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Tickets On Sale For Los Angeles Transgender Film Festival “Best of Fest” Screening
Posted in Uncategorized with tags cinema, Getting Off, independent film, indie film, j aguilar, jeff roy, los angeles transgender film festival, meliza banales, pussy boy, queer, rights of passage, transexual dominatrix, transgender on February 24, 2012 by Mommy Fiercest
Emergency Townhall Meeting! STOP LAPD’s 30-Day Car Impounds NOW!
Posted in Demonstrations with tags activism, immigrant rights, immigration, LA, LAPD, Los Angeles, migrants on February 8, 2012 by Mommy Fiercest
EMERGENCY TOWNHALL MEETING in South LA!!
STOP THE 30-DAY CAR IMPOUNDS NOW!!
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2012
6:00PM – 8:00PM
SANTEE EDUCATION COMPLEX AUDITORIUM
1921 SOUTH MAPLE AVENUE
LOS ANGELES, CA 90011
Refreshments will be provided.
Do you agree with the recent announcement by LAPD Chief Beck that
vehicles from undocumented (im)migrants will be impounded?
Councilman Mitch Englander, the Los Angeles Police Protective
League, the Official Police Garage Association, along with KFI’s John
and Ken mobilized the anti-immigrant community in the Valley and
succeeded in pressuring Chief Beck to change his recommendation
once again, ensuring that the Official Police Garages continue to make
millions of dollars at the expense of working class (im)migrants who
are not permitted to obtain a driver’s license.
¡ENOUGH is ENOUGH!
The Southern California Immigration Coalition, the National Lawyer’s
Guild and the South Central Neighborhood Council will hold our own
townhall meeting so that our community can have a chance to make
their voices heard. If the Chief of Police, the LA Police Commission,
and members of the Los Angeles City Council can stand there and
listen to members of Englander’s community spew anti-immigrant
remarks, now they will have to make the time to come and listen to the
countless stories of people impacted by decisions without any
consideration to the hundreds of thousands of undocumented
immigrants living in Los Angeles County who each day work hard to
provide for their families.
ALL are invited to attend and make your voices heard!
For more information call:
(323) 400-5676 or (213) 712-0370
PRIDE TORONTO 2012 ACCEPTING ARTIST AND PERFORMER APPLICATIONS
Posted in Uncategorized with tags 2012, calls for submissions, gay, glbt, LGBT, performance art, performing arts, pride, queer, toronto on February 7, 2012 by Mommy FiercestPRIDE TORONTO 2012 ACCEPTING ARTIST AND PERFORMER APPLICATIONS
Pride week 2012: Friday June 22nd to Sunday July 1st
Deadline for applications: 24 February 2012
Pride Toronto, returning for its 32nd fabulous year, is seeking submissions from artists of all disciplines to perform at its 2012 festival happening Friday June 22nd to Sunday July 1st. Whether you’re a DJ, band, drag queen/king, dancer, comedian, community group or theatrical troupe, we want to hear from you!
Pride Week in Toronto is the third largest Pride celebration in the world and the largest festival in Canada.It takes place over 22 city blocks on 7 stages with hundreds of artists, 3 parades and hundreds of events at venues throughout downtown Toronto. The 2011 festival saw approximately a million people celebrating and supporting the lives and stories of Toronto’s queer communities.
Pride Week is produced by Pride Toronto, a not-for-profit, community organization. It’s a FREE event supported and made possible by a large base of volunteers, corporate sponsorship, public grants and Pride Toronto’s fundraising initiatives. The festival features 10 days of arts and cultural programming, community activities, one of the world’s largest street festivals, the Pride Parade, Dyke March, Trans Pride March, Family programming and much more. Past performers include Cyndi Lauper, Kelly Rowland, Deborah Cox, Mel C, Esthero, Islands, Lesbians on Ecstasy, RuPaul, Divine Brown, Jully Black, Thelma Houston, Indigo Girls, Uh Huh Her, Dragonette, The Cliks, Kinnie Star, Carole Pope, Sandra Bernhard, Bitch, Crystal Waters, MEN, Suzanne Palmer, Martha Wash, Ultra Nate, ABC, Wang Chung, Cutting Crew, Missing Persons, Saidah Baba Talibah, Jonathan Peters, Lady Miss Kier, David Morales and Josie Cotton among hundreds of others!
Performers participating in the Pride Toronto festival have the opportunity to be included in the Official Pride Guide, the Pride Toronto website (which averages 23.8 million hits in the four weeks leading up to the festival), coverage through our print, radio and TV partners and targeted marketing by our publicity professionals. If you would like to be part of the BEST free event in Toronto go to: www.pridetoronto.com/applications/ to fill in an online application form!
The deadline for submissions is February 24, 2012, so don’t wait!
