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Wilde Chats - Say Hi to a Gay Guy" event

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 12:57:20 -0400

Start: Nov 2 2008 - 2:00pm

End: Nov 2 2008 - 3:30pm

“Toronto Wilde Chats - Queer men creating community”
Wilde Chats a community partner of QueerWest.orgis a loosely structured community-driven gay men's group gets together on the first Sunday of the month in neighborhood cafe. The group is lead following a "Socratic" model; rather than talk about solutions and answers to problems, the idea is to expand on the days topic by analyzing it and breaking it up into other questions.

Wilde Chats has been running in various Queer West Toronto cafes since May 2006. A whole range of men attend regularly. Men with jobs rub shoulders with men with careers or those who are on public assistance. The usual age range is from thirties to seventies, sometimes younger, sometimes older. "It's not very often people from their 20s to their 70s get together," said Michael Paré, moderator. Wilde Chats was created to give gay men creative ways to simply connect in positive ways and to let other gay men know, they are not alone. Wilde Chats was created to give gay men creative ways to simply connect in positive ways and to let other gay men know, they are not alone.

The discussions typically focus on the hidden/unspoken assumptions, generalities and concepts that we as gay men make, and the differences that our various points of reference imply. It's purpose is to give gay men a place to chat about things that matter to them and is also an alternative way of meeting people and making new friends. It’s for everybody and it’s fun! We talk about things like “What is a friend?”, “What does the concept of gay community mean in Toronto?” Is there a prevalence of porn in our lives and does it affect the way we connect to each other? Do we suffer from more than our share of political apathy? The best part is that you meet the nicest people.

Topic: November 2, 2008 - “What is the affect of casual sex on a long term relationship?”

The Details: We meet informally at Gladstone Hotel, Medody Bar, 1214 Queen St W. Moderator: Michael Paré Look for the guy wearing a Cool Beer cap, with glasses, likely in one of the booths. We never know who's coming, so pull up a chair and mind the peanuts on the floor. Time: 2 PM to 3:30 PM, 1st Sunday of every month starting November 2008. Please RSVP if possible, so we know how many chairs are needed 416-551-1709 (Please be on time) Event Not Held: If Snow and icy conditions, rain storms or long weekends . Wilde Chats, was founded by the San Francisco Gay Men's Community Initiative Get on Mailing list or for more information: wildechats@yahoo.ca

Location:
Gladstone Hotel Melody Bar, 1214 Queen St. W. at Dufferin

Host group:
Queer West

Host group contact:
wildechats@yahoo.ca or 416-551-1709 - http://www.queerwest.org/wildechats.php

HOMOHOP TICKETS NOW ON SALE

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:50:30 -0400

Start: Oct 30 2008 - 2:00pm

End: Oct 30 2008 - 8:00pm

You can now purchase advance, reduced-price HOMOHOP tickets for $15 at the following locations:

- MISS C'S CLOSET - OPEN 12-8 DAILY - YONGE AND MAITLAND (IN THE LANEWAY BEHIND ALIBI, DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM WELLESLEY STATION)

- GOODHANDY'S - 120 CHURCH ST. - PLEASE NOTE YOU MUST BE 19+ TO BUY TICKETS AT THIS LOCATION AS IT IS AN OF-AGE VENUE OUTSIDE OF HOMOHOP EVENTS.

Check out the HOMOHOP tab at lgbtout.com for more info.

