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Introducing our panelists! First up is Alison, the Access & Engagement Coordinator at @ScotsQueerFilm. SQIFF have been creating positive queer spaces in Glasgow for a number of years, with a big focus on measures to make their events more accessible #BlueSkyQueer
Some of SQIFF& #39;s access measures at events: All films subtitled with closed captions; Autism-friendly screenings; Family-friendly screenings; Content warnings; Bean bags; GN toilets; Sliding scale tickets.
As events have moved online: Live speech to text in Q&As #BlueSkyQueer
As events have moved online: Live speech to text in Q&As #BlueSkyQueer
Morgan Holleb & Joe Isaac are co-directors of די ראָזעווע פּאַווע @dirozevepave or Pink Peacock, a queer yiddish pay-what-you-can community café opening in south glasgow. They don& #39;t yet have a cafe space - rn they& #39;re delivering meals to local community during CV19 #BlueSkyQueer
For food deliveries די ראָזעווע פּאַווע @dirozevepave aim to help people access food & esp luxury food. What people pay for meal deliveries is hidden, so there& #39;s dignity in what people can pay. A physical cafe would be a bilingual yiddish space & a luxury atmosphere #BlueSkyQueer
Christopher Murray is a youth worker with @HetrickMartin in New York - one of the US& #39;s prominent LGBTQIA+ organizations that assists at-risk queer youth, whether it be through HIV testing, providing a hot meal, or even just a reason to smile #BlueSkyQueer
HMI provide a wrap-around service 1) taking youth to events 2) empowerment from the community through meeting elders 3) attending after-school clubs to provide teaching & training to staff. Christopher ensures the legacy of HMI continues by being part of its culture #BlueSkyQueer
Senfuka Joanita Warry (Biggie) @nkali_biggie is Director of Freedom and Roam Uganda @Far_Uganda a human rights organisation that addresses discrimination against LGBTI people. She& #39;s also a board member of Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) & a trained GBV champion #BlueSkyQueer
FARUG come together to watch movies, have discussions about issues that affect them as LGB people, have conversations they can& #39;t have at home & share what they go through. Restricted to 18+ as they& #39;re not legally allowed to work with anyone younger as an LGB org #BlueSkyQueer
Sue John @SueJohnGWL is part of the Senior Mgmt Team at Glasgow Women’s Library @womenslibrary. Sue has been involved with GWL since 1993. She was integral to overseeing the relocation of the UK’s Lesbian Archives from London, where it faced closure, to GWL in 1995 #BlueSkyQueer
As well as being a physical library space, GWL creates space in other ways. They work in prisons & refuges, and deliver learning events all over the UK. They keep archives, including the UK’s Lesbian Archives, and host a wide range of events & orgs #BlueSkyQueer
GWL was set up by unpaid labour of queer people, as is common! They& #39;ve always facilitated queer projects, including setting up the Glasgow chapter of the Lesbian Avengers, which Sue was involved in. As an Intersectional feminist org, & #39;women& #39; is trans & nb inclusive #BlueSkyQueer
Claricia Parinussa @ClariciaKr is community organiser for Vogue Scotland, the family & platform for the House Ball community in Scotland centring QTBIPOC. The culture came from Black trans women in the 60s in NY creating a safe space away from mainstream drag scene #BlueSkyQueer
Vogue Scotland family aims to introduce individuals to House culture & empower individuals through community building & the artforms of Ballroom. The spaces they create are by taking up space. Also a focus on anti-racism work and how that sits within queer spaces #BlueSkyQueer
