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Meghan Trainor Brings ‘That Bass’ to The 25th Anniversary of Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend

Pop star Meghan Trainor is the confirmed headline act for the highly anticipated 25th Anniversary of the legendary Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend, April 1-5, 2015 in Palm Springs, CA.

The 20-year-old singer-songwriter from Nantucket will grace the main stage of the Palm Springs Convention Center during the Dinah’s “Black Party”.

Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend, popularly known as ‘The Dinah’, is the biggest & largest lesbian event of its kind in the world.

Founded and produced by Mariah Hanson, ‘The Dinah’ has, for the past 25 years, continuously been changing minds and changing lives, offering women from all over the world the opportunity to express their true selves and gain an extraordinary amount of self worth. With ‘The Dinah’, Hanson has created a haven where acceptance and tolerance rule.

“Meghan Trainor is the perfect artist to headline the 2015 Dinah, our milestone year. Her song is a record breaking number one billboard hit, and in addition it invokes a new social paradigm that places less emphasis on the exterior and more emphasis on the fact that we are all beautiful and that that beauty comes in many shapes, colors and sizes.

I’m especially proud to join with Meghan in sending out this wonderful life-affirming message to our guests. It’s time. And it’s our time!”

Mariah Hanson, founder and promoter of Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend.

Hanson’s natural knack for spotting the next best thing in music has transformed ‘The Dinah’ into the inescapable venue for newcomers to breakthrough. Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Kesha and Iggy Azalea are a few examples of artists who, post-Dinah, systematically went on to hit international superstar status.

The music industry now looks at ‘The Dinah’ as a pivotal indicator in the success of emerging artists’ careers, and has put the festival on the A list of all festivals. The Dinah has undeniably made a name for itself as not only an important festival landmark welcoming the biggest names in the music industry; but also the MUST-DO Spring event of the Palm Springs festival season.

Meghan Trainor is the first confirmed headliner joining the 2015 Dinah Entertainment Line-Up.

Mariah Hanson will be announcing more top-notch performers by the end of the year and early 2015.

April 1-5, 2015 Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend is turning twenty-five and taking the landmark event to new heights … from EPIC to HISTORIC!

September Sees 25th Anniversary of Hong Kong’s Lesbian & Gay Film Festival

September see’s the 25th anniversary of the HKGLFF, making it the longest standing gay & lesbian film festival in Asia. To celebrate this birthday, HKGLFF has chosen the theme of Mature+ and have curated films that explore senior LGBT members of society.

To open the festival ‘Love Is Strange’ and ‘Life Partners’ will be screened.

Love is Strange

‘Love is Strange’ explores a Manhattan couple who have been together for decades and finally tie the knot, before things start to go wrong.

Life Partners

‘Life Partners’ is about the relationship of two codependent best friends, Sasha and Paige, one lesbian and one straight.

The Way He Looks

This year’s closing film is Brazilian film, 64th Berlin Film Festival Teddy Award Best Film winner ‘The Way He Looks’.

Anita’s Last Cha-Cha

Another closing film is ‘Anita’s Last Cha-Cha’ from the Philippines, about a 12 year-old little girl named Anita having her first innocent girl crush.

For the first time in HKLGFF history, a section of the festival will be dedicated to documentaries. Including the award-winning film ‘Regarding Susan Sontag’, a documentary on one of the most provocative and influential thinkers of the past century, and ‘Campaign of Hate: Russia and Gay Propaganda’, which reveals the reality in the Russian gay community.

Regarding Susan Sontag

Campaign of Hate: Russia and Gay Propaganda

The HKLGFF also sees the presentation of the Prism award which is presented to an individual as recognition of their contribution to the gay community. This year, HKLGFF proudly presents the award to Dr. Travis Kong, author and prominent sociologist in the area of Chinese sexualities.

Red Ribbon Centre (RCC) and HKLGFF have been close working partners throughout the years, and this year RCC presents 2 Scandinavian short films: The Circle and Nomansland. In addition, RCC will present For Love, We Can – a local short film that has now received over 300,000 views on Youtube. RCC will also be holding a photo exhibition named Be Negative at The Broadway Cinematheque, to promote prevention of Hepatitis C and HIV.