Week One: Transnationally Queer (The Queer-West is Best)

7pm @ Kebele - 14 Robertson Road, Bristol, BS5 6JY

For access to readings send an email to: bristolreading(at)racerevolt(dot)org(dot)uk
Islamophobia: The price of gay rights?

Interrogating Queer Modes of Belonging

A Bristol Queer Cafe Reading Group Series in collaboration with Race Revolt ‘zine

Reading Group - 7pm
24th Jan: Kebele, 14 Robertson Road, Easton, BS5 6JY
7th Feb: Cafe Kino, 108 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RU
21st Feb: Cafe Kino, 108 Stoke Croft, BS1 3RU

Film Screenings - 7pm @ Kebele
31st Jan: “Unveiled”
14th Feb: “A Jihad for Love”

Culminating in an all-day workshop and discussions
12-7pm, Friday February 25th 2011, Manchester
Check http://racerevolt.org.uk/events/home.html for updates

This reading series considers texts that address the ways in which gay rights are being used in nationalist, anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim rhetoric by racist organisations such as the English Defence League, politicians like Geert Wilders and even increasingly by gay activists.

Is it possible to show solidarity without patronising LGBTQI struggles elsewhere? How do we resist justifications for war on the basis of appeals to women’s and queer rights? Is secularism compulsory for LGBTQI people, and what does this mean for those who profess a faith? Does the focus on legal rights such as joining the army or gay marriage represent your idea of liberation?

All welcome and free to participate. For access to readings send an email to: bristolreading(at)racerevolt(dot)org(dot)uk