Man Up: BONAFIDE PRIDE // Pride Friday Drag Show & Dance Party

▲☮ THE LEGENDARY GENDER PISS UP ☮▲ COME OUT, COME OUT, WHEREVER YOU ARE AND PARTY WITH THE REBELS OF THE GAY SCENE! It's 20-dang-14 and we're doin' it again! A Man Up Pride weekend with gender smashing action you can taste every damn day! Kicking things off is our drag show classic, MAN UP, on Friday night, going till LATE. (Join us for the Trans/2Spirit March first! www.fb.com/events/1506168836265716) Blessing your morning-after is the cult favourite, Ponyboy presents EL HANGOVER 3.0: East Van Parking Lot Pool Party, where you can dance, wade, lounge, drink, smoke, beer pong, and much more, all in one place. (Please join us at the Vancouver Dyke March and Festival first!) And come Sunday, we're boarding our massive (generously donated by Greenscape Designs!) forest-themed float for the Pride Parade, and then kicking it king styles afterwards at the Sunset Beach Festival. (Join us at GENDERFEST'S UNICORN BORN 2014 later on!) GET YOUR PRIDE WEEKEND BONE ON WITH THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED KICK-OFF EVENT TO MAN UP PRIDE WEEKEND 2014 -------> BONAFIDE PRIDE AT THE COBALT!!!! ▲ Ms. Jackson (San Francisco, DRTYBTCH) ▲ Airick X (Portland, Blow Pony) ▲ LISA DELUX (Vancouver, 1181, Backdoor) ⚥ Drag king shows at 10:30 & 12! ☮ Man Up merch for sale on the cheap! ♫ Dancing till 3am! STAY FOREVER! THE KINGS: △ PONYBOY & MAJIK △ THE BROKEBACK BROTHERS △ OWEN △ CAZZWELL VAN DYKE & SHAY NANIGANS △ MR. MADDICK, TONY MCSHANE, & PUCK YIU △ THE LEAPING THESPIANS △ DELICA CEE △ HOUSE OF BARNES △ ROSE BUTCH △ JUST CALL HER HEATHER with special appearances by △ SAILOR RIPLEY △ ...and SURPRISE GUESTS FROM DENVER, CO!!!!! ▲ DOORS 9:00, PLAY TILL 3:00 ▲ DRAG SHOW: ACT 1 @ 10:30 // ACT 2 @12:00 ▲ PARTY PHOTOGRAPHY BY Lindsay for lindsaysdiet.com ▲ $2 ANALOG PHOTOBOOTH ▷▷▷ TICKETS ▷▷▷ $16 advance On sale now at Little Sister's Book & Art Emporium and bonafidepride.eventbrite.ca Minimum 75 tickets guaranteed to be available at the door! ($20) ▷▷▷ MAN UP PRIDE WEEKEND WRISTBANDS ▷▷▷ Access to Man Up: Bonafide Pride & El Hangover (www.fb.com/events/247639742110611) $22 while supplies last, available from Little Sister's Book & Art Emporium IG: @ manupvancouver T: @ manupdrag manupdrag {at} gmail.com ▲ BUDDY SYSTEM iN FULL EFFECT ▲ With the support of the ::Man Up:: crew, Logan Xander and Alex Beaner will be on sober Buddy Patrol, and you can do it too! All Buddy System volunteers will be visible with glow in the dark bracelets on both wrists. Buddy System FAQ from our founder, Pussy Liquor: What does a Buddy do? A Buddy helps you get water when you've had a lot to drink. A Buddy runs interference when there's someone hitting on you that you don't want hitting on you. A Buddy can talk to door security about creepy dudes in the bar if you’re too shy to. A Buddy does their best to keep an eye on your stuff so it doesn't get stolen and on your drink so it doesn't get tampered with. And very importantly, a Buddy makes sure you have a way of getting home safely after the bar - especially if you've been drinking. Why a public Buddy System? This is a response to predatory acts of violence including sexual assault and date rape drugs in drinks committed by outsiders targetting women in and around the Cobalt. In the spirit of Take Back The Night, Home Alive, and other similar movements, we will not back down and give up our space - we will STEP UP and create a community based response. Most people going to bars on Saturday nights get loaded, so they're not so awesome at doing Buddy System stuff and watching each other's backs... or their own. So we’re standing up to say "HEY, WE'LL WATCH YOUR BACK!" This is not an infallible system and this response won't end violence against women, but the least we can do is look out for each other and show some love for our community. http://www.xtra.ca/public/Vancouver/Man_Up_launches_Buddy_System_to_foster_safer_community_spaces-13468.aspx “I Don’t Need A Buddy, I’m Fine” Okay, so just come over and say hello! Have some water with us or share a smoke! Part of building community and creating safer environments is knowing who you’re sharing space with. Then maybe one day you will need the Buddy System and you’ll already know who you’re looking for and feel more comfortable asking for help. I am personally building the Buddy System from a harm reduction perspective. Part of my day job is working with heavy drug users in the Downtown Eastside in a harm reduction based environment; part of the reason why I got that job is because I’m a recovered cocaine addict who’s struggled with excessive binge drinking. Whether you’re drunk, high on E, doing blow, or looking for rolling papers or clean rigs, there is ZERO judgement of your choice to get inebriated – we just wanna get you home SAFE! Buddy System participants (including myself) will be visible with glow in the dark bracelets on both wrists. If you would like to participate in the Buddy System movement come find me (blonde hair, white tank top, light blue jeans, white stripper boots!) and I'll have glow in the dark bracelets for anyone else who's willing to stay sober and watch out for the safety and wellbeing of our community. If you are at Man Up and you need a Buddy, come find our glow in the dark bracelet crew and we'll help you have a funner, safer night! BASIC SAFETY TIPS: - Plan to leave the venue with a buddy. - Do NOT leave your drink unattended. EVER. - If someone you don’t know offers to buy you a drink and you want to accept, go to the bar with them and have bar staff make it in front of you and give it to you directly. - Help yourself to the water tap at the end of the bar! Water’s free! If you need water to go, come see Buddy System participants and we’ll get you a water bottle to take home. BUDDY SYSTEM IS CARRYING: - sealed water bottles - transit tickets - safer sex packs: condoms, gloves, lube - rolling papers - clean rigs/sterile waters/alcohol wipes (discretely packed) ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ACCESSiBiLiTY SUMMARY: The entrance to the venue is at street level with no lip. There is no room for comfortably parking a wheelchair/scooter. Seating consists of hi-top tables and bar stools. There are two washrooms with entrances 26" wide. Of the two washrooms, which are both gender neutral on queer nights, the one beside the stage generally marked "Men's" is somewhat more accessible with a stall that measures 5' long by 3' wide with an inwards swinging door and a wall-mounted sink at least 28" high. Venue staff and event promoters will be available to assist with any disability concerns. If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact manupdrag@gmail.com, preferably with at least a few days' notice before the event. A detailed accessibility audit conducted by Pussy Liquor for RAMP Accessibility Project is available here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0As1n0augDG8kdDRiT3FaYlZuRFhSaUVaVWJCTmZ2NHc&usp=sharing#gid=0 If you would like an audit conducted please contact rampvancouver@gmail.com. We acknowledge that this event is being held on unceded Indigenous land belonging to the Coast Salish peoples. This includes the territories of the Musqueam, Skxwú7mesh-ulh, Stó:lo & Tsleil-Waututh nations.