Friday's Events
Last night turned out to be a really good night for me.
I'd spent the day preparing for Gender X Genre. I went to the uni and printed 20 copies of "Transitions Vol. 1", a 40 page collection of my poetry (Vol. 2 will be my Prose). I went straight to town, dropping a copy off to Liz at 2nd Life on the way. I happened to meet Dean (who lives and works at the Royal Exchange) while looking for something to eat. As he was too, we got burgers at Oportos, a dodgy looking fast food franchise if ever I saw one. It did have cute buzzers that you hold and which go off when your meal is ready. Just as we got back to the RE, Bugsy turned up, and then we waited for Sophie and the rest to show.
When they did, we were able to check the comics presentation on Kerrie's laptop, and everything seemed fine. I took Bugsy and Kim to 40 Hunter St, which was hosting an art exhibition (for queer artists 25 years and under, so that's me out) and the official opening of the Rainbow Visions Festival.
The finger food was good, and though they had wine, I only took orange juice. There was a section of butchers paper where you could draw and make remarks. I drew a rainbow and under it wrote "rainbows are for all of us". After the opening speech (which conspicuously didn't mention tonight's event) we went outside to unveil the shop front.
One of the organisers said "Gay to the left, Lesbians to the Right, and Trans and Intersex anywhere you want" (which got a laugh) and then the newspaper was ripped off, to reveal - gay and lesbian fashion scenes (see pic above). Good stuff. After a bit more hob-nobbing (and after Bugsy announced Gender X Genre) we headed back to the Exchange.
We were all ready and time, and had an audience of two (plus each other)! Oddly enough, none of us cared, and the show went on, as they say. Sophie and I narrated and read scenes from my comics, which were projected onto the screen. Bugsy read some poetry and prose; Kerrie read an extract from "Bodily Fluids" and Kim read her story "Better dead than Fred".
Now despite the low audience turnout, it was a good event, and I cam away feeling satisfied with things. Dean taped it and will broadcast the whole thing on Satellite Community TV!
I'd spent the day preparing for Gender X Genre. I went to the uni and printed 20 copies of "Transitions Vol. 1", a 40 page collection of my poetry (Vol. 2 will be my Prose). I went straight to town, dropping a copy off to Liz at 2nd Life on the way. I happened to meet Dean (who lives and works at the Royal Exchange) while looking for something to eat. As he was too, we got burgers at Oportos, a dodgy looking fast food franchise if ever I saw one. It did have cute buzzers that you hold and which go off when your meal is ready. Just as we got back to the RE, Bugsy turned up, and then we waited for Sophie and the rest to show.
When they did, we were able to check the comics presentation on Kerrie's laptop, and everything seemed fine. I took Bugsy and Kim to 40 Hunter St, which was hosting an art exhibition (for queer artists 25 years and under, so that's me out) and the official opening of the Rainbow Visions Festival.
The finger food was good, and though they had wine, I only took orange juice. There was a section of butchers paper where you could draw and make remarks. I drew a rainbow and under it wrote "rainbows are for all of us". After the opening speech (which conspicuously didn't mention tonight's event) we went outside to unveil the shop front.
One of the organisers said "Gay to the left, Lesbians to the Right, and Trans and Intersex anywhere you want" (which got a laugh) and then the newspaper was ripped off, to reveal - gay and lesbian fashion scenes (see pic above). Good stuff. After a bit more hob-nobbing (and after Bugsy announced Gender X Genre) we headed back to the Exchange.
We were all ready and time, and had an audience of two (plus each other)! Oddly enough, none of us cared, and the show went on, as they say. Sophie and I narrated and read scenes from my comics, which were projected onto the screen. Bugsy read some poetry and prose; Kerrie read an extract from "Bodily Fluids" and Kim read her story "Better dead than Fred".
Now despite the low audience turnout, it was a good event, and I cam away feeling satisfied with things. Dean taped it and will broadcast the whole thing on Satellite Community TV!