EVENTS ETC Tuesday 26 February 2019

EVENTS ETC Tuesday 26 February 2019

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Until Saturday 2 March

A solo exhibition of newly commissioned work by Harold Offeh 11 - 5 pm Wednesday, Friday & Saturday; 11 - 8 pm on Thursdays Turf Projects, 46-47 Lower Level Trinity Court Whitgift Centre, Croydon CR0 1UQ FREE

Tuesday 26 February

Bar Wotever (lgbt cabaret) 7 - 12 midnight The Royal Vauxhall Tavern, 372 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, London SE11 5HY £6

Tuesday 26 February - Saturday 9 March

SEX SEX MEN MEN by Pecs Drag Kings (now extended!) - (drag king show) 8 - 9:30 pm The Yard, Unit 2a Queen's Yard, Hackney Wick, London E9 5EN  £17 - £19

Tuesday 26 & Wednesday 27 February

Women and Slavery Panels (See Imoinda - A Story of Love and Slavery below) 6:30 pm The Warehouse, 13 Theed St. London SE1 8ST Attendable with ticket for the opera below May be of interest to the wider community.

Wednesday 27 February

Mind. Body. Booty | popLGBT (fitness) 6 - 9 pm Prince of Peckham, 1 Clayton Rd, Peckham, London SE15 5JA  1 Class = £5; 3 Class = £10

Vanguard of Then and Now BME Lgbtq+ Art Social 6 - 9:30 pm Bruce Castle, Tottenham, London N17 8NU FREE

Wednesday 27 February - Saturday 2 March

Imoinda - A Story of Love and Slavery - opera (See Women and Slavery Panels above) 7:30 pm The Warehouse, 13 Theed St. London SE1 8ST £16.58 – £19.78 May be of interest to the wider community.

Thursday 28 February

Angela Davis: Portrait of a Revolutionary (film documentary) 7 pm Bernie Grant Arts Centre, Town Hall Approach Rd, Tottenham Green, Tottenham, London N15 4RX  £7 - £9

The Cocoa Butter Club: Evening Alchemists (lgbtq poc cabaret)  7:30 - 11 pm The Chateau, 29-33 Camberwell Church St, Camberwell, London SE5 8TR £8 - £15

Femmes of Colour: Fresh as FOC (New Material + Karaoke) 8 pm - 2 am The Karaoke Hole, 95 Kingsland High St, Dalston, London E8 2PB  £5

Fringe! Flings: Of Love & Law preview + Filmmakers' Q&A 9 - 11 pm Genesis Cinema 93-95 Mile End Rd, London E1 4UJ £5.50 - £9

Friday 1 March

Meetup.com group: Black Gays and Their Allies - BGA does “if Beale street could talk” 6 - 9 pm Join Meetup.com group for more details.

Yours in Sisterhood (film documentary) 7 pm Bernie Grant Arts Centre, Town Hall Approach Rd, Tottenham Green, Tottenham, London N15 4RX  £7 - £9

LewLGBT LGBT History Month Event With Phil Samba, Marc Thompson' Phil Dzwonkiewicz & others. (reception & networking symposium) 7 - 10 pm Civic Suite, Catford Rd, Catford, London SE6 4RX FREE (please register)

Saturday 2 March

Out-Spoken Masterclass: Malika Booker (poetry workshop) 1 - 4 pm The Poetry Café, 22 Betterton St, London WC2H 9BX £21.55

Club Kali's Glitter Disco (club night) 10 pm - 3 am Club Kali, Grand Union, 55 Charterhouse St, Farringdon, London EC1M 6HA

Exilio presents Viejoteca Bailable (club night) 10 pm - 3 am Exilio LGBT Latin Dance Club Temple Pier, Victoria Embankment, WC2R 2PN £10

Sunday 3 March

1st Vogue fem session 2019 at KHOT (vogue workshop) 4 - 6 pm 2 Inspire, 1a Wendover, Thurlow St, Elephant & Castle, London SE17 2UD £5

Thursday 7 March

Meetup.com group: London Queer Muslims - New Moon Zikr (Jumada II) 6:30 pm Join Meetup.com group for more details.

