tongzhi Studies, an academic research and exchange program based in the City University of New York led by Chinese speaking educators and researchers.

No Time No Place (directed by Kazuyo OISHI)

2004 〓Japan〓Fiction〓Color〓40min〓Japanese with English subtitles

Satomi is a bundle of self-doubt, and cannot bring herself to actively pursue either work or love. One day, her cat Midori disappears. When Satomi goes to search for Midori in the park, a mysterious woman who has the same name appears...

3-Second Melancholy (directed by iri)

2001〓Japan〓Fiction〓Color〓35min〓Japanese with English subtitles

Tamae, Kim and Momo are three friends in Tamae's lesbian community. Tonight love has each of them in its grip. Tamae heads out to her usual hangout for a night , only to fall head over heels for a beautiful stranger. Kim is finally ready to get over her ex and pursue a new flame, only to find that fate doesn't always light the match. And playgirl Momo finds herself crossing the line between love and friendship with career woman Yuki.

Date: Monday, March 19, 2007, 7pm
Place: Segal Theatre, Place: , CUNY
365 Fifth Avenue, 365 F

Free and open to the public.

Brooklyn 1/27/07: Women's Turkish Oil Wrestling

2007-01-11T23:47:00.000-05:00

Turkish Oil Wrestling
Saturday, January 27, 2007
Location: d.u.m.B.a
57 Jay St. Brooklyn (DUMBO)
F train to York

Doors: 11pm
Damage: $15 (myspace friends $12, FREE for Wrestlers and Fluffers)

This is a special event: DUMBA is closing on January 31. Not only does it displace a bunch of awesome queer artist/activists, a landmark for queer artists is closing. We are the lucky people who get to say goodbye and honor it the way it should be...with a bunch of hot women and trans gender spectrum queers wrestling in oil and more hot queers cheering. Then, DJs are scheduled til dawn. We'll have Soul, Funk, Hip-Hop, House, 80s, Rock, Punk and stuff that will blow your mind. This party is bootleg/DIY/ bad news bears all night long. Tropical Rain, Sleet or Snow baby.

If you wanna wrestle or fluff you must let us know asap. This party happens because of you. Don't miss your chance to be a champion!

REFERREE: Dirty Phoenix
DJs: EB-1 and Noa D.

WRESTLERS & FLUFFERS:
Kimchee Pussy Fury!
Little Brown Fucking Machine Powered on Rice
The Tool
Twinkle Twat
Suplex Aguilera

and so much more!

***This is a women and trans only event...NON transmen will not be admitted, not even your best friend visiting from ohio. We don't care.***

No cameras, we don't want our asses on youtube.

Wrestling: 12am
Dancing til 6

check us out on myspace:
http://www.myspace. com/turkish_ oil_wrestling

屋簷下的全球化：外籍家務移工與女雇主的認同政治與畫界工作

2006-11-30T11:03:00.000-05:00

“Globalization at Home: Identity Politics and Boundary Work of Migrant
Domestic Workers and Taiwanese female Employers”

講者：藍佩嘉 (Pei-Chia Lan)
時間: 2006年12月8日, 下午7:30-9:30
地點: Room #5409, CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York

∗ Photo ID needed

講題大綱
九零年代以來台灣開放外籍幫傭與監護工造成「屋簷下的全球化｣現象，此現象如何反映再生產勞動的跨國分工，以及如何重構階級、族群、性別交織的認同政治？本演講將從兩個面向討論外籍幫傭與監護工的政策：

一、照顧私有化政策背後的文化邏輯：家庭主義與性別分工，二、外勞政策背後的制度安排：沒有公民權益的外勞，成就台灣女性的公民身分。其次，講者並將討論外籍家務移工與台灣女雇主，這兩群處於不同階級、族群位置的女性，如何在雇用關係的日常生活中協商植基於家務工作的性別認同，並且採取不同的策略來畫分maid與 madam之間的界線。最後，講者將討論相關政策與行動建議，如建議將家務與照顧工作公共化、專業化與理性化，以及從制度上改變移工的邊緣處境，擴充社群共同體與公民身分的意義。

講者簡介
藍佩嘉, 台大社會系副教授、紐約大學Fulbright訪問學者，西北大學社會學博士。研究專長為性別社會學、工作社會學、國際遷移與全球化。藍佩嘉教授從事外籍家務移工研究多年，對性別與勞動，及其在全球政經、市場與階級結構影響下的面貌與意涵投注諸多心力，其菲律賓家務勞工研究更是台灣相關領域具重要影響的代表著作之一。

Pioneering Lesbian Literature

2006-11-14T10:22:00.000-05:00

MARIJANE MEAKER, author, Spring Fire (1952), We Walk Alone (1955)

LESLIE FEINBERG, transgender activist, managing editor, Workers World; author, Stone Butch Blues (1994, 2003; Stonewall Book Award), Drag King Dreams (2006)

Tuesday, November 14, 2006
6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
CUNY GC Skylight Room 9100

Moderator: MARCIA GALLO, History, Lehman College/CUNY

Cosponsored with CLAGS, The Feminist Press, Ph.D. Program in English, and Center for the Humanities

Marijane Meaker’s 1952 novel, Spring Fire, published under the pseudonym Vin Packer, was one of the first pulp fiction novels to deal with a lesbian theme. Her groundbreaking 1955 account of lesbian life in New York City, We Walk Alone, and its sequel, We Too Must Love, is being re-published this fall by the Feminist Press. At this event, Meaker speaks with Leslie Feinberg, transgender activist and author of Stone Butch Blues and Drag King Dreams. Marcia Gallo, Professor of History, Lehman College, and author of Different Daughters: A History of the Daughters of Bilitis and the Rise of the Lesbian Rights Movement, will moderate the discussion. Presented by the Center for the Humanities. Free, for information call 212-817-2005.

The Coalition of Queer Organizations in Hong Kong

2006-11-03T12:02:00.000-05:00

The Howard Samuels Center
ADVANCING DEMOCRACY IN COMMUNITIES

The Coalition of Queer Organizations
in Hong Kong

November 7 at 6:30 PM
In Room 9206

On November 7 at 6:30 PM, at the City University of New York’s Graduate School and University Center, Connie Chan Man-wai will discuss her experiences in queer activism in Hong Kong. Connie Chan Man-wai, founder in 2003 of the Women’s Coalition of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, one of Hong Kong’s most active groups serving the LGTQ community, and its chair, has been involved in queer activism since 1993. She is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Cultural Studies at Lingnan University in Hong Kong.

This event is sponsored by the Howard Samuels Center and Institute for Tongzhi Studies.

Different Daughters by Marcia M. Gallo

2006-09-27T08:59:00.000-04:00

Thursday, October 19, 2006
6 - 7PM Cocktails
7PM Reading and Conversation
The Center, 208 West 13th Street
(between 7th and 8th avenues), NYC

Nearly 15 years before the Stonewall Rebellion and the birth of gay liberation came the Daughters of Bilitis (DOB). DOB was launched in response to the oppressive anti-homosexual climate of the McCarthy era, when lesbian and gay people were arrested, fired from jobs, and had their children taken away on the basis of their sexual orientation.

Marcia Gallo’s new book, Different Daughters: A History of the Daughters of Bilitis and the Rise of the Lesbian Rights Movement, chronicles the history of the Daughters of Billitis and introduces us to pioneering lesbian liberators who, during the 1950s, dared to challenge the homophobic silence and contempt that surrounded and endangered women-loving-women for so many generations.

Celebrating the book’s publication by Carroll & Graf, Gallo will be joined in conversation by Blanche Wiesen Cook, author of Eleanor Roosevelt, Volumes One and Two. Everyone interested in feminism, social and political history, and stories of bold life journeys in embattled times will be eager to read Different Daughters.

Become a Center member at the $35 level and enjoy this event and receive a complimentary copy of Different Daughters. Current members pay $25 and also receive a complimentary copy. Nonmember price: $50.

Free copies limited to first 75 online registrations.

Cocktails with Content is an ongoing series where you get a chance to mix and mingle with other women in our community, including many of the women who make things happen at the Center

For more information or if you prefer to register by phone,
e-mail or call Ector Simpson, 212.620.7310, ext. 269.

Tongzhi documentaries featured in 2006 REEL CHINA Documentary Biennial

2006-09-18T22:27:00.000-04:00

Five Tongzhi documentaries featured in 2006 REEL CHINA Documentary Biennial at NYU.

Location: NYU Cinema Studies, 721 Broadway, room 656
All the events are open to the public and free of charge.

Saturday, October 7 10:00am
Introduction by Shiyan-Chao
Beautiful Men
Directed by Du Haibing, 98 mins; 2005; English Subtitles

Sister Sha, first love of the bar owner and now the joke of the troupe, still practices and manages to dance at the age of 47. Qingqing, the famous veteran dancer, accidentally married a girl and became the father of a baby daughter. Xixi, the rising star, delicately maintains a relationship with his lesbian girlfriend, and plans a marriage for their parents. Every night starting at 10 PM, they become the opposite sex for 90 minutes, to perform a ballet or folk dance, for a life or for a living. Year by year, peach blossoms remain the same, while smiling faces are different.

Mei Mei 藝藝
Directed by Gao Tien, 82 mins; 2005; English Subtitles

Mei Mei is a transvestite male actor eager to find his true love. He searches among gays and transvestites. In 2004 he finally meets his match in a man who also accepts Mei Mei as who he is. They have a public wedding ceremony. Mei Mei is very confident about his marriage and the new life ahead. His friends throw a farewell party for him before he leaves for Shanghai, where he and his love would embark on a new life together. However, things are not as perfect as planned, and his marriage proves harder than expected. Finally Mei Mei comes back to Beijing. He feels embarrassed when running into old friends, especially as his financial plight worsens. A personal and intimate account of Mei Mei＊s life and time.

2:00pm

Introduction by Mai Kiang
The Girls That Way
Directed by Shadow ZHANG and Jude TIAN, 30 min; 2005; English Subtitles

THE GIRLS THAT WAY follows a group of close friends in Beijing who find kinship and inspiration in a community they have built collectively. Paddy,Elsa, Shane and the others primarily meet through the Internet. Differentin each of their own ways, they all share an attraction for women. One of the very first published lesbian home movies/documentarie s in China, THE GIRLS THAT WAY opens our heart to their tender testimonies that are often silenced and reinterpreted. With poise and candor, the film gives witness to this marginalized community which is now empowered through self-reliance. For some girls, ※that way§ is THE way in today＊s China.

Gender Game
Directed by Bai Zi, 50 mins; 2006; English Subtitles

Angel is from a small city in the north where she cannot lively openly as a lesbian. She is now living in Shanghai in search of love and a decent living. Adrift between lovers and jobs that do not pay enough for her to provide for her Shanghai girlfriends, she finds herself lonely and increasingly disillusioned. The film is produced by the Shanghai-based Beautiful Union Studio, devoted to the promotion of women＊s independence through visual media.

Women 50 Minutes
Directed by Shi Tou, 50 mins; 2006; English Subtitles

Composed from footage shot in the developing regions of Tibet, Qinghai and the southwest, as well as metropolitan Beijing between 2000 and 2004, the film presents at once a meditative and provocative panorama of China in transformation and the changing lives of women. Its combination of narrative and experimental moments provides an edgy and beautiful counterpoint to more straightforward recent social documentary.

4:30pm Roundtable discussion: featuring Shi-yan Chao (Cinema Studies, NYU), Mai Kiang (Cinema Studies, NYU and Institute of Tongzhi Studies), and Chris Straayer (Cinema Studies, NYU) who will also moderate the discussions.

6pm Closing Reception 每 co-host by Institute of Tongzhi Studies and NYU Cinema Studies.

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Full Program:

REEL CHINA

Documentary Biennial 2006
at New York University

Sept. 29, Sept. 30, Oct. 7, 2006

Chinese documentaries have never been as dynamic and vital as they are today. More than a decade after the emergence of the new documentary movement in Beijing, documentary- making has become widespread, especially with the advent of digital technology and the profound transformations of Chinese society.

NYU Cinema Studies 721 Broadway room 656

All the events are open to the public and free of charge.

Friday, September 29
2:00pm: Program One
Introduction by Zhang Zhen
Dr. Zhang

Directed by Huang Ruxiang, 90 mins; 2005; English Subtitles

Dr. Zhang is a man around fifty who has a long-cherished dream to work in Russia as an interpreter. Forced to quit school in 1966 when the Cultural Revolution just started, he was determined to teach himself Russian. Later, he became a regular auditor in the Foreign Languages Department of Sichuan University and studied for seventeen years, hence the nickname "Doctor Zhang." In the meantime, he scratched a living as a cleaner for the school and lived in a basement. His chance came when in 2002 the Agriculture Bureau of Sichuan Province started recruiting students majoring in Russian as part of a labor export program regarding Russia. Dr. Zhang was selected. Waiting for his passport, he participated in a TV talk show in Hebei Province. However, after he came back, he discovered that the Bureau had decided to remove him from the export labor list. Dr. Zhang had to go back to his original life and kept hoping for another opportunity. One day, he got a phone call that assured him that he could go to Russia now. He began to pack happily and boarded the train for Russia.

Lao Li＊s Little House
Directed by Li Qiang, 18 mins; 2006; English subtitles

Lao Li lives in a small farmhouse in Fangshan, Donghai County in the Subei region of Jiangsu Province. In 2003, he was the last farmer left on land sold by the government to local brick factories. They have been digging out the dirt and firing bricks to send to cities to build the new highrises. This film documents Lao Li＊s life on the literally diminishing rural landscape, as he and his wife continue to plant corn, raise birds and fish in the little pond. It is a lyrical and very moving account of how China＊s countryside is changing faster than most people can imagine.

Roundtable discussion: featuring Andrew Ross (Cultural and Social Analysis, NYU), Dan Streible (Cinema Studies, NYU), Angela Zito (Anthropology/ Religious Studies, NYU), and moderated by Zhang Zhen (Cinema Studies, NYU). The filmmakers Huang Ruxiang and Li Qiang will join the discussion by telephone.

6-7 pm: Opening Reception

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Saturday, September 30
10:00am: Program Two
Introduction by Angela Zito
Nostalgia
Directed by Haolun Shu, 70 mins; 2006; English Subtitles

Shu＊s family has an old house in Da Zhongli, one of Shanghai＊s oldest eighborhoods. The Shus have lived there for three generations including the filmmaker himself. Now his grandma lives there alone as Da Zhongli faces a new round of so-called ※Urban Reconstruction,§ which means that the whole neighborhood is going to be completely demolished to make way for gleaming skyscrapers. Shu decides to revisit his childhood home and the people of the neighborhood with his camera.

White Tower
Directed by Su Qing and Mi Na, 85 mins; 2003; English Subtitles

There are more than 20 million deaf people in China and Henan Province, where this story takes place, ranks No.1 in China in terms of the size of its deaf population. Jing Ming and Wang Rui are both deaf. Jing Ming lives in Zhengzhou, and Wang Rui lives in Kaifeng, both in the Henan Province. Jing has had two marriages with normal women before. He falls in love with Wang, who is a lively, beautiful, and warm-hearted girl. They frequently exchange their thoughts and feelings via brief messages on the cell phone. However, Wang had been already engaged to a deaf older man from Taiwan. Jing fails in his efforts to keep Wang. One year later, Wang was divorced and returned to Kaifeng while Jing still lives in Zhengzhou. They rarely see each other now.

2:00pm Program Three

High School Senior Year
Directed by Zhou Hao, 95 mins; 2005; English subtitles

In the No.1 High School of Wuping County in western Fujian Province, 78 high school seniors have only one chance to advance to higher education: through taking the annual national entrance exam. Eighty percent of the students in the school come from surrounding rural areas. Their parents tell them that if they don＊t want to become farmers, the entrance exam to high education is their only chance to change their lives. The documentary records the hardworking, high-pressured as well as lonely lives of a group of seventeen-or- eighteen- year-old seniors who are Hakka descendants. As one student puts it, ※I can＊t stand the idea to go through another senior year.§

The Bimo Records
Directed by Yang Rui, 90 mins; 2006; English subtitles

In the Daliang mountains of Sichuan Province lives the tribal Yi minority. Their priests are called bimo. For hundreds of years, the Bimo have relied on memorized scriptures to communicate their people＊s desires with the ghosts and spirits of the world.The film follows the stories of three very different Bimos.

The ※Spell-casting Bimo§ specializes in black magic rituals where one curse is enough to hurt, even kill, a person. But with the Chinese government＊s prohibition of these ceremonies, he has fallen from a position of feared power to sad unemployment. The ※Soul-calling Bimo,§ the respected master of white magic, cures the sick and calls to souls for help and good fortune. But his past hides sadness and pain. In his quest to birth a son to whom he can pass on his Bimo scriptures, he has married four wives. By the time he has a son at 64, his abandoned previous three wives have died heart-broken and alone. The ※Village Cadre Bimo§ is a rare case among the Yi people: he is empowered by the Communist government with religious Bimo and political cadre status. He holds power in the worlds of people and spirits. However, when he abuses this power during the village mayoral elections, he is dismissed by the government.

This visually stunning documentary weaves their stories together, providing us with a glimpse of their religious life in the midst of tremendous social change.

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Saturday, October 7
10:00am: Program Four
Introduction by Shiyan-Chao
Beautiful Men
Directed by Du Haibing, 98 mins; 2005; English Subtitles

This documentary explores a well-known drag bar in Chengdu, China and records a slice of the life of three drag queen dancers, on and off stage.

Sister Sha, first love of the bar owner and now the joke of the troupe, still practices and manages to dance at the age of 47. Qingqing, the famous veteran dancer, accidentally married a girl and became the father of a baby daughter. Xixi, the rising star, delicately maintains a relationship with his lesbian girlfriend, and plans a marriage for their parents. Every night starting at 10 PM, they become the opposite sex for 90 minutes, to perform a ballet or folk dance, for a life or for a living. Year by year, peach blossoms remain the same, while smiling faces are different.

Mei Mei 藝藝
Directed by Gao Tien, 82 mins; 2005; English Subtitles

Mei Mei is a transvestite male actor eager to find his true love. He searches among gays and transvestites. In 2004 he finally meets his match in a man who also accepts Mei Mei as who he is. They have a public wedding ceremony. Mei Mei is very confident about his marriage and the new life ahead. His friends throw a farewell party for him before he leaves for Shanghai, where he and his love would embark on a new life together. However, things are not as perfect as planned, and his marriage proves harder than expected. Finally Mei Mei comes back to Beijing. He feels embarrassed when running into old friends, especially as his financial plight worsens. A personal and intimate account of Mei Mei＊s life and time.

2:00pm: Program Five
Introduction by Mai Kiang
The Girls That Way
Directed by Shadow ZHANG and Jude TIAN, 30 min; 2005; English Subtitles

THE GIRLS THAT WAY follows a group of close friends in Beijing who find kinship and inspiration in a community they have built collectively. Paddy, Elsa, Shane and the others primarily meet through the Internet. Different in each of their own ways, they all share an attraction for women. One of the very first published lesbian home movies/documentarie s in China, THE GIRLS THAT WAY opens our heart to their tender testimonies that are often silenced and reinterpreted. With poise and candor, the film gives witness to this marginalized community which is now empowered through self-reliance. For some girls, ※that way§ is THE way in today＊s China.

Gender Game
Directed by Bai Zi, 50 mins; 2006; English Subtitles

Angel is from a small city in the north where she cannot lively openly as a lesbian. She is now living in Shanghai in search of love and a decent living. Adrift between lovers and jobs that do not pay enough for her to provide for her Shanghai girlfriends, she finds herself lonely and increasingly disillusioned. The film is produced by the Shanghai-based Beautiful Union Studio, devoted to the promotion of women＊s independence through visual media.

Women 50 Minutes 躓50煦笘
Directed by Shi Tou, 50 mins; 2006; English Subtitles

Composed from footage shot in the developing regions of Tibet, Qinghai and the southwest, as well as metropolitan Beijing between 2000 and 2004, the film presents at once a meditative and provocative panorama of China in transformation and the changing lives of women. Its combination of narrative and experimental moments provides an edgy and beautiful counterpoint to more straightforward recent social documentary.

Roundtable discussion: featuring Shi-yan Chao (Cinema Studies, NYU), Mai Kiang (Cinema Studies, NYU and Institute of Tongzhi Studies), and Chris Straayer (Cinema Studies, NYU) who will also moderate the discussions.

6-7 pm: Closing Reception

The third Reel China Documentary Festival will be co-presented at New York University by the Department of Cinema Studies, the Center for Religion and Media, the Center for Media, Culture and History, and the Institute for Tongzhi Studies. The program at NYU is coorganized by Zhang Zhen, Angela Zito and Mai Kiang of New York University, and Michael Pingjie Zhang and Catherine Jin of the REC Foundation, New York.

Weekend of QEJ Parties / Monthly Training / and other events

2006-09-15T09:47:00.000-04:00

Please join Queers for Economic Justice for our monthly “Know Your Rights” training on September 25 (details below).

Also, at the end of the month, you are invited to party with QEJ all weekend long starting with some latin rhythms in Brooklyn on Friday, September 29th, and continuing with some high times in Harlem on Sunday, October 1st. See below for details. We do hope you will join us.

Also included below are some community events of note. If you would like to be removed from this list, please email us and let us know.

Peace,
Joseph
Executive Director
Queers for Economic Justice
16 W. 32nd Street #10H
New York, NY 10001
(212) 564-3608
www.QueersforEconomicJustice.org

Monday, September 25, 2006
6:00pm – 8:00pm

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS Training
for low-income or homeless lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Have you been physically abused by your partner?
Has this affected your economic stability or housing?
Don’t know what to do or where to go?

Come Get Your Questions Answered

Queers for Economic Justice
16 W. 32nd Street, 10th floor
(between Broadway & 5th Avenue)

Guest presenter:
Sharon Staple, Staff Attorney, Legal Aid Society
Antonieta Gimno will translate information into spanish.

Free dinner
Free $4.00 metrocard

If you are interested in attending, or have a question, please call Jay at QEJ at (212) 564-3608

Friday, September 29th
Ignacio Rivera invites you to
35 DEGREES --
35 years of my life and 35 reasons to love Queers for Economic Justice
a birthday Buffet FUNDRAISER to benefit Queers for Economic Justice

Friday, September 29th
7pm - 12am

Being held in Crown Heights, Brooklyn
hosted by Ignacio Rivera,……
Featuring a Latino food spread, Sangria, and….
Incredible live entertainment, and hot music!

Minimum donation $25
(but no one turned away)

To RSVP, and get the address, call (212) 564-3608, extension 19,
Or email Ignacio_gilberto@ yahoo.com

IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT, YOU CAN STILL SUPPORT BY SENDING IN A DONATION:
Checks/Money Orders should be made out to:
Queers for Economic Justice
and can be sent to
Queers for Economic Justice
16 West 32nd Street, #10H,
New York, NY 10001.
Please include Brooklyn Fundraiser in check memo line.

Sunday, October 1st

NOSTALGIA:
An Uptown Champagne Brunch Fundraiser to benefit Queers for Economic Justice

Hosted by:
Monroe France Julia Smith
Félix E. Gardón Sonya Shields

It’s a revival of the Harlem Renaissance!
Spectacular Food, Champaign Mimosas & Hot Music!
Performers include: Marlon Saunders, Holiday Simmons & Nkosi Brown!!

Sunday, October 1st, 1:00pm-4:00pm
130 W. 132nd Street, between Lenox & 7th Avenue

Minimum donation at the door: $25
Checks accepted. No credit cards.

To RSVP –
Email: QEJHarlemFundraiser @Gmail.com
or call (212) 564-3608, ext. 19
or call (646) 319-7454

The following events are not QEJ organized, but we thought that they might be of interest to you.

Breakthrough & Mission and Social Justice of The Riverside Church present

WHY CAN'T AMERICA HAVE HUMAN RIGHTS?

Thursday, September 14th, 2006, 6:30 pm
The Nave at The Riverside Church, 490 Riverside Drive, New York
www.breakthrough.tv

An evening of performance and talks on Human Rights in the United States, including the death penalty, detentions and deportations, poverty, and violence and discrimination on the basis of sex, race, religion, and sexuality. The Forum will work to strengthen our connections and raise our voices to build an America that supports human rights instead of violating them.

