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Drag Queen Olympics - The Best Games Ever!

From Messy Power Struggle To Sportive Top-Event

It all started seven years ago with a small group of drags and a handful of admirers: the Drag Queen Olympics. Last year the Dutch daily newspaper “Het Parool” headlined with “New Gay Pride Highlight” and that was certainly true. The Westermarkt was filled with a huge crowd cheering on sixteen participants. First during the Stiletto Sprint, then for the Handbag Throw and to finish off during the Tug of War.

The Gay Games

The biggest sports and cultural festival in the world will take place in Cologne from July 31 to August 7, 2010. Some 12,000 participants from more than 70 countries will converge for the Gay Games VIII Cologne 2010 and celebrate the principles of participation, inclusion and personal best.

The motto is “Be part of it!” And the invitation is open to everyone – regardless whether you are heterosexual or homosexual, male, female, transgender or transsexual, and regardless of religion, nationality, ethnic heritage, political convictions, athletic skills, physical capabilities, age or physical condition.

Expo News - Beauty Without Borders

On May 16 the Groningen gallery Mooi Man celebrated the opening of the exhibition “Beauty Without Borders” in the presence of artist Nebojsa Zdravkovic. “Beauty Without Borders” shows paintings, gouaches, watercolors and pastels by Zdravkovic and Cornelius McCarthy and lasts until August 8

The Gay Games

Major Robert Mapplethorpe Retrospective In Düsseldorf

Robert Mapplethorpe, who was born in 1946 and passed away in 1989, is one of the few artists who truly deserve to be known far beyond the borders of the art world. Mapplethorpe dominated photography in the late twentieth century and paved the way for the recognition of photography as an art form in its own right; he firmly anchored the subject of homosexuality in mass culture and created a classic photographic image, mostly of male bodies, which found its way into commercial photography.

Five Years Of XXXLeather

The Amsterdam leather party XXXLeather celebrates its five-year anniversary on the 14th of May. For this occasion the legendary event will return to its roots in the COC building for a one-off edition.

At the moment XXXLeather is the eldest leather party in Amsterdam. They started as the very popular leather parties in the COC building; the very first event took place in September 1994.

Blue - New Weekly Jeans Dance Party in Church

Church is yet again launching a new theme party - this time a theme that pretty much everyone can stick to: jeans. Blue will become a new weekly event, to be held every Thursday night from 9 p.m. onwards. According to Church: “We want to have a party that is accessible to everyone, it’s really not difficult to comply with this theme. Torn, bleached, skinny, buttoned, zipped, tight, wide, small, or XXXL - they’re all welcome.

Exhibitions About Gerard Reve’s Years In Greonterp And Weert

On March 7, Teigetje & Woelrat (Willem Bruno van Albada and Hendrik Lambertus van Manen), former lovers of Dutch author Gerard (Kornelis van het) Reve, opened a photo exhibition about their Greonterp years in Tresoar, the Frisian Historical and Literary Center.

On Wednesday night November 12, 1969, Reve and Teigetje, in Amsterdam to celebrate Teigetje’s birthday, met the boy who would be nicknamed Woelrat.

Roze Filmdagen (Gay and Lesbian Film Festival)

The festival is based around a diverse selection of high quality films (motion pictures, documentaries and many short films. With over 100 titles from 30 countries in 80 sessions the festival offers a great overview of what’s happening in gay cinema all over the world. The Roze Filmdagen presents many premiers of the best recent gay productions; popular as well as small-scale alternative work. The program is as divers as our community, every taste will be catered to.
www.rozefilmdagen.nl

Gay-Pride 2010 not just in the Centre of Amsterdam

During the budget discussions for 2010 the Amsterdam-Centre council adopted a proposal of GroenLinks (Greens) and PvdA (Social Democrats) to ask the local board to start cooperation with the organizers of Gay Pride 2010 to find ways to increase the social impact of Gay Pride and its events on other areas than jus the city centre.

Cleveland Named Host of 2014 Gay Games

On September 29, Cleveland, Ohio was named by the Federation of Gay Games (FGG) as the host of the 2014 Gay Games - the world’s largest sporting and cultural event for the LGBT community - which is anticipated to generate a local economic impact of more than $60 million. The FGG’s announcement concludes a year-long site selection process that culminated in formal presentations by bidding cities to the FGG Membership Assembly meeting in Cologne, Germany, site of the 2010 Gay Games. Boston and Washington, D.C. were also finalists.

