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GLBT Meeting!! 28th november

2009-11-25T09:14:00.000-08:00

We will meet at Bosques de Palermo (in front of the white bridge) at 3pm. (Try to be on time) - Capital Federal - Buenos Aires - Argentina
Everybody is invited! Come with your friends too, even if they are straight!

If you are coming to Argentina let us know so we can organize a meeting on that date :)
Pictures of the latest meetings:

Argentina Issues First Gay Marriage License!

2009-11-25T09:09:00.000-08:00

As reported on Friday, Novemeber 13th:

This week in Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, Judge Gabriela Seijas granted Alex Freyre and Jose Maria Di Bello, a gay couple, permission to become legally wed, a ruling considered by many as the catalyst for change, setting a precedent which is likely to pave the way for Argentina to become the first in Latin America nation to allow same-sex marriage. Her ruling however, much like what has happened here in the U.S., could be overturned by city officials.

In her ruling Seijas stated:“The law should treat everyone with the same respect according to their singularities, without the need to understand or regulate them.”

Buenos Aires became the region’s first city to approve civil unions in 2002, but the judges decision is expected to lite a fire under the lawmakers to reach a decision on the issue as the debate over a gay marriage bill currently deadlocked in their congress.

Hopefully the law will pass in the largely Catholic country, setting a precedence for other nations to follow, including the U.S.

And reported today:

The two men, Jose Maria Di Bello and Alex Freyre have been granted a marriage license earlier today in Argentina’s capital, in a ground breaking decision for a country and region where laws typically ban marriage for gays and lesbians.

According to reports, Di Bellow stated with tears in his eyes:
“On December 1st we will become man and man.”

This as a city clerk provided him with the necessary paperwork.

Moauricio Marci, the Mayor of Buenos Aires stated the city will not appeal the judge’s decision, which clears the way for other same-sex couple to wed.

On Friday, Marci stated:

“We have to live with and accept this reality: the world is moving in this direction.” adding it is important officials “safeguard the right of each person to freely choose with whom they want to form a couple and be happy.”

Font: www.gayagenda.com/

Boyskout

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Members of the band:
Leslie Satterfield on guitar & lead vocals, Ingrid Dahl on guitar & back up vox & keys, Kathi Killer on bass, Laura Mott on drums (Xtina Stanley contributing on keys & violin)

Cds: School Of Etiquette & Another Life

LINKS:
http://www.boyskout.com
http://www.myspace.com/boyskout

FELONi

2009-09-30T08:56:00.000-07:00

FELONi is a radical hip-hop recording artist born and raised in Detroit, MI. She also spent some of her elementary years growing up in Dothan, Alabama. At age 16, FELONi began writing and rapping in her bedroom. She would also write prose and poetry in an attempt to release the internal anger she housed for many years since childhood. FELONi's mother was always on the run as a victim of domestic violence. As a result, FELONi often changed schools and neighborhoods. To help her deal with the daily turmoil and conflicts within her home, prose, poetry and hip-hop became FELONi's refuge for venting anger and frustration, ultimately rebuilding a stronger sense of self-renewal and determination.

Several years after the violent murder of FELONi's brother and the attempt murder against her mother, FELONi's life took a drastic change. Two of her poems "Caskethouse" and "Psychological Details" were published in two local college's student papers. She also began to read publicly in local poetry cafés in Detroit. Inspired by the response and a strong sense of spiritual growth, FELONi continued to explore creative writing in poetry and hip-hop.

In 1998 FELONi began to focus more on releasing her first album. She says she knew it would be difficult to get a record deal being herself, but she did not want to change who she is just to get a deal. "Fame was never important to me. In fact, I'm a very private person" says, FELONi, "However, it is important to me that my music be heard because it focuses on a reality that many people don't want to talk about or are simply afraid to talk about." FELONi continues "I know the odds are against me, but I'd rather be hated for being who I am than be loved for being somebody I'm not."