Location:
various

MIGRATIONS and PROUD ART

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:19:41 -0400

Start: Nov 14 2008 - 8:00pm

End: Nov 16 2008 - 6:00pm

The International Lesbian & Gay Cultural Network, LGBTOUT and SDS of the University of Toronto present:

MIGRATIONS and PROUD ART

Friday, November 14th
8 pm
the Music Room at Hart House:
PROUD ART I
admission: $10; $5 for students, seniors and special needs

Erica Eaton, ILGCN Cultural Ambassador, New York City, USA
Evolutionary Girls Club: Art and Activism for Social Change
Marc Ellis, piano
Anna Gutmanis: singer-songwriter
Farzana Doctor, reading from her novel Stealing Nasreen
Michael Gfroerer, New Piano Music

Saturday, November 14th
2-6 pm
The International Student Centre, 33 St George Street
Cumberland House Toronto:
MIGRATIONS
with Suhail Abualsameed, Peter Bernier & Georgia Wilder
& The Tupilak-ILGCN travelling art and photo exhibit

Sunday, November 16th
2-6 pm
The International Student Centre
PROUD ART II:
"The ILGCN in Poland, Belarus, and the Nordics" (30 min. video with English subtitles)
"Tom of Finland" documentary (1 hr.)
Tupilak/ILGCN travelling art and photo exhibit

Location:
Hart House / ISC

Workshop: Trans 101 and Beyond

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 13:55:37 -0400

Start: Oct 26 2008 - 6:00pm

End: Oct 26 2008 - 9:00pm

A is for Acsexxxable!!!

A workshop series designed with community building, anti-oppression politics, and good "ol' fashioned" sex ed in mind. Hosted by the Acsexxxable Working Group, these sexy "how-to" skill building, discussion-based, and anti-oppression workshops are part of creating an accessible sex party that is fun, respectful, thoughtful and HOT!!!

Trans 101 & Beyond
Rethinking privilege: making spaces and encounters sexy and trans-inclusive!

Free pizza and refreshments!

Jordan and Rebecca are two trans activists and educators who are super excited for this workshop! It's time for a trans 101 that fosters discussions on the operation of privilege in sexualized spaces, in sexual encounters, and in intimate relationships. We will be exploring considerations of healthy, trans-inclusive sexualities in a way that is relevant to, and inclusive of trans bodies and trans lives.

Jordan Zaitzow is the current co-facilitator of Trans Youth Toronto: a weekly drop-in for trans youth ages 26 and under. Jordan has been involved in various different kinds of trans activism and has been facilitating trans/cis privilege – focused workshops in Toronto for the last 5 years. Jordan is also a current member of the Canadian Professional Association for Transgender Health (CPATH).

Rebecca Hammond is a former co-facilitator of Trans Youth Toronto and currently works as a sexual health counsellor at Hassle Free Women's Clinic. She is a health researcher and trans health advocate, a co-investigator in both the Youth Gender Action Project (Y-GAP) and the Trans PULSE Project and a member and organizer within the Canadian Professional Association for Transgender Health (CPATH). She regularly facilitates workshops and lectures to community groups, health and social service agencies, and academic audiences on a variety of topics including: trans people and HIV, trans oppression and cis privilege, trans sexual health and trans sexuality, and trans health care needs and trans health access.

Location:
Sherbourne Health Center, 333 Sherbourne

Host group:
Acsexxxable Working Group

Host group contact:
www.Acsexxxable.ca

Rainbow Thanksgiving

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:19:08 -0400

Start: Oct 13 2008 - 5:00pm

End: Oct 13 2008 - 8:00pm

The Office of LGBTQ Resources & Programs
Invites you to attend
A Rainbow Thanksgiving Dinner – Traditional Dinner with Vegetarian Option

An Alternative Gathering For the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Transgender, Queer Community on Campus

LIMITED SEATING
R.S.V.P. To lgbtq.resources@utoronto.ca no later than Thursday, October 9th 5 p.m.
(Please indicate if you are vegetarian in your RSVP)
This event is open to U of T students.

Location:
Hart House

RSVP:
lgbtq.resources@utoronto.ca

Out on Bay Street Conference and Career Fair

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:59:09 -0400

Start: Oct 3 2008 - 4:00pm

End: Oct 4 2008 - 11:00pm

The purpose of the conference is to educate the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) business leaders of the future and to bring together companies and LGBT students at a career fair. The event will provide gay positive organizations with a venue to meet with and talk to university students in business, economics, law, engineering, and related fields that are looking for open and accepting organizations in which to build their careers.

