NOMINATE AN ICON
FOR GLBT HISTORY MONTH
Equality Forum is
accepting nominations for GLBT History Month 2011 Icons.
Submit your nomination(s) to nominations@equalityforum.com by Friday,
December 17, 2010. The
nominee needs to be a Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, or Transgender person,
living or deceased, who has distinguished him or herself in their
field of endeavor, is a national hero, or has made a significant
contribution to GLBT civil rights. For examples of past Icons, visit
the archives at glbtHistoryMonth.com for the list of 155 Icons from
2006-2010. GLBT History Month co-chairs, Professor Katherine Sender,
Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, and
Professor Kenji Yoshino, New York University School of Law, review
all nominations and recommend 31 Icons to the Equality Forum Board of
Directors. The 31 Icons for GLBT History Month 2011 will be announced
at the International Equality Dinner at the National Constitution
Center on Saturday, April 30th at Equality Forum 2011. “Around
the globe, GLBT History Month has been embraced in high schools,
colleges, social networking sites, workplaces, and by community
organizations. For middle schoolers to senior citizens, GLBT History
Month features roles models, teaches our history, provides narratives
and inspires our movement. Shape GLBT History Month 2011 by
nominating an Icon.”
SEWARD PARK
CLAY STUDIO
HOLIDAY SHOW 2010
The Seward Park Clay
Studio (5900 Lake Washington Blvd. S.) hosts a preview party Friday,
December 3, 6:30-9:30 p.m., to celebrate the opening of their Holiday
Show 2010. Get the first pick of the pots and enjoy hobnobbing with
the artists. Enjoy wonderful refreshments, festive decorations, and
great company. $10 suggested donation.
The show continues
December 4-24 – Sale Hours: Mon.-Fri., 12-7 p.m., Sat.-Sun., 10
a.m.-6 p.m. FREE admission for the regular sale days.
QUEER YOUTH
EDUCATORS RETREAT
On Saturday, December 4
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the YMCA (909 4th Ave.), come to the Queer
Youth Educators Retreat for a full day of training for LGBTQ youth
and allies who want to become educators on the issues facing Queer
youth in schools and communities. The first half of the day will
train LGBTQ and allied youth who want to become panelists for the
OutSpoken Speakers Bureau. OutSpoken panelists get paid to share
their stories and engage in dialogue with school and community
groups. Panelists must be under the age of 24. In the afternoon, we
will work on developing the training on gender & sexuality
associated with the documentary film, PUT
THIS ON THE {MAP}. REGISTRATION
REQUIRED: E-mail briana@safeschoolscoalition to register. Breakfast,
lunch, and a gift card provided for all who attend.
INGERSOLL GENDER CENTER
PRESENTS KATE BORNSTEIN
& SNOWBALL 2010
For decades, Kate
Bornstein has been a thinker, an author, playwright, speaker,
performer, raconteur and all around gender agent provocateur who has
been challening ideas about gender inside and outside the LGBT
community. She has been instrumental in re-defining, shaping,
crafting and warping the ideas and words that are used to discuss
gender and how we present it personally. The concepts of gender
fluidity were radical and dangerous back in the early 90s when Kate
surged onto the scene with her seminal book Gender
Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us.
Since then, she has continued to develop, expand and exploit her
ideas in her books My
Gender Workbook, Hello Cruel World,
recently released Gender
Outlaws: The Next Generation,
and in her speaking and performance art.
As we approach the end
of the first decade of the 21st Century, Kate is still pushing
buttons, for fun and for effect. For those who cling to rigid or
essentialist ideas about gender and its performance, Kate Bornstein
is still dangerous.
On Saturday, December 4,
from 7 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., join Ingersoll Gender Center and special
guest Kate Bornstein, at the Mt. Baker Community Club (2811 Mt.
Rainier Dr. S.), for Snowball 2010: “Double Diamond”
Community Holiday Celebration.
The most dangerous ski
runs on the mountain are labeled Double Diamond. Only the most
daring, the most courageous point their skis and board down these
slopes. This isn’t for everyone but the thrill and the reward
are unparelleled. We think it is the perfect metaphor for the spirit
of personal and collective challenge we embrace.