FELONi's sound and subject matter is like no other mainstream, female hip-hop recording artist out there right now. FELONi mixed and recorded over 85 of her "controversial" debut album "A Woman's Revenge." She also wrote the entire album and is Executive Producer. FELONi's debut album was self-released on her independent label Trak Diamond Records in February 2007 Black History Month.

One of FELONi's goals in music is to push the limits of hip-hop's sexuality by flipping the on male posturing in an attempt to open up discourse on issues of human rights, sexual orientation discrimination, domestic violence and misogyny. FELONi's debut album has a strong "rap" overtone, layered in "hip-hop" consciousness. With irony, skill and
catchy beats, FELONi uses the controversial complexities of hip-hop's language to challenge the burgeoning ignorance and hypocrisy within the world and the hip-hop culture as it relates to race, women, domestic violence and other issues plaguing the world today.

FELONi's music transcends race, gender and sexual orientation because she speaks a undeniable truth. FELONi's most "controversial" song "Brand New" took the hip-hop community by storm with the stinging hook "I took 'yo bitch." This song alone garnered an incredible amount of attention and controversy within the hip-hop scene. Since the release of "A Woman's Revenge" FELONi has inspired countless artists and non-artists to step forward and tell their story of being gay or lesbian within a predominately homophobic society. FELONi has opened for D Block and and also received an invite to open for Solange Knowles (Beyonce's sister). Feloni was also featured on her own 1/2 hour episode on "Coming Out Stories" on MTV's LOGO. To date, FELONi is considered one of the most internationally known "out" hip-hop recording artist in the country based on "word-of-mouth" alone.

LINKS:
http://www.trakdiamondrecords.com
http://www.myspace.com/feloni

Indigo Girls

2009-09-30T08:55:00.001-07:00

20 years after they began releasing records as Indigo Girls, Amy Ray and Emily Saliers have politely declined the opportunity to mellow with age. You could just say it's just not in their constitution. Devoted environmental and social justice activists and lifelong music-industry mavericks, the Girls have spent their entire career pushing boundaries on a variety of fronts. Why stop now?

Both Saliers and Ray agree that Despite Our Differences, the 10th Indigo Girls studio album, is a record defined by change and newness. On the business side of things, it's the first CD they've released since signing a new record deal with Hollywood Records earlier this year. And on the creative side, it's one they made far outside the confines of their established Georgia comfort zone, Differences was recorded over a speedy month-and-a-half this spring at veteran producer Mitchell Froom's home studio in Santa Monica, California.

"Making this record was really different for us," Saliers says. "We were all in the same room together. Amy and I with Mitchell and the engineer, David Boucher, and the band," which here includes session-pro drummer Matt Chamberlain and Indigo regular Clare Kenny on bass. "It was a little family experience, which is really, really different from being in a huge, cold studio where everyone's isolated. And there was a really strong trust factor with Mitchell. He has a great musical ear, particularly for harmonies and things like that. If he heard a note that didn't sit well with him, he'd tell us. It was a real exchange."

"We felt intimidated by Mitchell's abilities," Ray admits. "To go in and just put ourselves out there and trust that he's gonna take it and work with it - that felt like a risk, but in a good way. It's nice to get your adrenaline up. At this age you really have to keep trying things you haven't done."

The result of that experimentation: perhaps the freshest-sounding album in the Indigos' ample discography. Differences pulses with warm acoustic guitars, crisp, tasty keyboards (playing by Froom and longtime band member Carol Isaacs), and, of course, the singers' trademark intertwined vocals. Guest appearances from two Indigo Girls fans, Brandi Carlile and Pink (returning the favor the Girls did her when they performed and sang on "Dear Mr. President" from Pink's album I'm Not Dead), "inject the record with this inspiring energy," Saliers says. There's an understated immediacy to the music that evokes the deep-rooted chemistry of the artists' live show, which Saliers admits was part of what she and Ray were after. "Amy and I had learned the songs," she explains, "and we just wanted to go in there and cut them with the rhythm section. Mitchell's not an overproducer - he wants the song to come alive."

