22nd April

LGBTIQA+ REFUGEES & ASYLUM SEEKERS

Name: LGBTIQA+ REFUGEES & ASYLUM SEEKERS
Start: 2024-04-22T19:00:47+1000
End: 2024-04-28T21:00:47+1000
Location: The Coolroom at Northern Arts Hotel

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Event is free, no need to book in now. See you tonight at 7pm.

Presented by Castlemaine Pride 2024, Castlemaine Free Univeristy, and The Coolroom at Northern Arts Hotel

Rainbow to Refuge

Supporting LGBTQI refugees, people seeking asylum, and internally displaced people in Australia and internationally.

WHAT — Hear about work on-the-ground by not-for-profit Many Coloured Sky, support from Pride Foundation Australia, and queer perspectives on unique challenges for LGBTIQA+ refugees and asylum seekers. Learn how communities can welcome and support them finding homes and work, affirming their gender/sexuality and respecting cultures.

WHO — MC is Castlemaine local Ian Gould, co-founder of Pride Foundation Australia. Speakers are a person with lived experience of being a queer refugee and asylum seeker, and Ian Seal who founded not-for-profit Many Coloured Sky (2015).

Seal collaborates with Queer Refugee and Asylum Seeker Peers (QRASP), a Kenyan coalition of LGBT refugee organisations, and partners in Uganda. He networks with coalitions and partners across South Asia to support in situ refugees and current challenges for LGBTIQ+ asylum seekers and refugees. IMAGE CREDIT: Many Coloured Sky.

Presented by Castlemaine Pride 2024, Castlemaine Free Univeristy, and The Coolroom at Northern Arts Hotel

IMAGE CREDIT: Many Coloured Sky

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The Coolroom at the Northern Arts Hotel

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The Coolroom at the Northern Arts Hotel, located at 359 Barker St Castlemaine, is a place for a melange of musical experiences – jazz, folk, classical, experimental, cool pop, western, Americana, and other event-based performances in an active listening, quiet room atmosphere. It’s also a place for friends and strangers to come together to share a secret film screening or talk. There’s The Coolroom Bar, where drinks are at reasonable prices, and The Coolroom Cinema home to the Free Sunday Secret Movie Matinee.

There are also other events, workshops and talks and Festivals that find home in our dedicated and flexible space. Recently we are proud to be involved in the Castlemaine Fringe, Castlemaine Jazz and Castlemaine Pride Festivals. We also host regular events by groups such as Castlemaine Free University, Maine-ly Ukes, Celtic Song Circle, Guildford Folk Club, and PoetiCas.

We hope you’ll join us in the relaxed, convivial atmosphere.

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