Speakers and performers include:
Reverend Dr. James A. Forbes Jr.
Larry Cox of Amnesty International USA
Mallika Dutt of Breakthrough
La Bruja
DJ Spooky
Roger Bonair-Agard
Nasry Malak
Blackout Arts Collective
Afsheen Shamsi of CAIR NY
Aarti Shahani of Families for Freedom
Silvia Henriquez of National Latina Institute for Reproductive
Health
Ajamu Baraka of The United States Human Rights Network
Mary Beth Maxwell of American Rights at Work
Joo-Hyun Kang of The Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice
Kent Lebsock of the American Indian Law Alliance
Rabbi Michael Feinberg of the Greater New York Labor-Religion
Coalition
The Riverside Inspirational Choir

Co-Sponsored by Queers for Economic Justice and dozens of other organizations

Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS), CUNY
co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality (CSGS), NYU

SEX WARS: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

Friday, September 15 2006
4-6 PM (with reception afterwards)

Pornography, "obscene" art, reproductive freedom, LGBT rights, sex education, AIDS and child sexuality -- these issues formed the battleground for the "sex wars" that convulsed the nation throughout the 1980s.

Today, many of these concerns continue to shape political and cultural debates about sex, gender and citizenship -- if in unexpected manifestations. AIDS and sex trafficking are global issues that interest right-wing evangelicals as much as feminists and queers. Gay marriage is said to play a key role in national elections. But where exactly are the frontlines of this decade's "sex wars"? Who are the players? And what can activists and scholars learn from the checkered history of sex panics past?

On the occasion of the 10th anniversary republication of Lisa Duggan and Nan Hunter's Sex Wars: Sexual Dissent and Political Culture, join the authors and other activist-scholars for a discussion of these and other questions.

Panelists:
Lisa Duggan (American Studies, NYU)
Nan Hunter (Brooklyn LawSchool)
and guests:
Shanti Avirgan (Anthropology, NYU),
Richard Kim (founder, Queers for Economic Justice; writer, The Nation magazine)
Svati Shah (CSGS, NYU)

Moderator: Alisa Solomon (Columbia School of Journalism)

Skylight Room (9100)
Graduate Center, City University of New York
365 Fifth Avenue

GAPIMNY September General Meeting:

WHAT’S AT STAKE IN THE ELECTIONS FOR QUEER ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICANS

Immigrants’ rights for gays?
Same-sex marriage for Asians?
Civil liberties and civil rights?

Where do the candidates and political parties stand?

Guest Speakers:
Danny Dromm, Queens Lesbian & Gay Pride Committee and Democratic District Leader, 39th Assembly District, Part A
Brian Redondo, Voting Rights Public Education Coordinator, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund

Friday, September 15, 2006
8:00 to 10:00 PM
The LGBT Center, 208 West 13th Street,
between 7th and 8th Avenue
1/2/3 A/C/E train to 14th Street

Portraying TAIWAN: Images by Women, for Women, about Women

2006-08-22T12:35:00.000-04:00

2006 New York Taiwan Women's Film Festival
Show Time: September 7,8,11,14,15,21,22,28,29,2006
(every Thursday & Friday afternoons and evenings)
Opening Screening: September 6, 2006 pm 3:00~5:00 & 7:30~9:00 Auditorium

Panel Discussion/Press Conference: September 6, 2006 pm 5:00~6:00 Auditorium.
1 East 42nd Street, Taipei Economic & Cultural Office in New York

Reception (By Invitation Only): September 6, 2006 pm 6:00~7:30 Lobby

Screening Place 1: 20 West 53rd Street, Donnell Library Center, New York Public Library(DONNELL)
Screening Place 2: 1 East 42nd Street, TECO, Auditorium.
Screening Place 3: 137-44 Northern Blvd, Flushing. Taiwan Center (only on September 11, 7:00 pm)

Women Film’s Poster Exhibition ：1 East 42nd Street, TECO,2F Gallery. September 1~29, 2006

Programs
Director in Focus: TSENG, Wen-Chen

Tseng, Wen Chen, a young and highly praised documentary director in Taiwan. In 2002, Spring: the Story of Hsu Chin-Yu won her Best Documentary Award at Golden Horse Awards. She then made documentary Mme. Chiang Kai-Shek for Taiwan Public Television Service Foundation (PTS) and received widely acclaim. This film is PTS’s best-selling documentary to this day. She is one of the most expected directors among the new currents in Taiwan Today. Fishing Luck is her first feature film.

Screenings:
Window of Heart 1991 Documentary Color 25min
My Homework 1998 Documentary Color 40min
Spring: the Story of Hsu Chin-Yu 2002 Documentary Color 56min
Fishing Luck 2005 Fiction Color 94min

Director in Focus: CHIEN, Wei-Siu
Chien, Wei-Siu was born in Yi-Lan Taiwan in 1962. She graduated from National Chenchi University in Western Languages and Literature in 1984. After working as a secretary, a theater performer, Chien went to the United States and completed a Master’s degree in Photography & Cinema at the Ohio State University in 1993. She is currently a freelance video/film director/producer and a lecturer at Shih Hsin University. In addition, she has been a council member of Taiwan Women’s Film/Video Association since 1998.

Screenings:
A Woman Waiting for Her Period 1993 Documentary Color 23min
Jane and Their Stories 1995 Fiction Color 15min
Viva Tonal – The Dance Age 2003 Documentary Color 90min
The Stitching Sisterhood 2004 Documentary Color 56min

Director in Focus: CHANG Wen-Shin
Anita Wen-Shin Chang is an independent San Francisco-based filmmaker whose award-winning works have screened nationally and internationally and broadcasted on public television and cable outlets. Her works are distributed by Women Make Movies, Third World Newsreel, NAATA, Clearinghouse for South Asian Documentaries and Taiwan Public Television Service, and are in the permanent collections of schools and universities in U.S. and abroad. She has completed artist-in-residencies in Nepal, the Headlands Center for the Arts, and Taipei Artist Village. Whether working with the celluloid surface (e.g. hand-processing), manipulating time and rhythm (e.g., re-photography), using sound in unconventional ways, or proffering the personal truths and insights of her subjects, she is always discovering ways to experiment with moving image content and form, inspiring an active instead of a passive viewing experience.

As a mediamaker and activist, Chang teaches courses on film and video production, critical studies courses on documentary history and practice, experimental film/media, third world cinema, and Chinese cinema. She teaches in the film departments at San Francisco State University and San Francisco Art Institute, and was a Fulbright scholar at the National Taiwan University of Arts from 2004-05.

Screenings:
Mommy, What’s Wrong 1997 Documentary Color 14min
Imagining Place 1999 Documentary Color 35min
62 Years and 6,500 Miles Between 2005 Documentary Color 48min

Women’s New Wave
Michelle Chu has completed four films since 1998. Though filmmaking is not her major, she currently makes documentaries about women’s issues. Her latest work Someone Else’s Shinjuku East studies the lives of Taiwanese women living in Japan.

Screenings:
Anniversary 2002 Documentary Color 19min
Floating Women 2002 Documentary Color 53mins
Someone Else’s Shinjuku East (Women’s Version) 2003 Documentary Color 66mins

Wu Ching-Yi has a Master’s degree from the Graduate Institute of Sound and Image Studies in Documentary Film at National Tainan University of the Arts. Her films Corn and Ham Crepes, South of Day, and Mixed Fruit Banana Split were shown at many film festivals.

Screenings:
Corn and Ham Crepes 1996 Documentary Color 35min
Mixed Fruit Banana Split 2000 Documentary Color 63min

Wu, Tai-Zen (RIGHT) who was previously known as Wu, Ching-Yi. Born in 1976, she is now an independent filmmaker. Her Farewell 1999 claimed all major awards in Taiwan.

Screenings:
Farewell 1999 2003 Documentary Color 26min
C 2005 Documentary Color 58min

Lee, Yun-Chan (LEFT) graduated from the Taiwan University majoring in Animal Studies. She joined the film industry in 1997 from continuity to assistant director, in projects such as Lin Cheng Sheng's Betelnut Beauty, Leon Dai's Twenty Something Taipei and Chen Kuo Fu's Double Vision. She began writing her own scripts in 2002 and has completed two feature length scripts both of which won the annual screenplay awards in Taiwan. In 2004, she wrote and directed the short film The Magical Washing Machine which won Best Short Film at the Golden Horse Film Awards. The Shoe Fairy is her first full-length directorial effort.

Screenings:
The Magical Washmachine 2004 Fiction Color 19min
The Shoe Fairy 2005 Fiction Color 92min
Selections of the 2005’s Feature-length Films

Malie (Left) | Stone Dream (Right)

Screenings:
Malie 2005 Fiction Color 85min Director: Joyce H.Y. Cheng
Portrait of Restoring Light 2005 Fiction Color 105min Director: Huang, Yu-Shan
Stone Dream 2004 Documentary Color 79min Director: Hu, Tai-Li

Shorts and Animations

Screenings:
Dreaming for Moonrise (Left) | Papa Blue (Center Left) | Can I kiss you? (Center Right) | That Summer (Right)
Jolie ou pas 2002 Animation Color 2min Director: Lee, Pei Ying
Dreaming for Moonrise 2004 Animation Color 7min Director: Lee, Pei Ying
Papa Blue 2003 Animation Color 13min Director: Charlene Shih
Woman 1999 Animation Color 5min Director: Charlene Shih
Can I Kiss You? 2003 Animation Color 4min Director: Hsieh, Pei-Wen
Mindscape 2003 Animation Color 8min Director: Hsieh, Pei-Wen
Amy in the Café 2000 Fiction Color 26min Director: Maxine Lu
Change, Please! 2003 Fiction Color 12min Director: Chang, Chun-Yi
That Summer 2005 Documentary Color 24min Director: Peng, Mei-Yu
Nice Dream 2005 Documentary Color 13min Director: Chou, Hsiang Chun

Women Make Waves Film Festival in Taiwan
Women Make Waves Film Festival was born in 1993, when Taiwan was going through a decade of democratization and rapid change. After the lifting of Marshal Law in 1987, social forces that had long been suppressed began to break out, including feminist discourses and actions. The first half of the nineties can be defined as the years when Taiwanese people from all walks of life released a tremendous amount of energy into sensitive social issues such environmental protection, labor rights, educational reform, media reform, parliamentary reform and gender equality. This was the age of political awakening and people power.

It is therefore no surprise that Women Make Waves Film Festival came into being with the help of female filmmakers and Women’s Awakening-a pioneer women’s movement organization. The “waves” these women wished to make, along with other “waves” dashing to the shores of many social movement battlegrounds, have helped shape the diverse and highly democratized society of Taiwan today.

主辦單位：台灣女性影像學會、紐約市立圖書館、駐紐約台北經濟文化辦事處新聞組、台北文化中心
贊助單位：行政院新聞局、行政院文化建設委員會、行政院青年輔導委員會
Co-sponser:Asian Cinevision,
The New York Film/Video Council
Chairpersons：夏立言 Andrew Hsia, 施叔青 SHIH, Shu-Ching
Curator：陳明秀 CHEN, Mia 吳凡 WU, Fan (Taiwan)
David Callahan, CHANG, Hung-yun, 李宜靜 LEE, Yee-Ching (New York)
Film Select Committee：黃玉珊 HUANG, Yu-Shan 簡偉斯 CHIEN, Wei-Ssu
林杏鴻 LIN, Vita 陳怡君 CHEN, Yi-Jiun 陳明秀 CHEN, Mia 吳凡 WU, Fan

http://www.taipei.org/benny/portraying.htm
e-mail:roctaiwan@taipei.org
Contact : (212)340-0890 David Callahan, (212)671-0979 LEE,Yee-Ching
(212)317-7343 Benny Yang (212)697-6188 ext 2 Susan Yu

Leslie Feinberg Tues June 27 6:30PM at IAC

2006-06-27T08:25:00.000-04:00

Come meet and hear Leslie Feinberg, trans activist/author of Stone Butch Blues, and hir (spelled "hir" to cross gender boundaries) latest "Drag King Dreams" on Tuesday June 27 2006 at 6:30PM at the IAC (International Action Center) at 39 West 14th Sreet #206 (between 5th & 6th Avenues on the north side of 14th St) in Manhattan/NYC. The building is wheelchair accessible via an elevator.

Refreshments will be provided. There is no cost for the event but donations accepted. Come early to get a seat. Bathrooms (including a single occupancy lockable bathroom) on same floor. Leslie Feinberg's website is http://www.transgenderwarrior.org/

sponsored by:
Queers For Peace And Justice
Lavender & Red
and the Internrational Action Center

Call For Papers: Thinking Queer in Asian Cinema (e-journal issue)

2006-06-06T02:35:00.000-04:00

Cultural Studies Monthly Call for Papers
Thinking Queer in Asian Cinema
Deadline: Oct 1, 2006
Guest Editor: Chia-chi Wu

As Brokeback Mountain revamps the iconography of one of the oldest American genres and scores box-office triumphs worldwide as an “art gay cowboy film”, contemporary filmmakers in Asia have also seemed to explore uncharted queer themes and redraw the art cinema/mainstream production divide.To name just a few examples, The King and the Clown (Lee Jun-ik, 2005), an explicit gay-themed film set in pre-modern times, is said to be one of the highest grossing films in South Korea. Beautiful Boxer (Thailand, Ekachai Uekrongtham, 2003) and Splendid Afloat (Taiwan, Zero Chou, 2004) feature male protagonists with transvestite tendencies but engaging in professions of which macho-masculinity is considered as a quintessential constituent. Moreover, Butterfly (Hong Kong, Yan Yan Mak, 2004) and The Intimates (Jacob Cheung, 1997) have exhibited, in strictly and legitimately female homoerotic
terms, visible female-female sexuality that is probably unprecedented in Chinese language commercial productions. For its November 2006 issue, Cultural Studies Monthly is inviting essays or critical reviews on Asian films that evince various degrees and a wide range of queer sensibilities. The issue welcomes contributions (in English or Chinese) on related topics, but is not confined to the follows:

* new theoretical or conceptual frameworks in understanding queer emotions or desire in Asian cinema; or questions raised by Asian cinema for queer theory or practice
* queer subjectivities crisscrossed with other axes of identity formation or in relation to other structures of oppression, such as gender, class, race or ethnicity, age, etc..
* the figuring of nationality, transnationality or globality in queer culture
* films that point to the ties between pre-modern queer traditions to contemporary eroticism
* queer and space, or “queerscape” as molded by peculiar cinematic visuality or stylistics
* survey of any local or international g/l/q film festival, either located in Asia or boasting a strong showcase of Asian queer films
* camp aesthetics
* films resonating with activism, public opinion or other social discourses on queer subjects

Cultural Studies Monthly
(http://www.cc.ncu.edu.tw/~csa/journal/56/park_56.htm) is an online journal launched by CSA Taiwan (Cultural Studies Taiwan). It is a non-referential, non-peer-reviewed publication. Both English and Chinese submissions are welcome. Strong English submissions will also, upon the author’s approval, be submitted to Film Appreciation (dianying xinshang published by Taipei Film Archive, its peer-reviewed film paper section) for its potential publication in Chinese translation.

Please send submissions to
Chia-chi Wu
jiaqiwu@yahoo.com
(Assistant Professor, Department of English
University of National Taiwan Normal University)

NYC LGBT Film Festival June 1-11, 2006

2006-06-04T01:23:00.000-04:00

Hey Film Lovers,

It's that time of the year again, the LGBT film festival in NYC! This year promises to be exciting with over 200 films from around the world. I have already done some of the legwork and selected the films that I think Q-Wave members might be interested in. There are plenty of international queer films, MTF & FTM films, and youth films. Here are some films that caught this queer eye (particularly the films in BOLD):

For more info: check out www.newfest.org
Tickets are $12 - general and $6 - students (bust out your student IDs!)
All films will be shown at AMC Loews 34th St (312 W 34th at 8th ave)

Almost Myself: documentary about "Judy" who transitioned from male to female for over 20 yrs, only to recently decide to transition back to male. Documentary reminds us of the complexity of gender & identity.
Sunday 6/11 5:45pm

Between the Lines: Intimate view into the hidden world of the hijras - India's outcast eunuch subculture. Discusses everything from castration ceremonies to economic dependence on prostitution. Insight into femininity, class, sexuality and gender in India.
Saturday 6/3 3:45pm

The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros: Effeminate 12-yr old Maxi lives in the slums on the outskirts of Manila, takes on all the roles of the woman of the house. Adolescent desire awakens one night when Victor, a handsome rookie policeman, saves Maxi from a beating.
Saturday 6/3 8:15pm

Boy I Am: Documentary weaves the stories of three NYC-based FTMs to explore the notion that FTM transitioning is anti-feminist b/c it rejects butchness and female power in favor of male privilege.
Saturday 6/10 3:45pm

HOTEL GONDOLIN: Shows the power of grassroots activism to enact change against discrimination and violence against transgendered people in Argentina.
Sunday 6/4 3:15pm

PICK UP THE MIC: Queer rappers performing queer hip hop: welcome to the evolution of homohop, a living, breathing contradiction through which beats a thriving, passionate underground.
Thursday 6/8 7:45pm

TANG TANG: An intriguing experimental blend of fact and fiction presenting a portrait of Beijing-based "gender role reversal" artist, Tang. Offers a glimpse at gay life in modern day China.
Thursday 6/8 6:00pm

SHE'S SO OUTRAGEOUS!: This year's funniest lesbian shorts.
Friday 6/2 10:30pm & Saturday 6/3 1:30pm

Real Girls: This year's best lesbian documentary shorts.
Friday 6/9 3:30pm

She Drives Me Crazy: The end of the affair is the underlying theme of these short films.
Saturday 6/10 1:30pm

THE WEDDING MARCH

2006-06-01T00:02:00.000-04:00

CROSSING THE BRIDGE FOR MARRIAGE EQUALITY!!!
Date: June 3, 2006 @ 11am- 4pm
Location: Cadman Plaza in Brooklyn

Join in New York´s biggest community marriage rights action yet!

Bring your friends, family and neighbors to this historic march for equal marriage rights. The LGBT community will be out in force with our allies, supportive politicians, religious groups and businesses.

Marching from Cadman Plaza in Brooklyn, across the Brooklyn Bridge and passed City Hall and the Marriage Bureau To Battery Park for a picnic and performances.

Guest performances and speakers will be at the beginning and end of this march

Free Asian Queer Film Screening, Thursday May 11th

2006-05-06T11:27:00.000-04:00

Formula 17
DJ Chen
Taiwan, 35mm, 93 min, Taiwanese with subtitles)

Thursday May 11th, 2006 7PM
Two Boots/ Den of Cin
44 Avenue A on 3rd Street
New York NY 10009
Enter the video Store, the screening space is in the
basement.

FREE & Open to All,
Plus Free Refreshments (the famous Two Boots Pizza)

Director DJ Chen's bubbly fantasy offers a brand new Taipei, a crazy world populated exclusively with hopping gay clubs and cute boys looking for love in style. Tien, a new kid in town, steps wide-eyed into this scene, and soon finds work as an attendant at the local gym, stealing glances at hot muscled bodies. But instead of leaping headfirst into Taipei's sea of gay sex, Tien is holding out for true love - which makes it all the more ironic when he falls for Bai, a member of the gym who is a notorious heartbreaker. But even Bai's iceberg heart begins to melt in the presence of Tien, and he begins to wonder if maybe he can figure out this love thing, too. Can this lopsided match succeed? This very sweet all-male teenage romantic comedy was a huge box office hit in Taiwan – and banned in Singapore!

Sponsored by APICHA & GAPIMNY

「看不見的美國」五一舉行發表會展現藍領才藝

2006-05-06T11:06:00.000-04:00

華裔工人作品選入攝影集
世界日報 2006-05-02 【本報記者謝朝宗紐約報導】

一本由工人拍攝，講述工人故事的攝影集「看不見的美國」 (Unseen America)，1日在紐約舉行新書發表會，慶祝「國際勞動節」。書中收錄了多位成衣酒店聯合工會23-25分會的華裔工人的作品，展現工人的藝術天分。

「看不見的美國」攝影集發表會，1日在古根漢美術館舉行，因為美術館正在展出的史密斯 (David Smith) 回顧展，也是由鑄鐵工人出身，是美國藍領藝術家的代表。

這本攝影集由1199工會攝影班執行主任柯恩 (Esther Co-hen) 編輯，收集了190幅照片，都是由工人拍攝的，其中有很多為新移民。他們的正職可能是衣廠工人、保姆、散工、門房、清潔工等，但他們也跟大多數人一樣，在生活中不管是有值得留念的日子，或有賞心悅目的景象，都會拿起相機捉住精采的回憶。這本攝影集，就是為了顯示工人的生活，並展現他們的藝術天份。

車衣工會司理陳美瑛表示，工會有一個「麵包與玫瑰」(Bread & Roses)的攝影班，教導工人攝影、暗房的技巧。車衣工會歷屆來都有很多人上課，每次結業成績展覽，大家都很高興，還會找親朋好友一起欣賞，其中有好些人的作品，就被選入書裏。

獲選工人有林平、李英、梁細妹、禢品欽、黃成光、陳麗麗、伍惠珍、曾美燕、李祖榮、鄧子玲、林端儀等。曾美燕是以一張姪女婚禮的照片入選，她說，當時她看新郎和新娘家人各站一邊，很有趣，就拍了下來。

禢品欽拍攝的是衣廠工人工作時的情景，他想要表現的是工人的辛苦。黃成光的作品則是工人有一次去外州開會，剛好碰到紐約大風雪，但大家還是都按時前來搭車，黃成光說，工人都是不怕苦的。

鄧子玲的照片，是在中藥行拍的，她說，很多西方人看到一格格的藥櫃子，很有趣，她就想讓他們看到，中國人倒底是怎樣從格子裏抽出中藥來使用。林端儀的照片，則是工人假日出遊的景象，她希望能表達新移民生活中快樂的一面。

Film Screening "30 Years of Sisterhood" this Friday, May 5, @ 5409 GC-CUNY

2006-05-02T21:53:00.000-04:00

Japan Study Group
Presents
Documentary Film Screening

30 Years of Sisterhood:
Women in the 1970s Women’s Liberation Movement in Japan

Directors: Chieko Yamagami/Noriko Seyama. 57 min. Japan. 2004.

This documentary film represents the paths that Japanese activists of women’s liberation movement have taken since the 1970s. Although the term “women’s movement” has become somewhat dated, these women who joined in the movement have kept in touch with each other in “Sisterhood” and kept their spirits alive. This film is about their

“Her-stories” (not His-stories).

Friday, May 5, 2006
4:00 – 6:00 pm
DSC Social Lounge (Room 5414)
The Graduate Center
City University of New York

This Event is Open to Public

PFLAG FCA, NYC MEETING, MAY 7, 1-3PM

2006-05-02T21:47:00.000-04:00

We are delighted to inform you of the next meeting of PFLAG for Families of Color and Allies, (PFLAG FCA, NYC). This is a new chapter of Parents Families, Friends of Lesbians and Gays in New York City that will focus its work on maintaining the unity of families of color and their allies.

THE MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE ON MAY 7, 1-3PM
at the LGBT Community Center.

Monthly Meetings

PFLAG for Families of Color and Allies in New York City (PFLAG FCA, NYC) meets THE FIRST SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH FROM 1-3PM at the LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th Street, (between 7th and 8th Aves.), New York, NY 10011 (Center: Tel. 212-620-7310), http://www.gaycenter.org/group_index

All are welcome, including parents, friends, family members and gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people, with or without their families.

For more information write or call: Nila Marrone, nilajoe@optonline.net, 914-787-8738

Fill the streets of NYC on April 10th

2006-03-30T10:25:00.000-05:00

Folks, congrats on filling the streets over the past weeks all over the country -- rising up to place much-needed pressure on the Senate which led to some preliminary victories yesterday as the Judiciary Committee agreed on a bill that will now go to the Senate Floor for continued debate and a vote (some details below) -- which means our work is not done! This is the time to act.