The tunes on Differences are certainly a batch worthy of that effort. Plainspoken yet rich with literary detail, they address the growing unrest in the world, as well as the smaller push-and-pull that takes place every day between two people. Opener "Pendulum Swinger" takes on institutional sexism and what the Girls view as President Bush's wrongheaded approach to the war on terrorism. "Even though it's a pop song," Saliers acknowledges, "it's saying you're not gonna win this with a bullwhip or posing with your hands on your hips like Mr. Tough-Guy President. The only way to stop this madness is through love. That's a simple sentiment, but I believe it at my core." "I Believe in Love," a gorgeous folk-soul lullaby, proves the point with its message of tolerance and the necessity of understanding "despite our differences". In "Little Perennials," the album's lively lead single, Ray describes "getting something for all this love's labor" over a throbbing backbeat embroidered with strummy fuzz-roots guitars and swirling, helium-high keyboards.

"I think it's remarkable that Amy's life and my life coincided like this," Saliers says, "that we've been able to make music and stay dear friends through all these years." Ray echoes her bandmate. "I remind myself that we've been together for such a long time and that we're lucky to still be together," she laughs.

Though she admits she's not one for making a big fuss over a milestone like the Indigos' 20th anniversary of record-making, Ray says this new chapter in the band's career does reaffirm the principal that's always driven the duo. "It's all about living in the moment that you're in and trying to make it better than the moment that came before," she explains, pointing for example to the band's ongoing work with Honor the Earth, a Minneapolis-based non-profit dedicated to energy justice within the Native American community. "We just want to keep evolving - there isn't a point where that doesn't apply."

LINKS:
http://www.indigogirls.com/
http://www.myspace.com/indigogirlsmusic

Nancy Rancourt

2009-09-30T08:53:00.000-07:00

Canadian Recording Artist - Nancy Rancourt, is well known for her In Your Face & On Your Plate 'Cross-Genre-Music', including saucy dance tracks, such as 'She'd Rather' from her Skin & Bone CD, and more recently with her new single 'Rely on Simple', which has been released to commercial radio across Canada this summer.

Nancy Rancourt (also known as 'Nann' by her fans) released her 'Skin & Bone' CD in 2006, which continues to gain momentum around the Globe. Nancy was featured in CURVE Magazine as 'Hollywood's Must See 13', and was thrilled to be featured in a magazine that often profiles leading women such as Melissa Etheridge, Sharon Stone, and Ellen DeGeneres.

Nann has had the honour and pleasure of sharing the spotlight/stage with many wonderful recording artists such as Jeff Healey, Jeff Martin (The Tea Party), Carole Pope, Debby Holiday, Ashley McIssac, Joan Jett, and more.

This five foot firecracker (Nann) continues to make her mark in the music world, and when it comes down to the material she writes, she often quotes "I'd rather expect understanding, than ask permission'. Spoken like a true warrior princess!

LINKS:

http://www.nancyrancourt.com/

http://www.myspace.com/nancyrancourt

t.A.T.u.

2009-09-30T08:51:00.000-07:00

Fierce brunette Julia Volkova and sprightly redhead Lena Katina are Eastern Europe's most popular musical exports. In the age of 24/7 televised entertainment, you've likely caught a glimpse (or quite more) of these Russian pop-sensations and full-time mess-with-your-expectations media mavens. During t.A.T.u.'s short five years together, the two diminutive, talented beauties have caused one hell of a worldwide ruckus, routinely playing to audiences of 50,000 fans and selling more than 5 million copies of their debut album, 200 km/h in the Wrong Lane. Infamously, they refused to perform at the World Music Awards unless provided with real guns. Explains Lena, "We wanted real machine-guns, but they didn't give us, so we wouldn't perform, that simple."