Church Celebrates Its First Year

It seems like it has been part of the gay establishment for so long that it’s hard to believe that Church, the gay club on the Kerkstraat in Amsterdam, has only just celebrated its first birthday.

Defying all attempts to categorize it, Church is a unique mix of cruise club and dance venue that literally has something for everyone - its famed theme nights span from naked evenings to kinky SM parties, to drag events and sportswear nights.

Leatherpride Amsterdam: Get-Ruff (28 oktober – 1 november)

Welcome to Amsterdam where from 28 October to 1 November Leatherpride returns for the 14th time. After years of only having the big parties at the weekend, this year sees lots of exciting changes with a 5 day program full of Leather, Rubber, Army, Sportswear, Breeches and other fetishes: Get Ruff in Amsterdam! Amsterdam’s fetish bars, clubs, shops, restaurants and hotels are pulling out all the stops to offer you more than 30 kinky events under the banner of Get Ruff!

Gloria Wekker’s Mosse Lecture On Homosexuality And Post-Colonialism

On Wednesday the 16th of September Gloria Wekker will deliver (in Dutch!) the annual Mosse Lecture in the Theater of the Word in the Public Library of Amsterdam. In her lecture with the title “Van Homo Nostalgie en Betere Tijden: Homoseksualiteit en Postkolonialiteit” (About Gay Nostalgia and Better Times: Homosexuality and Post-colonialism, she takes on a trip along a few relevant issues in the Dutch multi-cultural society, to offer an overview of the ways homosexuality and post-colonialism relate in these troubled times.

Gay Photo Exhibition ‘Outside’ Opens At The Homomonument

On June 27, a unique photo exhibition opens at the Homomonument - “Outside.” Twelve gay and lesbian photographers, ranging from young talent to renown artists, with backgrounds as diverse as documentary, advertising, art and fashion photography, will each display two photographs at the Westermarkt. As art in the public space, “Outside” aims to make the connection between the public arena, individual expression and sexual diversity.

Drag Queen Olympics Return To Amsterdam

Oslo Dropped At Last Minute - Games To Be Held Again In Holland

In a moment of high diplomatic drama, Amsterdam has at the last minute yet again managed to push out competing cities to claim the rights to host the 2009 Drag Queen Summer Olympics.

Roze Wester Festival 2009

Party At The Homomonument

On Queen’s Day 30th April and on 4th and 5th May, the Homomonument will again be the center of gay Amsterdam with a series of outdoor events and parties at the Westermarkt, the Roze Wester Festival. But this year for the first time since the re-introduction of Queen’s Day Eve, there will be no Drag Queen Olympics.

George Quaintance’s Photos In Paris’ Exhibition

Paris gallery Au Bonheur du Jour exhibits photos by the American artist George Quaintance (1902-1957) until the 2nd of May. Quaintance, born on the June 2, 1902 in the countryside of Page County, Virginia, is nowadays mainly known for his almost sixty homoerotic paintings, but he also worked as a photographer. To be honest, he had more careers than a cat has lives.

Expo News - Sailors, Legionnaires, Workmen

From September 17 until October 31 the Parisian gallery Au Bonheur du Jour has organized the exhibition “Marins, Légionnaires, Ouvriers” (Sailors, Legionnaires, Workmen), which shows drawings, paintings, photographs and curiosities about these icons of queer fantasy. Au Bonheur de Jour specializes in gay erotic art. The previous exposition, “Jeux d’Hommes,” was dedicated to gay pornographic photographs from the period 1895 to 1940, because also in those days there existed a market for pictures which left nothing to the imagination.

T Bölke celebrates 35-year anniversary!!!

Wherever you are in gay Holland, the moment you mention you’re from Enschede everyone will ask you about Bölke first, and about the fireworks disaster second. The home base of the gay scene in the Eastern part of the country is having celebrations from the 17th till the 20th of July. Its 35th birthday also breaks the record of the longest running gay disco in the Benelux.

Queens Day - Drag Queen Olympics Again Awarded to Amsterdam

At a meeting lasting into the early hours of this morning, The International Drag Queen Olympics Committee finally decided by a margin of 5 to 4 to again award the Drag Olympics to the City of Amsterdam. After last minute personal lobbying by Amsterdam Mayor Job Cohen and local drag celebrity Ms Jennifer Hopelezz, the Russian delegation decided to change its vote from Bangkok to Amsterdam, enough to clinch victory for Holland.

