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Ste. Emilie is the official flogger of Pervers/cité this year, so we have a special program lined up for you! (All events are at Ste. Emilie unless otherwise indicated)

Saturday, August 7th, 2pm – STREET SELF-DEFENCE & COUNTER-ATTACK – with Em(ber)
Sunday, August 8th, 6-11pm – QPOCluck for Queer/Trans People of Colour
Thursday, August 12, 7-11pm – Criminal Queers Film Series (Sarah Bernard, Mirha Soleil Ross, +)
Saturday, August 14 – Queer Between The Covers (We Table at the Queer Bookfair)
Sunday, August 15, 3pm РSpecial Pervers/cit̩ edition of Reading Rainbow Read Aloud Club

STREET SELF-DEFENCE & COUNTER-ATTACK – with Em(ber)
Saturday, August 7th, 2pm

DESCRIPTION: An interactive workshop for women, queer and trans folks, exploring strategies for self-defence against gender-based and homophobic violence on the street. You are encouraged to bring ideas, information and experience to share.
BIO: From a young femme boy in a bad neighbourhood to life on the road, from big bad bouncer to transgenderqueer bulldagger, Ember has been defending herself and her loved ones since 1982.
REGISTRATION: Please RSVP at mtlskillshare@gmail.com and cancel asap if you can’t make it. FREE. Feel free to bring snacks to share. All shapes, sizes, abilities and skill levels welcome.

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QPOCLUCK: Oh queer people of color, where art thou?
Sunday, August 8th – 6-11pm

Howdy beautiful people!
On Sunday, August 8th you are cordially invited for a righteous Queer/Trans potluck at the Ste-Émilie Skillshare. The event will start around 6pm and will end around 11-ish!
Bring a delicious dish to share, and something to drink.
This event is pretty informal, it’s just an excuse to meet other wonderful queer people of colour, share our experiences and have a good time.
Please RSVP at qpocluck@gmail.com – let us know what you will bring, and if you have any food allergies.
Looking forward to meeting you!
Note: this event is open to those who self-identify as both queer/trans and indigenous/”visible minority”/mixed race/people of colour. We appreciate your understanding.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=147168951963246

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CRIMINAL QUEERS BACKYARD FILM SERIES + PERFORMANCES
August 12th, 2010 – 7-11pm

Performers: Sarah Bernard, + TBC
In Attendance: Mirha-Soleil Ross

Film: Yapping Out Loud by Mirha -Soleil Ross (2004)
A video documentary based on first-person Toronto performance show (7 monologues) dealing with prostitution and anti-prostitution. A tour de force by Canada’s most famous transsexual sexworker animal-rights activist performance artist, Yapping is hilarious and moving –half autobiographical, half agitprop satire, fully unforgettable.

Sarah Bernard is a young girl from Haiti who has momentarily settled in Montreal. She writes songs and book(s) in English, French, and Creole for piano, guitar, and voice. (Someday, Spanish and Italian– someday.) She’s a DJ who lives on and for dance-floors, but when Sarah sings, you can find soft traces of traditional Haitian folklore, little girl blues, traces of growing up on a piano and moving across the continent. They haven’t invented a name for her genre yet.

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Queer Between The Covers – The Queer Bookfair
Saturday, August 14th – Location TBA

The 3rd annual Queer Bookfair, where Ste. Emilie will be the hottest table ever, selling zines, patches, posters, nipple clamps, etc.. The write up for the queer bookfair isn’t available yet, but rest assured, its hot. (Ste. Em’s open studio will be closed btw)

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Special Edition of Reading Rainbow Read Aloud Club
Sunday, August 15th – 3pm

At the ol’ read aloud club, bring your radical queer literature and we’ll all feel alienated but good about ourselves.