tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2773900302981693142024-02-07T22:26:36.749-08:00ILGCNInternational Lesbian and Gay Cultural Networkwebmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12667020764201250488noreply@blogger.comBlogger185125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277390030298169314.post-4263353736671785422023-09-21T08:14:00.002-07:002023-09-21T08:14:20.878-07:00TUPILAK/ILGCN at CERVANTES INSTITUTE-Stockholm<p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;"><b>Stockholm </b></i><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;">- A Spanish/English-language rainbow event took place on September 15 at the </span><b style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;">Cervantes Institute</b><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;"> in the Swedish capital, with award ceremonies to Spainish artists, music and song from Argentine, film and poetry -- hosted by </span><b style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;">Tupilak</b><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><i style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;">(Nordic</i><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><i style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;">rainbow culture workers)</i><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;"> and the</span><b style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;"> ILGCN</b><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><i style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;">(international rainbow culture network.)</i></span></p><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: small;">Award diplomas presented via Zoom went to gay artists, </span><b style="font-size: small;">Javier Tremis Sempere</b><span style="font-size: small;"> of Spain -- receiving the double diploma the </span><b style="font-size: small;">"Orfeo Imago"</b><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><i style="font-size: small;">(named after the ancient Greek musician proud of his male lovers)</i><span style="font-size: small;"> for outstanding LGBT art work and also inclunding fine art portraying the elderly -- the </span><b style="font-size: small;">"Elli's Rainbow"</b><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><i style="font-size: small;">(named after the Viking goddess of age).</i></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The motivation was:<b style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">--- for outstanding art work often centered around the naked human male figure in erotic and sensual form – both the young and muscular and the elderly faces filled with power, wisdom and determination.</span></b></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm; text-size-adjust: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm; text-size-adjust: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">…. and for confirming that art work today and over the centuries has been a powerful weapon against homophobia, intolerance, invisibility as a crucial part of the struggle for LGBT rights and identity.</span></span></b></p><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></b> </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The other award diploma going to <b>Manolo Yanes </b>of Spain -- also a double diploma both the <b>"Orfeo Imago"</b> for outstanding rainbow art work and the <b>"Clio and her Silver Cup"</b> <i>(named after the ancient Greek muse of historical poetry and the 2,000-year old Greco-Romano silver drinking cup portraying copulating male couples).</i></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The motivation was:<b style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> for outstanding art work often centered around the naked human male figure in erotic and sensual form. And</span></b><b style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> for confirming that art work today and over the centuries has been a powerful weapon against homophobia, intolerance, invisibility as a crucial part of the struggle for LGBT rights and identity.</span></b></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm; text-size-adjust: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">…. and for lifting up from the often obscure history of the ancient Greek lovers and heroes and their male lovers, illustrating that despite the obligations of the anciet world to have wives and </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">children, the real passion for these heroes, legends and gods was for their male lovers.</span></b></span></p><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><i>United Nations film, music, poetry</i></b></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The event also included music and song from the Argentine duo, <b>Carpusa Tango</b> -- <b>Marysol del Pablo </b>and <b>Julietta</b> <b>Brissi</b> , also earlier receiver of the <b>Tupilak/ ILGCN "Orfeo Musica" </b>award and <b>ILGCN Secretariats</b> for Latin American with the Cubans. Also, the poetry in Spanish by <b>Tupilak's </b>"house poet" <b>Tomas Åberg</b>, and a film from the <b>United</b> <b>Nations </b>LGBT series of films <b>"Free and</b> <b>Equal"</b> with a world-wide portraying LGBT activiists in <b>"Why We Fight"</b> -- with a reminder than only a few years ago, the United Nations and all its committees refused to support LGBT rights since they were not mentioned in the <b>UN Declaration of</b> <b>Human Rights</b>.</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> <br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Concluding words from the <b>Cervantes</b> didretor, <b>Juan Carlos Vidal Garcia</b> expressed a strong fiendship for <b>Tupilak </b>and the <b>ILGCN</b> and a desire to see future co-operation and joint events. <br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Bill Schiller</b> of <b>Tupilak</b> and the <b>ILGCN</b> is suggesting that a future event at <b>Cervantes</b> could be a tribute to the prisoners</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">of the gay concentration camp <b>Tefía</b> -- set up by <b>Franco</b> on the island of <b>Fuerteventura</b>, 10 years after <b>Auschwitz</b> was liberated with the words "never again!".</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: small;">more information: </span><a href="mailto:bill@tupilak.org" style="font-size: small;" target="_blank">bill@tupilak.org</a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><div><br /></div><div class="gmail-yj6qo" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;"></div><div class="gmail-adL" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;"></div>1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15003953233983486684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277390030298169314.post-35363749819516412032023-08-31T07:17:00.001-07:002023-08-31T07:17:35.736-07:00<h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">TUPILAK/ILGCN at <br />ROSLAGENS PRIDE 2023</span></h1><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br />Norrtälje -- Film screenings, discussions of LGBT history and culture and award presentations with Tupilak (Nordic rainbow culture workers) and ILGCN (international rainbow culture network) in this Swedish town just north of Stockholm at their ABF (workers education) /RFSL (Swedish LGBT organization) supported Roslagens Pride, August, 2023.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br />At a lively discussion of the films by Polish/Swedish film maker, Malga Kubiak (a previous Tupilak/ILGCN film award winner for portraying the lives and deaths of a number of LGBT personalities) this year's film award were present to Poland's Viktor Mörka -- co-ordinator of the annual Polish LGBT Film Festival now reaching 9 cities in Poland.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br />"I am very proud of this award diploma, " Victor told the audience. The award is named after "Wings" -- the world's first ever gay film, made, in Sweden in 1916 -- surrounding the love affair of an elderly sculptor and his young model posing for a statue of Ganymedes -- the ancient Greek youth plucked up to heaven by Zeus as an eagle -- thus the "wings." and the "Polar Bear" --born at the Berline International Film Festival's Teddy Bear gay film awards -- but considered too "cuddly" for Nordic tastes and thus the "Polar Bear" companion to the "Wings."</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br />The festval also included a session on the importance of LGBT history, including a film from the United Nations series of LGBT films "Free and Equal." <br /><br />Future events: Cervantes, Institute, 8th Nordic Rainbow Month<br /><br />"We hope that Norrtälje and Roslagen will join us in October as part of the 8th Nordic Rainbow History & Culture Month -- traditionally shared with colleagues in Estonia, Finland and Denmark," says Bill Schiller of Tupilak, ILGCN and the international committee of LGBT History Months. "We have more UN films and other short films to screen -- and can provide a lively discussion over the importance of rainbow culture and history!".</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br />The next Stockholm event for Tupilak/ILGCN will be September 15 at the Cervantes Institute, with award ceremonies via Zoom for Spanish artists Javier Trelis Sempera and Manolo Yanes, the Swedish/Chilean photography Berto Lee. Music and songs from Argentinian Marysol de Pablo and Julietta Brizzi, and input from Cuban organizers of the Cuban LGBT History Month -- Juan Carlos Gutiérrez and Raúl Pérz Monzon -- also with their Spanish-language short film about the International Committee of LGBT History Months.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br />Poetry in Spanish is to be provided ty Tupilak's "house poet," Tomas Åberg of Sweden.</span><div class="gmail-x11i5rnm gmail-xat24cr gmail-x1mh8g0r gmail-x1vvkbs gmail-xtlvy1s gmail-x126k92a" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 0.9375rem; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil3dXFqPwbOZfTU8EN-PSR3LVAaZTbNVFgDBdyA3YpretU3yAvC9oSjUU4wZeC7QjaR41VvbH7HCnR8a3lPLQ-ixDmdVd9wkGnnadxOM42fUwtA8yKL8mANFW4fRCuCD5YzB3XLMHW0QYkU0_HcyLjau1LBBOQdSOD2iGp6tRkaVdJSS0ftfz5VNLVgCo/s4032/Viktor%20&%20Malga%20Norrta%CC%88lje.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Malga Kubiak and Viktor Morka in Nortälje" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil3dXFqPwbOZfTU8EN-PSR3LVAaZTbNVFgDBdyA3YpretU3yAvC9oSjUU4wZeC7QjaR41VvbH7HCnR8a3lPLQ-ixDmdVd9wkGnnadxOM42fUwtA8yKL8mANFW4fRCuCD5YzB3XLMHW0QYkU0_HcyLjau1LBBOQdSOD2iGp6tRkaVdJSS0ftfz5VNLVgCo/w300-h400/Viktor%20&%20Malga%20Norrta%CC%88lje.jpg" title="Malga Kubiak and Viktor Morka in Nortälje" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Malga Kubiak and Viktor Morka in Nortälje</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15003953233983486684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277390030298169314.post-64256444239247899892023-08-26T07:05:00.000-07:002023-08-26T07:05:13.103-07:00TUPILAK/ILGCN at STOCKHOLM PRIDE HOUSE & CITY 2023<br />Stockholm -- Tupilak (Nordic rainbow culture workers) and ILGCN (international rainbow culture network) had an usual five seminars this time at Stockholm Pride in the first week of August, 2023 -- 3 at Pride House at Clarion Hotel, 2 at Pride in the City including at a friendly Gamla Stan hotel after the rain washed out plans for a planned open-air café.<div><br />The Tupilak/ILGCN seminars covered LGBT history, the power of LGBT culture, the work of the International Commitee on LGBT History Months and the Nordic campaign to establish LGBT monuments in this region as well as the rest of the world -- with a congratulations to Gothenburg to unveal this November the first permant LGBT monument in the Nordic zone.</div><div><br />Other seminar discussions covered Nordic rainbow co-operation and solidarity over the years with colleagues in Eastern Europe and beyond. All 5 seminars included rainbow art and photography from the Tupilak/ILGCN collection from over 70 nations and film screenings from Sweden, the Nordic region, Canada, the U.S., the UK and from the UN short film series, "Free and Equal.".</div><div><br />Awards to UK/South Africa, to a Swedish Theater Company<br />Award diplomas handed out during the week at Pride in the City events went to South African/British movemaker, Melanie Chait (via Zoom), honored for her moving documentary of her partner's last years of life and struggle with breast cancer in "Dance Me to the End of Time."</div><div> <br />And -- in person -- to the Swedish theater company, Katakombe, for their powerful music/song/drama, "Jag vill Ju Bara Leva (I Just Want to Live)" portraying the fate of three individuals destroyed by the Nazi regime -- a Jewish woman, a gay man, and a female dissident activist. The company is now planning performances in Malmö, Uppsala and returning to Stockholm.</div><div> <br />The Stockholm Pride House this year had a large number of seminars with foreign invited guests dedicated to international solidarity -- focusing on Iran, Russia, Ukraine, Asian nations, Turkey and the Balkan nations of Albania, Serbia and Montenegro.</div><div><br />Future Tupilak/ILGCN events<br />The next planned events will be film screenings and discussion of LGBT history at the Roslagens Pride in Norrtälje on August 21/22 -- with the film award going to Viktor Mörk of the Warsaw LGBT Film Festival, a Spanish-language culture and history event on September 15 with award diplomas (via Zoom) to two gay Spanish artists and with a report on the Cuban LGBT History Month (via Zoom), in Stockholm at the Cervantes Institute.</div><div> <br />Then the October Nordic Rainbow History and Culture Month (shared with Estonia, Finland, Sweden and Denmark) -- with discussions, performances, art exhibits, film screenings and input from Romania, Canada, Hungary, Japan, U.S. and Cuba.</div><div> <span style="font-size: 11.25px;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG8agBdnT6xNxqUsE_-DAX-KO1dapF-HQnWXOVWeGGfCeK0OE6CWqWJSkcUpTrFWF6020JblVoRhg6LoJ3Hu75nX3I13NprCWrvItt268xEBbZBklD-Bvag0RC-6IdK9752K_SfQRr1lClQXh_89WRknHPqSBhcHp3VA5raN5T6PvP5C5IVQwYcWMiRBA/s2021/Tupilak%20new%20logo-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2021" data-original-width="1296" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG8agBdnT6xNxqUsE_-DAX-KO1dapF-HQnWXOVWeGGfCeK0OE6CWqWJSkcUpTrFWF6020JblVoRhg6LoJ3Hu75nX3I13NprCWrvItt268xEBbZBklD-Bvag0RC-6IdK9752K_SfQRr1lClQXh_89WRknHPqSBhcHp3VA5raN5T6PvP5C5IVQwYcWMiRBA/s320/Tupilak%20new%20logo-1.jpg" width="205" /></a></div><p></p><br /></div>1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15003953233983486684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277390030298169314.post-38575137145229035722023-04-18T07:44:00.003-07:002023-04-18T07:44:39.456-07:00<p><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">April 14, 2023</span></b></p><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">TUPILAK/ILGCN ORFEO IRIS AWARD PRESENTED IN STOCKHOLM </span></b><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Stockholm </b>-- After several years delay, the <b>2020 Tupilak/ILGCN "Orfeo Iris"</b> award diploma -- for outstanding information work about Nazi and Neo Nazi persecution of LGBT people -- was finally presented via Zoom to<b> Barbara Ludmilla Fröhlich</b> and her colleagues of the <b>antifacist committee</b> of <b>HOSI-Wien</b> -- the LGBT organization of the Austrian capital of Vienna.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">The event too place at the <b>Goethe Institute </b>in Stockholm, where director <b>Jutta Gehrig</b> spoke of the long and crucial struggle for LGBT rights and identity in Austria and elsewhere, and where the Austrian Ambassador, <b>Doris Danier</b>, praised the work of the Austrian award winners and others who have shared the <b>Orfeo Iris </b>awards.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Via Zoom, <b>Barbara Fröhlich</b> expressed thanks for the award, as did the committee colleague, <b>Peter Sunk</b>: "We are very honoured to receive this award on behalf of the <b>Antifaschistische Komitee der </b></span><b style="font-family: georgia;">HOSI Wien </b><span style="font-family: georgia;">-- and we want to do this in memorial of </span><b style="font-family: georgia;">Erich Zavadil</b><span style="font-family: georgia;">, the founder of the Antifaschitische Komitee. We consider it very important to, remember, not to forget". Since the beginning of our association, antifacist activism was among others, an important part of our work.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">"Each year we participate in the memorial of <b>Mauthausen Concentration Camp</b>. In 1984 the memorial stone for the homosexual victims <b>Mauthausen </b>was inaugurated. This only could happen because <b>HOSI Wien</b> activists didn’t relent campaigning." </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Last Year's <b>Ofeo Iris</b> Winners Participating via Zoom</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Participating in the event via Zoom were last year's<b> Orfeo Iris</b> winners, Swedish film director, <b>Magnus Gerteen </b>and Danish producer, <b>Ove Rishoj Jensen</b> of the documentary <b>"Nelly & Nadine"</b> a powerful documentary of two women who found each other in the <b>Ravensbrüch</b> concentration camp. They expressed their pride in winning the Orfeo Iris award as well as a number of other film festival awards. And they they are pleased to have been invited for a film screenings in a number of film festivals -</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">including at the courageous LGBT film festival in <b>Beijing</b>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">The trailer of the film was screened at the <span class="gmail-il"><b>Goethe</b></span> Institute event, with plans of screening the whole film in October during the <b>8th Nordic Rainbow History & Film Month</b> in Stockholm.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"> 2023 Orfeo Iris Award to Austrian</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">The event ended with the presentation of the <b>2023 Orfeo Iris</b> award -- in the honour of the late Austrian survivor of the concentration camps, <b>Heinz Heger,</b> author of his powerful documentary of his survival in the concentration camps, <b>"The Men with the Pink Triangle."</b> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">The award was presented to <b>Claudia Barrett</b> of the <b>Austrian Embassy</b> in Stockholm, for presenting<b> "The Men with the</b> <b>Pink Triangle"</b> at Sweden's major book fair, in the west coast city of Gothenburg.