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Groups
Film | Café/Social | Sport/Activities | Live Music | Alt Music Nights | Media | Youth | Religious | Business If you wish to be included on this page post your details on the Queer Cymru Facebook group:
www.facebook.com
Film
The Iris Prize
Established in 2007, The Iris Prize is an international gay and lesbian short film prize which is open to any short film which is by, for, about or of interest to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or intersex audiences and which must have been completed within 2 years prior to the prize deadline.
The Prize is open to film makers from around the world and judged by a panel of international filmmakers and artists. The winner receives £25,000 to make their next short film in the UK.
The Prize is awarded during a three-day event held in Cardiff which presents a programme of screenings and question and answer sessions with some of the UK’s most prominent film and media figures, and culminates in a closing night award ceremony.
The Iris Prize has secured the support of lesbian and gay film festivals from around the world, creating a single international platform with the intention of raising the profile of lesbian and gay cinema and helping a new generation of filmmakers achieve success on the international stage. Each of the partner festivals selects one film annually to participate in the Iris Prize. The partner festivals include Toronto, Los Angeles, New York, Sydney, Dublin, London, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Miami, Montreal and Hong Kong.
www.irisprize.org
A monthly LGBT film night at the Scala Cinema & Arts Centre, Prestatyn
Facebook Group
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Café/Social
Gay Dinning Club Cardiff
A group for guys and girls of any sexuality to get togther once a month and go out for dinner/picnics and make new friends.
www.facebook.com/group...
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and friends Dinning Club
Sponsored by North East Wales LGBT Foundation
The LGBT and Friends Dining Club, Wrexham, North Wales, is a Dining Club that provides opportunities for the Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual community and their friends to meet at Holt Lodge, Rafters Restaurant, Holt Road, Wrexham, Wales, on a monthly basis. It is an alternative way of meeting people in a warm, friendly and supportive environment. Those who regularly attend come from various parts of North Wales, Cheshire, Merseyside and Staffordshire and are from diverse backgrounds.
www.lgbandfriendsclub.ik.com Women 4 Women Wales
A self-supporting network with membership is open to all women, defining themselves as lesbian, and who are committed to anti-discriminatory principles.
Monthly meetings in Cardiff on the 1st Saturday of the month at the Quaker house in Charles street, providing a supportive social network. Often we just have a cuppa and a chat, sometimes we organise activities, including calligraphy, making your own christmas card, talks on aromatherapy, crystals, music sessions, bike maintenance class, quizzes, BBQ etc. Except for the Saturday meetings, we organise other events such as disco, canoeing, cycling, berry picking, ice-skating, bowling etc. Read more about this in the forthcoming meetings program.
How we keep members up to date:
Members are kept up to date about W4W events and current affairs in the lesbian community by the bi-monthly newsletter. Members can receive this newsletter by post or e-mail. You can also find an abbreviated version of the newsletter on this website
www.olnwales.org.uk
Border Women
This group in the English / Welsh borders has been runniing for 16 years.
Subscribe to the newsletter and see what lesbians in Herefordshire/Shropshire/Powys etc are getting up to. Write BORDER WOMEN, PO Box 42, Ludlow. Shropshire SY8 1WD to subscribe - £7 unwaged, £12 waged, £15 joint. We have regular lunches in Leominster and Shrewsbury, walks (mainly at weekends in the summer) and other events.
www.borderwomen.org.uk
Lesbian group in the Builth Wells and Llandrindod Wells Area
Social events, walks, reading group, movies drinks dinners etc
If you would like to join please drop us a line.
Email wye.not@hotmail.com
Dyfed Diners
We provide the setting for gay people to meet in an un-pressured and comfortable atmosphere over a meal and a drink. Members attend as few or as many functions as they wish. Dinner meetings are held in various venues across Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday evenings in the middle of the month. There is also a Saturday Social at the beginning of the month and a Sunday Lunch at the end.
www.dyfeddiners.freeuk.com
Monthly daytime meetings and visits to places of interest, exhibitions, concerts, culture (and usually lunch) around Cardiff/South Wales.
Subscribe to Womenzone for full details.
Women only meetings at 7.30pm on the first Thursday of each month at Wetherspoons (The Tumble Inn), Pontypridd.
Subscribe to Womenzone for full details.
A social group for lesbians and gay men over 35.
We hope to offer:-
• A variety of social gatherings and visits to theatre, cinema etc.
• A friendly, welcoming group
• Accessible and family friendly get-togethers
http://swansea-socialights.blogspot.com/
email: swanseasocialights@googlemail.com
Women only meetings at 7.30pm on the second Tuesday of each month at The Chattery, 50 Uplands Crescent, Uplands, Swansea.
Subscribe to Womenzone for full details.
Women only meetings at 11.00am on the first Sunday of each month at Ernest Willows Pub, City Road, Cardiff.
Subscribe to Womenzone for full details.
Women only social night meets 7.30pm on the third Wednesday of the month at Mochyn Du, Sophia Gardens.