Snowball 2010: “Double
Diamond” features special guest, the always provocative and
dangerous Kate Bornstein, and our own, the international sensation,
DJ Michelle Love. Come for good food and friends. Stay for
entertainment, excitement, schmooze and dancing to the beats of DJ
Michelle Love. Annual awards ceremony. Tickets: $25 in advance; $35
at the door. www.brownpapertickets.com/event/136601.
On Sunday, December 5,
from 7 pm to 9:30 p.m., Kate Bornstein will give a public reading of
her work at the Museum of History & Industry (2700 24th Ave. E.).
Tickets are $25 and can be purchased in advance at
www.brownpapertickets.com/event/136013 and at the door.
Additional events with
Kate Bornstein include a booksigning at Elliott Bay Book Company
(1521 10th Ave.), on Sunday, December 5, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Bornstein will also be presenting a workshop for at-risk youth and a
workshop at Toys in Babeland.
For complete information
visit http://ingersollcenter.org.
HELLO, CRUEL
WORLD
SUICIDE PREVENTION
WORKSHOP
WITH KATE BORNSTEIN
On Sunday, December 5
from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Elliot Bay Book Company (1521 10th
Ave.), take part in the Hello,
Cruel World
At Risk Youth/Suicide Prevention Workshop by Kate Bornstein,
sponsored by Ingersoll Gender Center. Kate will hold a youth workshop
around the material published in her book, Hello,
Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to Suicide for Teans, Freaks, and Other
Outlaws.
This event is sponsored by Ingersoll Gender Center, in collaboration
with local youth and Queer youth organizations and youth activists.
For more information,
visit camptentrees.org.
LIGHT THE NIGHT:
A GLBTQ HANUKKAH
On Sunday, December 5
from 7-9 p.m. at the Lobby Bar (916 E. Pike St.), celebrate the
miracle of Hanukkah at the second annual Light the Night: A GLBTQ
Hanukkah Community Gathering. Honor the community leaders who have
been influential in our local fight for equality, enjoy latkes,
dreidels, music and a beautiful candle lighting symbolizing both the
miracle of Hanukkah and the idea that great leadership and community
action will prevail against oppression. FREE and open to the
community. Allies, friends and family welcome. Due to the location,
this is a 21+ event.
THE INFECTION
MONOLOGUES
On Monday, December 6 at
7 p.m. at Erickson Theater Off Broadway (1524 Harvard Ave.), Gay City
Health Project is proud to present the Seattle premiere of The
Infection Monologues.
This inspirational piece breaks new ground on the way we understand
HIV infections among Gay men, HIV stigma, and living with HIV in
2010. Funny and thought-provoking, The
Infection Monologues
challenges the way we think about the contemporary HIV experience.
Tickets $15, $10 students and seniors.
For more information,
visit www.gaycity.org.
SEATTLE GAY & LESBIAN
BOOK CLUB AT DUNSHEE HOUSE
The Seattle Gay &
Lesbian Book Club meets every Wednesday at 6 p.m. at Dunshee House
(303 17th Ave. E. at E. Thomas St.). All GLBTQ folks in the community
are welcome to participate in this FREE book club. The book for
December is My
Father and Myself
by J.R. Ackerley, the British author who worked with Graham Greene,
E.M. Forster, W.H. Auden, and others. The memoir is about Ackerley as
a Gay adult trying to understand the mystery of his sexually
secretive father. And that’s not the only family mystery the
book penetrates, with harrowing scenes in the trenches of World War
One as well as a glimpse of the world that came before the Great War.
Ackerley is fascinated by the trickiness of memory, as he tries to
solve the riddles of his own past. The book is a mystery with all
that entails of clues and surprises, but it’s also a true
family memoir, a tribute to a fascinating and complex man, the Banana
King. Through the fog of remembering, Ackerley struggles to put
together answers for the mysteries that have haunted his life. His
honest, elegant, educated literary voice is a joy to savor. For more
information, e-mail nickdimartin@earthlink.net or contact Dunshee
House at 206-322-2437.
GSBA PRIME TIME MIXER
On Wednesday, December 8
from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Intiman Theatre (201 Mercer St.), join the
GSBA December Prime Time Mixer. Find out what the Intiman is offering
this season and enjoy the holiday atmosphere. Get tours of backstage,
and enter a drawing for tickets. $15 non-members, $10 members and
students.