Brazenly, after promising not to kiss on the Tonight Show, they engaged in a long, passionate wet one-- much to the alarm of anxious network censors, (and well before Britney and Madonna's little stunt, ahem). And yet, when expected to do the same on Jimmy Kimmel, they deliberately offered not so much as a sweet peck on the cheek. Why? Explains Julia, "Basically, because we like to do what we want. A lot of people are, like, 'you shouldn't do this, you shouldn't do that, you shouldn't behave in this way.' But you know what? Actually for us, we are the way that we are, and we don't really live in fear of anybody. So, if we behave in a certain way, then that's just actually the way we are." Indeed, in a world of prefabricated and stridently scripted entertainers, these girls know who they are and do exactly what they want. Through their music and live performances, t.A.T.u. present themselves as they genuinely are- artistically, intellectually, and sexually progressive young women in control of their careers and open to all that life has to offer. When speaking with Julia and Lena, their personal and artistic truths are commendably clear (if not a bit intimidating)-- t.A.T.u. are afraid of no one, they share an enormous passion for singing and performance, and perhaps most admirable of all- the only people they feel responsible to are their t.A.T.u. fans. Beyond that, they don't care about expectations or inhibitions. "Sometimes we have been asked to do things that have been uncomfortable," Lena recounts, "but for us, ultimately, t.A.T.u. is our project. I think that we have to do it in a way that is conducive to us, that we are comfortable with. If we're going to do things just because other people are telling us to, then we're just going to get lost. We have an instinct about what to do, and how to sing, and I think that usually when people are told what to do, it doesn't happen necessarily in a good way." Adds Julia, "So we stay natural, just how we are."

Yes, these best friends and musical partners are in lock-step solidarity with one another, which is exactly what the new album Dangerous and Moving is all about. Crafted with the help of various producers, Dangerous and Moving features collaborations and guest appearances from a handful of the pop world's most legendary performers. Indeed, so estimable is t.A.T.u.'s pop-cultural cache, than no less an artist than Sting plays bass on the Dave Stewart (The Eurythmics) co-penned track "Friend or Foe."

As well, the album's elegant string arrangements are provided by Richard Carpenter (one-half of legendary 70's orchestral-pop icons The Carpenters). Here you will find eleven powerful, passionate tracks dedicated to sharing personal truths and expressing a fearless love of life. Dangerous and Moving is an album filled with high-energy club tracks and sweeping ballads that will have old and new fans alike dancing, laughing, singing, and making love.
As for the whole 'Are they or aren't they lesbians' question? Well, there is no better answer than t.A.T.u's own words on the matter. "Our first video was about love between two girls. Love, just love. We do not pretend to be lesbians, we've never said we were" Lena states matter-of-factly, "Julia just had a baby, and we both have always had boyfriends. We share a special bond. We don't like labels for emotions. People should not be forced to define their feelings. These are natural and cannot be labeled." Adds Julia with a smile, "It doesn't matter. It is not important to our fans. And if it is to the rest of the world, we do not care. We are all different and that's great. Everybody has their own story, their own way of dealing with people, and shaping their own lives. Basically, look, see, hear, listen, and learn."
Julia Volkova was born in the family of a successful businessman in Moscow on February 20th, 1985. At the age of 7, parallel to the ordinary school, Julia entered a music school, piano class. When she was 9, Julia became a member of the famous children vocal and instrumental group "Neposedy" (Naughty Children). At the casting Julia sang Russian folk song "Oy, to ne vecher". In a year, Lena Katina became a member of "Neposedy" as well, and soon Julia and Lena became best friends. When she was 11, Julia switched the ordinary school where she studied for the school fostering artistic talents. Three years later she leaves "Neposedy" to pass the casting and join musical project Tatu in which Lena Katina had already been in. At the age of 15, Julia enters vocal department of Gnessin's State Musical College and simultaneously becomes famous as a soloist of Tatu duo. In 2004 she had a baby. Now she is 20.
Lena Katina was born in Moscow on October 04th, 1984 in the family of the famous musician - Sergey Katin - who collaborated with "Dyuna", Marina Khlebnikova and other representatives of Russian show-business. Starting from being 4 years old, Lena began, on her father's initiative, to attend various sport and music clubs for the purpose of fostering plastic arts and artistic talents. When she was seven, Lena entered an ordinary school and within a year she entered music school, piano class. When she was ten, she became a soloist of the famous children group "Avenue" where she sang for 3 years. When she was 13, Lena became a member of vocal and instrumental group "Neposedy" (Naughty Children) where she met Julia Volkova with whom she became friends. At the casting, she sang a song in Spanish and the jury were astonished by the quality of her voice. Soon Lena left the group due to her age - children sing in "Neposedy" up to 14 years old. At the age of 15 she successfully passed the casting for the musical project which was later named "Tatu". Later on, another girl joined the project - Julia Volkova who turned out to be at the second position according to the casting results, right after Lena.