Qboy to DJ at (Z)onderbroek (8 maart)

Sexy gay rap artist Qboy will return to Amsterdam to DJ at the hottest new party in town - underwear party (Z)onderbroek. The London-based hip-hop singer, described by BBC as “confident, cocky, cute, clever, witty, unique and entertaining,” will be playing along with DJ TDM (Cockring, Joystick) at the March 8th party in Club La on the Kerkstraat. Coming from the somewhat homophobic world of rap, Qboy has become one of the leading faces emerging from a new wave in British music, “providing the younger generation with a much-needed positive role model and breaking down stereotypes of hip-hop in the gay media.”

LoveDance 2007

Fifth Edition Of World Aids Day Spectacle For AIDS Fonds On Saturday the first of December Paradiso’s roof will come off with the fifth anniversary of LoveDance. The World Aids Day spectacle will celebrate in a grand style with even more performers, and more music than you’ve already come accustomed to. Three stages, four separate dance floors, over sixty-five shows with over one-hundred performers, and about fifteen-hundred of your friends, it’s all about love, baby!

LeatherPride 2007

On Thursday night, the 1st of November, the kick-off starts with a GUMMI pride Rubber Only Party organised by Leatherpride Nederland in Club Lexion. After a reconstruction there we were able to make full-fledged, exciting Wetroom, which makes it into a perfect location for rubber parties. Entrance fees are 15.00 presale and 20.00 at the door. There is a shuttle-service that departs every 30 minutes from the Central Station.

Leatherpride Amsterdam

This year's Leatherpride Amsterdam will take place from thursday november 1st untill sunday november 4st. As usual it was very hard to find a good location and set up a good programme, but this year we have succeeded better then before. There has been thought of a programme that will garuantee a much more versatile Pride. On thursday night the kick-off starts with a Rubber Only Party organised by Leatherpride Nederland in Club Lexion.

Gaypride 2007

Gay Pride is not just a pink Queen’s Day. Gay Pride is about the possibility to be who you are. In Poland, the Baltic States, in Moscow, the Balkan and in many other countries Gay Pride means violence, riot police, mass arrests, repression and exclusion. In Amsterdam Gay Pride is about visibility. An important event for The Netherlands as tolerance and social acceptance of gay men and women, bisexuals and transgenders seems to be under pressure. Visibility is an important tool to gain this social acceptance and tolerance.

Queen’s day eve spectacle - Drag Queen Olympics ’07

The 4th International Drag Queen Olympics, held on Queen’s Day Eve, was again an enormous success. Ms Jennifer Hopelezz brought the Olympic flame to the Homomonument to kick off the games, hosted by Coco Coquette and Zsa Zsa Gaybar.

Coming up: The EuroGames

The EuroGames, a sports competition with ten different sports like badminton, running, dancing and swimming, aims to increase the emancipation and integration of gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgenders in our community. The eleventh edition in Antwerp chose the motto: ‘More than Playing Sports’. On Thursday the 12th of July the Games will kick off with a parade with over 3000 athletes from over 40 different countries. On Sunday the 15 of July the event closes with a huge party with several performers.

Art- Tate Modern Presents Gilbert & George: Major Exhibition

On February 15 a major retrospective exhibition of works by Gilbert & George was opened at London’s Tate Modern. This long-awaited show is the largest ever to explore the remarkable art of Gilbert & George. Gilbert Proesch (San Marino, Italy, 1943) en George Passmore (Plymouth, 1942) both come from working-class families and have created art together since meeting at St Martin’s School of Art in 1967. They share a home, called Art for All, in Fournier Street in London’s East End.

World AIDS Day Marked Throughout The World

Church services in Moscow and London, a provocative artist’s action in front of a cathedral, and warnings about the spread of HIV on Europe’s eastern fringe marked commemorations of World AIDS Day across Europe. In Thailand, AIDS activists planned to create the world’s largest “condom chain.” In Papua New Guinea, officials took blood tests to encourage voluntary HIV/AIDS testing. And in Indonesia, activists walked through the streets of the capital with their faces wrapped in white sheets. World AIDS Day was marked throughout the world.

Exposition - Singing In Amsterdam

“Geef mij maar Amsterdam” (I Prefer Amsterdam) is the title of an exhibition at the Amsterdam Historic Museum. The people of Amsterdam love to sing. They sing about their troubles and their fate, their experiences and their town. “Geef mij maar Amsterdam” is about love and misery at the Amsterdam canals, about life on the street, at the base of the beautiful Wester tower and in the rest of our capital. They once started the singing on the streets. Amsterdam folk sing outside, in cafes or at home about love and poverty, alcohol and fun. Singers like Johnny Jordaan and André Hazes sang torch songs with a smile and a tear in the eye.

