ShanghaiPRIDE

June 19th
Time: 3:00PM
Afterparty: 7:30PM
Venue: The Pearl – 471 Zhapu Rd (nr. Wujin Rd)

ShanghaiPRIDE Film Festival Opening Night

It’s the night! On June 19th, ShanghaiPRIDE Film Festival will officially return for its second year! Come to the Pearl for a night of absolute glamour featuring the premiere of our opening film Tangerine in mainland China, the Award Ceremony for this year’s Short Film Competition and the screening of the winner and runner-up of the Best Film Award.MORE…    

A discussion on the holistic wellbeing of your community and yourself, both physically and mentally. We have invited 3 wonderful speakers: Liu Shi (China AIDS Walk Organizer; Gay Games Silver Medallist), Olivia Chiu (The Clinic Psychologist) and Nate Balfanz (American Medical Centre Psychologist). Queer Talks (QT) is a discussion-based bi-monthly bilingual event providing a safe space to LGBTQIA+ individuals and allies in the community to, share stories. The Queer Talks Panel during ShanghaiPRIDE will be our biggest event in the year, don’t miss out!MORE…    

The eighth installment of ShanghaiPRIDE kicks off with a jubilant opening party at The Eight Art Hotel on The Bund. In keeping with this year’s theme “I am Me,” organizers have developed a party concept inspired by The Wizard of Oz. Head there for over-the-rainbow themed performances and raffle prizes.

Date: Saturday 18-June
Time: 21:00-02:30
Venue: Eight Art Hotel – 7 East Yan’an Rd, (near South Sichuan Rd)
Entry Fee: RMB100 (Includes 1 drink)

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Stories of the Characters, Our Love

ShanghaiPRIDE Theatre Festival 2016 presents Seasons of Love, a show by an all-female cast produced by Muju Group

A passionate work that will give voice to love
Hey, can you see the colors of love approaching us?
Hey, can you listen to the sounds of seasons changing?
In Summer Love, Lan is sentimental, nervous and confused, yet dares to love without hesitation
In Autumn Love, Bai is patient, eager to settle down and to make promises that will last forever
In Winter Love, Zi is like a deadlock, no one can see that underneath her indulgence lies a deep love
In Spring Love, Qing is sincere, “regardless of the distance between us, you are daytime, I am night”
As seasons change, four love stories are unfolded…MORE…    

June 18th
Theme: Gender Features
For more details, please see the full Festival Program at shpride.com/films

Girl or Boy, My Sex is not My Gender (2011 France)
Director: Valérie Mitteaux
Being born a woman, feeling like a man, and deciding to cross the boundary between the genders. Lynnee, Kaleb, Rocco and Miguel are four transboys in San Francisco, Paris and Barcelona. They embody and explore the fluidity of gender and challenge the logic of gender binary, and seek to find new ways to rebalance the relationship between man and woman.MORE…    

The Pink BBQ is back this summer! A delicious buffet awaits you at the lovely terrace venue.  Enjoy the summer with performances and raffles!

Date: Saturday 18-June
Time: 11:00-14:00
Venue: XTD elevated, The Langham, Shanghai, Xintiandi – 5/F No.99, Madang Rd (near Xing’an Rd)
Entry fee: RMB200 (buffet)

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The theme of ShanghaiPRIDE this year is “I Am Me”, which is a celebration of diversity in our beloved city of Shanghai. “I Am Me” is an affirmation that everyone should hold, regardless of your race, gender, sexuality or other forms of identity. But many individuals still struggle with who they are. Having witnessed dramatic improvements over the past few years, ShanghaiPRIDE hopes to revisit the fundamentals of being who we are and staying true to ourselves.
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Zmack is proud to finally have the chance to dedicate an Improv Comedy Show to the 2016 ShanghaiPRIDE Theatre Festival! In celebration of this collaboration, Zmack will donate all proceeds to ShanghaiPRIDE’s beneficiaries including NGO’s in mainland and local queer organizations. The vibrance of Shanghai LGBTQ community no doubt stems from the sweat and tears of many organizers, supporters and allies. Now let Zmack bring you together once again with the most universal and accessible language – LAUGHTER!
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The theme of ShanghaiPRIDE this year is “I Am Me”, which is a celebration of diversity in our beloved city of Shanghai. “I Am Me” is an affirmation that everyone should hold, regardless of your race, gender, sexuality or other forms of identity. But many individuals still struggle with who they are. Having witnessed dramatic improvements over the past few years, ShanghaiPRIDE hopes to revisit the fundamentals of being who we are and staying true to ourselves.MORE…    

June 16th
An Opening Kiki for ShPFF

For more details, please see the full Festival Program at shpride.com/films

Ladyboys and riotgrrrls, drag kings and butchqueens, dust off your wigs and heels for the final CINEMQ of 2016. Come queer, come fabulous, come unapologetic as we kick off ShanghaiPRIDE Film Festival in the dark disco tunnels of Shelter. A year of queer dedication, late nights, glittery hair, and fierce vogueing culminates here. Get wavvy as we celebrate six months of bodily distortion, sexual diversion and gender ambiguity with one final night of queer cinema. Featuring special previews of ShPFF 2016. Afterparty by Co:Motion, Shanghai’s most filthy/gorgeous DJ crew.MORE…    

This year’s ShanghaiPRIDE theme is “I Am Me”, exploring the fundamentals of being who we are and staying true to ourselves. 20×20 talks are a fun and fast way to hear about heartfelt moments, inspiring coming out stories, and life-changing travel experiences, etc. It is a simple presentation format where you show 20 images, each for 20 seconds, guaranteed tears and laughter!