LINKS:

http://www.tatu.ru

http://www.tatugirls.com

Tegan and Sara

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Tegan and Sara is an indie rock/indie pop band consisting of Canadian singer-songwriters and identical twins,Tegan Rain Quin and Sara Kiersten Quin(born September 19, 1980).

Tegan and Sara were born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.They initially played as PLUNK and lacked a drummer and bass player. In 1997, they both used their school’s recording studio to record two demo albums: Who's in Your Band? and Play Day.In 1998, they made an early breakthrough by winning Garage Warz Battle of the Bands, a local music competition in Calgary. Since then, the two have toured with Neil Young, Rufus Wainwright, Kaki King, Northern State, An Horse, The Pretenders, Ben Folds, The Killers, Rachael Cantu, Vivek Shraya, Cake, Gogol Bordello, Hot Hot Heat, Ryan Adams,Veda Hille, Little Birdy, Iron On, Little Brazil, Death Cab for Cutie and Weezer. They also performed a show at Sarah McLachlan's Lilith Fair. They are signed to Neil Young's Vapor Records in Canada and to Sire in the United States as their previous label, Sanctuary Records, is no longer releasing new music in the United States.

When they were competing in Garage Warz, they were known as "Sara and Tegan" because that is how their mother registered them on the competition forms. Their first album, Under Feet Like Ours, was initially released under the name "Sara and Tegan"; copies are now a sought-after commodity among their fans.[citation needed]

While both twins are similarly involved in vocals and playing instruments, the singing of the lead melody usually goes to whichever twin wrote the particular song. The two usually did not sing together on their early albums, however, they do on their later albums and in concert.

Their fifth album, The Con, was released on July 24, 2007.It was co-produced by Chris Walla. Jason McGerr of Death Cab for Cutie, Matt Sharp of The Rentals (who was with Weezer during The Blue Album and Pinkerton), Hunter Burgan of AFI, and Kaki King appear on the album.

The duo are currently writing a new album, planned to be released in late 2009.

Links: http://www.teganansara.com

The L Word

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The L Word' follows the lives and loves of a group of lesbian friends living in Los Angeles. The main character,Jenny (Mia Kirshner), is a recent graduate of the University of Chicago, who moves to Los Angeles to live with her boyfriend Tim (Eric Mabius) and begin a professional writing career. Jenny's life is turned upside down when she attends a party hosted by Tim's next-door neighbors, Bette (Jennifer Beals) and Tina (Laurel Hollomon), a lesbian couple who are about to take the step into parenthood after being together for seven years. A brief encounter at the party with Marina (Karina Lombard), the owner of the local coffeehouse, suddenly has Jenny thrust into a whole new world that makes her question her own sexual orientation. Other friends of Bette and Tina include Dana (Erin Daniels), a professional tennis player who is shy but eager to meet the right woman; Alice (Leisha Hailey), a magazine writer who has a brief relationship with a self-identified "lesbian" man; and Shane (Katherine Moenning),a hairstylist who can't stick to just one woman, and Kit(Pam Grier), Bette's half sister who struggles with alcoholism.

