Buenos Aires Gay Pride

Put 7th November 2009 in your diary and join Buenos Aires gay pride march starting at 6:00 p.m. from Plaza de Mayo.



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Rosario monument gets makeover

Congratulations to the city of Rosario for the excellent makeover to the monument to diversity. Now it is a monument to be proud of. (See my earlier post in August 2007).

New Queercity Bulletin Board

The bulletin board called Gays Away in Buenos Aires (along with all the others hosted by MSN groups) is about to expire. All the old messages have been migrated to Multiply but I deem this service to be unsuitable for purpose.

I am now taking the opportunity to make a radical change by combining the bulletin boards and contacts messages from my Queercity web sites for Buenos Aires, Lima, Quito and Santiago, and the result can be seen here Queercity Bulletin Boards

These new boards are intended to be used by web site readers to send announcements, notices of events, tour publicity, and contacts. They can also be used to send information on venues and places, either new or updates, that will be useful to gay and lesbian travelers. Where appropriate I will either add to or amend existing web pages. Postings to the boards can be either in English or Spanish.

The new bulletin board can be found linked from either Bulletin Board or Contacts in the left hand menu of every page of the web sites.

Many thanks to all the 1000+ members of Gays Away in Buenos Aires that have made this board so successful over the last five years. I am hoping the new board is even more successful.

Queer Tango Festival

The International Queer Tango Festival being held in Buenos Aires from 1st to 7th December is to celebrate the diversity in Tango. It is a way of gathering the people who, in different countries, are working on the same affair in regards to Queer Tango (teachers, organizers, dancers and students from anywhere in the world). Also, it would be a great opportunity to meet artists and intellectuals that support the movement.

For further information about the festival visit this website Queer Tango Festival

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Salvation coming to Buenos Aires

This is a Google translation of SentidoG web page

Salvation - London, the party's largest international gay circuit, will carry out its premier in Buenos Aires on December 13, 2008.

When Salvation began in London a decade ago was an instant hit. Then the rest of Europe was shocked by the amazing event, and over the years Salvation conquered Asia, Australia and America. Salvation has in fact expanded its music to more than 47 cities in the world.



The team of Salvation London is presented in December in Buenos Aires to launch a real event "London Style" funky and glamorous in a place with the newest technology, original and chic in the heart of the city. The event will be attended by the best DJ's and artists that London and offers an international circuit with real festive vibe. Among those invited to the Buenos Aires edition highlights Valerie M (UK, lead singer of Groove Armada, freestylers), DJ Pier Morrocco (UK, Salvation London, Brighton Pride, Heaven Ibiza), DJ Martin Lamelas (ARG, SAMC South American Music Conference, Personal Fest, Bleu Festival at the Polo Field Argentino, Argentine Typical), DJ Bijker (HOL, Mysteryland Amsterdam, Amsterdam Sensation, Tom of Finland Party Crash in London)

The London Salvation festival will be held in Visionnaire a new place with great style and glamor. With its great service, beautiful design and lighting and sound art, this place is distinguished from any other space in Buenos Aires. (Dorrego 3307, Arcos de Palermo)

Tickets are now on sale at the special price of AR$60 at these places:

-AXEL HOTEL - Venezuela 649

-THE ROYAL FAMILY - Avenida Rivadavia 1479, 1ero Dept. B

-CHUECA - Alsina 975 / Honduras 5255 / Olga Cossettini 1545 / Olga Cossettini 301

-NARCISO - Av Santa Fé 2517 Loc. 144 / Av Santa Fé 2517 piso1 / Av Sacalbrini Ortiz 431 / Av Corrientes 6411 / Av Corrientes 846 /

-ADONIS - Gorriti 4974 - Palermo Soho

-FLUX BAR - Marcelo T de Alvear 980 (y 9 de Julio)

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Buenos Aires transvestites agree to move

According to a report here - http://www.sentidog.com/article.php?id_news=21025 - the "working" transvestites of Buenos Aires have agreed to move their business to a new approved location next to the Lawn Tennis Club.

The original report is in Spanish so here is a translation by Google of the first few paragraphs -

" After years of dispute, back and forth, there was agreement. The Government of Buenos Aires confirmed that the travesties that usually worked in El Rosedal Palermo agreed to move to an area near the Lawn Tennis Club. The new circuit complies with the law stipulates that the offer of sex in the street must take place within 300 metres of housing.

Officials of the Ministry of Public Space met for two hours with representatives of the association of Travestis, Transsexuals and Transgender of Argentina (ATTTA). After the meeting, came confirmation: the first official red zone of the city will be located in the square Florencio Sanchez, behind the Hippodrome and next to the tennis club.

"We will enforce the law that says the travesties have to be 300 metres from homes. Today in El Rosedal that is not fulfilled," he said in statements this morning radio chief Cabinet Buenos Aires, Horacio Rodriguez Larreta.

Between 100 and 200 travestis working since 2005 in the Rosedal and receive about 3,000 clients per night. The activity generated strong protests from neighbors, who for years have been demanding the move."

