{"id":51479,"date":"2023-01-19T14:44:38","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T03:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/?p=51479"},"modified":"2023-01-19T16:43:56","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T05:43:56","slug":"advance-diversity-services-partners-with-queer-screen-to-bring-unflinching-coming-out-drama-to-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/advance-diversity-services-partners-with-queer-screen-to-bring-unflinching-coming-out-drama-to-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Advance Diversity Services partners with Queer Screen to bring unflinching coming-out drama to community"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Advance Diversity Services<\/a> (ADS) has partnered with Queer Screen<\/a> to offer a subsidised community screening of El Houb \u2013 the Love<\/em><\/a> \u2013 a heartbreaking and humorous coming-out drama at a local cinema next month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Sydney premiere<\/strong> of El Houb \u2013 the Love<\/em> is screening (subsidised offering at $10) at Event Cinema Hurstville<\/a> on February 16 at 7pm as part of Queer Screen\u2019s 30th Mardi Gras Film Festival (MGFF23)<\/a> February 15 to March 2, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The discounted $10 tickets for the Hurstville screening can be booked here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u2018El Houb \u2013 the Love<\/em> shows how a Moroccan-Dutch man\u2019s life is at a crossroads when his traditional Muslim family discovers he\u2019s gay,\u2019 says ADS Executive Officer Antoinette Chow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Through a series of funny and unflinchingly frank conversations between Karim (Fahd Larhzaoui<\/a>), his brother (Sabri Saddik<\/a>), and their parents (Lubna Azabal<\/a> and Slimane Dazi<\/a>), we see Karim\u2019s battle to break an ingrained culture of silence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018As the tale pans out, we\u2019re shown Karim\u2019s beautiful and poignant memories from his childhood and his faltering first steps with Ghanaian boyfriend Kofi (Emmanuel Ohene Boafo<\/a>). Having (literally) barricaded himself in his parents\u2019 closet, we also learn how important it is for him to be seen for who he really is.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the third year ADS has partnered with Queer Screen to bring a relevant film to the local culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) populations it works with in St George.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018ADS is proud to partner in bringing Queer Screen\u2019s 30th edition of the MGFF to people in our region,\u2019 Antoinette Chow, CEO said. \u2018In doing so, we hope people who identify with a diverse gender and\/or sexuality (LGBTIQA+) will see that ADS is an inclusive service \u2013 welcoming and supportive.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ADS is able to make this year’s event possible, thanks to funding from Georges River Council and the HIV and Related Programs Unit, South Eastern Sydney Local Health District. As part of the funding, ADS will also be organising an LGBTIQA+ forum and offering inclusive practice training to service providers in the local area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms Chow said ADS is committed to improving the health and wellbeing outcomes of LGBTIQA+ people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018For the last three years, we have holistically reviewed our services, entering the Health and Wellbeing Equality Index<\/a> and achieving gold tier status for two of these three submissions. We are the first CALD-specific organisation in Australia to achieve this status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018We have become a lighthouse to services, sharing insight about our journey, for example, more recently presenting to the Diversity Health Committee between St George and Sutherland Hospitals. We welcome the NSW Health LGBTIQ+ Strategy<\/a> and are excited to see much needed change in this area, particularly in the service provision of CALD LGBTIQA+ people.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

El Houb \u2013 the Love<\/em> is written and directed by Shariff Nasr<\/a> and will be screened in Dutch with English subtitles. It navigates themes of family dynamics, cultural taboos, and self-acceptance and is based loosely on the real-life experiences and theatre work of the actor playing Karim (Fahd Larhzaoui).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the world comes to Sydney for WorldPride, MGFF23 is offering 166 films across 100+ sessions in cinema, outdoors and on-demand at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u2018El Houb \u2013 the Love<\/em> is one of many world-class offerings for people to view during MGFF23,\u2019 says Ms Chow. \u2018The festival also honours those who have come before, with seven retrospective screenings, and a day of community outdoor screenings to show how Queer Screen has survived, thrived and helped to shape the history of queer film in Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018As Karim\u2019s story shows there is still a long way to go to ensure LGBTIQA+ people from CALD backgrounds feel safe to be who they are and find full acceptance in their communities and families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018We want LGBTIQA+ people from CALD backgrounds in our area to know ADS is working behind the scenes and right beside them to build a better future in which CALD communities are more supportive and inclusive.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

__________<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book your $10 ticket at Hurstville cinema from Queer Screen here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

View the full MGFF23 program<\/a> and book your other MGFF23 in-cinema and in-home tickets here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