LoveDance 2006 in Paradiso

World Aids Night – Friday 1 Dec - 8 till late - Paradiso

Friday December 1st, World Aids Day 2006: The day that we all pay special attention to the state of affairs around HIV and AIDS, here and now but also elsewhere and in the future. All over the world people focus on the few hopeful developments and the still ever-expanding epidemic. The evening and night of the 1st of December, Amsterdam knows as World Aids Night with LoveDance at the Paradiso.

Exciting Possibilities At The Playgrounds Party 2006

After searching for months, the organization of Leather Pride has found an excellent location for Leather Pride 2006. It has always been difficult but this year it was nearly impossible to find a suitable venue. These have became very rare in Amsterdam lately, especially if you want to organize something more than just a dance party. This new location feels a lot like the very successful venue Force, many of us have such good memories of...

Kinky Party - The Trash Parties Are Back!

When the Trash parties stopped a couple of years ago a tsunami of disbelief and astonishment washed over gay Europe. How was it possible that a party so popular and loved with thousands and thousands of fans in Europe and elsewhere simply ceased to exist? The organizers admitted it had been a terribly difficult decision but that there were simply no suitable venues left in Amsterdam.

S.O.S Parties Move To Eagle

After eight years the S.O.S (Sex on Sunday) Parties have moved venue, crossing the Warmoesstraat to The Eagle bar. An unresolved dispute with the owner of the Argos was the immediate cause for the change. The famous “shirtless/naked parties for men and boys” are legendary, pulling more than 100 horny men to the Argos every second and last Sunday afternoon of the month. The parties, organized by non-profit Stichting GALA (Gay and Lesbian Amsterdam), are always busy and raunchy with the emphasis on safe and hot sex.

SummerCamp: Four Days Of Pride At The Homomonument

The dust of The Roze Wester Festival has barely settled down and the Homomonument is bracing itself for the next event already. The organization of Pride may look slightly fragile at the moment but GALA, however, has a granite foundation; so from Thursday till Sunday you can lounge and party, admire and be admired at the Homomonument.

NaviGAYtion 2006: An Event Of European Proportion

NaviGAYtion is back on the 1st of July 2006. Last year over 11,000 partying gays created a unique atmosphere on and around the river Schelde. NaviGAYtion became a huge success again, so the fourth edition is now in the making. Because of the arrival of the Tall Ship Race in Antwerp the organization decided to move the date a month forward to the 1st of July. The ideal start of a hot Antwerp summer!

Take part in the Drag Queen Olympics

Join Sixteen Danish Drag Queens at the Homomonument

On Queen’s Night, this year on Friday 28th of April, the third Drag Queen Olympics will be held at the Homomonument. Amongst the Olympic competitions will be all-time favorites such as the Handbag Throw and the 500m Sashay around the Westerkerk. Watch an entire gaggle of high-heeled gals throw hissy fits while elbowing their way through the Stiletto Dash or try to outshine each other in the Play Back knock-out.

Love Ball, An Exuberant Gay Festival In Brussels

Brussels will welcome on November 25, 26, and 27 of this year the first edition of the “Love Ball”, the first European gay festival. The best gay clubs, parties and discos of the continent will join three days-long in the capital of Europe for a long weekend of playful activities intended quite specially to gay people. Driven by its only festive and cultural dimension, this event with its itinerant character is carried by no political demand.

It’s Time To Separate The Men From The Boys!

A beautiful drawing by Nigel Kent on posters and flyers, informs leathermen that the famous “Playground Parties” are at hand. During the last weekend of October, Amsterdam will color black from leather and rubber as these parties, organized by Leather Pride Nederland, are being held on a new, secret location.

AfroGays Are Asking You For A Dance

The organization AfroGays is the brainchild of three black gay men. Inspired by the black gay communities in the United States and Great-Britain, they got the idea to built up such a community in Europe, starting in Germany. They built an internet site, AfroGays.de, where its members can meet each other in online chat rooms as well as exchange their ideas about different themes in forums. After the website was completed, it became clear that many men had the desire to meet not only on the internet, but also in real life.

Gay Business Amsterdam Can Start Production Of Canal Parade

September last year the GBA as well as a second organization filed a request for a license to hold the Canal Parade in August 2005. Chair of the city center government, Anne Lize van der Stoel, had a meeting with the alternative organization in early March. “The motif of the second request was that the Gay Business Amsterdam (GBA) had publicly announced their doubts whether they wanted to continue to organize the Canal Parade,” says the board.