Date: Thursday 16-June
Time: 19:30-22:00
Venue: The Apartment – 4/F, 47 Yongfu Rd (near West Fuxing Rd)

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ShanghaiPRIDE Theatre Festival 2016 presents Who The Hell by Fudan Univeristy Zhihe Society.

Hold an umbrella and wait for someone to appear in the misty rain
A house that may shelter you or haunt you, your eyes shall uncover the truth
Four ordinary people that may be suspicious or honest, your heart shall uncover the truth
Zhihe Society presents a new theatre, Who The Hell
There will be a question,

“Who” would it be to you?
Would it be friends, families, lovers or enemies, villains, foes?
Would it be acquaintances or strangers?
We, we hold a question, a hope
Who the hell?
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To mark the one-week countdown to ShanghaiPRIDE 2016 (June 17-26), festival organizers have released a powerful three-minute video exploring the Pride8 theme, “生为平常 I Am Me,” through eight important figures in the Chinese LGBTQ community.

Summer Wu, Producer of Pride8 “生为平常 I Am Me” theme video, and Raymond Phang, Director of ShanghaiPRIDE, share details about the making of the video and the inspiring message it conveys.

What does the video say about this year’s Pride theme?

ShanghaiPRIDE’s theme this year is “生为平常 I Am Me,” which literally means in Chinese, “born normal.” Every MORE…    

Shanghai, June 1, 2016—The final countdown to Shanghai’s eighth annual Pride festival is underway, with 10 days of cultural, social and educational events slated for June 17-26. Pride8 will feature the theme “生为平常 I Am Me” – an “affirmation that everyone should hold, regardless of gender, sexuality or other forms of identity,” says ShanghaiPRIDE Director Raymond Phang. “Having witnessed dynamic movements over the past year, this year’s ShanghaiPRIDE hopes to revisit the fundamentals of being who we are and staying true to ourselves.”

The Pride8 multimedia theme campaign launched earlier this month features a series of visuals highlighting members of the LGBTQ community and their diverse identities, produced in collaboration with Wunderman Shanghai. In addition, a three-minute ShanghaiPRIDE 2016 video further exploring this year’s theme will be released one week before the festival, with teasers posted every Tuesday and Friday on ShanghaiPRIDE’s online platforms. The video will feature big names in the Chinese LGBTQ community, including acclaimed sociologist Li Yinhe; independent film director Fan Popo; promoters of same-sex marriage Sun Wenlin and his  partner Hu Mingliang; and more.MORE…    

Women Up! – Ladies Who Tech

May 26th – Women Up! Professional Women’s Networking Forum welcomed nearly two hundred attendees to The Langham, Shanghai, Xintiandi.MORE…    

May 26 – Don’t dream it, be it. CINEMQ was back on Thursday for a night of absolute pleasure with a tribute to The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Fans of the cult classic film are known for their outrageous costumes, and the screening was packed with high heels, high eye shadow and fishnets. CINEMQ co-founder Matthew Baren remixed the film to tell the tragedy of Dr. Frank N. Furter, alongside kinky-fabulous short films. Afterparty tunes were courtesy of Mau Mau (Co:Motion) at Elevator. CINEMQ returns June 16th.
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In conjunction with International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT), and following the launch of ShanghaiPRIDE 2016 theme and ad campaign, this year’s pre-Pride Rainbow Bike Ride kicked off at 7pm on 21-May.  Rain did not dampen the spirits of over 60 cyclists to ride the full journey across Shanghai to form the six-colored Pride rainbow flag.

Six cycling teams each equipped with lights representing a color of the rainbow flag (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple) started from six major landmarks across Shanghai (Shanghai Stadium, Lu Jiazui, Renmin Avenue, Zhongshan Park, Jade Buddha Temple, and Suzhou River).  The teams cycled across the city passing by the bustling night scene with pride and purpose to finally converge at Yongjia Court, Xujiahui, to signify diversity and unity in harmony.

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Stories of the Characters, Our Love

ShanghaiPRIDE Theatre Festival presents Seasons of Love, a show by an all-female cast produced by Muju Group
A passionate work that will give voice to love
Hey, can you see the colors of love approaching us?
Hey, can you listen to the sounds of seasons changing?
In Summer Love, Lan is sentimental, nervous and confused, yet dares to love without hesitation
In Autumn Love, Bai is patient, eager to settle down and to make promises that will last forever
In Winter Love, Zi is like a deadlock, no one can see that underneath her indulgence lies a deep love
In Spring Love, Qing is sincere, “regardless of the distance between us, you are daytime, I am night”
As seasons change, four love stories are unfolded…MORE…