eNewsletter: June 2009
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Hard Ladies features:
We're pulling together a suite of articles about strong, tough lesbians who work in a variety of fields - prisons, ambulance officers, full contact sports, police force, etc. If you know anyone we could interview, or if you want to write one of these pieces (or if you're a 'hard lady' yourself) please drop us a line.
Editor at SameSame
What's New
Photo Albums
Take a look at these new photo albums>>
What's On
Click here to visit our City Licker's Lesbian Community Calendar.
What's Next - City Lickers' Events
Scarlet Live Venue & Night Club
Visit www.citylickers.com/scarlet/whats_on
for tickets and more information.
Big Lesbian Winery Tour
Visit www.citylickers.com/events/big_lesbian_winery_tour
for bookings and more information.
Lesbian Astrology
Click here to visit Lesbian News and Astrology.
Lesbian Health
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Designated Drivers Campaign
@ Scarlet
Thanks to the fabulous QAHC Purple girls and St Pauls on Leichhardt the first 20 designated drivers to register each month will receive free soft drinks by the glass all night long! Simply find one of the Purple girls to register.
Snippets
VOTE NOW!
The final nominees for each category of the Queen's Birthday Community Awards have been selected and are listed below.
To vote for your favourite, visit the Brisbane Pride Festival website - http://www.pridebrisbane.org.au/
Volunteer of the Year
John Rigby
Miss Synthetique
Vicki Ogilvie
Joshua Hart
Business Person of the Year
Maree Brown - The Whickham
Neil McLucas – Sporties
Mel Whitaker & Age D’Alton – Bent DVD
Monique Forrest – City Lickers
Politician of the Year
Lindy Nelson-Carr
Grace Grace
Bob Brown
Anna Bligh
Creative Artist of the Year
Russell Fleming
Mark Winmill
Richard Jordan
Emilia Pope
Sportsperson of the Year
Matthew Mitcham
Lindsay Nutley
Natalie Cook
Hayley Bateup
Iain Clacher Journalist of the Year
Toby Longhurst
Chad Watson
Jay Lane
Peter Hackney
GLBT Friendly Company of the Year
The Wickham Hotel
Q News
Klub Kruise
Bent DVD
Entertainer of the Year
Miss Synthetique
DJ Denny D
Tricky BoomBang
Wanda D'Parke
Alexi Paige
DJ Ish
HIV Activist of the Year
Vanessa Wagner
Jarran Haywood
Bill Rutkin
John Frame
Gay Icon of the Year
Neil McLucas
Pam Ann
Matthew Mitcham
Miss Synthetique
Gay Venue of the Year
The Beat
The Wickham Hotel
Klub Kruise
Sporties
Community Group of the Year
Open Doors
GLWA
QAHC
Dykes on Mykes
Person of the Year
Paul Martin - QAHC
Shelly Argent - PFLAG
Neil McLucas – Sporties
Rodney Goodbun - Action Reform Change QLD
We would love to see every local community group represented at the awards, so please pass this email onto all of your members and encourage them to come along. It will be a fantastic night, with entertainment by Dame Sybil von Thorndyke, Pearly Black, Maude Boat and Drag King of the Year, Tricky Boombang! Tickets can be purchased from just $15 from the Judith Wright website (http://www.judithwrightcentre.com/02_cal/details.asp?ID=680) or at the door on the night, although we encourage you to buy online and avoid lining up. All ticket prices include entry to the Awards after-party at The Wickham.
Event: The Queen’s Birthday Community Awards
When: Saturday 6 June
Time: 6pm-late
Where: Judith Wright Centre, Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley
Cost: $35 seat at table, $120 for 4. $20 theatre seating, $15 concession.
BRISBANE PRIDE FESTIVAL
Download The Pride Guide to see what this years 2009 Festival has up it's sleve. DOWNLOAD NOW!
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LesbianSuperGroup @ Holes n Poles
Event: LesbianSuperGroup @ Holes n Poles "love lifts us up where we belong"
What: Performance
Host: The Globe
Saturday, June 6 at 8:00pm
When:
Where: The Globe
Australian premier of Sunny Drake's show June 13 at Brisbane Pride Fair Day. Get ready!
