Annual General Meeting

Wednesday 22 May, 2013

6pm snacks/sign in, 6.30pm meeting start

*Venue to be confirmed*

Come and be involved in your group! The AGM includes the election of the Committee, and Femme members are encouraged to nominate or express interest - and be part of the next year's activities. 

Femme-identified members have voting rights: your membership must be current as of 20 May 2013 to vote at the AGM.  

Contact femmeguild@gmail.com to renew, join up or check your membership status. (Members can nominate a proxy if you can't come but want your vote to count.) 

Nominations for the Committee should be lodged by 20 May 2013.  Contact femmeguild@gmail.com to find out more!

Special General Meeting

Sunday 28 April, 2pm to 4pm
Red Rattler, 6 Faversham Street, Marrickville

All members of Femme Guild and all others interested in the work of Femme Guild are welcome. 

The Special General Meeting is a follow up to the 'Unpacking Femme' conference. It is open to all who attended and others who are interested in the work of Femme Guild . 

The committee / organising group will report on the conference including overview of how the conference was planned and run, feedback received during and after the conference, work that is underway and planning for femme guild.  There will be opportunity for questions and discussion, and to give your input.   

This meeting is one step in shaping the priorities for Femme Guild from here, and we invite members and other supporters to be part of improving and strengthening Femme Guild.  

Contact femmeguild@gmail.com for more information.

Message from ‘Unpacking Femme’ organising group

Thank you to everyone who was part of 'Unpacking Femme' - each person who presented, and all who participated and contributed - femmes, and those who stand alongside. 

Sydney Femme Guild needs to take immediate steps to change how we organise and what we organise about.

In particular, we must confront and stop actions (or inaction) that contribute to, or collude with, cultural appropriation and racism, and perpetuate hurt, exclusion and divisiveness.  

We are sorry that we have been complicit in maintaining power structures and messages that exclude Femmes of Colour, and that this caused deep distress at the conference today.

We will act on this as a priority.  The Femme Guild logo has been taken down, and there will be more information to follow.

We are part of a wider queer community and will seek to work in connection with others, and to actively call on others to join us in this work.  This will be an open process, and a long-term commitment.

From the Sydney Femme Guild Conference Organising Group.

Fair Day Update

Fair Day: between 12 and 3pm come and find the femmes near the Dykes on Bikes for conversation and ideas-sharing. We are doing this instead of an all-day stall.

Two weeks till showtime! Get your tickets now!

Femme Guild events happening this week!

Queer Screen vs. Femme Guild Film Night

Come along to a femme film night at the newly renovated GINGERS (Supper Club) for a special Femme Guild screening of Mommy Is Coming.

Set in the sexual melting pot of Berlin, this romantic/erotic comedy of errors confronts the last lesbian taboo: Mommy. When haughty femme Dylan receives a visit from her mother, her butch lover Claudia/Claude, the bellhop at Mom's hotel finds her/him self in all sorts of unexpected scenarios. 

Starring a bevvy of Queer porn beauties including Jiz Lee, MOMMY IS COMING is the latest offering from director Cheryl Dunye (The Watermelon Woman, The Owls). It debuted at the 2012 Berlin International Film Festival and collected the 2012 GOOD FOR HER Feminist Porn Award.

Femme Guild Members, Femmes and Femme Friends Welcome 

Lucky door prize to be won and special FG drink & snack specials on the night!

PLEASE NOTE this film contains explicit sex scenes
Strictly 18+ event, I.D may be required

Gold Coin Donation

Wednesday Dec 5, 7pm for 7.30pm start 

Gingers, Oxford Hotel

Oxford St, Darlinghurst

*We regret to inform that at present Gingers is not wheelchair accessible. With prior notice, if you are up for some adventure, some gorgeous muscle marys can be arranged to carry you across the rocky terrain like Cleopatra in her palanquin, ascending towards kinky queer paradise.

Femme Guild Picnic 

Saturday Dec 8, 3-6pm

Enmore Park, Enmore

End of Year Picnic for Femmes and Friends

As the silly season approaches take some time for a ‘fresh air cure’ to spend an afternoon in the park with the Femme Guild as an end of year gathering.

Come enjoy a cool beverage or a scone in the park with femmes and femme-loving people on a Saturday afternoon ... we will provide some rugs and a few treats – please bring something to share (eg food or drinks or games) and your own picnicking, drinks & lounging supplies.

We will set up on the park side opposite to the children's playground on the Llewellyn St side under the big trees. It can be quite sunny at that time of day so a shady hat or parasol is clever accessorising.

If you are new to Femme Guild, feel welcome to contact one of us so we can look out for you when you arrive and introduce you to others.

The Annette Kellerman pool is also in this park (there's an entry fee to the pool if you'd like to swim). The pool has a café/kiosk and accessible public toilets available to both pool users and to park users.

Femme Guild is a queer feminist collective promoting solidarity, visibility and femme pride in both lgbtiq communities and wider communities.

Park Social is an opportunity for femme-focussed socialising and connecting. Come and also find about our "Unpacking Femme" conference in Feb and other events.

WEATHER: Send out your best vibes for a perfect day - but if is it wet and cancellation is likely, we will post here at 1pm on the day, and will generate a Facebook message to all 'attendees'.
 

We're So Excited!

We're so excited, Pointer Sisters style, cos Femme Guild has a brand new spanking website!

Check it out!

www.femmeguild.com