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Buenos Aires Gay Film Festival calls for entries

DIVERSA International Gay / Lesbian / Trans Film Festival of Argentina is opening it's call for entries for the 5th edition which will be held in November 2008 in Buenos Aires.

If you are interested in participating please send your gay-lesbian-transvestite-transexual-bisexual-intersexual themed film, in DVD format, together with the complete entry-form (available on web or by email). The format, genre, release year and duration are free.

The deadline for material reception is August 1st, 2008.

DIVERSA FESTIVAL
Charcas 4070 1 “B”
(1425) Capital Federal
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Te: (+5411) 4833-7266
Website: http://www.diversa.com.ar/

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Buenos Aires Gay Pride 2007 photos

In case you weren't able to be at Buenos Aires Gay Pride 2007 you can see a collection of photos from the event here.

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Buenos Aires Gay Pride this week

Yes, it's that time of year again. All the information you need about Gay Pride in Buenos Aires is at this web site (in Spanish). At the foot of the first page there is a translation tool so you can read all about it in your own language.

The parade on Saturday 17th November starts from Plaza de Mayo at 6 p.m. with the Gay Pride fair in the Plaza starting earlier at 3 p.m.

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Buenos Aires gets first five-star gay hotel

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - The first five-star gay hotel in Latin America opened Wednesday in the Argentine capital, an increasingly popular destination on the worldwide gay tourist circuit.

The hotel, set near the historic San Telmo neighborhood, is the second of its kind developed by Spain's Axel Corp., which opened a five-star, 66-room gay hotel in Barcelona in 2003....more

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Gay Film Festival opens in Buenos Aires

If you are in Buenos Aires right now you will be able to catch some of the films showing at "Diversa", the 4th International Gay, Lesbian and Trans Film Festival of Argentina. Full details are available in both English and Spanish at the web site here

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Exclusively gay apart-hotel to open in Buenos Aires

The Friendly Card Apart Hotel will open its doors on 1st October. This category 5-star apart-hotel will be exclusively gay and offers apartments of 45 sq.m. capable of sleeping up to four persons for US$1000 (approx 700 Euros) per month. It is situated at Tacuari 100 in the district of Monserrat close to the historic Avenida de Mayo. The first guests prior to the official opening are some of the participants in the gay football World Cup. The hotel does not appear to have a web site yet so no contact information is available.

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Gay World Cup ready for kick-off

The gay football world cup kicks off in a few days time in Buenos Aires with the participation of nearly thirty teams from around the world.

For the official World Cup 2007 IGLFA website (in English) Click Here, and for more local information (in Spanish) Klik Aca.

Even good old auntie BBC has put out a video report which you can View Here.

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All set for Gay World Cup in Buenos Aires

Reproduced from PinkNews.co.uk

"South America has an impressive history when it comes to football, and this year it will be adding another great moment as gay teams meet for the 2007 Lesbian-Gay World Soccer Championship.

Supported by the Federation of International Football(FIFA), Buenos Aires, Argentina will host gay and lesbian teams from across the globe at the event later this month.

Gay and lesbian teams began to pop up almost three decades ago and the International Gay and Lesbian Football Association was formed to act as a governing body for the sport.

The goal of the organisation is to "engender respect and understanding from the non-gay world, through the medium of football (soccer)."

The event will be played in Buenos Aires' Sarmiento Park and is supported by the Argentina Soccer Association (AFA) and Argentine Homosexuality Community (CHA) along with FIFA.

AFA has dedicated itself to finding volunteers and officials to help oversee the event and are determined to make it a success.

AFA vice president Julio Grondona said:

"The World Championship is a sports and political event with a clear message: every player has the right to calmly express his sexual orientation without any kind of prejudice."

The opening ceremony for the championship will take place on Sunday, September 23rd at the Amerika Disco, and will kick off the week long event.

In 2008 the Gay World Cup will be held in London.


Dylan Vox © 2007 GaySports; All Rights Reserved.

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Diversity in Rosario

On the first wekend of August 2007 I visited the city of Rosario, which is in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. One of my aims while there was to see the monument and path dedicated to diversity inaugurated on 22nd August 2006 and which I had read about on a web site.


The monument is hardly known among the local people; I went on a city tour of Rosario and our guide had no knowledge of it, and despite questioning various people we were none the wiser at the end of the tour. Back at my hotel I had to dig around on the internet and finally found the information I was seeking at the web site of gay Rosario http://www.agmagazine.com.ar/. Armed with this I was able to visit the monument on a sunny but chilly Sunday morning.


The path extends for about 100m in the grassy park running along the top of the western bank of the Rio Paraná between Corrientes and Paraguay streets with the monument standing at the Corrientes end. The monument is a simple pyramid about 1.3m tall with a plaque set into the side facing southeast. The inscription on the plaque reads "Por el respeto a todo género, identidad y orientación sexual" - "With respect for all gender, identity and sexual orientation". The pyramid started life having a striking pink colour but after one year this has faded considerably. Also there are pieces chipped out of it apparently from being struck several times, and some graffiti is scrawled on the side opposite to the plaque. I hope the local people can find a way of maintaining the dignity of the monument with as much care and attention as that given to the enormous phallic monument to the national flag which dominates the river bank in Rosario.