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Comments from <b>Claudia</b>: </span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Firstly and foremost, I want to say Thank you!!! for the fine and dignified award ceremony for </span><b style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Barbara Fröhlich</b><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, for making her feel so special, and for giving validity and visibility to her work which undoubtedly was achieved in a much more difficult environment than what we have in Sweden today. Knowing Austria, it was only after a lot of hard work and persistence that </span><b style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Barbara</b><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> achieved the official recognition of the situation of Lesbian and Gay people in Austrian Concentration camps...</span></span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And secondly, thank you for – the complete surprise of - awarding me and the <b>Austrian Embassy</b> the <b>2023 Orfeo Iris Award</b>!!!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-US">I really hope that we will show ourselves worthy to have received this prize. </span>I am really glad to have brought <b>Heinz Heger</b> to your attention, and it will be a fine gesture, as you were suggesting, to dedicate the award to him or to mention his name in connection with it."</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Tupilak's </b>chair, <b>Sarah Guarino Werner</b>, provided the Zoom link and <b>Tupilak's</b> <b>Peter Fröberg</b> was in charge of the events technical questions of sounds and film screening.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Bill Schiller</b> of <b>Tupilak/ILGCN</b> pointed out that <b>Orfeo Iris </b>award winners come from Poland, Germany, Austria, UK, Czech Republic, USA, Sweden and Denmark.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">"The award is named after the ancient Greek musician, <b>Orpheus</b>, whose music cold charm even the demons of the underworld and who was proud of his male lovers, including <b>Calais</b> -- a fellow sailor on the ship, the <b>Argo</b>. 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font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;">________________________________________</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;">Photos/logos: Daphne of GI, Peter, Bill, Claudia, Doris, Jutta, Barbara, "Nelly & Nadine," "Men" of Heinz Heger, Goethe Instiute logo, Orpeus, rainbow.</p><div><br /></div><p></p></div>1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15003953233983486684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277390030298169314.post-68136785661457351212022-10-23T14:19:00.001-07:002022-10-23T14:19:43.440-07:00 STOCKHOLM DAYS of the 7th NORDIC RAINBOW HISTORY & CULTURE MONTH -- OCTOBER 2022<div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="gmail-" dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="gmail-x1iorvi4 gmail-x1pi30zi gmail-x1l90r2v gmail-x1swvt13" id="gmail-jsc_c_6a" style="font-family: inherit; padding: 4px 16px 16px;"><div class="gmail-x78zum5 gmail-xdt5ytf gmail-xz62fqu gmail-x16ldp7u" style="display: flex; font-family: inherit;"><div class="gmail-xu06os2 gmail-x1ok221b" style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px;"><span class="gmail-x193iq5w gmail-xeuugli gmail-x13faqbe gmail-x1vvkbs gmail-x1xmvt09 gmail-x1lliihq gmail-x1s928wv gmail-xhkezso gmail-x1gmr53x gmail-x1cpjm7i gmail-x1fgarty gmail-x1943h6x gmail-xudqn12 gmail-x3x7a5m gmail-x6prxxf gmail-xvq8zen gmail-xo1l8bm gmail-xzsf02u gmail-x1yc453h" dir="auto" style="display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><div class="gmail-xdj266r gmail-x11i5rnm gmail-xat24cr gmail-x1mh8g0r gmail-x1vvkbs gmail-x126k92a" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;">Stockholm -- The days in the Swedish capital of the 7th Nordic Rainbow History & Culture Month-- arranged by Tupilak (Nordic rainbow culture workers) and the ILGCN (International rainbow culture network) -- are over -- following the Estonian LGBT FestHeart Film Festival in the first days of the month and before the </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;"><a style="color: #385898; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;">MIX LGBT Film Festival in Copenhagen in the last days of October.</span></div></div><div class="gmail-x11i5rnm gmail-xat24cr gmail-x1mh8g0r gmail-x1vvkbs gmail-xtlvy1s gmail-x126k92a" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Discussions in Stockholm centered around the power of LGBT history and the power of rainbow culture, LGBT culture focus on the eldery, LGBT Trans culture, Nordic support for colleagues in Eastern Europe, LGBT culture for the differently abled, LGBT journalists and their risks, promoting LGBT monuments in the Nordic region, encouraging more LGBT Nordic exchange and Bear culture..</div></div><div class="gmail-x11i5rnm gmail-xat24cr gmail-x1mh8g0r gmail-x1vvkbs gmail-xtlvy1s gmail-x126k92a" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">"Wings" Honoring Fighting Teacher</div></div><div class="gmail-x11i5rnm gmail-xat24cr gmail-x1mh8g0r gmail-x1vvkbs gmail-xtlvy1s gmail-x126k92a" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The last awards of the Stockholm stage were 'Wings' -- given via Zoom to American teacher Rodney Wilson and film director Dan Steadman -- (who also received a donated crystal set of wings!) for their documentary film ('Taboo Teaching') about a teacher coming out to his school class and facing homophobic administrators) , </div></div><div class="gmail-x11i5rnm gmail-xat24cr gmail-x1mh8g0r gmail-x1vvkbs gmail-xtlvy1s gmail-x126k92a" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Earlier ("Journalists on the Rainbow Barricades") awards went to Andrus K. of Minsk and his colleagues both in Belarus and in exile on this the 10th anniversary of Belarus Journalists for Tolerance. Rita Paqvalén and SETA-Finland received their "Arco Nordica" for their years-long support of LGBT history and culture in Finland, and Kjell Rindar, a long-time veteran of the Swedish LGBT movement, receiving the history award, "Clio & her Silver Cup."</div></div><div class="gmail-x11i5rnm gmail-xat24cr gmail-x1mh8g0r gmail-x1vvkbs gmail-xtlvy1s gmail-x126k92a" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Honoring Polish LGBT Library, Swedish Theater</div></div><div class="gmail-x11i5rnm gmail-xat24cr gmail-x1mh8g0r gmail-x1vvkbs gmail-xtlvy1s gmail-x126k92a" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Other award winners in Stockholm included Filip Kijowski (Poland) (receiving the "Sappho in Paradise" award from ILGCN and the Paradise Press in London (for his launching an LGBT library and community center in Lublin), Petter Wallenberg (Sweden) receiving the "Orpheo and Thalia" (theater, performances) (for this nation-wide performance for youngsters, "Drags and Dragons.") and Lars Gårdfeldt (Sweden) (a minister working for LGBT rights and identity both inside and outside of the church.)</div></div><div class="gmail-x11i5rnm gmail-xat24cr gmail-x1mh8g0r gmail-x1vvkbs gmail-xtlvy1s gmail-x126k92a" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Some of the guest speakers: Rita Paqvalén (Finland) (on Finnish LGBT history & culture), Andrus K. (on LGBT Belarus journalists, years-long LGBT Nordic-Belarus co-operation), Peter Roth (Sweden) (on HIV and survival) and Swedish author, Emil Åkerö (on Swedish and Finnish LGBT artists) and Bill Schiller (Sweden) (on the Nordic campaign to set up LGBT monuments in the Nordic zone/ the campaign to raise Nordic flags at Nordic LGBT events and increase Nordic rainbow exchange and co-operation)</div></div><div class="gmail-x11i5rnm gmail-xat24cr gmail-x1mh8g0r gmail-x1vvkbs gmail-xtlvy1s gmail-x126k92a" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Films from USA, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Brazil, Canada</div></div><div class="gmail-x11i5rnm gmail-xat24cr gmail-x1mh8g0r gmail-x1vvkbs gmail-xtlvy1s gmail-x126k92a" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Some of the films screened: 'Taboo Teaching' (USA), 'I Wish I Could Tell' (Finland), 'Harry Meets Santa' (Norway). </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> 'Blue Painter'(Sweden), 'Hallalujua'(Canada) 'LGBT Monuments - world wide' (Sweden), 'Amore Strani' (Brazil), "Both Sides Now" (Sweden) </div></div><div class="gmail-x11i5rnm gmail-xat24cr gmail-x1mh8g0r gmail-x1vvkbs gmail-xtlvy1s gmail-x126k92a" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Art/Photography from the Tupilak and ILGCN international travelling collection (with works from some 80 nations.)</div></div><div class="gmail-x11i5rnm gmail-xat24cr gmail-x1mh8g0r gmail-x1vvkbs gmail-xtlvy1s gmail-x126k92a" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">(Two awards which could not be handed out and will wait for the next Tupilak/ILGCN event: "Rainbows in Chariots" (differently</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">abled activists) Sahar Mosley (Sweden) and "Journalists on the Rainbow Barricades" - Nemat Sedat (first openly gay journalist of his nation) (Afghanistan)</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">--------------------------------------------------------------------------</div></div><div class="gmail-x11i5rnm gmail-xat24cr gmail-x1mh8g0r gmail-x1vvkbs gmail-xtlvy1s gmail-x126k92a" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">NEXT & LAST STAGE: MIX LGBT FILM FESTIVAL (21.10-30.10) in Copenhagen. ILGCN's "Wings" award to MIX, ILGCN's "Orfeos Iris" (research into Nazi & neo Nazi persecution) for documentary film, 'Nelly & Nadine' to director Magnus Gertten (Sweden) and producer, Ove Rishioj Jensen (Denmark).</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">________________________________________</div></div><div class="gmail-x11i5rnm gmail-xat24cr gmail-x1mh8g0r gmail-x1vvkbs gmail-xtlvy1s gmail-x126k92a" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Rodney, Peter Roth, Andrus, Kjell, Rita, Bill, Filip, Petter, Lars, MIX, "Nelly & Nadine" Magnus, Ove, Tupilak logo, ILGCN logo</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi-yVIbc5NaXQZddGO-BlZFj4zQMTCC5xxEIQ5ys8G1GnxC2Nnal_WT7qu4Lv5T7gmKry0y4B2EMH4ROgjHeCO13hUJR6NLioFoWtZpmcYvX-du8u9JGAYUPJ541Oybr7nggb6gIYMUKhpzVtSIO1yX6MRcTNjl5AXlwGR38d3fcxtNfa2wYHXSvmb/s160/Andrus%20of%20Minsk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinZi7TAcE8M9Qj3EF4MGyC6X5OzwoK3WjIVkrpIDHZSX_VtTyfKji1Ktzqc2a_ouXk61EDhYumYSdX2tpQf54m5L2atLuRiBfzN5QXDzRfrj04gf6_VS9UFYeKznGQ6xlEKz6pzPrq43y_kIESxdLTGfVcaLs9ihGQdtwiYVYop6yGSuF6zpkU6CSW/s320/Kjell%20Rindar%20photo.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kjell Rindar</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF1rAwLi1kHUrLdvIwXzkiQVONV0SBBhXuZ06V1Img4z5SeJm6JNHgMKZ_b5AkUBUL7WHK2HX9tpxAg7RRup_wROYsmw72rY4qvSkO0Xg-laX0D3dtUl1fWhJOLRU1EmoOMlbRnIb2bVqMsWmiwt-lkBbyPuebLMRsPr9GdObRmwmIoLdCbDERDwYt/s1024/LGBT%20Monument%20-%20Frankfurt%20wounded%20angel.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF1rAwLi1kHUrLdvIwXzkiQVONV0SBBhXuZ06V1Img4z5SeJm6JNHgMKZ_b5AkUBUL7WHK2HX9tpxAg7RRup_wROYsmw72rY4qvSkO0Xg-laX0D3dtUl1fWhJOLRU1EmoOMlbRnIb2bVqMsWmiwt-lkBbyPuebLMRsPr9GdObRmwmIoLdCbDERDwYt/s320/LGBT%20Monument%20-%20Frankfurt%20wounded%20angel.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">LGBT Monument - Frankfurt wounded angel</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFZIszosGvbnJG2AKeL7GEA0Aoe6T_l79WskpVQIeuR3z3BTYi-b0YqxFkRD8anYeTdkF1wdwVuo0LL5vfjz2tpWWfpDV8SpdfKOH9GlpqV6Q3hg8SCMBYpy9rTDgVwdaVKEIUyOKDeX5BHtkIkpATxUMSGpP64fWMMzOGRCxFUvs6p8by4nTjKDTB/s2048/Magnus%20Gertten%20photo.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFZIszosGvbnJG2AKeL7GEA0Aoe6T_l79WskpVQIeuR3z3BTYi-b0YqxFkRD8anYeTdkF1wdwVuo0LL5vfjz2tpWWfpDV8SpdfKOH9GlpqV6Q3hg8SCMBYpy9rTDgVwdaVKEIUyOKDeX5BHtkIkpATxUMSGpP64fWMMzOGRCxFUvs6p8by4nTjKDTB/s320/Magnus%20Gertten%20photo.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Magnus Gertten</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio0ZBbuN0HxU9KpdUaNV57FAf7wNuT8xlCTHT-4B9ZNPhQM7bfEUrpd3A8nIOLe3-0bQxU_EYRk_zM9jepvAEvRGbKDVPqtOxh59FQhzkyvQJfm0PDKPguotPCoC832E7UlIn3SoTRyEcmdQkJPBiM7BTR9oFAcasrB6zUxSL4kEvO62LvYj3FpmLs/s500/Nelly%20&%20Nadine%20photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="261" data-original-width="500" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio0ZBbuN0HxU9KpdUaNV57FAf7wNuT8xlCTHT-4B9ZNPhQM7bfEUrpd3A8nIOLe3-0bQxU_EYRk_zM9jepvAEvRGbKDVPqtOxh59FQhzkyvQJfm0PDKPguotPCoC832E7UlIn3SoTRyEcmdQkJPBiM7BTR9oFAcasrB6zUxSL4kEvO62LvYj3FpmLs/s320/Nelly%20&%20Nadine%20photo.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nelly & Nadine</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNPlSQ16KHnpvbXm0RMpvZVnzsGZtcbugSbiFT5eKiIN8KS3fcard1lzxoUZZWyt23W9NR297Biwb7WWxneWT3HJyl0qkAm91sGpXysMwVEn6O4zyD7h49qy1pBcmI_-PJbo137yC0r86dBtKZQIrTJz78r6Y4TUoKQKkmp3A-CFWMuWDj8GDOUOhc/s2048/Ove%20Rishoj%20Jensen%20of%20DK.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNPlSQ16KHnpvbXm0RMpvZVnzsGZtcbugSbiFT5eKiIN8KS3fcard1lzxoUZZWyt23W9NR297Biwb7WWxneWT3HJyl0qkAm91sGpXysMwVEn6O4zyD7h49qy1pBcmI_-PJbo137yC0r86dBtKZQIrTJz78r6Y4TUoKQKkmp3A-CFWMuWDj8GDOUOhc/s320/Ove%20Rishoj%20Jensen%20of%20DK.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ove Rishoj Jensen of DK</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHpoGPeCYci4Q3loVAUnV-Prj1ahrtPA2C83NB_whPuHv6L59WV8Gl6ddb-MgMuaUYW6IfjIUZfkpMMu353BC91n5k3gSh2xo58cvTfP47p-JQLorNJNcOHg1ocOY_HkNzg2o4y45Fn0wDMiccICdta5qlh0D-CCjyiSCH69_gxnNOMVS5N847JbOu/s213/Peter%20Roth%20photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="180" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHpoGPeCYci4Q3loVAUnV-Prj1ahrtPA2C83NB_whPuHv6L59WV8Gl6ddb-MgMuaUYW6IfjIUZfkpMMu353BC91n5k3gSh2xo58cvTfP47p-JQLorNJNcOHg1ocOY_HkNzg2o4y45Fn0wDMiccICdta5qlh0D-CCjyiSCH69_gxnNOMVS5N847JbOu/s1600/Peter%20Roth%20photo.jpg" width="180" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter Roth</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrpvswmZ8fjQPFoNWy_oRAXVz0GjmL1Hn6isLrtyl5uX3EQY5c5hDvzQ-rtA-9dDgLht_wWoPzKTClMtD9QYzkyXpkFKo4l6v9cprJTw-OLgkXhDdrAq9xqD8JmfHleS0wyYTVHV_pWzsWkrlvY-60CYYmaQ-u8OMGsM3lqovI71ZrIdhQBJXfFbl3/s627/Renato_Russo%20photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="627" data-original-width="440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrpvswmZ8fjQPFoNWy_oRAXVz0GjmL1Hn6isLrtyl5uX3EQY5c5hDvzQ-rtA-9dDgLht_wWoPzKTClMtD9QYzkyXpkFKo4l6v9cprJTw-OLgkXhDdrAq9xqD8JmfHleS0wyYTVHV_pWzsWkrlvY-60CYYmaQ-u8OMGsM3lqovI71ZrIdhQBJXfFbl3/s320/Renato_Russo%20photo.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Renato Russo</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqhpUExsI1szcJz_XUzhegtzO6T_IECdHIbrSYwucI-3IDu1KAhfR4xvLziCYYlkYOlUbKNsfpMPKmEi0Y2HVXIp3I5zQo_WneGdx8t1FrVAbpxwt1ZRANuzRkfmIpxHNnqZUxd8fKo5XuyUUTidE4C1ubPED6YXNhpBtLmr6WJ7rn2rLw_08mSl-e/s1437/Rita%20Paxvalen%20phtoo%202.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1433" data-original-width="1437" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqhpUExsI1szcJz_XUzhegtzO6T_IECdHIbrSYwucI-3IDu1KAhfR4xvLziCYYlkYOlUbKNsfpMPKmEi0Y2HVXIp3I5zQo_WneGdx8t1FrVAbpxwt1ZRANuzRkfmIpxHNnqZUxd8fKo5XuyUUTidE4C1ubPED6YXNhpBtLmr6WJ7rn2rLw_08mSl-e/s320/Rita%20Paxvalen%20phtoo%202.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rita Paxvalen</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSiHDS9Ce0jZXNL6NQGQcifRgiFSvcQp95iyZqVbLoEU_NZ9Qok7pOY7zvsJLDs8TApmIrFdd8wcGwLDI04J3Kd1coTbCts01t1Z5yaOkE84gwOBD4SGgdY9t560lG3jmbAvnJbos16JgvpRHBY3WxG2VIl1ftiCMKfKnglHdDouP_fwvmtmtX-RMY/s540/Rodney%20Wilson%20photo%20with%20school%20Auschwitaz%20diagram.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="540" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSiHDS9Ce0jZXNL6NQGQcifRgiFSvcQp95iyZqVbLoEU_NZ9Qok7pOY7zvsJLDs8TApmIrFdd8wcGwLDI04J3Kd1coTbCts01t1Z5yaOkE84gwOBD4SGgdY9t560lG3jmbAvnJbos16JgvpRHBY3WxG2VIl1ftiCMKfKnglHdDouP_fwvmtmtX-RMY/s320/Rodney%20Wilson%20photo%20with%20school%20Auschwitaz%20diagram.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rodney Wilson with school Auschwitaz diagram</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuKbQZZvuQouvm60uMSbI5b61G1vo5XvsryINgaZY0HJyQvJ6NhT7ipYa9HYQROnCR4N0vidj_-sQ1eozFTlSqZ22pCO-gRERwYBt4Fn8mm5nF0GP--JpgfL0OQ28A4fYolPlKGs9iuVNjXF1D8PdKVyCJIWI0USPwE0lbIOGuJI5-O0SYJAZ40-cD/s320/Taboo%20Teaching%20ad.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="180" data-original-width="320" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuKbQZZvuQouvm60uMSbI5b61G1vo5XvsryINgaZY0HJyQvJ6NhT7ipYa9HYQROnCR4N0vidj_-sQ1eozFTlSqZ22pCO-gRERwYBt4Fn8mm5nF0GP--JpgfL0OQ28A4fYolPlKGs9iuVNjXF1D8PdKVyCJIWI0USPwE0lbIOGuJI5-O0SYJAZ40-cD/s1600/Taboo%20Teaching%20ad.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taboo Teaching ad</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxrLv9nNGGMO6ZnTNO5hca0w_sdz4ZLK4sF7NBEoWFMsA30TQgdxONi6bQnUQXKkLjeDqm8GE4zd3XxdvI9A9eFPqvx4l3yZdC9ypGBUAmeOVwo7qB_IrGNl9-11EWHQjb3Vxqk4kFGIbGZQPGYn5fSgfaBYUDSx0TpfpKymEOMobDfeZVK_s33oGL/s200/Bill%20Schiller%20in%20Auschwitz%20at%20wall%20of%20execution-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="123" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxrLv9nNGGMO6ZnTNO5hca0w_sdz4ZLK4sF7NBEoWFMsA30TQgdxONi6bQnUQXKkLjeDqm8GE4zd3XxdvI9A9eFPqvx4l3yZdC9ypGBUAmeOVwo7qB_IrGNl9-11EWHQjb3Vxqk4kFGIbGZQPGYn5fSgfaBYUDSx0TpfpKymEOMobDfeZVK_s33oGL/s1600/Bill%20Schiller%20in%20Auschwitz%20at%20wall%20of%20execution-1.jpg" width="123" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bill Schiller in Auschwitz at wall of execution</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div>1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15003953233983486684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277390030298169314.post-56128143942307353992022-07-29T08:19:00.002-07:002022-07-29T08:19:06.515-07:00<p> </p><div class="gmail-kvgmc6g5 gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;">ILGCN FILM AWARD to PINK ARMENIA </div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> Jerevan -- The Swedish Embassy in the Armenian capital assisted in handing out the ILGCN's (interntional rainbow culture network) "Wings" award to the LGBT organization, Pink Armenia for their outstanding documentary films-- especially the "History of IDAHOBIT" describing thier week-long celebration -- not just the usual day-long honoring of the May 17 IDAHOT Day -- the international day against homophobia and transphobia. </div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> At the embassy ceremony, the award diploma was handed over by Swedish Ambassador Patrick Swenson to Lilit Avetisyan of Pink Armenia. The LGBT organization has a very impressive facebook page relecting numerous, ambitious activities. The "History..." film is to be screened at a coming Stockholm Pride seminar and during the 7th Nordic Rainbow History & Culture Month - October, 2022 in Stockholm and other Nordic cities. </div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> The award is named after the Swedish film, "Vingarne" -- the world's first gay film from 1916 by homosexal director, Mauice Stiller. It portrays an elderly sculptor falling in love with his young, male model posing as the ancient Greek youth, Ganymedes -- attracting the passion of Zeus in the form of an eagle, swooping down to Earth to take the youth up to the heavens. Thus, the "wings."