A few quick action points:

1. SIGN and DISTRIBUTE the following online petition supporting a just legalization....we now have over 8,000 signatures but know we can gather MORE. The petition will be distributed to every Senator on Friday.

"Oppose anti-immigrant H.R. 4437 and Pass a Just Legalization Bill!" http://www.PetitionOnline.com/HR4437/
Immigrant Communities in Action

2. Save the date for "A10" MEGA-MARCH! New York City, April 10th. Converge at Battery Park, 3 to 7pm.
Organized by the A10 NYC Mobilization Network for Immigrant Rights --comprised of many community, reliious and immgirant rights' groups and labor unions (list in formation). Contact DRUM or Immigrant Communities in Action at 718-205-3036.

See you there!

kavitha pawria
legal & policy organizer, azaadi legal defense project
DRUM--Desis Rising Up and Moving

International Day of Solidarity with Chinese AIDS activists

2006-03-21T11:43:00.000-05:00

Please join us on Wednesday, March 22, to demand the release of jailed Chinese AIDS activist Hu Jia!

When: Wednesday, March 22, 12:30pm

Where: Chinese Consulate in NY
520 12th Ave. @42nd St.

What: Symbolic hunger strike in solidarity with jailed Chinese AIDS activist Hu Jia and dozens of people with AIDS who have been put under house arrest by the Chinese Government

Who: ACT UP, Amnesty International, Human Rights in China, and others

More info: email Laurie of ACT UP NY at lauriewen@aol.com

International Day of Solidarity with Chinese AIDS activists

On Wednesday, March 22 at 12:30 pm, AIDS, GLBT, and human rights activists in New York, Washington, DC and Paris (so far) will hold a short, symbolic hunger strike in solidarity with the dozens of Chinese people with AIDS who have been harassed by authorities in recent weeks, and for Hu Jia, a Chinese activist currently in his fourth week of detention. These peaceful solidarity actions will be held at Chinese embassies and consulates.

Join us! We include groups ranging from Amnesty International to ACT UP, from the Student Global AIDS Campaign to GAPIMNY, for gay Asian New Yorkers. Domestic as well as international AIDS activists are also involved.

In the past month in China, a diverse, historic coalition of AIDS and pro-democracy activists, and the lawyers that defend them in the Chinese legal system, have been beaten, harassed, and ultimately kidnapped (or as they say in China, "detained") by the government for organizing their own symbolic hunger strikes to protest government repression of activists. At the same time, dozens of people with AIDS were held under house arrest to prevent them from reaching delegates during the just ended People's Congress.

This is a simple, powerful action (and should be fun, with all the groups involved). To participate, all you need is your self, a sign (we can send you Chinese text) explaining your views, and access to a reliable digital camera--there will be one at each action. If you want, you can bring your organization's banner or other visuals. We will photograph our actions, send them to reporters, post them online and distribute them via Chinese language list servs so that Chinese government, the press, and people with AIDS themselves will understand that there is international solidarity with people with AIDS in China. We will be both a real and an online solidarity action.

We demand the unconditional release of Hu Jia and an end to the repression against people with AIDS, AIDS activists, and other groups trying to make peaceful change in China.

For more information, email aidspolicyproject@hotmail.com, call +1 215-939-7852. You can also go to www.aidspolicyproject.org to sign up for the action or to sign a letter on this issue for President Hu.

In great solidarity,

Katie Krauss

Queers for Economic Justice upcoming events

2006-03-19T21:29:00.000-05:00

Monday, April 10
6pm-8:30pm

QEJ's "Know Your Rights" Training series presents:

"HOW TO ACCESS SOCIAL SECURITY"

A workshop for low-income and homeless lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

Call us for details: (212) 564-3608

Thursday, April 20,
6:00pm-8:30pm

Imagine not being able to drive a car...
or apply for a job...
or open a bank account...
or cash a check...
or apply for insurance
or get government benefits...
or get a library card...
or get into a club...
or even enter a city building...

This is the reality for thousands of New Yorkers who are no longer able to get legal identification. Immigrants, transgender people, youth and homeless folks have all been seriously harmed by something as seemingly trivial as the new drivers' license laws.

Join us for a Town Hall meeting on

THE IMPACT OF NEW DRIVER'S LICENSE LAWS
on New York State, and Organized Resistance to it

Thursday April 20th 6:00-8:30pm
at the LGBT Community Center
208 W.13th St.

Join:
• LGBT organizations
• immigrant organizations,
• youth organizations and
• homeless organizations
to learn the impact the REAL ID act will have on all our communities and ways that we can undercut its impact.

Organized through the Queer Economic Justice Network, by:
the Ali Forney Center/the Audre Lorde Project/the Coalition for the Homeless/DRUM/Empire State Coalition of Youth and Family Services/the Empire State Pride Agenda/the LGBT Community Center/the Queer Immigrant Rights Project/Queers for Economic Justice/the Sylvia Rivera Law Project/the Urban Justice Center.

Speakers and details will be provided soon.

call QEJ at (212) 564-3608 for details.

Trans-Care Training (3/27) and Trans-Prom (4/21)

2006-03-19T21:15:00.000-05:00

March 27, 2006
10am-1pm

Trans-Care: New York City Human Rights Law - What a provider needs to know about working with the recent changes to the NYC Human Rights Law

Monday, March 27, 10am – 1pm
At the LGBT Community Center
208 W. 13th Street, Manhattan

This is a Trans-Care Training Certificate elective module-

Prerequisite: Trans-Care: Basics or similar transgender cultural competency training.

It has been over three years since NYC voted to add protections for the trans-communities to the City's Human Rights Law. This workshop will cover the key, practical areas where providers and organizations can pay special attention and prevent creating a discriminatory or unwelcoming environment when working with transgender, gender-different and gender-questioning people. Areas covered include: the changes in the law and the impact of the NYC Commission on Human Rights' recently published "Guidelines Regarding Gender Identity Discrimination", including review of harassment, pronouns and names, dress codes, sex–segregated facilities. In addition to didactic material, group exercises and the viewing of a short videotape may be used help to develop the participant's skills.

Trainers: Carrie Davis, MSW, Center CARE Group Services and Gender Identity Project Coordinator, and Ray Carannante, LMSW, Gender Identity Project Counselor

Call Center CARE at 212.620.7310 to register. $30 per training - students $20 with student ID.

April 21, 2006
8pm - midnight

Trans-Prom: For transgender, gender non-conforming people, partners, friends and allies

Friday, April 21, June 13, 8pm – 12 midnight
208 W. 13th Street, Manhattan

Many of us never had a prom, while others had to manage gender and sexual identities in order "to fit in." That's about to change - join us now to reclaim and celebrate who we are at our 2nd annual Trans-Prom. So come single, come with a friend, come with a date but just come and have a great time with other trans, gender-different,
gender questioning, gender-queer people, their partners, friends and allies. Sponsored by the GIP, the Trans-Events Committee (TEC) and Youth Enrichment Services (Y.E.S.).

No advance registration. Free.
For all, ages 18-years and older.

The Rise of Transgender-Inclusive Laws: Are Communities Really Creating Trans-Friendly Workplaces?

2006-03-19T21:12:00.000-05:00

With Rod Colvin, John Jay College, CUNY
Tuesday, March 21
Graduate Center, Room 9204, 7-9pm

Since 1975—when Minneapolis became the first city in the country to prohibit discrimination on gender identity or __expression—the number of states & local jurisdictions providing protection for transgender individuals has steadily increased. As a result of court rulings, executive orders, statutes & ordinances, 27 % of the U.S. population is now covered by transgender-inclusive antidiscrimination employment policy (NGLTF, 2005).

Unlike efforts that prohibit employment discrimination based on other factors creating a transgender-inclusive workplace requires organizational changes that include personal, policy, legal, & medical issues unique to transgender people. As the number of states & municipalities providing antidiscrimination coverage continues to increase, it is important to assess how well these policies are being implemented to create actual transgender-inclusive work environments.

CLAGS strives to make all of its events accessible to our members. ASL interpretation can be provided for any CLAGS event if requested 10 or more working days prior to the event. If you have other accessibility needs, please contact the CLAGS office, with a relay operator when necessary, at (212) 817-1955 or email us at clags@gc.cuny.edu. For more information, visit our website, www.clags.org. Presented in conjunction with the Gay & Lesbian/Queer IDS Concentration.

Queer API Film Series

2006-03-16T20:17:00.000-05:00

Monday March 27th, 2006 7PM

Two Boots/ Den of Cin
44 Avenue A on 3rd Street
New York NY 10009

Enter the video Store, the screening space is in the basement.

FREE & Open to All, Plus Free Refreshments (the famous Two Boots Pizza)

"The Queen's Cantonese,"(1998)

Directed by Wayne Yung
Country: Canada
Shot on video and set in Vancouver, Canada, the video is a three part mock instructional video on how to speak Cantonese. The female host of the program, straight-faced and irrepressibly perky, leads us through several segments which teach one "easy to use" phrases, which humorously, are all handy only for navigating the single gay Asian scene in Vancouver. Examples include: "I like white men because they're well hung" and "I prefer Asian men, they're not as dirty." The "language program" also uses dramatizations which feature a few recurrent characters in everyday situations: meeting at bars, in the streets and inviting one another to bath houses and each others homes for the evening. What sets the series apart from being a one-note gag is the quality of the writing in these dramatizations which illuminate Asian/white dynamics in the gay community and which actually engagingly tell the story of a budding love between two young Asian men.

'Great Pretenders' (1996)
Directed by Park Ki-hyung
Korean with English subtitle
On Christmas Eve, a young couple run out of gas & get stranded in the middle of nowhere. The woman discovers gas station nearby, and they decide to spend night at the station. As the cold night progresses, strange things start happening. In this Horror Thriller, Director Park Ki-hyung, examines characters as they face jealousy, homophobia, and loneliness.

Sponsored by GBT Project APICHA
Asian Pacific Islander Coalition on HIV & AIDS
212 334 7940 X218
www.apicha.org
queerapifilms@yahoo.com

Philippines 101: four- part workshop series!

2006-03-15T14:17:00.000-05:00

Concerned why poverty continues to exist in the Philippines?
Interested to know about the Filipino people’s collective history?
Want to learn about the Philippine progressive movement then and now?

THEN SIGN UP NOW FOR PHILIPPINES 101!

Started in 2001, PHILIPPINES 101 consists of four workshops that run weekly through the month of April:

Workshop 1: Weaving Our Collective Story (Paghahabi ng Ating Kolektibong Kuwento)
Tuesday, April 4, 7-9:30 pm, Barnard College (Room TBA)

Workshop 2: Revisiting the Past (Muling Pagbisita sa Kasaysayan)
Tuesday, April 11, 7-9:30 pm, Barnard College (Room TBA)

Workshop 3: Landlords, Loopholes and the Prevalence of Corruption
(Mga Panginoong Maylupa at ang Pananatili ng Korupsyon)
Tuesday, April 18, 7-9:30 pm (Venue TBA)

Workshop 4: The Filipino People's Response (Ang Tugon ng mga Mamamayang Pilipino)
Tuesday, April 25, 7-9:30 pm (Venue TBA)

PHILIPPINES 101 also aims to raise the participants' consciousness to actively take part in the transformation of the Filipino community here and abroad. Previous workshops were composed of people from diverse backgrounds and ethnicities ranging from activists to professionals to college students, including US born and immigrant Filipinos.

Details on the workshop topics and the application form are on the attachment. Please fill out this form and email to ugnayan_nyc@yahoo.com on or before Monday, March 27. We will let folks know by Wednesday, March 29, if their seat is confirmed.

Classes are open to anyone interested. Suggested donations are a sliding scale of $25 to $30 for the entire series. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. A course reading packet is available for $10. Participants must attend all four workshops since information builds from the previous workshop.

DON'T WAIT, PEOPLE! There's limited seating!

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PHILIPPINES 101 is sponsored by Ugnayan ng mga Anak ng Bayan (Linking the Children of the Motherland) NY/NJ. ugnayan_nyc@yahoo.com | 212.564.6057

3/16 Queers for Economic Justice Event: THE ROCKEFELLER DRUG LAWS ARE A QUEER ISSUE

2006-03-13T21:28:00.000-05:00

Queers for Economic Justice invites you to a town hall meeting:

THE ROCKEFELLER DRUG LAWS ARE A QUEER ISSUE

Thursday, March 16, 2006
6:30pm – 9:00pm

location:
The LGBT Center
208 W.13th St.
Manhattan

• How the laws impact lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people
and communities
• Updates about recent and potential changes to this law
• Substance addiction rates in our community
• Police targeting of our communities
• How you can be involved in making change

With speakers from:
THE AUDRE LORDE PROJECT
CRITICAL RESISTANCE
THE DRUG POLICY ALLIANCE
THE LGBT COMMUNITY CENTER
THE NYS BLACK GAY NETWORK
QUEERS FOR ECONOMIC JUSTICE

This event is free of charge

Co-sponsored by:
Bronx Defenders/CAAAV: Communities Organizing Against Anti-Asian Violence/Critical Resistance/the Drug Policy Alliance/DRUM/Gay Men's Health Crisis/The LGBT Community Center/The NYS Black Gay Network/The Queer Immigrant Rights Project/Queers for Economic Justice/Real Reform NY/SNAP/Sylvia Rivera Law Project/Welfare Rights Initiative

這次輪你發問 2006/03/20馬市長與紐約青年有約座談會

2006-03-10T10:10:00.000-05:00

馬英九市長於3月20日造訪紐約，屆時將抽空與大紐約地區青年與學子們面對面座談。想一睹小馬哥的風采？或是有各種學術，甚至留學生活上的疑惑想問問馬市長嗎？歡迎提出你的問題，讓馬市長還有其他紐約青年們，一起討論。由於場地人數限制，請把握機會速速報名。名額有限，額滿為止！

活動時間：2006年3月20日（星期一) 下午4點至5點30分
入場時間：2006年3月20日（星期一) 下午3點至3點50分
活動地點：NYU (詳細地點與交通辦法將擇日通知參加者)
報名方式：請填寫好下列個人資料之後，Email至連絡人信箱，收到確認通知之後，才算完成報名手續。
1. 中文姓名
2. 英文姓名與正確拼音
3. 連絡電話
4. 連絡Email
5. 就讀學校與系所 / 服務單位
6. 有問題想請教馬市長嗎？請簡短並清楚的列出你的問題。

※ 以上個人資料1至5項，請清楚名列於報名Email裡，若有疏漏，視為無效。
※ 大紐約地區留學生將於座談會當天，以校為組，劃分座位。

紐約青年團連絡人：
童惠珍 (Jennifer Tung ) tung616@yahoo.com 516-873-0678
紐約學聯與紐約留學生連絡人：
沈柏翰（Brian Shen) rohshen@hotmail.com 917-517-6987

「新移民女性的適應—政府與NGO之合作與分工」座談會

2006-03-01T00:28:00.000-05:00

時間：三月三日星期五晚上七點半到十點半
地點：紐約台北經濟文化辦事處 1 E. 42nd St., New York, NY 10017

聯合國婦女地位委員會第五十屆大會自昨日起在紐約聯合國總部舉辦，從台灣來參加會議的代表團將在此會議中舉辦六研討會與作台會，與世界各地的政府、非營利組織及婦女團體進行經驗交流。此外，由於紐約地區的台灣移
民人數眾多，因此，本團將假駐紐約台北經濟文化辦事處演講廳舉辦「台灣與僑界婦女座談會」，除就台灣近年新移民女性之整體概況及政府工作重點之報告外，並針對新移民女性的生活、適應、子女教育等問題，與僑界進行
經驗交流及討論。

此座談會講者涵蓋政府、學界與民間團體的代表：

孟藹倫(勞委會)、嚴祥鸞(台北市政府)、曾昭媛(婦女新知基金會)、顧玉玲(台灣國際勞工協會)、李萍(基督教女青年會)謝臥龍(高師大性別研究所)

請僑學界關心婦女議題人士能撥冗前往。

聯絡人：協和基金會執行長伍維婷
646-266-3325

12/11 紐約演講：落地生根：南洋姊妹在台灣

2005-12-10T20:28:00.000-05:00

時間：12月11日下午2:30pm-4:30pm
地點：紐約華僑文教中心
題目：「落地生根：南洋姊妹在台灣—不要叫我外籍新娘，我是台灣媳婦」
主講人：伍維婷

講者簡介：伍維婷，University of Rochester政治學碩士，
專長公共政策。
曾擔任台灣婦女新知基金會秘書長，
任內通過「兩性工作平等法」、
「民法親屬篇夫妻財產制」之修訂。
現任紐約協和基金會執行長。

講題大綱：隨著東南亞地區的新移民女性進入台灣，
台灣社會的族群緊張關係，又增加了新的變因。
這群因婚姻而移民到台灣的東南亞女性，
在面對一個新的社會時，她們如何適應？
我們又如何接納？或給予了什麼樣的援助？

新移民及其隨之而來的社會衝擊，
已經是台灣社會目前必須面對的一個重要問題。
身為移民，她們在身份認同上，
又面臨怎樣的挑戰？
而本國政府處理移民事務的態度與政策，
又是如何影響到我們與東南亞國家之間的外交關係？
這些議題，都值得同樣身為移民的我們來關心。

如有任何疑問，請洽秘書處，電話：917-703-7604

全僑民主和平聯盟大紐約支盟
秘書處敬上

~ Gender Equality Film Festival ~

2005-12-10T09:50:00.000-05:00

Film Screening @ Baha’i International Community
Dec 15, 2005

9:00-11:20 am
Echo with Women’s Voices: their involvement in political movements.
Afghanistan Unveiled
ANAMIKA-the Nameless (Human Trafficking, India.)

3:00-4:20 pm
RCA Female workers campaign for Justice(Taiwan)
Vagina Monologue (China)

Organized by NGOCSWNY, Crystal Foundation, & Institution for Tongzhi Studies
Sponsor: TECO(Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in N.Y.), Crystal Foundation

Baha'i International Community
866 United Nations Plaza
New York, NY 10017, USA

演講：性別主流化在台灣

2005-12-03T12:14:00.000-05:00

沒聽過「性別主流化」?
週末講給你聽，讓你在性別議題上不落伍

活動名稱: 「性別主流化在台灣」
時間: 12月3日星期六下午二點
地點: 台灣會館 (137-44 Northern Blvd., Flushing, NY 11354)

由台灣女性留學生所組成的「台灣查某Taiwan Women」每一年會舉辦以性別議題為主的春秋季北美巡迴講座，今年秋季巡迴講座的主題為「性別主流化在台灣」，邀請到台灣婦女新知基金會前秘書長伍維婷擔任此次講者，她將除了介紹何為性別主流化外，並將分享其實務經驗以及探討全球化對台灣性別議題/運動的發展影響。此外也將涵蓋新移民女性、兩性工作平等法、國際婦女組織等議題。

講者伍維婷現在是 CUNY-Graduate Center政治系博士班學生，大學時代加入女研社，參與了「台大女生看A片」、「女研社攻佔台大學生會」、「搶攻男廁」、「強迫曝光」等事件。在 University of Rochester取得碩士學位回國後，進入婦女新知基金會擔任秘書長一職，經歷了「兩性工作平等法」、「民法親屬編夫妻財產制」的通過。

Sat. Dec 3rd: Roundtable with the China Film Archive -Celebrating the Centenary of Chinese Cinema

2005-11-28T13:36:00.000-05:00

Celebrating the Centenary of Chinese Cinema:
Roundtable with the China Film Archive

In conjunction with the program "Bright Stars, Big City: Chinese Cinema's First Golden Era, 1922-1937," to open Dec. 2 at MoMa, the Department of Cinema Studies at NYU is hosting a roundtable panel with the delegation from the China Film Archive, to be followed by a reception.

In the early decades of the twentieth century, Shanghai was a metropolis alive with arts and culture. Beyond showcasing the urban landscape that supplied the backdrop and energy for Chinese cinema, the films in this series feature actors who would go on to influence future generations.

They also demonstrate the inventiveness of directors who created star vehicles with lavish décor and set design, modern storytelling, and a sophistication which was to a large degree responsible for the tremendous popularity of early Chinese cinema at home and among the Chinese Diaspora.

A short documentary on Chinese film produced by the China Film Archive will be screened prior to the panel discussion.

Featuring:

Mr. Zhao Baohua, Editor in Chief of Cinema Journal, China Film Archive.

Mr. Chen Biqiang, Research Fellow, China Film Archive.

Mr. Li Xun, Research Fellow and director of Graduate School of Film Studies, China Film Archive.

Moderated by Professor Zhang Zhen, New York University, and Jytte Jensen, Curator, Museum of Modern Art.

Saturday. Dec 3rd, 2005
Time: 11:30am-1:30pm
Venue: Silk Road _Mocha, 30 Mott Street (south of Canal St.)
212-566-3738

Sponsored by the Department of Cinema Studies, New York University
This event is free and open to the public.

BUTLER/CORBETT TALK -- NEW LOCATION!!!!!

2005-11-11T12:53:00.000-05:00

DOING GENDER, the public dialogue between Judith Butler and Ken Corbett,
has been relocated to Cooper Union:

Wollman Auditorium
51 Astor Place across from the Great Hall
ground floor entrance, downstairs to auditorium

The time is still 8:00 pm on Friday November 11th.

DOING GENDER: Judith Butler and Ken Corbett in Dialogue

2005-11-08T19:17:00.000-05:00

New York University
Silver Building, Room 703

DOING GENDER: Judith Butler and Ken Corbett in Dialogue

Judith Butler, Ph.D. is Maxine Elliot Professor in Rhetoric, Comparative Literature and Women's Studies at the University of California, Berkeley and is well known as a theorist of power, gender, sexuality and identity. Among her books are Undoing Gender, Gender Trouble, Bodies That Matter, and Excitable Speech.

Sponsored by the Relational Track of
NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis

Friday November 11, 2005

8:00 PM

Ken Corbett, Ph.D. is the Editor of Studies in Gender and Sexuality, and an Associate Editor of Psychoanalytic Dialogues. He is a member of the Psychoanalytic Society of the NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy.

Sat Oct 29 - Dialogue with Perspex

2005-10-21T17:06:00.000-04:00

Please join us in — A dialogue with Perspex from Hong Kong Perspex is a founding member of Nutongxueshe, a study group that encourages creative expressions of sexual minorities in Hong Kong. She is also an editor of InMedia Hong Kong, an independent alternative media in Hong Kong.

Graduated with a Master of Arts degree in Literary and Cultural Studies from the University of Hong Kong, Perspex is the winner of Hong Kong's Youth Literary Award (Drama Section). She is the Executive Producer of "Devils Like Me", a music video produced by the gay & lesbian community which responds with a sense of humor to the
latest challenges posted by the religious groups. Perspex is currently visiting NYC taking four-week intensive filmmaking course at New York University. The Institute for Tongzhi Studies is pleased to invite you to join us in a dialogue with Perspex. She will chat about the recent tongzhi movement progress and obstacles in Hong Kong and share her experience at Nutongxueshe with local tongzhi community.

Saturday, October 29, 2005
6 to 8pm
721 Broadway, ground floor
New York University

This event is organized by The Institute for Tongzhi Studies (ITS) and open to the public. ITS is an academic research and Exchange program led by Chinese speaking educators and researchers based in the United States. As a joint project run by the Center for the Study of Women & Society and the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies at the City University of New York, the Institute for Tongzhi Studies aspires to encourage discussions related to issues of gender, sexuality, and sexual health. ITS seeks to scrutinize layers of discriminating social attitudes, cultural assumptions, and public policies against sexual minorities in Chinese communities around the world. Through education, research, and exchange, ITS coordinates with institutions with shared values in order to build a body of scholarly works to further the study of gender and sexuality in Chinese societies.

For more information, visit our website: http://www.tongzhistudies.org
or Email us: info@tongzhistudies.org.

WHAT'S ASIAN ABOUT YOUR SEX?

