Beijing’s LGBT scene is always buzzing, but this weekend is especially full of events. If you’re still looking for something to do, or want to check out the scene, make sure you find yourself at one of the following events this Friday, Saturday or Sunday.
Nov 20 and Nov 21: Funky 3.0
Funky is back, renovated, and better, with a different type of gay party this weekend. Expect more diversity in music, with Friday’s party 80’s Bling Bling Disco-themed, and Saturday’s evening being gender blend night. Expect drag queens and kings. Both evenings get started at 9.30pm, and go until 4am.
This weekend, ticket prices are lower than ever before: RMB 50 will get you through the door on Friday, and RMB 60 on Saturday. Half-price if you bring your student ID.
Nov 20: Les Booze
Ladies are more than welcome at Funky, of course, but the general opinion is that there’s mostly going to be men. This is why Les Booze was started, providing an international and monthly queer women’s evening which has expanded and is now held multiple times a month due to popular demand. As per, this extra session is being held at Haven on Friday. There will be selected discounted drinks for ladies. Things get started at 9pm.
Nov 21-22: Beijing LGBT Center Women’s Film Week
In partnership with the Beijing LGBT Center’s Women’s Film Week, the Beijing American Center will host film their own Women’s Film Festival, screening films related to women’s and LGBT rights on November 21 from 7-9pm and November 22 from 2-6pm. All of the Beijing American Center movie screenings are free, and do not require RSVP.
On November 21 they will screen American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs, a documentary on Grace Lee Boggs, one of the most significant American activists of the 20th century, a Chinese-American who devoted her life to the Black Power movement and the city of Detriot.
On November 22 they will screen Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock at 2pm, a movie about civil rights activist Daisy Bates, who fought for the right of black students to attend an all-white high school in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957. Then, at 4pm, they will screen Out and Around, a documentary about an LGBT couple who traveled fifteen countries for one year to search and interview people who are leading the movement for gay, lesbian and transgender equality.
After each film movie, speakers will discuss issues of gender inequality and the challenges facing women and LGBT people in China and around the world. All the movies have Chinese subtitles, and the discussions will be in English.
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