"Queer in Europe"
A three-day International Research Symposium
13-15 September 2008
Centre for the Interdisciplinary Study of Sexuality and Gender in  Europe
University of Exeter
Keynote speakers:
Del LaGrace Volcano and Ulrika Dahl (Södertörn University College,  Sweden)
Marie-Hélène Bourcier (University of Lille, France)
Tim Dean (SUNY Buffalo, USA)
Gert Hekma (University of Amsterdam, NL)
The draft programme and registration forms can be found at:
http://www.sall.ex.ac.uk/conferences/queer-in-europe
(Scroll down to the bottom of the page to download a PDF of the  programme, a
registration form, and other information.)
If you have enquiries about registration and other practical  issues, please email
Amanda Edmondson ( A.J.Edmondson@exeter.ac.uk),  the conference's research administrator.
For questions about the academic content of the programme, please  email the
organisers: Lisa Downing ( L.M.Downing@exeter.ac.uk) and  Robert Gillett
( R.M.Gillett@qmul.ac.uk).

We are happy to announce the London Transgender Film Festival on the 7, 8 & 9 Nov 2008 at the Ritzy Picturehouse in London.

This much needed festival is long overdue. Currently there are no film festivals dedicated to transgender issues in London, until now.

Transgender art does not usually get the recognition it deserves which is our incentive for organising this festival. We are trans people who want to showcase the work of other trans people, their friends, partners and allies.

We are currently accepting submissions for the Festival. please check the website for full details

www.transgenderfilmfestival.co.uk

We will be holding a fundraiser on Sun Aug 24 at the Gasworks in London. Please come and support this event!

Want to travel with your eyes?

Young But Not Straight (Wel Jong Niet Hetero), the largest LGBT youth movement in Belgium is organising an international exchange from the 13th until the 21st July 2008 in Ghent. The exchange is supported by the youth programme of the European Union and is an unique project.

Young participants between 18 and 25 years of age from different European countries are representing their country and their organisation. By experiencing our culture and diversity, a reflection process will start. All those impressions are going to be put on camera. We would like to share the results of this with you during the Festival of Ghent, in co-operation with Casa Rosa.

We would like to invite everyone on the official opening of our picture exhibition, on 20th July 2008 at 8:00 p.m. at the headquarters of WJNH/YBNS: Casa Rosa - Kammerstraat 22, 9000 Ghent. Of course, we will provide a toast and a drink. At 10:00 p.m. the festivities can continue to Cocteau, where we are organising an international youth party.

If you would like to join us, please confirm your attendance to teaminternationaal@weljongniethetero.be, so we can fill up the fridge!

Hope to see you there!

On behalf of WJNH/YBNS and volunteers,

Anneleen and Iris

The 4th European Gay Police Association conference (GAYLESPOL) is due to take place in Barcelona, Spain, from 2nd to 4th July 2008.

Conference venue: Collegi Major Sant Jordi, Barcelona

The conference will examine i.a. the following subjects:

• The situation of gays and lesbians in Europe
• Religion, faith and hate crimes
• Exchange of good practice examples of the different police forces in Europe, based on non-discrimination and sexual diversity
• Lives in the darkness: police repression during Franco's regime
• Creation of public value through the management of diversity in police services

The conference programme is available on the GAYLESPOL website.

With pictures from Gay Pride events around the EU the stark contrast between two different aspects of the festival will be highlighted. On the one hand, what a fantastic street party the parade is. On the other hand, the hatred and resistance that the Gay Pride parade continues to be met with from rock-throwing hooligans and narrow-minded politicians around Europe.

Christofer Fjellner, MEP cordially invites you to the photo exhibition

27 Pictures of Pride

opening 15th July 2008 at 6:00 p.m.

Bar Space, 3rd Floor, ASP Building
European Parliament, 60 Rue Wiertz, 1047 Brussels

Please confirm your participation at the opening by 8th July by e-mail to: christofer.fjellner-assistant3@europarl.europa.eu

The exhibition will run from 15th to 18th July 2008.