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Sport/Activities
Cardiff Lions
The Cardiff Lions RFC (Welsh: Clwb Rygbi Llewod Caerdydd) is a gay and gay friendly rugby union football club based in Cardiff, Wales. The club was founded in 2004 and remains the only gay rugby club in Wales. The Lions were admitted as members of the International Gay Rugby Association and Board[1] in 2006.
cardifflions.com
Gay Outdoor Club South Wales
The South Wales group generally walk on the 4th Sunday of each month.
The Gay Outdoor Club operates throughout Great Britain and provides a wide range of outdoor and indoor sports and recreational activities for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender men and women.
We organise over 500 events each year including walking, cycling, mountain biking, canoeing, caving, rock climbing, mountaineering, skiing, swimming and badminton. Most of our events are one day but we also organise weekend and longer events such as hostelling weekends, an arctic adventure and a white water rafting expedition.
GOC consists of over 30 local groups who organise regular walks, cycle rides, weekends away and social events so no-one is far from a GOC event.
For more specialist activities we have groups for canoeing, caving, rock climbing, mountaineering and skiing. Some of those events are for people with experience, but we also have events for novices. We have an 18-39 group which operates nationally providing dynamic weekends away.
We have 1,500 members and for over 30 years have been helping people to try new activities and make new friends.
GOC is a members club, so it is run by the people who go on its events. Most of our events are free and you can just turn up without booking but when you join GOC all of the money goes to run the club and none on salaries or profits.
www.goc.uk.net
Gay Outdoor Club South Wales
The West Wales group has been created to cater mainly for existing & new members west of a line between Aberystwyth & Swansea, though members and groups from elsewhere will be most welcome to join us on any of our walks.
The group generally walks on the 1st Sunday of each month, with the intention of an even spread of walks across Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and occasionally Gower. We hope to have some Saturday walks starting & finishing at railway stations, to cater for people wishing to use public transport.
www.goc.org.uk/groups/westwales
Lesbian Surf Camp
Annual Surf Camp held in July each year in the Gower, South Wales organised by Womenszone.
www.womenzonewales.co.uk
Lesbian Climbing Group
7pm e very Monday at Boulders indoor climbing centre, just off Newport Road, Cardiff behind TGI Fridays. Qualified instructor provided, money needed for entance and equipment hire.
Womens 5 a side Football
Lesbian and straight mixed weekly Wednesday night 8pm at Gôl Football Centre
Lawrenny Avenue, Canton Cardiff CF11 8BR
www.womens5aside.co.uk
All ages group for lesbians on bicycles. Monthly rides around South/Mid Wales. Subscribe to Womenzone for full details.
New group of ladies in South Wales, dedicated to going fishing/sea angling along the South Wales coast.
We are a group of friends who like to go fishing, times vary depending on the the tide times with evening fishing included if weather permits.
www.welshseagals.co.uk
Facebook Group: Welsh Sea Gals.
e mail welshseagals@aol.com
GAY salsa class and dance night
Every Thursday at the WOW Bar Churchill Way Cardiff.
Classes are FREE.
Dedicated salsa dance classes and salsa dancing for ALL LBGTand Friends and all levels. Taught by professionals with our experts Shahid & Leann
7:30-8:30pm
downstairs @ WOW Bar, 4a Churchill Way, Cardiff, CF10 2DW
Tel: 02920 666 247
www.wowbarcardiff.com and at www.salsabuena.co.uk
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Live Music
Peppermint Patti
Lesbian/Gay run live music night promoting indie/punk music performed by female fronted bands or bands with 50% women in them. Audiences are mixed straight, gay, male, female and for events at Chapter all ages.
www.peppermintpatti.co.uk
South Wales Gay Men's Chorus
A new, fun and fast growing group based in Cardiff, South Wales Gay Men's Chorus sing a dynamic range of music from chant and the classics to rock and pop arrangements.
A friendly social group with a diverse mix of youthful and more ‘established' guys, our weekly rehearsals are interspersed with an exciting range of performances, concerts and upcoming events.
SWGMC have just returned from performing with the fabulous Brighton & Hove (actually) Gay Men's Chorus at Brighton's Pride festival and are looking forward to their next concerts at Cardiff Pride and the National Assembly for Wales at Christmas.
Whether you are an expert singer, hairbrush diva or just fancy exercising your vocal chords with likeminded music lovers, all are welcome. If you are interested in joining, would like to be kept informed of upcoming concerts, or would like to book throup for an event contact us on gaychorus@gmail.com
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Alt Music / Art / Fashion Nights
Hell's Bent
After a group appeared on a social networking site – 'Who Wants A Gay Indie Disco In Cardiff?' – Hell's Bent was created. There's indie-pop aplenty, no rainbow flags and not a drag queen in sight. Yes that's right: No Dolly Parton, no Britney, no Madge; just guitars, electro and alternative rock.
www.hellsbent.com
A night for women in Cardiff with a range of different music from chilled to 80's to cheese to indie! you can bring your male friends (each man must be accompanied by one woman).
www.facebook.com/group
Lesbian Night .SECOND FRIDAY of each month from 7pm at The Boat Club, Aberystwyth
www.wrecked.moonfruit.com/
At Trashion we pride ourselves on being different.