Roze Wester Festival presenteert: Drag Queen Olympics!

Het Roze Wester Festival op het Homomonument start dit jaar op de avond van vrijdag 29 april met een uitbundig Koninginnenachtfeest: de Drag Queen Olympics. Een internationale competitie van onnavolgbare vaardigheden voor Drag Queens, Drag Kings, Travestieten en anderen van genderbending pluimage. Alle pruiken, pancake en hakken verzamelen op de Westermarkt! Want laten we eerlijk wezen: wat voor Amsterdamse nicht ben je als je nog nooit met je stilettohakken shocking klem hebt gezeten tussen de kinderkopjes rond het Homomonument? Dit is je kans, speel zoveel mogelijk “I Want To Break Free” de komende weken en train die kuiten.

A Flaming Artists Descends On Mister B

From January 29 until April 28, Brad Rader a.k.a. Flaming Artist shows his homoerotic artwork at Mister B, Warmoesstraat 89, Amsterdam. Rader has been creating erotic images of men since he was an adolescent, although he earned his living with other kind of artwork. He worked in the animation industry on TV series and movies such as “Alf,” “The Simpsons,” “Batman,” “Biker Mice From Mars,” and “Stripperella,” while he received an Emmy Award for his direction of “Todd MacFarlane’s Spawn.”

São Paulo Meets Amsterdam At ArtLaunch

Last year's Gay Capitals Series will get a spectacular transatlantic finale when Artlaunch starts the new season on the 18th of March with a queer cultural exchange over an unprecedented distance: São Paulo meets Amsterdam! São Paulo is not only the most dynamic city of Brazil when it comes to queer underground and partying, it is also the Gay Capital of South America! The Amsterdam based DJ Lava will do his utmost to present the boiling beats of São Paulo in Amsterdam in style.

Faubourg - Macel Joosen

On Sunday, November 28, the Faubourg Gallery will celebrate the opening of an exhibition of statues by Marcel Joosen. The theme of his works is clearly the male; male nudes and portraits in all their varieties. Apart from his main theme, the male is also his most important source of inspiration. The African men he has encountered through his connections in centers for asylum seekers, and men in his circle of friends are his models. They form the basis of his work.

Sepp of Vienna Pickled And... Unsalted

Sepp of Vienna is the alias of Sepp Engelmaier, who originates from the north of Lower Austria, but has chosen domicile in the capital of his country, where he studied graphic arts at the “Graphische”; and where he works as a photographer, graphic designer and artist nowadays. From childhood drawing has been his biggest passion and power. In kindergarten he was occupied with cars and the fifties.

World Outgames and Gay Games Registration Open

Both Gay Games Chicago and World Outgames Montreal opened their registrations last month after weeks of delays. Montreal has since seen 500 sportspeople from all over the globe register for the event in 2006, which is on track with their original forecast. Those planning to go to the Montreal games are advised to register early. Not only is there a 25% discount for people registering before the end of this year, but they are guaranteed a place at the Games.

Tineke Thielemans & Peter Colstee

The Faubourg Gallery shows paintings by Riccardo Rossati and bronze sculptures by Tineke Thielemans until October 17. Thieleman's statues tell stories, in which the body or parts thereof carry a message. The present day plays an important role in the conception of her works. Looking at her sculptures requires the will to give one's imagination free rein.

Three Artists At Faubourg This Month

On August 29 the Faubourg Gallery celebrates the vernissage of their first exhibition of oil paintings by Frans van Oirschot. The painter is fascinated by light and knows how to assimilate it in his landscapes. Sunlight, twilight, and moonlight create their own atmosphere. Human beings enter these landscapes very carefully. The painter tenderly places his beings, or sometimes only a notion of them, in these worlds. Initially his pantings look idyllic, but in the end they are representations of longing and loss...

Gay Pride Sao Paulo

On Sunday June 13th, almost one and a half million people assembled to participate in the eighth Gay Pride March of São Paulo. Very soon it became clear that they were part of something unique, because never before had so many people taken part in a Gay Pride Parade, not even in Canada or the United States. The demonstration was opened by the Mayor of São Paulo, Marta Suplicy, a fervent champion of legalization of same-sex marriages.