“Tutela della persona e orientamento sessuale. Strumenti, tecniche e strategie contro la discriminazione”

Bologna, 13 giugno 2008 , h. 14:00

Facoltà di Giurisprudenza – Via Zamboni 22

Patrocinato dalla Regione Emilia-Romagna e dalla Facoltà di Giurisprudenza dell’Università di Bologna e attributivo di 5 crediti formativi per avvocati e patrocinatori, il convegno organizzato dalCentro Europeo Studi sulla Discriminazione e Avvocatura per il diritti LGBT – Rete Lenford, ospiterà le riflessioni di costituzionalisti (Andrea Morrone e Diletta Tega), esperti di diritti umani (Robert Wintemute), giuslavoristi (Laura Calafà), magistrati (Maria Acierno), e organismi di parità (significativa la presenza dell’ Ufficio nazionale antidiscriminazioni razziali e dell’ Ombudsman svedese contro la discriminazione basata sull’orientamento sessuale).

Esso costituirà l’occasione per continuare a riflettere sulle coordinate teoriche della discriminazione basata sull’orientamento sessuale, le sue manifestazioni concrete, le strategie di contrasto sulla base della normativa esistente. Costituirà inoltre momento di scambio di buone pratiche e di aggiornamento sulle novità giurisprudenziali e legislative, in particolare per quanto concerne le recenti proposte di legge contro l’istigazione a discriminare e la violenza omofoba.

Programmadell’iniziativa: volantino allegato

Registrazione: gratuita per il pubblico, 40€ per gli avvocati che intendano ottenere i crediti formativi.

Informazioni e iscrizioni: www.cesd.eu

The LGBT Institute, created as a part of the II International Conference on Community Psychology, is dedicated to developing new policies and ways of interventing at a community level regarding LGBT issues, such as forming alliance between communities and universities, understanding ways in which families of LGBT people can be a positive model of change, and to consider new strategies for promoting policies that would result in the well-being of LGBT people.

You can find the programme at the following link:

http://www.2iccp.com/institutes/inst-7.html

Septièmes Assises de la mémoire Gay et Lesbienne
Lyon, vendredi 16 et samedi 17 mai 2008
Bibliothèque de la Part-Dieu,
Entrée libre

1968-2008 : Ruptures et continuité

Cette année, les Assises débuteront par un retour sur la "révolution sexuelle", puis se poursuivront le lendemain, Journée mondiale de lutte contre l'homophobie. Deux générations de militant-e-s, mobilisant plus ou moins explicitement les notions de liberté et / ou d'égalité, ont en effet inscrit la définition des sexes et la sexualité au cœur de la politique démocratique. Les revendications, les modalités d'action et l'image des gays, lesbiennes, bisexuel-le-s, transgenres, queers (…) ont cependant beaucoup évolué au cours de ces décennies. Témoins et agents de cette histoire, les intervenant-e-s contribueront à en éclairer les moments clés et l'actualité.

Projection d’un documentaire, suivie d’une discussion, le vendredi 16 mai à 18h30 en présence du réalisateur.

Ouverture le samedi 17 mai à 10h30 en présence de Heidi Giovacchini, adjointe du Maire de Lyon aux droits du citoyen et aux nouveaux modes de vie urbain .

Intervenant-e-s : Alessandro Avellis (réalisateur), Didier Lestrade, Olivier Maguet et Christine Caldéron (AIDES), Jacqueline Pasquier (Lesbia Mag), Renan Benyamina (Hétéroclite), Brigitte Rollet (University of London Institute in Paris), Renaud Lagabrielle (Université de Vienne), Wendy Delorme, Les Panthères Roses, Jean Yves Le Talec (Université de Toulouse-Le Mirail).

Texte de présentation et programme complets sur Le Point G

http://www.bm-lyon.fr/lepointg/

Come to the Lesbian Spring Meeting in Dresden - Germany's biggest and most famous meeting for lesbians!

According to this year's theme "Embraced by Europe -Lesbians Everywhere" the main focus of our workshops, discussion panels and evening programme is on lesbian life in European countries, especially Eastern Europe. Look forward to enjpying in a colourful programme including workshops, literary cafes, theatre performances, readings, art exhibitions, concerts, discotheques, market stalls and a demonstration.

Let's celebrate lesbian Life and Lesbian Culture!