Loving Men: The Art of Connecting Online (gay men's workshop) 6:30 - 9:30 pm Omnibus Theatre, 1 Clapham Common North Side, Clapham, London SW4 0QW £20 May be of interest to the wider community.

Angela Davis: Portrait of a Revolutionary (film documentary) 7 pm Bernie Grant Arts Centre, Town Hall Approach Rd, Tottenham Green, Tottenham, London N15 4RX  £7 - £9

Queers Read This (3) (literary readings) 7 - 8:30 pm ICA, The Mall, London SW1Y 5AH £7 full, £6 concs. Green and Blue Members £5

Friday 8 March

Intl Women's Day Preview: Rafiki (feature film) 6:40 - 8:30 pm The Lexi Cinema, 194b Chamberlayne Rd, Kensal Rise, London NW10 3JU  Check link for ticket prices.

Yours in Sisterhood (film documentary) 7 pm Bernie Grant Arts Centre, Town Hall Approach Rd, Tottenham Green, Tottenham, London N15 4RX  £7 - £9

Neon Holi Rave 10 pm - 3 am Tiger Tiger, 29 The Haymarket, London SW1Y 4SP  from £8

Honey Dijon presents Blackout (club night) 10 pm - 6 am Hangar - London Fields 2-18 Warburton Rd, London E8 3FN  from £17.40

Saturday 9 March

The Lorraine Hansberry Story (film documentary) 2 - 5 pm BFI Southbank, Belvedere Rd, Lambeth, London SE1 8XT £7.15

Yours in Sisterhood (film documentary) 7 pm Bernie Grant Arts Centre, Town Hall Approach Rd, Tottenham Green, Tottenham, London N15 4RX  £7 - £9

Hungama // So•realist Dreams (club night) 9 pm - 3 am Dalston Superstore, 117 Kingsland High St, Dalston, London E8 2PB  £8 on the door

Tuesday 12 March

Bar Wotever (lgbt cabaret) 7 - 12 midnight The Royal Vauxhall Tavern, 372 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, London SE11 5HY £6

Later Events

Saturday 16 March

SLATE Presents: Making Your First Feature Film (masterclass) 10 am - 6 pm Venue to be confirmed £99; 10% discount with code DIRECTJA10

Notices

FILM: VISIBLE, Campbell X; Kayza Rose How do Queer people of Colour (QPOC) find out about our history? How can we know about our history when so much becomes myth and gossip or when historians research through a Eurocentric ciscentric heteronormative paradigm? VISIBLE explores the challenges of QPOC history. VISIBLE is directed by Campbell X and produced by Kayza Rose.

Black Gay Music Producer Wanted Black gay lyricist seeks black gay music producer to collaborate on making sweet music  Email ehtamard@outlook.com

What do you know now that you would you have liked to known sooner about life as as Black Gay/Bi or Trans man? What advice would you give to your younger self about Black queer life? What advice do you want to pass on to others about health, wealth and happiness for Black queer men? BlackOut will launch Lessons In The Life in 2019 – an online learning curriculum by Black queer men for Black queer men. We’re looking for up to 4 workshop facilitators and an online web/app designer to help deliver the project. These are paid roles, appointed through open application. If you are interested, download the job description below to find out more and send in your application by 28th December Lessons in The Life Workshop Facilitator Lessons In The Life Online Designer Job

Launch: BlackOut Queer Menz It’s time we passed the mic to a new generation – Generation Z it’s your turn BlkOutMenZflash BlackOut is committed to amplifying the voices of all parts of our community – including younger voices. We all benefit when we can share our experiences and learn from each other, so we are inviting Black men and those who define as non-binary, who are Gay/Bi, Trans, Queer or Questioning, and born after 1997, to create new spaces and connections together. We’re here to support you; to help find the resources that will make it easier for you to meet each other, to work with you to further develop your skills, and to listen. We’ve launched BlackOut Queer MenZ as a start, and planned a couple of events that we hope you will enjoy so you can meet others and define how the network should operate. Then it’s over to you. We’ll help you make the network strong and sustainable so that you can support each other and create the future together. We look forward to welcoming more of you to the BlackOut family. Register here; tell your friends, join the conversation Click here to join BlackOut Queer MenZ for a one-day creative lab in central London on Saturday 23rd Feb 2019 (Entry also listed in date order above)

