Joan Y. Psmith,

27c3

2010-12-26T15:35:15Z

27c3 talks I want to listen to:

This list is mainly for my own convenience. (Info about streaming here.)

( list of talks )

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of low temperature and high excitement

2010-10-22T21:44:11Z

The first day of the 4 day theatre workshop I signed up for was fucking awesome.

I mean, yes, it was basically 12h of freezing our artsy arses off in an old factory building (main power is broken, it's around 4°C outside and the heating was off until late afternoon. *brrrr*) but it was still great. After spending the day with warm-up, impro and basically just getting to know each other we got to read through two of the four plays the people in the playwrights' workshop wrote and they are really well written and demanding. *is the tiniest bit afraid*

The acting tutors and the people in the directors' workshop are going to decide tomorrow morning who is going to play whom. So fingers crossed that whatever I get is going to be fun but feasible. ;)

On the one hand I really, really hope I won't be cast in the role of the [spoiler] whose [spoiler] probably [spoiler] - because her monologues are looooong and we only have 3 days for everything from learning lines, rehearsing, costume fitting to finally performance oon Monday night. But, OMG, would I love that role! I'm just a sucker for these angsty parts. :D

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eurOut links

2010-10-09T17:54:13Z

Here are a couple of articles/new updates I wrote for eurOut that I haven't crossposted to this journal.

2010, June 20: News from the Gay Games Cologne

2010, August 3: Hivos homophobia quiz shows 10 percent of the Dutch want to imprison homosexuals

2010, August 10: Dutch 'How Straight Are You?' campaign launched

2010, August 24: 11th Queeruption festival in Manchester

2010, September 9: Event: LaD.I.Y.fest in Berlin

2010, September 20: Coming up in October: Pink Muslim conference in Paris

2010, September 27: Coming up in London: GFEST - Gaywise FESTival

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Nine Austrian LesBians You Should Know

2010-10-09T17:25:22Z

First published on eurOut.

Ever since I started writing for eurOut I wanted to do a list of Austrian lesBians. I've put it off for a long time because whenever I started to think about which openly lesBian Austrian women I would put on said list I didn't get very far. I don't know if there really are so few out lesBians in my home country or if I'm just that out of the loop. (Even though it'd be embarrassing I kind of hope it's the latter. Don't hesitate to shout at me in the comments how I dare to forget to list the legendary [insert name here]!)

( Let's do this in reverse chronological order. Ready? )

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IGLHRC gains consultative status to the UN

2010-08-19T12:05:46Z

First published at eurOut.

IGLHRC, the International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission, is the 10th* LGBT organisation to gain consultative status to the UN.

photo by Kjetil Ree

( Read more about IGLHRC... )

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Book preview: Emma Donoghue – Inseparable

2010-08-19T11:58:09Z

First published at eurOut.

Emma Donoghue tackles the topic of desire between women in literature in her new book Inseperable: Desire Between Women in Literature.

( Read more about Emma Donoghue's new book... )

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LGBT film festivals across Europe

2010-08-19T11:48:30Z

Let me apologise in advance for spamming your reading list. I've been lazy and haven't posted my eurOut articles over here in almost two months. :/ Don't worry, I'm not going to re-post every single thing I've written since then. Aaaanyway, here's the first of three.

First published at eurOut.

This week Lists Are Hot presents a list of European LGBT film festivals sorted alphabetically by country.

image by Ryan Baxter
( Read more about European LGBT Film Festivals... )

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Turkey: A look at their LGBT rights

2010-06-27T20:00:06Z

First published at eurOut.

1858. The Tanzimat Era of the Ottoman Emprire. Almost 100 years before England and Germany did, the country that we now know as Turkey decriminalises homosexuality.

Detail of ILGA Europe's Rainbow Europe Country Map

( Fast forward 152 years... )

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Romania: a look at their LGBT-Rights

2010-06-12T14:05:07Z

First published at eurOut.