After sell-out shows in San Francisco in the US National Queer Arts Festival, get ready Brisbane - don’t miss this once only showing of Gender-queer Seeking… by Sunny Drake at Brisbane Pride Fair Day!
Gender-queer Seeking… a solo multi-genre confession of a romance-a-holic
By Sunny Drake
Saturday June 13, 2:30pm (sharp)
@ Brisbane Pride Fairday, the Activity Tent
Musgrave Park, West End (Cnr Russell & Cordelia)
Pride Fair-day event entry: $10/ 15
Sunny’s show is FREE once you pay event entry
About the show: Gender-queer Seeking…
”I’m a romance-a-holic. I’ve been this way for years. I’m quitting though – cold turkey”. An embarrassing and exposing look at Sunny’s internal world of fantasies, run-ins with the polyamory police, green monsters, and how internalised capitalism and relationship scripts play out in the narratives of (not-so-?) radical communities. …”If I added up all the hours I’ve spent fantasizing, I could have single-handedly dismantled the white supremacist able-ist binary-obsessed hetero-patriarchy.” This show explores love, those empty caverns, and the manufacturing of emotions. Video & visuals by Dana Aleshire & Alana Heiner-Smith.
Still not convinced? Check-out an on-line show excerpt at: http://blip.tv/file/1606608
About Sunny
Sunny Drake is a Transgender Human who embeds intimate & exposing autobiographical stories in broader political contexts. Sunny mashes creative (and frequently absurd) political theatre, personal story-telling and embodied movement with multi-media layers and some puppettry. Sunny was an Artist-in-Residence at The Garage (San Francisco) in 2008 and performed in the USA National Queer Arts Festival and the San Francisco Fringe Festival. He toured a one-person multi-media gender-euphoric show, Other-wise, across Canada & the USA and to Mardi Gras (Sydney), Midsumma (Melbourne) and Metro Arts (Brisbane). Sunny was born and grown on Indigenous Jaggera-Turrabul land (Brisbane) and comes from English and Irish ancestry. Email sunnydragonflight@yahoo.com or checkout http://www.myspace.com/sunnydk
Sunny Drake
0421 186 647
www.myspace.com/sunnydk
http://sunnydk.blip.tv/
AlternaTykes Clothing: Special offer for Rainbow Families during the Brisbane Pride Festival
AlternaTykes Clothing is a new Queensland business providing Rainbow Families with clothing solutions for their babies and children, we offer bibs, and singlets, short- and long-sleeved shirts, and short- and long-sleeved onesie suits, size 0000-4 (bigger sizes available on request). From June 1 to July 4 we will be offering 4 new designs especially for
the Brisbane Pride Festival. $1 from the sale of items with these designs (plus other selected Rainbow Family and Rainbow Fun designs) will be donated to Brisbane Pride Inc.
ALSO for every person who buys an item, photographs their child at a Brisbane Pride Festival event, and allows us to put this photo on our website, they will receive a discount code enabling them to 20% off their next purchase.
Breasts Project
Hi,
My name is Gemma-Rose Turnbull and I am a photographer who has been working on a long term project on breasts; which you can have a peek at http://theprojections.com/finalists/2008/turnbull/gemma_turnbull.html
My photos will be part of a group exhibition looking at gender photography at the Queensland Centre of Photography in June, to coincide with the Brisbane Pride festival. And what I'm looking for is some lovely lesbian ladies who would be prepared to share their breasts with me.
I work with the principle that all women have great stories about their gazoonga's/ta ta's/jugs (too small, too big, just right, one breast, no breasts, faux breasts, reduced breasts, perky, droopy etc) but at the moment I am particularly interested in the role breasts play in lesbian relationships.
As you can see from the photos I go to people’s homes and take portraits and interview them (in a very non scary way) about their boobies. I would ideally love to get a good selection of ladies to talk about their breasts (to add to the existing collection). The photos can be anonymous too if that's a problem. I also photograph events where breasts are a feature (for example the wet t-shirt competition/Indy etc) so would be particularly interested in attending lesbian events as well if you can recommend some.
So if you know anyone who would be happy to be involved in my project I would very much appreciate it if you could either forward their contact details to me or give mine to them.