Location:
Courtyard Marriott Hotel - 475 Yonge St.

Host group:
Out on Bay Street

Host group contact:
www.outonbayst.org

FREE SCREENING: THE BUBBLE

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:54:13 -0400

Start: Oct 2 2008 - 7:00am

End: Oct 2 2008 - 9:00am

CINSSU and Hillel are presenting "The Bubble", a critically acclaimed Israeli film and the second of a free monthly series of Israeli cinema, always with English subtitles.

Three young Israelis share an apartment in Tel Aviv's hippest neighborhood. When Noam, who spends his weekends serving at checkpoints in the National Guard, falls in love with a Palestinian man named Ashraf, he and his friends conspire to help Ashraf stay on in Tel Aviv illegally. But will their utopian dream be shattered by the political and social realities of the Middle East?

Winner at the 2007 Toronto Inside Out Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival and a selection at the Toronto International Film Festival.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou4UFIiY1wk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8Xj-EZmO1Y

http://www.new.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=31927266332&ref=mf

Location:
Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Dr.

Host group:
CINSSU & Hillel

Host group contact:
www.cinssu.ca

Happy Taps Tuesdays with Devine (Miss. Gay Toronto) & D.J. Darren

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:00:05 -0400

Start: Sep 30 2008 - 10:30pm

End: Oct 1 2008 - 2:00am

Happy Taps Tuesdays hosted by Devine Darlin (Miss. Gay Toronto 2008 with vocal house music by DJ Daren

DAY PRICES ALL NIGHT LONG, $3.25 PINTS

On the main dance floor, we promise entertainment, music, and tons of surprises.

Divine will be hosting on the main dance floor with shows by herself, special guest, and even GO GO BOYS!!!!

Have a talent of some sort??? Come on out and show it off...

Every Tuesday will be different.... and we promise something for everyone.

CLUB ALIBI
529 YONGE ST.

10:30PM -2 AM... DJ starts at 10:30 ... Devine starts at 11...

Location:
Club Alibi 529 Yonge St. Toronto Ontario

Host group:
Club Alibi .. R & R Promotions

Host group contact:
www.alibitoronto.com

US / Canada: Queer Politics Today - Book Launch & Film Premiere

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:03:49 -0400

Start: Sep 24 2008 - 7:00pm

End: Sep 24 2008 - 9:00pm

US / CANADA : QUEER POLITICS TODAY
FILM PREMIERE AND BOOK LAUNCH

No admission fee. Refreshments will be served. Cash bar. Wheelchair accessible.

“Political Institutions and Lesbian and Gay Rights in the United States and Canada”

by Miriam Smith, Routledge 2008.

Miriam Smith examines why these similar societies have produced such divergent policy outcomes, focusing on how differences between the political institutions of the US and Canada have shaped the terrain of social movement and counter-movement mobilization. Miriam will briefly explain why dry topics such as federalism, state constitutions and the division of powers are relevant to queer rights.

“One Summer in New Paltz, a cautionary tale” (54 min., 2008)

by Nancy Nicol

Director/Producer Nancy Nicol will introduce the film.

Set against a backdrop of the Bush administration’s policy of endless war and assault on civil liberties, One Summer in New Paltz is a cautionary tale of a young mayor of a small village who decided to do the unthinkable. “One Summer in New Paltz”, probes into the debate on same-sex marriage examining the intersection of same-sex marriage, war, the Constitution, race and the family.

With Performance by: D-lishus:

poet mother fire goddess diva storyteller, dispensing words of wisdom, laced with dub and framed by womanly hips, hard hitting political sistah telling it like it is.

Location:
Gladstone Hotel, North Ballroom, 1214 Queen St. west, Toronto.