Outgames and Gay Games Delay Registration

Rivalry reaches ridiculous new heights

In the ongoing saga that has become the international gay sports movement, both Gay Games Chicago and rival World Outgames Montreal planned to open their registrations simultaneously in the first week of June. However both organizations have suffered delays and at the time of going to press, neither had yet opened.

GLB Walking and Search Tour Through Antwerp

This summer the GOC (a centre for meeting and reception) in Antwerp is organising the first GLB Walking and Search Tour in Antwerp. This unique tour specially made for homosexuals, lesbians and bisexuals will take you along different GLB places in Antwerp all by the use of a completely written out walking guide.

NaviGAYtion, the world’s biggest Gay Party

Saturday August 14, from 14.00 hrs the famous yearly NaviGAYtion party will take place at the Willemsdok in Antwerp. Ten big luxurious party boats will sail in and out for the Party People, making a water dance through the canals and ports of Antwerp. Each boat will moor again after one hour and fifteen minutes. It’s going to be world’s biggest boat ballet. Some boats can make a complete turn on the spot and the captains will adjust their sailing proficiency for the joyous day.

Faubourg - Look At Me!

From August 1 the Faubourg Gallery exhibits works by the German painter Michaël Müller and the Dutch artist Wim van Heeswijk. The latter is primarily known as a painter, but this time he shows his scuptures. Müller gave this exhibition the title "Schau mich an - Look At Me". But contrary to what this title might suggest, his poetic and realistic portraits don't cry out to the viewer: Look at me!, but invite him or her to get involved with the possibilities, emotions and stories of the people depicted.

Faubourg - Boy's Portraits by Jan Mattheus de Grauw

From July 11 the photographer and artist Jan Mattheus de Grauw will exhibit at the Faubourg Gallery a series of photographs of boys and young men from different ethnic backgrounds. The portraits show their budding manliness, their toughness, timidity and vulnerability, but also their sensuality.

Faubourg - Sacrevoir

Until March 7 the Faubourg Gallery hotsts "20 Years - Martin Arz", a retrospective exhibition of works made by the Munich artist over the last twenty years. On March 21 Faubourg will celebrate the opening of the third exhibition by Sacrevoir, the pseudonym of Heiko Noack (East Berlin, 1964), whose works were also very succesfully shown in his native country and in Russia.

Twenty Years - Martin Arz

January 18 the Faubourg Gallery celebrated the start of the exhibition Golden Queers by Berlin artist Rinaldo Hopf. Hopf uses his paintings to create the historical tree of life of every gay person. He celebrates male beauty with his works, but he also tries to pass on some kind of (sub)cultural historical notion. Hopf's paintings are characterized by the use of gold leaf, which creates an illusion of frescoes or icons, but with a touch of Pop Art.

Expo News

Golden Queers

Until February 4 it's still bronze age at the Faubourg Gallery. Their last exhibition of the year comprises a variety of bronze statues, mostly of male nudes of course, from erotic miniatures to monumental torsos. January 18 sees the opening of the exhibition Golden Queers with works by Rinaldo Hopf (1955) from Berlin. With the portraits in this series Hopf has tried to recreate the historical tree of life of every gay person.

Montreal Loses Gay Games

The rights to hold the 2006 Gay Games have been stripped from host city Montreal. The dramatic decision, taken during the annual meeting of the Federation of Gay Games in Chicago in November, has thrown the future of the entire gay sporting movement into doubt.

Pink Point Chit Chat

Elard Diekman is from Stichting GALA (Gay and Lesbian Amsterdam) a non-profit group which aims to promote gay and lesbian visibility in Amsterdam. Amongst its other activities, GALA regularly organizes parties and festivals on the Homomonument.

Johan van Breukelen - 15 years of drawing with light - a retrospective

The photographic work of visual artist/photographer Johan van Breukelen (1952) is characterized by the interplay of light, dark and mirroring. In his work, Van Breukelen gives form to the mystery of male sexual energy, power and vulnerability, while fascinated by the shadow of his (homo)sexuality in its manifold shapes and guises.

Pink Point Chit Chat

On their way to the seventh annual Hartjesdag on the Zeedijk, this group of drag queens - led by the fabulous Ms Jennifer Hopelezz - stopped by Pink Point and the Homomonument.

