13/05/2009
News Sent: 13th May 2009
In this week's e-mail newsletter: IDAHO is the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia; IDAHO UK - Sunday 17th May 2009; Glasgow: LGBT Youth Scotland; A Day In Hand; Moscow Pride 2009; End Transphobia: Respect Gender Identity; Talk Scotland Events: Edinburgh: Kiss of the Spider Woman; Sociology project: social attitudes toward lesbianism; LGBT Service Provision Survey for Forth Valley Services; Edinburgh: LGBT Health and Wellbeing Centre Survey; Edinburgh: T time 16th May; Inverness: Ignition, 16th May; Edinburgh: An Audience With Dave Lynn, 16th May; Inverness: space to explore issues of faith and belief; Edinburgh: Systems thinking about Public Health Strategy: tools for tackling chronic disease
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IDAHO 2009
IDAHO is the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia
It was founded by Louis Georges Tin in 2005. Campaigns and Inititives take place on or around May 17th every year to combat prejudice against LGBT people. May 17th is chosen because it marks the anniversary of the day in 1990 when the World Health Organisation removed homosexuality from its list of mental diseases.
www.idahomophobia.net
IDAHO UK: Sunday 17th May 2009
IDAHO is needed because: 86 member states of the United Nations still criminalise consensual same sex among adults. Among these 7 have legal provisions with the death penalty as punishment. In addition, there are 6 provinces or territorial units which also punish homsexuality with imprisonment.
IDAHO day can also be celebratory because all over the world people are fighting against the persecution of LGBT people and are involved in positive initiatives and campaigns which can be celebrated and give hope for the future.
www.idaho.org.uk
The seven countries which still apply the death penalty for consensual sexual acts between adults of the same sex: Iran, Mauritania, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. (
ILGA)
Glasgow: LGBT Youth Scotland
LGBT Youth Scotland Youth Programmes will mark IDAHO this year by young people from across Scotland taking part in an arts and cultural event in Glasgow on May 17th. You will hear about this exciting event through your youth group, but if you would like to attend then please don't hesitate to email info@lgbtyouth.org.uk with your details and one of the youth workers will get in touch with the event details
www.lgbtyouth.org.uk
A Day In Hand
On the weekend of Sunday 17th May, A Day In Hand will organise one of the biggest same-sex hand holding events in the world.
To be part of the "A Day In Hand" project: (1) Send your pic to yourstories@adayinhand.com (Include name, date, location and a quick para on who you are and your thoughts on same-sex handholding) or (2) Upload your pic to the Day In Hand
Facebook group or to the Day In Hand profile on
flickr.
Twitter about A Day In Hand
"Photographs should clearly show you holding hands. And since it's a public hand holding campaign an' all, the more people in the background the better. Faces are better than backs."