Host group:
Gladstone Hotel

Host group contact:
http://www.gladstonehotel.com/

Art Panel Discussion "InterSexions: Queer Visual Culture at the Crossroads"

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:55:06 -0400

Start: Sep 30 2008 - 7:00pm

End: Sep 30 2008 - 9:00pm

What Next? “InterSexions : Queer Visual Culture at the Crossroads.”- one night only Tuesday September 30 from 7pm to 9 pm.

Java Knights Public Forum brings you. “Intersexions a Panel Discussion on Queer Visual Culture at the Crossroads.” State of the queer and the visual, historically or today. A discussion to assess our overall theme: the crossroads of goals, tactics, and resources at which queer culture and all alternative/progressive cultural activism find themselves in the rapidly changing political and artistic landscape.

“InterseXions” is intended to foster exchange of ideas about historical and contemporary arts among scholars, artists, curators, and other arts personnel, and to encourage cross-fertilization among disciplines and between writers and artists, theory and practice.

Why we need to rethink notions of identity and sexual politics to adapt to changes in the wider world and within our own evolving culture.

Some of the questions that may be answered by the panelists time permitting: What Brings Us to These Crossroads? Queer eye for Ancient Material Culture. AIDS and Queer Art. What it means to be a queer artist. Race, Ethnicity, and Geography in Queer Culture. Queer Pleasures, Queer Desires. Queer Visual Culture. This will be a Fabulous panel conference: new ideas, new and familiar art, networking, meeting people whose names are legend, and integrating snippets of knowledge.

A variety of gay and lesbian artists, gallery owners, sculptors, and photographers will be invited to discuss their involvement in Toronto queer arts community. An interactive Q & A followed. 7 PM to 9 PM

Some of the Guest panelists - More to be listed

Jack Butler, Toronto artist. Butler's hybrid practice uses the means and methods of visual art to produce research in three distinct domains - Medical science, Cross-cultural collaborations with Inuit artists and Money. Butler exhibits internationally with work in public and private collections including the National Gallery of Canada.

Statement: "I draw. Grounded in my own sexual transformations (my body appears as erotic subject and surface in all my art-sci-sex works), the process of drawing has taken me into other mediums for presentation - video, installation, computer animation, performance (drawing on bodies) and into trans-disciplinary practices.

Observing my art career over the last forty five years of drawing, I have come to recognize that I am developing a core trajectory that focuses on sex and sexuality - the aesthetic, sensuous and even scientific experience of being sexual. My work ranges from my current interest in Somatechnics (theories and practices of alternative sex-gender embodiment) to early and on-going trans-disciplinary art/bio-medical research projects in genital embryogenesis (sexual differentiation in the human embryo) which art-based research is bringing me into collaborative work in trans-gender and intersex communities." said Jack http://www.fatemaps.ca |http://www.artcoldcash.ca | http://www.interlog.com/~fatemaps/breath

Drasko Bogdanovic was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia in 1977. An early fascination with the Hollywood magazines and black & white photography of the distant West instilled an early glamorous aesthetic and a constant desire to juxtapose Classical posture with natural light, especially in his later nudes. A classically trained musician and self taught painter, Drasko picked up a camera soon after emigrating to Canada as a means to capture images that he might later portray on canvas. Even his early work on this medium made attempts to develop a graphic aesthetic that he would only recognise and realise some years later when he turned to photography exclusively. Today his landscape and architecture photography capture cities’ geometry and abstractions and provocative nude and erotic photography continues to drive this bright young arrival to the Canadian Art scene to push his machine, medium, techniques, models and materials to new limits. His name and images are in the top rankings of search engine results of the nude photography and erotic art genres; his photography has appeared in domestic newspapers and magazines and as of this writing has been featured in a small but impressive and promising portfolio of advertising campaigns. His first solo exhibition of male nude and erotic photography "In Flagranti" was shown in Toronto this summer. Most recently he participated in First Queer Sarajevo Festival. http://www.draskobogdanovic.ca

