Hares & Hyenas seeking submissions

H&H are currently seeking submissions for Melbourne Fringe Festival, Oz Kink Fest and the 2013 Midsumma Festival. Email wordisout@hares-hyenas.com.au for details.

Regular gatherings and events taking place at Hares & Hyenas include:

• New monthly queer book club: 1st Sunday of the month at 3pm.
• Queer Stitch & Bitch: 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month at 3pm
• Word Slam for poets and prose writers: 2nd Thursday of the month at 7:30pm. Cash prize for winner;  voucher for runner up; with a limit of nine writers per night. Register at wordisout@hares-hyenas.com.au.
• Butch Femme Trans Melbourne: 3rd Sunday of the month at 3pm
• Bespoken - queer works in progress and short works:  4th Thursday of the month from 28 June.  Register at wordisout@hares-hyenas.com.au.

JOY 94.9 Radiothon Launch Party: 1 June

You’re invited to the JOY 94.9 Radiothon Launch Party at DnM Bar & Nightclub in South Yarra on Friday June 1 – it’s a celebration, a party and the perfect way to start JOY’s membership drive for 2012, and they’d love to see you all there!

Everyone who re-news or joins up as a member goes in to the draw to win a 2-door Jeep Wrangler Sport, worth over $35,000, thanks to proud JOY Radiothon sponsor Essendon Jeep. So join the JOY Ride in June and show your support for Australia’s Only Lesbian and Gay Radio Station, JOY 94.9 (www.joy.org.au).

Upcoming around Melbourne @ 24 May

Here’s a quick overview to some of the queer-friendly events coming up around town, and other items of LGBTIQ interest.

Events:

HRAFF: Human Rights Arts & Film Festival: 15-27 May » Read

Laramie Project - 10 years later: 16-26 May » Read

Next Wave Festival: 18-27 May » Read

Betty Bobbit joins H&H ‘Word is Out’ season: 25 May » Read

Matrix Guild’s 20th Birthday: 27 May » Read

The Doctor’s Wife - free documentary screening: 30 May » Read

West Hollywood Film Festival - Yarraville: 1-3 Jun » Read

Grouse Gig & Party: 1 Jun » Read

Ruth Katerelos & Monique Kenny’s farewell gig: 2 Jun » Read

Burlesque Hour meets Pandora’s Box: 7 Jun-1 Jul » Read

‘8’ the play - Marriage Equality fundraiser: 8 Jun » Read

So gay. So what? free training: 3 Jul » Read

Ice Cafe’s Christmas in July with Luke Gallagher: 28 Jul » Read

Submissions:

Seeking EOIs for the 2013 VISUAL Arts Working Group » Read

Seeking EOIs for the 2013 PERFORMING Arts Working Group » Read

beyondBlue National Awareness Campaign: by 27 May » Read

Send us a video: why you love Carnival » Read

Artists Brief - Taking You Places » Read

Casting call: same-sex models needed » Read

VAC/GMHC seeking community consultation » Read

Carclew Youth Arts 2013 Scholarship submissions (SA): by 13 Jul » Read

STAR SELECTION: Fresh funding for gay youth » Read

Midsumma seeking EOIs for 2013 Working Groups

Midsumma is currently seeking Expressions Of Interest to join our 2013 Working Groups. Are you interested in helping to curate Midsumma’s 2013 Visual Arts program? Then join our Visual Arts Working Group! More »

Or maybe Performing Arts are your thing? In that case how about joining our Performing Arts working group to help curate & coordinate production for 2013 Midsumma-produced events. More »

The Doctor’s Wife - free documentary screening

Free documentary screening to mark International Day Against Homophobia. This documentary follows the journey of filmmaker Jonathan Duffy and his partner Vincent Cornelisse as they make the move from the city to the country where Vincent took up the sole doctors posting.

Where: Altona Meadows Library & Learning Centre, 2 Newham Way, Altona Meadows
When: Wed 30 May, 6pm refreshments, 6:30pm film
Registration: doctorswife.eventbrite.com

Lezfest - tropical paradise for women!

Is a weekend getaway in a tropical paradise in Australia with lots of women your thing? Then LIKE their page on Facebook “LEZFEST”… and inbox your email address for a personal invite for the next LEZFEST!!! For more details see www.lezfest.com.au.

beyondBlue National Awareness Campaign

beyondblue is at a very exciting phase in the development of a new campaign to address the link between discrimination and depression in gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans and intersex (GLBTI) communities. They’re looking for:

• GLBTI people who can share their own story about the impact that discrimination (concerning sexuality, sex or gender) has had on their wellbeing, enjoyment of life or mental health.
• Friends or family of GLBTI people, or others, who have changed their attitude or behaviour from discriminatory to respectful/supportive/embracing of GLBTI people and how this change has enriched their life.

If you think you can help with this campaign, or would like more information, please download the brochure: Expression of Interest form on beyondBlue’s GLBTI campaign [pdf 62 kb] or contact Megan Hansford at glbti@beyondblue.org.au. Submissions close 27 May.

