Minority stress
What is minority stress?
This week, on 24.10.23, we introduced our activities to Tartu school nurses, so that every child would feel safer at school. Sharing some facts with you! 🧑🏻⚕️🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 🧑🏻⚕️🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Spooky Scary Queer: book club meeting
Spooky Scary Kväär: Book club meeting
🎃✨ Calling all bookworms and horror enthusiasts! 📚👻
Get ready for our spine-tingling book club meeting on October 20th at 17:00! 🕰️📖 This time, we’re diving into the eerie realms of Spooky Scary! 💀🌙 We’ll be unraveling the threads of queer horror, exploring the mysteries of death, and embracing all things macabre in books and beyond.
No specific book required this time—our focus is on the thrilling theme! 🦇✨ But fear not, we’ve curated a bone-chilling list of recommendations for your adventurous souls. Feel free to check them out beforehand, but remember, there’s absolutely no pressure. Just join us, bring your hauntingly good vibes, and share your own spooky favorites! 🖤👹
Let’s gather and celebrate the season of frights together! See you there! 🎃📚
Books:
- Under the Whispering Door – TJ Klune
- Cemetery Boys – Aiden Thomas
- Gideon the Ninth – Tamsyn Muir
- Carmilla – Sheridan Le Fanu
- Dorian Gray portree – Oscar Wilde
Films:
- Rocky Horror Picture Show
- Jennifer’s Body
TV series:
- The Haunting of Bly Manor
- Interview with the Vampire
- What We Do in the Shadows
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
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Queer representation: highlights of discussion at Festheart
What do queers think about representation?
We’ve collected so many awesome ideas — about the role of representation in our lives, the best and the worst ways to represent queer people, our favourite films&TV shows, and those we would love to see in the future. Check out the gallery to find out how queer people want to be represented!
Thank you for having us, Festheart, and see you at the festival! 
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
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Drag Kings vs. Media
Drag Kings vs. Media
/ Drag Yourself Here public programme in Kogo Gallery /
We invite you to join the community event run by drag kings about drag kings for maybe soon to be drag kings…? No pressure, we will just come together to discuss some of the problems facing the drag industry: namely, the lack of representation of drag kings in the mainstream media. Is there something we as a society and the target audience can do about it? With the support of Peemoti Keskus, your local Tartu drag kings Lõvikõva and Oleandro will help move the evening away from RuPaul and towards the appreciation and visibility of the craft they themselves represent.
We invite you to read through some of the news articles published in the last few years to get that feminist blood pumping. Upon request the legendary “The Drag King Book” by Del LaGrace Volcano and Jack Halberstam (Serpent’s Tail, 1999) can be sent out in a scanned format to draw inspiration from the kings of the 90s: DM us!
Articles:
- Amanda Chemeche (April 22, 2022) The Case for the Kings. Jezebel.com. RuPaul’s Drag Race all but defines what drag is and who can perform it. The world’s best drag kings would like a word.
- Russ Martin (June 16, 2022) Drag Has a Gender Pay Gap Problem: Drag kings work as hard as queens. Why do they make less? Fashion Magazine.
- Hazel Cills (March 8, 2018) As Drag Becomes More Popular Than Ever, Drag Kings Refuse to be Ignored. Jezebel.com.
At Kogo Gallery, based in Tartu, Estonia is currently on view a group exhibition Drag Yourself Here by the Baltic Drag King Collective – a fluid community of drag performance artists from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The exhibition invites to experience, via drag, a glimpse into queer nightlife, gender empowerment and politics. Drag Yourself Here is curated by Mētra Saberova, Latvian queer feminist performance and moving-image artist. The show is part of Kogo Gallery’s this year’s programme Queer it Up which celebrates all that is positioned as fluid, different, unidentifiable, glitchy, marginal and uncomfortable. Kogo Gallery is a contemporary art gallery in Tartu, Estonia that focuses on the younger generation of artists. Kogo is committed to encouraging dialogue on important issues of today by running an extensive public programme alongside the exhibitions.
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Discussion “Queers on screen” on 30.09
Discussion "Queers on Screen" on 30.09
👩🎤🦸♀️🧜♂️ How has the representation of LGBTQ+ characters changed over time? Together with Festheart we will organise a discussion dedicated to queer representation in film and TV.
🎬 Let’s meet on September 30th, 11:00, in Tartu Elektriteater to discuss fictional crushes, queerbaiting, the best and the worst ways to present queers on screen. 🦄
🤓The event will include a brief introduction into the history of LGBTQ+ cinema and an open discussion. The event will be in English. Everybody is welcome! 🥳
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Crafts club 13.09.
Crafts Club 13.09.
Crafts club meets again on Wednesday, September 13th at 17:00–20:00. ✨
Come to Lille youth centre’s pavilion to crochet with us! This crafts club meeting is outside, so make sure to dress according to the weather and bring along your own craft supplies. 😇
This event is funded by the Active Citizens Fund of the EEA Grants, operated in Estonia by the Open Estonia Foundation in consortium with the Network of Estonian Non-profit Organisations. 💖
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Welcome party 14.09
Welcome party 14.09.
Behemoth’s centre is having a huge information party in our new rooms on Thursday, September 14th at 16:00–20:00! 🤩🥳
🤓 The plan is to:
- say goodbye to our ACF project;
- talk about our collaboration with Lille Youth Centre;
- introduce our Tartu small culture project;
- introduce our European Solidarity Corps project;
- talk about our plans going forward.
This is a great opportunity to meet and spend time with us! 😇🌻
We await you! Additionally, you may draw on our furniture. 🥶
This event is funded by the Active Citizens Fund of the EEA Grants, operated in Estonia by the Open Estonia Foundation in consortium with the Network of Estonian Non-profit Organisations. 💖
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QUEERHELLPARTY vol. 3
QUEERHELLPARTY v. 3
It’s time to go Back to Hell, to QUEERHELLPARTY
Become your favourite character or the most dreaded monster to ever walk the streets of Tartu and come party with us!
Once again we’ll have a DRAG SHOW and many awesome artists!
More info soon!
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Art Club 12.09.
Art Club 12.9.23
Art club meets again on Tuesday, September 12th at 17:00–20:00. ✨
Come to Lille youth centre’s pavilion to draw or paint with us! This art club meeting is outside, so make sure to dress according to the weather and bring along your own art supplies. 😇
This event is funded by the Active Citizens Fund of the EEA Grants, operated in Estonia by the Open Estonia Foundation in consortium with the Network of Estonian Non-profit Organisations. 💖
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Macrame workshop
Makrame workshop
Come and learn the art of macrame! 🌞 We invite you to our workshop at our new location of the Behemoth’s centre (Lille 9) on September 22nd at 17:00.
We have crafting supplies available at the centre but you can also bring yours along, if you wish. 🧶 Of course, if you want to, you can also just work on your own arts or crafts project in our company. ✂️
This event is sponsored by the city of Tartu. 🥰