</div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> A status of the naked Ganymedes and the love-struck eagle stands at the edge of Stockholm harbor today. Those not knowing their Greek legends sometimes think it is a frightening attack on the youth by a vicious bird -- instead of one of human history's first homosexual love story.</div></div>1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15003953233983486684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277390030298169314.post-51763893403126914882022-07-29T08:18:00.001-07:002022-07-29T08:38:18.648-07:00<div class="gmail-kvgmc6g5 gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;">TUPILAK/ILGCN EVENT in STOCKHOLM: "FOCUS on BRITAIN"</span><br /></div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> Stockholm -- A July 30th Tupilak/ILGCN ceremony "Focus on Britain" will take place in the Swedish capital, with the presence of both Sue Louise Sanders, the initiator of the UK LGBT History Month/Schools Out receiving a "Golden Tupilak" award and UK author, Matt Cain for his book about an elderly gay searching for his lover of his youth -- receiving a Tupilak "Elli's Rainbow" award honoring culture about the LGBT elderly. (Elli was the Viking goddess of Age.) </div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> Also, via Zoom, the ILGCN award for outstanding theater/performance work -- the "Orpehus & Thalia" * -- to Britain's Peter Scott-Presland (information about his work and his ongoing fund-raising campaign below). </div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> Also on Zoom, another British award winner -- David Shenton, cartoonist receiving the "Ofeo Imago 2022" for outstanding art work.</div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> Another Zoom connection will be made to Missouri, USA with Rodney Wilson -- creator of American LGBT History Month and the International Committee for LGBT History Months -- of which Sue Louise Sanders is a member.</div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> The British element of the event" will also include the ILGCN award-winning director, Stephen Hornby -- honored for his film, "Unchechen" about the persecution and murder of gays in the Russian province of Chechnya which we have screened at a number of Tupilak/ILGCN presentations at Prides and other events. </div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> Tupilak's 30-years History</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">-</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> Another film to be screened -- from Tupilak's Willi Reichhold and Alaa Haziem -- will describe some of Tupilak's the activities and events over the last 30 years -- narrated by Sarah Guarino Werner (Tupilak chair), Jan Hammarlund, Zafira Vrba, Tomas Woodski, Christine Zawall and Bill Schiller. </div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> Poems will be provided by Tupilak's "house poet," Tomas Åberg and songs by Tupilak's Peter Fröberg.</div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> The latest works from the Tupilak & ILGCN Art & Photography International Exhibtion (from over 70 nations) will include works from the UK, Equador, Brazil, Poland, Sweden, etc..</div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> *P.S. Orpheus was the ancient Greek musician whose magical music could calm even the demons of the underworld and whose male love was Calais -- a fellow traveller on the famous ship, the Argo. Thalia was the ancient Greek muse of epic poetry.",</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">--------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Information on Peter Scott-Presland, UK:</div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Peter Scott-Presland, formerly Eric Presland, has been an out gay performer, playwright, singer/songwriter and director for</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">fifty years. For the last 35 he has been director of Homo Promos, Britain's oldest Queer Theatre company. </div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> He directed the first play in the world about AIDS in 1983 - AntiBody, by Louse Parker Kelley. During the Covid pandemic he organised 68 weeks of Zoom performances, featuring the whole back catalogue of Homo Promos and its predecessors, a total of over 50 plays. Many of these are on YouTube [Peter Scott-Presland - YouTube]. </div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> For the last five years he and composer Robert Ely have been working on the 17-part epic cycle of queer chamber operas,</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">'A Gay Century'; the first part to get a complete performance will be "1936: Fishing", in September. This is about Lord Alfred Douglas in old age, and the way Queer inheritance is passed on down the ages.</div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> Homo Promos has been the victim of a scam which has stolen £7,500 from the funding 'pot' for the show, but is now Crowdfunding to make sure the show happens. [Exciting new music theatre project - 1936: Fishing - a Music crowdfunding project in London by Homo Promos Theatre (<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="gmail-oajrlxb2 gmail-g5ia77u1 gmail-qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 gmail-r7d6kgcz gmail-rq0escxv gmail-nhd2j8a9 gmail-nc684nl6 gmail-p7hjln8o gmail-kvgmc6g5 gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-jb3vyjys gmail-rz4wbd8a gmail-qt6c0cv9 gmail-a8nywdso gmail-i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr gmail-f1sip0of gmail-lzcic4wl gmail-gpro0wi8 gmail-py34i1dx" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fcrowdfunder.co.uk%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR3LOpM6yYr4X3phS5IZ7E13i3E4ssJksB8_k7SHP5Bu6Ovi47TWw41NrBI&h=AT0OiZ2xZBL66bOKExqOJdcmxOZPTDRBeAD17hb5UsNPsghmElTx1Bq6yiSf2-c7sUggUc4zV1HLxLWqGIW5NqHYjatAQ8IE_BpUGtqSGYArtQDf7XSwJ-QjrzDeJnVJT2wi&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT34FrOdzugoWbPbdfHc7nHSg9sIbPPS2aEZj3xfqdjCKhHM318kPREhoaXBzUN_820OZOCOTs0t66Id2ReTXkCMNfnmrh_2-nPAHvLDcWqqLVtcuWu4lVPYv-LynDcLGb4bTnNnRtvIW2Iv7wr5VW3hzkXR9Xmw_TmO1MN5LLiToGKGGtvC" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">crowdfunder.co.uk</a></span>)] All help greatly appreciated. </div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">For full details of Homo Promos' work, visit <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="gmail-oajrlxb2 gmail-g5ia77u1 gmail-qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 gmail-r7d6kgcz gmail-rq0escxv gmail-nhd2j8a9 gmail-nc684nl6 gmail-p7hjln8o gmail-kvgmc6g5 gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-jb3vyjys gmail-rz4wbd8a gmail-qt6c0cv9 gmail-a8nywdso gmail-i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr gmail-f1sip0of gmail-lzcic4wl gmail-gpro0wi8 gmail-py34i1dx" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.homopromos.org%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR01IDSzSN-pUI6M9YVpBFyuWLDYyX54emF96DxALx_Q0ZHzbJVJOIED8SA&h=AT3eO_9Udor5tB5oPn8KsP6ulDe6RIFGt6MjxChnJvVGA4THQcSaPv6e-k_YW7N-kmet2eKpsYClexWzZPtpCqZXFkZRnhpXQvLMsG6ORoP_bEOF2Gl5n14e_Sms5ZMlifN8&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT34FrOdzugoWbPbdfHc7nHSg9sIbPPS2aEZj3xfqdjCKhHM318kPREhoaXBzUN_820OZOCOTs0t66Id2ReTXkCMNfnmrh_2-nPAHvLDcWqqLVtcuWu4lVPYv-LynDcLGb4bTnNnRtvIW2Iv7wr5VW3hzkXR9Xmw_TmO1MN5LLiToGKGGtvC" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">www.homopromos.org.</a></span> </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">________________________________________</div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Photos/logos for the July 30th event: British Pride, Peter, David, <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;">Stephen, </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;">Rodney </span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">------------------------------------------------------------</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">More information on the July 30th event: <a href="mailto:bill@tupilak.org">bill@tupilak.org</a></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh03TowSl2zlWFvitD6hH_h4SEWTMcSWpJN6BqSDE-NOAGJLNSKnEaZQcbvw0H4tHbA9qAAgOh-_gRuBMIIx5qFLEeygTQRdn5sQAFGAZkif9pep2NPxRUUyEQ2_Vpx2tTiafP3h6nH9iSz_wfP1ZcjdSQdWLAM-lXEHkjQJ5XmnxJZDutyqwKytvuN/s640/David%20Shenton%20photo.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh03TowSl2zlWFvitD6hH_h4SEWTMcSWpJN6BqSDE-NOAGJLNSKnEaZQcbvw0H4tHbA9qAAgOh-_gRuBMIIx5qFLEeygTQRdn5sQAFGAZkif9pep2NPxRUUyEQ2_Vpx2tTiafP3h6nH9iSz_wfP1ZcjdSQdWLAM-lXEHkjQJ5XmnxJZDutyqwKytvuN/s320/David%20Shenton%20photo.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">David Shenton</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCwyAJBPGxO6f_8p9X1EoXSf78B9hCnKlcWVMvLvSWmN1S7n33wpFvF2IITKAzWrw4B7zWa8xJTBJJSSqEEFG1xV3rm8fNKBSMQmC7y2x03M6J1BkVEnUI2YqOPxGomghn9wRtA0aFEW99CGczKydCUeE_RPMumKk_IQdVt1CRMExEo8bqwQ814AfN/s1270/Homosexuals%20are%20Revolting%20archive%20photo.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1270" data-original-width="976" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCwyAJBPGxO6f_8p9X1EoXSf78B9hCnKlcWVMvLvSWmN1S7n33wpFvF2IITKAzWrw4B7zWa8xJTBJJSSqEEFG1xV3rm8fNKBSMQmC7y2x03M6J1BkVEnUI2YqOPxGomghn9wRtA0aFEW99CGczKydCUeE_RPMumKk_IQdVt1CRMExEo8bqwQ814AfN/s320/Homosexuals%20are%20Revolting%20archive%20photo.jpg" width="246" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Archive Photo</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipaUj51q_pxGwSynd2p7RZvB7FbaqVgVkD1BOF4kU6FHwjXzjlM532eJGB79VZTQ1e6UXoarRivPg2f5n3KEDzD3hPEE3vSAHsUQE-f_cs5qm7ntaXpgaUiWXMkfUOnpEx4cWCEPGlduFnwLTPhZ2_n5gTyEz7AHu_knvIaKfSxjaBVCCVpBkepHjm/s624/London%20Pride%20photo%2050th%20anniversary.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="624" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipaUj51q_pxGwSynd2p7RZvB7FbaqVgVkD1BOF4kU6FHwjXzjlM532eJGB79VZTQ1e6UXoarRivPg2f5n3KEDzD3hPEE3vSAHsUQE-f_cs5qm7ntaXpgaUiWXMkfUOnpEx4cWCEPGlduFnwLTPhZ2_n5gTyEz7AHu_knvIaKfSxjaBVCCVpBkepHjm/s320/London%20Pride%20photo%2050th%20anniversary.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">London Pride</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOTZVi0rAiL8a0OZsfvHH31O2kJL7Q0QxReES6TO5H5RWv0v53WDY2MbBsbWcuOFnaYWPNjuILkgxsAgZHB02E2HmMEIDPautpNQao5zpjwKdGjCB_4GuOVwFVdlk7DiNIlykNvDVFahK8qEF06qr0E6n3bRIWLv0CGpl5MFogHb-EOUIeJ_YmjEL7/s2083/Peter%20Scott-Presland%20photo%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1939" data-original-width="2083" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOTZVi0rAiL8a0OZsfvHH31O2kJL7Q0QxReES6TO5H5RWv0v53WDY2MbBsbWcuOFnaYWPNjuILkgxsAgZHB02E2HmMEIDPautpNQao5zpjwKdGjCB_4GuOVwFVdlk7DiNIlykNvDVFahK8qEF06qr0E6n3bRIWLv0CGpl5MFogHb-EOUIeJ_YmjEL7/s320/Peter%20Scott-Presland%20photo%202.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter Scott</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWF39OZX4IXEv6xZLb4HwGU5xRKQp9jaLImWocxwdaqnhRmRqCftlog661-Mxnbn2EQZ00CKqbGzxVdQNXLNKIGMtD0Hvp8tYzrJiV44QbVC6FDYE5NmL8kgPNjpJazOF8ywHSUIg0eNhwB31hyY3w84yDlDD_t3suu4w0qtvlgnoqaBlOMpgs-84F/s540/Rodney%20Wilson%20photo%20with%20school%20Auschwitaz%20diagram.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="540" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWF39OZX4IXEv6xZLb4HwGU5xRKQp9jaLImWocxwdaqnhRmRqCftlog661-Mxnbn2EQZ00CKqbGzxVdQNXLNKIGMtD0Hvp8tYzrJiV44QbVC6FDYE5NmL8kgPNjpJazOF8ywHSUIg0eNhwB31hyY3w84yDlDD_t3suu4w0qtvlgnoqaBlOMpgs-84F/s320/Rodney%20Wilson%20photo%20with%20school%20Auschwitaz%20diagram.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rodney Wilson photo with school Auschwitaz diagram</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMM_dbMBI4hDitUMYkyDAO6-ZzTYqJ2_r0FgyQEtitDNWTsZLWcDouJnMufb8HTfULES6ww4rlIlweTxd5aoxauNahPhT0e43s-SfZQLQdoVdCbBKW18-_QBsEjTTAVptcPTk3HZ0BRbtlxozRXNg3wW-4MlLkdUMp6k7Nld_tf3lxYyhQ2-g0gS3x/s960/Stephen%20Hornby%20photo%20solo.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMM_dbMBI4hDitUMYkyDAO6-ZzTYqJ2_r0FgyQEtitDNWTsZLWcDouJnMufb8HTfULES6ww4rlIlweTxd5aoxauNahPhT0e43s-SfZQLQdoVdCbBKW18-_QBsEjTTAVptcPTk3HZ0BRbtlxozRXNg3wW-4MlLkdUMp6k7Nld_tf3lxYyhQ2-g0gS3x/s320/Stephen%20Hornby%20photo%20solo.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stephen Hornby</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div>1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15003953233983486684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277390030298169314.post-30713399554910526742022-06-23T07:16:00.000-07:002022-06-23T07:16:01.557-07:00<p><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">TUPILAK/ILGCN in GOTHENBURG, STOCKHOLM, </span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">COPENHAGEN</span></p><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Gothenburg -- Tupilak and the ILGCN held 2 seminars at the West Pride-Gothenburg in June on LGBT culture, history and co-operation with colleagues in Eastern Europe.</span></div></div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Stockholm -- A July 30th ceremony "Focus on Britain" will take place in Stockholm, honoring Sue Sanders, the initiator of the UK LGBT History Month/Schools Out with a "Golden Tupilak" award and UK author, Matt Cain for his book about an elderly gay searching for his lover of his youth -- winning a "Elli's Rainbow" award forcusing on the elderly. (Elli was the Viking goddess of Age.)</span></div></div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The "British event" will include the award-winning film, "Unchechen," made by Britain's Stephen Hornby, about the persecution and murder of gays in the Russian province of Chechnya.</span></div></div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 8px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Stockholm Events with Sue, Sarah and </i></span></b></span></span><span class="gmail-py34i1dx" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Saga Becker</i></span></b></span></span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Participation in Stockholm Pride includes 3 seminars -- the first on August 1 with Sue Sanders and Tupilak chair Sarah Guardino Werner discusssing LGBT history months. The August 4 seminars will cover LGBT culture and history and co-operation with Eastern Europe -- and including an award ceremony to Sweden's Saga Becker -- receving her "Loke" award -- honoring outstanding contribution to trans culture.</span></div></div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 8px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">International Day of Rainbow Culture with Estonian Touch</span></i></b></span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The August 9th celebration in Stockholm will once again salute the International Day of Rainbow Culture -- chosen as the birthday of Finnish/Swedish painter and "Mumintrol" author, Tove Jansson ( was a member of Tupilak!). Guest singer/performer will be Erkki Otsman of Tallinn, who receives the "2022 Orpheos Musica" award. (Orpheus was the ancient Greek musician who also travelled with his male lover, Calais on the mythological ship, the Argo.)</span></div></div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 8px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">August Celebration in Copenhagen with Greenland Focus</span></i></b></span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Copenhagen -- An August 13 Greenlandic-Swedish ceremony and cultural event will take place at the Greenland House in the Danish capital prior to Copenhagen Pride (August 15-21), where Nuka Carmen Bisgaard of Greenland will receive her "Loke's Rainbow" award at an event with music from Swedish singer Peter Fröberg and poetry.</span></div><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUkmWBHBxxrbigs0pJWQca4DL7-d4XZVD-ISItdgLabaiRzmSXtTSyZtTGoazHdt2KodvntJs-3pkYPcT4rXawjE1_OduhAOjmp98mTmNC7fpvZnMNNOqH1uNWyd5hMJsP34gqppDyARtIXjt8aOhgu-VyDegSGgnbbJwDoBcpDD-BtgD4svv9Cmwu/s1024/Erkki%20Otsman%20with%20hat%20and%20mike.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1024" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUkmWBHBxxrbigs0pJWQca4DL7-d4XZVD-ISItdgLabaiRzmSXtTSyZtTGoazHdt2KodvntJs-3pkYPcT4rXawjE1_OduhAOjmp98mTmNC7fpvZnMNNOqH1uNWyd5hMJsP34gqppDyARtIXjt8aOhgu-VyDegSGgnbbJwDoBcpDD-BtgD4svv9Cmwu/s320/Erkki%20Otsman%20with%20hat%20and%20mike.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Erkki Otsman</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJr6PqMNomrCO5z6dvz2DZEGyEaI-AOxLM9YAdv0kHehCsuMyZf5q8p0nD8BKQ53kHD_mn1TY7XZB5WZp7ejuQ03ZPQk8-us25YVsrqYIAa69HvHjEMfFg40AhNPXORiSXcotiPgS53Mk4W9-8ckD-TY_fxLnLoCtpHtn_a7E0VKu17qgNyzZpHSia/s2048/Matt%20Cain%20photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1678" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJr6PqMNomrCO5z6dvz2DZEGyEaI-AOxLM9YAdv0kHehCsuMyZf5q8p0nD8BKQ53kHD_mn1TY7XZB5WZp7ejuQ03ZPQk8-us25YVsrqYIAa69HvHjEMfFg40AhNPXORiSXcotiPgS53Mk4W9-8ckD-TY_fxLnLoCtpHtn_a7E0VKu17qgNyzZpHSia/s320/Matt%20Cain%20photo.jpg" width="262" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Matt Cain</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgRK1CV07X7YhONgyWbpN_NKiluDCRk3G4F4-5-RhNorU4gvz0k0xDbvubp4PZW6Jp2pWQnPoYNOaeWb4QzpGF9NIVzDbUm_RRkwfbjVBTIOw__xH06-QXIV8nxJFiwjIlZrDhNCb4SibeRpLxr9wiVZT6vr-UK1avqOZHAXM7Rz2Fep1-McDAWMzA/s960/Nuka%20Carmen%20Disgaard%20%20-%20Greenland.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="483" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgRK1CV07X7YhONgyWbpN_NKiluDCRk3G4F4-5-RhNorU4gvz0k0xDbvubp4PZW6Jp2pWQnPoYNOaeWb4QzpGF9NIVzDbUm_RRkwfbjVBTIOw__xH06-QXIV8nxJFiwjIlZrDhNCb4SibeRpLxr9wiVZT6vr-UK1avqOZHAXM7Rz2Fep1-McDAWMzA/s320/Nuka%20Carmen%20Disgaard%20%20-%20Greenland.jpg" width="161" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nuka Carmen Disgaard</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9jW5AE5lNIvdkAXoxXlXuXer4XJDn3Yt-XXaoQCU4V6nuG0xGdyAg5awtJhKLe65DQ5NcBwW5yHuYdcoYdcH8LwR3rq4JKd9dqRr4zpe3FhCdf0zFjNYe-V-Yj3rm_VFNH0salx4MyCVvEN6bq9YXsMBP1xTuM1dkwGcd7exlmUOzSNMRqvGSLKfV/s226/Peter%20Fro%CC%88berg%20latest.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="151" data-original-width="226" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9jW5AE5lNIvdkAXoxXlXuXer4XJDn3Yt-XXaoQCU4V6nuG0xGdyAg5awtJhKLe65DQ5NcBwW5yHuYdcoYdcH8LwR3rq4JKd9dqRr4zpe3FhCdf0zFjNYe-V-Yj3rm_VFNH0salx4MyCVvEN6bq9YXsMBP1xTuM1dkwGcd7exlmUOzSNMRqvGSLKfV/s1600/Peter%20Fro%CC%88berg%20latest.jpg" width="226" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter Fröberg</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5stR84GRel0Ka9TdtPwvCVIpAWkhr-RNjIYK1GQOva7aGPiwTTmySrUz_McwbZFSMYJdOhzioxxVZeTGIJ9MWG9FhkAGWHwd5OyfW7M4Wq_vVWh6o-Sj68Oj9f5fX4wzCjGY8wf3UNR2fvm970qsQN1FROTG2V3kfaBgAw2_IfcgieN--x49UaiXw/s852/Saga%20Becker%20photo%20no%203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="852" data-original-width="682" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5stR84GRel0Ka9TdtPwvCVIpAWkhr-RNjIYK1GQOva7aGPiwTTmySrUz_McwbZFSMYJdOhzioxxVZeTGIJ9MWG9FhkAGWHwd5OyfW7M4Wq_vVWh6o-Sj68Oj9f5fX4wzCjGY8wf3UNR2fvm970qsQN1FROTG2V3kfaBgAw2_IfcgieN--x49UaiXw/s320/Saga%20Becker%20photo%20no%203.jpg" width="256" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Saga Becker</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKY5tafWMLU_sOAaqexNURGkt14I6L3qbhmi0NmlW2YefimslRDFS9_jztxCjBmCsZNG2Cufbn1W5bXzG8TUZUzkx1B6ilV19gdwfe_1euOUhAip2kufK8PY8sfJsnC9gpvtE4nqgxECn56cBgvTs9-nsYRMSKXp3s7sRgvAZA-oZWl50s0qMA8M7f/s604/Sarah%20Flo%CC%81ren%20photo-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="453" data-original-width="604" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKY5tafWMLU_sOAaqexNURGkt14I6L3qbhmi0NmlW2YefimslRDFS9_jztxCjBmCsZNG2Cufbn1W5bXzG8TUZUzkx1B6ilV19gdwfe_1euOUhAip2kufK8PY8sfJsnC9gpvtE4nqgxECn56cBgvTs9-nsYRMSKXp3s7sRgvAZA-oZWl50s0qMA8M7f/s320/Sarah%20Flo%CC%81ren%20photo-1.