ShanghaiPRIDE

Queer Talks

Social Privilege

Sunday MARCH 13

17:30-20:00

LOCATION: Lucca Café & Lounge, 390 Panyu Lu, near Fahuazhen Lu

What exactly makes the Alphas, the Queen Bees? And for that matter, how did they get their thrones? Hierarchies extend into virtually all social contexts, even within marginalized communities. But, what makes these positions so desirable? Identifiable? Unattainable? Do race, nationality, class, gender and/or age play a role? This week @ QT: can we debunk social myths and find out if we are motivated or held back by these cultural powers? Find out Sunday!MORE…    

Mar 3nd, 2016 – CINEMQ was huge! The monthly queer cinema party, organized by ShanghaiPRIDE Film Festival, returned for its 8th edition. 80 people joined for a free screening of short films from around the world.

This month’s theme was RABBIT, a dreamy tumble down into wonderland and a world of queer possibilities. And what better venue than labyrinthine Shelter? It was the series’ debut at Shanghai’s infamous underground club, with an afterparty dj set by Mau Mau (Co:Motion)

CINEMQ has become a cult favorite since its inception last year. TimeOut Shanghai recently picked it as one of the best queer parties in the city.

CINEMQ will be back next month, follow ShanghaiPRIDE wechat or facebook.com/cinemq.shanghai for details.MORE…    

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 7, 2016

ShanghaiPRIDE Returns for Eighth Year on June 17-26

Shanghai, March 7, 2016—Following seven successful years serving as mainland China’s only Pride festival, ShanghaiPRIDE is back with an inspiring new theme and exciting events lineup. Scheduled for June 17-26, Pride8 features the theme “生为平常 I Am Me,” referring to the LGBTQ struggle for the right to live a “normal” life, being fully oneself with nothing to hide.MORE…    

Calling all designers!

We’re now accepting design submissions for the ShanghaiPRIDE 2016 t-shirt. The winner will have their design printed on the Pride8 official shirt and will receive a VIP card for free access to Pride events.

Details on the submissions:

1. Submission deadline is 2pm Mar 20th.
2. T-shirt designs must have small Pride logo, ShPRIDE, or ShanghaiPRIDE on sleeve, at bottom, or at back of collar. For Pride logo, please refer to https://www.shpride.com
3. T-shirt designs must include the 6 colors of the rainbow flag.
4. The potential slogan “生为平常 I Am Me” can be included.
5. The background color of the T-shirt should be white

To submit your design or look for more information please email shanghaipride@gmail.comMORE…    

ShanghaiPRIDE presents the 2nd annual PRIDE’S GOT TALENT.

Witness the magic as Shanghai’s best amateur singers, dancers, drag artists, poets, and more compete for 3000RMB worth of prizes with the winners chosen by your votes!Featuring local celebrity judges and professional guest performers, this event is sure to be a night to remember. Proceeds will benefit the 8th ShanghaiPRIDE. Show kicks off at 21:00 on March 12, 2016.

100RMB pre-sale, 150RMB at the door including one drink.

For more information, follow us on WeChat: Shanghai-PRIDE and ThePearl.

Join us!

Tickets – http://www.huodongxing.com/event/6324091542400MORE…    

Ever dreamed of being a movie star?

Lights, camera, glamour! We’re getting excited for the 2nd ShanghaiPRIDE Film Festival, which is only 4 months away during PRIDE week. This year, our theme is GENDER, an important but sometimes underrepresented part of LGBTQ culture. To help celebrate this, the team shot a special trailer this weekend with members of the Shanghai community showing us what’s special about how they express their gender identity.

The trailer was directed by Sui Yao, a local creative known for her commercial installation work in some of Shanghai’s busiest shopping districts and coolest bars. The full cut will be out in May, but we’re releasing a teaser on March 15th, along with some special announcements about the short film competition, including our industry judges…stay tuned for more.MORE…    

Drink me, eat me. As eyelids grow heavy, take your Queen by the lips and espouse carnal sensuality. For our debut at Shanghai’s infamous Shelter, CINEMQ invites you to tumble down the rabbit hole for an uncanny journey of queer dreams and desire, through dark nights and knaves. Featuring a selection of international short films.

CINEMQ is a queer short film screening + party series. Walls are our screens. Rooftops and basements are our cinemas. Queer is our purpose.

AFTERPARTY by Mau Mau

Thursday 3rd March
The Shelter
Doors: 8.30pm, Films start: 9pm
Afterparty: 10pm
Free Entry

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The 2nd Annual Pride’s Got Talent will be holding auditions on February 28th from 2:00pm – 6:00pm at the Pearl (471 Zhapu Lu).

Pride’s Got Talent is an annual amateur talent show to support the LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer) community in Shanghai. Participants compete for 3000rmb in total cash prizes in front of a live audience. Featuring exciting guest professional performers and local celebrity judges! LGBTQ and Straight Allies are welcome!

All talents are encouraged to audition: music, spoken word, dance, drag, burlesque, circus, and comedy!

Please prepare an audition piece NO LONGER THAN 5 MINUTES and e-mail your name, talent, phone number, and WeChat ID to shanghaipride@gmail.com. You can also register for auditions by WeChat at the ID: BrandiquaMORE…    

ShanghaiPRIDE Volunteer Team Introduction
ShanghaiPRIDE is an annual week-long festival that has been celebrating diversity since 2009. It is the first LGBTQ festival in Mainland China. It is organized entirely by volunteers with the support of businesses, individuals, and foreign consulates. Our aim is to create awareness, promote visibility and tolerance for the LGBTQ community through various sports, cultural, and social activities. As a non-profit festival, ShanghaiPRIDE supports local grassroots development and fundraises for projects related to diversity issues. ShanghaiPRIDE promotes cross-cultural exchange locally as well as with LGBTQ festivals across Asia.