Contribute your skills to Black Out UK We depend for content on our writers, filmmakers and photographers who volunteer their time and efforts. In return we hold networking events and writer workshops for contributors. If you are black and gay in the UK and have got something to say, say it here. Written articles should be short – ideally 400 – 750 words – and should seek to appeal to a non-expert audience, avoid jargon, and if published elsewhere in advance must have the necessary permissions regarding copyright. Films and photography should be original or come with the necessary permissions for publication. Contributors will share copyright with BlackOut UK under a Creative Commons licence – www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 which means that they will be able to publish the article elsewhere, as long as credit is given to BlackOut UK.

Joel Simpson Counselling Service My name is Joel Simpson. I run an integrative, heart and soul led, counselling practice in Willesden Green, North West London, NW2. This website provides information about me and my approach. Time and space for you You may feel lost, stuck, caught in a pattern, at a crossroad or in crisis. You may have experienced trauma, tragedy or loss. Your body may be expressing itself in ways that you’re not yet able to process. You may not be able to identify causes of your suffering, which can feel mystifying and unsettling.  Your usual ways of coping might feel redundant. You might feel out of balance in relationship to friends, family, food, work, alcohol, drugs, sex, the cyber world, and so on. You may have held secrets and shame and want to find courage to reclaim your own voice and speak your truths. You may feel conflicted with cultural, religious, familial and societal expectations.  You may have had counselling or psychotherapy before and want to return, or you may be new to therapy. Embarking on a therapeutic journey, with me, creates time and space just for you to be seen and heard while exploring what life is presenting you with. Being seen and heard can evoke a sense of liberation and relief, it can also feel daunting. With this in mind, you’ll be met within a confidential, non-judgmental, empathic setting.

Southwark LGBT Network 2018 Borough Wide Survey  If you have connections with Southwark, please add your name to the form on the photo link and the survey will as some future point be sent to you.

Kickstarter Campaign Beer'yani Bae - 'Life is but a drag' : Theatre Play  - Please Donate A one-man show - an interactive theatrical piece using different performance art elements. #DesiDrag

Hold - A Novel by Michael Donkor Moving between Ghana and London, Hold by Michael Donkor is an intimate, powerful coming-of-age novel. It’s a story of friendship and family, shame and forgiveness; of learning what we should cling to, and when we need to let go. Paperback Ebook

Fi Dem - New Work by Zinzi Minott Fi Dem, is part of the continued investigation into Blackness and Diaspora and the first of a body of work that will be made annually on the anniversary of the Empire Windrush docking in the UK 22nd June 1948. The piece journeys through Minott's personal diasporic journey's and takes this moment of Windrush Day to focus on those that move and have been moved. Those who stay and cannot leave and all of the slippage in between. Shifting between personal and community moments of loss and joy that sits at the border she hopes this work can add to a conversation about these experiences. Please click link on pic above to watch her exploratory short film.

The Sexuality of Malcolm X  (article by Christopher Phelps)

Busy Being Black Podcast Busy Being Black with Josh Rivers is the podcast exploring how we live in the fullness of our queer Black lives.

Ask Jide (faith advice) Tune in weekly at 10am for a response to all your questions about being gay and a Christian. (Check details by clicking on pic) 020 85559222; 07507510357

Wolves in the City Podcast

Fierce Productions Interview and Reading by Ama Josephine Budge. Fierce Productions is a collaboration between Hakeem Kazeem and Ajamu ...