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sarah Flóren</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAU8aLKxCgyWbJjKhuGgIO8rPUHkTlH_Pu6mXu7MmrYwlnZu1qwizW8Vy_6GGCP1jD7xnPJc4D8XxKo0wIScEAwTeA81Uot2s-JXlRKWz9LcwNzBQBqTMznEEczyaNhBKb7J4EL7pO_WF3_nwPNg1w2nUAiLy8SA8yWCsS9v47MC7lqWXJfL3xoc7x/s160/Sue%20Sanders.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="160" data-original-width="132" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAU8aLKxCgyWbJjKhuGgIO8rPUHkTlH_Pu6mXu7MmrYwlnZu1qwizW8Vy_6GGCP1jD7xnPJc4D8XxKo0wIScEAwTeA81Uot2s-JXlRKWz9LcwNzBQBqTMznEEczyaNhBKb7J4EL7pO_WF3_nwPNg1w2nUAiLy8SA8yWCsS9v47MC7lqWXJfL3xoc7x/s1600/Sue%20Sanders.jpg" width="132" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sue Sanders</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI2EvE4rJhrDeI2oIJVFN7ModD9cgC0F0geP1JGY9YaBEziDreKWTyLvbhiEqrTXyBrS4JDx_-AWTp21hOwQlAF3Xp_FAWLecbTQlNJL1iT3xC2G4pVIbSKZAKbtIUWtDE8PjD2FWW5XPl8euqbAVAgjWn4rROA5vkJrRZFaW_TQYxNIh4NktQ6lbt/s186/Tove%20Jansson%20photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="186" data-original-width="126" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI2EvE4rJhrDeI2oIJVFN7ModD9cgC0F0geP1JGY9YaBEziDreKWTyLvbhiEqrTXyBrS4JDx_-AWTp21hOwQlAF3Xp_FAWLecbTQlNJL1iT3xC2G4pVIbSKZAKbtIUWtDE8PjD2FWW5XPl8euqbAVAgjWn4rROA5vkJrRZFaW_TQYxNIh4NktQ6lbt/s1600/Tove%20Jansson%20photo.jpg" width="126" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tove Jansson photo</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB0l82hqlJYfH1NLTOtxqFGiXDS8cMo48UFhHenq9ARcvMBQ_2P7b5UxJjCgAeXtALPe-3x1j4m2sDg4m7drKAdN5XoIUpcv7Ri5Co3d6IxpWWFh2kAitzi7KuqIU_HA86PfPWQSq-AjrEoE0hYH_EvxFTetUgE5S4mFl842aim8-VlP-idVNMUmnN/s750/Unchechen%20son%20and%20father%20%20photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="750" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB0l82hqlJYfH1NLTOtxqFGiXDS8cMo48UFhHenq9ARcvMBQ_2P7b5UxJjCgAeXtALPe-3x1j4m2sDg4m7drKAdN5XoIUpcv7Ri5Co3d6IxpWWFh2kAitzi7KuqIU_HA86PfPWQSq-AjrEoE0hYH_EvxFTetUgE5S4mFl842aim8-VlP-idVNMUmnN/s320/Unchechen%20son%20and%20father%20%20photo.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unchechen son and father</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div>1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15003953233983486684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277390030298169314.post-75680788078770177432022-05-27T08:23:00.001-07:002022-05-27T08:23:50.460-07:00<p> <span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: inherit; font-size: 11.25px; white-space: pre-wrap;">IDAHOT DAY CELEBRATED in STOCKHOLM with </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; white-space: pre-wrap;">AWARDS, MUSIC, POETRY </span></p><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: inherit; font-size: 11.25px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> Stockholm -- The International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia -- May 17 -- was honored in the Swedish capital by Tupilak (Nordic rainbow culture workers) and ILGCN (international rainbow culture network) Information Secretariat-Stockholm with awards, salutes, music and poetry.</div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: inherit; font-size: 11.25px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> The ILGCN's award for journalism publishing and archives -- "Sappho in Paradise 2022" -- was given to the two chief editors of the Swedish publication, "Ottar" of the RFSU (Swedish Association for Sexuality Education).</div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: inherit; font-size: 11.25px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> "We are honored to receive the awards," say Carolina Hemlin and Ida Måwe, "and are pleased with the motivation mentioning that Ottar is celebrating its 40th anniversary and has often included coverage of the rights and identity of LGBT people." (The award is named after the ancient Greek poetess and the LGBT publishing house, Paradise Press in London helping to choose prize winners.)</div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: inherit; font-size: 11.25px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> The ILGCN's diploma for outstanding rainbow art, "Orfeo Imago 2022" was handed out to Swedish resident/Frenchman Alex Colard: "Thank you Tupilak for the Award, it warms my heart to be part of the artistic LGBTQ+ community. I am thrilled to give hope to many people from all walks of life and to let them know that with hard work and determination, living the dream is possible."</div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: inherit; font-size: 11.25px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> The award is named after the ancient Greek musician, Orpheus, whose male lover was Calais - a fellow traveller on the mythological ship, the Argo.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: inherit; font-size: 11.25px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> Tupilak Salutes to Belarus, Sweden, International LGBT History <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;">Committee, Founder of IDAHO Day</span></div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: inherit; font-size: 11.25px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> The event included a Tupilak "skål"to Max Denison, Belarus member of Tupilak's steering committee, who successfully concluded Swedish Institute program of LGBT Belarus journalists and Swedish culture workers. Another "skål" went to Anna Giertz for concluding a program of Rosa Brus gathering LGBT sounds, voices and music. Another to Tupilak finance secretary, Peter Fröberg for helping with the financial transations for both projects -- and for donating his fee from Rosa Brus to Tupilak.</div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: inherit; font-size: 11.25px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> Another "skål" went to Tupilak chair, Sarah Guarino Werner, for being the first Swede to be welcomed into the International LGBT History Month Committee -- based in the U.S. and recently adding members from Italy and Cuba. The Tupilak & ILGCN Nordic LGBT History Month will take place for the 7th time in October as usual.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: inherit; font-size: 11.25px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> Golden Tupilak 2005, Argentine and Swedish Music, Poetry</div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: inherit; font-size: 11.25px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> Another tribute was given to the founder of the IDAHO day concept, Frenchman Louis-Georges Tin -- who received the "Golden Tupilak" at a Stockholm ceremony back in 2005. He chose the day marking the World Health Organization's removal of homosexuality as a sickness on May 17.</div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: inherit; font-size: 11.25px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> An IDAHO greeting and music and song for the event was provided via internet by the winners of the "2002 Orphes Musica" award -- the Carpusa Tango duo, Julieta Brizzi and Marysol de Pablo of Argentina.</div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: inherit; font-size: 11.25px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> Live music was presented by Tupilak prize winner and veteran activist, Jan Hammarlund and poetry was provided by Tupilak's award-winning "house poet" Tomas Åberg of Sweden.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikeY_Xz6lEzhfximC_yq2ohZsUmsfEDlF52BhUdQL3qTssj91_8LbqFeK_41WrQIMzkeFZMvVAVCEiZDPCyeoIKH55dpPM-wWVGkMxoUrKqH_AX32ZJ9b2JXCoxN3XivpxGuLMJ3IejERh84uDiGggUNgJ9NMR1YmXL9-NRRXvAnvwXBPjNHZuEo0T/s160/Jan%20Hammarlund%20xxxx.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="160" data-original-width="160" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikeY_Xz6lEzhfximC_yq2ohZsUmsfEDlF52BhUdQL3qTssj91_8LbqFeK_41WrQIMzkeFZMvVAVCEiZDPCyeoIKH55dpPM-wWVGkMxoUrKqH_AX32ZJ9b2JXCoxN3XivpxGuLMJ3IejERh84uDiGggUNgJ9NMR1YmXL9-NRRXvAnvwXBPjNHZuEo0T/s1600/Jan%20Hammarlund%20xxxx.jpg" width="160" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jan Hammarlund</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwcv7YEf8wr3kt4_w7PUpi2kxlbkG4MTemKLAqPfcY8YuAJXc9OCzU5MFucO41WZRlvaOP0Q8yyi5xl8nxaKQH7QxY95iZOAlzcfrADzremBJWeM9WeBv3jzHVP67SLSV34NSwcUU-iNLivFK9Sccqwp9zZNtZ52onqh2vY0CewUCmkzySLlLySGgq/s3828/Louis-George%20in%20Stockholm.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3354" data-original-width="3828" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwcv7YEf8wr3kt4_w7PUpi2kxlbkG4MTemKLAqPfcY8YuAJXc9OCzU5MFucO41WZRlvaOP0Q8yyi5xl8nxaKQH7QxY95iZOAlzcfrADzremBJWeM9WeBv3jzHVP67SLSV34NSwcUU-iNLivFK9Sccqwp9zZNtZ52onqh2vY0CewUCmkzySLlLySGgq/s320/Louis-George%20in%20Stockholm.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Louis-George in Stockholm</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBGoNcOU1Ft91rls9ZxBAz3h77lM1PR0C9b0PlieXXHlFjsy-FCtRtWiChWnlDy9FJeflo6ZPa20DC0uytxrFEEbfCCRKZu9nbpDXgBZEtNs7rQV8Tb0n8tD7SSrt1EOdjcxfDFMOry8Xd51q-6bYDh88iSvfGDD8w8p7XiPY5zO6cDWxY-G_nPNWM/s395/March%207%20-%2014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkY9-0vh1K9d9NIjrgyn3OEruqgIwX7wXxiFaEKFAZU72y3AEpwJSyu7rMwd-zjxUQqxPgdm9P1EKO_mGCbpPp0mTVEgv1PZxEtY-lv2FMUTSd0rV4MqhpCiunDoRoKNOd5nQE4hGIhPtjJJRihonV_7wXacSgmJvSZIS7BnxPWljwT91ORWVWoUrv/s240/Peter%20Fro%CC%88berg%20modern%20shot-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="240" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkY9-0vh1K9d9NIjrgyn3OEruqgIwX7wXxiFaEKFAZU72y3AEpwJSyu7rMwd-zjxUQqxPgdm9P1EKO_mGCbpPp0mTVEgv1PZxEtY-lv2FMUTSd0rV4MqhpCiunDoRoKNOd5nQE4hGIhPtjJJRihonV_7wXacSgmJvSZIS7BnxPWljwT91ORWVWoUrv/s1600/Peter%20Fro%CC%88berg%20modern%20shot-1.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter Fröberg</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl9KgbbMOowAbo4Dql4B-uKZuJFjJ3XtnMaF9eNufxTNsIg37raoBE2xUnusMJO4nUe_qj5Lxgit-zv3OWUlPYeNDJrbKEl-NliBxstNrfGPs9QXaw2TDgybMbWL_xdPfWnRkbn6C5H2n9n1Zb1RRGWBdvDptXYsbAzLad0vNlpnIIjv2jsAS3MyH_/s604/Sarah%20Flo%CC%81ren%20photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="453" data-original-width="604" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl9KgbbMOowAbo4Dql4B-uKZuJFjJ3XtnMaF9eNufxTNsIg37raoBE2xUnusMJO4nUe_qj5Lxgit-zv3OWUlPYeNDJrbKEl-NliBxstNrfGPs9QXaw2TDgybMbWL_xdPfWnRkbn6C5H2n9n1Zb1RRGWBdvDptXYsbAzLad0vNlpnIIjv2jsAS3MyH_/s320/Sarah%20Flo%CC%81ren%20photo.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sarah Flóren</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVCNTTxhRNFTYyqKJzAlGzAnavIiotpx8QU5RistvJ9QpRv_RYMJq_oOUPHUWh5co-GhexVawp21sEgN44Ufms62GTJsfBp_NCv-p9cYvpqsYLxX_7FnR59AV4_81KhusWeo4TfepE0C0-R4UrynWTeDD4dzyBeyDSRz9bVIocRa_N1cnJxr66C3mU/s166/Tomas%20A%CC%8Aberg%20photo-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="166" data-original-width="121" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVCNTTxhRNFTYyqKJzAlGzAnavIiotpx8QU5RistvJ9QpRv_RYMJq_oOUPHUWh5co-GhexVawp21sEgN44Ufms62GTJsfBp_NCv-p9cYvpqsYLxX_7FnR59AV4_81KhusWeo4TfepE0C0-R4UrynWTeDD4dzyBeyDSRz9bVIocRa_N1cnJxr66C3mU/s1600/Tomas%20A%CC%8Aberg%20photo-2.jpg" width="121" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tomas Åberg</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMmdkMtSI7kZvdyKVCna4gzr0hbXcqBrq_AfatCKVDy4D-hOXSMKVNMA1NfXETzs_6aEFJX2KBSSx-k3kpkXyxd1L_KKOwCKnes_2CL8UCE05dldFgd_SA2cOM3rH_6w8Aj82kqOzh1aHr7fuxPqAnS3vYF-739gEm6WoRx6LeeX8_R_BnmyF6xTeL/s200/Tupilak%20logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="123" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMmdkMtSI7kZvdyKVCna4gzr0hbXcqBrq_AfatCKVDy4D-hOXSMKVNMA1NfXETzs_6aEFJX2KBSSx-k3kpkXyxd1L_KKOwCKnes_2CL8UCE05dldFgd_SA2cOM3rH_6w8Aj82kqOzh1aHr7fuxPqAnS3vYF-739gEm6WoRx6LeeX8_R_BnmyF6xTeL/s1600/Tupilak%20logo.png" width="123" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">_______________________________________________________</div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: inherit; font-size: 11.25px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">More information: <a href="mailto:bill@tupilak.org">bill@tupilak.org</a></div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: inherit; font-size: 11.25px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Photos: Carolina, Ida with diplomas, Alex receiving his award, Anna and Bill, Peter, Sarah, Louis, Carpusa, Jan, Tomas, Tupilak logo, ILGCN logo</div></div>1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15003953233983486684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277390030298169314.post-71055763538117287132022-02-19T09:24:00.004-08:002022-02-19T09:24:58.618-08:00<p><b style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">TUPILAK/</span></span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">ILGCN</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b> BELARUS CABARET</b> (19.00-21.00) Saturday, February 26, 2022</span></p><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Hjorthagen Culture Center</b></span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">(no entrace fee, all welcome)</span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Salute to the late <b>Tupilak</b>-award winner, Lennart <b>Leonora Fröstad</b></span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Swedish-Belarus rainbow co-operation over 20 years --</span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Bill Schiller</b>, etc.</span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Music: <b>Christine Zuwall</b>, piano</span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Elise Streetway</b>, song/guitar</span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Peter Fröberg,</b> song/music</span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Robert Hill</b>, song/guitar </span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Poetry: <b>Tomas Åberg</b>, <i>Sweden</i></span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">From the novel: <b>Emil Åkerö</b>, <i>Sweden</i></span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <b>LGBT in the Holocaust</b> -- yearly anniversary. </span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Orpheo Iris Elogy</b> <i>(rainbow research in the Holocaust)</i> -- October.</span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">______________________________________</span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u>Films:</u></span></span></div><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>"Tupilak 30 Years"</b> -- <b>Willi Reichhold</b>, <i>Sweden </i></span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>"When Harry met Santa"</b> -- <b><i>Norwegian Postal Service</i></b></span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Belarus/Swedish LGBT art/photos</b> -- </span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">new foriegn additions to <b>Tupilak/ILGCN International </b></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Rainbow Art & Photo Exhibition</b></span></div><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Latest:<b> Alberto Escobal, </b><i>Brazil (Winged Angel with skull)</i></span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">--------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u>Photos:</u> </span>Lennart Leonora,<span style="font-family: inherit;">, Peter, ,, , Robert, </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Bill,</span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgxilIpE_o_iMpMokX3UtlPswuAzwwdRe8Mz3Fre-lPCIfP1yoK-tfKMweaC9ZHhqExpoYjuhWESWLzaThoWY43EqOWOY55FMx2eyQJaigl7l8QLKYgedcUm0nfEIHdl-fUe3LtsQPuWEo5TepbFDQeDWQzvkrV80_i0Shjv16HV2lILXMiszTVMijE=s960" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="732" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgxilIpE_o_iMpMokX3UtlPswuAzwwdRe8Mz3Fre-lPCIfP1yoK-tfKMweaC9ZHhqExpoYjuhWESWLzaThoWY43EqOWOY55FMx2eyQJaigl7l8QLKYgedcUm0nfEIHdl-fUe3LtsQPuWEo5TepbFDQeDWQzvkrV80_i0Shjv16HV2lILXMiszTVMijE=s320" width="244" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">Alberto Escobal, </b><i style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">Brazil (Winged Angel with skull)</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgyrl6Lg0eF0vowjtgxOepOiAnNA0KSpV_5dhUPYYkVXrswPkdFpKV-9qvSgC4qRzKQxZlAEPdTa0ttEI3cQIrnQLtUIPhpQP3m0UBZJEdJtXs56jH7Ynk2cVFPXTMIOmAJzW_viHaUxPBVKOgvMpsk_MTDzvBqXyDfzDFo--Re0uVMhEtFwVnDhnVq=s166" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="166" data-original-width="121" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgyrl6Lg0eF0vowjtgxOepOiAnNA0KSpV_5dhUPYYkVXrswPkdFpKV-9qvSgC4qRzKQxZlAEPdTa0ttEI3cQIrnQLtUIPhpQP3m0UBZJEdJtXs56jH7Ynk2cVFPXTMIOmAJzW_viHaUxPBVKOgvMpsk_MTDzvBqXyDfzDFo--Re0uVMhEtFwVnDhnVq" width="121" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tomas Åberg</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXoX3SMBj1fRJsjN0Vwo7DAEUNtSL3yFs1Vgks1X3xp3RhOKe4yn4PsLEys4Kvo7wsFEZPZll5hKus2whZp4U_R6G3gTgdpdredrBss2QIKM4qDmnSfDDIc2T9P7Ommi1T16OhlGs41SuAUD8nWI5khWDIAj2QeMEkLxBUUIUdcpAbVBEznkA7do3K=s1201" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="681" data-original-width="1201" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXoX3SMBj1fRJsjN0Vwo7DAEUNtSL3yFs1Vgks1X3xp3RhOKe4yn4PsLEys4Kvo7wsFEZPZll5hKus2whZp4U_R6G3gTgdpdredrBss2QIKM4qDmnSfDDIc2T9P7Ommi1T16OhlGs41SuAUD8nWI5khWDIAj2QeMEkLxBUUIUdcpAbVBEznkA7do3K=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">Norway's Santa and Harry</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhvj7h2VyaeGLVRJUdzj4JdVjqQfnAMq6x0dBafJ3rpcP4sKjWwfrrHInMFjFMXiXxYhMsT4CfuxgO1eGsSbI6GiW_aoTo3ipSk3cs11zbgSDAX_8xZHCK1sCfwjQvi8HJlDS6yFENqb3pZTfNImt91of0QNJYq3q3w5baJkJhvgWgLZLGwg9qkJjAY=s534" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="534" data-original-width="534" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhvj7h2VyaeGLVRJUdzj4JdVjqQfnAMq6x0dBafJ3rpcP4sKjWwfrrHInMFjFMXiXxYhMsT4CfuxgO1eGsSbI6GiW_aoTo3ipSk3cs11zbgSDAX_8xZHCK1sCfwjQvi8HJlDS6yFENqb3pZTfNImt91of0QNJYq3q3w5baJkJhvgWgLZLGwg9qkJjAY=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Emil Åkero</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzH41hQpl6KQfTZsQahfW0VG1doRudopI6cWGGU9nFh6lPKStsS1LbQdi59ZMNz3LIaGazCuved4a5ICeq82-YzJYODYCssRzbzkpo4TRlGfIuOsxaCjqeJyP7jGzzLVdqLDq49efPQpxhuQsjxUcGLmGZ-VKHkGY58NYH49bdcGpV5S-ghFyPVLbg=s240" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="240" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzH41hQpl6KQfTZsQahfW0VG1doRudopI6cWGGU9nFh6lPKStsS1LbQdi59ZMNz3LIaGazCuved4a5ICeq82-YzJYODYCssRzbzkpo4TRlGfIuOsxaCjqeJyP7jGzzLVdqLDq49efPQpxhuQsjxUcGLmGZ-VKHkGY58NYH49bdcGpV5S-ghFyPVLbg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Elise