Gurbeen Bhasin, Producer/President of Meow Films. Gurbeen Bhasin a.k.a. ‘G’ is an artist of sorts or as some may think a sorted artist! She has been writing as long as she could hold a pen and has over the last couple of years used film to further her artistic expression and capture that of others. Producer Herstories Documentary July 2006, Producer: Gurbeen Bhasin Docuvixen Films & Meow Films, Director: Lisa Robertson NSI, CBC & Film Festivals, Director: Dorianne Emmerton Bravo Fact & Film Festivals and Art Director Catch & Release Short Film Aug 2005 to name a few. Gurbeen is founder of Night at the Indies ~ established in 2005 as a non-profit artist collective in Toronto. .Her educational and professional background in Social Policy and International Relations helps her to tell the untold story in unique ways. Gurbeen is one of the founding members of Aangen and has been Executive Director since 2001. Gurbeen has taught communications and other courses to help others learn to live the lives they love and do so powerfully! Toronto is her home, where her heart has grown roots and soul attachments, after living in Iran, India and the U.S. http://www.meowfilms.com

Andrew Harwood is a Toronto-based artist, curator, drag queen and writer. Harwood, 42, hosts the popular Gaza Strip Club, a monthly night at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre. The event brings out a wide variety of party-goers, from "art fags" to straight 19-year-old girls celebrating their birthdays, to exhibitionists who have been known to stage small pieces of risqué performance art. Among the first artists to establish a presence in what is now called the Queer West Village Toronto, Art and Design District, Andrew has unique expertise on the artists and galleries in this area of the city. His gallery, Zsa Zsa, operated in Queer West from 1998-2005. Andrew was also a founding member of the Toronto Alternative Art Fair International Collective and served as President of BOD A Space Gallery and BOD member Gallery TPW. He has given lectures on visual art and related topics at the University of Texas, Ontario College of Art and Design, University of Waterloo, Georgian College and at artist-run centres in Ontario and Alberta. Andrew's work, "The Canadian Musical Terrorist Series", was exhibited at Paul Petro Contemporary Art during Pride Week 2007. His work is also held in permanent collections at the University of Guelph, Queen's University and in private collections.

Java Knights Public Forum Homepage: http://www.queerwest.org/javaknights.php

Location:
Where its happened: Gladstone Hotel Art Bar, 1214 Queen St W at Dufferin

RSVP:
queerwest.toronto@gmail.com

Host group:
Queer West Arts and Culture Centre and ACT Toronto

Host group contact:
Michael Pare, 416-551-1709

Trans, gender, and sexuality studies: a conversation

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:09:54 -0400

Start: Oct 2 2008 - 4:00pm

TRANS, GENDER, AND SEXUALITY STUDIES:
A CONVERSATION WITH VIVIANE NAMASTE AND DAVID VALENTINE

Please join us for the inaugural event of the annual Michael Lynch Lecture
Series, hosted by the Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies.

The event stages a lively discussion between two top scholars in Trans
Studies. Namaste and Valentine will talk about:

• where they see their work fitting within trans politics, activism, and
various academic fields
• what they see as their central contributions
• what they consider to be the most important issues and biggest challenges
facing trans, gender and sexuality studies
• and more!

There will be plenty of opportunity for discussion, and the event promises
to offer new insights into why and how we think about trans, gender, and
sexuality. Everyone is welcome to attend and encouraged to participate.
See below for more information about our distinguished guests.

Viviane Namaste is an Associate Professor at the Simone de Beauvoir
Institute, Concordia University, Montréal. She is the author of Sex Change,
Social Change: Reflections on Identity, Institutions and
Imperialism(Toronto: Women's Press, 2005), C'était du spectacle! L'histoire
des artistes transsexuelles à Montréal, 1955-1985 (Montréal; McGill-Queen's
University Press, 2005), and Invisible Lives: The Erasure of Transsexual and
Transgendered People (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000). She is
currently involved in policy work and activism related to prostitution and
refugee issues.

