Valentine’s Day cabaret to celebrate new domestic violence helpline service for trans people in the UK

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This Valentine’s Day (14 February 2012), Broken Rainbow UK is proud to announce a date to remember with the launch of its new helpline support for trans people across the UK. Hosted by Bar Wotever, the free weekly showcase for queer art and culture in London, the launch event will take place at the RVT in Vauxhall from 6pm until midnight. It will feature celebrities, DJs and performers – such as the brilliant wordsmith Dean Atta and hot new stand-up comedian Yoshki Greenberg – as well as many trans organisations who are supporting the launch.

Broken Rainbow UK is the only UK-wide charity working with lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and trans (LGBT) people experiencing domestic violence. Trans people can now call and speak to a trans helpline worker on Tuesdays 1-5pm and all helpline staff are having trans awareness training. The new service is also being widely advertised to LGBT people across the UK. 

If you are experiencing violence or are worried that someone you care about is then call Broken Rainbow on 0300 999 5428, email help@brokenrainbow.org.uk and check out our web site www.brokenrainbow.org.uk

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Notes to Editor

Broken Rainbow offers a life-line to LGBT people who experience domestic violence.  The helpline takes a wide range of calls from people who experience:

• Being kicked, punched or spat at
• Their partner controlling what they spend
• Constant put-downs
• Isolation from their friends
• Threats of being ‘outed’
• Rape and sexual assault
• Being forced into a marriage

If this sounds like you, or someone you care about, you’re not alone.

Broken Rainbow has over 10 years’ experience as the UK’s only LGBT domestic violence service. All staff are LGB or T and the service is free and completely confidential.

If you need help you can call Broken Rainbow on 0300 999 5428 (Mondays & Thursdays 2-8pm and Tuesdays & Wednesdays 10am-5pm). Or, if you’d rather, email help@brokenrainbow.org.uk any time.

Notes on Bar Wotever and performers

With songs, stand-up comedy, film screenings, dances and spoken word pieces, Bar Wotever at Royal Vauxhall Tavern is one of the best places to see both emerging and established queer talent performing live. Soon to turn seven years old this free Tuesday night event pulls in a mixed crowd and has hosted new and world-class stars such as Rae Spoon, Aliens Ate My Schnitzel, Dorian Wood and Lazlo Pearlman.

http://woteverworld.com

http://www.facebook.com/groups/barwotever

Dean Atta is an award-winning, multi-talented wordsmith, poet, performer and educator. Dean has won the Spirit of London Award for ‘Achievement through the Arts’ and the BEFFTA Award for ‘Best Spoken Word Artist/Poet’ and been commissioned to write poems for institutions ranging from the Damilola Taylor Trust to the Tate Modern. Dean’s work also features on TV, radio and online platforms including BBC 1Xtra, Radio 4, 6 Music and Channel 4. Also see:

http://www.deanatta.co.uk  

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/jan/11/dean-atta-stephen-lawrence-poem

http://www.poetryschool.com/news/featured-poet--dean-atta.php

Emerging in 2011, Yoshki Greenberg is already a hot, feisty talent to be reckoned with. Drawing material from being “half Welsh secular Jew, stand-up comedian and recovering pornographer” there have already been performances at the London Hot August Fringe Festival, the Sydney Fringe Festival and a number of competition appearances.

http://yoshkigreenberg.com

http://www.facebook.com/yoshkigreenberg