Streetway</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7GKZ6u6Km033EgC_p0PULPjjmRglb95tmnOLbuXDOkOz2apyQs3457cIoky8TXGSMiMz8Ez-9_B5XTUU6WIIuCyFXZkZ7_VLq1BMT7v9C6u4ZTx-5XY3MD5_oVeCfFq_bx9J3k1SVp2Xk84HlmN0E7fmutXeCSoB1XMh7Mdv35mvK4BmnsObhOwSg=s3744" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3744" data-original-width="2994" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7GKZ6u6Km033EgC_p0PULPjjmRglb95tmnOLbuXDOkOz2apyQs3457cIoky8TXGSMiMz8Ez-9_B5XTUU6WIIuCyFXZkZ7_VLq1BMT7v9C6u4ZTx-5XY3MD5_oVeCfFq_bx9J3k1SVp2Xk84HlmN0E7fmutXeCSoB1XMh7Mdv35mvK4BmnsObhOwSg=s320" width="256" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">Christine Zawall</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8Me7KK-J-pdWZm1i3fB0gwwPkO_Z_VmeGvkgs0yOJofNzRQJzudpx56eBA0ceGhxnyBLDBBddqeOZ4ey-ctlPCCDvwYZQweC0Y1QK7JGLOVTmI3GKfibKHn7_wKP7oKMB8mSIhUl4kSaZNdAwS5gLvqXSD0LrLC1ncGJa8SCoM1siThpCpOgP1cEs=s200" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="123" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8Me7KK-J-pdWZm1i3fB0gwwPkO_Z_VmeGvkgs0yOJofNzRQJzudpx56eBA0ceGhxnyBLDBBddqeOZ4ey-ctlPCCDvwYZQweC0Y1QK7JGLOVTmI3GKfibKHn7_wKP7oKMB8mSIhUl4kSaZNdAwS5gLvqXSD0LrLC1ncGJa8SCoM1siThpCpOgP1cEs" width="123" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bill Schiller in Auschwitz at wall of execution</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgime8DRTOUSiPDkaIPr0zRsTxNLMslktt1Qt7ybjOFWOVJRdfCL7YzfYZDWlFqQt45FEsCLTwhK-cAElSNn-2z392jwCZSg9Slsw8R-992jFGpfV6E6BHNeumXCId-OllEB7hGEoT1S1UjWhJX7MJFY5wi9tkgB66m5HrXxt7ZZOyPlM_Q8kTFzLyC=s160" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="160" data-original-width="160" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgime8DRTOUSiPDkaIPr0zRsTxNLMslktt1Qt7ybjOFWOVJRdfCL7YzfYZDWlFqQt45FEsCLTwhK-cAElSNn-2z392jwCZSg9Slsw8R-992jFGpfV6E6BHNeumXCId-OllEB7hGEoT1S1UjWhJX7MJFY5wi9tkgB66m5HrXxt7ZZOyPlM_Q8kTFzLyC" width="160" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Robert Hill</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZl15t66HcY9qrdZY6oyp6_SDYs7MPZ4igIcDf0b5cuzfqImjeyeURkszLT7s5AUNj1Qc5JvMjMfQaV3cn7rdZJtpCmdl_aW_GIsCj9-moyM_i8tQLml3DcVL0RVJ8-e85SKSzA_6DUS7gdKCRwXOHUnyz5B8cpZHkFcr5LtsMn77eMaeZK7rbY5yz=s240" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="240" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZl15t66HcY9qrdZY6oyp6_SDYs7MPZ4igIcDf0b5cuzfqImjeyeURkszLT7s5AUNj1Qc5JvMjMfQaV3cn7rdZJtpCmdl_aW_GIsCj9-moyM_i8tQLml3DcVL0RVJ8-e85SKSzA_6DUS7gdKCRwXOHUnyz5B8cpZHkFcr5LtsMn77eMaeZK7rbY5yz" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter Fröberg</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div>1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15003953233983486684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277390030298169314.post-30961993143520697092022-01-12T11:46:00.002-08:002022-01-12T11:46:15.787-08:00ORFEO IRIS AWARD HANDED out in Malmö to POLISH WINNER <p><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Malmö -- The ILGCN's Orfeo Iris 2021 award diploma has been handed over to the winner, Dr. Joanna Ostrowska, of Warsaw, Poland, on her visit to the southern Swedish city of Malmö. The award from the International Rainbow Culture Network honors reseach and information about the Nazi and neo Nazi persecution of LGBT people.</span></span></p><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The award was handed over by Malmö resident, Swedish film-maker, Jenifer Malmqvist, who has earlier received an ILGCN "Wings" award for her film work -- including her prize-winning "On Suffocation" about the execution of young gays in the Middle East. </span></div></div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The award diploma honors Joanna Ostrowska for "crucial, often-ignored research with books and numerous articles on the fate of LGBT people in the Nazi death camps. and for confirming that the inclusion of these LGBT prisoners does in no way diminish the importance of the other categories of prisoners, but reveals the inhumanity of those who would exterminate categories of human beings."</span></div><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Combating Emergence of Neo-Nazi Homophobia Hatred</span></div></div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It also "underlines the importance of this research to combat those in many countries -- including Sweden -- who insist that the Holocaust never took place, and that new groups of violent, homophobic neo-Nazis are appearing today in many countries."</span></div></div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">--------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div></div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Orfeo Iris 2021 award is shared with Barbara Fröhlich and the anti-fascist committee of HOSI-Wien, Austria, working with information about the persecution of LGBT people by the Nazi regime and harassment by neo Nazi elements. It has gone over the years to outstanding rainbow researchers, writers, journalists and others in Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, U.K., Poland, and other countries.</span></div></div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The award is named after "Iris" -- the rainbow -- and the ancient Greek musician, Orpheus, whose powerful music could charm even the demons of the underworld, and who was proud of his male lovers, including Calais -- a fellow sailor on the famous ship, the Argo.<br /></span></div></div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> --------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div></div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh5UhRiTFfXiT_b1rrg-JOrtit3VacTVYGK0qxlpKB31t5-F8eAOz4rTjuoLn5HCGdTqJHU7ljKOFgz5lf6UHT6ZaAquIeiYEaot-fnLgQSnkCh_h-i04Ssr_Ifi5C2oDdzIxhWZIqttRsm_rFjgpw8HxvWGoUE5pH9VxQ3vrTJz9bYLTrMmiqc64dv=s1260" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="756" data-original-width="1260" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh5UhRiTFfXiT_b1rrg-JOrtit3VacTVYGK0qxlpKB31t5-F8eAOz4rTjuoLn5HCGdTqJHU7ljKOFgz5lf6UHT6ZaAquIeiYEaot-fnLgQSnkCh_h-i04Ssr_Ifi5C2oDdzIxhWZIqttRsm_rFjgpw8HxvWGoUE5pH9VxQ3vrTJz9bYLTrMmiqc64dv=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">the entrance of Auschwitz.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZB6-qzPKKu_Dxjd62FGcXSCxe5HwMkLB44aHWL7lYu0UGXJytkx-koLFk6iak9LPH1EjvNYgW4CfHaXeAabJke_tpd6Iz3evEvy-QrcKgcE1_cQGDXdJtaEtnDsgn3jyFjIVC7W4yWVmbHD1mO86qOYd9uT2HX1KHWBXV0xrXP6hMsUtwb7K-AA-G=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZB6-qzPKKu_Dxjd62FGcXSCxe5HwMkLB44aHWL7lYu0UGXJytkx-koLFk6iak9LPH1EjvNYgW4CfHaXeAabJke_tpd6Iz3evEvy-QrcKgcE1_cQGDXdJtaEtnDsgn3jyFjIVC7W4yWVmbHD1mO86qOYd9uT2HX1KHWBXV0xrXP6hMsUtwb7K-AA-G=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">Joanna Ostrowska (right) and Jenifer Malmqvist at the Malmö ceremony</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh5mjJ49FL5sTAhfB6I36F3pNYhfr_6TXitIgzYHi7vzZHn5lDiQFS_HbPVsoHSE17MtVAoVnLfe1rAxowX9Bad50FOB-P7QCgdtdUT_xOj6rYRKZuQKsfLrqAWzfTcx5MoOU5cAj8UzCMS5E7guK9H28mR5_UKUBcmo_izKNetAq6XXrgReo1zqIet=s224" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="224" data-original-width="191" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh5mjJ49FL5sTAhfB6I36F3pNYhfr_6TXitIgzYHi7vzZHn5lDiQFS_HbPVsoHSE17MtVAoVnLfe1rAxowX9Bad50FOB-P7QCgdtdUT_xOj6rYRKZuQKsfLrqAWzfTcx5MoOU5cAj8UzCMS5E7guK9H28mR5_UKUBcmo_izKNetAq6XXrgReo1zqIet" width="191" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">the drawing of the ancient Greek image of Orpheus and his lover Calias,</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiO0U4eP0wOGWhHSRSBKAZf-jvTd9QHC2fFCGvbEJwfYaANd9oBkR_HI9Yj3uvq0ilwdwGo_H2MS_3Z-7EBRtTY6JM0xjXe9AivdJ-4_HAP1SPJtZD6l1VuAWE-iULl_9w5M3xRfW9HAD29oE0qpV2pvkbLdZ7qsS3keHlJj739gP4fONhsgl4ibMaM=s484" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="253" data-original-width="484" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiO0U4eP0wOGWhHSRSBKAZf-jvTd9QHC2fFCGvbEJwfYaANd9oBkR_HI9Yj3uvq0ilwdwGo_H2MS_3Z-7EBRtTY6JM0xjXe9AivdJ-4_HAP1SPJtZD6l1VuAWE-iULl_9w5M3xRfW9HAD29oE0qpV2pvkbLdZ7qsS3keHlJj739gP4fONhsgl4ibMaM=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">the rainbow</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /></div>1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15003953233983486684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277390030298169314.post-50153078120737831462022-01-01T12:23:00.000-08:002022-01-01T12:23:05.012-08:00<p> <span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">TUPILAK AWARD-WINNER DESMOND TUTU DIES AT 90</span></p><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> Stockholm -- Tupilak (Nordic rainbow culture workers) joins the many all over the world in mourning the death of South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu who has died at the age of 90 -- a man courageously condemning apartheid, injustice and violence -- and one of the few African leaders denouncing discrimination of LGBT people.</div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> He is the second South African leader to receive the Golden Tupilak award diploma -- the organization's highest award -- which was also given to Nelson Mandela via the South African ambassador in Stockholm.</div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> The name "Tupilak" comes from the Inuit eskimos of Greenland -- a voodoo figure carved out of animal tusk or bone.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">When Inuit come into conflict, they do not fight but go home to carve out a little figure -- instructed to travel through the night to destroy an enemy. Tupilak's enemies are not people but intolerance, hatred and homophobia. </div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> Tupilak Meeting the Archbishop in Person</div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> Tupilak has indeed met Desmond Tutu in Person -- on Swedish soil -- I think around 2006. Thanks to a reminder from Susanne Zetterblom -- friend of Tupilak and a Swedish NGO human rights worker who has spent many years in Africa.</div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> At the annual Swedish Book Fair in the west coast city of Gothenburg, and at the "International Square" event there where NGO's struggle to get their half-hour moment on the stage to reach potential supporters, Tupilak was informed that the visiting Desmond Tutu team had arrived late -- afterall -- with no speaker's slot for the archbishop.</div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> Would anyone give up their precious speaker's time to the archbishop? Tupilak did. </div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> And after his powerful speech and much applause, the archbishop gave Susanna and the Tupilakers standing by some solid hugs - and confirmation that we support each other in the human rights struggle. </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">--------------------------------------------------------------------------</div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Tupilak note to the Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation:</div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Please add our voices to the many offering condolences to the Archbishop's family, friends and all those working with your foundation.</div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">We join in deep mourning over his passing, but are convinced that his messages of humanity, peace, solidarity and respect for all people -- despite race or background or sexual orientation -- will not die.</div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">We were deeply honored when he accepted our highest award diploma -- the Golden Tupilak -- a figure combating intolerance, hatred and homophobia.</div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Bill Schiller, international secretary of Tupilak (Nordic rainbow culture workers)</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh5PKaWcS2RC02LPyONrgmp30vbgv0mf0umR5pvNRiOYzsHExwP7n4ORCfiI31M3WeM5H1EAq2sRq7eiEdZubyFohjeACZOCPl6hBckJupqHLgJxTqP2jyxahFjS9P-Oy8UbFqle0Vv4b4XJJEgZ_IsrVwnyKIQdwmRnwJQmgKdzZCr65ahEU4KzDSb=s386" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="386" data-original-width="160" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh5PKaWcS2RC02LPyONrgmp30vbgv0mf0umR5pvNRiOYzsHExwP7n4ORCfiI31M3WeM5H1EAq2sRq7eiEdZubyFohjeACZOCPl6hBckJupqHLgJxTqP2jyxahFjS9P-Oy8UbFqle0Vv4b4XJJEgZ_IsrVwnyKIQdwmRnwJQmgKdzZCr65ahEU4KzDSb=s320" width="133" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tupilaks</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEizSXOgSnZ8IX_rjiWcNa8_pGWJPV0TCKBEV2sB-Fc81croqBTxIrzYifRc3QdebMhIfgftBKMvITsFvmTZ76nGjRkHt3jr37146aB8uPM4hTcMQ_tlXKENE2bl0x0yzUL6YD-5YxTfa1z0omHlolMKsf_KnigQ0wKQrsEhtRkTf-zYAiFTMHXl8ImQ=s221" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="166" data-original-width="221" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEizSXOgSnZ8IX_rjiWcNa8_pGWJPV0TCKBEV2sB-Fc81croqBTxIrzYifRc3QdebMhIfgftBKMvITsFvmTZ76nGjRkHt3jr37146aB8uPM4hTcMQ_tlXKENE2bl0x0yzUL6YD-5YxTfa1z0omHlolMKsf_KnigQ0wKQrsEhtRkTf-zYAiFTMHXl8ImQ" width="221" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">Accepting the Tupilak Award Diploma</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgS6v6j07qObhzJ0y4wVodwfF194AoGR7aR8HDDXl35b-n3JyddvEQGMxvJwt9g1ZPixzRcQkpX2om_dcFdxvZ8vAt70iUv3tKXgc40psCz_7KtxAlutRr-dpUBakbpBjynOlfyFiPmVW0WG2sjvdY79PrQ0ylg2LV-3_LBq6O3koJNGAjrWllLwgWk=s1133" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1133" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgS6v6j07qObhzJ0y4wVodwfF194AoGR7aR8HDDXl35b-n3JyddvEQGMxvJwt9g1ZPixzRcQkpX2om_dcFdxvZ8vAt70iUv3tKXgc40psCz_7KtxAlutRr-dpUBakbpBjynOlfyFiPmVW0WG2sjvdY79PrQ0ylg2LV-3_LBq6O3koJNGAjrWllLwgWk=s320" width="226" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">Desmond Tutu, South African Ambassador to Sweden</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div>1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15003953233983486684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277390030298169314.post-71847042584832984302021-10-19T21:25:00.003-07:002021-10-27T19:14:52.206-07:00<p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">6th NORDIC RAINBOW HISTORY & CULTURE MONTH -- OCTOBER, 2021 -- last Stockholm stage events!</span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;">Stockholm -- Some of the last few events of the Swedish capital stage of the 6th Nordic Rainbow History & Culture Month - 2021 have taken place at the Hjorthagen Culture Center with presentations, film screenings, music, poetry, art work and award ceremonies.
Presentations included a description of the on-going Belarus-Swedish Rainbow Co-operation project -- financed by the Swedish Insititute -- with LGBT Belarus journalists coming to Sweden to interview cultural workers here for thier website.
Two journalists participated in WestPride-Gothenburg events -- with the October 1st opening of the Nordic Month, and later in Stockholm for more interviews. Two more Belarus journalists are coming to visit the Swedish capital in December for more interviews.
The Stockholm event also included an exhibition of rainbow art and photography from LGBT Belarus male and female artists -- included in the Tupilak/ILGCN International Rainbow Art & Photography Travelling Exhibition. Also, art from beyond the Nordic region -- such as of Serge Hildago of Mexico!
The event also included the birth of two new film initiatives: the "Elli's Rainbow Film Festival" -- honoring the elderly in the LGBT movement and those focusing on the elderly's contributions (Elli was the Viking goddess of the Aged!) and the "Loke's Rainbow Film Festival" focusing on the trans contribution to LGBT culture and identity.
AWARDS HANDED OVER AT THE EVENTS
The "2021 Thor's Hammer" was presented to Swedish gay soprano sexophone player, Anders Paulsson, for his enormous contribition to music and to the efforts to save the coral reefs and ocean environments of several nations.
The "2021 Loke's Rainbow" awards were presented to Sweden's Zafire Vrba Woodski, whose powerful film "Death is My Pronoun" was also screened at the event, and to Swedish writer and lecturer, Emil Åkerö.
Another film screened at the event was "If I Could Tell" by SETA-Finland, with the moving and often humorous documentary of both elderly gays and lesbians and couragous trans persons. This film has also been awarded the "2021 Elli's Rainbow" diploma.
Powerful music provided at the event came from Elise Streetway, Jan Hammarlund and Robert Hill. Poetry was provided by Tommy Åberg, Tupilak's "house poet."
LAST 2 NORDIC RAINBOW MONTH EVENTS IN STOCKHOLM
Still to come, the Tuesday, October 19th event (note: new time! 19.00-21.00) at the Posithiva Grupp offices (Östermalsgatan 5). Discussions are to cover both the list of historic VIP's -- many unknown -- of the Nordic region and a future Rainbow HIV/AIDS Film Festival (with works from Sweden, USA, UK, Germany, Canada, Denmark, France, South Africa, India, etc).
Films to be screened on the 19th at the PG offices are "Global Struggle for Survival" of Willi Reichhold and Sam Hultin's documentary, "Our Hopes UP" (Segern i Förskott).
The session is also to discuss the need for LGBT monuments in the Nordic zone -- not only in the rest of the world.
RAINBOWS IN EXILE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL?
The very last event for the Swedish capital will be on Thursday, October 21 (19.00-21.00) (Götgatan 30 - T-ban Slussen) with a discussion of Amnesty's support for LGBT questions and news, LGBT Bears contribution to rainbow culture.
Also, the suggestion of future plans for a Swedish-Danish initiative for an annual "Rainbows in Exile International Film Festival" focusing on the trauma and struggle of LGBT people seeking refuse and asylum in other countries.
Limited space so early registration is necessary (0700 15 66 95).
MIX - LGBT FILM FESTIVAL IN COPENHAGEN
The Nordic Rainbow Month finishes with the 10-day event, MIX, LGBT Film Festival in Copenhagen -- the biggest and the oldest rainbow film festival in the Nordic region, from the 22nd to the 31st of October.
Information about the program is on the website: </span><span class="gmail-py34i1dx" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://mixcopenhagen.dk/">https://mixcopenhagen.dk/</a></span></span></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;"> and on </span><span class="gmail-diy96o5h" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" start="4796" style="color: #050505;">MIX COPENHAGEN</span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;">.
MIX is also to receive the ILGCN (international rainbow culture network) award, the "2021 Wings" for the outstanding promotion of LGBT films. It's named after the world's first gay film, the 1916 "Vingarna" by gay Swedish film maker, Maurice Stiller.