2005-10-15T09:16:00.000-04:00

Q-WAVE General Meeting
Friday, October 21, 2005

What do you think of when you think of Asian queer/lesbian sex? Is there a sexual culture that is specifically queer or lesbian, AND Asian? If so, what is it like -- is it based in our bodies, rooted in our history, informed by our cultural memory, or is it being created right here and now?

Often, when we talk about lesbian or queer sex, we have to turn to discussions/spaces/descriptions created by non-Asians. In this General Meeting, we want to talk about our sex and sexuality as Asian women/gender queer/trans folks. Bring a story or, better yet, an object to share that answers the question: What's Asian about the sex or sexuality that YOU have?

This meeting will kick off Q-Wave's "Asian Sexuality" series, which will give our community the chance to support each other around this important aspect of our lives in the months to come. So we'll be also looking to hear from you about other questions you would want to see discussed or activities you want to do around these issues!

** Note: We will be collecting money for Hurricane Katrina relief efforts at this meeting. **

Location: CUNY Graduate Center, Room C197
365 5th Avenue between 34th � 35th Street, northeast corner
(take the elevator down to the C level)

Time: 7:00 � 9:00 PM, Friday

Directions: (via subway)
B, D, F, V, N, R, Q, W to 34th Street/Broadway
6 to 33rd Street/Park Avenue and walk two blocks west
1, 2, 3, 9 to 34th Street/7th Avenue (Madison Sq. Garden) and walk 2-3 blocks east
A, C, E to 34th Street/8th Avenue and walk 3-4 blocks east

***Note: This meeting is closed to queer Asian and Pacific Islander women, transgender, and gender variant people only. Please respect our space***

FYI: We'll be going out afterwards to a bar or club, so attend the meeting if you want to know the details!

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Q-Wave is dedicated to strengthening the voices of lesbian/bisexual/queer women and transgender/gender variant people of Asian descent. We strive to build a supportive, progressive community by promoting visibility and empowerment through social, political, and educational organizing.
For more information, please contact us at info@q-wave.org
Or visit us at www.q-wave.org

Adrienne Rich Reads, Thursday, September 29, 8:00pm

2005-09-22T18:32:00.000-04:00

Adrienne Rich's poetry reaches such a vast array of people that it
is hard to convey her influence briefly and simply. She has
described intense experience, she has expressed great anger, great
hurt, and great love, she has awakened in us an awareness of the
vast and unfamiliar psychological recesses that are filled and
shaped by familiar forms of social domination, even as she has
taught us the possibilities of resistance and the scope of courage.
On this occasion, she will read from and discuss some of her poems,
both old and new.

This non-reserved seating event is FREE and open to the public.
Only 2 tickets allowed per person and can be picked up at the box
office starting Tuesday, Sept. 6 at noon.
Admission is not guaranteed past the ticketed start time (8:00pm).

Thursday, September 29, 8:00pm
Theatre of Ideas
Adrienne Rich Reads

Miller Theatre
Columbia University
2960 Broadway
(at 116th St.)
MC 1801
New York, NY 10027
212-854-1633
Fax: 212-854-7740
Box Office: 212-854-7799

CLAGS Colloquium Series, "A Queer Story About Opera", Sept. 22

2005-09-19T07:49:00.000-04:00

CLAGS Colloquium Series on LGBTQ Studies Presents "A Queer Story About Opera: Diva Worship and Homoeroticism in Berio's Recital I (for Cathy)" by Megan Jenkins, Doctoral Student in Musicology at the CUNY Graduate Center and Adjunct Faculty at Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music.

Thursday, Sept. 22, 2005, 7:00 PM
Room C203, The Graduate Center
365 Fifth Ave. between 34th and 35th St.

Ostensibly, the narrative of Recital I (for Cathy) (1972) traces the descent into madness of an opera diva who is perhaps slightly past her prime. Jenkins suggests, however, that there is a complex network of subjectivities in Recital--a network that allows for any number of readings, including a story of homoeroticism in the opera house.

CLAGS strives to make all of its events accessible to our members. ASL interpretation can be provided for any CLAGS event if requested 10 or more working days prior to the event. If you have other accessibility needs, please contact the CLAGS office, with a relay operator when necessary, at (212) 817-1955 or email us at clags@gc.cuny.edu. For more information, visit our website, www.clags.org.

文建會駐紐約台北文化中心徵台灣藝術節義工

2005-09-14T07:37:00.000-04:00

When: Wednesday, October 5. 2005- Tuesday, October 11,2005　
Where:World Financial Center Winter Garden
What: Taiwan Today: Traditional Arts; Contemporary Artists
Why:　將台灣的文化藝術推上世界舞台宣揚台灣的藝術水準及台灣文化的體性

駐紐約台北經文處台北文化中心 Taipei Cultural Center 將於 10/5-10/11 舉辦全紐約有史以來規模最大最壯觀的台灣藝術節. 這次的展演將包括: 台北101模型的展出, 南管音樂, 竹編, 茶道, 以及大型的台灣蝴蝶蘭插花藝術. 台北101董事長陳敏薰也將親自來此參展.

在此號召熱情有活力的同學/同鄉們, 共襄盛舉, 一起來協助文建會駐紐約台北文化中心, 幫助台灣順利完成此活動. 目前, 我們需要至少50位義工. 除了活動期間的義工外, 我們也需要在地導遊來招待演出人員.

這是一個很難得的機會. 不但可以與許多在地的臺灣鄉親共事, 協助大師級的藝術家及表演者, 還可讓美國民眾對我們的國家,文化有更進一步的認識.

有興趣的朋友們請先參考附帶的Excel檔, 以選出方便的輪班時間
再電本中心212-697-6188 Ext. 3
或Email: office@tpecc.org 報名並告知:

1)中英文姓名　
2)email　
3)聯絡電話　
4)可幫忙的日期, 任務, 及班次時間

我們將會與你聯絡並告知展前培訓會的時間其他細節. 謝謝!

台灣的國寶:鴻勝醒獅團8/29禮拜一8PM於林肯中心演

2005-08-29T13:08:00.000-04:00

Hung-Sheng Lion Dance Theater
Monday August 29, 2005
Damrosch Park at 8:00pm

Hung-Sheng Lion Dance Theater is Taiwan’s foremost professional lion dance company. In Taiwan, the Lion and its dance, performed at ceremonies and festivals, represents fortune and prosperity.

Director Chang Yuan-Jung artfully weaves folk tales, myths, and religious ceremonies into lion dance choreographies. All members of the troupe are trained in martial arts, lion dances, drumming and acrobatics.

Damrosch Park is located at the southwest corner of the Lincoln Center Plaza, at 62nd Street near Amsterdam Avenue.

Directions:
By subway: Take the #1 or #9 local train to 66th Street/Lincoln Center Station.

台灣歌仔戲國寶級藝師廖瓊枝八月份於台灣會館主持歌仔戲研習活動

2005-08-04T13:12:00.000-04:00

台灣歌仔戲國寶級藝師廖瓊枝
八月份於台灣會館主持歌仔戲研習活動

台灣歌仔戲國寶級藝師、國家文藝獎得主廖瓊枝女士，將於八月份訪美期間，在台灣會館開設「台灣歌仔戲與文化研習營」。上課時間為每週四下午二點至四點(8月4日、11日、 18日、 25日)，台灣會館老人中心會員免費上課，非會員酌收六十元。並計劃在研習活動結束後，為社區呈現一場精采的表演。

廖瓊枝女士出生於1935年，十四歲開始學戲，一九八八年獲第四屆教育部民族藝術「薪傳獎」，一九九六年文建會通過「台灣傳統歌仔戲藝術薪傳計劃」，由廖瓊枝親自主持為期三年的藝生傳藝計劃。一九九八年，廖瓊枝榮獲代表傳統藝術最高榮譽的「民族藝師」肯定，同年九月，再度榮獲國家文化藝術基金會「國家文藝獎」戲劇類得主的榮譽。台中台灣文化學院也頒贈「榮譽博士」。

廖瓊枝女士成立「薪傳歌仔戲劇團」以及「廖瓊枝歌仔戲文教基金會」，對台灣歌仔戲的推廣和傳承不遺餘力。此次在台灣會館主持研習活動，除了教授學員身段和唱腔，也將講述其從事歌仔戲薪傳的過程，讓台美人及海外僑民了解台灣傳統文化藝術的發展和保存。

台灣會館位於137-44 Northern Blvd., Flushing, NY 11354，

聯絡及報名電話718-445-7007。

從紐約到台北，同志大遊，行不行？--同志人權教育

2005-07-30T13:08:00.000-04:00

時間：7月30日星期六下午2:00pm-4:00pm
地點：紐約華僑文教中心( 41-61 Kissena Blvd. Flushing, NY 11355 )
主持人：洪文龍（國立教育電台「性別教育easy go」製作主持人）

主講人：
畢恆達（教育部性別平等教育委員會委員、台大建築與城鄉研究所教授）
達努巴克（台灣性別平等教育協會常務理事）
楊嘉宏（台灣性別平等教育協會理事）
吳政庭（台灣同志諮詢熱線理事）

座談探討層面將涵蓋同志教育、同志空間、同志社會議題，與同志社運團體與人權，並呈現同志運動相關圖照片。

聯絡請洽：917-703-7604 E-mail : gadp_ny@yahoo.com.tw

"Human Rights for Taiwanese Queers" Panel Discussion

Saturday, July 30, 2-4pm
@ Chinese Cultural Center (41-61 Kissena Blvd. Flushing, NY 11355)

Dr. Bi Heng-Da from the Committee on Gender Equality Education at Taiwan's Ministry of Education is currently in New York conducting field studies and exchanges with the Institute for Tongzhi Studies based in CUNY. Dr. Bi, along with members of the Taiwan
Gender Equality Education Association will be speaking in a panel discussion on LGBT rights. The discussion will cover issues related to advocacy for queer rights, the current LGBT movements in society, and the works of queer activism groups. There will also be a presentation of pictures on the LGBT movement. This panel discussion is co-sponsored by Global Alliance for Democracy and Peace, Greater New York Chapter.

Documenting Queer Community Histories

2005-07-05T20:24:00.000-04:00

Seminars in the City
Documenting Queer Community Histories
July 11, 18, 25, and August 1

This Summer CLAGS will offer an innovative new Seminar in the City organized and moderated by David Serlin, CLAGS board member and Professor of History at the University of California at San Diego.

The rallying cry of “We’re here, we’re queer, get used to it” that emerged among queer activists in the 1980s was a poignant comment on the enduring presence of LGBT people in the face of institutional silence and homophobia. But LGBT people are not only here and queer; they have rich and complex individual and community histories, and for much of the modern era they have been important agents in documenting and preserving their own histories.

“Documenting Queer Community Histories” is a hands-on seminar in which we will examine the methods and strategies through which historians, journalists, anthropologists, and activists have collected and documented histories of queer individuals and queer communities, using New York City as both example and laboratory. In the first two weeks, seminar participants will read and discuss examples of how scholars in various fields have documented LGBT communities in both historical and contemporary perspective. In the final two weeks, seminar participants will learn methods for their own community-based research projects, including techniques for analyzing and interpreting primary documents (such as diaries, photographs, and material artifacts) and how to conduct oral and video histories.

For an updated syllabus and list of readings, please see our website at http://web.gc.cuny.edu/clags/SeminarsSummer05.htm

The seminar is free and will meet July 11, 18, 25, and August 1 in Room 101 from 6:00-8:00pm at the LGBT Community Center, 208 W. 13th Street (http://www.gaycenter.org). To register, please contact the CLAGS office at clags@gc.cuny.edu or 212-817-1955. If you have any special needs, please let us know when you contact us. The course packet is free to registered participants. When registering, please include a mailing address, and we will send you the packet. While we are more than happy to send you a course packet, due to limited resources we ask that you request the readings only if you have definite plans to attend at least one session.

紐約亞美國際影展播映台美人作品62年與6500哩之間

2005-06-30T14:18:00.000-04:00

7月16日週六晚間六點在 Asia Society (725 Park Ave. at 70th St)

請於週三晚間六點以前以email或電話(718-445-7007)向台灣會館登記以享折扣優待每張票 $8 (原價$10)

台美人導演張文馨，有感於美國年輕人普遍對政治及社會改革的冷漠，相對的，台灣社會對政治活動的狂熱卻令她印象深刻，於是她不斷想起一向關心政治的阿媽。導演利用在台期間紀錄阿媽的故事，在拍攝的過程中阿媽健康惡化，中風過世。導演在片中藉由與阿媽的互動問答，向阿媽探詢人生的導引和智慧，希望能從阿媽精彩豐富的百年生命歷程，獲得更多的勇氣與希望。

作者的話：阿媽陳翁式霞一生走在時代尖端，受高女教育，抗舉傳統婚姻，積極參與政治活動，她的故事曾被出版為【阿媽的故事】一書。我希望用紀錄和實驗的方式來呈現阿媽一生的傳奇故事，做為台灣社會的小縮影。

Support Taiwanese American film “62 Years and 6,500 Miles Between”
At the 28the Asian American International Film Festival
Date: Sat., July 16, 6pm
Location: Asia Society (725 Park Ave., at 70th St.)

Please email or call the Taiwan Center (718-445-7007) by Wed. 7/6, 6pm to get your discounted $8 tickets (original ticket price $10 each)

Both a portrait of the filmmaker’s 100 year-old activist grandmother and a window into a nation’s soul. Through Ama’s story, we see the story of Taiwan—its colonial past, its newfound democracy and the post-colonial diasporic experience. Director Anita Chang navigates cultural, geographic and linguistic distances amidst the exhilarating momentum of Taiwanese self-determination.

石頭與鴨鴨聯合藝術展

2005-06-28T17:30:00.000-04:00

熱忱地邀請您參加
石頭與鴨鴨聯合藝術展
被邀請的藝術家: 石頭 (北京) 和孫愷愉 (紐約)

Buddha Butterfly
© Shi Tou, 2005

To Cut or Not to Cut
© Kai-Yu Sun, 2005

石頭是中國第一個藝術村(北京圓明園)最優秀的女性藝術家。她的創作是多媒介的、包括繪畫、攝影和數碼錄像。石頭的作品曾在歐洲展出、並曾受邀在紐約大學、芝加哥大學、芝加哥心理大學、舊金山同志影展展示其作品和進行演說。此外，石頭也是中國最著名的女同志運動者。她是中國第一位在全國性的電視節目中公開討論同性戀的女同志，並於1998年在北京籌辦和主持了中國首屆男女同志大會和中國首屆女同志大會。她曾擔任女同志刊物〈天空〉的編輯，並曾參與同志電話熱線的籌設工作。石頭剛接受過加州大學柏克萊分校的邀請，在柏克萊藝術博物館展出她的繪畫、攝影作品，並放映她的錄像新作《女人50分鐘》。當地著名的Mills女子大學的藝術博物館剛買下石頭的攝影作品Together系列中的第四號作為永久收藏，而加州矽谷的公共藝術委員會也決定採用Together系列作為今年城市藝術展的主要展出作品。

鴨鴨的誕生﹐只是因為它的作者孫愷愉某日在湖邊遇到一群鴨子﹐和它們說了幾句話。從此以後﹐鴨鴨便開始參與生命中的一切﹐通過漫畫表達各種思想和感受。各位讀者可以在北美的《世界日報》﹐以及2005年由英國Apex公司出版的The World Through Yaya's Eyes﹐ 見到沒有年齡沒有性別什麼都可以是的鴨鴨。

6月30 日, 2005, 星期四, 6pm 到 9pm
240 West 38 街, 4 樓。在第7 和第8大道之間。

由藝術家的友人和華人性別研究中心主辦
媒體聯絡: 伍維婷 (646-266-3325) 詢問: admin@tongzhistudies.org

石頭是中國當代最具代表性的女性藝術家之一。她的作品涉及的領域包括文化轉型期中國人的思維狀態、倫理狀態和生理狀態，尤其是對中國女性同性戀族群生存現狀這一邊緣領域的視覺挖掘，使她在中國當代藝術中具有獨樹一幟的位置。上世纪九十年代初，她就作為藝術邊緣族群生活在北京最早的藝術村──圓明園，後來她又選擇長期在中國西北部廣大區域的遊歷生涯，加上她的少數族裔的身份，這些都共同造就了她作品中冷峻、細膩、脱俗和飽含人性的氣質和基調。她使用油畫、圖片、DV、電影等多重媒介創作，又都顯示了她作为女性藝術家的才華。 -- 黃專 (廣州美術學院副教授、OCT當代藝術中心總監)

鴨鴨的世界是我們的世界﹐只是少了模糊性﹐或者擁有它自己的模糊性。我們都想在裡面生活﹐因為從某方面來說﹐我們曾經在裡面生活。但是通過鴨鴨的眼睛和經歷 ﹐我們或許能夠體驗我們上回錯過的東西。鴨鴨的歷險成為我們發現我們以為自己知曉但其實並不知曉的東西。作為一個人物﹐鴨鴨有能力讓我們認同於它而不使我們把它當作自己的翻版﹐因為它所經歷的是戲劇﹐並且以漫畫人物的輕鬆與冷靜代我們承受苦痛。對於鴨鴨的威脅也可能是對於我們的威脅﹐只不過在它的世界裡威脅是最低限的﹐近乎抽象的﹐如荒誕哲學裡的一個習題。實際上﹐鴨鴨的世界是孩子的世界﹐但只因為它嘗試過濾所有成人世界裡的固定形象﹑機械行為及慣例所造成的污染。在它的世界裡﹐正確的事情並不是尋找準確的答案和解決方案﹐而是提出正確的問題並能夠認出﹐這個別人要我們視為和順而有秩序的世界﹐它的瑕疵﹑ 裂痕以及不完美。-- Ardian Vehbiu (作家)

在展覽當天，石頭與愷愉的作品都將公開展售，接受現金與匯票購買。

華人性別研究中心 The Institute for Tongzhi Studies (ITS) is an academic research and exchange program based in the City University of New York. ITS aspires to encourage discussions related to issues of gender, sexuality, and sexual health. ITS seeks to scrutinize layers of discriminating social attitudes, cultural assumptions, and public policies against sexual minorities in Chinese communities around the world.

同志遊行亞裔團體勇敢現身

2005-06-27T12:50:00.000-04:00

爭奇鬥艷走出尊嚴花車出動俊男美女猛跳艷舞大有看頭
2005-06-27 世界日報【本報記者謝朝宗紐約報導】

男同志、女同志、支持性別平權者、變裝皇后、愛滋病患者等各色各樣的亞裔同志權益支持者，26日紛紛走上紐約街頭，參加一年一度「同志尊嚴」(Gay Pride)遊行。今年參加的亞裔團體遠勝往年，顯示亞裔同志團體愈來愈多元及公開的現象。

紐約一年一度的同性戀大遊行，26日在曼哈坦中城舉行‧艷陽下，遊行隊伍自42街沿著五大道走到華盛頓廣場‧隊伍中出現不少亞裔團體。（本報記者許\振輝攝）

每年六月的最後一個星期日，是紐約的「同志尊嚴」遊行，從中城55街到下城格林威治村，一路上氣球彩虹旗飛舞，節慶和舞蹈的音樂震天價響。同志遊行少不了奇裝艷服的變裝皇后和肌肉壯碩的猛男，連邊觀賞的民眾都有不少是盛裝打扮才出門，因此遊行爭奇鬥艷，隊伍裏外都很有看頭。

今年參加的亞裔團體和人數都遠盛以往，更有不少是新的團體，不但顯示有愈來愈多的亞裔同志勇敢現身，也顯示為順應不同族群的不同需要，亞裔團體愈來愈多元。

已經是遊行老手的隊伍，包括「紐約亞太裔同志」(GAPIMNY)「紐約亞太裔聯盟」(APANY)、專注愛滋病防治教育的「亞太裔愛滋病聯盟」 (APICHA)、亞裔俱樂部「盤絲洞」(The Web)等。A-PANY和APICHA都出動了花車，以及花枝招展大跳艷舞的俊男美女。

今年慶祝成立15周年的GAPIMNY出動20多人，會長王惟本說他們年年頂著大太陽，是希望讓所有人看到，亞裔同志一樣可以活的開心有尊嚴。他說不少亞裔同志，生活在自己族裔的小圈圈裏，不敢「出櫃」，活的很孤立，如果能因為看到其他人而勇敢走出自己的小世界，遊行就有意義。

位在12街的第一長老教會年年都在門口送水給遊行者，香港來的Kevin是義工之一，他說對教徒來說，水就是生命，所以送水很有象徵意義。他對於自己的教會不歧視同志，感到相當驕傲。

今年新的亞裔隊伍中，有一隊是由台灣人組成的。台灣會館執行長黃怡妙說，台灣在亞洲國家中，算是同志權益比較先進的，他們希望藉著遊行，把這個訊息傳達出去，也讓更多本地華人知道，新一代的台灣人，是多元有包容力的一群。

另一個「亞太女同志」(www.q-wave.org)成立不到一年，發起人許士芬表示，她們希望為亞裔女同志，提供一個安全隱密的場合，讓她們探索自己的性向，了解自己的需要。

Sexy Butch Performers to Benefit WOW

2005-06-23T22:06:00.000-04:00

Thursday, June 30 2005 @ THE GIRLSROOM, 210 Rivington (btwn Ridge & Pitt)

BOIS IN THE GIRLSROOM

End Pride Month with a Benefit Concert featuring some of the Hottest Studs in NYC.

WOW and the producers of Flirt, Littl' n Red, bring you a night of Butch performances to benefit WOW's Capital Campaign. Come sway to the velvet voice of Folksinger/Songwriter Sharon Jane Smith, groove to sounds of Hip Hop Artist Truth, melt to the soulful music of Singer/Songwriter Dez (of The Onliest) and end the show getting elevated by our hostess Singer/Performer Hanifah Walidah. And as if that weren't enough to entice you, between sets enjoy tantalizing stripteases by Milan, Ass4Dayz and Pretty Boi Geo. Then after the show dance the night away to Hip Hop and Soul spun by DJ Nasty (from Snapshot.)

Doors open at 7pm and Show starts at 8pm
Tickets are $5-7 sliding scale b4 9pm/ $3 after
Open bar from 9pm-10pm

紐約同志遊行 p-shirt & t-shirt 上市！

2005-06-21T09:15:00.000-04:00

本年度參加紐約同志大遊行的 T-shirt 作好囉！質料特佳、剪裁一流、專門配合配合妳美妙身材的 P-shirt 也作好囉！歡迎大家訂購，一件 $15，美國地區郵費包含在內。住附近不需運送的同學購買時一件還是 $15，但贈送《愛女》一本。訂購衣服的專用信箱是 admin@tongzhistudies.org 和 cyberpet@gmail.com.

P-shirt 有身材， T-shirt 是直筒狀的

上面是P-shirt 的樣品照片，分 M 與 S 兩種大小。

這是T-shirt 的樣品照片，分 L, M, S 三種大小。

！限量發行，趕快搶購！
不分大小種類，一次購買兩件只要 $28，一次購買四件只要 $55!

所有收入將作為此次遊行的報名與器材準備費用，剩餘基金將成為華人性別研究中心以後的活動經費。

參加今年紐約的同志大遊行！

2005-06-21T08:08:00.000-04:00

你是同志？你支持性別與性傾向議題？你是同志的親朋好友？
一起來參加全球最酷大遊行！！

我們邀請你來參加今年的紐約同志大遊行。趕快來加入本年度成千上萬熱情遊行者與旅客吧！

今天我們的主題是表達對台灣的支持。讓我們展示台灣的多元化和對名主的熱誠。讓我們秀給從全世界各地來的人看看，不論是整個國家還是每個人，我們與他們一起協力支持人權、公義、「作我們自己」的自由。

希望六月二十六日﹝星期日﹞會見到你！想報名參加遊行的人，請儘快在六月二十二日﹝星期三﹞之前，e-mail: admin@tongzhistudies.org，請在標題註明："Signup for parade"。

遊行主辦單位對每個參加遊行的人收$2.75。這部分的錢我們已經先繳交，我們建議﹝不強迫﹞你捐出$3-$5 貼補註冊費與遊行標語製作費等各項相關開支。

Friends for Taiwan, Friends for Queers!

Walk with Friends for Taiwanese Queers in the Pride Parade!