On May 22 the Bucharest "Diversity March" took place as part of the 7th annual Romanian GayFest. There haven't been any violent incidences and the parade has been officially supported by the Romanian Green Party. That does sound like good news, but let's take a look at lgbt rights in Romania in more detail.

detail from ILGA's Rainbow Europe Country Map

( Read more about LGBT-rights in Romania. )

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Austria: A selection of Vienna Pride events

2010-06-06T17:14:21Z

First published at eurOut.

Pride time is in full swing all around Europe. With the Opening Party tomorrow, Saturday June 5, Vienna is joining in. There's a lot happening prior to the actual Pride Parade, the 15th Regenbogenparade. Like every year various tramlines around Vienna will fly rainbow flags, there will be talks, concerts, parties and many other ways to get together with with your fellow lgbt people. Here I'll give an overview of upcoming events. You can find all events at the official Vienna Pride website.

( A selection of parties, workshops, guided walks and more. )

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First Bratislava Pride disrupted, but still successful

2010-05-28T17:46:09Z

First published at eurOut.

Last Saturday, May 22, the first ever Slovak Pride Parade Dúhový PRIDE took place in Bratislava. Alas, not without disruptions.

( Read more about Dúhový PRIDE... )

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Is the UK’s new Equality Minister Theresa May with or against us?

2010-05-21T18:52:08Z

First published at eurOut.

Would you think someone who has a record of consistently voting against lgbt rights (10 against, 8 absent, 1 pro) has a good chance of becoming Minister for Equality? No? Well, think again!

The only case in which Theresa May (Conservative) voted pro-gay was her voting in favour of the Civil Partnership Bill in 2004. Other than that she has, for example, voted against lowering the age of consent for homosexuals and against the right for same-sex couples to adopt. Yet, Theresa May is the new Minister for Women and Equality in the UK.

( Read more about the UK's new Minister for Equality... )

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Norwegian Kindergartens to Get Same-Sex Fairytales

2010-05-21T10:21:20Z

First published at eurOut.

Wouldn't it be great if kids in kindergarten would hear stories about tough princesses who rescue princes from great danger, or about princes who fall in love with other princes or about growing up with two mums instead of a mum and a dad? Even though lgbt children's books have been around for a while, expecting to find them in a kindergarten's reader's corner still seems a bit too optimistic.

Not so in Norway. The Norwegian Ministry of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion says that children should be taught that having gay and lesbian parents is normal, reports Vårt Land.

( Read more about kid's books in Norway... )

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fiction: night rises

2010-05-09T10:46:27Z

Look at how productive I am! It only took me three whole months to post another little story. :D

night rises [200 words]
summary: night doesn't fall; night rises. it starts on the ground, in the corners. it creeps out from under stones, oozes out of cracks in the wall, slides along tree trunks until it reaches the remotest branches.

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Germany Blocks New EU Anti-Discrimination Directive

2010-05-06T20:54:32Z

First published at eurOut.

While the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe is stepping up and is showing its support for LGBT people, Germany is doing quite the opposite.

The Assembly is adopting a Resolution on Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. Meanwhile, Germany continues to block the European Commission's new Anti-Discrimination Directive.

( Read more ... )

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AI Reports: European Countries Break International Guidelines by Sending Back (LGBT) Refugees t

2010-05-02T13:59:08Z

First published at eurOut.

Last week Gwen already wrote about the difficulties that arise for gays and lesbians, who seek asylum in the UK because of their sexual orientation. But the UK isn't the only European country guilty of forcing people to return to places where they aren't safe at all.

According to Amnesty International's recent report Iraq: Civilians Under Fire Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden also breached UNHCR guidelines and forcibly returned many Iraqis to unsafe parts of the country.

This report also talks specifically about attacks on gay men and violence against women and girls, which further underlines the importance of protecting lgbt asylum seekers.

Iraq: Civilians Under Fire

( Read more about the 'Iraq: Civilians Under Fire' report )

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Review: Searching 4 Sandeep

2010-04-29T18:13:49Z

First published on eurOut.

Searching 4 Sandeep is a really sweet documentary about finding love online. But even more than that it is the story of two women who made their relationship work regardless of their different backgrounds.

searching 4 sandeep (© Tania Lambert)
( Read more about Searching 4 Sandeep )

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Romy Schneider: L'Enfer

2010-04-22T20:31:18Z

First published at eurOut

A beautiful woman is smoking, her face covered in glittering body paint and illuminated by undulating lights. Who is she?

