QueerCast.Net Launch Party!

Posted by: Plume

QueerCast will be throwing our official launch party for our new website, QueerCast.Net on 21 April 2007 (Saturday) at Pelangi Pride Centre @ Bianco, which is right above MOX Bar and Cafe!

We have planned our program for a month now, and we are proud to say that everything will be fantabulously fun! We have special recording slots throughout the party, as well as some special performances that we've prep'ed up painstakingly! There will also be games, and yes, we have prizes to giveaway too! *hint* branded stuff *hint*

Party Details:
Date: 21 April 2007 (Saturday)
Time: 4PM onwards
Venue: Pelangi Pride Centre @ Bianco (above MOX Bar and Cafe)
Address: 21 Tanjong Pagar Road, #04-01, Singapore 088444
Admission: FREE!!!!

We welcome everyone! No matter who you are in the LGBTIQ, you are invited! Not to forget our lovely straight friends too!

We are also opening special performance slots for LGBT groups that are interested in performing for a short item on that day! If you are interested in getting your community group involved in a performance activity, contact us at contact@queercast.net! We will be providing video recording equipments on that day!

For more information about the party, visit: http://www.queercast.net/show/2007/03/28/were-throwing-a-party/

A sharing by a Catholic priest on homosexuality

Posted by: Plume

Date: 17 April 2007, Tuesday

Time: 730pm

Venue: Free Community Church

The Catholic church calls homosexuality an "objective disorder". A disorder because obviously it contravenes their moral sensitivities because the bible (and hence, the church) says so. And objective because there is no leeway for interpretation. For example, if you were to get involved in a car accident that results in a fatality, there is no arguing that someone has died. Similarly, if you've engaged in homosexual sex, you can't deny that it's not real sex because you are straight.

So where does this leave us gay Christians, or Catholics? Do we hide in the closet whilst living a double identity, pious Christians on Sunday, and heinous men-loving deviants the rest of the week?

Safehaven is proud to present a session of intimate sharing by Fr. Albert Renckens, Dutch by birth, Singaporean by residence (of over 30 years), and Catholic by religious beliefs. Learn about his personal opinions on homosexuality, and ask him the hardest question of them all: "is it ok to be gay and Christian?"

Don't miss out on this rare opportunity to understand the Catholic's church's stand on homosexuality. A must for Christians from all denominations!

Please RSVP by emailing Alphonsus at fonsus@gmail.com :)

Calling Animal Lovers - Pelangi Pride Centre 14th April 2007

Posted by: Plume

Are you an animal lover or a pet owner? Want to know more about how others are helping out to care for little animals? Care to know more about the work of these volunteers and their experiences?

As part of diversity outreach, Heartland and Pelangi Pride Centre has invited Michelle Lee from the Cat Welfare Society and Lynda Goh from Noah's Ark Animal Sanctuary to join us at the Bianco on 14th April 2007.

Come join Michelle & Lynda and hear their views about responsibilities of a pet owner and their personal experiences as volunteers. Find out how their work have improved the lives of the animals. Learn from them we can do and how we can raise our own awareness and that of others.

They will bring some souvenirs and gift items which you can purchase to help benefit their causes.

Cost per person: $6 (cost of 2 soft drinks and finger food).

To sign up, please email [pelangipridecentre at yahoo dot com] to RSVP with your name, contact number, the name/s of your guests.

How to get to Pelangi Pride Centre @ Bianco -
21 Tanjong Pagar Road #04-01.
Map - http://www.pelangipridecentre.org/contact/contact.htm


About Cat Welfare Society and NANAS

Cat Welfare Society
Its mission: "To Save Lives Through Sterilisation".

"The Cat Welfare Society is a charity dedicated to promoting the effective and humane management of the community (stray) cat population in Singapore.

It recognizes that the presence of a large community cat population can be a source of problems, but believes that the best way of keeping the population in check is not by trapping and killing them but by sterilising them.

Michelle Lee is the current president of the Society and has been with the Society since 2003, first as a volunteer and subsequently as a committee member.

Noah's Ark Animal Sanctuary (NANAS)
Their mission is to provide a safe and secure home for the animal residents where they can live out their lives in happiness and eventually, die with dignity. To this end many of the animals are allowed to free run, and we create a natural settings for the others, more often than not resorting to using natural materials around us for example, bamboo stalks and attap.

Noah's Ark Animal Sanctuary (NANAS) is one of the few private animal sanctuary which started in Singapore in 1995. It moved to Johore located in Pekan Nanas in June 2000 to an area with 10 hectares of land.

Noah's Ark CARES (Companion Animals Rescued & Education Society) was established in June 2005 to continue its work in Singapore. It runs educational program for schools, Project Catsnip and Project Industrial Dogs to help manage the population of stray dogs and cats.

Lynda Goh has been a volunteer with Noah's Ark since March 2002 and she has been working with animals for the last 20 years. Come hear how Noah's Ark got started and what it is been doing now. And how Noah's Ark Cares runs it programmes for stray dogs and cats.