2005-06-18T23:17:00.000-04:00

LGBT? Supportive of Gender and Sexuality Issues? Family or Friend of a LGBT?
Walk with pride in one of the most colorful parades on the planet!!

We invite you to join us in New York City for the Gay Pride Parade. Be one of the thousands of enthusiastic marchers or visitors this year.

This year we're highlighting our support for Taiwan. Let's showcase Taiwan, in all its diversity and passion for democracy. Let's show people from around the world that we stand with them on the front of human rights, justice, and the freedom to be who we are, nationally and individually.

We look forward to meeting you on Sunday, June 26th. Please RSVP by Wednesday June 22, via e-mail: admin@tongzhistudies.org with “Signup for parade” in the subject line.

The Parade Organizer charges $2.75 per person. Our suggested donation (encouraged but not mandatory) is $3.00-$5.00 for producing banners and other parade-related items.

Friends for Taiwan, Friends for Queers!

Defying Borders: Lesbian/ Gay/ Bisexual/ Two Spirit/ Trans/ Gender Non-Conforming Immigration Thru Film

2005-06-17T19:18:00.000-04:00

June 18, 1-4 pm
Audre Lorde Project
85 South Oxford St., Brooklyn
718.596.0342
www.alp.org

ALP's Immigrant Rights Working Group is inviting everyone to take an afternoon in Pride month to celebrate New York's LGBTSTGNC immigrant experiences through two films:

VIA NEW YORK Drawing from memory and narrative, Via New York explores the politicization of African students in New York and the participation of South African lesbians and gays in the anti-apartheid struggle. Via New York is a snapshot of African lesbian and gay lives through the lens of migration and the pursuit of formal education. The film illustrates how both can function as catalysts for self-transformation and social change. Filmaker: Kagendo Murungi

MAGNETIC ATTRACTION is a work in process which the director markets as possibly the first feature cinéma vérité to chronicle both a relationship between lesbians of color and lesbians in a sero-discordant (HIV +/-) partnership. Michelle Lopez, a Venezuelan Trinidadian femme lesbian and “Kitty” Boyd, her African American butch partner, test the physics of love and the chemistry of personalities as they reconfigure their relationship during a time of transition. Filmaker: Hima B.

Directions:
Take the Brooklyn-bound local C to Lafayette Avenue. Exit at the South Oxford Street stair exit. Make a right and continue on South Oxford Street. The entrance to ALP is on the right, in the middle of the block.

Take the M, N, Q, R, W, 2, 3, 4, 5 or LIRR to Atlantic Avenue/Pacific Street stop. Exit at Hanson Place. Walk up Hanson Place to South Oxford Street. Make left onto South Oxford Street. The entrance to ALP is on the right, in the middle of the block.

Take the G to Fulton Street. Walk two (2) blocks up Lafayette Street to South Oxford Street. Make a right onto South Oxford Street. The entrance to ALP is on the left, in the middle of the block.

Trans Day of Action for Social and Economic Justice!!

2005-06-17T19:01:00.000-04:00

Call for Endorsers and Contingents for

The First Annual Trans Day of Action
For Social & Economic Justice
On Friday, June 24, 2005.

Trans Day of Action for Social and Economic Justice, initiated by TransJustice, a project of The Audre Lorde Project, The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two-Spirit, and Trans People of Color Center for Community Organizing, focusing on the NYC area.

We call on all social justice activists from communities of color, lesbian, gay, bi and trans movements, immigrant rights organizations, youth and student groups, trade unions and workers organizations, religious communities and HIV/ AIDS and social service agencies to endorse this call to action and to build contingents to march in
solidarity together on Friday, June 24th.

A list of endorsers is at the end of this email.

To endorse or for more info, email ikhenry@alp.org or call 718.596.0342, ext. 18

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The First Annual Trans Day of Action for Social and Economic Justice

Friday, June 24th, 2005

5:30 - gather at Jackson Sq.,

(the intersection of 8th Av., Greenwich Av, and Horatio St.)

6:30 - march to Union Square

7:30 - rally at Union Square

POINTS OF UNITY:
Visibility of Trans and Gender Non-Conforming People: Communities of color have histories that are rich with multiple gender identities, experiences, and expressions, but today the two-gender system is enforced against us everywhere: in health care, immigration, bathrooms, clothing, shelters, prisons, schools, government forms, job applications, and identity documents.

Gender policing has always been part of America's bloody history. State-sanctioned gender policing targets Trans and Gender Non-Conforming (TGNC) people first by dehumanizing our identities. It denies our basic right to gender self-determination, and considers our bodies to be property of the state.

Gender policing isolates TGNC people from our communities, many of which have been socialized with these oppressive definitions of gender. As a result, we all too often fall victim to verbal and physical violence. This transphobic violence is justified using medical theories and religious beliefs, and is perpetuated in order to preserve America's heterosexist values. Gender policing and violence denies our existence and is used to maintain control over us and keep our communities divided.

Our Struggles and the Broader Community: The specific issues that TGNC people of color face mirror those faced by broader communities of color in NYC: police brutality and harassment; racist and xenophobic immigration policies; lack of access to living wage employment, adequate affordable housing, quality education, and basic healthcare; and; the impacts of US imperialism and the so-called US "war on terrorism" being waged against people at home and abroad. These issues are compounded for TGNC people of color by the fact that homophobia and transphobia is so pervasive in society. As a result, our community is disproportionately represented in homeless shelters, in foster care agencies, in jails and prisons.

On April 2002, the city of New York passed a non-discrimination law that included gender identity as a protected category under the city's human rights law, yet it took the Bloomberg administration two years to create and release an inadequate set of guidelines to define what this meant. Meanwhile, TGNC people continue to experience high levels of violence and harassment everywhere we go.

Across the country, people of color communities face high levels of unemployment for example, the it is widely known that in 2005 the unemployment rate for Black men in NYC is now at 50%. We can only deduce that the percentage of unemployment for TGNC people of color is likely to be much higher since there is hardly any New York State employment data for our community. Due to the lack of employment opportunities, many of us are forced to accept work that is criminalized by the government, stigmatized by society and offers very little safety.

The anti-immigrant REAL ID act not only blatantly violates the rights of immigrants, but also has a direct impact in the lives of all TGNC people. This is especially relevant for people of color, who since 9/11 have experienced rising levels of policing and scrutiny from state agencies such as the Department of Motor Vehicles and Social Security. TGNC people are portrayed as frauds and potential so-called `terrorists" then targeted or denied rights.

The police, as agents of the government, have brutalized and murdered multitudes of people in our communities over the past few years. Many of them are people of trans experience, who have had no recourse because the violence perpetuated against them was, and still is, state-sanctioned.

As Trans and Gender Non-Conforming people of color, we see that our struggle today is directly linked to many struggles here and around the world. We view the June 24th, Trans Day of Action for Social and Economic Justice, as a day to stand in solidarity with all peoples and movements fighting against oppression and inequality. We also view this action as following the legacy of our Trans People of Color warriors, such as Sylvia Rivera, and others who with extreme determination fought not only for the rights of all trans and gender-nonconforming people, but also were on the frontlines for the liberation of all oppressed peoples. In this spirit, we as Trans and Gender Non-Conforming Peoples of Color call on all social justice activists from communities of color, lesbian, gay, bi and trans movements, immigrant rights organizations, youth and student groups, trade unions and workers organizations, religious communities and HIV/ AIDS and social service agencies to endorse this call to action and to build contingents to march in solidarity together on June 24th. With this march we commemorate the lives of those that came before us, and honor the courage of all communities that continue to struggle and fight for liberation and self-determination everyday.

Yours In Struggle --TransJustice, a project of The Audre Lorde Project

To endorse, email ikhenry@alp.org or call 718.596.0342, ext. 18.

Endorsers as of 6/16/05:

ACT UP Philadelphia

Action Center For Justice, Charlotte, NC

Alex Gould, Member, UFCW local 328, Providence, RI

Al-Fatiha NYC Chapter

Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS)

Empire State Pride Agenda

FIERCE

Gay & Lesbian Dominican Empowerment Organization (GALDE)

Gender Crash Productions, Boston, MA

Hispanic AIDS Forum, Inc

Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ)

Leslie Feinberg, Queer Caucus Steering Committee of

National Writers Union/United Auto Workers

Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition, MA

The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network

The Gender Identity Project

The Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement (IPSM), Montreal, Canada

The International Action Center

The Movement Strategy Center in Oakland, CA

The Network/La Red: Ending abuse in lesbian, bisexual women's and transgender communities, Boston, MA

The Sylvia Rivera Law Project

Transgender Law and Policy Institute

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THE AUDRE LORDE PROJECT
Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two Spirit & Transgender People of Color Communities
85 S. Oxford Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217
Tel: 718.596.0342 * Fax: 718.596.1328
Email: alpinfo@alp.org * Web: www.alp.org
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Queer Asian & Pacific Islander Pride Film Reception 2005

2005-06-14T12:40:00.000-04:00

Queer A&PI Film Series presents
an Asian & Pacific Islander LGBT Pride Film Reception

A film presentation and reception examining immigration and assimilation in a Queer Asian & Pacific Islander context.

Free Admission
Free Refreshments
Open to All
No RSVP Required

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2005
7:30PM

Millennium Theater
66 E 4th Street NY, NY 10003
(between 2nd & 3rd Ave)

Sponsored by
Asian & Pacific Islander Coalition on HIV/AIDS
International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission
South Asian Lesbian & Gay Association
Gay Asian & Pacific Islander Men of New York

Information
Jih-Fei Cheng, Gay Bisexual Transgender Project at APICHA
ph 212.334.7940 x218 em jcheng@apicha.org

EVERYONE, EVERYWHERE
Directed by Renee Y Rosenfeld
Narrated by Ian McKellen, the film chronicles the Human Rights Declaration seen through LGBT eyes, explaining the work of the International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission, and the importance of public pressure.

ORIENTATIONS
Directed by Richard Fung
More than a dozen men and women of different Asian backgrounds speak frankly about their lives as members of a minority within a minority. They speak about homophobia, racism, cultural identity and the ways that being gay and Asian have shaped who they are. Active in Canadian lesbian and gay organizations, the Asian community, the women's movement, unions, the arts and human rights work, their commitment and outspokenness challenge the stereotype of passive Asians.

THE #7 TRAIN:
AN IMMIGRANT JOURNEY
Directed by Hye Jung Park & JT Takagi
Each day, 500,000 people from 117 different countries ride a bright red subway that runs from Flushing to Times Square, going through Queens, the most ethnically diverse region in the U.S. "The No. 7 Train" follows four immigrant passengers: a Korean who works in a Harlem fish store, Otavalen street vendors in Chinatown, and a gay Pakistani fabric salesman on Fifth Avenue. Their lives and their conflicted relationships with the city and its other residents are juxtaposed with the subway they take each day to get to Manhattan and their dreams for the future.

旗袍/長杉 Exhibit at MoCA, 2006: Call for Submission

2005-06-14T12:30:00.000-04:00

Do you have a qi pao/cheong sam handed down to you through the generations?
Or a uniquely re-designed version of the qi pao?
Do you have photos of the women in your family donning their favorite qi pao?
What does this iconic Chinese dress mean to you?

MOCA is preparing an exhibit on the QI PAO/CHEONG SAM in 2005.

We are looking for:
- qi paos ranging from the 1920s-30s to the present day
- family photos of women in their qi paos
- stories of first impressions of, or encounters with, the qi pao.

Please send photos and stories (Do not send dresses, but rather a photo of the dress for consideration), to:

Attn: Qi Pao/Cheong Sam Exhibit
Museum of Chinese in the Americas
70 Mulberry Street, 2nd Floor
NY, NY 10023
or email submissions to clee@moca-nyc.org

Please include the following information with your submissions:
1) where and when the dress was made
2) your contact information: Name, Address, Email, Daytime Phone
3) if submitting a story, tell us a bit about yourself (ethnic/cultural background, age, occupation, etc.)

Please note that photos will not be returned. All submissions are received with the understanding that permission is given by the sender for use by the Museum of Chinese in the Americas for exhibition and exhibition-related purposes. Contributors whose submissions are selected for the exhibit will be notified by MoCA staff.

Asian American LGBT Youth Organizing Workshops

2005-06-09T11:29:00.000-04:00

Hello All,

The Coalition for Asian American Children and Families is doing a series of youth organizing workshops for LGBTQ Youth in the Asian Pacific American community. The deadline for application is June 18th. More info below and attached. Please help spread the word.

Project: QAPAW (Queer* Asian Pacific American Workshops)
Facilitator: Xing Wu

What is QAPAW?

Queer Asian Pacific American Workshops (QAPAW) is an intensive five-week program that will help youth participants (ages 13-19) to gain effective facilitation techniques and workshop development skills as well as to form a strong network of support. Participants will take part in workshops that explore identity, especially in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) and Asian Pacific American communities. Then, with the assistance of facilitators, participants will create workshops on their own by choosing topics that are relevant to the LGBTQ Asian Pacific American community. There will be a presentation day on which the participants will apply what they have gained through conducting their workshops to 1)LGBTQ, 2)Asian Pacific American, or 3) an all-inclusive audience, at the discretion of the participant.

Tentative Schedule
Session 1: Orientation
Sessions 2 to 4: Workshops from Community Organizations
Sessions 3 to 5: Dissecting a Workshop
Sessions 6 to 8: Creating a Workshop
Session 9: Presentation Day (longer than the other sessions)
Session 10: Evaluation & Party!

Why is QAPAW needed?
As one of few groups that cater specifically to Asian Pacific American youth who identify as LGBTQ, this program aims to assist in forming a supportive network of active and socially conscious youth leaders who will promote awareness of the LGBTQ Asian Pacific American community. Through their participation, youth leaders will be supported in their own self-discovery process as a LGBTQ Asian Pacific American. Unlike many other groups, QAPAW is a very intensive issues- and action-oriented program.

What does QAPAW hope to achieve?
QAPAW hopes to graduate leaders who will continue to mobilize the LGBTQ Asian Pacific American community, especially by delivering these workshops even after the summer. We would like participants to replicate their workshop at least once more during the school year, either in a school setting or at a community-based organization.

More than anything, QAPAW aims to become the start of a greater initiative that will create and foster a permanent and supportive space for young LGBTQ Asian Pacific Americans to explore issues of race and sexual identity through discussions and other activities. We hope that the QAPAW participants will play instrumental roles in the development of this space.

What will I gain from joining QAPAW?
Through QAPAW, participants will learn leadership skills, how to be an effective facilitator, and how to create an engaging workshop. In addition, they will explore topics relevant to the LGBTQ Asian Pacific American community - media representation, arts & literature, HIV/AIDS, among others.

Who does QAPAW look for?
QAPAW looks for 13 to 19-year-old youth of Asian or Pacific Islander* descent and who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning. Graduating seniors must be in NYC in the next school year to join. Above all else, applicants must be driven to contribute to his or her communities! We are looking for youth leaders who are self-aware and reflective. No previous community involvement with either the
LGBTQ or Asian Pacific American community is necessary!

When and where is QAPAW?
QAPAW will meet two days a week, for 3 hour sessions. Tentatively, it will meet on Friday and Sunday afternoons from July 8, 2005 to August 7, 2005. Meeting locations will be in Manhattan.

Is QAPAW a paid leadership program?
QAPAW is a free leadership program and it is not paid. However, food and drinks will be available at each meeting!

How can I apply?
To apply, please complete the attached application and mail, fax, or e-mail it to the Coalition for Asian American Children & Families by Saturday, June 18, 2005. Some applicants will be contacted for an interview, which is required of all participants, in late June. Participants will be notified by July 1.

If you have difficulty completing and returning the application by the deadline, please contact Xing Wu.

*Queer - collective term for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning.
*Asian or Pacific Islander - including East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Pacific Islands.

Questions? Concerns?
Contact: Xing Wu, QAPAW Facilitator
Coalition for Asian American Children & Families (CACF)
50 Broad Street, Suite 1701, New York, NY 10004
Phone: Contact Andrea Wu at 212-809-4675 ext. 105
Fax: 212-785-4601 E-mail: xwu@cacf.org
Website: www.cacf.org
QAPAW Application
Please complete this application and return it to the Coalition for Asian American Children & Families:
By Postal Mail:

Coalition for Asian American Children & Families
By Fax : 212-785-4601
Attention: Xing Wu, QAPAW Facilitator
50 Broad Street, Suite 1701
By
E-mail: xwu@cacf.org
New York, NY 10004

Feel free to answer the questions on a separate paper. Don't forget to attach your time availability sheet!

Name:
__________________________________
Address:
__________________________________________________

__________________________________________________
Telephone (optional):
__________________________________
Email:
__________________________________
Preferred Contact: Telephone
Post Mail Email
School: ______________________________
Age: _________
Sexual Orientation: __________________________
Ethnicity: _________________

*Why are you interested in joining this program?

*What qualities or experiences will you bring to this program?

*Please describe your self-discovery and/or coming out experience as a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning person.

Time Availability Sheet
Though tentatively scheduled to meet on Friday and Sunday afternoons from 12pm to 3pm, we are open to rescheduling our meetings if others are better for participants. Please be honest and circle ALL available hours!

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
12 pm 12 pm 12 pm 12 pm 12 pm 12 pm
1 pm 1 pm 1 pm 1 pm 1 pm 1 pm
2 pm 2 pm 2 pm 2 pm 2 pm 2 pm
3 pm 3 pm 3 pm 3 pm 3 pm 3 pm
4 pm 4 pm 4 pm 4 pm 4 pm 4 pm
5 pm 5 pm 5 pm 5 pm 5 pm 5 pm

Staten Island's 1st LGBT Pride, June 4

2005-06-03T16:42:00.000-04:00

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WELCOME TO STATEN ISLAND LGBT PRIDE !!
Saturday, June 4, 2005
Starts at 12pm
Rain or Shine
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Greetings! The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Health and Wellness Program of Community Health Action welcomes you to Staten Island’s first ever LGBT Pride Parade and Festival. This event, run entirely by volunteers, is a labor of love and devotion. Now it is time to come out, join the celebration and party!

Most of the events will take place along the boardwalk/promenade in Ocean Breeze and Midland Beach.

The Parade – 12 Noon
The LGBT Pride Parade will step off at about 12 Noon near the Ocean Breeze Fishing Pier. It is located near the intersection of Seaview Avenue and Father Capodanno Blvd. Volunteers and signs will direct you to the staging area. We will march along the promenade to the Midland Beach picnic area, just over 1 mile away.

The LGBT Pride Celebration – 1:00 PM on
Come enjoy a day near the beach. The Midland Beach picnic area has picnic tables and barbecues. (Come early. They are taken quickly.) There is an adjacent playground for children, basketball and handball courts, and a ball field. Best of all, there is the beach! Throughout the day there will be entertainment, a DJ, and a few guests. Many LGBT community organizations will have information tables. Also, we have a number of vendors that will be set up along the adjacent promenade where you can purchase refreshments and goods.

Entertainment (list in formation):
· DJ: Chris · Ron B. as Tina Turner · August Michaels · Heather · Life Under Water · Thunder Spirit Drummers · Amanda Lee Alicea, New York’s Outstanding Teen

Community Organizations (list in formation):
· Alternatives · American Cancer Society · Baltic Street Mental Health Board · Brady Brothers Social Club, Inc. · Brooklyn Pride · Community Health Action · Empire State Pride Agenda · Gay Men’s Health Crisis · Gay Straight Alliances from Staten Island Schools · Heritage of Pride · Latino Commission on AIDS · Lesbian and Gay Big Apple Corps Band · LGBT Community Center of NY · LGBT Law Association of Greater NY · Metropolitan Community Church of NY · The Muddy Cup · NYAGRA: New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy · NYC Lesbian and Gay Anti-Violence Project · PFLAG: Parents, Family and Friends of Lesbians and Gays · Project Achieve · Rainbow Families of Staten Island · Staten Island Stonewall · WKTU-FM 103.5 radio

Helpful Suggestions
We suggest that you park your car at the Midland Beach parking lot located adjacent to the picnic area at Lincoln Avenue and Father Capodanno Blvd. If you are participating in the parade, it may be a good idea to drop off your passengers at the Ocean Breeze Fishing Pier and park your car at Midland Beach. To assist you, we will be providing a shuttle van that will be making continuous runs from Midland Beach to Ocean Breeze for approximately one hour prior to the parade. If you need assistance or have a question while at the event, look for our volunteers wearing purple “Crew” shirts or purple “Volunteer” buttons.

Directions (All events are accessed from Father Capodanno Blvd.)
Public Transportation: The S-51 bus serves Father Capodanno Blvd. It originates from Ramp B at the St. George terminal and runs along Bay Street, School Road, and Lily Pond Avenue (connection from S-53) to Father Capodanno Blvd. where you can get off at Seaview Avenue for the Parade and/or Midland Avenue for the celebration.. The S-51 can also be accessed from Richmond Road and Midland Avenue (connection from S-74), running along Midland Avenue and crossing Hylan Blvd. (connection from S-78 and S-79) to Father Capodanno Blvd.

Driving: From the Verrazano Narrows Bridge, use lower level and use Exit 15S onto Lily Pond Avenue towards South Beach, then as below. From the Outerbridge Crossing, follow signs to the West Shore Expressway to the Staten Island Expressway East. From the Goethals and Bayonne Bridges, follow I-278 East (Staten Island Expressway) towards the Verrazano Bridge. You access Father Capodanno Blvd. from the Staten Island Expressway, Exit 15 for South Beach/Lily Pond Avenue. At the end of the ramp turn right onto Lily Pond Avenue. Lily Pond Avenue becomes Father Capodanno Blvd. when you reach the beachfront.

From the South Shore, you can access Father Capodanno Blvd. from Richmond Road or Hylan Blvd. by making a right turn onto Seaview Avenue (for the Ocean Breeze Fishing Pier) or Midland Avenue (for the Midland Beach picnic area). Continue on Midland Avenue to the beachfront and Father Capodanno Blvd.

Staten Island Ferry departs Manhattan at 10:30 AM, 11:30 AM, Noon, then half-hourly. If you plan on participating in the parade, you need to be on the 10:30 AM ferry.

After Party – 8:00 PM – Patricio’s Ristorante
Join us for a LGBT Festival “after party” on Saturday night at Patricio’s Ristorante, 695 Bay Street at 8:00 PM. Door donation of $5. We will have a DJ for dancing, and some delicious finger food, and a lot of good cheer. Cash bar.

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3rd Annual Queerin' Queens LGBT Cultural Celebration!

2005-06-03T16:33:00.000-04:00

Where: Queens Museum of Art, Unisphere Gallery, 2nd Floor
When: Saturday, June 4th, 2004 from 4 -7:30 pm:
FREE & Open to the public with reception following

The Queens Museum of Art with CINEMAROSA queens only queer film series The Gay Asian & Pacific Islander Men of New York (GAPIM-NY)pleased to announce its 3rd Annual LGBT Pride Celebration. This event brings together organizations and individuals in an afternoon of free music, dance, video, dynamic performances, food, art, and activism to celebrate and support the importance and strength of multicultural connections in our New York gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered communities.

Queerin' Queens will be emceed by the politically arousing, talented, lovely, and fabulous, CARMELITA TROPICANA. The Cuban-born, Obie award-winning writer/performance artist and actress knocks them dead every time she takes the stage.

Featuring performances by:

MAHINA MOVEMENT,. "Mahina," is taken from the Tongan word for moon and the Spanish to imagine, and the group explores creative means to reframe our consciousness through a potent and entrancing mix of dance, theater, spoken word and song.

Up-and-coming Puerto Rican poet ELLIOT TORRES moved to New York City alone at the age of 17 and worked behind the scenes in the fashion, music, television, and magazine industries. He has since published two volumes of poetry "Five Years of Solitary" and "Undaunted: A Poetic Journey."

Writer, performer, and activist IMANI HENRY is a Caribbean female-to-male transsexual. Henry's play "B4T (Before Testosterone)" takes a real hard look at what transgender individuals face on a daily basis---discrimination, abuse, acceptance.

