Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Cumming Out Party: Oct. 2!!




Queer fAction is finally cumming out. We're going to step it up this year, and we want YOU to join us.


Who: YOU, your friends, lovers, aunts, cousins, grandfathers...
What: Hanky Code party. Dancing. DJ. Queer History. Collective Art.
Where: SAW Gallery (67 Nicholas St.)
When:Friday, Oct 2nd. 9pm-1am
Why: because we're awesome like that
How: by donation, $5-$10 sliding scale

A night of queer history, collective art, great music, dancing, drinking (cheap beer), gender bendin’, and much more will ensue. But more importantly, cum out to get familiar with Queer fAction, our basis of unity, and fellow queers!

Queer fAction is a radical queer group, based in Ottawa, challenging gender oppression, patriarchy, heterosexism and all other oppression within the queer community and society at large. We believe in the complete freedom of sexual and gender expressions, harnessing the power of grassroots to express solidarity and confront oppression.

Wear a hanky! The Hanky Code was used by men who have sex with men in the 70's to flag what they were looking for. We're reviving and expanding this sexy tradition to all queers! Wear a certain coloured hanky in a certain pocket so people know what you're looking for! For more info on the hanky code, go to: http://alt.xmission.com/~trevin/hanky.html We'll have a few hankys on sale ($3) in case you forget yours.

For folks who want to get involved, we will be having a new members meeting on October 5th at 7pm in UCU301 (at Ottawa U). Check us out at: www.queerfaction.blogspot.com


**Note to folks who don't identify as queer: Come to the party! But please be prepared to be perceived as queer. Please respect the queer space and don't be rude or dismissive if someone queer hits on you. You might consider wearing an orange hanky in your right pocket (“nothing now”) as a queer-positive solution.

**This is a discrimination-free party. Stigma based on HIV status, gender identity or expression, sexuality, race, class or ability is bullshit.

**Club Saw is wheelchair-accessible.


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fAction Queer va avoir un party!

Qui: TOI et tous tes amiEs, tes amantEs, tes tantes, tes cousinEs et ton grand-père...
Quoi: Party de Code Bandanas. Danse. DJ. L'histoire queer. L'art collective.
Où: Galerie SAW (67, rue Nicholas, à Ottawa)
Quand: vendredi 2 octobre. 21h00-1h00
Pourquoi: c'est le fun
Comment: don de 5$ à 10$, échelle flexible

Une soirée d''histoire queer, arts collectives, de la musique, la danse, bière moins chère, gender bendin', et encore plus! Mais plus important, viens connaître fAction Queer, nos points d'unité et d'autres queers!

fAction Queer est un groupe queer basé à Ottawa. Nous nous opposons à l'oppression de tous genres, incluant, mais non limité à, l'hétérosexisme, le patriarcat, le classisme et le sexisme. Nous croyons en la liberté totale de libre
expression de nos désirs et expressions sexuelles. La solidarité et l'action directe sont nos armes.

Porte ton bandana! Le code bandanas était employé par les hommes queer au années 70 pour annoncer leurs préférences spécifiques. Nous rétablissons et élaborons cette tradition sexy pour tous les queers! Porte un hanky de certain couleur dans un certain poche pour que les gens savent ce que tu cherches! Pour plus de renseignements sue le code bandanas clique ici: http://www.skinhy.com/zg-skincuirff.htm Il y aura quelques bandanas en vente (3$) si tu oublies le tien.

Pour les gens qui veulent s'impliquer, une réunion pour les nouveaux membres aura lieu le lundi 5 octobre à 19h00 dans la salle UCU301 (à l'U d'O). Pour plus d'infos: www.queerfaction.blogspot.com


**Aux les gens qui ne s'identifient pas comme queer: Venez au party! Mais SVP soyez prêt d'être perçu comme queer. SVP respectez l'espace queer et ne soyez pas rude ou méprisant si une personne queer vous cruise ou vous fait des avances. Vous pourriez considérer porter un bandana orange dans la poche droit (« rien maintenant ») pour une solution queer-positive.

**C'est un party sans discrimination. La sérophobie et tout stigmate basé sur l'identité ou expression de genre, la sexualité, la race, la classe, ou un handicap sont de la marde.

**Club SAW est accessible aux fauteuils-roulantes.



2 comments:

  1. I was thinking of attending but decided against it for 2 primary reason.

    In the mission statement the categorization of racisim into "the other " , instead of mentioning it alongside with the other fundamental opressions in our society including gender issue, patriarcy and hetrosexisim, reflects the ottawan attitude of pushing queer racial minorities into closets within the community.
    Secondly, a cover charge for attending the event is intrinscially capitalistic and discriminatory towards people who for variuos reasons would not be able to afford it.

    Opression and exploitation needs to be addresed,not limited to ones that affect onself but also others, even if they privilege oneself. Else all talk about radicalness is tainted with racialness and call for solidarity between opressed groups, a hollow cry.

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  2. Hi Sam! First off, thank you for bringing up these issues. We think it is essential that criticisms happen and that groups reflect on what they need to improve.You have some valid points, but maybe we can clarify.
    Although the short description of our group does 'categorize' racism into 'all other oppressions,' it is specifically mentioned in the "Anti-Oppression" section of our basis of unity. Basically, the shorter blurb focuses on queer/gender oppressions, which fundamentally bring the group together. And honestly, our Blogspot limited how many characters we could have in the description, so we cannot put everything we would like to. We recognize that all oppressions are intrinsically linked and that oppression in all its forms must be addressed by everybody.
    With regards to cover: it is by donation, on a sliding scale; anything is appreciated since putting on a party is costly and we just want some help covering the costs (we're not making money off this). While we would love for to be able to throw a rad party without costs, that wasn't in the books for us this time. Capitalism is shitty, but we're operating within a capitalist society and are sometimes constrained by that.

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