More information: <a href="mailto:bill@tupilak.org">bill@tupilak.org</a>
<br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhqHng7xu59wmBedarRgX7BDdUwH4NfYi-8qT2jChfvkraKFLSYj8lBAQ_5A32I1OOfaqbraSCIe1g9Oc_RkiAOB2lWVj7BKs2Pub68vfcDR4CZ4zUGQyF-rLFHKGsNQNjrz75-UFcRp0/s741/Anders+Paulsson+photo+2222.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="741" data-original-width="741" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhqHng7xu59wmBedarRgX7BDdUwH4NfYi-8qT2jChfvkraKFLSYj8lBAQ_5A32I1OOfaqbraSCIe1g9Oc_RkiAOB2lWVj7BKs2Pub68vfcDR4CZ4zUGQyF-rLFHKGsNQNjrz75-UFcRp0/s320/Anders+Paulsson+photo+2222.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anders Paulsson</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWRW6EDbZd_SQPqQX3ZfCPoLZseYaMG3XxpsYbFmfeUN4dwIsMqYZm4az4rTOKqrlkz_22Rr8_XeB86tSqSX95Vl6vWf4inaxN-QRK8kdK-Tto8MJW_TQtXnParzdDc7JJvOoazL1JOkM/s696/Anders+Paulsson+Thor%2527s+Hammer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Anders diploma" border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="526" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWRW6EDbZd_SQPqQX3ZfCPoLZseYaMG3XxpsYbFmfeUN4dwIsMqYZm4az4rTOKqrlkz_22Rr8_XeB86tSqSX95Vl6vWf4inaxN-QRK8kdK-Tto8MJW_TQtXnParzdDc7JJvOoazL1JOkM/w242-h320/Anders+Paulsson+Thor%2527s+Hammer.jpg" title="Anders diploma" width="242" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">Anders diploma</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin4xAc-tOJYowilZXFj85Ol4SO68q-bmhLKmUHBg4-NmBQoXAWaq3Q0WtUhw-jbu7aFKJjT9DT25BigYoomYDjiBBQCE7L-WT7k3E3APpQ4YKaFFqgiicU02AzOjtBNmp_D41DLKLRj2I/s713/Death+is+My+Pronoun.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="402" data-original-width="713" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin4xAc-tOJYowilZXFj85Ol4SO68q-bmhLKmUHBg4-NmBQoXAWaq3Q0WtUhw-jbu7aFKJjT9DT25BigYoomYDjiBBQCE7L-WT7k3E3APpQ4YKaFFqgiicU02AzOjtBNmp_D41DLKLRj2I/s320/Death+is+My+Pronoun.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">"Death" film logo</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsBC4b6lPzDdt8y8XkvjIyY7p9jZW2hAmexKU3VubASyCWk3hdCSu02WmcKGAksE9fMBYUXt4etTex_EzTa1Vb1TQ7yConSlOTbZ8a3qg4-c0_o99leD71nk2R3RepczR2tSDMPTITrEo/s240/Elise+Streetway-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="240" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsBC4b6lPzDdt8y8XkvjIyY7p9jZW2hAmexKU3VubASyCWk3hdCSu02WmcKGAksE9fMBYUXt4etTex_EzTa1Vb1TQ7yConSlOTbZ8a3qg4-c0_o99leD71nk2R3RepczR2tSDMPTITrEo/s0/Elise+Streetway-1.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">Elise</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7YsH6dD0NKcuryGU1P1_ZwQetwHX66UDrFr0S_-ffr6ZlPHhPWugSz37RiqV7XZzXAlz4k13CLqXljpMYGpOad0qRW4xpcr96_itqvgXhYasLwtYS_tI4Fjh7cvOLHewZj3JyIJNkGOM/s681/Elli+defeats+Thor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="681" data-original-width="470" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7YsH6dD0NKcuryGU1P1_ZwQetwHX66UDrFr0S_-ffr6ZlPHhPWugSz37RiqV7XZzXAlz4k13CLqXljpMYGpOad0qRW4xpcr96_itqvgXhYasLwtYS_tI4Fjh7cvOLHewZj3JyIJNkGOM/s320/Elli+defeats+Thor.jpg" width="221" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">Viking goddess Elli</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjynf_4nB6af6ufg85y8vPCFAhiLX5M0SesuNRq94FOfvCGQm_qHOs34i_zlD6v4dP67OYl8rNdoBUUZ49_FHfjIYU3CIgWbkH5ARs4QiBsInll5ilhqlPJ69jyCcL-MRK87eHYbrwJVEk/s225/Jan+Hammarlund+photo-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjynf_4nB6af6ufg85y8vPCFAhiLX5M0SesuNRq94FOfvCGQm_qHOs34i_zlD6v4dP67OYl8rNdoBUUZ49_FHfjIYU3CIgWbkH5ARs4QiBsInll5ilhqlPJ69jyCcL-MRK87eHYbrwJVEk/s0/Jan+Hammarlund+photo-1.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jan Hammarlund</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiIUixmk4GdZuNNE5ve5tlTENRbCHH-eSRK05cY5wPBguvA394DUk-_6PDD2cujlMhtf4Qr1UpEozSf6MAUdj31avXENYgCoStnG80KqXVrw_NDs2ZI7WyQKufpdqjo14CGKCkflzOSn4/s226/Robert+Hill+at+LRM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="226" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiIUixmk4GdZuNNE5ve5tlTENRbCHH-eSRK05cY5wPBguvA394DUk-_6PDD2cujlMhtf4Qr1UpEozSf6MAUdj31avXENYgCoStnG80KqXVrw_NDs2ZI7WyQKufpdqjo14CGKCkflzOSn4/s0/Robert+Hill+at+LRM.jpg" width="226" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Robert Hill</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9bwVrfCX8U2vUApoYjc7EEK2jdITOxYdutoBcEgfELUeh9_EEBc8_E2hyphenhyphen8oBM6pj4fTrq3ZE0D9OMzoxdpyWF7G9axWPROwHqZJFKD2tnAY_YdOGO6IFxDWuSTT05KWQz0_2LG29hFFA/s2048/Sergio+Hidalgo++rear+view.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1465" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9bwVrfCX8U2vUApoYjc7EEK2jdITOxYdutoBcEgfELUeh9_EEBc8_E2hyphenhyphen8oBM6pj4fTrq3ZE0D9OMzoxdpyWF7G9axWPROwHqZJFKD2tnAY_YdOGO6IFxDWuSTT05KWQz0_2LG29hFFA/s320/Sergio+Hidalgo++rear+view.jpg" width="229" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">art from Serge Hildago of Mexico</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7zU5ilYx1kerLk7YkTTfAoSTU_eV2TubrVbX0R-mfvnOAKUpfeJEExzvrjSVm2LrvSOlPCPadVh5-DZ4wKuBuStkv_DGx4FbZp-TUl71Im0yqgCiOnRac4j-w2uuccq11qte5GM5WjKM/s226/Vlad+art+red.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="151" data-original-width="226" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7zU5ilYx1kerLk7YkTTfAoSTU_eV2TubrVbX0R-mfvnOAKUpfeJEExzvrjSVm2LrvSOlPCPadVh5-DZ4wKuBuStkv_DGx4FbZp-TUl71Im0yqgCiOnRac4j-w2uuccq11qte5GM5WjKM/s0/Vlad+art+red.jpg" width="226" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">Belarus art "red," </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQa_hp845KPzjl-yDpKoqzq4me1L-Ekr1prHlQiIBUetMht63zgGvdfkOFE77lO0bsEgcrH5nhd1QE-jkS6Dk2qg8-EOr3fLy7vWWyLOC1mQ6FUQsVsULzzVTMLKr3VUlpV95o2mw49uU/s600/Zafira+award+winner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Zafira and diploma" border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="451" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQa_hp845KPzjl-yDpKoqzq4me1L-Ekr1prHlQiIBUetMht63zgGvdfkOFE77lO0bsEgcrH5nhd1QE-jkS6Dk2qg8-EOr3fLy7vWWyLOC1mQ6FUQsVsULzzVTMLKr3VUlpV95o2mw49uU/w241-h320/Zafira+award+winner.jpg" title="Zafira and diploma" width="241" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQa_hp845KPzjl-yDpKoqzq4me1L-Ekr1prHlQiIBUetMht63zgGvdfkOFE77lO0bsEgcrH5nhd1QE-jkS6Dk2qg8-EOr3fLy7vWWyLOC1mQ6FUQsVsULzzVTMLKr3VUlpV95o2mw49uU/s600/Zafira+award+winner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPyZEBXzrRbrmBAoVeuUWkNO3ZlmKEKsvhLoLosSuLJ5j_FQ0C1T3zQcBmEgKF_lj8h-ZMc5iVe26xOTnfv1XRs4O8iocx7HAf6EnQLrVsKaEkQ5Dva565YoiV7Whq_r5WwuQ4taAGtY0/s800/SETA+with+umbrella.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPyZEBXzrRbrmBAoVeuUWkNO3ZlmKEKsvhLoLosSuLJ5j_FQ0C1T3zQcBmEgKF_lj8h-ZMc5iVe26xOTnfv1XRs4O8iocx7HAf6EnQLrVsKaEkQ5Dva565YoiV7Whq_r5WwuQ4taAGtY0/s320/SETA+with+umbrella.png" width="320" /></a></div></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">Zafira and diploma</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR1mhCgjhEysVkImNvIqWwHXyV6JihlFrLX8S4BoHFBWaExXE49S79YVkEL6wNIvDHxCUmFhmT1J-aZ8tqjuikLlsOn7jFawH7ZQh2I2x4W9rZDNePC1K3G1l6n8ZE2ilnHg8MBb-L3ZE/s440/MIX+logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR1mhCgjhEysVkImNvIqWwHXyV6JihlFrLX8S4BoHFBWaExXE49S79YVkEL6wNIvDHxCUmFhmT1J-aZ8tqjuikLlsOn7jFawH7ZQh2I2x4W9rZDNePC1K3G1l6n8ZE2ilnHg8MBb-L3ZE/s320/MIX+logo.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p>1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15003953233983486684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277390030298169314.post-12153252119527020402021-07-30T09:33:00.002-07:002021-07-30T09:33:37.870-07:00Coming Events<p> <span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">SOME TUPILAK (Nordic rainbow culture workers) and ILGCN (international rainbow culture network) INFORMATION SECRETARIAT-Stockholm COMING EVENTS:</span></p><div class="gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">-------------------------------------------------------------------------</div></div><div class="gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The ILGCN/Tupilak-initiated INTERNATIONAL DAY for RAINBOW CULTURE -- AUGUST 9 (also the birthday of Finnish-Swedish author and artist and creater of Mumintroll, Tove Jansson -- and member of Tupilak!). </div></div><div class="gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> Join us with a poem, quotes from Tove Jansson, a song, a short film, an art/photo display, a discussion of rainbow culture or a "skål" (a Swedish toast!) to your own rainbow culture workers! </div></div><div class="gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">--------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> The inauguration of the NORDIC CAMPAIGN for LGBT MONUMENTS in the NORDIC ZONE -- not mere monuments for local recognition but for a salute to the LGBT struggle everywhere and every when over the millennium!</div></div><div class="gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Launch at WorldPride Copenhagen-Malmö, August 12- 22, 2021. </div></div><div class="gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">-------------------------------------------------------------------------- </div></div><div class="gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> Launch of ILGCN/Tupilak: 6th NORDIC RAINBOW HISTORY & CULTURE MONTH -- October, 2021 on October 1 at WestPride- Gothenburg.</div></div><div class="gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> The rest of the month at Stockholm, Estonian and other Nordic cities with presentations, poetry, films, music, song, art and photography:</div></div><div class="gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> Heartfest LGBT Film Festival in Tartu and Rakvere</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> Elli’s Rainbow Festival – honoring the elderly LGBT</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> Loke’s Rainbow – honoring trans culture . </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> Nordic Culture Co-operation with Eastern Europe</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> Nordic VIPS in history</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> Nordic LGBT Monuments Campaign – a progress report </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> Rainbow culture salute to Greenland and Estonia</div></div>1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15003953233983486684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277390030298169314.post-58487245110769934202021-06-11T08:40:00.003-07:002021-06-11T08:45:57.132-07:00<p> <span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">"ORFEO IRIS" ON RESEARCH INTO NAZI, NEO-NAZI ATROCITIES</span></p><div class="gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> Stockholm -- The ILGCN (international rainbow culture network) announces its 2021 "Orfeo Iris" award diplomas for outstanding information work regarding the Nazi persecution, arrest and murder of LGBT prisoners and other categories of concentration camp inmates as well as homophobic neo-Nazi violence after WWII. </div></div><div class="gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> The winners this year include Dr. Joanna Ostrowska of Poland, who has written a series of highly-praised books about LGBT and others in the Nazi concentration camps, and activist Barbara Ludmilla Froelich of Austria and her Anti-Fascist Committee of HOSI-Wien, who help organize the yearly rainbow participation in Austria's Mauthausen concentration camp.</div></div><div class="gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> Earler Orfeo Iris winners include researchers, writers, museums and organizations in the Czech Republic, Germany, Austria, Sweden and Poland.</div></div><div class="gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> It's hoped that the 2021 award winners will be able to come to Stockohlm in the future to receive their award diplomas.</div></div><div class="gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> The award is named after "iris" -- the rainbow -- and Orpheus, the ancient Greek musician whose music could calm even the demons of the Underworld and who was proud of his male lovers, including Calais -- a fellow sailor on that famous ship, the Argo.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">-------------------------------------------------------------</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Photos/logos: Dr. Joanna Ostrowska, Barbara Ludmilla Frölich, drawing of Orpheus and Calais, rainbow and entrance to Auschwitz.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 20pt;">TUPILAK & ILGCN 5th NORDIC RAINBOW MONTH </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><b><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></i></b><b><i><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;">Stockholm -</span></i></b><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;">- The 5th Nordic Rainbow History & Culture Month - October, 2020 started at the Hanninge Culture House in a suburb of the Swedish capital with Swedish performer, Louise Blad exhibition of pioneering UK lesbian Jackie Forster, followed by the Heartfest LGBT Film Festival in Estonia</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;">, in</span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;"> Rakvere and Tartu.</span><i><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;">(cont. on page 3)</span></i><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;">_______________________________________________________________________________________</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><i><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 20pt;">ILGCN “Wings” to Melinka Film Festival – Serbia</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 20pt;"> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 10pt;"></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 20pt;"> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;"> Belgrade – </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;">The ILGCN award for LGBT film production and distribution has gone to the Serbian <b>Melinka International Queer Film Festival</b> – named after a murdered Serbian trans activist – and its festival director, <b>Predrag Azdejkovic</b>.</span><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 24pt;"></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 20pt;">_______________________________________________________</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 20pt;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><b><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 20pt;">ILGCN AWARD </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 20pt;">to Norwegian Archive</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><b><i><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;">Bergen </span></i></b><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;">-- The "Sappho in Paradise 2020" Award -- from the ILGCN (international rainbow culture network) and the Paradise Press-London -- has been handed over the to the University of Bergen's <a>S</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;">k</span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;">eivt</span><span class="gmail-MsoCommentReference"><span lang="en-SE" style="font-size: 8pt;"><a class="gmail-msocomanchor" href="x-webdoc://CBA1F8BD-7CBC-4F2D-9E0D-49696E6186AC#_msocom_1" id="gmail-_anchor_1" name="_msoanchor_1">[p1]</a> </span></span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;"> Arkiv (The Norwegian Queer Archive) in this Norwegian city for collecting rainbow historical information, publications and items in Norway, elsewhere in the Nordic region and beyond.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;"> <i>(Continued on page 2)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt;">_________________________________________________________________________________________________</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><b><u><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><b><u><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;">BRITISH-SWEDISH ZOOM ON QUEER HISTORY IN HOLOCAUST,</span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 8pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><b><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 20pt;">"ORFEO IRIS 2020" AWARD</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 20pt;"> to Czech Researcher </span></b><b><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 20pt;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><b><i><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;">Stockholm</span></i></b><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;"> -- Representatives of Tupilak (Nordic rainbow culture workers) and the ILGCN (international rainbow culture network) Information Secretariat-Stockholm joined with Dr. Anna Hájková, Czech/UK from her home in England with a Zoom connection, presenting some of her research into "Queer History in the Holocaust" -- describing the challenges and the difficulties in finding materials and working in areas not always supported by universities and other institutions.</span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;">(continued on page 2)</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><b><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 20pt;">ILGCN AWARD </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 20pt;">to Norwegian Archive….</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt;"> (continued from page 1)</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt;">Presenting the diploma to members of the archive staff and reading the motivation, John Earhart, head of the Norwegian Bamse Bear organization and long-time ally of the ILGCN, he said the award honors the archive " for understanding that without the painstaking archiving efforts of today, many of the accomplishments and the pioneers of today and yesterday may soon be forgotten."</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt;">" .......and for confirming that the past is never only the past, but is a bridge to the peoples and happenings of today and the events and peoples of tomorrow."</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt;">Academic director Hanna Gillow-Kloster said "On behalf of the entire team at Skeivt arkiv, we are of course thrilled and proud to accept this award. We thank the ILGCN and Paradise Press for the consideration, it is always very nice to be recognized for our work in the LGBT culture sector. This award is the first time anyone is giving us a salute for the work we are doing here!" </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span><b><i><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 10pt;">Paradise Press Donation to the Sapho Award </span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt;">The award is named after the ancient Greek poetess, Sappho and the LGBT-run Paradise Press in London -- publishing novels, biographies, short stories and poetry by lesbians and gays.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt;">The ILGCN awards include no monetary contribution but are given with golden appreciation for work well done. However the "Sappho" includes a literary donation from the publications by Paradise Press and this time includes Central African-born, UK resident, Elsa Wallace's collection of short stories, "Kissy face and Others." </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt;">The award has over the years honored authors, publishers, libraries and archives collecting, preserving and displaying crucial information of the rainbow rights struggle and culture. The 2020 award diploma contains an image of a painting of Sappho and the Greek poetess, Erinna by Simeon Solomon, UK, 1864.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt;">--------------------------------------------------------------------------</span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><b><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 20pt;">TUPILAK & ILGCN NORDIC RAINBOW MONTH</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 20pt;">…</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;"> (continued from page 1)</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;">At Stockholm meetings filled with presentations, poetry, film screenings and art work from Tupilak's (Nordic rainbow culture workers) and ILGCN's (international rainbow culture network) 70-nation rainbow art and photography exhibition, a number of Tupilak and ILGCN awards were presented.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;"> <i></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;">ILGCN's "Arco Nordica" (the blue rainbow) awards for 2020 were handed out to <b>Petter Wallenberg</b> and <b>Vincent Ferrigan</b> and his <b>Sidetrack</b> bar staff for starting and helping fund the first LGBT <b>Rainbow Riot</b> community center in Kampala, Uganda. The ceremony took place at Sidetrack bar.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;">Tupilak's awards for men <b>"Thor's Hammer"</b> were handed out to Swedish poet/performer/artist <b>Leif Holmstrand</b>, Sweden's <b>Peter Roth</b>for songs/lectures on HIV, addiction life and death, <b>Jan Göransson</b> of the <b>Swedish Film Institute</b> for supporting LGBT films, film screenings and film makers.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;">Tupilak's <b>Sowelu</b> award winners for women cultural workers, <b>Kaisa Färlin</b> and <b>Moa Lingnell</b>, Swedish singers and <b>Catarina Harline</b>, Swedish photographer, are to receive their awards later on.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;">One of the most impressive presentations by <b>Ida Måwe</b> of <b>Ottar</b>, publication of <b>RFSU</b> -- internationally pioneering Swedish organization promoting sexual education and often focusing on LGBT questions. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;">Other remarkable presentations came with Sweden's <b>Christine Zawall</b> playing the piano and journalist <b>Kirsti Kajanne</b> of Finland, singing the text of Finnish writer, Tove Jansson. Swedish artist <b>Kennet Lin</b></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;">d</span></b><b><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;">quist</span></b><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;"> provided live painting actions at several events during the Month.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></i></b><b><i><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 10pt;">Solidarity salutes to Polish, Belarus Colleagues</span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><b><i><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;">Also discussed future Polish-Swedish LGBT co-operation and exchange hopefully with support from the <b>Polish Institute</b> in Stockholm, and Belarus-Swedish exchange -- hopefully with support from the <b>Swedish Institute</b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;">.</span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;">One meeting during the month took place at the Stockholm City Hall with Tupilak graphic artists and <b>Torun Boucher</b>, (<b><i>Left Party</i></b>), vice chair of Stockholm Cultural Council about her highly praised plans to paint the thousands of dull grey, electricity boxes in the city.</span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;">-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68000030517578px;">ILGCN “Orfeo Imago” to USA, Germany, UK-New Zealand</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px;">Awards to Sarah Jane Moon of UK-New Zealand, Victor Adeniran – USA, Patrick Mc Donald-Germany. Diplomas to be sent or handed out later when travel permits.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><b><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 20pt;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><b><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 20pt;">ILGCN AWARD </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 20pt;">to Norwegian Archive….</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 8pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt;">(continued from page 1)</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt;">Presenting the diploma to members of the archive staff and reading the motivation, <b>John Earhart</b>, head of the <b>Norwegian Bamse Bear</b> organization and long-time ally of the ILGCN, he said the award honors the archive " for understanding that without the painstaking archiving efforts of today, many of the accomplishments and the pioneers of today and yesterday may soon be forgotten."</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 8pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt;">" .......and for confirming that the past is never only the past, but is a bridge to the peoples and happenings of today and the events and peoples of tomorrow."</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 8pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt;">Academic director <b>Hanna Gillow-Kloster</b> said "On behalf of the entire team at <b>Skeivt </b></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt;">A</span></b><b><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt;">rkiv</span></b><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt;">, we are of course thrilled and proud to accept this award. We thank the ILGCN and Paradise Press for the consideration, it is always very nice to be recognized for our work in the LGBT culture sector. This award is the first time anyone is giving us a salute for the work we are doing here!" </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 8pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span><b><i><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 10pt;">Paradise Press Donation to the Sapho Award </span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 8pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt;">The award is named after the ancient Greek poetess, Sappho and the LGBT-run <b>Paradise Press</b> in London -- publishing novels, biographies, short stories and </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt;">LGBT </span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt;">poetry</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt;">. </span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt;">The ILGCN awards include no monetary contribution but are given with golden appreciation for work well done. However the "Sappho" includes a literary donation from the publications by <b>Paradise Press</b> and this time includes Central African-born, UK resident, <b>Elsa Wallace's</b>collection of short stories, <b><i>"Kissy face and Others."</i></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 8pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt;">The award has over the years honored authors, publishers, libraries and archives collecting, preserving and displaying crucial information of the rainbow rights struggle and culture. The 2020 award diploma contains an image of a painting of Sappho and the Greek poetess, Erinna by Simeon Solomon, UK, 1864.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt;">--------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 8pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><b><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 20pt;">"ORFEO IRIS 2020"AWARD</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 20pt;"> -- Czech Researcher… </span></b><b><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 20pt;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 8pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;">(continued from page 1)</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;">The September 15, 2020 event also included the award to Dr. Hájková of the ILGCN's "Orfeo Iris 2020" award honoring "outstanding contributions to research on LGBT people in Nazi and neo Nazi times."</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 8pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;">The motivation reads: "for the crucial, often ignored research -- also with books and numberous articles -- on the fate of LGBT people in the Nazi death camps."</span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;">The award is named after "iris" -- the rainbow, and the ancient Greek musician, Orpheus, whose powerful music could calm elven the demons of the underworld and who was proud of his male lovers, including Calais -- a fellow sailor on the Argos. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 8pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;">Earlier Orfeo Iris Winners </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;">include </span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;">the U.S. Holocaust Museum which had a gay researcher stationed in Europe to carry out work on homosexuals in the Holocaust, the Malmö City Museum in southern Sweden -- for arranging an exh</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;">i</span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;">bit</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;">i</span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;">on on neo Nazi attacks and murders of homosexuals and immigrants, a controversial German ex-priest and author - revealing discrimination of LGBT people in the Catholic Church, German and Austrian university students carrying out research on homophobic atrocities by the Nazis – </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;">and the Museum o</span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #050505; 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font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">TUPILAK & ILGCN SALUTE IDAHO DAY IN </span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">STOCKHOLM</span></p><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Stockholm -- Representatives of Tupilak (Nordic rainbow culture workers) and ILGCN (international rainbow culture network) Information Secretariat- Stockholm will salute May 17 as IDAHO DAY -- the international day against homophobia and transphobia.</span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> The theme for this year is "Together, Resisting, Supporting and Healing." The day is honored by LGBT organizations all over the world in more than 70 nations, and was chosen as the date the World Health Organization removed the "sickness" label for homosexuality. </span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> "</span></div><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Skål" to IDAHO Creator</span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> The Stockholm event will include a salute to the Martinique-born, French citizen, Louis-George Tin, the initiator of IDAHO Day and the author of the "Dictionary of Homophobia"-- a man who received the Golden Tupilak 2005 at a Tupilak ceremony in Stockholm in that year.</span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> The event will include some international rainbow poetry and the display of some works from the Tupilak & ILGCN International Rainbow Art & Photography Exhibition -- with works from over 70 nations.
