NYC Taiwanese Queer Activities

LBT organizing in China reportback - 12/3

noreply@blogger.com (longtimeago) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:12:36 PST

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

noreply@blogger.com (longtimeago) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:05:35 PST

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

noreply@blogger.com (longtimeago) — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:41:48 PDT

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

noreply@blogger.com (longtimeago) — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:31:30 PDT

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

noreply@blogger.com (longtimeago) — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 06:12:48 PDT

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

noreply@blogger.com (longtimeago) — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:29:07 PST

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

noreply@blogger.com (longtimeago) — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:27:35 PST

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!

noreply@blogger.com (longtimeago) — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 17:07:56 PDT

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

noreply@blogger.com (longtimeago) — Fri, 11 May 2007 10:54:13 PDT

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

noreply@blogger.com (longtimeago) — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 09:35:47 PDT

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

noreply@blogger.com (longtimeago) — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 20:50:40 PST

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

noreply@blogger.com (longtimeago) — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 08:07:20 PST

“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

noreply@blogger.com (longtimeago) — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 07:28:24 PST

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

noreply@blogger.com (longtimeago) — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 09:07:00 PST

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

noreply@blogger.com (longtimeago) — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 06:02:29 PDT

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

noreply@blogger.com (longtimeago) — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 19:38:39 PDT

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

noreply@blogger.com (longtimeago) — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 06:52:07 PDT

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

noreply@blogger.com (longtimeago) — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 09:45:56 PDT

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

noreply@blogger.com (longtimeago) — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 05:31:04 PDT

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)

noreply@blogger.com (longtimeago) — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 23:38:43 PDT

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

noreply@blogger.com (longtimeago) — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 22:25:23 PDT

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

noreply@blogger.com (longtimeago) — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 21:04:21 PDT

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

noreply@blogger.com (longtimeago) — Sat, 06 May 2006 08:29:31 PDT

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

noreply@blogger.com (longtimeago) — Sat, 06 May 2006 08:21:11 PDT

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

noreply@blogger.com (longtimeago) — Tue, 02 May 2006 18:56:25 PDT

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