www.adayinhand.com
Moscow Pride 2009
Moscow Pride 2009 is set to coincide with the Eurovision Song Contest, the weekend of Sun 17th May, as well as with IDAHO. With the eyes of the world focussed on Moscow, LGBT people and their friends and families will parade with Pride and be joined by those attending the Eurovision Song Contest in an event of International solidarity with Russian LGBT. (
Facebook)
The openly gay member of the Netherlands entry in the Eurovision Song Contest, Gordon, has said that he will be wearing a Russian gay movement pin on his glittery costume during Thursday’s semi-final live telecast performance of Shine by the vocal trio Toppers. . He also said he will join Saturday's Gay Pride 'March' if the group fails to make it to the final. At the weekend, he said that if Toppers make it to Saturday's final and the Gay Pride event planned for the afternoon is banned he would refuse to perform and take the flight back to Amsterdam in protest. (
UK Gay News: Moscow Gay Pride and Eurovision Latest)
End Transphobia: Respect Gender Identity
This year the IDAHO theme is "End Transphobia: Respect Gender Identity". Please
sign the petition to support this campaign. (
Facebook)
Talk Scotland Events
Edinburgh: Kiss of the Spider Woman
12-16 May 2009. Performances 7.30pm & 2.30pm Saturday matinee
St Brides Centre, Orwell Terrace, Edinburgh. Tickets: £13 / £10
Box Office: 07929 800073
www.themelodramatics.co.uk
Sociology project: social attitudes toward lesbianism
A student at Stevenson College is doing a sociology report on the improvement or the worsening of social attitudes (esp. coming from heterosexual women) toward lesbians and about lesbian feelings on coming out & society's reactions. Looking for interviewees in Edinburgh. Face-to-face open & closed questions. The published research will be completely sample-based and totally anonymous. Contact Maggie Hays if you would like to contribute towards this investigation/sociology project by agreeing to be interviewed. maggielassie @gmail.com / 07512892370 / 01314785355
Equality Network > Talk Scotland > Edinburgh and the Lothians
LGBT Service Provision Survey for Forth Valley Services
Recently, a steering group has been set up by Caledonia Youth with various partners to investigate provision for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender people (especially young LGBT people). We are all aware that there seems to be few services directly targeted at the LGBT communities in Forth Valley and no recent local investigation has been carried out on how mainstream services are catering for these needs.
Take part in this survey.
For further information:
www.lgbtyouth.org.uk/news/forth-valley.htm
Edinburgh: LGBT Health and Wellbeing Centre Survey
The LGBT Centre for Health and Wellbeing is inviting input on a
survey to shape the future of the Centre and tell them what you want to see going on there.
Edinburgh: T-time
Saturday 16th May, 1-5pm. Lothian and Borders Police's LGBT liaison officer Hazel Leslie will be available to chat from about 2pm, and will be offering a confidential police surgery later on.
www.lgbthealth.org.uk
Inverness: Ignition, 16th May
"We have teamed up with Ignition nightclub in Inverness to launch the highlands only weekly gay nightclub event. Saturday nights in the VIP room is dedicated to Gay-Ness. Come along, bring your friends, have a great time. Above all, we want you to help us spread the word so tell your friends. It's going to be huge."
Ignition Nightclub, Rose Street, Inverness, United Kingdom, 9pm-3am (
Facebook)
Edinburgh: An Audience With Dave Lynn, 16th May
Hosted by CC Blooms, a benefit for
LGBT Youth Scotland, starring: "Dave Lynn: The drag queen of all drag queens! Star of stage and screen!" Silent auction for a week's accommodation in Gran Canaria for two people: all proceeds from the auction, cloak rooms and monies from drink promotions, will go to LGBT Youth Scotland.
CC Blooms, 23-24 Greenside Place, Edinburgh, EH1 3AA
www.davelynn.co.uk
Inverness: space to explore issues of faith and belief
Sunday 17 May - meeting over coffee in Starbucks at the Palace Hotel in Ness Walk, Inverness from 2.30 pm. "This will offer a 'spiritual space' which will enable individuals to come together to explore issues of faith and belief. Everyone is welcome. Enquiries: 01463 237452. This will be a regular event on the third Sunday of each month."
www.gay-ness.org.uk/events.html
Edinburgh: Systems thinking about Public Health Strategy: tools for tackling chronic disease
Dr Allan Best, President, Healthshares; Managing Partner, Insource, Vancouver, Canada. Allan Best's research focuses on systems thinking and organizational change - creating the teams, models, structures and tools that foster effective knowledge to action for health policy and programs that improve the health of the population. Seminar will be held on Monday 8th June 2009 Seminar Room 1& 2, Chrystal MacMillan Building, University of Edinburgh, George Square, Edinburgh 4pm - 6pm Drinks and canapes will be served after the seminar. Attendance at this seminar is free but places are limited. Please contact L.marshall@ed.ac.uk if you wish to attend.
www.crfr.ac.uk
The Equality Network's website for information on all aspects of LGBT family law – including civil partnership, cohabitation, having children, breaking up – is
www.lgbtfamilies.org
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