Australia-based artist Kim Leutwyler presents a preview of her Augmented Reality and Painting exhibition portraying queer Womxn, including those who are cisgender, trans, non-binary & gender diverse.

The exhibition will take place at Nanda/Hobbs gallery in Chippendale, Sydney, Australia from 6-17 July, 2020.

At first sight, attendees will be greeted with 6 oil paintings in the gallery. They can then immerse themselves in an augmented reality experience using smartphones or tablets.

Imagery and sound will float in the room around the paintings, including video interviews with the portrait sitters, still images of important moments from their lives, time-lapses of the portraits being painted, audio soundscapes and more. Leutwyler’s ‘sitters’ each engage with the politics of identity, community and activism in their own unique way.

This exhibition is a preview of Leutwyler’s large body of work being created for a solo exhibition to coincide with Sydney Mardi Gras Festival in February 2021.

This exhibition was made possible when Leutwyler became a recipient of the ANZ + Sydney Mardi Gras Community Grant.

Sexuality and gender diverse people are under-screened for breast cancer, and experience unique barriers to screening.

In support of BreastScreen Victoria’s commitment to accessible and inclusive screening, we are holding two LGBTI-specific screening sessions, Rainbow Rose.

Rainbow Rose sessions are between 6:00 pm and 8:00 pm on the following days:

• Thursday, 21 May
• Thursday, 20 August
• Thursday, 19 November

Screening is free for people aged 40 and over. 

LGBTI people between the high-risk ages of 50-74 and highly encouraged to attend. 

Appointments take 10 minutes, are free, conducted by a woman, and do not need a GP’s referral or Medicare card.

Visit us online or call 13 20 50 to book- remember to request “Rainbow Rose!” 

Jersey City’s Favorite Queen Harmonica Sunbeam hosts 4 rounds of bingo online using Zoom. Each round winner gets a prize, with a cash prize for the final round! 

$12 per Bingo board. As in regular bingo, you can use the same board for all 4 games or buy more to increase your odds! 

Cash prize is a percentage of ticket sales; the more people that play, the higher the cash prize!

A first for the UK, an entire dating season dedicated to LGBTQ

A Brand New Cast of Beautiful Boys and Luscious Ladies, Clicking Online in the Quest for Love. Covered in Smiles, Suprises and Sunshine!
Lovedown Season 2: PRIDE Season!

A first for the UK, an entire dating season dedicated to LGBTQ

A Brand New Cast of Beautiful Boys and Luscious Ladies, Clicking Online in the Quest for Love. Covered in Smiles, Suprises and Sunshine!
Lovedown Season 2: PRIDE Season!

A first for the UK, an entire dating season dedicated to LGBTQ

A Brand New Cast of Beautiful Boys and Luscious Ladies, Clicking Online in the Quest for Love. Covered in Smiles, Suprises and Sunshine!
Lovedown Season 2: PRIDE Season!

A first for the UK, an entire dating season dedicated to LGBTQ

A Brand New Cast of Beautiful Boys and Luscious Ladies, Clicking Online in the Quest for Love. Covered in Smiles, Suprises and Sunshine!
Lovedown Season 2: PRIDE Season!

A first for the UK, an entire dating season dedicated to LGBTQ

A Brand New Cast of Beautiful Boys and Luscious Ladies, Clicking Online in the Quest for Love. Covered in Smiles, Suprises and Sunshine!
Lovedown Season 2: PRIDE Season!

A first for the UK, an entire dating season dedicated to LGBTQ

A Brand New Cast of Beautiful Boys and Luscious Ladies, Clicking Online in the Quest for Love. Covered in Smiles, Suprises and Sunshine!
Lovedown Season 2: PRIDE Season!

Viewed as one of the top three queer arts and culture festivals in the world, the 12th annual Queer Arts Festival “WICKED”: Vancouver’s
artist-run, professional, multi-disciplinary roister of queer arts, culture
& history returns July 16 – 26, 2020.

The Festival has been re-imagined this year to provide you your Queer Art
fix from a (safer) distance. From Exhibits to Theatre, Storytellers and Activists, to Drag and Dance, this popular annual event includes plenty of award-winning queer artists, and this year is available for all the world to enjoy as a digi-queer online experience.

