Coming Out

[ 10/12/2009; 19:30:00 to 21:30:00. ]

December 10, Thursday, we open a seminar “Homosexual families in Russia. Marriage of convenience between gays and lesbians. Marriage contract”.

Place: St.Petersburg, Ligovskiy prospect, 87. Office 407.

Time: 19.30.

Entrance is free.

This is the first seminar of “Homosexual Families if Russia” series. The aim is to inform LGBT community members on how to create a family in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation (which does not allow homosexual families), how to protect common property, what are the advantages and disadvantages of fictitious marriages, maternity issues etc.

[ 05/12/2009; 20:00:00 to 23:00:00. ]

A sign Moto Boy is hiding Oscar Hamlebo, extravagant young musician, owner of high-pitched falsetto and author and singer of soulful songs about love.
In Europe, speaking on Moto Boy, draws analogies with David Bowie and Jeff Buckley, in Russia, Oskar is compared to Jay-Jay Johansson and Patrick Wolf. This, however, also quite reasonable: all these musicians have beautiful melancholic songs and bright glamorous image. The musical biography of Oscar coexist concerts at mass gay pride parades and club venues around the world.

[ 18/11/2009; 15:00:00 to 16:00:00. ]

Dear friends!

Within the XII International Festival of Independent Film Svetlana Karimova’s short documantary “Topic and variations” (19 min.) will be shown. The movie is about Russian lesbians, in the genre of sketch
film. Characters of the movie (Olga Krause, Alena Laskoronskaya, Tatiana Puchko, Olga Vorontsova and others) speak and sing on the Topic.

The movie “Topic and Variations” will be shown at about 15.00 on November 18 in DK LENSOVETA.

Come and support a beginning director!

[ 07/11/2009 23:00:00 to 08/11/2009 06:00:00. ]

New project born at the Queer Culture Festival keeps going.

There are some changes in the composition, there is a new program, all news about the project you can learn on our web-site  or in our “VKontakte“ group.

We are looking forward to see you at our next party:

CHICAGO-PARTY !!!

Now night is not about sleeping… America of the ‘great depression’ age, the power of criminal gangs, dry law, underground totalizators and casinos, gorgeous ladies in furs, diamond glitter, the atmosphere of chic and luxury… Most respectable gangs of the city gather at a secret club where only the select few can get inside… Warning on the entrance you will have to leave: weapons, drugs and bad mood…

[ 31/10/2009; 12:30:00; ]

The sixth March against Hatred in the memory of Nikolay Girenko will take place on October 31 and will proceed from Sportivnaya metro station to Sakharov square.

[ 23/10/2009 19:30:00 to 31/10/2009 22:30:00. ]

The 2-nd International LGBT film festival “Side by Side” opens

October 23, 2009 the out-of-competition showing of Richard Oswald’s “Different from the Others” opens the 2-nd International LGBT film festival “Side by Side.

[ 29/10/2009; 19:00:00 to 22:00:00. 01/11/2009; 12:00:00 to 15:00:00. ]

We are glad to announce that “Parenthood” project resumes working after the summer break and Queer Culture Festival.

Upcoming events:

October 29

Discussion “Teenagers in LGBT family:

experience of acceptance, understanding, growing up” (October 29, 19-00. Meeting at Ligovsky 87, room 406)

November 1

Informal meeting for LGBT parents and children:

[ 10/10/2009 18:00:00 to 20/10/2009 23:00:00. ]

From 10th till 20th of October 2009 еру festival of Social Art Art-Sobes 2009 takes place in St. Petersburg.

This is a festival of visual (artistic) expressions on the topic of different views about men and women and their roles in different spheres of life and activities. “Coming Out” together with “International Queer Culture Festival” as partner-organisers of this festival invite you to join the project.

Official Press Release of the Festival:

“Okna M/G Rosta”

Grow yourself on your own!

We assume that every person is wider than any frames and suggest to reconsider the meaning of the things that are out of standards, are left over and eventually become the source of pity, exclusion and inequality. We believe that difference can become a place to invent oneself and mutual amplification.

[ 15/09/2009; 18:30:00 to 20:30:00. ]

On September 15th psychological support group for LGBT 2009-2010 begins to work.

It’s a traditional form of a group work, which allows all the participants to discuss their problems and to find solutions to difficult life situations altogether, to share their feelings and to get support from other group members.

This form of group work helps people to make new contacts much easier and to solve communication problems, it helps them to feel assertiveness, a possibility to help other people gives joy.

[ 11/09/2009 00:00:00 to 13/09/2009 23:00:00. ]

The trainings devoted to narrative approach will be conducted by Darya Kutuzova on September, 11th – 13th.

Darya is a psychologist, narrative consultant, writer of articles, translator. She actively practices narrative approach till 2004. For more details please see http://narrlibrus.wordpress.com/about/about-the-author/