ONLINE APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING LINKS:
DJ: http://www.pridetoronto.com/applications/2012-performersdjsapp.html
Live Music: http://www.pridetoronto.com/applications/2012-performersliveapp.html
Performing Arts: http://www.pridetoronto.com/applications/2012-performing-arts-application.html
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
TK
Arts & Culture Manager
E-mail: tk@pridetoronto.com
Shit Manarchists Say
Posted in Fluff with tags anarchist, anarchy, macktivism, macktivist, macktivists, manarchists, manarchy, marxism, Occupy on February 5, 2012 by Mommy FiercestThis pretty much somes up my experiences interacting with straight dudes at Occupy Boston…
Mazer Archives Lesbian Short Film Screening
Posted in Cultural Events, Parties and Club Nights with tags alison segar, and I am me, Andrea Weiss, art, betsy Kalin, bisexual, bisexuality, Boyle Heights, christine Chew, Christoph Scheermann, Cisgender, East L.A. Interchange, falling for caroline, feminism, feminist, Fresh Air Therapy, gay, Gay Valentines Day, genderqueer, glbt, Greta Schiller, highfemme, independent film, indie film, LA, lesbian, lesbian history, lesbian love, LGBT, Los Angeles, Lust life, lynda tarryk, Mazer Archves, pansexual, queer, sex workers film festival, Stuff to do in LA, things to do in LA, Things To Do In LA Valentines Day, Tiny and Ruby: Hell Divin' Women, Valentines day, valentines Day LA on January 26, 2012 by Mommy FiercestSunday, February 12, 2012 3:00pm until 6:00pm
Mazer Lesbian Archives Film Screening
These films take us on a journey of love and its many forms: a celebration of a 40-year relationship, the awakening of new passion, the rejuvenation of a troubled marriage, the awkward pratfalls of falling in love, the bond between a mother and son, and a love letter to a remarkable Los Angeles neighborhood.
Tiny and Ruby: Hell Divin’ Women
An intimate and humorous portrait of legendary jazz trumpeter Tiny Davis and her partner of over 40 years, drummer-pianist Ruby Lucas with rare jazz recordings, live performances, vintage photographs, and narrative poetry by Cheryl Clarke.
Directed by Greta Schiller, Andrea Weiss – USA, 1989, 30 min
Fresh Air Therapy
In this offbeat comedy from Germany, a lesbian couple discovers that counseling isn’t the only way to work out their differences.
Directed by Christoph Scheermann– Germany, 2009, 6 min
Audience Award Melbourne Queer Film Fest Australia 2010
Lust Life
Caught between what was and what could be, a woman who has lost her lust for life in the world’s most passionate city takes a chance.
Directed by Lynda Tarryk – USA, 2011, 9 min
Falling for Caroline
This feel-good romantic comedy tells the tale of Darcy, who becomes uncontrollably accident-prone whenever she’s around the girl of her dreams.
Directed by Christine Chew – Canada, 2010, 20 min
Audience Award for Best Short, ImageOut, 2009 (Rochester, NY);
Best Short Film, Queersicht Festival, Bern, Switzerland, 2009
and i am me
An honest and touching portrayal of the relationship between a lesbian mother and her adopted, Ethiopian son.
Directed by Alison Segar – USA, 2010, 16 min
East L.A. Interchange
This trailer for a work-in-progress documentary shows how excavating Boyle Heights’ unique multicultural past serves as a field guide for understanding how to encourage and support diversity, active citizenship, and a respect for differences.
Directed by Betsy Kalin – USA, 2012, 12 min
Filmmaker Q & A to follow.
The Mazer Archives, 626 North Robertson Bl. Los Angeles, Ca
Queer Mondays Un-Curated By Ian MacKinnon
Posted in Cultural Events, Parties and Club Nights with tags art, bisexual, bisexuality, Cisgender, Dan Wentzel Martin Wiech, Dino Dinco, feminism, feminist, femme, gay, genderqueer, glbt, Gregory Barnett, highfemme, highways performance space, ian mackinnon, Justin Jorgensen, LA, LGBT, Los Angeles, performance art, queer, queer mondays, Scott Backman on January 24, 2012 by Mommy Fiercest
Monday, January 30th, 7:30p-9p
Queer Mondays is a non-elitist LGBT experimental performance series on the last Monday of every month. It’s an ever-changing grab bag of short pieces and happenings that has something for everyone and you never know what you’re gonna get! QM is dedicated to providing a consistent venue for the development of new queer work, and is open to all artistic disciplines.
