ShanghaiPRIDE

ShanghaiPRIDE 2014 IDENTITY Theater Series – Rendezvous – TONIGHT 6/20

Rendezvous: A Tragicomedy
Set in present-day Shanghai, Christie Koletto’s marriage to Julian has hit a major roadblock thanks to her inability to satisfy his desire to expand the family. As he pushes the issue and begins to lead a secret life, Christie continues her own double life. Sylvester, a charming stranger going through a major transition, enters Christie’s world hoping to be her man. A twist of fate will bring all three people together, calling into question their sense of identity, and their lives will never be the same again.MORE…    

ShanghaiPRIDE 2014 Film Festival

Date: Sunday 15-June – Friday 20-June

Time: 18:00(18:30)-21:30

Venue: The British Centre; Leiter der Abteilung Kultur und Bildung; Consulate General of Canada in Shanghai; Consulat Général du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg

Please bring ID/passport for entry to British Center, Canadian Consulate, and Luxembourg Consulate.

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Photo and Art Exhibition – Love & Health

Sponsored by the Dutch Consulate

This exhibition showcases Love & Health, and how they intertwine. No matter what your orientation is, love and health should not be taken for granted.

This show features three groups of artists who express their own interpretations of love, emotions, and the importance of health for each of them. Love comes in every form and so does art. This exhibition will show contrasting artistic techniques from Chinese Yunnan style art, oil painting to handicraft. These artists hope to share their ideas and spread awareness to the world through their art.

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LADIES PARTY

This will be the hottest and most colorful ladies party of the summer. Join us for free shots and cupcakes, entertainment, raffle prizes that will make this year’s ShanghaiPRIDE festival the best yet. As we celebrate our 6th Pride, come in any of the Pride Rainbow color.

Free entry, ladies only (guys in drag are most welcome!), doors open to public after midnight.

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ShanghaiPRIDE2014 IDENTITY series Review

This year ShanghaiPRIDE theater focuses on the topic of IDENTITY. Identity is such a basic and ubiquitous human concept that we often take it for granted. When the truth you feel about your personal identity matches the truth other people assume about you, it creates harmony in life that most of us fail to appreciate. However, when you hide from your lover your birth gender, when your partner suspects you are attracted to someone of the same or different sex, when you don’t like who you are, when you can’t answer for yourself the question “Who am I?” You must either live in perpetual turmoil or undertake the difficult quest of aligning your self-identity with your public identity. We explore three facets of this struggle through three plays in our IDENTITY series.

When a gay man suddenly loves a woman, when a wife discovers her husband is gay, when a person’s appearance is not true to who the person really is, then, who are they? And you… have you “identified” yourself yet?MORE…    

Trivia Night

Come to 390Shanghai on Wednesday, June 18th for LGBT Trivia Night! Spend an evening surrounded by friends as teams of 6 (or less) test their intelligence and compete for prizes! Sister Roma of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, known around the world for her witty one-liners and amazing fashion, will host the night. Questions will be about LGBT culture and general knowledge. Trivia starts at 8pm but come early to have dinner and get a pre-trivia buzz going…We all know it is the best way to play. FREE ENTRY and lots of prizes to be won!

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2014 SHANGHAI LGBT SURVEY

Thank you for joining the ShanghaiPRIDE 2014 official survey. Please take a few minutes and let us know what you think. Your participation is important and will help improve our community.

Take the survey at 2014 Shanghai LGBT Survey

Main Sponsors

ShanghaiPRIDE would like to thank our main sponsors, both international and local brands, for bring this year’s week-long festival to the next level. Pride6 will be the most exciting and vibrant to-date.

Consulate Sponsors

We would like to thank our friends from around the world for making ShanghaiPRIDE happen. This year’s film festival, art exhibition, theater performances, and panel discussions are held at venues sponsored by various foreign consulates in Shanghai..

Media Partners

ShanghaiPRIDE media partners help bring together friends and family from all over China and the world. We would like to thank them for making ShanghaiPRIDE truly international event.

ShanghaiPRIDE 2014 IDENTITY Theater Series – Izzie&Irving

This year ShanghaiPRIDE theater focuses on the topic of IDENTITY. Identity is such a basic and ubiquitous human concept that we often take it for granted. When the truth you feel about your personal identity matches the truth other people assume about you, it creates harmony in life that most of us fail to appreciate. However, when you hide from your lover your birth gender, when your partner suspects you are attracted to someone of the same or different sex, when you don’t like who you are, when you can’t answer for yourself the question “Who am I?” You must either live in perpetual turmoil or undertake the difficult quest of aligning your self-identity with your public identity. We explore three facets of this struggle through three plays in our IDENTITY series.

Izzie & Irving
While running away from an unwanted female admirer, Irving runs right into Izzie. The two strangers become friends, fall in love and get married. A perfect “happily ever after” for any young couple in 1980s Shanghai…until a mysterious phone call threatens to tear everything apart. To save her marriage and family, Izzie has no choice but to take some extreme measures…MORE…    

Panel Discussion – Transgender: Health, Rights and Community Building

In Chinese society, transgender issues remain invisible even within the LGBT community. Very few organizations focus their efforts into contributing to the development of a more empowered transgender community. This year, ShanghaiPRIDE invites friends from UNDP, the media, the community, and supporters to share their work and experiences on this topic.

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Partners

Our partners from different backgrounds have been working tirelessly to bring all the events together to celebrate diversity and unity. ShanghaiPRIDE is the result of the spirit of “Better Together”.