Comments on: Queer Up North and the transgendered community http://alanfleming.org/2009/06/queer-up-north-and-the-transgendered-community/ Alan Fleming's miscellanea Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:50:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: admin http://alanfleming.org/2009/06/queer-up-north-and-the-transgendered-community/comment-page-1/#comment-201 admin Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:25:28 +0000 http://alanfleming.org/?p=209#comment-201 Yup, I was there, in the front row. I thought it was fantastic. Marketing was difficult this year because finances didn't come together until the very last minute - corporate sponsorship was near-zero because of the economy, and we rely on that a lot. I agree with you about the poster - but I'm told as many people love it as dislike it. Yup, I was there, in the front row. I thought it was fantastic. Marketing was difficult this year because finances didn’t come together until the very last minute — corporate sponsorship was near-zero because of the economy, and we rely on that a lot.

I agree with you about the poster — but I’m told as many people love it as dislike it.

]]> By: aney http://alanfleming.org/2009/06/queer-up-north-and-the-transgendered-community/comment-page-1/#comment-200 aney Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:20:40 +0000 http://alanfleming.org/?p=209#comment-200 As someone that attended the Joanne Meyerowitz lecture I don't feel the need to heap praise on queer Up North after all they are funded by the Arts Council who are funded by the tax payer.....me . Did you attend the lecture?? it was very well attended which is more than I could say for the other events which were in some cases only half full. This was probably due to the woefully poor marketing. I know a trans person that volunteered to help , but perhaps next year she will not be available. As for the festival poster - all very nice picking a minimalist design but was it eye-catching ...I think not! The poster just DID NOT WORK As someone that attended the Joanne Meyerowitz lecture I don’t feel the need to heap praise on queer Up North after all they are funded by the Arts Council who are funded by the tax payer.….me . Did you attend the lecture?? it was very well attended which is more than I could say for the other events which were in some cases only half full. This was probably due to the woefully poor marketing. I know a trans person that volunteered to help , but perhaps next year she will not be available. As for the festival poster — all very nice picking a minimalist design but was it eye-catching …I think not! The poster just DID NOT WORK

]]> By: admin http://alanfleming.org/2009/06/queer-up-north-and-the-transgendered-community/comment-page-1/#comment-191 admin Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:09:45 +0000 http://alanfleming.org/?p=209#comment-191 Thanks for the smiley on that one - I almost read it as if you meant it! Thanks for the smiley on that one — I almost read it as if you meant it!

]]> By: Grace http://alanfleming.org/2009/06/queer-up-north-and-the-transgendered-community/comment-page-1/#comment-190 Grace Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:51:46 +0000 http://alanfleming.org/?p=209#comment-190 "To my mind, a politically mature community gives credit where it’s due. It engages with friends and enemies." I didn't realize your org was an enemy of the trans community. We'll keep it in mind. Thanks for the warning! :D “To my mind, a politically mature community gives credit where it’s due. It engages with friends and enemies.”

I didn’t realize your org was an enemy of the trans community. We’ll keep it in mind. Thanks for the warning! :D

]]> By: alan http://alanfleming.org/2009/06/queer-up-north-and-the-transgendered-community/comment-page-1/#comment-188 alan Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:57:06 +0000 http://alanfleming.org/?p=209#comment-188 No, that's not right. I'm interested in, and asking why, it's not even been talked about, as far as google can tell me. No perjoratives, no superlatives, just why. I pushed out one (deliberately provocative) thought as to why. Care to address it, rather than me? No, that’s not right. I’m interested in, and asking why, it’s not even been talked about, as far as google can tell me. No perjoratives, no superlatives, just why.

I pushed out one (deliberately provocative) thought as to why. Care to address it, rather than me?

]]> By: Ms. C http://alanfleming.org/2009/06/queer-up-north-and-the-transgendered-community/comment-page-1/#comment-186 Ms. C Mon, 15 Jun 2009 01:27:32 +0000 http://alanfleming.org/?p=209#comment-186 http://www.flickr.com/photos/22789525@N00/3455427220/in/set-72157616944737345/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/22789525@N00/3455427220/in/set-72157616944737345/

]]> By: Sarah Brown http://alanfleming.org/2009/06/queer-up-north-and-the-transgendered-community/comment-page-1/#comment-185 Sarah Brown Sun, 14 Jun 2009 23:36:37 +0000 http://alanfleming.org/?p=209#comment-185 Let me get this right - after demonstrating to us that we're less important than giving bigots an artistic platform last year, you're now laying into us for not giving you a standing ovation for inviting performers who aren't transphobes? You call us immature, but I might suggest someone is having a little bit of a temper tantrum here, and it's not us. By the way, what's "transgendered"? It sounds like something one might get done at the vet. Let me get this right — after demonstrating to us that we’re less important than giving bigots an artistic platform last year, you’re now laying into us for not giving you a standing ovation for inviting performers who aren’t transphobes?

You call us immature, but I might suggest someone is having a little bit of a temper tantrum here, and it’s not us.

By the way, what’s “transgendered”? It sounds like something one might get done at the vet.

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