Get Bent Manchester 2007 – A Celebration of Queer
Diversity!

Get Bent! returns this year with a packed festival programme
happening in and around
Manchester over ten days from Friday 24th August – Sunday
2nd September 2007.

Get Bent! is the queer community of Manchester's response to the
commercialisation of
Manchester's village and commercial pride: an inclusive
alternative community pride
summer festival where everyone is welcome and nobody is turned
away empty handed!

For further information about the Get Bent Manchester Collective
ethos statement,
how to get involved and general queeries, please contact us
directly:

Email:
getbentinfo[at]riseup.net

Website:
www.get-bent-manchester.com
<www.get-bent-manchester.com>
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Get Bent Manchester Festival 2007 Presents:

Erotixxx: Trans Pornography Retrospective Presentation

When?
Saturday, 25th August, 8 - 10pm

Where?
Manchester University Student Union, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13
9PR (tbc),

Map Link:
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Donations on door much appreciated!
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What do you think about the possibility of trans-sexuality, a
specific
sexuality for trans people and those who love them?
These hard-core videos are shot from the perspective that trans
bodies,
in their transitioning and exceptional states of being, are
desirous and moreover,
delicious.
Seen together, they claim a space for trans-loving and
trans-sexing.

From the historical first pornographic look at the initiation of
a
neo-phallus (1989) to a transman on transwoman sex scene (2003),
this
footage is taboo breaking. Directly confronting the plethora of
she-male porn that pretends to fully represent the erotic
potential of trans
bodies, these videos use different strategies to provide fresh
and innovative
erotic images of MTF and FTM trans bodies. They might change the
way you see
the spectrum of transsexual desire. The excerpts will be
introduced and
contextualized by Eliza Steinbock, a researcher at the University
of
Amsterdam, The Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA).

Excerpts from:

Dysfunctional (Mirah Soleil-Ross 1997)
In: 4:30
Out: 7:18

The Look of Love (Charles Lofton 1996)
All of it 4:00

Linda/Les and Annie (Annie Sprinkle, Johnny Armstrong, Al Jaccoma
1989)

½ Frogs Fuck Fast (Hans Scheirl 1992-6)

Phineas Slipped (Oakie Treadwell 2002)

Trannyfags (Morty Diamond 2004)

Cubby Holes (Trannywood Pictures 2007)

JJ and Tennetty, Simon and Camden, Betsy Chainsaw and Cupid
(Barbara DeGenevieve from ssspread.com 2003)

Madame Lauraine's Transsexual Touch (Monica Forrester,
Viviane Namaste,
Mirah-Soleil Ross, 2001)

Allanah Starr's Big Boob Adventures: Tawdry Tales of the
Third Sex (Gia
Darling 2006)

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Get Bent Manchester Festival 2007 Presents:

"Trans Youth" film shorts, curated by the 'Nederlands Transgender
Film Festival' (123min)

When?
Sunday, 26th August, 12 - 4pm

Where?
The Manchester LGBTQI Centre, Sidney Street (off Oxford
Road), Manchester.

Map Link:
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Donations on door much appreciated!

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Jong! (Youngster!)
Wilfred Drechsler, Netherlands 2004 talk show and documentary,
video,
25', in Dutch with English subtitles.

Originally made as a TV show by the evangelical broadcaster EO in
the
Netherlands. Jamie (14) and Danique (15) are young and active
girls who have
many friends at school. But then the youngsters tell us about
their gender
dysphoria and being born as boys. Both transgender girls go to
school in
their chosen gender identity now. Boys and girls at Jamie's
school talk about their
reactions after Jamie reveals to the school about her change of
gender representation. Danique wants to be a singer but she
worries about
her low voice. A former contestant of the European Song contest
teaches
Danique singing techniques.

In this extraordinary episode of the show, the transgender girls
discuss
gender dysphoria in the context of their Christian upbringing
without fear
or shame.