The songstress and storyteller from Flushing, CHANEY SIMS, strives to share the beauty and importance of the unique American art forms of old school R&B, Soul, Blues, and Worksongs in her words and music. Sims is a member of the WOW Café Theater Collective where she co-produces "Rivers of Honey," a monthly cabaret featuring women and trans artists of color.

As a group of flag dance professionals, AXIS DANZ combines the lyrical and interpretive qualities of individual flag dancing with the powerful visuals of ensemble work. The results have been fresh and dramatic and have energized events across the country.

Queens based writer and dance performer SAUL REYES aka La Muñeca in collaboration with New Media Artist HECTOR CANONGE (Queens International 2004 Artist) will present Q' Dollogy, a video dance multimedia performance act that explores notions of identity (Self) and social constructs (Belong) with elements and beats of Pop Urban Culture.

After the performances, CINEMAROSA queens only queer film series- will present a special program of a exclusive selection of short films/videos curated by Hector Canonge:

The Fabulous Nutcracker (John Goodwin & Don Newcomb):
The traditional story of the well known character of the Nutcracker is presented as an animated tale with a Queer twist.;

Jared (Joyce Draganosky):
A twelve year old sweet boy experimenting with cross-dressing develops a crush on his mom¹s new boyfriend.);

A Bronx Tale (Janis Astor del Valle):
Fifteen year old Ariana lives in one of the most homophobic neighborhoods in the Bronx. When her life and reputation are threatened, she must choose between honoring herself, or her traditional family values.

I Feel Love, (Matt Wolf):
Fictionalization of the 1997 Versace murder where Joel Manero, a hotel maid, is the fictitious victim of the murderer.

Diary of a Bombshell, (Daniel Falcone)
The lives and times of a fabulous and infamous ³girl next door² whose sexuality and gender representations vary and multiply.

**All filmmakers will attend the presentation to some insights of their work with the audience. ***

FOLLOWED BY COMPLIMENTARY REFRESHMENTS & Free BALLROOM DANCE LESSONS

CUNY professor in the graduate program for interdisciplinary art and 4th generation Queens resident, DANIELLE ABRAMS will be debuting a multimedia performance "Ballroom" using family photos, video, performance, and dance lessons to tell a story about her grandfather, a retired ballroom dance teacher.

Partners include: CINEMAROSA queens only queer film series and The Gay Asian & Pacific Islander Men of New York (GAPIM-NY), and more to be added.
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Public Events at the Queens Museum of Art are supported by The Institute for Museum & Library Services, The Ford Foundation & Independence Community Foundation.

Directions: Subway: 7 train to Shea Stadium then 10-minute walk through park, following the signs for the Museum, which is located adjacent to the US Tennis Center and the Unisphere. Visit http://www.queensmuseum.org/information/directions.htm for more detailed directions.

讓歌曲道出台灣的故事《Viva Tonal 跳舞時代》

2005-05-21T17:16:00.000-04:00

電影放映會及導演簡偉斯座談

5月21日週六晚間七點至九點

台灣會館 (137-44 Northern Blvd., Flushing, NY 11354)

簡偉斯是電影電視製作人及導演，目前在世新大學廣播電視電影系兼任講師，也是「台北市女性影像學會」理事。1993 年畢業於美國俄亥俄州立大學攝影暨電影系研究所。《Viva Tonal 跳舞時代》獲得2003年金馬獎最佳紀錄片，並為2004國際紀錄片雙年展競賽入圍影片。

預告片

簡介: http://www.eden.rutgers.edu/~rutgsa/TSA/filmsintro.php#vivatonal

In celebration of the Taiwanese American Heritage Week!

Meet the Director: Screening of “Viva Tonal—The Dance Age”, and a conversation with director Wei-Ssu Chien (film with english subtitle, the conversation bilingual)

Sat. May 21, 7-9 pm at the Taiwan Center (137-44 Northern Blvd., Flushing, NY 11354)

Wei-Ssu Chien has a Master’s degree in Photography & Cinema from the Ohio State University. She is currently a freelance film director/producer and a lecturer at Shih Hsin University. She has been a council member of “Taipei Women’s Film & Video Association” since 1998.

“Viva Tonal—The Dance Age” was completed at the end of 2003, and immediately won the Best Documentary Award in Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival. This film lively presents the memory of Taiwan in the 1930s through popular music, when imperialism, modernity, militarism, market economy, culture industry and the shadow of World War II were entangled in the society.

Sun 22 Wedding March for Marriage Equality

2005-05-19T19:22:00.000-04:00

Start at Thomas Paine Park, Worth St at Lafayette St
(www.marriageequalityny.org).
Subway: J, Z to Chambers St; 4, 5, 6 to Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall.
March starts at 11am.

Join Marriage Equality New York and a mass of LGBT activists for the
second annual march over the Brooklyn Bridge. In a reversal from last
year's march direction, the day will kick off in Lower Manhattan, then
proceed to Cadman Plaza in Brooklyn for a rally, with speakers
including New Paltz Mayor Jason West and City Council Speaker Gifford
Miller, and entertainment from pop singer Ari Gold. Last year, 3,000
people marched. Help make it even bigger this year.

National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

2005-05-19T18:59:00.000-04:00

APICHA (The Asian and Pacific Islander Coalition on HIV/AIDS),
The Asian American Federation of New York,
The Center for the Study of Asian American Health at NYU,
The Chinese American Planning Council,
The Family Health Project, and the South Asian Health Project

Invite you to attend a panel discussion to commemorate the first
National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

Thursday, May 19, 2005
4:15 to 6:30 p.m.
New York University
Schwartz Lecture Hall F
550 First Avenue (Near 32nd Street)

Panelists Include

Therese Rodriguez, APICHA
Introduction to HIV/AIDS and Public Policy Issues

Margaret Abraham, Hofstra University
South Asian Immigrant Women?s HIV/AIDS Related Issues:
An Exploratory Study of New York City

Sumon Chin, Chinese American Planning Council
AIDS and Immigrants in New York City ?Women and Heterosexual Men

David Ho, Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center
Implications of Research and HIV/AIDS in Asia

Ezer Kang, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, Department of Pediatric Psychiatry
The Status of Research and HIV/AIDS in Asian and Pacific Islander Communities

John C. Liu, New York City Councilmember
Politics and the Budget: Asian and Pacific Islanders in New York City

Suki Terada Ports, Family Health Project
Moderator

Upcoming Revolutionstar Events!

2005-05-17T12:48:00.000-04:00

Revolutionstar Experience offers spaces for queer and trans People of Color, but we also offer some community-wide events for everyone. Please read descriptions for more information.

Contact information for all events is located at the bottom of this email.

:: A COMMUNITY-WIDE WORKSHOP

WHAT: “Taboo Topics : Finding Sexual Liberation”
We will discuss the taboo topics within sexual practices such as race play, rape play, infantilism, edge play, etc.
This workshop is for those with some degree of experience in the kink, BDSM, fetish, fantasy, roleplay and/or poly world.
This is not a how-to or 101 discussion, but an opportunity to talk with others to un-taboo the taboo.
These topics are often based in negative histories, but can we find ways to make our experiences positive in a sexually liberating context?
We would like to create a space to talk with others who have contemplated/explored/practiced these taboo topics and discuss how we can connect them to create a path that is positive for each of us.

WHEN: Tuesday, May 24, 7-9pm

WHERE: please email revolutionstar (at) riseup.net for location!

WHO: for people of all races/ethnities, genders, sexualities, identities who have some experience in the kink, BDSM, fetish, fantasy, roleplay and/or poly world.

COST: $7-10

MORE: http://www.revolutionstar.org/workshops.html

:: SEXUAL LIBERATION RETREAT: PURGE

WHAT: PURGE is an intimate 3-day weekend mind detoxification process of unlearning and re-learning the conventional social constructions of sex, the body, relationships, self-pleasure, fantasy, play and more.

WHEN: June 3-5

WHERE: Catskills, NY

WHO: This space is for queer women and trans folx of color. This means lesbians, bisexual women, queer and straight trans folx of color. This is currently not open to non-trans gay or bisexual men.

COST: depends on when you register, $150 or $200

MORE: For more information and the application go to: http://www.revolutionstar.org/purge.html

:: SCENE: SEXHIBITION: GET SEXY WITH US AFTER BROOKLYN PRIDE!

WHAT: SEXHIBITION: SHUT UP AND WATCH is an artistically, sexually charged exhibition event for voyeuristic queer and trans folx of color to experience, watch and admire queer, genderqueer and trans folx of color performing hot sex, BDSM, fantasy play, erotic art and more. It is a creative space exhibiting erotic/sexual art and performances.

This is not a play party, you are coming to shut up and watch designated hot people of color performing hot sex.

WHEN: Saturday, June 11, see website for times and details

WHERE: location disclosed upon RSVP confirmation

WHO: queer, genderqueer and trans folx of color. This means lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, queer, genderqueer and straight trans folx of color.

COST: $20-30, depends on time of arrival

MORE: http://www.revolutionstar.org/sexhibition.html

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a revolutionstar experience
revolutionstar@riseup.net
www.revolutionstar.org
347.581.5283

revolutionstar experience is a dynamic duo with revolutionary provocative thought about the colonial seeds of poison people of color, especially queer, genderqueer and trans folx of color, experience, and how these seeds alter our existence and intimate interactions. We work to find ways to transform what we have learned and purge these seeds towards our personal and collective liberation.

The Ancient Amazons: Female Masculinity or Matriarchy?

2005-05-08T13:00:00.000-04:00

CLAGS Graduate Student Colloquium in LGBTQ Studies

Walter (Peter) Penrose
Ph.D. Candidate in History

CUNY Graduate Center

Thursday, May 12, 7-9 pm
Room C202, CUNY Graduate Center

365 Fifth Avenue, New York City

For more information about CLAGS, visit our website, www.clags.org.

The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS)
Graduate Center, Room 7115
City University of New York
365 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10016

大紐約區台美人傳統週系列活動陸續登場

2005-05-07T12:19:00.000-04:00

（中央社記者曾志遠紐約二日專電）今年台灣人傳統週將在五月的第二個星期登場，事實上，大紐約僑界準備了豐富的系列活動慶祝並且已陸續登場；自台灣來美共襄盛舉的台灣原住民「南島舞集」舞團及掌中戲團「亦宛然」，十五日也將在曼哈頓聯合廣場「台灣巡禮」中亮相，介紹傳統文化給國際友人，更加掀起熱潮。

美國國會自一九九九年起，訂出五月第二個星期為「台美人傳統週」，全美各地台美人都利用五月來宣傳台灣文化，大紐約地區每年安排的節目，號稱是美國東岸台灣傳統週最大的戶外活動，今年除了循例在聯合廣場的「台灣巡禮（Passport to Taiwan）」外，最大特色是增添許多室內活動，構成連貫一整個月的「台美人傳統週」系列活動。

「台灣巡禮」負責企劃作業的前大紐約區台灣同鄉會會長許伯丞，今天在記者會上介紹今年「台灣巡禮」特色，強調將有全部由原住民單親家庭學生，或是家庭暴力受害者組成的「南島舞集」，及掌中戲團「亦宛然」的精彩演出。

「台灣巡禮」過去三年推出時受到外界的好評，台灣美食、文化、民俗技藝等傳統，在外國人眼中永遠是意猶未盡。許伯丞表示，今年活動在汲取他人經驗長處後，增加了小朋友的勞作區，也擴大例如童玩的互動區，並增列科技主題，凸顯台灣是電子島的特性。940502

台美人傳統周好熱鬧
魔術、布袋戲、交趾陶藝、陳錦芳畫展
威郡第五屆台美人傳統周將演出布袋戲「日月潭的傳說」。(衛鄉台灣文化社提供)

威郡第五屆台美人傳統周
將演出布袋戲
「日月潭的傳說」。
(衛鄉台灣文化社提供)

紐約州威郡(WestChester)第五屆台美人傳統周活動將於5月7 日展開，除往年的台灣布袋戲演出、兒童遊戲與台式點心，今年並增加魔術表演、台灣交趾陶藝展，以及畫家陳錦芳個人畫展。主辦單位希望透過該活動將台灣文化介紹給當地美國社會主流及各族裔居民，增進族裔交流溝通。

布袋戲及兒童節目將於7日(周六)下午1時30分至4時30分，在Katonah Vil-lage Library(26 Bedford Rd., Katonah)舉行。慶祝活動以布袋戲「日月潭的傳說」展開，由衛鄉台灣文化社演出，並示範木偶操作。魔術師蕭錫惠表演魔術、威郡台灣婦女會提供兒童遊戲與點心，包括摺紙、踢毽子、擲沙包、抽簽卜卦等。等。查詢電話：(914) 232-3508。

交趾陶藝術作品本月在Chappaqua Library(195 SouthGreeley Ave., Chap-paqua)展出一個月，此次展品由台灣文建會提供，查詢電話：(914)238-4799。

畫家陳錦芳也將於6月開始在 Chap-paqua Library 畫廊舉辦個人畫展，為期一個月。6月 18日(周日)下午4時到6時畫展酒會，陳錦芳除解說他的新意象派畫，並放映最新完成的「梵谷禁菸的故事」，以「為人類而藝術」為題發表演說。詳情可查閱網站：www.tfchen.org。

威郡位於紐約市北部近郊，約45分鐘車程，適宜攜家帶眷前往。活動詳情恰衛鄉台灣文化社Shyun-Long Yun (914) 219-5071，email:shyunlong@op-tonline.net。
（文：陳芝怡）紐約休閒／藝術、展覽、休閒活動

Save the dates!! -- May 8 + May 15 @ Union Sq.

2005-05-05T11:54:00.000-04:00

Dear NY lalas,

There will be two events at Union Square in May. On May 8, it's APA Heritage festival, and on May 15, it's Taiwanese American Heritage. I would like to invite you to join us at The Institute for Tongzhi Studies in celebration.

We'll have a booth shared with Q-WAVE and Taiwan Center respectively on May 8 and May 15. The director of SAVING FACE will join us in both events and the postcards of the film will be ready to distribute! So save the dates and bring your family and friends to join us.

26th ANNUAL APA HERITAGE FESTIVAL:
Sunday, May 8th, 2005
from 12-6pm @ Union Square Park
http://www.capaonline.org/

TAIWANESE AMERICAN HERITAGE FESTIVAL:
Sunday, May 15th, 2005
@ Union Square Park North
http://www.passport2taiwan.com/

Possible dinner gathering afterwards. More information to come.

Peace,
yy

THE NATIONAL SOUTH ASIAN AMERICAN VOTE 2004

2005-05-03T11:47:00.000-04:00

With analysis about Indo-Caribbean, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, and Indian voters

Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund Releases New Exit Poll Results

To celebrate the start of Asian American Heritage Month, on Tuesday, May 3, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund will release detailed findings about its national multilingual exit poll of South Asian American voters in the 2004 presidential election. Co-sponsors of the presentation include South Asian American Leaders for Tomorrow (SAALT) and South Asian American Voting Youth (SAAVY).

AALDEF's exit poll surveyed over 2,500 South Asian American voters in over a dozen South Asian languages. The exit poll was conducted in 20 cities in 8 states: New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Michigan, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. This is part of a national exit poll surveying 11,000 voters, and overall findings are in AALDEF's new publication, The Asian American Vote 2004: A Report on the Multilingual Exit Poll in the 2004 Presidential Election.

At the presentation, comparative information will be given about South Asian American voting patterns, important factors influencing their vote, party enrollment, main source of news, English proficiency and voting barriers.

Data will also be broken out by Indo-Caribbean, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, and Indian voters. AALDEF's multilingual exit polls reveal vital information about Asian American voting patterns that is often overlooked in mainstream voter surveys. AALDEF has conducted exit polls of Asian American voters in every major election since 1988. Dozens of community groups joined AALDEF
to mobilize over 1,200 attorneys, law students, and volunteers to conduct the exit poll and to safeguard the voting rights of Asian Americans.

EVENT:
Presentation on The South Asian American Vote 2004
DATE/TIME:
Tuesday, May 3, 2005
7:00 PM
PLACE:
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
4 Times Square, 37th floor
Between Broadway and 6th Avenue.
Manhattan, New York City
1/2/3/9, 7, N/R/Q/W, A/C/E to Times Square.
SPEAKERS:
Glenn D. Magpantay, AALDEF Staff Attorney
Nancy W. Yu, AALDEF Policy Analyst
Deepa Iyer, SAALT Executive Director
Rupa Parekh, SAAVY Board Member
RSVP (required): 212-966-5932, ext. 200 or info@aaldef.org

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The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, founded in 1974, protects and promotes the civil rights of Asian Americans through litigation, legal advocacy and community education in the areas of immigrant rights, civic participation and voting rights, economic justice for workers, racially-motivated violence and police misconduct, youth rights and educational equity, affirmative action, and language rights.
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ASIAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND
99 Hudson Street, 12th FL, New York, NY 10013-2815 Defending the civil rights of Asian Americans since 1974
tel: 212.966.5932 fax: 212.966.4303 www.aaldef.org
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May 1st: IMPORTANT CALL TO ACTION!!! May Day in NYC!!!

2005-04-28T20:06:00.000-04:00

march, rally & join GABRIELA Network NY/NJ, the Women's Anti-Imperialist League, and other grassroots people's organizations in a dynamic-united-organized working women-led contingent

WHAT: International Workers Day
WHEN: Sunday, May 1st, 2005
WHERE: Washington Square Park, assembling place
South East of the Park
Corner West 4th Street & Washington Square Place
TIME: 12 noon -- assemble time, preparation
12:30 pm -- mini program & step off for march
1:00 pm -- merge with the Union Square rally

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**BACKGROUND on working women-led contingent**
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Persevere in the Anti-Imperialist Struggle!

Advance the Working Women’s Liberation Movement!

International Labor Day is of historic importance to working women. In 1911, over a hundred workers, mostly women, perished in a fire in the garment district of New York City. They had been locked in for the night -- cutting, sewing and folding clothes until dawn. Their deaths brought to international attention the dismal working conditions for workers and the even drearier fate of women workers. Locking in women workers for the night may no longer be standard practice—though some retailers are said to still practice it; nevertheless, conditions have not changed dramatically for working women.

We who comprise the working women contingent to this May Day rally, assert that the US-led world capitalist system has brought an unprecedented level of exploitation and dispossession to the world’s women, strengthening local patriarchies to ensure that we remain the largest reserve of cheap labor for multinational corporations. We are 40% of the world’s workers, producing fully half of the world’s food supply while receiving only 10% of the world’s income. We comprise 60% of those who earn less than $1 a day and 75% of those who live on less than $1 a day. We comprise 90% of the workers in the maquiladoras of Central America and Mexico; of the Export Processing Zones of Asia; of the sweatshops of Saipan and the sweatshops of the electronic and garment industries of the ghettoes of the US. We generate an estimated 60% of the profits of globalization.

Though we contribute much to society, we continue to suffer the violence of class exploitation, gender oppression, racial discrimination and even bias against sexual orientation. Such violence is visited upon us in ways both subtle and overt, in forms both acute and insidious. Within the US, working women receive less pay for equal work; have less job opportunities and less opportunities for advancement; and are often in dangerous work situations. Murder, for instance, is the top occupational hazard for working women – because they work at such high crime risk
jobs as in convenience stores or because their presence in the workplace is resented.

The arduous task of the daily maintenance of the family falls upon the domestic worker, many forced to migrate from the poverty created by US-led imperialism in their home countries. As domestic workers, women are subject to long hours of work without overtime pay, pervasive fear of deportation, tremendous responsibilities for the home and the children, physical, verbal and sexual abuse including murder, non-recognition by society so that working visas are difficult to obtain, and social
invisibility as women of color. All these on a payscale barely above subsistence level.

And while working women have struggled for complete emancipation, equality and gender rights and freedoms, because the very origin of private property is historically linked to the exploitation of women, such a struggle has been frustrated, time and again, by structures of class and property.

Indeed, poor and propertyless women comprise 90% of the commodity of the global sex trade; and nearly 70% of those traded and exported in the international labor market.

Furthermore, the most terrible wars of aggression, invasion and occupation are unleashed by imperialism, under the leadership of the US, upon countries, nations and peoples which dare resist integration into the bloody world capitalist system.
In light of the above, we affirm that:

The struggle of working women against class exploitation is central to the women’s liberation movement;

The struggle against gender oppression, racial discrimination and bias against sexual orientation is integral to the women’s liberation movement;

The struggle for women’s democratic and reproductive rights and the overall struggle against various forms of patriarchies, serve and enhance the working women’s militant struggle against class exploitation, and vice-versa;

The women’s struggle for liberation is integral to the struggle against imperialism and vice-versa; a dialectical relationship exists between the women’s liberation movement and the anti-imperialist movement.

Therefore, we call on working women and their allies to:

Oppose imperialism, expose its anti-woman and anti-worker character!

Strengthen and expand the women’s anti-imperialist front!

Stand in solidarity with all people’s movement against imperialism and for national liberation!

Stand in solidarity with the working women of the world toward class emancipation, gender liberation and racial equality!

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**BACKGROUND on International Workers Day**
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May Day began more than one hundred years ago with the struggle of working people in the U.S. for an eight-hour day.

Now, it is observed world-wide as International Workers Day. On May 1, all over the globe, working people will take to the streets to struggle for workers' rights and oppose the war.

In Manila, more than 50,000 people are expected to march and rally to call for an end to the U.S. occupation of Iraq, to oppose the de-regulation of the oil industry, and to say "No to US Intervention in the Philippines!"

In Dublin, the council of Trade Unions will march from Parnell Square to Liberty Hall on April 30. The theme of the march is solidarity with migrant workers.

In London, organizers with the annual May Day March and Rally will march for workers right, also focusing on migrant workers' rights.

Throughout Europe, activists are organizing for "May Day Europe," with demonstrations in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Copenhagen, Hamburg, Helsinki, Jyväskylä, L'Aquila, Leon, Liege, Ljubjana, London, Maribor, Marseille, Milano, Napoli, Palermo, Paris, Sevilla, and Stockholm.

Working people all over the globe will take to the streets, with hundreds of rallies and marches planned from Mexico City to Delhi.

On May Day 2005, let's bring back that fighting spirit.
* END THE OCCUPATION OF IRAQ, STOP ENDLESS WAR
* WE DEMAND JOBS AT DECENT WAGES, HEALTH CARE, HOUSING AND EDUCATION FOR ALL
* SOLIDARITY WITH IMMIGRANTS WORKERS – WE WILL NOT BE DIVIDED
* HANDS OFF SOCIAL SECURITY
* UNITE AGAINST RACISM AND POLITICAL REPRESSION
* STOP THE REINSTATEMENT OF THE DRAFT
* SOLIDARITY WITH WOMEN, WITH LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANS PEOPLE
* SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE OF THE MIDDLE EAST, ASIA, AFRICA, LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN WHO ARE RESISTING U.S. IMPERIALISM’S DRIVE TO OWN AND EXPLOIT THEM
* SOLIDARITY WITH ALL OF THE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENTS
* A REBIRTH OF WORLDWIDE SOLIDARITY IS ESSENTIAL TO THE STRUGGLES AHEAD OF US

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To endorse and be part of the contingent, contact:
Ana Liza Caballes
DAMAYAN Migrant Workers Association
406 West 40th Street, 2nd Floor
New York City, NY 10018
Telephone: 212-564-6057
Email: contact@damayanmigrants.org
Contingent participants are still in formation. As of 04/18/05 it includes: DAMAYAN Migrant Workers Association, Gabriela Network NY/NJ, Ugnayan ng mga Anak ng Bayan (Linking the Children of the Motherland), Network in Solidarity with the People of the Philippines, and more to be confirmed...

Trans Politics, Social Change and Justice (May 6-7, 2005)

2005-04-25T18:24:00.000-04:00

The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS) presents "Trans Politics, Social Change, and Justice" to be held May 6-7, 2005 in New York City. This conference will provide a venue to strengthen activist and research networks, incite dialogues, share research, and create resources central to creating social change for trans people. The conference will take place at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, where CLAGS is housed, at 365 Fifth Avenue (between 34th and 35th streets), New York, NY.

