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Rhapsody is an informal social network of Black and minority ethnic (BME) lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and their friends and partners in the Bristol area.

What IS the LGBT story?  Fairness, accuracy and media coverage of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues. See downloadabble poster in PDF format, below. Please circulate.

Management Committee meeting, Agenda, last minutes, DW's report and Sub-group minutes/reports tba

Take a stroll through central Bristol with some historical
surprises guided by Andy Foyle; historian and author.

Transgender equality training with Jay Stewart from Gendered Intelligence. (Pre-booking is essential).

Gay socialist writer Edward Carpenter had an extraordinary impact on the cultural and polical landscape of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, An advocate of, among other causes, free love, recycling, nudism, women's suffrage and prison reform. Carpenter believed that a transformation in attitudes to personal relations and sexuality was central to any attempt to transform society on a larger scale.  His work anticipated the sexual revolution of the 1960s and placed him at the epicentre of the literary culture of his day.

Bristol Women's Forum is inviting all women and men to celebrate International Women's Day, to remember the struggle towards equality and supportt he 2010 theme: 'Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion'.

Bristol Feminist Network are holding their annual Reclaim The Night event, starting with a candle-lit vigil to remember all the  women affected by sexual violence and then a march to The Island, where speakers will address the marchers, followed by a music event. Join the march, go tho their Facebook page and send an RSVP.