EO-presentator with Jamie and Danique

37-Grad: Mein Körper, mein Feind-Transsexuelle Jugendliche -
Ein Junge
namens Nina (37 degrees Celsius: A Youth Named Nina) Kathrin
Gugel, Ulf

Eberle, Germany 2004, documentary, video, 28', in German with
English
subtitles.
This remarkable documentary contrasts the ways in which gender
dysphoria in
youth is treated in different societies by shooting a double
portrait of two
transgender kids, the Dutch Nina and the German Lyle.
Nina, born as a boy, attends school as a girl these days. She is
supported
by school mates and her loving family. She also gets proper
guidance from
the gender clinic who takes her gender dysphoria seriously. The
story of
Lyle is far more bitter. Born as a girl in conservative Bavaria,
Lyle wishes
to be accepted as a boy at school. Sadly, neither the kids at
school nor the
school board have any intention of making Lyle's life easier.
Moreover Lyle
is getting no support from the doctors, who are willing to treat
his gender
dysphoria only when he reaches 18.
Only Lyle's parents give him a sense of place in the world.
There is an interactive programme for youth after the screening.

Gewoon Liefde (Simply Love)
Eveline van Dijck, Netherlands 2006, documentary, 60',
video, in Dutch with
English subtitles 41 years after the lovers Marcel and Marijke
parted, a letter of request
arrives from the Search Service of a city council looking for
Marcel,
who has now transitioned into a woman called Marcella. The old
love hasn't
forgotten about her Marcel. The fire is quickly rekindled and
soon marriage
is in the picture. From 1991 to 1993, Eveline van Dijck has made
a documentary
called Anders Bekeken on Marcella's transition and its
effects on her wife and sons.
Gewoon Liefde (`Simply Love') is a surprise
follow-up to that documentary.
The film courageously shows rare images of sixty-somethings
falling in love in full glory.

Gemma Glitter
Daphne Schriek, Netherlands 2004, short film, video, 9', in Dutch
with
English subtitles.
In glamourous Gemma Glitter's Health Gala (modeled after the
Dutch crown
prince's wife, princess Maxima), the dry-humored Dr. Andrea Amore
explains
to the kids what gender roles mean, and why there are boys who
want to be
girls and vice versa. The cute Marijn (15) explains what gender
dysphoria
means to him (and why he has no problem with it at all!).

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Get Bent Manchester Festival 2007 Presents:

"Superhero/Geek/Antihero Night!"

When?
Tuesday, 28th August, Doors open 7pm until late!

Where?
Fab Cafe, 111 Portland Street, Manchester, M1 6DN.

Map Link:
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Entry/Donations on sliding scale TBC.

Come along dressed as your favourite superhero, geek, anti-hero
or queek (queer geek!), to meet 'others'
for a fun packed evening of fantastical sci-fi adventures,
themed quizzes, games, raffles, prizes, late bar and so much
more, in this legendary Manchester venue!

Please note: This venue is only accessible down a
flight a stairs, please contact us directly beforehand
if you require any assistance.

Email:
getbentinfo[at]riseup.net

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Further details about our Comedy Night, Open Mic Performance
Night,
Queer Film Nights, Queer Critical Mass Bike Ride,
Live Bands/DJ's Night, Queer Visual Arts Exhibition,
Cabaret/Performance Art Night, Workshops and
Skillshares Programme to follow shortly!

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Get Bent Manchester 2007 – A Celebration of Queer
Diversity!

Get Bent! returns this year with a packed festival programme
happening in and around Manchester over ten days from Friday 24th
August – Sunday 2nd September 2007.

Get Bent! is Manchester's queer community response to
the commercialisation of Manchester's village and
commercial pride, an inclusive alternative community pride summer
festival where everyone is welcome and nobody is turned away
empty handed!

For further information about the Get Bent Manchester
Collective ethos statement, how to get involved and
general queeries, please contact us directly:

Email:
getbentinfo[at]riseup.net

Websites:
www.get-bent-manchester.com
<www.get-bent-manchester.com>
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