Twee exposities in Galerie Faubourg

In de maand September zijn er twee tentoonstellingen te zien in Galerie Faubourg aan de Amsterdamse Overtoom. Allereerst is er werk van Wim van Heeswijk te zien. Van 24 augustus tot en met 10 september zijn naast acryl- en olieverfdoeken ook bronzen sculpturen van hem te bewonderen. Van Heeswijk (1962) woont en werkt in Brabant en schildert sinds het midden van de jaren tachtig. Zijn productiedrift en expressie komt het best tot uiting in zijn acrylwerk, terwijl hij in olieverf zijn stijl lijkt te verfijnen.

Two exhibitions in Gallery Faubourg

In September there are two exhibitions in Gallery Faubourg. First Wim Van Heeswijk, showing oils, acrylics and sculptures in bronze, from August 24 till September 10. Van Heeswijk (b. 1962) lives and works in the south of Holland, in the province of Brabant, and has been painting since the mid-eighties. His portraits are never ‘beautiful’, but strong and expressive, with an adventurous palette. His oils show a more refined touch.

A Dutch treasury of male art

From July 27 (so also during Amsterdam Gay Pride), Peter Colstee’s new paintings under the title ‘Walls & Waters’ are on exhibit in Gallery Faubourg. This Amsterdam gallery begins to manifest itself more and more as a veritable treasure house of male art. Two years ago this gallery annex antique store at the Overtoom #426 opened its doors.

Out Now

Annual July Dance
The Amsterdam Stadsschouwburg, Theater Bellevue, Paradiso, Melkweg and the open stage in the Vondelpark all fall under the spell of July Dance this year. On July 6 and 7, Wim Vandekeybus/Ultima Vez kicks off in the Stadsschouwburg with Blush, and energetic production combining dance, theatre, film and music with live accompaniment of a band of sixteen.

Same time, Same Place....

Halfway the eighties, the Amsterdam Jacks introduced the first ‘safe sex jack off parties’ in Amsterdam. These steamy communal jack-off nights showed that safe sex could also be hot sex and were an absolute success. In undies or Adam’s costume, dozens of young and older guys spent a night of hot sexy fun together. But some ten years ago these parties seemed to have gone out of style and silently disappeared from local nightlife.

Cock & Feathers Party

The first anniversary of the Cock & Feathers at the Amsterdamse Zeedijk is more than reason enough for owner Gerard to raise the flag.

Dancing on the edge of the volcano

The Israelian Ministery of Tourism itself invited your roving Gay News reporter to come do some sight-seeing in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Who wouldn’t just love to experience all those suicide bombings first hand! So off we went. Palestinian terrorist attacks not only tear daily life to shreds, the tourism industry is all but in ruins. But we gays are used to living dangerously, so if there’s one target group left it better be us, possums. Four glorious days I looked at a country I’d eyed with mixed feelings before

7th edition of Amsterdam Pride

From August 1 till 4, 2002 the 7th edition of Amsterdam Pride. Next to the Canal Parade on Saturday August 3 and the concluding party and ceremonies at Stopera on Sunday afternoon August 4, the program also lists diverse cultural and sports events.

Big Gay event in Amsterdam approaching

After Amsterdam Pride the city starts preparing for its next big event. From August 29 till September 2 fetish lovers from all over the world are expected in Amsterdam for the second edition of the Amsterdam Fetish Fantasy Weekend. Although it was ment to be only a weekend, the enthousiasm of the Amsterdam Gay Scene to be involved was overwhelming, moving days forward to a kick off in Club More with a Uniform Party on Wednesday.

Amsterdam Pride Party Info

Get ready for PARTY TIME in Amsterdam. This weekend is GAY PRIDE with the famous CANAL PRIDE on Saturday , where hundreds of boats will fill the prinsengracht. The canal pride is during daytime, and is watched and joined by at least 200.000 visitors. Apart from all the street parties during gay pride, there are some really cool parties not to be missed.

Red & Blue on tour.

Red & Blue, the number one gay disco from Belgium, will be on tour at the “Roze Kermis”, like every year heald in Tilburg. Red & Blue will give a party in disco “The Talk of the Town”. Besides this party, Tilburg will be completly pink for one day.

Queens day in Amsterdam

Although the Queen doesn’t visit Amsterdam on a regular basis when it comes to the second most important day in Gay Amsterdam. This year might be the best change we get.

Gay Games Sydney 2002 info evening

Tennis Team Holland is organizing the one and only general information meeting about travel possibilities to the next Gay Games in Sydney, which are held from October 25 until November 9 in 2002.