Over the past seven years, ShanghaiPRIDE has trained outstanding volunteers who come from all over the world to help and participate in this festival. All of the core organizing members of the festival are from the volunteer team.MORE…    

The 8th ShPRIDE is coming, are you ready? Do you want to get some memorable merchandise while you are enjoying the Event?

ShPRIDE Merchandise Team invites you to participate in this survey and pick out your favourite products!MORE…    

Jan 21^st, 2016 – CINEMQ is back! The monthly queer cinema party, organized by ShanghaiPRIDE Film Festival, returned after a six-month break. Fifty people joined us to watch a selection of international short films. The theme was FACES, looking at masculinity, queer identity and the masks LGBT people are asked to wear to fit into society.

The event was hosted at Logo Club, with an after party by DJ Michael Cignarale and MIIIA.

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Date: Thursday 21st January
Screening: 8:45pm-10pm
Afterparty: 10pm-2am
Venue: Logo, 298 Xingfu Lu, near Pingwu Lu
FREE ENTRY, Door opens at 8:30pm

Wear a mask. Eat your make-up, and paint your face like a man. Search for ‘straight-acting’. Sculpt your body, conform to a type.

Identity is performance, masculinity is a facade. Look beneath the cracked veneer to reveal the latent queer beneath. CINEMQ is back with a free screening of short films from around the world.
AFTERPARTY featuring DJ MICAHEL CIGNARALE + MIIIA.

CINEMQ is a queer short film screening + party series. Walls are our screens. Rooftops and basements are our cinemas. Queer is our purpose.
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Queer Talks

Polyamory

Sunday JAN 3

17:30-20:00

LOCATION: Cambio Coffee, 861 Jiangning Lu, close to Haifang Lu

Welcome to 2016’s first Queer Talks! Polyamory:  Polyamorous people are those who include/are open to including multiple partners in a romantic relationship.Through media, culture and institutionalized value systems, we are conditioned to believe the only way to experience true love is through wanting one person and only them.  Polyamory is therefore often seen as abnormal, deviant or completely impossible. For this reason, for individuals who identity as polyamorous, it can be a challenging, emotional and self-doubting journey.

What defines a romantic relationships for you? Does talking about non-monogamous relationships feel uncomfortable or challenging for you? What are your thoughts or experiences on polyamorous relationships?

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Dec 17 – Where are all the Chinese queers? Love Queer Cinema Week Tour arrived in Shanghai on Thursday this week with six short Chinese films from around the world. The screening is part of a series around China curated by Fan Popo and others from Beijing’s annual queer film festival. Their aim is to improve visibility of Chinese LGBTQ people, who are often absent in mainstream culture, and to engage people from all backgrounds in discussion about queer issues. ShanghaiPRIDE Film Festival hosted the event, which was followed by a Q+A with filmmakers.MORE…    

Queer Talks

Trans* Identities

Sunday DEC 20

17:30-20:00

LOCATION: Cambio Coffee, 861 Jiangning Lu, close to Haifang Lu

Transgender/Trans: An umbrella term for people whose gender identity differs from the sex they were assigned at birth. The term transgender is not indicative of gender expression, sexual orientation, hormonal makeup, physical anatomy, or how one is perceived in daily life. Note that transgender does not have an “ed” at the end. (Definition by Trans Student Educational Resources)

Loving trans* people is a revolutionary act. Have you stereotyped trans people without realizing? Is a non-binary understanding of gender a confusing concept to you? Are you aware of the parts of your identity and expression that relate to gender? Do you want to learn more?

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From Malaysia to California, from Beijing to Hong Kong, queer Chinese are everywhere, and yet invisible. Where are they?

We have selected 6 short films from Love Queer Cinema Week 2015 on diverse topics and different forms. Different people, different choices, different lives. The program of films will be followed by a discussion with curator Popo Fan and director Ding Yi.

Supported by ShanghaiPRIDE Film Festival

Date: 17th December 2015
Location: On Stage, A2-101, Red Town, 570 West Huaihai Road
Doors Open: 7.30pm
Entry: Free
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December 1st this year marked the 28th World AIDS Day, it also marked the first Red Ribbon Gala organized by ShanghaiPRIDE, Q-Events, and the Grand Kempinski Hotel Shanghai.

“We are proud to be associated with the LGBT community and we trust that the Red Ribbon Gala will be a small contribution to the growing awareness of the need of further HIV research and support in China”, said Henk Meyknecht, General Manager of the Grand Kempinski Hotel Shanghai.

Over 120 esteemed guests arrived at the charity gala to show their support on the campaign to raise awareness and fight discrimination against HIV/AIDS.MORE…    

Queer Talks

HIV Sitgma

Sunday DEC 06

17:30-20:00

LOCATION: Cambio Coffee, 861 Jiangning Lu, close to Haifang Lu

HIV-related stigma and discrimination refers to prejudice, negative attitudes and abuse directed at people living with HIV and AIDS. The fear surrounding the emerging HIV epidemic in the 1980s persists today. At that time, very little was known about how HIV is transmitted, which made people scared of those infected due to fear of contagion. The consequences of stigma and discrimination are wide-ranging. Some people are shunned by family, peers and the wider community, while others face poor treatment in healthcare and education settings, erosion of their human rights, and psychological damage. These all limit access to HIV testing, treatment and other HIV services. We can put an end to this stigma, let’s talk about it!MORE…