This month performances by: Scott Backman Dan Wentzel Martin Wiech Justin Jorgensen Dino Dinco Gregory Barnett hosted by: Ian MacKinnon
$5 www.highwaysperformance.org Highways Performance Space
1651 18th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404
Femme Day of Action Los Angeles Edition
Posted in Cultural Events, Parties and Club Nights with tags art, bisexual, bisexuality, dyke, feminism, feminist, femme, Femme Day of Action, gay, genderqueer, glbt, highfemme, homo, LA, lesbian, LGBT, Los Angeles, pansexual, queer, trans, transexual, transgender on January 21, 2012 by Mommy Fiercest
Los Angeles Femme Day Of Action
Saturday February 21, at 3:00pm until Sunday at 1:00am
Instigating and Imagining Femme(inine) Community in LA
Calling all self-defined queer folks on femme/inine spectrums to come together for a day of conversation, creativity, and community-building. And a party afterward.
Whether you feel uneasy with the word “femme” but still wonder if it could apply to you, or whether you came out of the womb an 8th level card-carrying high femme, we welcome the wide scope of identities and experiences to contribute to building a smarty-pants good time. We will interrogate and celebrate the definitions, embodiments, and spirits of femme-ness. In this city of such rich diversity and sprawl, let’s intentionally reach across our divisions to imagine and instigate an inclusive, powerful femme community.
And did we mention there’s a dance party?
Saturday Jan 21
Starting at 3 p.m. sharp
Human Resources Gallery
410 Cottage Home Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
(3 blocks from Chinatown stop on the Metro Gold line)
Schedule for the day:
3-4 pm: Meet & Greet
4-6 pm: Facilitated group discussion/workshop time *
6-7 pm: Dinner break (bring something or run out for something)
7-9 pm: Collaborative crafting/party decorating
9 pm on: Dance party**
4-6 pm Group Discussion / Panel:
FACES OF FEMME … Instigating & Imagining Femme(inine) Community in LA
*GROUP DISCUSSION: It’s All About You! Let’s talk about how You identify as femme, tell us when/how you ‘came out’ as femme, and if you could imagine femme community in LA what would it look like?
*PANEL: an amazing group of LA femmes bring perspectives & raise questions about everything including Femme Failure, Trans-femme, Black Femme Identity, Xicana femmes, Body autonomy, and Femme Naked?
-Prof Laura Harris (Pitzer College) co-editor of ‘Femme: lesbians, feminists & bad girls’
-Prof Talia Bettcher (Cal State LA) – co-editor ‘Transgender Studies and Feminism’/Hypatia
-Prof Mignon Moore (UCLA) – Author of ‘Invisible Families: Gay Identities, Relationships and Motherhood Among Black Women’
-Laura Luna Placencia – Queer Fat Femme community activist & ‘Creative Xicana’ blogger
-Lynn Harris Ballen – queer femme(inist), co-founder LEX, host ‘Feminist Magazine’ radio/KPFK
** Dance party is open to everyone. We respectfully request that events from 3 – 9 p.m. are attended only by self-identified femmes (of all genders) and folks exploring their femme/ininity.
This event is FREE. We will provide light snacks and adult beverages by donation
Space/Adversity/Motion @ den contemporary art
Posted in Uncategorized with tags art, carole silverstein, chris trueman, Danielle McCullough, den contemporary, feminism, grant vetter, LA, marie thibeault, michael napper, pacific design center, Rema Ghuloum, space/adversity/motion, tessie whitemore, Tim Focum on January 19, 2012 by Mommy Fiercest
den contemporary is pleased to present space/adversity/motion, featuring painterly works by nine artists from the Los Angeles region. The common groundwork for the paintings and sculptures in the exhibition is the diverse approach to abstraction in their practice. space/adversity/motion refers to aspects of the personal journey and universal existence, as well as elements in the art making process. The artists examine subjects such as loss, hope and redemption, taking inspiration from childhood memories, found objects, imaginary landscapes, ethnic motifs, musical influences and the effects from natural as well as manmade disasters. Through stylistic shifts, attentiveness of composition, and by pushing the depth of the two-dimensional toward collage and sculptural forms, the artists activate a spatial dialogue with the imagery. Analogous to the individual quest through the vulnerabilities and trials of life, the artists traverse the terrain of the canvas or structure, navigating through with a quality of both personal vision and collaboration with the materials, instigating tension through juxtaposition of contrasting compositions,line work and texture. The artists engage in the production process through the motion of creating forms by hand and making marks with paint or tools. Their expression is further emphasized by a variety of bold swirls, swaths of pigment, minuscule flecks,and rhythmic lines within a sometimes dense and other times minimal atmosphere. The resolved energy in the works results in a kaleidoscope of evocative palette, anamorphic form, palpable physicality, and force of cadence.
homo-centric: Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore “Why Are Faggots So Afraid Of Faggots?”