Links: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0330251/

Sugar Rush

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'Sugar Rush explores the world of Kim and her earth-shattering lust for the gorgeous and sassy Maria Sweet, otherwise known as Sugar.
And if Sugar wasn't enough to blow Kim's mind, there's also her dysfunctional, embarrassing family - a mini-freak for a brother, an obsessively house-proud dad and a mum who's behaving as if she's the one who's 15 years old.
Each episode is a different journey inside Kim's world as her wry observations take us into the mind of a screwed up, loved up, lustful adolescent experiencing the bright lights of Brighton and the rush of forbidden love for the first time.

Links: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0452568/

South of Nowhere(2006)

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'The Carlin Family arrives in Los Angeles and finds themselves unprepared for L.A.'s fast paced, ethnically diverse— "anything goes" environment. Sixteen-year-old Spencer Carlin never felt like she fit in small town America and now she's beginning to question everything. Glen Carlin is a handsome, outgoing 17-year-old. He's an awesome basketball player, popular with the girls, the guy everyone wants to be around. Glen seems to have the world in his pocket. Spencer and Glen are joined by their adopted brother, Clay. Clay Carlin is 17, smart, sarcastic, and African-American. He is looking forward to forging his own identity, but finds that "being black" in L.A. is a test he may not pass.
South of Nowhere, Its not where you're been its where your going.
South of Nowhere is a show that deals in honest, authentic and compelling
ways with issues all families and adolescents confront including: identity, self-discovery, sexual identity, racial identity, family, faith, parental expectations and peer pressure, among others.

Links: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0452568/

Buffy, The Vampire Slayer (Willow & Tara)

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The relationship between Tara and Willow started in the chapter "Hush", which both of them agree to the univertity's group that do witchcraft. That night, Tara is chased after by the knights who want to uproot her heart. While she runs away, she bump into Willow and both of them house in a room. Tara and Willow get their hands together and finally they can block the door, in that moment appears something between them. By the next episodes , Tara appears more often and her friendship keeps on growing with Willow to become in a relationship. With the return of Oz, Willow confess that she feels something for Tara. She appears during the fifth and sixth season, however she is part of the little group, she never feels herself completely accepted. In the chapter "Family", from the fifth season, Buffy and the other ones face the Tara's father when this one wants to take her with violence. In that chapter something very important from Tara's past rises up, her father had made her to believe that she was part demon (wich it's not true) and that something evil was going to wake up inside her.

Links: http://willowandtara.com/

3 Way(2008)

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After a tabloid-worthy divorce from vintage action star Dirk LaBonte, Siobhan (Maeve Quinlan) moves her lesbian best friend, Roxie (Cathy Shim), into her house believing this will be good for both her soul and her newly flattened wallet. Siobhan’s looking for a brand new start. A week later, in true lesbian fashion, Roxie moves her new girlfriend, Andrea (Jill Bennett), into the house, making it a 3Way. Roxie’s ex, Geri, (Maile Flanagan) inserts herself into the 3way.

Cast:
Maeve Quinlan as “Siobhan”
Jill Bennett as “Andrea”
Cathy Shim as “Roxie”
Maile Flanagan as “Geri”

Watch the first episode:

Links: www.3waytv.tv

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About Us

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SLYQ was born in March of the 2005 being thus one of first latin lesbic fotologs , decided to extend itself creating a group in hotmail which received thousands of visits during 2 years. Again SLYQ was arranged to progress designing a new Web site. Waiting for the best expectations and answers from all GLBT community.

SLYQ is an interactive site in which each lesbian or bisexual woman will be able to feel identified and to enjoy the contents that are added daily.

Our name: Soy Lesbiana Y Qué? (I'm Lesbian and what?)

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