The first name that you think of will most probably not be Romy Schneider. Excusable, but still wrong as you can see in the embedded clip from the movie L'Enfer.

( Read more... (and watch embedded vid) )

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Gay Rights in Africa: Current Developments

2010-04-16T18:34:48Z

First published at eurOut.

Homosexual acts are illegal in 36 African countries, yet recent developments in Africa show a further homophobic backlash. Visible in developments such as the proposed introduction of the death penalty for homosexuals and the ban on "promoting homosexuality" in Uganda, the arrest of guests at a gay wedding in Kenya and "corrective" rape in South Africa. In Malawi the first gay couple to seek same-sex marriage is held in a maximum security prison.

source: wikipedia

( Read more... )

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t-shirts: do whatever you want with them!

2010-04-11T17:29:05Z

A while ago I posted a couple of t-shirt designs that I'd uploaded to mysoti. I thought you might be interested to know that if you like them but don't want to order them from mysoti you can download these designs from my deviantart page, change them, print them out and iron them on, whatever you want. I added the download links to the original post.

Plus, there's a new one. :)

myself & colin

I know who I'm quoting, you know who I'm quoting. And if you really don't, then what do you want with that shirt anyway? Not that I'd be stopping you wearing it. ;)

- You can also download the design to do whatever you want with it here.

Disclaimer: These are rather obscure fan shirts that I doubt infringe any copyright. But just to be on the safe side I want to point out that I do not make any money of this. If you buy the shirts from mysoti I do not get any commission whatsoever!

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Italy: Gay Rights and Recent Decisions

2010-04-05T19:47:01Z

First published at eurOut.

There's been a lot going on in regards to gay rights in Italy last week. There's been a verdict that calling someone "gay" as an insult is a fineable offence, and Italians are still waiting for a decision on gay marriage.

( Would a ban on same-sex marriage be unconstitutional? )

( 'gay' is now a fineable insult in Italy )

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Learning from History: Homosexuality during Nazi Germany

2010-03-29T17:26:51Z

First published at eurOut.

In the current issue of their journal German history teacher's platform Lernen aus der Geschichte (Learning from History) focuses on the situation of homosexuals in National Socialist Germany.

The issue, titled Homophobe Traditionen (Homophobe Traditions) summarises previous work on the subject and recommends teaching material, all of which is equally educational even if you aren't a history teacher.

( Read more... )

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T-Shirts: Historical Accuracy & Merlin Cosplay for the Lazy

2010-03-28T19:38:54Z

I love thematic t-shirts. I seriously do. A far too big amount of my money goes into purchasing them. And sometimes I come up with t-shirt ideas of my own. I guess it was only a matter of time until I opened an account at mysoti.

Historical Accuracy is so passé!

Medieval tomatoes and potatoes? Pshaw! Here's a simple shirt that educates the world about the fact that Historical Accuracy is so passé!

- You can also download the design to do whatever you want with it here.

meta!cosplay for the really lazy

	idiot servant So you want to dress up as your favourite wizard cum insolent manservant and can't be bothered to go out shopping for neckerchiefs? For the initiated a simple shirt that says idiot servant will suffice anyway.
	royal prat You'd never admit that you're arrogant, supercilious, condescending and patronising? Then you probably won't be comfortable wearing a shirt that says royal prat. Too bad, you would have looked fetching in it, I assure you. - You can also download these designs to do whatever you want with them here.

Finding Ada 2010: Amy Ross - Space Suit Engineer

2010-03-24T23:17:38Z

Who can honestly say they've never dreamt about exploring space, about setting foot on other planets? I know that I can't. Being outside the protective atmosphere of our planet, a space suit the only thing separating us from space - I imagine life can't get much more exciting than that. The woman I want to write about for this year's Ada Lovelace Day makes these space explorations possible for humankind in the first place.

original picture credit: NASA

( Finding Ada 2010: Amy Ross: Space Suit Engineer )

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