Posted in Artist Profiles, Cultural Events, Parties and Club Nights with tags art, Cisgender, dyke, feminism, feminist, femme, gay, genderqueer, Hank Henderson, highfemme, lesbian, LGBT, lgbtq, pansexual, readings, stories, strories books and cafe, transgender, why are faggots so afraid of faggotsr on January 19, 2012 by Mommy Fiercest
Why Are Faggots So Afraid Of Faggots? Mattilda Bernstein Scyamore
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homo-centric is super duper excited to smother your January blahs with the only Los Angeles bookstore appearance of Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore! Mattilda is coming to town Sunday January 22nd at 6:30pmto tell you all about/read from/publicize her new book Why Are Faggots So Afraid of Faggots.Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore is a writer, editor, activist, artist, filmmaker, critic and troublemaker. Most recently, she is the editor of Why Are Faggots So Afraid of Faggots?: Flaming Challenges to Masculinity, Objectification, and the Desire to Conform, which will be released on Valentine’s Day 2012 from AK Press. Mattilda is the author of two novels, So Many Ways to Sleep Badly (City Lights 2008) and Pulling Taffy (Suspect Thoughts 2003). She is the editor of four additional nonfiction anthologies, Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity (Seal 2007),That’s Revolting! Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation (Soft Skull 2004; 2008), Dangerous Families: Queer Writing on Surviving (Haworth 2004), and Tricks and Treats: Sex Workers Write about Their Clients (Haworth 2000), which now also appears in Italian (Effepi Libri 2007). Mattilda recently finished a soon-to-be-published memoir called The End of San Francisco.Why Are Faggots So Afraid of Faggots challenges not just the violence of straight homophobia but the hypocrisy of mainstream gay norms that say the only way to stay safe is to act straight: get married, join the military, adopt kids! This anthology reinvokes the anger, flamboyance, and subversion once thriving in gay subcultures in order to create something dangerous and lovely: an exploration of the perils of assimilation; a call for accountability; a vision for change.
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LA Queer Posada
Posted in Cultural Events, Parties and Club Nights with tags performance art, queer, dyke, femme, LA, transgender, art, Cisgender, gay, TS, genderqueer, trans, highfemme, pansexual, bisexual, bisexuality, lesbian, transexual, LGBT, glbt, LAPD, chicano, latina, latino, xicana, xicano, Transgender Youth Clinic of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles., TransgeChildren’s Hospital Los Angeles., transgender youth, trans youth, selah gospel choir, la cholita, los globos, mama pancha, mama pancha's queer life rituals, le barcito, the black cat on December 20, 2011 by Mommy Fiercest
LA QUEER POSADA
Performance Event Collective Mama Pancha’s Queer Life Rituals presents the Third Annual LA Queer Posada, featuring Payasos L.A. and the Los Angeles chapter of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. A new take on the Mexican Posada celebration, LA Queer Posada will include performances in theatre, poetry, dance and music with intercultural queer artists.
The procession will take place on Friday, December 23, 2011 and will commence promptly at 7:59 pm at The Eagle in Silver Lake (4219 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, 90029). The procession will head north on Santa Monica Blvd, then east on Sunset Blvd, and end at Los Globos Nightclub (3040 W. Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, 90026). Guests are encouraged to bring instruments to join the Posada Band in playing some Christmas tunes as we strut down Sunset Blvd!
This year LA Queer Posada will end its mile-long procession at Los Globos (3040 W. Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, 90026) where performances symbolizing the gift of the Magi will take place. The gift of the Magi will feature performances by Selah Gospel Choir, Burlesque sensation La Cholita, and more to be announced. The dance party is scheduled to follow the performances. Please note that Los Globos is 21 and over. There is no admission fee however donations will be collected to benefit the Transgender Youth Clinic of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.
Mama Pancha’s Queer Life Rituals is a performance, party, right-of-passage collective that serves the LGBT community through the creation of accessible, inclusive, and intercultural participatory spiritual happenings. The Posada is traditionally a community performance that reenacts the pilgrimage taken by Mary and Joseph as they searched for shelter leading to the birth of Christ.
LA Queer Posada is celebrated in Silver Lake to commemorate the area as a historically gay and Latino neighborhood, at a time when many markers of that history are vanishing. “This year in particular we call attention to the closing of Le Barcito, formerly The Black Cat, a landmark gay bar that launched The Advocate out of pre-Stonewall protests against LAPD raids,” says Mama Pancha. “Not only had Le Barcito become a sort of sanctuary for the gay Latino community, but they also hosted the previous two Queer Posadas and tons of other queer life rituals.”
Questions? Contact Miguel Barragan at LAQueerPosada2011@gmail.com.
For the latest La Queer Posada updates, follow us on Twitter: @LAQueerPosada.