</span></div><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Also, both Tupilak and theILGCN Information Secretariat will announce some of their award diplomas for this year for outstanding work with LGBT culture and human rights in the Nordic region and beyond.</span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">More information: <a href="mailto:bill@tupilak.org">bill@tupilak.org</a></span></span></div></div>1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15003953233983486684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277390030298169314.post-8714460969766839292020-12-21T19:01:00.002-08:002020-12-21T19:01:27.668-08:00 LGCN BEAR CULTURE SECRETARIAT<p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Co-secretaries general </span><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Alvar</b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> and </span><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Dmitry</b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> at the international Bear gathering, </span><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Bearty-Tallinn</b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">, in the Estonian capital:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="en-SE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #202124; font-size: 12pt;">Alvar Ameljushenko</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="en-SE"><a href="mailto:allugator@gmail.com" style="color: blue;" target="_blank"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #3c4043; font-size: 12pt;">allugator@gmail.com</span></a></span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" lang="en-SE" style="color: #3c4043; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="en-SE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="en-SE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">co-secretary general <b>John</b> at <b>Norwegian Bears</b>, Oslo:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="en-SE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 21pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="en-SE" style="color: #202124; font-size: 12pt;">John Earhart</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="en-SE"><a href="mailto:c-earhar@online.no%C2%A0%20%C2%A0%20%C2%A0%20%C2%A0%20to%20note%20the%20growing%20among%C2%A0to%20Bear%20culture%20in%20art%20photography,%20films,%20music,%20poetry%C2%A0%20%20and%20to%20make%20recommendations%20for%20the%20annual%20Bears%20International%20art%20and%20international%20solidairty%20diplomas,%20....%20to%20confirm%20that%20polipol" style="color: blue;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">c-earhar@online.no </span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0cm;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="en-SE"><a href="mailto:c-earhar@online.no%C2%A0%20%C2%A0%20%C2%A0%20%C2%A0%20to%20note%20the%20growing%20among%C2%A0to%20Bear%20culture%20in%20art%20photography,%20films,%20music,%20poetry%C2%A0%20%20and%20to%20make%20recommendations%20for%20the%20annual%20Bears%20International%20art%20and%20international%20solidairty%20diplomas,%20....%20to%20confirm%20that%20polipol" style="color: blue;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> to help monitor </span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">the growing amount of Bear culture in art,</span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">photography, films, music, poetry around the world. </span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0cm;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="en-SE"> <span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="mailto:c-earhar@online.no%C2%A0%20%C2%A0%20%C2%A0%20%C2%A0%20to%20note%20the%20growing%20among%C2%A0to%20Bear%20culture%20in%20art%20photography,%20films,%20music,%20poetry%C2%A0%20%20and%20to%20make%20recommendations%20for%20the%20annual%20Bears%20International%20art%20and%20international%20solidairty%20diplomas,%20....%20to%20confirm%20that%20polipol" style="color: blue;"> and to make recommendations for the annual Bears International </a>award </span></span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="mailto:c-earhar@online.no%C2%A0%20%C2%A0%20%C2%A0%20%C2%A0%20to%20note%20the%20growing%20among%C2%A0to%20Bear%20culture%20in%20art%20photography,%20films,%20music,%20poetry%C2%A0%20%20and%20to%20make%20recommendations%20for%20the%20annual%20Bears%20International%20art%20and%20international%20solidairty%20diplomas,%20....%20to%20confirm%20that%20polipol" style="color: blue;">diplomas</a> for </span><a href="mailto:c-earhar@online.no%C2%A0%20%C2%A0%20%C2%A0%20%C2%A0%20to%20note%20the%20growing%20among%C2%A0to%20Bear%20culture%20in%20art%20photography,%20films,%20music,%20poetry%C2%A0%20%20and%20to%20make%20recommendations%20for%20the%20annual%20Bears%20International%20art%20and%20international%20solidairty%20diplomas,%20....%20to%20confirm%20that%20polipol" style="color: blue; font-size: 11pt;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">art and international solidarity -- along with the Bears International award team.</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="en-SE"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="en-SE"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-size: 12pt;"> Working with the ILGCN Information Secretariat and other secretariats, this new secretariat aims to help challenge the homophobia of </span></span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #3c4043; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="mailto:c-earhar@online.no" style="color: blue; font-size: 11pt;" target="_blank">politicians, church leaders and media -- especially</a></span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #3c4043; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #3c4043; font-size: 12pt;">in Russia, Belarus and elsewhere -- insisting that all gays are skinny, misguided teenagers living on bar stools, contributing nothing to a nation's culture and identity, deserving no human rights and no protection from</span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #3c4043; font-size: 12pt;"> violent attacks from neo nazis and hooligans.</span></p><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #3c4043;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">____________________________________________________<br /></span></span><div><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="en-SE" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #3c4043; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="en-SE" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #3c4043; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px;">Photos:</span></span></div><div><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="en-SE" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #3c4043; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="en-SE" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #3c4043; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px;"> 1.<b>Vladamir Bob Lysenko</b> <i>(Moscow, Russia)</i>, <b>Bears International</b> award-winning photographer, </span></span></div><div><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="en-SE" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #3c4043; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px;">holding up the <b>Bear International</b> award diploma to <b>Moscow Bears</b>.</span></span></div><div><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="en-SE" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #3c4043; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px;"> 2. <b>Bear International </b>award-winners <b>Mike Wyeld</b> and <b>Charl</b></span></span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #3c4043; font-size: 16px;"><b>ie Hunter</b> <i>(UK/Canada)</i> with <b>Alvar</b> <i>(middle) </i>at their <b>"Love"</b> exhibition in Tallinn. </span></div><div><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #3c4043; font-size: 16px;">3. <b>Albert Koomen</b> <i>(Australia)</i>, <b>Bear International</b> award-winner for his film,<i><b> "Bear in the Bedroom"</b></i></span></div><div><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #3c4043; font-size: 16px;">4.<b> John Earhart </b><i>(Norway)</i><b> </b>receiving his<b> Bear International </b>diploma at a<b> Bearty-Tallinn </b>event.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF8GN4l0xyG0a1vXDDBbE-6R2EL_yR7fUwcLlQFb1n62hAgN7bW8IrtbaPZJvMxJCHCK5PEtS7khjyHoHj5dVKUSKSfOin4v2ClxxFlnAkljCZESsMwQGnbtMhT0v7saIz35Uf-tJkOv8/s370/Albert+Koomen+self+photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="370" data-original-width="370" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF8GN4l0xyG0a1vXDDBbE-6R2EL_yR7fUwcLlQFb1n62hAgN7bW8IrtbaPZJvMxJCHCK5PEtS7khjyHoHj5dVKUSKSfOin4v2ClxxFlnAkljCZESsMwQGnbtMhT0v7saIz35Uf-tJkOv8/s320/Albert+Koomen+self+photo.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(60, 64, 67); color: #3c4043; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">Albert Koomen</b><span style="caret-color: rgb(60, 64, 67); color: #3c4043; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"> </span><i style="caret-color: rgb(60, 64, 67); color: #3c4043; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">(Australia)</i><span style="caret-color: rgb(60, 64, 67); color: #3c4043; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">, </span><b style="caret-color: rgb(60, 64, 67); color: #3c4043; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">Bear International</b><span style="caret-color: rgb(60, 64, 67); color: #3c4043; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"> award-winner for his film,</span><i style="caret-color: rgb(60, 64, 67); color: #3c4043; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"><b> "Bear in the Bedroom"</b></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_S_eMh4W5KXhXE5jZ-XUm4zCT-3zLgdDgOerets2Vk9b9jUd2vLuGFa5Ae_CY-FuhAQw2pzhVqgySr6VeLqhxCuKL4_8RxQQKNjwsPKmHp9Wbf22Izk-FYa-nasT8wDEG0DdCJ74dKFo/s960/John+Earhart+with+diploma.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_S_eMh4W5KXhXE5jZ-XUm4zCT-3zLgdDgOerets2Vk9b9jUd2vLuGFa5Ae_CY-FuhAQw2pzhVqgySr6VeLqhxCuKL4_8RxQQKNjwsPKmHp9Wbf22Izk-FYa-nasT8wDEG0DdCJ74dKFo/s320/John+Earhart+with+diploma.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(60, 64, 67); color: #3c4043; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">John Earhart </b><i style="caret-color: rgb(60, 64, 67); color: #3c4043; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">(Norway)</i><b style="caret-color: rgb(60, 64, 67); color: #3c4043; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"> </b><span style="caret-color: rgb(60, 64, 67); color: #3c4043; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">receiving his</span><b style="caret-color: rgb(60, 64, 67); color: #3c4043; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"> Bear International </b><span style="caret-color: rgb(60, 64, 67); color: #3c4043; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">diploma at a</span><b style="caret-color: rgb(60, 64, 67); color: #3c4043; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"> Bearty-Tallinn </b><span style="caret-color: rgb(60, 64, 67); color: #3c4043; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">event.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz9MERp9McsE3le1BvOu77V8TxfnZMSjTLHcaci2Dgz0Vmho_3HDPEwEg7Sa3wWMo02wNOYy7qiZyq3aHh4FCVvEV3uFDsmPppObwCdnVQX5tLxWN6HM2NBSonYADB-BwZC0MROYhk88Q/s960/Loved+photo+in+Tallinn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz9MERp9McsE3le1BvOu77V8TxfnZMSjTLHcaci2Dgz0Vmho_3HDPEwEg7Sa3wWMo02wNOYy7qiZyq3aHh4FCVvEV3uFDsmPppObwCdnVQX5tLxWN6HM2NBSonYADB-BwZC0MROYhk88Q/s320/Loved+photo+in+Tallinn.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="en-SE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #3c4043; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px;"><b>Bear International </b>award-winners <b>Mike Wyeld</b> and <b>Charl</b></span></span><span style="color: #3c4043; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"><b>ie Hunter</b> <i>(UK/Canada)</i> with <b>Alvar</b> <i>(middle) </i>at their <b>"Love"</b> exhibition in Tallinn.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOIQMB0WTLIGFv0RTa-T0NPHbucLus21dKdPsoyxiuR8y45zLZb5FcNUCt_RMjgGY7fb5_1a06F6hxfSwcSroV9DT8uJZUXQ4tFs5shDFGqgJK4JXRoWkVN3DG0ch42hTHdRtcLPC8Q8c/s640/Vladimir+and+Iolaus+2019+award-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="361" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOIQMB0WTLIGFv0RTa-T0NPHbucLus21dKdPsoyxiuR8y45zLZb5FcNUCt_RMjgGY7fb5_1a06F6hxfSwcSroV9DT8uJZUXQ4tFs5shDFGqgJK4JXRoWkVN3DG0ch42hTHdRtcLPC8Q8c/s320/Vladimir+and+Iolaus+2019+award-2.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="en-SE" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #3c4043; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px;"><b>Vladamir Bob Lysenko</b> <i>(Moscow, Russia)</i>, <b>Bears International</b> award-winning photographer, </span></span></div><div style="font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="en-SE" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #3c4043; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px;">holding up the <b>Bear International</b> award diploma to <b>Moscow Bears</b>.</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #3c4043; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div></div>1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15003953233983486684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277390030298169314.post-45669673760029743172020-11-04T10:07:00.001-08:002020-11-04T10:07:25.271-08:00 TUPILAK & ILGCN 5th Nordic Rainbow Month Over<p><span style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Stockholm -- The 5th Nordic Rainbow History & Culture Month - October, 2020 started at the Hanninge Culture House in a suburb of the Swedish capital with Swedish performer, Louise Blad exhibition of pioneering UK lesbian Jackie Forster, followed by the Heartfest LGBT Film Festival in the Estonian towns of Rakvere and Tartu.</span></span></p><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">At Stockholm meetings filled with presentations, poetry, film screenings and art work from Tupilak's (Nordic rainbow culture workers) and ILGCN's (international rainbow culture network) 70-nation rainbow art and photography exhibition, a number of Tupilak and ILGCN awards were presented.</span></div></div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">ILGCN's "Arco Nordica" (the blue rainbow) awards for 2020 were handed out to Petter Wallenberg and Vincent Ferrigan and his Sidetrack bar staff for starting and helping fund the first LGBT Rainbow Riot community center in Kampala, Uganda. The ceremony took place at Sidetrack bar.</span></div></div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tupilak's awards for men "Thor's Hammer" were handed out to Swedish poet/performer/artist Leif Holmstrand, Sweden's Peter Roth for songs/lectures on HIV, addiction life and death, Jan Göransson of the Swedish Film Institute for supporting LGBT films, film screenings and film makers.</span></div></div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tupilak's Sowelu award winners for women cultural workers, Kaisa Färlin and Moa Lingnell, Swedish singers and Catarina Harline, Swedish photographer, are to receive their awards later on.</span></div></div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">One of the most impressive presentations by Ida Måwe of Ottar, publication of RFSU -- internationally pioneering Swedish organization promoting sexual education and often focusing on LGBT questions.</span></div></div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Other remarkable presentations came with Sweden's Christine Zawall playing the piano and journalist Kirsti Kajanne of Finland, singing the text of Finnish writer, Tove Jansson. Swedish artist Kennet Linquist provided live painting actions at several events during the Month.</span></div></div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Solidarity salutes to Polish, Belarus Colleagues</span></div></div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Also discussed future Polish-Swedish LGBT co-operation and exchange hopefully with support from the Polish Institute in Stockholm, and Belarus-Swedish exchange -- hopefully with support from the Swedish Institute -- which has earlier supported Swedish-Belarus projects.</span></div></div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">One meeting during the month took place at the Stockholm City Hall with Tupilak graphic artists and Torun Boucher, (Left Party), vice chair of Stockholm Cultural Council about her highly praised plans to paint the thousands of dull grey, electricity boxes in the city.</span></div></div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Events were small in size and a number of guests were not able to attend in these virus times, but greetings to the "Nordic Month" came from Iceland, Lithuania, Latvia, Denmark, Norway, Finland and others.</span></div></div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">One gathering during the Month sent a message from its October 24 event at Stockholm's Hjorthagen Culture House to the MIX LGBT Film Festival in Copenhagen -- hosting on that same day one of the series of Nordic rainbow seminars -- arranged by the Nordic Council of Ministers -- taking place in a series of Nordic cities and focusing on Nordic LGBT co-operation.</span></div></div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tupilak also announced the 2020 Golden Tupilak went to the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the U.S. Supreme Court for her support of LGBT rights -- the first time the award has gone posthumously and to the USA.</span></div></div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Bifrost (the viking name for "rainbow") award linking the homoseuxal and heterosexual worlds has gone to Costa Rica for being the first nation in Central America legalizing same-sex marriage. </span></div></div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> In neighboring Norway, one event during the Nordic Month included the presentaton of a book by the late British writer, Elas Wallace from the Paradise Press-London, as part of the ILGCN "Sappho in Paradise" award to the LGBT Archives in the city of Bergen. The book was handed over by ILGCN Norwegian ambassador, John Earhart -- president of the Norwegian Bears. </span></div></div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Month Events Postponed Until 2021</span></div></div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Two of the Month's planned events had to be postponed until early 2021 -- discussions of Swedish-Estonian LGBT co-operation with the visiting head of the Heartfest film festival and the 1st Estonian LGBT choir -- Keio Soomelt -- also receiving the ILGCN's "Orfeo Zelim" music award.</span></div></div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And Greenlandic-Swedish co-operation, with visiting Greenlandic activist, Nuka Carmen Bisgaard -- who has also received the Tupilak's "Loke's Sister" award for promoting trans culture -- a visit to Stockholm to be made possible with contributions from FPES -- Sweden's trans organization, and the Nordic Institute in Nuuk.</span></div></div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"A third event planning in early 2021 was inspired by the excellent film, "If I Could Speak" screened on the last day of the Month and from the national LGBT organization of SETA-Finland about elderly LGBT people in Finland," says Bill Schiller of Tupilak and the ILGCN.</span></div></div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"We will call this the "Elli's Rainbow Festival" -- films, poetry and presentations focusing on the often-ignored and yet enormous contribution of the elderly to each nation's LGBT culture, identity and history in the Nordic region and beyond."</span></div></div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Elli was the female goddess of Old Age of the Viking sagas, who wrestled the macho god, Thor to the ground.</span></div></div>1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15003953233983486684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277390030298169314.post-53020663499992594602020-09-30T10:12:00.002-07:002020-09-30T10:12:41.452-07:00 BEARS INTERNATIONAL AWARD TO ST. PETERSBURG ACTIVIST<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #f2f2f2;">The 8-nation award diploma team of </span><b>Bears International</b><span style="background-color: #f2f2f2;"> has awarded the </span><b>2020 Iolaus</b><span style="background-color: #f2f2f2;"> diploma to </span><b>Aleksei Grachev</b><span style="background-color: #f2f2f2;"> of St. Petersburg for outstanding courage and bravery, with the motivation: </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><i style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="NO-BOK">"</span></i><span style="font-family: inherit;">...</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> for strong determination to defy homophobic attitudes of Russia´s political and religious leaders, a hostile media, intolerance and even violence from hooligans and homophobes,</span><span lang="NO-BOK" style="font-family: inherit;"> .... for the pioneering creation of SP Bears and SP Leather Club, and organizing Russian Leather Prides with both local, national and much international participation, </span><span lang="NO-BOK" style="font-family: inherit;">.... for illustrating that a so-called "handicapp" -- hearing or otherwise -- need not be a hinder to great works and initiatives but can be an ignition to accomplish even more."</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><b><span lang="NO-BOK"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="NO-BOK">" -- and </span><span lang="NO-BOK">for confirming that Bears are a vital element of the LGBT struggle – proving that gays come in all sizes, all ages, all professions, all races and ethnic backgrounds, all nationalities, native-born and refugees and immigrants, all religious or non-religious backgrounds."</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><b><span lang="NO-BOK"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="NO-BOK"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The award diplom was presented in an usual venue -- a Moscow Bear sauna party -- by <b>Bears International</b>-award winning photographer <b>Vladimir Bob Lysenko</b> from Moscow. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="NO-BOK"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">St. Petersburg Bear event, with Moscow activist Vladimir Bob Lysenko reading the motivation for the Bears International Iolaus 2020 award diploma to Bear activist, Aleksei Grachev.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><span style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/</a></span><span style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline;">100007726960170/videos/</span><span style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline;">2657633411170865/?extid=</span><span style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline;">ZOBgTGi1CvmoofEM</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="NO-BOK"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="NO-BOK">The<b> "Iolaus 2020" </b>is shared with <b> </b></span><b><span lang="NO-BOK">Belarus LGBT Journalists for Tolerance</span></b><b><span lang="NO-BOK"> </span></b><span lang="NO-BOK">and </span><span lang="NO-BOK">the <b>Lokys Bears</b></span><b><span lang="NO-BOK"> of Belarus.</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><b><span lang="NO-BOK"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><b><span lang="NO-BOK"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ancient Greek Male Lovers</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><b><span lang="NO-BOK"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="NO-BOK">The award diploma is decorated with t</span>he beautiful drawing of ancient Greek heroes, <b>Iolaus </b>and<b> </b>his lover<b>, Hercules </b>provided by Spanish artist, <b>Manolo Yanes </b>from his series<b> "Ancient Friends" -- </b>a series of drawings of male homosexual lovers of ancient Greek gods and heroes -- rekindling sometimes forgotten names of the past and confirming that gays not only have a proud and dignified history, but are indeed every where and every when.<br /> <b> </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="NO-BOK" style="color: #500050;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span lang="EN-US"> This 2020 award diploma joins the other<b> Bears International </b>awards: the<b> "Calais" </b>(the ancient Greek lover of <b>Orpheus) </b>for international travel and networking and the <b>"Hyacinthus" </b><span style="background-color: white;">(the ancient Greek lover of <b>Apollo </b>-- god of art and light) </span>for<b> Bear </b>art and photography. </span></i><span lang="NO-BOK" style="color: #500050;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #500050;"> </span><b><span lang="NO-BOK"> </span></b><b> </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><i>2019 Iolaus Award to Bears in Moscow </i></b></span></span></p><div dir="auto" style="color: #1c1e21; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #1c1e21; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As earlier reported, <b>Bears International</b> presented the <b>2019 Iolaus</b> award to the<b> Moscow Bear Club</b> in connection with their 20th year anniversary.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #1c1e21; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div><div style="color: #1c1e21; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The motivation was: "…in this their 20th anniversary year -- for strong determination, bold insistence on surviving and flourishing despite the homophobic attitudes of the nation’s political and religious leaders, despite a hostile media and despite the intolerance and even violence of Russian hooligans and neo Nazis." </span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #1c1e21; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #1c1e21; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"... and for confirming that the colors of the rainbow stretched over geographic and psychological borders do not grow dimmer but stronger and more brilliant."</span></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuP1BVre65VDq2BXN_rd9U5FEdKnW_rCsB5p-K9RPMjZu_yCmbLBZbr9pmLvhqMKDM7y8QcO7iRcnpmT6BDdXgBJpptuBk3m57taIRzqxMJgThzhv3Pqs0KzJ17I9o3S_pvRpVvsTtbu4/s1280/Aleksei+Grachev+photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuP1BVre65VDq2BXN_rd9U5FEdKnW_rCsB5p-K9RPMjZu_yCmbLBZbr9pmLvhqMKDM7y8QcO7iRcnpmT6BDdXgBJpptuBk3m57taIRzqxMJgThzhv3Pqs0KzJ17I9o3S_pvRpVvsTtbu4/s320/Aleksei+Grachev+photo.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Aleksei Grachev</span></span><span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: start;"> </span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu1qg9GGOHw2yPqlWjRaVFCVs0fDneYBzzBDqOJloA9FqiLwHDCJ1_WorO1VDwLiipntqy6NPPZys7KW824bZjP_z0W4BZ9oE8jMepRtl2Ryaw0eyqf8kqaFwWWLOA4kUNI2Cd6p3XGwY/s960/Alexei+with+diploma.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="528" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu1qg9GGOHw2yPqlWjRaVFCVs0fDneYBzzBDqOJloA9FqiLwHDCJ1_WorO1VDwLiipntqy6NPPZys7KW824bZjP_z0W4BZ9oE8jMepRtl2Ryaw0eyqf8kqaFwWWLOA4kUNI2Cd6p3XGwY/s320/Alexei+with+diploma.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Aleksei Grachev</span></span><span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: start;"> </span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgthI21_hoPzTvGMbAE3pavgRPO7s0NDVJZfniGU3lK5PvTq9XxzRVkLAqrp-UE4mAasZ6r_tW3-yAkTAMppLkR09YSCgAQIgTd9_rfk-w-_uhIPMWSNdAglcniSZthyBqTcEEmro8SeF0/s640/Vladimir+and+Iolaus+2019+award.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="361" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgthI21_hoPzTvGMbAE3pavgRPO7s0NDVJZfniGU3lK5PvTq9XxzRVkLAqrp-UE4mAasZ6r_tW3-yAkTAMppLkR09YSCgAQIgTd9_rfk-w-_uhIPMWSNdAglcniSZthyBqTcEEmro8SeF0/s320/Vladimir+and+Iolaus+2019+award.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(28, 30, 33); color: #1c1e21; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span lang="NO-BOK" style="color: black; font-size: 7.5pt;">Iolaus and his lover, the bearded Hercules