Please visit our website to find out how you can
experience all our amazing events on-line!

A first for the UK, an entire dating season dedicated to LGBTQ

A Brand New Cast of Beautiful Boys and Luscious Ladies, Clicking Online in the Quest for Love. Covered in Smiles, Suprises and Sunshine!
Lovedown Season 2: PRIDE Season!

A first for the UK, an entire dating season dedicated to LGBTQ

A Brand New Cast of Beautiful Boys and Luscious Ladies, Clicking Online in the Quest for Love. Covered in Smiles, Suprises and Sunshine!
Lovedown Season 2: PRIDE Season!

A first for the UK, an entire dating season dedicated to LGBTQ

A Brand New Cast of Beautiful Boys and Luscious Ladies, Clicking Online in the Quest for Love. Covered in Smiles, Suprises and Sunshine!
Lovedown Season 2: PRIDE Season!

A first for the UK, an entire dating season dedicated to LGBTQ

A Brand New Cast of Beautiful Boys and Luscious Ladies, Clicking Online in the Quest for Love. Covered in Smiles, Suprises and Sunshine!
Lovedown Season 2: PRIDE Season!

A first for the UK, an entire dating season dedicated to LGBTQ

A Brand New Cast of Beautiful Boys and Luscious Ladies, Clicking Online in the Quest for Love. Covered in Smiles, Suprises and Sunshine!
Lovedown Season 2: PRIDE Season!

A first for the UK, an entire dating season dedicated to LGBTQ

A Brand New Cast of Beautiful Boys and Luscious Ladies, Clicking Online in the Quest for Love. Covered in Smiles, Suprises and Sunshine!
Lovedown Season 2: PRIDE Season!

A first for the UK, an entire dating season dedicated to LGBTQ

A Brand New Cast of Beautiful Boys and Luscious Ladies, Clicking Online in the Quest for Love. Covered in Smiles, Suprises and Sunshine!
Lovedown Season 2: PRIDE Season!

Melbourne’s longest running professional string quartet, Flinders Quartet is pleased to present the world premiere of Hidden Thoughts II: Return to Sender, a brand-new work for female voice, narrator and string quartet from renowned Australian composer Dr Katy Abbott. The concert will be performed and streamed live to homes across Australia, direct from the Melbourne Digital Concert Hall on 23rd July.

In 2013, barrister Julian Burnside AO QC asked Australians to write letters of comfort and encouragement to asylum seekers detained on Nauru. Nearly 2000 of those letters were returned unopened, marked “Return to sender”.

This world premiere performance of Katy Abbott’s “Hidden Thoughts II: Return to Sender” for string quartet, narrator and mezzo-soprano is a musical response to those letters, using incredibly moving text by Australians compelled to connect with people they’d never met.

Live streamed on Melbourne Digital Concert Hall and performed by:

Thibaud Pavlovic-Hobba, violin
Wilma Smith, violin
Helen Ireland, viola
Zoe Knighton, cello
Richard Piper, narrator
Dimity Shepherd, mezzo soprano

Ticket: $20 plus a $4 charge for credit card fees, streaming costs etc

50% of profits from this performance will be donated to the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC)

A first for the UK, an entire dating season dedicated to LGBTQ

A Brand New Cast of Beautiful Boys and Luscious Ladies, Clicking Online in the Quest for Love. Covered in Smiles, Suprises and Sunshine!
Lovedown Season 2: PRIDE Season!

A first for the UK, an entire dating season dedicated to LGBTQ

A Brand New Cast of Beautiful Boys and Luscious Ladies, Clicking Online in the Quest for Love. Covered in Smiles, Suprises and Sunshine!
Lovedown Season 2: PRIDE Season!

A first for the UK, an entire dating season dedicated to LGBTQ

A Brand New Cast of Beautiful Boys and Luscious Ladies, Clicking Online in the Quest for Love. Covered in Smiles, Suprises and Sunshine!
Lovedown Season 2: PRIDE Season!

For the first time in its 31 year history, the Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival presented by Bank of Hawaii Foundation is going virtual, hosting an online festival from July 31 to August 12, 2020 on the Honolulu Gay and Lesbian Cultural Foundation’s website. The free event will use films and an interactive talk-story event to highlight the challenges and opportunities faced by Hawaii’s LGBTQ community during the coronavirus pandemic.