During two days, conference participants will take part in plenary sessions, breakout groups, and roundtables about trans activism and public policy research on local, state-wide, national, and international levels. Activists and researchers will have the opportunity to further develop their ongoing work and to create new dialogues with trans and non-trans allies.

We encourage the participation of trans people in the broadest possible sense of the word "trans." The conference's educational goal is to go beyond simple lessons about tolerance and gender diversity and engage participants in an advanced discussion of the experiences and political interests of different trans constituencies, including, but not limited to trans, butch lesbians, drag queens, bi-gendered, two-spirited, drag kings, femme queens, A.G.s, genderqueer, non-gendered, andro, crossdressers, and gender-bender peoples. We will also welcome presentations and workshops focused on intersex issues. While intersex issues are distinct from transgender issues, alliances between intersex and transgender activists strengthen all of our work, and the conference will focus on multiple aspects and effects of binary gender frameworks.

The conference's practical goal is to create new interactions and foster ongoing collaborations among grassroots activists, community organizers, researchers, attorneys, LGBT community members, and members of allied communities and organizations. We will encourage workshops and roundtables that will promote collaborative work and active discussions.

Queer CUNY VI "Echoes of Truth through the Voices of Our Youth"

2005-04-21T13:31:00.000-04:00

Saturday, April 30, 2005
Queer CUNY VI
"Echoes of Truth through the Voices of Our Youth"

Join CUNY LGBT Students, staff, faculty, alumni, and friends at the Sixth Annual Queer CUNY conference. Workshops and activities include: religion and politics, sexual creativity, identities and definitions, queer majors and minors, issues for transgender students, HIV/AIDS and safe sex, homophobia and racism, collaborative queer CUNY mural, and more.

Keynote Speaker:
Alan Van Capelle, Executive Director, Empire State Pride Agenda

11am-10pm
City College of New York, CUNY
138th Street and Convent Avenue
New York, NY 10031

For more information call SAGA at 212-650-7000, ext. 21001 or email saga@ccny.cuny.edu.

Hosted by the City College of New York Straight and Gay Alliance (SAGA) with support from the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS) and the Diversity Projects Development Fund of CUNY

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The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS)
Graduate Center, Room 7115
City University of New York
365 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10016

For more information about CLAGS's events, programs, conferences, colloquia, and fellowships, to add to or search our directory of LGBTQ Studies, to join our mailing list, or to find out how to become a member, please visit our web site at www.clags.org.

THE 2ND ANNUAL COLLEGE QUEER LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE WIDENING THE SPECTRUM

2005-04-21T13:04:00.000-04:00

It's that time of year again!

The LGBT student organizations of Yale, Princeton, Barnard, Columbia, Fordham, Rutgers, and (of course) NYU are proud to present

THE 2ND ANNUAL COLLEGE QUEER LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE WIDENING THE SPECTRUM

April 23rd, 2005

including presentations by
GLAAD Media Training
GRAANJ-Gender Rights Advocacy
Bodies Like Ours
NOW
Lambda Legal
James Dale (Boy Scouts vs. Dale)
Identity House
Alyson Nelson and Suraiya Baluch, Columbia University
and more

Keynote address by Johnathan Katz, Director Larry Kramer Intiative for Gay and Lesbian Studies at Yale University

Conference is free to all, and lunch will be served

To register visit http://www.nyu.edu/clubs/queerunion/register.html

Travel subsidies are available. If you plan on attending please e-mail
m.brown@nyu.edu so that we can coordinate your travel.

SAVING FACE BLOG

2005-04-21T12:52:00.000-04:00

Dear Friends,

We want to invite you to a new exciting BLOG: http://sfcampaign.blogspot.com/.

We created this blog to share news and insights about the soon-to-be-released film SAVING FACE, a sexy, heartwarming romantic comedy centered on a mother and daughter's journey through mutual understanding and affirmation. It tells a story of love, honesty, and respect while exploring generational and cultural clashes. It's also the first American theatrical release featuring an Asian American lesbian couple.

At its heart, it is wonderful entertainment that will make you laugh and feel. Audiences have compared it to both "The Wedding Banquet" and "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" for its ability to transcend cultures to touch a wide range of people who might not have expected to love a film such as this one.

We have various reasons for supporting and recommending SAVING FACE to you. These include: increasing the visibility of Asian women in the media, combating homophobia, ensuring support for Asian American films, and promoting director Alice Wu as an out filmmaker. In addition, we also share a belief with Alice in the central theme of the film of Love – whether you are Asian, black or white, gay or straight, young or old, everyone basically wants to love – AND IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO FALL IN LOVE FOR THE FIRST TIME.

Two additional themes that are pivotal to the film concern coming-out and the relationship between mothers and daughters. Since this blog is in some ways an extension of the film, we would like to invite you to join us in building on film's story by writing our own coming-out stories and giving tribute to our moms on the blog. The more people who tell their stories, the louder our voices will be heard.

The film was sold-out at its world-debut last fall in Toronto and was a darling at the Sundance Film Festival. It is expected to offer broad appeal when it opens in theaters this Memorial Day weekend. It indeed is a film for everyone. We urge everyone to come out to the theaters to support the film's opening weekend with families and friends.

Save the date! May 27-30, 2005!

Saving Face BLOG Team

P.S. We are a consortium of volunteers not affiliated formally with Sony or the filmmaker, we are just doing this because we love the film and hope you will too.

RACIAL JUSTICE DAY 2005

2005-04-16T12:08:00.000-04:00

Monday April 18th, 5pm – Gather at City Hall
BACKGROUND
On Sunday April 17th, ex-NYPD officer Francis Livoti will be released from a North Carolina prison – after serving time for violating the civil rights of Anthony Baez in 1994. Religious congregations across the city will have services of remembrance & resistance, as a reminder to us all that police violence & brutality are real and continuing threats to the safety of communities throughout NYC and the nation.

On MONDAY APRIL 18th, JOIN US to:

Remember those who have been killed & brutalized by the NYPD’s Racist/ Sexist/ Transphobic/ Homophobic/ anti-youth/ anti-immigrant policing practices

Remember generations and communities being criminalized

Remember families and communities that continue to survive and resist violence and brutality

Demand an end to the policies & practices that continue to target communities of color, youth, immigrants, LGBTST people, homeless and low-income people!

For more information: 212-353-7825, or email: rjd05@hotmail.com

Organized by NYC Coalition Against Police Brutality (Audre Lorde Project; CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities; Justice Committee; Malcolm X Grassroots Movement).
**Co-sponsors (list in formation as of 4/6/05): Domestic Workers United; FIERCE!; Nodutdol for Korean Community Development; NYS Black Gay Network; Sista 2 Sista.
**Endorsers (list as of 4/6/05): El Puente; For A Better Bronx; Haitian Information Center; International Action Center; Latin Kings/NJ; Latino Social Justice Network; National People’s Democratic Uhuru Movement; SALGA - South Asian LGBTQQ Association; Urban Mana; Welfare Poets

From Pleasure to Hygiene talk at NYU

2005-04-09T11:31:00.000-04:00

Asian/Pacific/American Studies Program and Institute
New York University
presents:

"From Pleasure to Hygiene: Korean Sex Slaves and
No. 606 Injections during the Pacific War"
Dissertation Talk with Sel J. Wahng, Ph.D.

Friday, April 15
2pm to 4pm
A/P/A Studies
269 Mercer Street, Suite 609

RSVP by Wednesday, April 13
www.apa.nyu.edu
apa.rsvp@nyu.edu, 212.992.9653

[valid picture ID required to enter building]

Sel J. Wahng, a graduate of NYU's Performance Studies program, presents his completed dissertation on Korean military sex slaves (also known as comfort women) who were forced to sexually serve the Japanese Imperial Army (JIA) during the Pacific War (an aspect of WWII) in Asia. From Darfur to the former Yugoslavia to Rwanda to Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe, ethnically-based systematic and mass rapes have occurred throughout history.

During the Pacific War, however, Japan maintained a system of sexual slavery on a scale and magnitude never seen before as a result of implementing certain practices based on efficiency and hygiene. Cultural mythology, mobilization, and medicalization of this system will be discussed, including the frequent use of No. 606 injections, and the consequent ramifications for race and gender.

Sel J. Wahng is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Behavioral Science Training Program at National Development and Research Institutes, Inc./Medical and Health Research Association of NYC and a Visiting Scholar with the A/P/A Studies Program at NYU.

This program is supported by NYU's Department of East Asian Studies and the Gender & Sexuality Studies Program.

Venue is wheelchair accessible.

Poetics & Violence

2005-04-09T11:19:00.000-04:00

With Eileen Myles, Maggie Nelson & Claudia Rankine
Moderated by Sally Bachner
Tuesday, April 12, 7pm
@ Segal Theater, The CUNY Graduate Center
365 Fifth Avenue, at 34th Street
$5, Free to Poets House Members & CUNY students, faculty & staff

Contemporary poets talk about how they handle violence in their work and why.

Maggie Nelson is author of the collection Jane: A Murder. Claudia Rankine's most recent book is Don't Let Me Be Lonely. Eileen Myles is the author of, most recently, Skies, a collection of poems, and Cool for You, a novel. Sally Bachner is a visiting assistant professor in English at Wesleyan University.

Co-sponsored by The Center for the Humanities at The Graduate Center, CUNY.

Transgender Transgressions or Transgender Transcendence? Examining Caribbean Contexts

2005-04-09T11:01:00.000-04:00

CLAGS Colloquium Series in LGBTQ Studies
presents

Transgender Transgressions or Transgender
Transcendence? Examining Caribbean Contexts

Rosamond S. King
Department of English, Long Island University

Wednesday, April 13, 7-9 pm
Room C204, CUNY Graduate Center
365 Fifth Avenue, New York City
(between 34th and 35th Streets)

For more information about CLAGS, visit our website, www.clags.org.

The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS)
Graduate Center, Room 7115
City University of New York
365 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10016

For more information about CLAGS's events, programs, conferences, colloquia, and fellowships, to add to or search our directory of LGBTQ Studies, to join our mailing list, or to find out how to become a member, please visit our web site at www.clags.org.

NYU public forum on Transgender Rights

2005-04-04T17:12:00.000-04:00

New York City's transgender rights law:
a public forum on guidelines for implementation of Local Law 3 of 2002
(Int. No. 24)

Tuesday, April 19, 7-9 p.m.
Kimmel Center, Rm. 808
New York University
60 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012

In December 2004, the New York City Commission on Human Rights adopted guidelines for implementation of Local Law 3 of 2002 (Int. No. 24), which prohibits discrimination based on gender identity & _expression in employment, housing & public accommodations.

A panel of advocates & experts will discuss and explain the new regulations and answer questions about the guidelines and their implications for city agencies, employers, landlords, providers of public accommodations, and for transgendered & gender-variant people themselves.

Panelists:

- Hon. Bill Perkins, Council Member

- Avery Mehlman, deputy commissioner,
NYC Commission on Human Rights

- Matt Foreman, executive director,
National Gay & Lesbian Task Force

- Pauline Park, co-chair,
New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy (NYAGRA)

- Michael Silverman, executive director,
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF)

- Melissa Sklarz, president,
Gay & Lesbian Independent Democrats (GLID)

Co-sponsored by the New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy (NYAGRA), the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF), the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force, Gay & Lesbian Independent Democrats (GLID), the Stonewall Democratic Club of NYC, the Out People of Color Political Action Club (OutPOCPAC) and the Women of Color Policy Network at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University.

哥大藝文展來啦

2005-04-04T16:59:00.000-04:00

哥倫比亞大學台灣學生會
2005春季藝文季系列活動序幕【台灣綺麗攝影展】

CTSA所舉辦的2005春季藝文季即將開場！請深呼一口氣，我們一起期待溫暖浪漫
的春天帶領我們一個藝文的開始！

2005春季藝文季活動序幕：台灣綺麗攝影展
4/4~5/2 @ Lerner Hall 5F Art Display Area: 台灣綺麗攝影展Section I
從四月開始，我們將於Lerner Hall五樓，展出部份攝影作品。名為福爾摩莎的美麗之島，千萬種風情你還記得嗎？記得下次去Lerner Hall的時候順便上樓去看看吧！不要忘記順便跟外國朋友介紹一下家鄉之美唷！

藝文季活動時間如下：
2005春季藝文季活動系列一：台灣綺麗攝影展暨藝術文物展
4/15 ~ 4/21 @ St. Paul's Chapel B1: 台灣綺麗攝影展Section II
4/15 5pm @ Lerner Hall 2F Game Room: 藝術季開幕餐會與精緻藝術文物展

2005春季藝文季活動系列二：台灣經典電影回顧
(Fri 4/15 6pm@ Lerner Hall 2F Cinema)

2005春季藝文季活動系列三：悠揚薩克斯風音樂會
( Sun 5/8 2pm @ Milbank Chapel)

活動詳細內容，將公佈於CTSA官方網站：http://www.ColumbiaTSA.org/

協辦單位: 駐紐約台北經濟文化辦事處新聞組
駐紐約台北經濟文化辦事處台北文化中心
Columbia University Student Development & Activities

CTSA 2005 Spring Arts and Literature Festival
PROLOGUE: Photo Exhibition of Beautiful Formosa (Section 1)

April 3rd ~ May 2nd @ 5th Floor, Alfred Lerner Hall

April 15th ~ April 21st @ St. Paul’s Chapel B1
(the Guastavino Room: the Art Gallery)

CTSA will start the Spring Arts and Literature Festival by launching the Exhibition of Beautiful Formosa. Featuring award-winning pictures depicting the beauty of Taiwan, the first section of the Exhibition will start from April 4th to May 2nd at Alfred Lerner Hall (5th Floor); the second from April 15th to 21st at St. Paul’s Chapel. Named as FORMOSA (meaning, beautiful island) by the Portuguese sailors in 1517, Taiwan is an island of charm and energy. Please come explore the beauty of Formosa at our Exhibition.

Snapshot of the festival as follows:
2005 Arts and Literature festival series #1: Taiwanese photography and culture exhibition
4/4~ 5/2 @ Lerner Hall 5F Art Display Area: Photo Exhibition of the Beautiful Formosa Section I
4/15 ~4/21 beginning at 4pm, April 15th@ St. Paul’s Chapel B1, the Guastavino Room (the Art Gallery): Photo Exhibition of the Beautiful Formosa Section II
4/15 at 5pm @ Lerner Hall Game Room (2nd Floor): Festival Kick-Off Party & Taiwanese Culture Exhibition

2005 Arts and Literature festival series #2: Review of an award-winning Taiwanese movie
(Fri 4/15 6pm@ Lerner Hall 2F Cinema)

2005 Arts and Literature festival series #3: Saxophone concert
(Sun 5/8 2pm @ Milbank Chapel at Teachers College)

Sponsors:
Information division of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York
Columbia University Student Development & Activities

For more information, please go to CTSA’s official website: http://www.columbiatsa.org/

Asian American Renaissance Symposium

2005-03-23T11:35:00.000-05:00

Asian/Pacific/American Studies Program & Institute
New York University
presents

Symposium:

Asian American Renaissance -- Movement, Moment, Message?
Friday - Saturday, April 1 - 2 , 2005
New York University

In the words of historian Jeffrey C. Stewart, "The idea behind the Harlem Renaissance was that (1) racism in America could be addressed not only through protest against racist practices, but also by changing the prevailing images that European Americans had about Black people and (2) that positive images of African Americans as contributors to American Culture would raise the self-esteem of Black people."

The aims of the Harlem Renaissance, as named by Stewart, could aptly describe the situation for Asian Americans in contemporary culture. Is there a need for an Asian American Renaissance that will combat the anti-Asian, anti-immigrant stereotypes that continue to plague our communities? Is there an Asian American Renaissance already taking place in different cities, such as NYC?

Led by Helen Zia, noted journalist and A/P/A Studies Writer-in-Residence, this symposium looks at an Asian American Renaissance in three parts: activists and their use of popular culture; the economic, political, and social challenges that are confronting Asian Americans; the Asian American cultural movement in New York and elsewhere, and what is needed to spark a renaissance on a local, national and international scale.

The Friday kick-off program features an incredible line-up of different Asian Pacific American women activists and artists, including Yuri Kochiyama and Yong Soon Min, who will discuss how they use cultural forms to communicate an activist message.

Saturday features two fluid sessions examining the economic, political, and social challenges that are confronting Asian Americans and the Asian American cultural movement in New York and elsewhere. Key cultural activists, scholars and funders dialogue about what is needed to spark a renaissance on a local, national and international scale.

The symposium will end with strategy-building discussions that will include the identification of cultural resources throughout the nation, future trends and their impact on Asian Americans, the importance of preserving and documenting history through the development of Asian American archives, and a brainstorm on how to build upon and link existing cultural movements.

FRIDAY
6:30pm to 8:30pm
NYU Silver Center, Room 703
100 Washington Square East
(enter on Washington or Waverly Place)

SATURDAY
10am to 2pm
NYU D'Agostino Hall
Lipton Hall (lower level)
108 West 3rd Street
(between Sullivan and MacDougal Streets)

Valid picture ID required to enter NYU buildings

To register, leave personal contact info:
apa.rsvp@nyu.edu 212.992.9653

PARTICIPANTS include:
§ NaRhee Anh, Asian American Arts Alliance
§ Tomie Arai, artist
§ Reggie Cabico, spoken word performer
§ Jessica Chao, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
§ Fay Chiang, poet/writer
§ Melissa Chiu, Asia Society
§ Luis Francia, poet, A/P/A Studies
§ Jon Funabiki, Ford Foundation
§ Velina Hasu Houston, playwright
§ Andrew Hsiao, New Press
§ Deepa Iyer, South Asian American Leaders of Tomorrow
§ Ian Kim, student, NYU
§ Yuri Kochiyama, activist
§ Audee Kochiyama-Holman, Asian Law Caucus
§ Makiko James, student, NYU
§ Margo Machida, art historian, University of Connecticut
§ Robert Lee, Asian American Arts Centre
§ David Levering Lewis, Harlem Renaissance scholar, New York University
§ Yong Soon Min, artist, University of California -Irvine
§ Vijai Nathan, comedian
§ Franklin Odo, Smithsonian Institution
§ Ralph Pena, Ma-Yi Theater
§ Bryan Pu-Folkes, New Immigrant Community Empowerment
§ D.J. Rekha Sangament, D.J., activist
§ Larry Shinagawa, demographer, Ithaca College
§ Chanika Svetvilas, Thailinks
§ JT Takagi, Third World Newsreel
§ Roberta Uno, Ford Foundation
§ Vanessa Whang, arts/philanthropy consultant, LINC
§ Angel Velasco Shaw, filmmaker, A/P/A Studies
§ Alice Young, Committee of 100/Kaye Scholer
§ Helen Zia, writer, A/P/A Studies Writer-in-Residence

CO-SPONSORS:
§ NYU Department of East Asian Studies
§ NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Studies
§ NYU Graduate Studies of Arts and Science

SUPPORTERS:
§ Asian American Arts Alliance
§ Asian American Writers’ Workshop
§ National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF), NY Chapter

_________________

ASIAN/PACIFIC/AMERICAN STUDIES PROGRAM AND INSTITUTE
New York University
269 Mercer Street, Suite 609
New York, NY 10003
Tel: (212) 998.3700
Fax: (212) 995.4705
email: apa.studies@nyu.edu
website: www.apa.nyu.edu

NYC free screening 3/24/05: Final Solution

2005-03-23T10:07:00.000-05:00

Final Solution is a powerful documentary about the genocide of Muslims in Gujarat India. Anyone concerned about human rights issues, about the role women play in war, and problems of racial and religious genocide should watch this film. Director Rakesh Sharma is coming from India and will be available for a Q &A after the film. His film has won several awards at international festivals and you can learn more at
http://rakeshfilm.com/finalsolution.htm. Please feel free to circulate widely. Hope to see you this Thursday!

Shuruq Committee

Shuruq Week at NYU would like to invite you to a screening of

Final Solution
A Documentary on the Politics of Hate

Thursday March 24
Kimmel Center for University Life
60 Washington Sq South, Room 914
Free and open to the public!
6-9pm

Set in Gujarat, India, Final Solution examines the aftermath of the deadly violence that followed the burning of 58 Hindus on the Sabarmati Express train at Godhra on February 27, 2002. The film documents the changing face of right-wing politics in India through a study of the 2002 genocide of Muslims in Gujarat. In reaction to that incident, some 2,500 Muslims were brutally murdered, hundreds of women raped, and more than 200,000 families driven from their homes. Discussion with director Rakesh Sharma will follow. Refreshments will be served. Cosponsored by NYU Religious Studies Program.

For questions please contact pouneh@nyu.edu or linasayed@nyu.edu

*Please bring NYU ID or valid government-issued photo ID

Directions to the Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Square South, NY, NY 10012:
*Take the Lexington Avenue subway (No. 6 train) to Astor Place Station. Go west on Astor Place to Broadway. Walk south on Broadway to Waverly Place. Walk westward on Waverly Place until you reach Washington Square.
*Take the Broadway subway (N, R or W train) to Eighth Street Station. At Broadway walk south to Waverly Place. Walk westward on Waverly Place until you reach Washington Square.
*Take the Sixth Avenue subway to West Fourth Street-Washington Square Station (A, C, E, F, V, or S train). Walk east on West Fourth Street until you reach Washington Square.

JUICY MOTHER comix anthology NYC launch 3/25

2005-03-21T20:23:00.000-05:00

Celebrate the publication of
JUICY MOTHER
a comix anthology edited by Jennifer Camper
Published by Soft Skull Press

Comix for Discerning Homosexuals, Uppity Ladies, Fierce People of
Color, and all their friends.

Juicy Mother Book PARTY!
The Bowery Poetry Club
Friday, March 25
8-10pm
$7

Meet the Cartoonists!
Slideshow and Discsussion!
Contests! Prizes! Snacks!

Dancing to the hot sounds of
DJ Apocalipstick
and
DJ Stef

Juicy Mother Contributors:

Alison Bechdel (Dykes to Watch Out For)
Jennifer Camper (Rude Girls & Dangerous Women, subGURLZ)
Howard Cruse (Wendel, Stuck Rubber Baby)
Diane DiMassa (Hothead Paisan)
Michael Fahy (Boy Trouble)
Leanne Franson (Liliane)
Joan Hilty (Bitter Girl)
G.B. Jones (Tom Girls, J.D.s., Bitch Nation)
Rupert Kinnard (The Brown Bomber)
Robert Kirby (Curbside, Boy Trouble)
Karen Platt (Dolo Romy)
Ariel Schrag (Definition, Potential, Likewise)
Serpilla (The Italian Cousin)
Robert Triptow (Gay Comix)
Ivan Velez, Jr. (Tales of the Closet, Blood Syndicate)
Stephen Winter (writer, filmmaker and "Tarnation" producer)

Directions:
The Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery
Between Houston & Bleecker
(across the street from CBGB)
F/V train to Second Ave
6 train to Bleecker

GLAAD Media Awards: Student Scholarships

2005-03-15T14:15:00.000-05:00

Do you want to go to the GLAAD Media Awards but your student budget won't allow it? Enter the GLAAD Student Contest for a chance to win a ticket to the 16th ANNUAL GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS in New York City. Thanks to a very generous donor, Darnley Stewart, a select group of talented students will be selected to celebrate this year's outstanding media representations of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.

Eligibility and Prizes:
Full-time undergraduates and (Full/Part time) graduate students, ages 18 and over, that are currently enrolled in a program at a college or university in the New York City metropolitan area. All majors and programs of study are eligible. GLAAD encourages students to apply that are currently majoring in LGBT Studies, Women & Gender Studies, Communications, Journalism, Film, Theater and/or Media Studies. In addition, straight allies, people of color, transgender people and women are highly encouraged to apply. Eight winners will be selected to attend the 16th ANNUAL GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS in New York City on March 28, 2005 at the Marriot Marquis. Winners each receive one ticket to the event. Transportation to the event, unfortunately, cannot be provided.

Contest Application: In 500 words or less (1-2 pgs.), fully answer the questions found below. You may add any other pieces of information about yourself that you think will support your application. We encourage each applicant to include a picture of themselves with their profile; however, a picture is optional and not required. The application will be used to create a face book for all selected winners.