Amsterdam Fetish Fantasy Weekend

The reputation of Amsterdam as a city with a colourful, rich, free and stimulating gay life has proven to be inviolable since decades. In its entirety Amsterdam holds great attraction for gay tourists, while it`s of lesser renown for large events which specifically address the gay scene. Contrary to other European cities, Amsterdam offers fewer large, glamorous parties. Sure, there is the Gay Pride weekend in August, boasting the world`s one and only Canal Parade, and the by now famous White Party. Also, in November, there is Leather Pride, an event spanning a weekend, with an established international appeal. But next to these two weekends, fixed on the annual calendar, and besides a larger party now and then, Amsterdam can pride itself on no other events of international distinction.

The vulnerability of the human body

Francis Bacon (1909-1992), one of the giants of modern art,will be honoured in Holland for the first time with a retrospective. In the Haags Gemeentemuseum in, you guessed right, The Hague, you can see all the important works by the painter, whose main source of inspiration was the vulnerability of the (human) body, especially since 1945 (how come, one wonders!?). Up till then Bacon got little to no recognition - critics unanimously wrote down his work, while Bacon himself did little to help matters by destroying most of it. But in 1944 he caught some eyes with a triptych and from then on his career spread giant wings. Bacon became one of the most successful postwar artists.

Two exhibits on male prostitution

What a great initiative to simultaneously present to the public two exhibitions dealing with the same topic: boys working as prostitutes. The Prostitution Information Centre in Amsterdam`s red light district presents drawings by Leon, a boy who meets his clients at Dutch railway stations, whereas the Melkweg Gallery presents a photo exhibition with pictures shot by Rob Philip, a young photographer in his twenties.

Row y`r boat

Ever since the Gay Games took place in Amsterdam, already two long years ago, the gay community couldn`t ignore anymore the hundreds, no, thousands of gays and lesbians who like nothing better than sweating it out in some kind of sport. So Gay Business Amsterdam, organiser of the city`s annual Gay Pride weekend, wised up and since those memorable Games days has diligently included sports events in their four day program. After last year`s success with athletes active in football, volleyball, swimming and rowing, Pride 2000 will once again welcome queers from all over Europe to compete in their favourite pastime, but also to revel in the special atmosphere of the Dutch capital when it turns pink all over for one gorgeous long weekend.

Sailing along for the sheer fun of it

What one remembers most of the Amsterdam Canal Parade are the large colourful floats with hordes of cute boys and girls dancing, whistling, waving and singing. And lots of loud music booming out, to stimulate the dancers and draw the attention of the many onlookers. Between all these big, noisy crowd pleasers are many small, sometimes tiny boats sailing the Prinsengracht, without which this unique Gay Pride parade wouldn`t be complete.

Sodomite, Uranian, Homosexual, Gay at last

Gay Pride Amsterdam, ...."Yeah, of course I`m proud, but my God it`s tiring!", says my upstairs neighbour with a sigh. Each year she goes out of her way to be part of it. Eggs and egg-cups are painted pink, she seeks high and low for sweaters with wild pink stripes and returns with pink plastic plant-pots, dirt bins, toe slippers and GSM covers and slaves with her crochet-hook over a rainbow coloured bedspread.

Rudolph Valentino:

Tango de Valentino is a small-scale, Dutch musical production about the life of Rudolph Valentino, the all-time great lover of the silver screen. Reason enough for Gay News to sample some information from its personal library on this Italian born star, who brought every woman (female and male) in the Roaring Twenties to the verge of hysteria. It`s not really surprising Rodolpho Alfonzo Raffaelo Pierre Filibert Guglielmi di Valentina d`Antonguolla pops up in just about every book on film you can lay your hand on. In encyclopaedias, biographies and in Hollywood Babylon, the famous work on outrageous scandals in Tinsel Town. For now let`s try to discover why this man became so legendary, also for those who never saw any of his films.

Classic Bus for an original party

Classic Bus Amsterdam, run by Robert van Achterbergh, offers out of the ordinary buses with driver. Growing up as a young boy Robert soon found out he liked men better than women. In those days this eft you with two possible career choices: florist or hairdresser. Hair did not appeal to young Robert, so things growing and blooming it had to be.

Desire .. HIM

Malta`s Eurovision entry this year -"Desire"- promises to make you kick off your shoes and sway your bodies to its rythmic latin beat. The lyrics promise to "Colour your life with the colour of love". But so does the young man who is responsible for writing them!!!

Amsterdam Pride 2000

This year Amsterdam Pride 2000 will take place on August 4-6. This three day long event includes not only several street parties, cultural events and its famous Canal Parade, but for the second time also several sports events.

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