pervers/cite commence encore ! pervers/cite is back !

Organisé en collaboration, Pervers/Cité est un festival d’été visant à faire des liens entre les groupes de justice sociale, les communautés queers et les visions radicales de ce qu’étaient et devraient être les Fiertés LGBT. Dans un climat où prévaut l’agenda corporatif gai et l’aseptisation homogénéisé des queers, Pervers/cité tâche de fournir des activités critiques et accessibles, destinées à redonner une colonne vertébrale au mouvement lgbt.

Cette année, le festival prend place du 5 au 15 août, s’enchaînant entre Divers/Cité et les Célébrations de la fierté de Montréal 2010.

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Pervers/Cité is a collaboratively organized summer festival that aims to make links across social justice groups, queer communities, and radical visions of pride. In a climate of corporatized gay agendas and whitewashed homogeneity amongst queers, Pervers/cité strives to provide a critical and accessible schedule of activities, designed to bring back the radical underpinnings to the pride movement.

This year’s festival is taking place from August 5th to 15th, following Divers/Cité and leading up to Célébrations de la fierté Montréal 2010′s community day and pride parade.

CHECK CA !http://www.perverscite.org/

la criminalisation du risque//criminalizing risk

La criminalisation du risque:

Discussion et présentations sur la criminalisation du transmission de VIH

JEUDI LE 12 AOUT — 18 h 30 a 20 h 30
Association Sportive et Communautaire du Centre-Sud –
2093 rue de la Visitation (entre Sherbrooke E. et Ontario)

*** traduction simultanée en anglais et en français ***

Cette conversation réunira toute une gang de gens intéressé aux sujets de la prévention du VIH et des enjeux juridiques relatifs à la transmission du VIH, au risque et à la non divulgation dans le contexte canadien des tendances à la criminalisation. La discussion modérée explorera le prix qu’ont les personnes séropositives à payer suite aux nouvelles applications des lois; il y aura une discussion également sur comment s’opposer à ces tendances.

Les conférenciers feront des discours en anglais et en français, la traduction chuchottée bilingüe sera offerte. Cet évènement spécial aura lieu jeudi le 12 août de 18h30 à 20h30, faisant partie de la Journée de la justice pour les prisonniers, une commémoration des vies de ceux et celles qui sont morts dans les prisons et centre pénitenciers, y compris les nombreux victimes du système pénitencier qui sont mortres du sida “à l’intérieur”.

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Cette discussion est présenté par: Le projet de correspondance pour prisonnier(e)s, Politi-Q, AIDS Community Care Montreal.

Criminalizing risk:
Discussion and presentations on the criminalization of HIV transmission

THURSDAY AUGUST 12TH from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at the Association sportive et communautaire Centre-Sud at 2093 rue de la Visitation (between Sherbrooke East and Ontario)

*** simultaneous whisper translation into french and english ***

This community dialogue and panel discussion will bring together a host of people involved in HIV prevention and HIV legal issues to discuss the recent legal shifts in Canada that have seen the deepening criminalization of HIV transmission, risk, and nondisclosure. The panel will speak to the costs and harms to HIV positive communities brought about by these shifts, as well as how we might confront – and reverse – this trend.

Speakers will present in both french and english. Whisper translation in both directions will be provided. This event will take place as a part of PRISONERS’ JUSTICE DAY efforts across the country, an annual commemoration of the lives of all prisoners who have died while in custody, including the many Canadian prisoners who have died from AIDS related illness while in prison.

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This discussion is co-presented by: the Prisoner Correspondence Project, Politi-Q, and AIDS Community Care Montreal

with the participation of Douglas Foremen and Denis Carrière, prisoners at La Macaza federal penitentiary.

Eternal Sunset: A Querelle inspired dance party.

“All the Querelles of the Fighting Navy! Beautiful sailors, you taste sweet, like wild oats!”

June 18th
22h30
Bar Woof: 1661 Ste Catherine E.
$5-$10 No One Turned Away.

click here for costume inspiration or just to enter this gay sailor dreamworld.

djs:
Bad Faith
Querella
Her Madgesty
Baby got Bakunin
and more…

****all proceeds go towards the project****

Support Our Holiday Mailout!

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This year, for the first time, the Project is doing a holiday mailout for the 150+ members of the Project spending the holidays in prison. To raise funds, we’re selling the beautiful holiday card that we’re mailing, based on a screen print by the very talented Ms. Sara Pupo.

The cards are blank and being sold 5 for $10, envelopes included.

To buy a set, you have two options:

A) Via our paypal account. Please include $1 for postage in Canada, $2 for postage in the US and remember to give us your mailing address.

B) Email info@prisonercorrespondenceproject.com with your address and then send a cheque (including $1 for postage in Canada, $2 for postage in the US) made out to “QPIRG-Concordia,” to our mailing address found here:

Here’s hoping your holidays are merry and gay…

Prisoners find accessing safe sex… isn’t so safe

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Collective members Julia and Liam were interviewed last month by the prisoner justice media collective Stark Raven about safer sex for queer and trans prisoners. Click here to listen to the show!

Stark Raven produces a radio program three times a month featuring in-depth interviews, news and analysis on issues related to prisons and criminalization, both locally and from around the world. The radio program has been on the air for 21 years.