“We chose to offer the films for free this year as our way of giving back to the community,” says HGLCF Board President Dean Hamer. “At a time when many are suffering due to the coronavirus, we wanted to provide a safe and healthy way to enjoy the incredible works of cinematic art we’ve received from all over the world this year.”

Leading off the festival is the Hawaiian premiere of Kama`āina, a locally shot film about a queer girl from Waiʻanae who is abused by her stepfather and must navigate life on the streets until she finds refuge at the Pu`uhonua o Wai`anae, Hawai`i’s largest organized homeless encampment. The screening will be followed by a community discussion including refuge founder Twinkle Borge, the young star Malia Kamalani Soon, and director Kimi Howl Lee.

Donations will be gratefully accepted; all proceeds from the Kama`āina screening will go towards Pu`uhonua o Wai`anae.

“Their precarious situation has only been exacerbated by the pandemic,” said Lee.  “My hope is that this film will vindicate the unsheltered souls living off the land.”

Also featured are 20 short films including comedies, dramas, and documentaries that will be streamed throughout the festival, many making their first appearance in Hawaii. A number of the films have Hawaii ties – either shot on location here, or with local cast/ crew.

Festival director Brent Anbe says, “The biggest challenge of a virtual festival was deciding how to maintain the Honolulu Rainbow spirit without meeting physically. We think short films are an amazing way to capture that sense of fun, adventure, and camaraderie.”

HRFF30 is presented by the Bank of Hawaii Foundation; legacy sponsor Hula’s Bar & Lei Stand; platinum sponsors Hawai`i Council for the Humanities, Hawai`i Tourism Authority, Hawaiian Airlines, Honolulu Magazine, and Honolulu Museum of Art; and Red Carpet Gala venue and hospitality sponsor ‘Alohilani Resort.

HRFF is one of the longest continually running LGBTQ film festivals in the world, and is noted as a bridge for queer cinema between Hawai`i, Asia and the Pacific, and the West. It is presented by the Honolulu Gay and Lesbian Cultural Foundation, founded in 1997 as a non-profit 501(c)3 organization whose mission is to educate and raise awareness of the community-at-large about gay and lesbian culture, arts, and lifestyle, in honor of Hawai`i LGBTQ pioneer Adam Baran. More at HGLCF.org.

Mission Statement:

To integrate lesbian nightlife and LGBT culture with healthcare and wellness. We aspire to foster a supportive environment that empowers women so they can have access to the best and latest evidenced based practice research on women’s health, particularly breast cancer and cervical cancer prevention.

About SPICE MIAMI : SPICE MIAMI will be producing a three-day lesbian-centric festival for women in Miami Beach at the gorgeous 1950’s-themed hotel, The Confidante Miami Beach in the Unbound Collection by Hyatt, on Friday, July 31st, 2020 through Sunday, August 2nd, 2020. Performance artists, sports influencers, comedians, dancers, social media influencers, celebrity hosts, local and national DJ’s, vendors, and sponsors will all be contributing to giving our women access to the best music, food, art and entertainment. In addition, we will be creating a women’s health fair on the beach that will give women access to a variety of mental health and general wellness services , particularly GYN care, education and promotion of mammograms, pap smears, preventative breast and cervical cancer education, HIV/STD/STI testing, LGBTQ culture, nightlife activities, and the community, all within a safe space. Beach activations include games such as volleyball courts, bocce ball, bean bag corn hole games, IV Hydration tents, VIP beach beds, hammocks, and cooling fans. We have two fully equipped bar huts selling premium & top shelf liquor. We offer bottle & VIP service and food on the beach as well. The festival will be giving the lesbian community an outlet to socialize, dance, bond, and get active within the Miami Beach community. On August 1st 2020 , the beach health fair portion will have Florida’s Department of Health of Miami-Dade County’s Office of Preventative Medicine as a special guest. They will create an educational and interactive space designed to promote wellness and education on basic preventive medicine and medical screening for women in our community.

At the gorgeous host hotel, The Confidante by Hyatt, we will be producing a beach party on the beach between 40th-41st Collins Ave on August 1st 2020 and a pool party at The Confidante property on August 2nd 2020. There are many more events and surprises to come!