Blog Entries Tagged With: homotopia
International Day Against Homophobia & Transphobia (IDAHO) is almost upon us and LGBT organisations all over Merseyside have been working hard to ensure its marked with due respect.
The 17th May was chosen as IDAHO as 17 May 1990 was the day that the World Health Organisation finally took homosexuality off its International Classification of Diseases register. Across Liverpool and...
Think back to 2010 - momentous year in Liverpool with, amongst other things, the first Liverpool Pride for nearly fifteen years and First Take’s fab film Pink: Past and Present, documenting Liverpool’s unique LGBT scene from the 1950’s to the 2000’s. The film played to a packed house at FACT as part of Homotopia and won universal praise from everyone there. Emotional, funny and uplifting, it’...
Exciting things are happening all across Liverpool as Homotopia starts in earnest for and one thing you can be sure of, we’ve a whole month a head of entertainment and mind-expanding experience!
I’ve got my tickets and told everyone that if they want to see me during this next couple of weeks, it’ll have to be at the Unity, CUC, FACT, The Gallery on Stanhope Street, The Adelphi,...
Liverpool is proving a wonderful place for LGBT art lovers once again, starting with this weekend..
First up, on FRIDAY 30 SEPTEMBER, the Abandon Normal Devices Festival (AND) have got together with CHEW DISCO and HOMOTOPIA to present Bruce la Bruce’s new film, L.A. Zombie at the Wolstenholme Creative Space, on Wolstenholme Square from 10pm onwards. The event is FREE, but as ever CHEW...
Spring is here and FACT turns decidedly lavender with a blossoming of LGBT art, film and debate. This is a bit “listy” but stay with me because all the events are well worth dipping into.
Alt:Queer is a whole weekend of events exploring the Merseyside LGBT scene – everything from the proposed Gay Quarter to subverting technology with the queer eye of US artist and writer Zach Blas....
Another wonderful event in 2010 was the Premier of the First Take film Pink: Past & Present as part of Homotopia. Just brilliant!
The film looked at the history of Liverpool’s gay scene and was remarkable in its coverage of the early days of the famous bars like the Bear’s Paw. The contributors to the film told their hilarious tales of the events and personalities that gave the...
Review of 2010: Part One
It goes without saying that 2010 was a momentous year for the LGBT communities of Merseyside and their families, friends and supporters. My own belief is that it was a turning point for us after a couple of particularly dark years. My 2010 really began at the end of 2009 with the Stanley Street vigil in support of James Parkes and in memory of Michael Causer and...
The brilliant Homotopia returns for its seventh year celebrating Queer and LGBT arts and culture in November and Liverpool Pride couldn't be more excited!
We're uploading details of the 50 events taking place in venues across the city including the 'Right to Love' Homotopia youth strand programmed by and for younger LGBT people.
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