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Because I realized that my original post welcoming May was not fully accessible....

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Organized and taking place on unceded Coast Salish territory, traditional lands of the Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh, & Musqueam indigenous nations. DATE: Friday, November 20, 2015 TIME: 6:00pm - 9:30pm WHERE: 1) March/rally - Gather at the Vancouver Art Gallery (Robson St. side); 6:00pm, leave at 6:15pm (approximately) Symbolic: this is where the first TDOR in Canada took place in 2001 (14 years ago.) Marching eastward down Robson St. to Seymour St., heading north to 515 W Hastings St. 2) Vigil/memorial - 515 W Hastings St., SFU Harbour Centre, Room 1700 (there will be greeters directing those in need.); 7:00pm approximate start time - itinerary to be announced ACCESSIBILITY: - the gathering location (Vancouver Art Gallery) for the march/rally is ground level (outside) - the vigil/memorial space (SFU Harbor Centre) has a wheelchair accessible main entrance, has wheelchair accessible washrooms, the theatre room itself is wheelchair accessible, except for the steps to sit in the tiered row seating - we are currently looking into the gendered washrooms at SFU; please stay tuned - this is an ASL interpreted event - this space will be scent-reduced, please refrain from wearing perfumes and scents; candles will be lit in the space NOTES: for the march/rally: - we have 2 fair sized trans and gender variant flags (courtesy of Trans March) that need people to hold and walk with; we will also have signs for those needing one. please bring/make your own if you can - candles will also be provided; bring your own if you can - dress for the weather - if you cannot make it for the march/rally, you can meet us at SFU Harbour Centre (greeters will be present before the march arrives) Basic info: Who we are memorializing: http://tdor.info/memorializing-2015/ What is TDOR? http://tdor.info/about-2/ http://tgeu.org/tmm/ Our info: To organize with us, volunteer, donate, or ask questions including accessibility requests (media also) please email: [email protected] https://vancouvertdor.wordpress.com/ We would like to thank the following organizations for their contributions that helped make this event happen: Trans March, Vancouver Dyke March (VDM), Out on Campus (OOC), Vancouver Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence (SPI), & Simon Fraser Public Interest Research Group (SFPIRG).

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ImageOUT-Rochester, NY

These are films that will be interpreted during Rochester, NY annual ImageOut film Festival. Take a look and see if you'd like to go see some of them.

Programs that will be ASL interpreted in the 2015 Festival – October 8-18, 2015

Friday, October 9th (9:30 pm)………………………”Fourth Man Out” – Little Theatre 1 Saturday, October 10th (11:30 am)………………”Upstairs Inferno” – Dryden Theatre Saturday, October 10th (2:00 pm)………………..”Drag Becomes Him” – Dryden Theatre Saturday, October 10th (4:15 pm)………………..”Naz & Maalik” – Dryden Theatre Saturday, October 10th (6:30 pm)………………..”Those People” – Dryden Theatre Saturday, October 10th (9:00 pm)………………..”54: The Director’s Cut” – Dryden Theatre Sunday, October 11th (12:15 pm)…………………”Patong Girl” some sub.– Little Theatre 2 Sunday, October 11th (9:00 pm)…………………..”Kiss Me, Kill Me” – Little Theatre 1 Monday, October 12th (6:00 pm)…………………”Tab Hunter Confidential” – Little Theatre 1 Monday, October 12th (8:30 pm)…………………”Cut Snake” – Little Theatre 1 Tuesday, October 13th (8:30 pm)…………………”Nasty Baby” – Little Theatre 1 Wednesday, October 14th (6:00 pm)……………”That’s Not Us” – Little Theatre 1 Thursday, October 15th (5:30 pm)……………….”Akron” – Little Theatre 1 Thursday, October 15th (7:45 pm)……………….”Guidance” – Little Theatre 1 [ Thursday, October 15th (9:45 pm)……………….”Secrets & Desires” shorts – Little Theatre 1 Friday, October 16th (6:00 pm)……………………”The Girl King” – Little Theatre 1 Friday, October 16th (8:30 pm)……………………”Beautiful Something” – Little Theatre 1 Friday, October 16th (11:00 pm)………………….”You’re Killing Me” – Little Theatre 1 Saturday, October 17th (11:30 am)……………..”Reel in the Closet” – Dryden Theatre Saturday, October 17th (2:00 pm)……….....”Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party” – Dryden Theatre Saturday, October 17th (7:30 pm)……………”Margarita, With a Straw” + party – Dryden theatre

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Project Creative Users announces the return of CRIP INTERIORS being hosted as part of Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2015. CRIP INTERIORS is a viscerally igniting installation exploring the artists' corporeal, spiritual, psychic, and cosmic experiences of disability, madness, and chronic illness. Featured artists: Kamika Peters Sage Willow Amira Mahamud and Esther Ignagni masti khor Lynx Sainte-Marie elaine stewart Comprised of art makers, shape shifters, gender f**ers, and world changers, this group of six creators have focused deeply inward and reached broadly beyond comfort zones to pierce through the myriad of misconceptions and micro-aggressions often saddled to the minds and bodies of Mad, Crip, Deaf, Blind, and Sick people. Working with London Ontario's VibraFusion Lab, Project Creative Users invites the public to experience art in ways that reach beyond just the visual while sharing views that redefine what it means to exist in a body that society regards as misformed or of lesser value. Calling on the abundant nuances of family, interdependence, ancestral connections, gender and racial complexities CRIP INTERIORS interrogates the representation of space as it relates to the disabled form. Contributing to the tradition of reclaiming a once negatively charged term and marking it as a site of power and respect, CRIP INTERIORS takes 'crip' and reflects it back to honour and expose, how disability and difference disrupt the everyday in creative, productive ways. Access Information This event is in a barrier-free location. We will have ASL interpreters and attendant care and audio description available. We request that you help us to make this a scent-free environment. Closest Accessible Subway Station is Osgoode Station About Project Creative Users: Project Creative Users is led by Toronto artist Lindsay Fisher and is built of artists, non-artists, disability activists, and community members that creatively examine social, cultural and individual understandings of disability and difference through an exploration of what it means to be a “user” in the environments we inhabit. We play with the word “user”, a term used in inclusive design practices wherein disabled people are commonly referred to as “extreme users”. This project brings together disabled and non-disabled people together to think about how we can use disability experience and creativity to change both the built environment and the way we think about space towards the ends of creating more accessible communities. In this way, we use the arts to open up a conversation about difference and it’s impact on mobilizing social change.   This project is made possible with the generous support of the Toronto Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts.

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"Reduced Fight Song" - Reduced Shakespeare Company

from "The Complete World of Sports (abridged)" by Reed Martin & Austin Tichenor Performed by the Reduced Shakespeare Company (l to r): Austin Tichenor, Matt Rippy, Reed Martin Sign Language Interpreters (l to r):  Cathy M. Markland, Lusanne Massaro, Candace Broecker-Penn from HandsOn.org Words/Music © 2010 by Austin Tichenor incorporating the melody of "Washington and Lee Swing" (Sheafe/Robbins/Allen) Filmed backstage at the New Victory Theatre, New York City