Finucane & Smith’s Glory Box: Burlesque Hour offer to artists

See Moira Finucane, Meow Meow, Ursula Martinez, the dark and glorious work of Christos Tsiolkas, Miss Behave & MORE! Yes, the legendary, genre-busting salon of seductive, subversive and electrifying acts, that has critics raving and audiences worldwide in raptures, returns! And this time she’s opening Pandora’s Box! Join the Empress of Provocative Variety, Moira Finucane, as she unleashes the Medusa Mega Mix! Ursula Martinez’ infamous red hanky strip; Meow Meow, international kamikaze cabaret sensation; Miss Behave sword swallowing gasp inducing; literary legend Christos Tsiolkas; Harriet Ritchie She-Wolf (not in sheep’s clothing!); Anna Lumb sharp-suited-killer-heeled trapeze; Holly Durant Robot Love; Maude Davey Siren!; and Moira Finucane is Medusa.  DON’T MISS OUT!

Special Deal: Artists can snap up Peanut Gallery tickets.  Any artist (visual or performance), any age, any artform, only $25.  Strictly limited - bring evidence of your art to the box office.

Where: Fortyfivedownstairs, 45 Flinders Lane Melbourne
When: 7 June-1 July, Thu-Sun
Bookings: www.fortyfivedownstairs.com

Betty Bobbit joins H&H ‘Word is Out’ season

Following on from their smash hit season during Midsumma 2012, Hares & Hyenas opens its ongoing ‘Word is Out’ performance series on Friday 25 May at 7:30pm, when lesbian icon and star of Prisoner Cell Block H Betty Bobbit features in An Evening with Betty Bobbitt. She will read from tell-all memoir From the Outside, recounting her five years playing the soft-hearted American lesbian inmate Judy Bryant, and her life before and since. She is interviewed on stage by fellow Prisoner actor Liddy Clark.

On Saturday 26 May at 7:30pm, Jean Taylor reads from her new ‘herstory’ Stroppy Dykes: Radical Lesbian Feminist Activism in Victoria during the 1980s, interspersed with stories and anecdotes of lesbian life told with wit and wisdom by raconteur and storyteller Ardy Tibby.

Both events are FREE. RSVP to rsvp@hares-hyenas.com.au

Ruth Katerelos & Monique Kenny’s farewell gig

Ruth Katerelos and Monique Kenny are off to London to perform Ruth’s cabaret of original song, ‘What’s Love Got To Do With It?’. They’re doing one show in London, and one in Edinburgh …. but before they go they’re performing one last gig at The Thornbury Theatre Lounge, 859 High St Thornbury.

Free Entry … though a donation to help fund their UK trip would be much appreciated.

Where: Thornbury Theatre Lounge, 859 High St, Thornbury
When: Sat 2 June from 7pm
Info: www.ruthkaterelos.com or www.rudebookings.com

‘8’ the play: Marriage Equality Fundraiser on 8 June

One-night-only special event to raise funds for Australian Marriage Equality, ‘8’ is an unprecedented account of the US Federal Court trial which stripped gays and lesbians of the fundamental freedom to marry. With a cast including Magda Szubanski, Shane Jacobson, Lisa McCune, Daniel MacPherson, Spencer McLaren, Jay Laga’aia and Julian Shaw, ‘8’ promises to be the theatrical event of the year! Directed by Bruce Myles.

Where: Her Majesty’s Theatre
When: Fri 8 June, 7:30pm
Bookings: www.8theplay.com.au

Upcoming around Melbourne @ 10 May

Here’s a quick overview to some of the queer-friendly events coming up around town, and other items of LGBTIQ interest.

Events:

Naked Boys Singing @ The Malthouse: 1-12 May » Read

‘One Show Only’: 9-13 May » Read

Grouse Party: 11 May » Read

Equal Love Rally: 12 May » Read

The MRB presents Syncopated - a jazz showcase: 13 May » Read

HRAFF: Human Rights Arts & Film Festival: 15-27 May » Read

Laramie Project - 10 years later: 16-26 May » Read

IDAHO Community Forums in Darebin, Hobsons Bay, Brimbank and Wyndham: 17 May » Read

Next Wave Festival: 18-27 May » Read

Peaches and Cream: 18 May » Read

Camp co-op launch: 23 May » Read

Matrix Guild’s 20th Birthday: 27 May » Read

West Hollywood Film Festival - Yarraville: 1-3 Jun » Read

Grouse Gig & Party: 1 Jun » Read

Burlesque Hour meets Pandora’s Box: 7 Jun-1 Jul » Read

‘8’ the play - Marriage Equality fundraiser: 8 Jun » Read

So gay. So what? free training: 3 Jul » Read

Ice Cafe’s Christmas in July with Luke Gallagher: 28 Jul » Read

Submissions:

Send us a video: why you love Carnival » Read

Artists Brief - Taking You Places » Read

Casting call: same-sex models needed » Read

VAC/GMHC seeking community consultation » Read

IDAHO Short Film Competition: by 14 May » Read

banQuet 2013 submissions invited: by 18 May » Read

Laverton Community Hub - tenancy EOI: by 21 May » Read

Carclew Youth Arts 2013 Scholarship submissions (SA): by 13 Jul » Read

STAR SELECTION: urgent trans help needed: PFLAG » Read

Say thanks to Barack Obama

President Barack Obama put aside politics and was brave enough to stand up for what’s right to tell the world he supports marriage equality! This is an historic moment with huge implications globally. Will you sign allout.org’s thank you card to make an example of Obama’s willingness to affirm equal love and show other world leaders that they can change their minds too? This story is going to be told around the world and President Obama - and journalists on every continent – must know that millions are on his side. Sign the thankyou card.