View the El Houb \u2013 The Love<\/em> trailer here \u2013 https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BwaxizHnvSA<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>Note: Content warning \u2013 contains suicide themes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Advance Diversity Services (ADS) has partnered with Queer Screen to offer a subsidised community screening of El Houb \u2013 the Love \u2013 a heartbreaking and humorous coming-out drama at a local cinema next month. The Sydney premiere of El Houb \u2013 the Love is screening (subsidised offering at $10) at Event Cinema Hurstville on February […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":51480,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nAdvance Diversity Services partners with Queer Screen to bring unflinching coming-out drama to community - Advance Diversity<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/advance-diversity-services-partners-with-queer-screen-to-bring-unflinching-coming-out-drama-to-community\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Advance Diversity Services partners with Queer Screen to bring unflinching coming-out drama to community - Advance Diversity\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Advance Diversity Services (ADS) has partnered with Queer Screen to offer a subsidised community screening of El Houb \u2013 the Love \u2013 a heartbreaking and humorous coming-out drama at a local cinema next month. The Sydney premiere of El Houb \u2013 the Love is screening (subsidised offering at $10) at Event Cinema Hurstville on February […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/advance-diversity-services-partners-with-queer-screen-to-bring-unflinching-coming-out-drama-to-community\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Advance Diversity\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-01-19T03:44:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-01-19T05:43:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/El-Houb_2.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"427\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Cheung\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Michael Cheung\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/advance-diversity-services-partners-with-queer-screen-to-bring-unflinching-coming-out-drama-to-community\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/advance-diversity-services-partners-with-queer-screen-to-bring-unflinching-coming-out-drama-to-community\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Cheung\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/#\/schema\/person\/827a9d2df49ea79a1d98a604fcc6a96b\"},\"headline\":\"Advance Diversity Services partners with Queer Screen to bring unflinching coming-out drama to community\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-19T03:44:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-01-19T05:43:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/advance-diversity-services-partners-with-queer-screen-to-bring-unflinching-coming-out-drama-to-community\/\"},\"wordCount\":715,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/advance-diversity-services-partners-with-queer-screen-to-bring-unflinching-coming-out-drama-to-community\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/advance-diversity-services-partners-with-queer-screen-to-bring-unflinching-coming-out-drama-to-community\/\",\"name\":\"Advance Diversity Services partners with Queer Screen to bring unflinching coming-out drama to community - Advance Diversity\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-19T03:44:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-01-19T05:43:56+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/advance-diversity-services-partners-with-queer-screen-to-bring-unflinching-coming-out-drama-to-community\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/advance-diversity-services-partners-with-queer-screen-to-bring-unflinching-coming-out-drama-to-community\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/advance-diversity-services-partners-with-queer-screen-to-bring-unflinching-coming-out-drama-to-community\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Advance Diversity Services partners with Queer Screen to bring unflinching coming-out drama to community\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/\",\"name\":\"Advance Diversity\",\"description\":\"At Advance Diversity Services we welcome all people regardless of age, ability, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, language, culture & religious beliefs. Diversity is in our name and in our commitment to inclusion and equity.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Advance Diversity Services\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ADS-Logo-Horizontal-EPS.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ADS-Logo-Horizontal-EPS.png\",\"width\":709,\"height\":354,\"caption\":\"Advance Diversity Services\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/#\/schema\/person\/827a9d2df49ea79a1d98a604fcc6a96b\",\"name\":\"Michael Cheung\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d92ff2efd7da348d7ac7b5fc8d48bd26?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d92ff2efd7da348d7ac7b5fc8d48bd26?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Michael Cheung\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Advance Diversity Services partners with Queer Screen to bring unflinching coming-out drama to community - Advance Diversity","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/advance-diversity-services-partners-with-queer-screen-to-bring-unflinching-coming-out-drama-to-community\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Advance Diversity Services partners with Queer Screen to bring unflinching coming-out drama to community - Advance Diversity","og_description":"Advance Diversity Services (ADS) has partnered with Queer Screen to offer a subsidised community screening of El Houb \u2013 the Love \u2013 a heartbreaking and humorous coming-out drama at a local cinema next month. The Sydney premiere of El Houb \u2013 the Love is screening (subsidised offering at $10) at Event Cinema Hurstville on February […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/advance-diversity-services-partners-with-queer-screen-to-bring-unflinching-coming-out-drama-to-community\/","og_site_name":"Advance Diversity","article_published_time":"2023-01-19T03:44:38+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-01-19T05:43:56+00:00","og_image":[{"width":640,"height":427,"url":"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/El-Houb_2.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Michael Cheung","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Michael Cheung","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/advance-diversity-services-partners-with-queer-screen-to-bring-unflinching-coming-out-drama-to-community\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/advance-diversity-services-partners-with-queer-screen-to-bring-unflinching-coming-out-drama-to-community\/"},"author":{"name":"Michael Cheung","@id":"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/#\/schema\/person\/827a9d2df49ea79a1d98a604fcc6a96b"},"headline":"Advance Diversity Services partners with Queer Screen to bring unflinching coming-out drama to community","datePublished":"2023-01-19T03:44:38+00:00","dateModified":"2023-01-19T05:43:56+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/advance-diversity-services-partners-with-queer-screen-to-bring-unflinching-coming-out-drama-to-community\/"},"wordCount":715,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/#organization"},"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/advance-diversity-services-partners-with-queer-screen-to-bring-unflinching-coming-out-drama-to-community\/","url":"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/advance-diversity-services-partners-with-queer-screen-to-bring-unflinching-coming-out-drama-to-community\/","name":"Advance Diversity Services partners with Queer Screen to bring unflinching coming-out drama to community - Advance Diversity","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-01-19T03:44:38+00:00","dateModified":"2023-01-19T05:43:56+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/advance-diversity-services-partners-with-queer-screen-to-bring-unflinching-coming-out-drama-to-community\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/advance-diversity-services-partners-with-queer-screen-to-bring-unflinching-coming-out-drama-to-community\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/advance-diversity-services-partners-with-queer-screen-to-bring-unflinching-coming-out-drama-to-community\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Advance Diversity Services partners with Queer Screen to bring unflinching coming-out drama to community"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/","name":"Advance Diversity","description":"At Advance Diversity Services we welcome all people regardless of age, ability, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, language, culture & religious beliefs. Diversity is in our name and in our commitment to inclusion and equity.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/#organization","name":"Advance Diversity Services","url":"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ADS-Logo-Horizontal-EPS.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ADS-Logo-Horizontal-EPS.png","width":709,"height":354,"caption":"Advance Diversity Services"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/#\/schema\/person\/827a9d2df49ea79a1d98a604fcc6a96b","name":"Michael Cheung","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d92ff2efd7da348d7ac7b5fc8d48bd26?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d92ff2efd7da348d7ac7b5fc8d48bd26?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Michael Cheung"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51479"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51479"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51486,"href":"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51479\/revisions\/51486"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}