Velvet-Club Connecting Lesbians & Bi-women around the World
London on 06 Sep - 19:00–21:00
The House of Thirst' is Modern Poetry in Translation's first ever LGBTQ+ focus issue. Featuring translations of Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, Friedrich Chernyshovs urgent poems about transgender lives in the Ukraine, 19th Century Kurdish poetry, Mary Jean Chan exploring Queerness as Translation. and Jayan Cherians homoerotic big bang in a new version by Richard Scott. Join them at Gay's the Word bookshop for the London launch of this summer special issue, featuring readings from the poets and translators Mary Jean Chan, Kostya Tsolkis, Maria Jastrzębska, and MPT Editor Clare Pollard. A free event. Doors 7pm. Registration required. Please book via eventbrite: https://houseofthirstlgbtqpoetry.eventbrite.co.uk
Tickets : £ Free Tickets
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- Anette Trettebergstuen 25 May 1981 - Politician/Norwegian
- Anika Moa 21 May 1980 - Singer/New Zealander
- Beatrice Lillie 29 May 1894 - Actress & Singer/American
- Caitlin Stassy 01 May 1990 - Actor & Singer/Australian
- Charice Pempengco 10 May 1992 - Singer/Filipino
- Clare Teal 14 May 1973 - Jazz Musician & Singer/British
- Corine Mauch 28 May 1960 - Politician & Mayor of Zurich/Swiss
- Guinevere Turner 23 May 1968 - Actor & Screenwriter/American
- Jill Johnston 17 May 1929 - Author/British
- Kathleen Wynne 21 May 1953 - Politician/Canadian
- Laverne Cox 29 May 1984 - Actress & TV personality & LGBT Advocate/American
- Marijane Meaker 27 May 1927- Novelist aka Vin Packer/Ann Aldrich/American
- Mathilde de Morny 26 May 1863 - Noblewoman & Artist/French
- Melissa Etheridge 29 May 1961 - Singer-Songwriter/American
- Sally Ride 26 May 1951 - Astronaut & Physicist/American
- Sandi Toksvig 03 May 1958 - Comedian &Writer/Danish & British
- Sarah Outen 26 May 1985 - Ocean Rower/British
- Ulrike Lunacek 26 May 1957 - Politician & VP of European Parliament/Austrian
