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News items on this page relate specifically to The League of Gentlefellows and the Rainbow Annual Awards. For news relating to the Coming Out Proud Program, jump to the News page of the Coming Out Proud site.

2011 Rainbow Dinner and Awards

26 November 2011
For the purposes of celebrating diversity and acknowledging those who act with courage in working to achieve fairness and equity, the community of friends and family known as ‘rainbow people’ (sexual and gender diverse people) gather together annually at the League of Gentlefellows-sponsored Rainbow Dinner and Awards. Over three hundred people will gather from across Tasmania and interstate to attend the festivities, which will take place at the Wrest Point Hotel Tasman Room on the evening of Saturday November 26.

Every alternate year the dinner features the Rainbow Awards to acknowledge those people who act with courage in working to achieve fairness and equity for the LGBTI Community. This year fourteen people, because of the courageous and cooperative action they have taken to achieve equity for the sexual and gender diverse community, will be acknowledged in the Awards.

The League of Gentlefellows (LoG) is an informal Statewide group of over 1,900 Tasmanian GLBTI people and their friends who meet on a regular basis in non-threatening and safe social settings to celebrate their lives and enjoy each other’s company. As a charity benefit through the Coming Out Proud Program (COPP) Trust, proceeds from this year’s Rainbow Dinner will help support the four regional COPP Community Liaison Committees in their work opposing discrimination, preventing suicide and bullying, and creating safe space for local LGBTI communities. To download a copy of the 2011 Awards (PDF, 707KB), click here.

Click here to access photos taken on the night. You can download a copy of the catalogue of artworks that were for sale on the night (PDF, 488KB) by clicking here.
 

TasPride to hold inaugural Hobart Pride Parade

20 October 2011
All members and friends of the TCS&GDP Inc. are invited to participate in the inaugural Hobart Pride Parade, which will take place on Saturday 5 November as part of the TasPride Festival. It will start from the State Library, on the corner of Murray and Bathurst Streets at 12:00 noon and proceed down Murray Street to Parliament House. We hope you are able to share this significant celebration with us as we start a new chapter in GLBTIQ history in Tasmania and invite you to meet up with us at the State Library at 12:00 noon.

Bring any banners you might have, home-made signs, etcetera, but please no swear-words as there will be media coverage. It will conclude on the lawns of Parliament House between 12:30 and 12:45pm. Parade participants, supporters and members of the general public, along with representatives of the media, will gather to celebrate the courage, solidarity, pride, diversity and strong sense of community of Tasmania's GLBTIQ people of the past, present and into the future.

Speakers are scheduled to commence around 1:00pm. Representatives from TCS&GDP, COPP and Outright Youth will be speaking at the gathering. The GLBTIQ community, along with family and friends, intend that this Pride Parade be a celebration of achievement and not be seen as a demonstration. It is recognised that there are still some issues that may need some attention, but overall the greater acceptance and inclusion by most Tasmanian communities is what this celebration is about.
 

TasPride announces monthly Bulletins

4 March 2011
TasPride has announced that it will publish a monthly bulletin, which will be distributed to TasPride members by mail, but will also be downloadable from the TasPride site.
 

Photos from the Rainbow Dinner are now available

12 December 2010
The Rainbow Dinner, which was held on Saturday 4 December at The Mercure hotel, was a resounding success. The night was hosted by Judy Tierney and Mz Ima Starr made a triumphant return to the stage. To see an album of photos taken on the night by Brian Doran, click here.
 

Tribute evening to be held for Roz Houston

1 June 2010
On Tuesday 22nd June, between 7:00pm and 10:00pm, there will be a tribute evening at the Republic Bar (upstairs) for the life of Roz Houston, humanitarian extraordinaire. Steve Rogerson's band will play. Steve works in Community Services at the Polytechnic (formerly TAFE), where Roz completed her diploma in Community Services in 2002. A donation of $5 or $10 is requested, but not required.
 

EOI called for rainbow artists' exhibition and auction in June

25 April 2010
Expressions of interest are called from artists who celebrate diversity to enter an art work (multi-disciplinary) into an exhibition & auction entitled "From Market to Mainstream", which is to be held from 1 to 5 June in Hobart. A percentage commission on the sale of each artist's work will be paid from the auction. Sponsors for the event are also encouraged to register their interest.

The five-day exhibition will culminate in a prestigious cocktail party and auction launched by the Lord Mayor of Hobart, Rob Valentine, on the 5th of June. The project is an initiative of the Greater Hobart Coming Out Proud (GLBTI) Community Liaison Committee. The CLC, in collaboration with the Hobart & Glenorchy City Councils, aims to provide strategies that will enable gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex (GLBTI) people in the Greater Hobart Region to “come out with pride” and live in their community with dignity, as fully respected and participating members. The exhibition and auction of the work of new and emerging 'Rainbow' artists is planned in conjunction with the Salamanca Arrest Apology, given in 2009 by the Hobart City Council.

Many rainbow people express their talent and skills, as well as oppression, through art. The exhibition and auction of ‘New and Emerging Gay Artists aims to promote the positive contribution and rich diversity that the rainbow people contribute to the general community. It has been observed that new and emerging artists benefit from an opportunity to exhibit their work by gaining market exposure and the required sense of excellence. The auction will also provide funds to the Coming Out Proud Trust. These funds will be dedicated to our community matching the Hobart City Council contribution to an art installation in the Salamanca Precinct, commemorating the arrest of activists over twenty years ago, as well as celebrating a transformative moment for LGBTI Community in Council’s Apology last year. Interested artists should contact John Perry before 10 May with a description of their work and a bio (up to 100 words). Sponsors of this event are also invited to contact John on 6223 6003.
 

Two LoG members to marry in Spain

7 January 2010
League members will remember Manuel Munoz, a Spaniard by birth, and Robert Lewik, originally from Poland, founding members of LoG who were very generous in their hospitality to others. If you had been invited to their home on the waterfront at Gordon you would never forget their exquisite paella. Also the dogs, Mr Foxy and Floria.

Sadly, Manuel & Roberto experienced some disturbing harassment and threats of violence, which was unresolved and impossible for them to bear. They decided to return to Spain after the law change that acknowledged same sex marriage, despite the Catholic culture.

Manuel and Roberto are getting married January 15, 2010 at 7:45pm in el Ayuntamiento de Murcia, located in la Glorieta de Espana. Congratulations and best wishes have been sent from the League - we're just sorry that we're unable to make it.