CIRCA MEMBERS – GLP Drinks

A good time was had by all at The Private Lounge, Bar Soho, at our New Year get together and so we are looking forward to returning for our February drinks party. Your hosts Curtis and John will there to meet you and introduce you to the other guests – there is no need to be shy. Drinks prices are reasonable and the atmosphere is very relaxed, friendly with no attitude. The drinks party kicks off at 7pm and there is NO admission charge. The guests are all ages and professions – great place to network and make new friends.
This first floor lounge bar is conveniently located in the heart of Soho and Circa members and their guests can enjoy the exclusive use of this Moroccan themed, decadently designed, candlelit Private Room! A varied food and drinks menu with some delicious cocktails - will also be available. Guest List places are limited to the first 100 members and their guests. Click here and follow the instructions, underneath the event details, to RSVP using our brand new automated system for members! Bar Soho, 23-5 Old Compton Street, London W1. www.barsoho.co.uk

Last month, highly professional photographer B. Miller was moving around amongst the guests in Bar Soho's Private Lounge - if you were there, you may have been snapped, you never know! If not, these wonderful photos are a great way to preview our events if you've never been to one. Click here!

Up for a chat? Curtis Gordon will be hosting a chat debating THE TRUTH ABOUT THE NEW CIVIL PARTNERSHIP LAW …Many people feel that the Civil Partnership recently introduced is a massive step in the right direction for gay and lesbian rights, I fail to agree. The government wants homosexual couples to have the same rights, but reading more closely into the legislation, one can see that they are not entirely the same as marriage.
What is really being offered? Civil Partnership is not a marriage, a Civil Partnership means that couples are not recognised as partners but as relatives. Marriage law contains over 4,500 co-habitation, inheritance and pension benefit rights. However, the Civil Partnership Act contains only 10. Heterosexual couples cannot register under the Civil Partnership Act. Where is the equality? Is accepting such an unequal law directed at homosexual couples fair? We should all demand true equality, which is what was campaigned for in the first place! Join Curtis for an extensive insight into this and put forward your opinion in the debate.

Adrian Gillan, spokesman for the PTHRF, said: "Peter's human rights campaigns have gone global. His successes mean he is deluged with requests for help from activists all over the world. To meet these demands, he is working 12 hours a day, seven days a week. We need to raise enough money to get Peter a fully equipped office and full-time staff support". The 20th March reception at The Blue Room @ Sound nightclub in London's Leicester Square from 6.30pm to 9.30pm, will help raise some of the extra funds they need so BOOK NOW. Tickets will not be on sale at the door but must be pre-booked and will be posted out to you. Places are limited. Tickets cost £20 (£10 concessions; £35 for two) and include drinks and refreshments throughout the evening. Send a cheque made payable to ‘PTHRF’ to ‘Peter Tatchell Human Rights Fund, PO Box 35253, London E1 4YF’, including your name(s), address and a contact telephone number. Those who cannot attend are invited to kindly send a cheque donation to the same address.

This year's LLGFF programme has now been unveiled and the new website is live at www.llgff.org.uk. The Opening Night Gala for their 20th anniversary year will be held in the Odeon Leicester Square, making this one of the world's largest ever lesbian and gay film events.
The Opening Night Gala on 29 March, Happy Endings, is a teeming LA comedy of manners with an all-star cast, centering around love, betrayal, adoption and sperm donation. The Closing Night Gala on 12 April is Jan Dunn's award-winning debut feature Gypo, the UK's first certified Dogme film.
A strong and eclectic programme of feature films, shorts, artists' film and video and experimental work, as well as a whole host of discussions and special events will be presented. Booking opens on Monday 6 March, but as a subscriber to the festival's email bulletin you can book online from Friday 3 March, so log in now and start planning your personal festival calendar.

Crusaid still have a couple of places left for this year's Flora London Marathon. If you are interested in running on behalf of Crusaid and wish to find out more, please contact the events manager, Dan Solley on 020 7539 3884 or email dans@crusaid.org.uk. To access the Crusaid website please click here.

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CIRCA is pleased to report the arrival of its sister club “Velvet-Club” for Lesbians and Bi-women which went live for Registration in December. Already over 1,500 Velvet members have registered and the Search and Mailbox facilities will be activated at the beginning of March. Velvet members will be able to connect with 1,000's of Lesbians and Bi-women in their neighbourhood and around the globe for FREE - make new friends, meet their perfect partner or increase their business contacts. Feature s include: daily news, main profiles, mailbox, horoscopes, events, travel lounge, food hall, shopping mall and much, much more. www.velvet-club.com