Kills , Fierce Productions 2018 Fierce Productions is a collaboration between Hakeem Kazeem (Film Programmer) and Ajamu (Artist). Through a series of ‘quick and dirty‘ interviews and portraits we will be capturing the fierceness of our QTIPOC kin folk regionally, nationally and internationally. “ surely our desire for radical social change is intimately linked with our desire to experiencing pleasure, erotic fulfilment, and a host of other passions” (bell hooks)

The Marc Thompson Interview  by Fierce Productions

The Joy Gharoro - Akpojotor Interview  by Fierce Productions

BeamBlock Yoga BeamBlock Yoga is a new holistic workout system using a unique elevated platform - the BeamBlock. BeamBlock is at the heart of this practice. Often described as the equivalent of a gym workout BeamBlock Yoga challenges flexibility, stability and strength more than a yoga mat or any other piece of yoga floor equipment. Click on the photo above to see what instructor Thierry Giunta and BeamBlock can do for you.

Mister Sancho is a film about two 'Ignatius Inspires' projects by composer & creator Juwon Ogungbe (pictured) Film by Nadeem Ali

Gay Star News wants your stories on being Black and Gay. You can email the editor by clicking on the picture above.

Sista! - An Anthology On Sale Editors: Rikki Beadle-Blair, John R. Gordon, & Phyll Opoku - Gyimah This groundbreaking new anthology explores the challenges, joys, heart-aches, rewards and experience of same-gender-loving women of African African-Caribbean descent with connections to the UK - including bi women, transwomen and mixed race women. Contributors include Andreena Bogle-Walton ~ babirye bukilwa ~ Chardine Taylor-Stone ~ Christina Fonthes ~ Clementine Ewokolo Burnley ~ Delphine Spencer ~ Doreene Blackstock ~ Eileen Bellot ~ Germaine Joseph ~ Gray Akotey ~ ‘Jenn’ ~ Jennifer Daley ~ Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor ~ Kayza Rose ~ Kesiena Boom ~ Lettie Precious ~ Mica Hamilton ~ Mojisola Adebayo ~ Monica Beadle ~ ‘Nea Semba’ ~ Olivette Cole-Wilson ~ Phyll Opoku-Gyimah ~ PJ Samuels ~ Remi Graves ~ Sokari Ekine ~ Roxanne Simone ~ Roxene Anderson ~ Rue Gumbochuma ~ Tamara McFarlane ~ Valerie Mason-John ~ Yrsa Daley-Ward For more information you can also visit teamangelica.com

Psychotherapeutic Counsellor & Developmental Group-work Facilitator The power of psychotherapeutic counselling If you're considering beginning counselling you may feel some resistance. You're on the verge of making a life-changing and life-expanding decision so this is perfectly natural. It may feel like you're standing on a beach looking out at the vast sea. The ocean like an inviting yet also frightening and unexplored potential in your life. You are tempted to walk in and swim with a sense of freedom, excitement and release. Yet, you feel reluctant to take those first steps towards the water, for fear of being swept off your feet and carried away by a tide you can't control. Are you ready to take your first proactive strokes? Counselling allows you to embrace your anxieties, sense of loss and unexplored trauma and step toward an understanding of yourself that is deeper and more real. As a result, in time, you'll be able to live with a greater connection to your inner power, ability and authentic self.

Counsellor/Therapist in Camberwell, Southwark - near Elephant and Castle Welcome, I'm Haydn Forde and I've been a practising therapist in Camberwell, Southwark for the past 11 years. I am committed to providing psychotherapeutic counselling in a safe, confidential and non-judgemental environment. I can work on an open-ended basis or for an agreed time period, with the aim of offering you space to reflect on personal issues that might be challenging you at the moment. "From the indigo, an even deeper blue" This phrase was used in 13th century Japan in some Buddhist literature to celebrate the beauty that came from the indigo plant - as a metaphor to illustrate human potential for growth and transformation. Sometimes when we are faced with challenges, it's difficult to see the woods from the trees; however as a counsellor/therapist, my aim is to offer space where, together we could look at what might be happening for you....and in so doing find a way to use these challenges as rich earth from which to grow. (As always click on pic for links)

Project BlackoutUK London Project BlackoutUK London is a unique opportunity to build connections with a diverse group of black queer/gay/bi/sgl creative men in London, create a shared platform for your voices, build your skills, knowledge, profile and networks, and develop a new way of building communities in which black queer lives matter. Project Blackout UK London is a 12-month public conversation between up to twelve black queer men in London.  Participants will be recruited to reflect the diversity among black queer men in London, but also for their skills as writers, performers, filmmakers, photographers, designers, journalists, poets or visual artists at various stages of their careers. Click pic above for more info.