My phone number is 0438 163 388 and email showusyatits@gmail.com
Thanks,
Gemma
Decadance is a mixed party with top dance DJs, wicked lighting, eye-opening performance, and a queer/quirky crowd. 3 spaces – dance, performance or play. DJs Jackie Onassid (Cut n Taste, Tropical Fruits, Splendour), Master Sergeant (Decadance, Boot Co, Sleaze Ball) and Krasch. Performances by Miss Red and special guests. Dress: Kink it up
Club Phoenix Events
Lesbian Icons/Pride Dance Party
Start Date: Saturday 6th of June 2009
Event Time: 7.30pm
Come as your favourite "Lesbian Icon"
Dancing starts at 7.30pm to the fabulous music of DJ Jan.
Loads of Prizes & Giveaways. Along with our normal raffle our Special Raffle will be on sale at the next 2 dances. Tickets will be $2 each.
Win 2 Tickets to see P!NK perform live at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre on Monday 20th July
Come join the fun, Upstairs at Brothers St Brendans, Tramore St, Rocklea
Picnic/Games in the Park
Start Date: Sunday 28th of June 2009
Event Time: 11am
Picnic/Games in the park Orleigh Park West End
We will meet at 11am at Orleigh Park, West End with our picnic blankets; eskies and favourite play equipment (keep it to the outdoor type please). Similar to last year we’ll have bocce, Frisbee, the vortex, cricket, and a football. Last year we even had the pleasure of some relaxing guitar background. All women are welcome, come as you are, chillax, its free!!!!
Weekly Tennis Night
Every Wednesday night.
29 Padstow Road, Sunnybank Tennis Club, Opposite Shell Servo
Tennis every Wednesday night at 6.30-7.30pm. Cost $6 members $8 non members Join us and have a hit and a giggle. For more info ring Annell 0421 655 396.
Outings
Barefoot Bowls
When 28th June
Time 10.30am
Where Mrethyr Bowls Club, Oxlade Drive New Farm.
Cost $20.00 - Includes 2 hours Bowling plus steak and salad lunch.
Come along and join in the fun and laughter in the great outdoors.
If you do not wish to participate in the bowling, you are very welcome to
join us for lunch, the cost will be $15.00.
Bowling starts at 11am, and lunch will be at 1pm
RSVP: 20th June
Contact: Eve - 32841614 or email owlsbris@hotmail.com.au
Dances
8th AUGUST
Greenslopes Bowls Club
131 Ridge st Greenslopes
Come and dance the night away to the music of our resident D.J. Karen
You wont be disapointed.
Dining
20th June
Time 6.30pm
Where Talay Thai 145 Racecourse Rd Ascot (opp Baguette) Fully Licensed
& BYO (wine only)
This Restaurant has been recomended to us by a coulpe of people, it also has
won an award in 2008 for catering excellence.
We welcome you all to come and enjoy the evening.
If you wish to go on line and check the menu the website is - www.talaythai.com.au
Please RSVP: MaryLou on 32841856 by 15th June as bookings are essential
Picnics
Next Picnic Will be held in August, date & venue to be announced
Games Nights
Saturday 4th July,
Lyn and Glenda's place, 7.30pm,
Phone 33692126 for info and bookings.
Offers of other venues welcome...
Cost: $2 /pp & bring a plate for supper
Bring a game to share.
Attendance must be pre-booked – numbers are very limited.
Golf
6th June
ALBANY LINKS GOLF COMPLEX
For further information contact
Carmel 38511528 or Eve 32841614
Suppers
Every Wednesday 6pm
Bronco's Club Fulcher Road, Red Hill
(Formerly Cruchers Leagues Club)
Our regular Tuesday night suppers have been changed to Wednesday night,
the Bronco's have a 2 for 1 meal deal that we can all take advantage of, even
if you come alone we can match you up with one of the other ladies, this will
come into effect from Wednesday 6th May.
Everyone is welcome to just wander on in from about 6pm for a simple meal,
dessert or just coffee and a chat. This is a great place for women who are
joining us for the first time to come along and meet in a friendly relaxed atmosphere.
If you are coming for the first time just contact us beforehand and we will meet you
at the door and welcome you warmly and introduce ourselves.
Come visit with us and see what we get up to!
Fore more event information contact:
Phone: 0447 401 061
E-mail: owlsbris@hotmail.com
Website: www.owlsbrisbane.com.au
