FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 19, 2004
Vancouver
The 2005 LeatherDyke Calendar Launch & Party
Vancouver-based calendar goes into worldwide distribution
Thursday, July 29th, at The Roundhouse.
This launch event celebrates the advent of Vancouver's first-ever LeatherDyke calendar with a well-hung installation of the original images by Shaira Holman, international photographic artist. Chosen during the leatherdyke calendar contest thought up and run by Pat Tucker, Ms Vancouver Leather 2002, the women who grace these thirteen fabulous photographs will be helping dykes all around the world keep their dates organized for the next year.
Shaira Holman is perhaps best known for her renowned photo-based work G.I.D. ... Gender Identity Disorder or Girls in Drag, which was exhibited at The Helen Pitt International Gallery, the San Francisco Public Library, the Advocate Gallery in Los Angeles, the Soady-Campbell Gallery in New York City, as well as at Studio Q, the Vancouver salon that Holman founded and operated.
"I'm excited and proud to be working on this project," says Elaine Miller, LeatherDyke calendar designer. "There's still a shortage of imagery in the outside world that reflects our queer lives and desires. In this decade, this is the only LeatherDyke calendar in all of North America, possibly in all the world. It's good to help put quality images of leatherwomen out there."
The 2005 LeatherDyke Calendar launch shares space with the Pride in the Written Word event, a night of Readings by local queer writers during the Pride in Art Exhibition, which brings the queer arts under one roof at Pride. This diverse exhibition is a place for celebration and self exploration of Vancouver's GLBT community. All are welcome.
The 2005 LeatherDyke Calendar Launch Party
July 29th, 7 pm
As part of Pride in Written Word during Pride in Art
Roundhouse Arts and Recreational Centre
181 Roundhouse Mews
{East Foot of Davie Street)
The LeatherDykes Calendar is on sale now, both online and, in Vancouver, at Little Sister's Book Emporium. Partial Proceeds from the calendar sales go to the Little Sister's Defense Fund.
More information may be found at http://leatherdyke.com/calendar/
Or, for additional information or to arrange interviews please contact:
Shaira Holman, Photographer: 604-254-5869 shaira@sdholman.com
Elaine Miller, Designer: elaine@elainemiller.com 604-650-6867
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