How does the European year against intolerance look in Slovenia? Not too good. Lesbians and gays weren't invited to co-operate in the national comittee. Things aren't too pink for queers here, a poll reveals.
A visit of Ljubljana's pink scene to Maribor began with introduction of SKUC-Lambda's new books: Natasa Velikonja's Abonma, Herve Guibert's Friend who didn't Save my Life and Rita Mae Brown's Pomegranate. It was followed by introduction of Slovene gay and lesbian scene and ended with film Before Stonewall (Greta Schiller, USA, 1983).
Report on Tednik's interview with Sandi Perdih follows. The main theme was same-sex partnerships. Beside Perdih, the famous Angelca Zerovnik told her opinion.
Same-sex partnerships were the main theme on Kanal A's debate Un pa to. Discussion about pros and contras regarding gay marriage was a nice refresment after debates about whether homosexuality is a disease or not. Guests: Aleksander Perdih (Yoldashimm), Metka Mencin (Minerva at LDS), Marja Strojin (child psychologist), Tomaz Domicelj (musician) and Natasa Pirc (journalist and lawyer).
Report on dr. Karl Zupancic's lecture in Law Faculty. What has been done in this area elsewhere, reasons for this laws, European Parliament's resolution about equality of gays and lesbians, traditional view on marriage, etc.
We were able to see a typical male buddy movie with hidden homoeroticism and rape of a man in Deliverance (John Boorman, USA, 1972) on Slovene national television. Emzin magazine held a competition for best photo of 1994 - winner is Tomaz Gregoric, Maja Vauda got the bronze. Photograps of these authors are published in this issue of Revolver. In Modern Gallery in Ljubljana there was Maksim Sedej's exhibition. Brother Nation is a new fashion style for extroverted men. OutRage! is a british group which outs public figures. Lesbian Avengers is a new radical group in lesbian movement. British Government was asked by European Comission for Human Rights to explain discriminatory ages of consent for gay sex. Critics liked a new lesbian movie Devotion. Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman are threatening with law suits to those who say Tom is gay. Greg Louganis on the other hand came out of the closet and also admitted he's HIV positive. Taxi is a new commercial for Levi's 501. New York transvestite Zaldy ruins a cab driver's dreams when he starts to shave. Gay Identity can be expensive, because we tend to buy it. Matt Fuller lives with a "HIV positive" tattoo. Patricia Highsmith, the most important writer of psychological fiction and author of "The Price of Salt" died this year.
In 1967 Gilbert Proesch and George Passmore met. They were students of so called new sculpture at St Martin's School of Art. They call their work "The art for everyone".
Vinko Moderndorfer is a theatre play director. His work includes Summertime, Bent, Pink Triangle, As Is, Sganarel, Lady from Maxim,...
How do you know if you're single, restless, courting, in a couple, restless and how do you know that your relationship is falling apart. Or, the washing cycle of love.
What is holocaust, what is concentration camp? The meaning of concentration camp in the 3rd Reich was cleaning of the "Aryan race". It was supposed to get rid of all the races that smudged this high race. It also had to eliminate all the other harmful elements: gays, communists and people with other ways of thinking.
On May 31th and June 1th a dance group DV8 Physical Theatre will perform in Ljubljana's Cankarjev dom. Their choreographer is Lloyd Newson. He started with New Zealand Dance Company. He came to London in 1980. Five years later he founded DV8 Physical Theatre with Nigel Charnock and Michelle Richecoeur.
Registered partnerships: things are getting better. If government doesn't feel like helping gays, European community will. Although Europe is old and not flexibile, their rules are that laws of member states may not be too different of their laws. Because Europe positively evaluated same-sex partnerships, Slovenia will have to change certain views.
Government's reply to petition (in Slovene) asking for ban on discrimination based on sexual orientation, for legalizing same-sex partnerships, for compensating for wrongs that have been done becuase of discrimination and for making sexual orientation as a ground for asylum for those who are prosecuted because of it, is published below.
Tomaz Gregoric: 1st Prize of Emzin's competition
Maja Vauda: 3rd Prize of Emzin's competition
A commentary on year against intolerance. Slovene extremists have gone mad, but the government doesn't mind.
6 pages of short reviews of lesbian/gay movies: Threesome, Three of Hearts, Strawberries and Chocolate, Coming out, Doing Time on Maple Drive, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Queen Margot and many many many more.
With feministic and lesbian movement a new sort of music was introduced. It is very different of the traditional macho rock and commercial pop trends. Female music is characterised by political activity regarding female themes, such as fight agains violence, discovering female world, anti-racistic and pacifistic tendencies...
... the first out lesbian in Hollywood. She was born in 1897 in San Francisco. Her first step to the movie world was in 1919, when she became a script girl, but she soon started with other jobs. Her most important films include Fashion for Women, The Wild Party, Manhattan Cocktail, Anybody's Woman, Sara and Son, Working Girls, Merrily We Go to Hell, Christopher Strong, Nana, Craig's Wife, The Bride Wore Red, Dance Girl Dance, First Comes Courage...
Two life stories.
Two excerpts from Jean Genet's Miracle of the Rose and a story In Love with a 12-year-old.
What are hemeroids, why and when they appear and how to get rid of them.