The program for this year’s CGLFF is out and tickets are on sale! To celebrate, BLUS will be hosting two related events in October. On Tuesday 6 October CGLFF will pay a visit to Studenterhuset to present the program and show clips from some of the movies on this year. Also, after the showing of the movie Pedro on Tuesday 20 October in Cinemateket (hang on to your ticket – it’s worth a beer!), we will keep the doors to Studenterhuset open late for post-movie drinks with all your BLUS friends. Get your tickets for Pedro and the other great movies here.
Monthly Archive for September, 2009
BLUS has been invited to participate in a seminar on leadership and group dynamics together with Pangea, Sabaah, TGruppen and LBL Ungdom. People from the BLUS board will be participating, but we would also like to extend an invitation to our members. The seminar takes place on Sunday 13 September from 14 to 20 at LBL Toppen. If you’re interested, please e-mail info(at)blus(dot)dk no later than tomorrow (Friday) at noon.
In celebration of Copenhagen World Outgames BLUS came out to the whole of Copenhagen.
The board of BLUS had discussed what to do to celebrate the Wolrd Outgames. Huge parties, handing out lemonade to athletes, hosting a bar at one of the OutCities, playing games in the park were all good ideas but once someone asked; what does BLUS do best? The answer was obvious. Lets make Tuesday evening last for a whole week!
Tuesday evenings are for many known as BLUS Day at the Studenthouse. Here students and former students come to socialise, discuss, meet new people and attend one of the planned events, which during the years have been everything from movie screenings to trips to the zoo. The atmosphere is friendly, relaxed and informal. These evenings are the core of BLUS and we think the rest of Copenhagen should taste a little of this wonderful core.
With the concept agreed on we began to plan. First obstacle was the Studenthouse. Every summer the Studenthouse closes its doors and this summer the house not only closed, it was also turned into a big building site. Luckily the Trinitatis Church just next to the Studenthouse kindly offered us the square between the church and the Studenthouse.
Second issue was what to do. How will we entertain the masses? Who knows a band? Who can do a lecture? What’s that guy’s name who dances capoeira? Oh! and can we do the Vagina Monologues? We called friends, BLUS members, Anthony and the Johnsons (they said no!), the Queen. After a lot of hard work and dedication we had a program; three days starting on a Tuesday. Rasmus, who is the designer of the BLUS logo, volunteered to design a poster. Facebook, MySpace, www.BLUS.dk, emails. Send it out there.
Third issue was the weather. We prayed, we wished, we stood on one leg, we searched for four-leaf clovers and we asked all the lady bugs to fly into the sky and give us good weather and it worked! When the day arrived we pulled out the couches, the chairs, the coffee tables, the bar, the beer, the sound system. The events began and people started showing up.
Moving BLUS outdoors into the public turned out to be a great experience. Not only did many BLUS members and friends come by to have a chat and hang out but also many people who just happened to be in the area. BLUS inhabited the square for three days and shared with everyone our good atmosphere and interesting events. The BLUS board would like to sincerely thank everyone who came by to give a hand. Thank you to the lecturers, workshop facilitators, the performers and the Studenthouse for their cooperation.
Den 1. til 3. maj 2009 afholdt Lambda, en forening i Odense for bøsser og lesbiske, et tredages arrangement. Arrangementet hed Mangfoldig Homo og havde til hensigt at vise omverden, hvor mangfoldig en skare, homoseksuelle er. Fredag blev der fejret Homoernes Kampdag, set stand-up show med Mette Frobenius og spillet bingo med de lokale drag queens. Resten af weekenden bød på forskellige aktiviteter for alle fra de helt små regnbue børn til de kunst interesserede.
BLUS bestyrelsesmedlemmer Lorenzo, Jeroen og Ellen tog toget til Odense for at deltage i en messe sammen med andre foreninger og grupper, der arbejder med homoseksualitet.
Lambda er en organisation som har eksisteret siden 1993. Du kan læse mere om dem på www.lambda.dk. Desuden holder Lambda en stor fest den første lørdag i hver måned.
On Tuesday 22 September we will be welcoming and introducing new students to BLUS. The board of BLUS will be presenting the organization and the different activities that we offer to our members. We will also spend some time on making sure that both old and new members can get to know one another in a fun and informal fashion. Finally, there will be an exciting challenge for all participants.
The Intro night is both for future, current and past members. We encourage all members wishing to renew their membership to show up as well. The venue is as always Studenterhuset and we start at 19 (Facebook event).
It is with sadness that we announce that Jeroen Roosen and Michael Vad have decided to resign from the BLUS board effective immediately, as they are both leaving the country. As a consequence, Bo Refsgaard Pedersen has been asked and has accepted to step up from deputy status to full board member. We wish both Jeroen and Michael the best of luck and welcome Bo (back) on the board!
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