1. General information (name, age, school & major and hometown).

2. Contact information (mailing address, phone number and email address).

3. What are your future aspirations or goals?

4. Past accomplishments and distinctions of honor (ex: Journalism Fellowship or leadership awards etc.)

5. What part of GLAAD's work interests you the most?

Deadline:
Email all submissions to nuruddin@glaad.org. If mailing hard copy mail to the following address:

Nafees Nuruddin
GLAAD
248 W 35th Street, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10001

All applications will be accepted until March 18, 2005. Any submissions after March 18, 2005 will not be considered. Selected winners will be notified by March 21, 2005.

For any questions, please e-mail: nuruddin@glaad.org

GLAAD:

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) is dedicated to promoting and ensuring fair, accurate and inclusive representation of people and events in the media as a means of eliminating homophobia and discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation

Please visit our website at: http://www.glaad.org

16TH ANNUAL GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS
PRESENTED BY ABSOLUT VODKA

Fair. Accurate. Inclusive (and impossibly glam). GLAAD honors the year's outstanding media representations of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender

(LGBT) people, and the issues that affect their lives. More than 150 national and international media outlets report on the GLAAD Media Awards. Nearly 5,000 people attend the award ceremonies in Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco. Guests include LGBT community members, straight allies, corporate executives and clients,
celebrities and nominees.

For more information on this year's media awards and to view last year's pictures, please visit: http://www.glaad.org/mediaawards/

ELIXIR AT SHEBEEN!

2005-03-13T17:16:00.000-05:00

HELLO!~~NEW YORK! IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN!~

SOCIAL AT ELIXIR: Wednesday, March 23rd

Elixir: A happy hour for and by Queer Asian and Pacific Islanders and their allies. Enjoy drink specials and win cool raffle prizes!

Hello! The ELIXIR is a social hang out happy hour co-sponsored by GAPIMNY AND Q-WAVE to join Queer Asian and Pacific Islanders together!! It is a gender mixed setting in a sweet, comforting, low-light bar, great for socializing and making new friends!! There will be raffle game and great gifts!! Bring your friends!! And remember, please respect our space, reserved only for QAPIs and ALLIES. Thank you!

6-9pm at Shebeen
(202 Mott Street b/t Spring and Kenmare, Chinatown)
21 and over

Mission: Q-Wave is dedicated to strengthening the voices of lesbian/bisexual/queer women and transgender/gender variant people of Asian descent. We strive to build a supportive, progressive community by promoting visibility and empowerment through social, political, and educational organizing.

1st Asian Lesbian Film and Video Festival, Taiwan, July, 2005

2005-03-12T10:30:00.000-05:00

~~ CALL FOR ENTRY ~~

Call for Entry for the 1st Asian Lesbian Film and Video Festival in Taiwan, July 2005. We are looking for film and video works primarily made by girls and women in Asia about their lesbian/tongzhi/queer lives and desires. All genres (narrative, documentary, experimental, porn, TVC, hybrid) are welcome. Works originated in digital forms (eg. flash animation) will also be considered. Works related to/about Asian lesbians not made by women and/or not made in Asia may also be considered. Selected works will be offered rental fees and/or invitation to the festival. Please send preview tapes (PAL/NTSC/SECAM) with distributors’ info, a brief biography and a brief description (running time, language, country, year, key credits, screening formats available, short synopsis) of your work(s) to:

Institute for Tongzhi Studies
532 La Guardia Place #595
New York, NY 10012
USA

before March 31, 2005. Works in all languages are accepted. For non-English speaking works, please attach dialogue list in English if possible.
Inquiries: Fest@TongzhiStudies.org

Sponsoring organizations:

Gender/Sexuality Rights Association Taiwan
Institute for Tongzhi Studies, City University of New York
Spectra Studio for Asian Queer Media, New York
Yau Ching (School of Design, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hunghom, Kowloon, Hong Kong)And here is the rest of it.

The Power of Our Stories: An Oral History Workshop

2005-03-11T12:22:00.000-05:00

General Meeting of Q-WAVE
The Power of Our Stories: An Oral History Workshop
Friday, March 18, 2005, 7pm to 9pm
CUNY Grad Center (365 Fifth Ave @ 34th St),
Room C197 (Take elevator down to C level)

Oral history is a tool for education and inspiration -- our personal stories can build understanding and strengthen community, and the skilled interviewer can collect stories that are rarely told. At this meeting, a panel of Q-Wavers will serve as interviewees and demonstrate some of the Dos and Don'ts of oral history taking & telling. We'll also be collecting material from YOU for our "Identity Archive," a resource we're creating for queer & questioning folks who visit our website, www.q-wave.org. Afterwards, join some of us for food/drinks/dancing/hanging out!

For more information, email us at info@q-wave.org.

Q-Wave is dedicated to strengthening the voices of lesbian/bisexual/queer women and transgender/gender variant people of Asian descent. We strive to build a supportive, progressive community by promoting visibility and empowerment through social, political, and educational organizing.

QUEER GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING WEEKEND IN NYC!

2005-03-10T23:22:00.000-05:00

The Queer GrassRoots Organizing Weekend (GROW) is an exciting and dynamic training conference, coming to CUNY April 8-10! The training is open to CUNY students and other college students in the NYC metro area. Women, transgender students, and students of color are especially encouraged to attend. The training is a great networking, skills improvement, and leadership development opportunity.

The lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) GROW training has been developed by the United States Student Association (USSA) and community organizers to give queer student organizers tools they need to create change on campus. Through an interactive, hands-on environment, the LGBT GROW is designed to help you:

- overcome lack of participation in LGBT organizations
- develop strategies to win resources for queer students on campus
- build student power and more effective coalitions
- increase the reputation, funding, and influence of your organization
- get campus administrators on your side

The GROW is FREE, but you need to register ahead. Lunch on Saturday and Sunday will also be provided. The training will run from 5pm-10pm on Friday night, from 10am-6pm on Saturday and from 9am-4pm on Sunday. It is an exciting opportunity, and you shouldn't miss it.

REGISTER NOW!

To REGISTER, please email your name, campus, address, and phone number to Tyler at dospintern@usstudents.org. Space is limited so please register early! Include "NYC Queer GROW" in the body of your email. If you are bringing other people from your group to the training, please include the number of people and, if possible, their names.

The training will take place at the CUNY Graduate Center (Friday and Saturday) - thanks to the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies - and at another site in Manhattan T.B.A. (Sunday). You can contact Tyler with any questions at 202-347-8772 or dospintern@usstudents.org. Details will be sent to registered students in the coming weeks.

----------------------------------------------
Nicholas Shigeru Sakurai
Director, LGBT Student Empowerment Project
United States Student Association Foundation
1413 K St. NW, 9th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005
phone: 202-347-8772 fax: 202-393-5886

婦女盼分享國防外交軍事決策權

2005-03-09T23:29:00.000-05:00

聯合國廣場教堂中心召開研討會台灣代表發表看法

參加聯合國婦女地位委員會第四十九屆年會的台灣代表團團長張玨(中)、副團長陳瑤華(左二)等，8日在場邊會中討論婦女在軍事決策中的地位。(本報記者邱紹璟攝)

2005-3-9 世界日報紐約新聞【本報記者邱紹璟紐約報導】
保護婦幼安全經常成為一國發動戰爭的藉口，參加聯合國婦女地位委員會第四十九屆年會的台灣代表團成員，及其他各族裔婦女，在8日的「軍事衝突中的性別觀點」研討會中發表看法，多名與會者認為，國防軍事政策中應實質上採納女性想法、讓女性參與決策過程，這是全球婦女團體須努力推動的目標。

昨日為「國際婦女節」，台灣女性學學會（Taiwanese Feminist Scholars Associa-tion）和協和基金會（Crystal Foundation）昨日上午在聯合國廣場「教堂中心」舉行上述圓桌研討會。

台灣代表團團長張玨主持「軍事衝突中的性別觀點」（Gender Perspectives in Pre-vention of Armed Conflict）討論會，台灣女性學學會理事陳瑤華、美國世界聯邦主義者運動組織（ World Federalist Movement）國際秘書處的蘇娜（Heather M. Sonner）等應邀參與討論會。

張玨表示，國防、外交、軍事決策上應讓女性參與，希望能達到女性佔三分之一的目標。

張玨認為台灣近十年來婦權運動積極進行，也取得許多成果，但她認為政府官員仍有待接受性別概念訓練，她說除台北、高雄市以外的地區，婦權運動仍有待推動。

陳瑤華說，許多戰爭以保護婦女為名義而發動，但受害最大的正是婦幼，女性意見並未真正納入決策中，她認為女性應爭取高職位，才更有機會發揮影響力。

台灣代表團團員、國際蘭馨會的吳美芳提問說，台灣在國際組織上沒有發言權、沒有決策權，萬一台灣遭戰爭攻擊，有什麼組織能協助台灣？蘇娜說，他們將提供體制支持，並尋求其他獨立組織相助，吳美芳認為，台灣安全仍得不到保障。首次參加的團員陳辜美貴感覺到女性意識抬頭，她見許多老婦坐輪椅來與會，相當感動，她將推動全球性的敬老優惠政策。

台灣以非政府組織身份參與聯合國婦女大會

2005-03-09T11:28:00.000-05:00

（中央社記者曾志遠紐約九日專電）台灣婦女代表團以非政府組織名義出席聯合國婦女地位委員會第四十九屆大會，在國際婦女節當天舉辦一場有關預防武裝衝突性別觀點的座談，與會者呼籲國際重視婦女主張和平的呼聲。東吳大學副教授陳瑤華建議，設立獨立的專責機構，監督政府每一項政策是否納入性別觀點。

聯合國婦女地位委員會在今年國際婦女節前後兩週的上月二十八日至本月十一日舉行第四十九屆大會，會議主題定為慶祝十年前第四次世界婦女大會所誕生的婦女人權國際宣言「北京宣言行動綱領」，並檢視各國十年來在婦女人權的成果回顧及未來展望。

以非政府組織名義與會的台灣婦女代表團，在台大公共衛生學院副教授張玨領軍下，二十三位成員出席多項研討會，並主辦其中三場，第三場座談則是在八日舉行，由台灣女性學學會及協和基金會合辦，主題訂為「預防武裝衝突的性別觀點」，由東吳人權學程主任兼哲學系副教授陳瑤華規劃，張玨主持。

陳瑤華指出，「北京宣言行動綱領」在台灣仍有許多尚待努力的空間，以國防政策為例，女性尚未能夠參與決策，婦女主張和平的呼聲未被重視，政府仍然花大錢買武器，因此應設立獨立的專責機構，以監督每一項政策是否納入性別觀點。

「亞洲婦女資源中心」常務理事本山央子，以性別觀點反省日本軍國主義的歷史，並提醒不要將女性連結到戰中的照顧者形象而被利用。

「世界聯邦運動」國際秘書處的美國代表舒納（Heather Sonner）介紹二○○一年保衛安全高峰會議所訂定的標準流程，強調安全必須完整而不再視為理所當然，且要有女性參與決策，並進入各國政府和國際層級來做討論。

陳瑤華表示，這次座談與各國代表深度交流，不但增加大家對國際和平運動進展的了解，也使台灣女性的和平訴求得到國際友人的支持，相信在回國後，台灣婦女參與和平運動的活力和論述都可更加充沛。

台灣代表團一日主辦兩場座談，主題分別是「促進亞洲女性心理健康」及「消除貧窮的關鍵：提倡女孩教育」。940309

台灣代表團參加聯合國婦女地位委員會會議

2005-03-08T23:52:00.000-05:00

和世界各國婦女分享工作經驗﹑交流信訊

2005 年 3 月 8 日星期二 (農曆正月廿八) 自由時報美東版

﹝本報訊﹞以台大公共衛生學院衛生政策與管理研究所副教授張為團團長台灣婦女代表團日前在紐約參加第四十九屆聯合國婦女地位委員會會議﹐來自台灣十五個團體﹐二十四個組織的婦女工作者和與會者分享‘性別主流化’的工作成果﹐她們表示﹐經過一週的參與大會與經驗交流﹐不只學習到全球思考﹑在地行動的性別平等理念﹑行動與策略﹐並且將台灣的婦女運動與性別平等政策﹐及實務經驗推向聯合國的婦女會議舞台﹐這也是台灣第七次參加聯合國婦女地位委員會年會。

今年聯合國婦女地位委員會議將大會主題範定在兩個面向﹐第一﹑檢視北京行動綱領和聯合國千禧年性別平等﹑發展和平目標的達成成果。第二﹑婦女和女孩的地位提升與賦權之當前挑戰與未來策略。自二月二十八日開幕至三月四日活動﹐台灣的與會婦女代表參與角色有下列幾種﹕一﹑在聯合國非政府組織組成的專題會議中做專題報告﹐將台灣婦女及性別平等提升的經驗﹐與世界婦女團體分享。參與分享的議題包括﹕教育 ﹑貧窮﹑健康 ﹑和平與人權等……。例如分享台灣去貧的年輕女性教育政策﹐弱勢少女的‘勵馨’模式﹐女性心理健康﹑二二八事件的療傷和婦女受暴的復原策略等。二﹑在聯合國非政府組織的一般會議中做經驗的分享與心得交流﹐包括南洋海嘯災難的研討會中﹐台灣代表分享九二一賑災的在地經驗﹐尤其是災難社會工作與災難醫療服務。三﹑在正式大會中﹐了解全球回應北京行動綱領和千禧年婦女人權目標的實踐架構政策與措施。‘他山之石﹐可以攻錯’﹐台灣代表學習到性別平等提升的機制是如何在各國所被建置﹐又如新創的性別平等措施﹐像父職假如何被落實的。四﹑在正式和非政府組織會議中﹐學習與世界同步的性別平等意識﹑政策方針﹑政策核心價值﹐以及政策基本假設等﹐這對台灣性別平等政策及婦女人權的保障都會有實質性的啟發。

與會的台灣婦女代表團表示﹐本次參加聯合國會議具有多層的意義﹐不只像過去了解聯合國的決議與各國的典範﹐更超越‘取經’作為台灣性別平等政策的參考﹐還分享了許多本土及草根的經驗﹐讓世界的政府和ＮＧＯ代表了解台灣婦運的發展﹐和性別平等發展的措施與策略﹐充分展現出台灣的自信與驕傲。

「相遇在紐約－－女人談」討論女性話題台灣與紐約婦女團體代表交流婦女工作經驗

2005-03-08T23:39:00.000-05:00

2005 年3月8日星期二 (農曆正月廿八) 自由時報美東版

參加聯合國婦女大會的二十餘位台灣代表與紐約婦女代表交流婦女工作經驗。

﹝本報訊﹞由紐約協和基金會﹑北美洲台灣婦女會五日下午﹐在台灣會館主辦了一場‘相遇在紐約－－女人談’活動﹐邀請參加第五十九屆聯合國婦女大會的二十餘位台灣代表與紐約地區的婦運工作者交換心得。

會上首先放映了‘婦女新知二十年’﹐與會者從婦女身心健康﹑新移民女性﹑貧窮女性化﹑愛滋病防冶﹑環保﹑婦女兒童人口販賣﹐家庭暴力及性侵害﹑原住民婦權﹑性別專責機構等議題談起﹐各團體代表向與會者介紹了各自的工作經驗。

台灣婦女代表團團長張是台大公共衛生手學院衛生政策與管理研究所副教授﹑世界心理衛生聯盟理事﹐她談到女性身心健康問題。

副團長陳瑤華是東吳大學人權學程主任及哲學系副教授﹐強力推動台灣簽署及批准‘反對婦女一切形式之歧視公約’﹙CEDAW ﹚。

另一位副團長簡扶育是台灣婦女團體全國聯合會秘書長﹐以紀錄片為大家介紹成立二十年的婦女新知。

勵馨基金會執行長紀惠容談少女人權政策﹐成立半年的勵馨紐約分會﹐也將邀請紐約市的警察﹑學者﹑心理治療師和社工師﹐舉辦有關家庭暴力的座談會。

陳曼麗來自主婦聯盟環境保護基金會﹐和大家分享台灣婦女在環保運動的成就﹔前婦女新知執行長伍維亭﹐說明外籍新娘與日俱增下的家庭暴力等新移民女性面臨的問題﹔台北縣家庭暴力暨性侵害防治中心秘書丁雁琪﹐談她的家暴及性侵害防治經驗。

來自魯凱族的原住民婦女溫淑英﹐特別使用‘卡拉魯’的母語姓氏自我介紹﹐說明政府提升原住民教育的工作﹐及介紹年輕原住民認識母語﹑成立工作室的努力。她除了是勵馨基金會社工外﹐也是原住民少女成長‘葡萄園之家’負責人。

談到貧窮女性化﹐台大社會工作系教授王麗容舉出老年婦女﹑新移民女性﹑單親母親﹐是三類貧窮傾向較突出的群體。在解決政策上﹐她認為政府國民年金政策要考量老年婦女權益﹐建立多元文化族裔的思考模式﹐可解決新移民女性這方面的困境﹔在單親方面﹐則應建構健全的學習網路。

專研世界貿易組織﹙ＷＴＯ﹚的中華經濟研究院﹨台灣ＷＴＯ中心副研究員徐遵慈說﹐台灣經濟成長趨緩﹐加入ＷＴＯ後﹐對經濟及失業率造成影響﹐婦女在這方面感更深﹐她建議政府未來釐訂經濟政策時﹐應將性別考量納入整體政策。

從台灣移民﹑在紐約市政府兒社福利局任職十八年的羅淑華﹐兩度回台廣泛介紹美國的兒福政策﹐認為兩地最大的差異是台灣由民間推動﹐而美國完全由法律做完備的規範﹐所以兒童福利局‘管得很多’﹐凡是因兒童衍生出的問題﹐政府都有強制性的作為。

紐約市華人家長學生聯合會的周燕霞﹐平常也會為民意代表從事社區工作﹐強調性別主流化課題必須持之以恆﹔顏均萍介紹她的 International Resouce Network﹐是專門以性別研究為主題的跨國資料庫。這場名為‘相遇在紐約－－女人談’的對話歷時三個多小時﹐每個人都惜時如金﹐爭相發言﹐將自己的經驗與別人分享﹐並相互勉勵。與會者都感到這是難得交流機會﹐彼此都感到很溫馨﹑親切﹐也期待下次再相見。

NGOs Partnership for the Economic Empowerment of Women

2005-03-08T02:46:00.000-05:00

Creating Government
NGOs Partnership for the Economic Empowerment of Women
Some Good Practices and Cases

National Union of Taiwan Women’s Associations & Crystal Foundation

March 9th. Wednesday
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
DHL, 12th fl, Church Center

Moderator

Fen-Tzu Chou
Women’s Awakening Association,Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Panelist
Economic Environment of Women in Asia
Gigi Francisco, International Gender and Trade Network – Asia

Economic Empowerment and Women Entrepreneurship
Kristy Hsu, National Union of Taiwan Women’s Associations

Economic Environment of Women: India Scenario
Girija Vyas, National Commission for Women, India

From Welfare to Workfare: The Case of Taiwan
Shang-Luan Yan, Taiwanese Feminist Scholars Association

From Housewife to Milkfish (Sabafish) Queen
Su-Fen Lu, President, Sabafish Co., Ltd.

***Refreshments will be served***
Contact: Kristy Hsu
Email:kristy@mail.cier.edu.tw

Gender Perspectives in Prevention of Armed Conflict

2005-03-08T02:43:00.000-05:00

Roundtable Discussion
on
Gender Perspectives in Prevention of Armed Conflict

Taiwanese Feminist Scholars Association & Crystal Foundation

It is a sad fact that women’s safety is often used as an excuse for waging war. If women’s voice has not been heard, the excuse of protecting women would be used for purchasing weapons and building more armed forces. Can women’s participation in decision making and the strategy of gender mainstreaming really change the male dominant policy of defense? What are main obstacles which excluded women from the policy of defense? Can gender perspectives in exposing all forms of discrimination against women be useful for preventing armed conflict and maintaining peace? What kind of strategies should we have? We would like to invite YOU to share your experiences and opinions. Please come and join the discussion!

Moderator

Chueh Chang
Member-at-Large of World Federation for Mental Health;
Board Member of Mental Health Association, Taiwan

Panelists

Jau-hwa Chen
Director of Human Rights Program, Soochow University
Taiwanese Feminist Scholars Association, Taiwan
Hisako Motoyama
Executive Board Member of Asia-Japan of Women’s Resource Center (AJWRO), Japan
Heather M. Sonner
International Secretariat, World Federalist Movement, US
Giulia Tamayo
Reponsable del Departmeòto De Campanas e Investigación, Amnistia Internacional

***Refreshments will be served***

Contact: Prof. Chen, Jau-hwa
Email. jhchen@scu.edu.tw

台灣婦女代表團法拉盛座談女權

2005-03-06T10:51:00.000-05:00

「相遇在紐約」與本地婦運工作者交流經驗

2005-03-06 世界日報

【本報記者羅旦兮紐約報導】來紐約參加第四十九屆聯合國婦女大會的台灣代表團，5日在法拉盛與紐約婦運工作者對談。來自同一家鄉、在不同地方爭取婦權的代表們共同分享婦運道路上面臨的困難和成果。

這項由協和基金會和北美洲台灣婦女會主辦的「相遇在紐約－女人談『性別主流化』」座談會上，台灣代表團20多位代表15個不同團體的婦運工作者，與紐約地區社團包括華人性別研究中心、華人家長學生聯合會、紐約市兒童福利局、台灣同鄉會、紐約勵馨、台灣查某、To-Get-Her Lez Cyber Community等團體的代表討論與女性相關的主題。

代表團成員從婦女身心健康、台灣的女性移民、家暴和性侵害到女人與經濟充權等，說明台灣目前在推展婦運的成果，同時也讓僑胞更了解台灣婦運的情形。

與會者咸認為不論是台灣或是美國，在爭取性別主流化還有很大的發展空間；她們同時主張性別觀點應融入所有政策之中、達到平權的目的。

由於發言者眾，每人僅能在極短時間內大略說明各方面的情形，反而是在開放討論的過程中，互相交換了許多實質訊息，例如，兩地在集資募款方面各自的經驗和方法，同時討論未來在部分議題上合作的可能。

《陰道獨白》幕後故事

2005-03-05T21:38:00.000-05:00

陰道獨白幕後故事
艾明、宋素鳳作品
中國廣州中山大學性別教育論壇

Saturday March 5th, 1:30pm
@New York University
Tisch School of the Arts
721 - Broadway, Room 651
(1 Block South of 8th Street)
~~歡迎宋素鳳教授臨現場~~

《陰道獨白》(The Vagina Monologues) 原是美國女作家伊娃恩斯特(Eve Ensler)創作的獨幕劇，作者通過一個復數的「獨白」，試圖呈現不同年齡、種族、階層、性取向的女性個體經驗的差異性。1999年以來，在世界各地上演了2000多場，以「提高覺悟，反抗針對婦女的性暴力」。它已經成為國際性的「婦女戰勝暴力」運動的一部分。

上海復旦大學在中國大陸首演了《陰道獨白》，中山大學性別教育論壇師生則根據原著改編上演了這出獨幕劇，增加了中國的本土特色，將原來的話劇變為集朗誦、舞蹈、獨白、小品於一台的舞台劇。這出劇在2003年12月7 日晚7點半在廣東美術館演出，這是目前中國大陸第一次以中文對話演出的版本，吸引了國內外各大媒體的關注。當日演出之後，還舉行了現場座談會，著名中國女作家畢淑敏、中國法學會反對家庭暴力網絡負責人榮維毅、卜衛、中山大學演出組導演艾曉明、宋素鳳、舞美設計邵珊都參加了研討會。

當年《陰道獨白》中文版演出有一個副標題——重新想象婦女的身體。現在，艾曉明、宋素鳳花了一年十個月的時間拍攝完成的這部《陰道獨白幕後故事》紀錄片，集合了包括來自廣州、北京、上海、台北各地的女人發聲，邀您一同延伸這分想像，一同重新思考女人的身體。

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