</span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(28, 30, 33); color: #1c1e21; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 7.5pt;">b</span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(28, 30, 33); color: #1c1e21; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span lang="NO-BOK" style="color: black; font-size: 7.5pt;">y Spanish artist, Manolo Yanes</span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs8g5MAPJdZa2iqMoJVBBlDuHg_SvIanAxelV0UDYKBRHMOyhxpPURA7TJz0GQjrzFSIYaHA6b84rAWkFo3dHZFwfxfBHK5-lRbKzBg3GfFAbSeI3-TrVGzcs_vNA6weoSNbTXBc555m4/s262/Hercules+and+Iolaus+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="193" data-original-width="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs8g5MAPJdZa2iqMoJVBBlDuHg_SvIanAxelV0UDYKBRHMOyhxpPURA7TJz0GQjrzFSIYaHA6b84rAWkFo3dHZFwfxfBHK5-lRbKzBg3GfFAbSeI3-TrVGzcs_vNA6weoSNbTXBc555m4/s0/Hercules+and+Iolaus+%25282%2529.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-size: 12px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Iolaus and Hercules</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table>1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15003953233983486684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277390030298169314.post-10708974128501545312020-09-24T08:27:00.002-07:002020-09-24T08:27:14.538-07:00 Swedish LGBT Delegation to Polish Embassy in Stockholm <p><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap;">Stockholm </span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">-- A LGBT delegation met with the head of the political and economic section, </span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap;">Iwona Jablonowska</span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">, of the </span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap;">Polish Embassy</span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> in Stockholm recently to protest over the arrest and detention of Polish activists placing rainbow flags on statues in Warsaw and on the growing number of Polish towns, cities and provinces declaring themselves </span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap;">"LGBT Free"</span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and setting up border signs to this effect.</span></p><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;">Dr. Jablonowska</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> promised to check on the legal proceedings against well-known Polish activist, </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;">Margot Sztowicz, </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">which she insists was the only activist involved still jailed for the event with rainbow flags and was arrested because of violence and damages caused in the event.</span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"> </span><b><i>EU Cities Break with Polish "LGBT-Free" Cities and Towns</i></b></span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">She also insisted that the </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;">"LGBT Free"</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> declarations have no legal consequences and that the civil rights of LGBT people in these some 100 zones have not been diminished, but agreed that they had serious psychological effects. Noting that a number of European "twin cities" have broken off relations with their partners and that the </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;">European Union</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> has severed financial support for local projects in these </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;">"LGBT Free"</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> areas. </span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">She also promised to provide the full list of the Polish "LGBT Free " areas in order to inform those 36 Swedish cities and towns with twinning projects in Poland about the possible status of the </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;">"LGBT Free"</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> zone there.</span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Several of the Swedish delegates emphasized that the concept of </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;">"LGBT Free"</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> was reminicent of the </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;">"Juden Frei"</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> policy of Nazi Germany in Poland and the rest of occuppied Europe, and these days promotes hatred and violence against LGBT people.</span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The diplomat was also informed that the once lively exchange of LGBT culture workers between Sweden and Poland supported by official institutes disappeared several years ago, and she promised to investigate how this could be re-established.</span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The delegate from </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;">Queer Amnesty, Réne Prada, </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> handed over a statement to be delivered to the Polish minister of justice to guarantee the human rights of LGBT persons in Poland, with demands for en end to anti-discrimination rhetoric in Poland encourging more violence and hatred, for the adoption of punishment for anti-LGBT hate crimes such as legislation existing in Sweden and many other European countries and pointing out that surveys show Poland as the worst place in Europe for LGBT people.</span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> The Swedish LGBT delegates came from </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;">Amnesty International</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">, </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;">Tupilak</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic;">(Norddic rainbow culture workers)</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> and the </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;">ILGCN </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic;">(international rainbow culture network) </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;">Information Secretariat</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">.</span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">-------------------------------------------------------------</span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i>Photos: Warsaw mermaid statue with rainbow flag, Polish town sign "LGBT-Free" </i></b></span></span></div><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; 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white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Stockholm -- Representatives of Tupilak (Nordic rainbow culture workers) and the ILGCN (international rainbow culture network) Information Secretariat-Stockholm joined with Dr. Anna Hájková, Czech/UK from her home in England with a Zoom connection, presenting some of her research into "Queer History in the Holocaust" -- describing the challenges and the difficulties in finding materials and working in areas not always supported by universities and other institutions.</span></span></p><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The September 15, 2020 event also included the award to Dr. Hájková of the ILGCN's "Orfeo Iris 2020" award honoring "outstanding contributions to research on LGBT people in Nazi and neo Nazi times."</span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The motivation reads: "for the crucial, often ignored research -- also with books and numberous articles -- on the fate of LGBT people in the Nazi death camps."</span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The award is named after "iris" -- the rainbow, and the ancient Greek musician, Orpheus, whose powerful music could calm elven the demons of the underworld and who was proud of his male lovers, including Calais -- a fellow sailor on the Argos. </span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; 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white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">--------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">More information: <a href="mailto:bill@tupilak.org">bill@tupilak.org</a> facebooks "Tupilak" "ILGCN" </span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Photos/art: Orpheo and his Calais, Anna Hájkova, award dip</span></div></div>1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15003953233983486684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277390030298169314.post-42442650764536309452020-08-17T10:46:00.001-07:002020-08-17T10:47:16.096-07:00INTERNATIONAL DAY OF RAINBOW CULTURE CELEBRATED on AUGUST 9INTERNATIONAL DAY OF RAINBOW CULTURE CELEBRATED on AUGUST 9<br /> <br /> Stockholm -- August 9, the ILGCN (international rainbow culture network)-initiated International Day of Rainbow Culture -- was marked in the Swedish capital, in the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, Argentina, Denmark, Canada, Spain, Italy and other places.<br /> <br /> The date was chosen also as the birthday of well-loved Finnish painter and author, Tove Jansson, creator of the internationally-known figure of Mumintroll. The event in Stockholm included literary quotations from Tove Jansson read by Swedish singer and musician, Jan Hammarlund, also singing some of his own songs. And Christine Zawall reading her own poetry -- both members of Tupilak (Nordic rainbow culture workers).<br /> <br /> "We had the keep the events on line or small gatherings in the days of the virus, but we are pleased a few of us could get together to salute the day and to honor Tove Jansson, who received a Tupilak award diploma and was a member of Tupilak in the last years of her life," says Bill Schiller of Tupilak and the ILGCN Information Secretariat-Stockholm. <br /><br /> GAY AUTHORS WORKSHOP - LONDON HONORS THE INTERNATIONAL DAY <br /> <br /> "We are also very proud that the Gay Authors Workshop in London chose this date for its reading of works from its members in a session chaired by Rosemary J.! Based in London, the group has members all over the United Kingdom and in Canada and New Zealand. The GAW has also created the Paradise Press publishing books and poetry from LGBT authors.<br /> <br /> Together with the ILGCN, the Paradise Press has created the "Sappho in Paradise" award diploma -- honoring authors, poets, publishers, libraries and archives -- this year going to the Skeivt Arkiv -- the LGBT Archive -- of the University of Bergen, Norway."<br /><br /> The Stockholm event also saluted the 100th year anniversary of the birth of internationally-known Finnish artist, Tuuoko Lakssonen, (Tom of Finland,) whose internationally-known art work has changed the way gays looked at themselves and how the world looked at gays.<br /><br /> POLISH RAINBOW FLAG PROTEST<br /> <br /> Members of the Stockholm event also united in a strong protest to the Polish Embassy here over the arrest and detention of Polish transgender activist, Margot of the "Stop Bzduron -- Stop the Nonsense" -- detained with activist lesbians for placing rainbow flags on public statues in Warsaw -- including the legendary mermaid who 'saved the city from attack.' Following violent clashes with police by those defending Margot and others defending LGBT rights has resulted in many injured and some 50 arrested.<br /> <br /> "These arrests are an exaggerated reaction of censorship and a brutal violation of freedom of expression. A rainbow flag does not damage a statue but only gives it some well-needed color," says Schiller.<br /> <br /> ILGCN ORFEO IMAGO AWARDS<br /> <br /> The event also announced the winners of the ILGCN "Orfeo Imago 2020" award diplomas honoring outstanding LGBT artists and photographers. They are Sarah Jane Moon, painter from New Zealand/UK, Victor Adeniran - painter from Colorado, USA and Patrick Mc Donald -- German photographer, model and publisher of the high-quality male art magazine "Juturna" -- giving space to veteran and new-coming rainbow artists and models.<br /> <br /> The award is named after the ancient Greek musician, Orpheus, whose beautiful music could calm even the demons of the underworld and who was proud of his male lovers, including Calais -- a fellow sailor on the legendary Argo.<br /> <br /> In Canada, the ILGCN secretary general of the Literature Secretariat, Ian Stewart, read up an apology from the Canadian government he and others received for the earlier dismissal of LGBT members from the military:<br /> <br /> " On behalf of HER MAJESTY'S CANADIAN GOVERNMENT the Canada Pride Citation is hereby granted to you in recognition of your valuable service to Canada and the hardship you endured as a result of the historical policies and practices in connection with the LGBT Purge.<br /> <br /> The Stockholm event also included a musical greeting from the ILGCN cultural ambassadors of Argentina -- Juliette Brizzi and Marysol del Pablo -- with a salute to ILGCN colleagues all over the world and with the song ending with a Swedish toast" - "Skål!"<br /><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/lpK_7-TIazQ">https://youtu.be/lpK_7-TIazQ</a><br /><br /> More information: facebooks: "ILGCN," "Tupilak" "Bill Schiller" <a href="http://www.ilgcn.tupilak.org/">www.ilgcn.tupilak.org</a> <a href="http://www.tupilak.org/">www.tupilak.org</a><br /><br />Photos: Argentine singers, Swedish singer Jan Hammarlund, poet Christine Zawall, Polish rainbow flags, Work/portraits of Sarah Jane Moon, Victor Adeniran, Patrick Mc Donald. 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<b><span style="font-size: medium;">ILGCN Calling -- July, 2020</span></b></div>
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A reminder: <b>August 9</b> <b>International Day of Rainbow Culture/Tove Jansson's birthday</b>. Make a "skål" to the day and to <b>Tove</b> and maybe to <b>Touko Laaksonen</b> <i>(<b>Tom of Finland</b>) </i>is this the 100th anniversary year of his birth. Maybe read a line from Tove ("All things are so very uncertain, and that's exactly what makes me feel reassured.")...? A photo of you on your own (or with friends) for <b>ILGCN facebook </b>and/or webpublication <b>Erato</b>..?</div>
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Proposal for <b>Clios Silver Cup </b><i>(for LGBT history) </i>´<i>(named for Clio - ancient Green muse for historic peotry and the Warren Cup --ancient Roman silver cup decorated with male homosexual pairs.)</i> <b>Sam Hultin</b> <i>(Sweden)</i> (she provides audioguide historical LGBT trips, guided tours and seminars and donates profits to refugees in Sweden.)</div>
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<b>Other, coming ILGCN awards:</b></div>
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<b>"Arco Nordica"</b><i> (for Nordic co-operation)</i> <b> Petter Walllenberg</b> <i>(Sweden - for starting <b>"Rainbow Riots" </b></i></div>
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<i>Uganda's first LGBT community center</i>), <b>Vincent Ferrigan & Side Track </b><i>(Stockholm bar -- fundraising </i></div>
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<i>for Uganda's <b>Rainbow Riot</b> center.) (Presentation: <b>Stockholm</b>.) </i> <u>August</u>.</div>
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<b>"Sappho in Paradise"</b> -- <b>ILGCN/Paradise Press</b> <b>- London</b> <i>(for authors, publishers, archives)</i> for the <b>Skeivt Arkiv</b> <i>(Queer Archive - Bergen, Norway)</i>. <i>(Presentation in <b>Oslo</b> or <b>Bergen</b>.)</i></div>
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<b>"Orpheo Iris" </b><i>(for research in LGBT presence in the Holocaust, neo nazi activities)</i> <b>Dr. Anna Hájková</b> <i>(Czech/UK) </i></div>
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<i>. </i><b>"Queer History of the Holocaust."</b> <i>(Presentation:</i> <i><b>Stockholm</b>)</i> <u>September 15-16</u> </div>
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<b>"Orfeo/Zelim Bakeav Musica"</b><i> (named after murdered gay Chechnyan singer) </i>-- <b>1st Estonian LGBT</b></div>
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<b> Choir </b> <i>(presentation in <b>Tallinn</b> during the <b>Rakvere Heartfest LGBT Film Festival</b></i><b>)</b> <u> October</u></div>
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Latest additions to the <b>ILGCN/Tupilak International Rainbow Art & Photography Exhibition:</b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: start;">Claude Cahun</b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: start;"> </span><i style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: start;">(France -- artist, anti Nazi activist)</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: start;">Krisheel Othman</b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: start;"> </span><i style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: start;">(Fiji)</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: start;">Önder Özgenc</b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: start;"> </span><i style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: start;">(Konya, Turkey)</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: start;">appho and Erinna </b><i style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: start;">(by <b>Simeon Solomon</b>, UK</i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: start;">)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: start;">Sarabindu </b><i style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: start;">(Bangladesh)</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: start;">Troy Jamison</b><i style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: start;"> (Brisbane Australia)</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: start;">Troy Jobson Bolt</b><i style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: start;"> (Kenya)</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpx_XVJ4NuV6nc62DAAJQZRlxpBsOfGCJGifceXePT4EUVGNeuW9xEcBWu900K_CNxHvk8mKVo23OTmG06R5yabT8ud-asxPt7NNE1THf6FrZJchF7mtpAJECdFQHNa0bb2fzMBSh3Yjg/s1600/LeonEspinosaDanceBears01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1145" data-original-width="1575" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpx_XVJ4NuV6nc62DAAJQZRlxpBsOfGCJGifceXePT4EUVGNeuW9xEcBWu900K_CNxHvk8mKVo23OTmG06R5yabT8ud-asxPt7NNE1THf6FrZJchF7mtpAJECdFQHNa0bb2fzMBSh3Yjg/s320/LeonEspinosaDanceBears01.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: start;">Leon Espinosa </b><i style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: start;">(Mexico/Norway)</i></td></tr>
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<b>ILGCN </b>co-operation with<b> HOSI-Wien - </b>solidarity salute to rainbow colleagues in<b> Poland </b>and<b> Hungary.</b></div>
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<b> Vienna </b><u>September or October</u>. <i> (<b>ILGCN</b> colleagues welcome!)</i></div>
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<b>ILGCN/Tupilak </b><i>(Nordic rainbow culture workers)</i><b> 5th Nordic Rainbow History & Culture</b></div>
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<b> Month </b>- <u>October</u>. <b>Tupilak</b> award: <b>"Loke's Sister"</b> <i>(promotion of trans culture)</i> to <b>Nuka Carmen Bisgaard</b>, <i>(<b>Greenland</b>). </i> </div>
1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15003953233983486684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277390030298169314.post-56127203181259719172020-04-30T12:42:00.003-07:002020-05-21T09:16:33.213-07:00MAY 17 -- INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST HOMOPHOBIA, TRANSPHOBIA, BI-PHOBIA<h2>
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In this time of the virus hindering get-togethers, Tupilak (Nordic rainbow culture workers) and the ILGCN (international rainbow culture network) Information Secretariat-Stockholm join the world-wide celebration digitally on facebooks, websites, etc. -- honoring IDAHO DAY on this anniversary of the World Health Organization's declaration that homosexuality is not an illness:<br />
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"Breaking the Silence! Smashing Invisibility!"<br />
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Rainbow art & photography, film, music and future events:<br />
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TOM OF FINLAND -- a special birthday salute to Touko Laaksonen, on the 100th anniversary of his birth in Finland on May 8th -- a tribute to the man who changed the way the world looked at the gay man.<br />
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Latest additions of more LGBT art and photography to the Tupilak/ILGCN International Art and Photography Exhibition -- now with works from over 70 nations. (available on request!)<br />
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Felix Garmendia (Puerto Rico), Sergei Dudik (Russia/Berlin), Tupilak award ceremony at Norwegian Embassy in Kiev, Alirezan Shojainan (Iran/Paris), Lynx Dean (Canada), Alaa Haziem (Syria/Sweden), Zelim Bakeav (Chechnya), Barbara Hammer (USA), Wenjie Ding (China).<br />
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Song: "Race Against Time" -- Peter Fröberg, former Swedish ILGCN cultural ambassador<br />
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Coming events:<br />
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August 9 -- International Day of Rainbow Culture (birthday of Finnish author Tove "Mumintroll" Jansson!).<br />
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September 15 - Stockholm, etc.:<br />
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"Queer History of the Holocaust," (often ignored by other researchers, exhibitions, media coverage) -- Dr. Anna Hajkova, Czech Republic/UK (winner of ILGCN's 2020 Orpheus Iris award for research in this field)<br />
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"1st LGBT Delegation to Auschwitz -- 20 year anniversary," An internatonal delegation led by Tupilak/ILGCN (outraging right-wing Polish parliamentarians and media and a homophobic pope demanding in vain the dismissal of the Auschwitz Museum chief). Bill Schiller - Tupilak/ILGCN<br />
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"LGBT Monuments around the world -- but none in the Nordic region. Why?"<br />
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Film: "LGBT Monuments around the World" -- Willi Reichhold, Tupilak, Sweden in this the 75th year of the liberation of the Nazi death camp Auschwitz.<br />
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October -- 6th NORDIC MONTH of RAINBOW HISTORY & CULTURE -- in Stockholm and other Nordic cities on both sides of the Baltic Sea. Including:<br />
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-- the 2nd NORDIC PRIDE -- focusing on Nordic rainbow culture, history and solidarity often lost in other national and international Prides.1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15003953233983486684noreply@blogger.com