The Art Machine (Survey) The Art Machine (an organisation that focuses on telling the stories of oppressed and underrepresented people in society) is currently engaging in market research on the representation of LGBTQ people of colour (poc) in British Media.  If you are an LGBTQ person of colour, would you be kind enough to fill out their survey. Please click pic above for the link.

Arline Steadman, Bespoke Furniture Maker Arline is the founder and creator of STEADMAN bespoke wood craft. She creates bespoke wooden interior design and product solutions for private homes and trade at any scale. Arline draws her inspirations from impressions and art she collects on her travels around the world. Her ambition as an interior designer is to leave a legacy with each and every one of her designs. Arline has 15 years of experience in the interior design and property development industries. Her creativity as well as professionalism and experience make her the one stop shop if you are looking to add character and originality to your property. Get in touch today to discuss your ideas. arline@steadmanbespoke.co.uk (And as usual, please click on pic above for website link, ed.)

Hakeem Kazeem, Filmmaker Wants Interviewees for Podcast Interviewees wanted for a podcast to archive coming out/coming in/growing up LGBT experiences. Working title: Collapsing The Closet. As It’s interview based, he’d just like to gauge people’s interest in being interviewed. He thanks you for your interest.

The ruckus ! Black LGBTQI Archives http://rukus.org.uk

Africa Rise Website (Sexual health and community)

Man On website Listen to the very useful podcasts from this site based in Nigeria and aimed at the LGBTQ community.For example podcast 1, entitled: Discovered, Abandoned, Depressed! - Max, is really helpful in that it views depression as a result of our point of view in a given situation and recommends that we somehow change a negative one to a positive. Go on, have a listen!

LGBT Spectrum (previuosly known as LGBT People of Colour) Have events on various times. Please join group to find out more about them.

Who Taught You To Hate? (documentary short film) By Basil Kinghorn

Sweet Taboo: The Film Adapted by Mojisola Adebayo, Directed by Campbell X, Produced by Gail Babb 2015 funny, irreverent and relevant.

Heart Of The Matter – Episode 1 – Homosexuality & the Church With Reverend Rowland Jide Macauley & Dr Rahul Rao (documentary film)

Appeals

BOOK: “POR MARICÓN” “Por maricón,” a play by Roberto Ramos-Perea has just been published by Publicaciones Gaviota and is on the shelves at local book stores in Puerto Rico (see Librería La Tertulia). “Por maricón” [which roughly translates as “Because you are a faggot”] was staged at the Theater of the Puerto Rican Athenaeum in the spring, receiving positive reviews. The piece is a stage work by playwright Roberto Ramos-Perea based on research by historian César Salcedo Chirinos at the General Archive of Puerto Rico on the trial for sodomy against a Puerto Rican mulatto tailor named Francisco Sabat and a Spanish sergeant named José Colombo, one of least know court cases in nineteenth century Puerto Rican history. Ramos-Perea explains, “The word maricón [faggot], used in the title of this theatrical piece comes from the indictment, the accusing dossier, and other documents that César Salcedo researched regarding this notorious case. The government itself used the word as part of the cruel, unjust and torturous accusation against the Francisco Sabat, whose homosexual relationship with Sergeant Colombo in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 1842, was revealed by two women. The word used in the historical documents was presented as a distinct category of criminalization, upon which my imagination as a playwright elaborated a historical play.” Based on an article (in Spanish) by Gabriela Ortiz Díaz: https://prpop.org/2016/04/de-peso-historico-por-maricon/ (also see http://dialogoupr.com/tag/por-maricon/ and https://www.facebook.com/tertuliavsj/) [Shown here: a detail from the original poster for the theatrical premiere.]

BlackOutUK - Website for Black Gay Men in the UK

Documentary: Visible - LGBTQ Portraits & Narratives of the Caribbean Diaspora (click photo for more info on this fascinating film) Contact:  maxarthurmantle@yahoo.com

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