David Valentine received his PhD in linguistic and cultural anthropology
from New York University in 2000 and has been Assistant Professor of
Anthropology at the University of Minnesota since 2004. His dissertation
work was on the politics, histories, and meanings of the category
transgender and his book, Imagining Transgender: An Ethnography of a
Category (Duke University Press 2007), was awarded the Ruth Benedict Book
Prize (SOLGA/American Anthropological Association), Honorable Mention for
the Delmos Jones and Jagna Sharff Memorial Prize for the Critical Study of
North America (SANA/American Anthropological Association), and was a
finalist for the Lambda Literary Awards. His teaching focuses on language,
the urban US, social justice, embodiment, gender, sexuality, and conceptions
of the future.

Please contact sexual.diversity@utoronto.ca if you have any questions.

Location:
University College, 15 King's College Circle, room 179

Queer Orientation Week Sept 15-21!

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:12:54 -0400

Start: Sep 21 2008 - 10:00am

End: Sep 21 2008 - 12:00pm

A group of students and staff from the three campuses are collaborating to bring to you Queer Orientation Week! This infamous week is for NOT just for new students to campus...it is for all LGBTTIQ2S identified students and allies who want to meet other students, connect in with what's happening on campus, and have a very different rather queer orientation to the University of Toronto!

Events are scheduled after the initial craze of first week or so on campus - there are a range of events to hook into throughout the week, whether you are a new or returning student, undergrad or graduate, at Scarborough, Mississauga or St. George campus. Looking to volunteer or want more information? please contact us

Are you interested in hosting an event at your college? or for your organization? Please let us know and we will post the event here and incorporate it into the Queer Orientation Week of events.

There are lots of details on Facebook: University of Toronto's Queer Orientation

Schedule is posted here: http://www.lgbtq.utoronto.ca/orientation

Location:
University of Toronto

Qu(e)erying Religion Pub Night

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:56:26 -0400

Start: Jul 31 2008 - 7:30pm

End: Jul 31 2008 - 11:00pm

Qu(e)erying Religion Pub Night.

Non-alcoholic options available. Join students and staff of any religion or faith for informal conversation related to gender identities, sexual orientations, religion and faith.

Location:
Graduate Student Union, St. George Campus, 16 Bancroft Ave. (PATIO)

Join U of T in the Pride Parade

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 11:03:11 -0400

Start: Jun 29 2008 - 1:00pm

End: Jun 29 2008 - 5:00pm

Marching is way better than watching.

Join us on Rosedale Valley Rd. as we prepare ourselves to march in the Pride Parade.

Pride Toronto's theme this year is "Unified," so the UT Pride Committee has decided to follow that theme by dressing as a sports team, or a Homecoming King or Queen. Fuck with gender. Come adorned in your athletic best (a jersey will be provided) and march - not just for fun, but for change. Joining us again is Samba Elegua, a local ensemble that will surely get you in the mood to march.

*1:00pm SHARP! Access to Rosedale Valley Rd. will be restricted after 1:00pm. You cannot join the parade after it has started.

Location:
Rosedale Valley Rd. --- Enter via Bayview or from Park Rd. (just off of Church St.)

Now What? Public Forum on Queer Activism

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 10:55:53 -0400

Start: Jun 24 2008 - 6:00pm

End: Jun 24 2008 - 9:30pm

After success in winning the right to marriage where in the queer movement going next? issues of immigration and refugees, sex workers, trans gender, race, corporate influence in Pride, and homophobia in the academic environment will be discussed.

An open discussion on next steps and what actions we need to take in the future to ensure that the issues and concerns of our communities are still being addressed.

Come out with an open mind and be ready to combine efforts in our struggle.

Location:
Ryerson Student Centre, Thomas Lounge, 55 Gould Street

Host group:
UTSU and the Ryerson Students' Union

Host group contact:
vpexternal@utsu.ca