We want to bring you nights that are forward thinking in style, music and good times. a night you will remember and come back for more
Often, we will also have a fashion show at the start of the night, showing you up and coming designers. or showing off some designs for the new season.
(We are going to be working with boutiques and designers. if you are one of these things or work in a shop where you think they be interested get in contact! : phil.scully@googlemail.com)
Our resident DJ is James Alexander and we are working our hardest to get you the best Dj's from around Cardiff and the country. Come stylish, come with friends, come party with us.
//www.facebook.com/group
@City United Reformed Church, Windsor Place, Cardiff (just off Queen St)
For experienced and novice poets alike. Light hearted limericks to serious sonnets, considering great and really bad rhymes and listen to recitals, peruse personal favourites and orate your own work.
7.30pm onwards
This grou is new, look out for posters and leaflets for dates etc.
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Media Groups
Scene Nomad is a social networking website that recognises cultural diversity within the LGBT community and facilitates the organisation of events in any environment. This will revolutionise your social life!
By becoming a member you can attend events suggested by other members, join networks, create your own events and networks all based on the things that interest you. You can connect with other Scene Nomad members with similar interests, upload and tag photos, and leave comments and feedback about the events you attended. It's a perfect way of meeting new friends and becoming part of a wider community.
So whether you're a golfer or a gardener, a raver or a rambler, a footballer or a foodie - or all of the above - let's celebrate diversity, let's celebrate new friendships.
www.scenenomad.com
L.A.B. in Cardiff
A new forum for Gay and Bisexual women called L.A.B in Cardiff (Lesbian and Bisexual) To create an online and offline community for women in the Cardiff area to discuss anything they would like to - from politics to advice to their top women. Members will be free to organise any types of socials so more women can meet in Cardiff. We can also be found on Facebook.
www.proudincardiff.forumup.org
Womenzone Wales
South, West and Mid Wales lesbian social events with online site and forum and print newsletter promoting women only events.
Contact details on the website for the hard copy newsletter which has a wealth of contact information and events.
The
annual subscription for the newsletter is £5.
Women's Zone & Women's Zone Newsletter
c/o Women's Centre
25 Mansel Street
Swansea SA1 5SQ
email: womenzone@hotmail.co.uk
www.womenzonewales.co.uk
Lesbian Events and Groups Listing Guide South Wales
www.missinglesbians.co.uk
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Youth Groups
Cardiff's first support provision for young people aged 14-25 and identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, Transgendered or questioning their sexuality/gender.
We provide information, advice and support on a wide range of issues and also provide a social space to meet other young LGBT people.
This service runs every Saturday between 1pm and 7pm in a City Centre location.
If you are interesting in attending or would like more information please contact the project using the following details.
Tel: 07816929704
Email:lgbtyouthcardiff@googlemail.com
www.facebook.com
Rhyl
Viva Group
Group for lesbian, gay and bisexual young people aged 14 - 25
Meets Tuesdays and Thursdays 6 - 8pm
Call 01745 351 293
http://vivalgbt.co.uk/
Swansea
SYGNET Group
Group for young lesbian, gay and bisexual people aged 14 - 25
Meets Fridays 6.30 - 9.30pm
Call 01792 477 540
Torfaen
The Rainbow Club
Group for young lesbian, gay and bisexual people aged 16-25yrs old who live in or around Torfaen
Meets every wednesday between 6 - 8pm in the Pontypool area
Call 01495 752333
www.rainbow-club.org.uk
Powys (Newtown)
PALS Youth Group
Group for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning young people.
Meets weekly in Newtown for under 25's
Contact Mark Waring on 07809 502673
or email mark@askpals.org.uk
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| Religious Groups |
The LGCM is open to Christians and friends. Meetings are held around South Wales.
www.lgcm.org.uk |
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| Business Groups |
The Gay Business Network (GBN) is a business networking community dedicated to educating and motivating you to help you build relationships to grow your business.
The aim of the Gay Business Network (GBN) is two fold:
Firstly to create a thriving business community amongst LGBT professionals to help gay business owners and professionals to develop contacts and relationships in order to build their business.
Secondly to put the LGBT community in touch with LGBT business owners and professionals where they can be assured that their everyday services are carried out by REAL "Gay Freindly" service providers that respect and understand their needs and lifestyle.
Where GBN differs from other networking organisations is that we recognise that people do business with the people they know, like and trust. Business is the main agenda but equal importance is put on the social aspects in order to help facilitate relationships which in turn encourages business. With this in mind our aim is to facilitate friendships amongst members through structured business meetings and professional social events on an equal basis.
We all have one thing in common, we are proud of who we are and wish to use this common factor as a basis to build thriving business relationships.
Organisations have been cashing in on “the pink pound” for many years, GBN aims to keep the "pink pound" amongst the LGBT community and build a thriving business community amongst like minded professionals.
GBN meets once a month in Cardiff, South Wales.
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