For more information,
visit www.thegsba.org.
POZSEATTLE ANNUAL
HOLIDAY CHILI FEED SOCIAL
On Wednesday, December 8
from 6-8 p.m. at The Cuff (13th and Pine), POZSSeattle is pleased to
present its Annual Holiday Chili Feed Social. Meet at the downstairs
bar for drinks, homemade chili (vegetarian and meat) and desserts,
socializing, and a whole lot of fun. This event is free (except for
the cost of beverages), and is for all HIV-positive men and their
friends, regardless of age, shape, size, or color. The Holiday Social
features an optional Holiday Gift Exchange. If you’d like to
participate, bring a fun, funny, or naughty wrapped gift for “Santa
Poz” to deliver, and you will get one in exchange.
TOASTING EQUALITY 2010
LGBT COMMUNITY BREAKFAST
On Thursday, December 9
at 7:30 a.m. at the downtown Seattle Hilton (1301 6th Ave.), join
Equal Rights Washington for their second annual LGBT community
breakfast: Toasting Equality 2010. Meet with some of their closest
friends and supporters to hear a panel including special guest
panelist HRC national field director and former campaign director at
Mass Equality, Marty Rouse speak on charting the way toward marriage
equality in Washington state.
For more information or
for tickets, visit
equalityfederation.salsalabs.com/o/35037/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=414
QLAW HOLIDAY SOCIAL
On Thursday, December 9
from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Cork House Winery (1421 10th Ave.), join the
QLaw Holiday Social. Enjoy an evening of wine and socializing with
your QLaw friends. A portion of the proceeds from the evening’s
wine sales will benefit Lifelong AIDS Alliance. Light catering from
Gourmando will be provided.
For more information,
visit www.q-law.org.
2010 AIDS & STIGMA
CONFERENCE –
PEOPLE OF COLOR:
HIV/AIDS STIGMA &
ACCESS TO CARE
On Thursday, December 9
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Tukwila Community Center (12424 42nd
Ave. S., Tukwila), the 2010 AIDS & Stigma Conference presents
People of Color: HIV/AIDS Stigma and Access to Care. Examine the role
HIV/AIDS-related stigma plays in HIV testing behavior, the disclosure
of positive serostatus, and entry into HIV/AIDS care for people of
color. Examine the impact HIV/AIDS-related stigma has on people of
color. Explore possible strategies to reduce health disparities among
people of color across their life span. Sponsored by AARTH, African
Americans Reach and Teach Health. Registration fee $35.
To register, visit
https://catalysttools.washington.edu/webq/survey/aarth/114073
BUTOH PERFORMANCE BENEFIT
FOR CHILDHAVEN
On Thursday, December 9
at 8 p.m. at Good Shepherd Chapel (4649 Sunnyside Ave. N.),
DAIPANbutoh presents The
Marys Project…every baby is Jesus. The Marys Project
is inspired by faith, what people believe in, and how they practice
it. The intention is to share an uplifting performance while
benefitting children in need. The show benefits Childhaven, a
nonprofit organization in King County dedicated to the mission of
healing young and vulnerable victims of abuse. Tickets sliding scale,
$10 minimum.
For reservations, e-mail
davidthornbrugh@hotmail.com or call (206) 729-2054.
SEATTLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
TRAIN-THE-TRAINERS
WORKSHOP
On Friday, December 10
from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at MAC 210 (central campus), join Seattle
Central Community College’s Train-the-Trainers Safe Space
Workshop. This six-hour workshop focuses on developing a Safe Space
Training Team. Presented by Dr. Manivong J. Ratts, Seattle
University, the training will work towards ensuring a campus
atmosphere that is supportive, informative and welcoming for LGBTQ
(Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning) students,
faculty, staff and administrators and their allies. Participants with
the appropriate general skills will gain knowledge about LGBTQ
issues, support, referrals, methods, and tools that are essential to
facilitating effective Safe Space trainings on their campus.
The first half of the
training will be information and skills development driven, and
valuable for all participants. The afternoon training will be
specifically for those who intend to facilitate trainings on campus
and how to incorporate these into our institution. It is our hope
that everyone will commit to the full day training, but we
acknowledge that not everyone can commit to becoming a trainer.
For more information,
visit www.pridefoundation.org.
AN EVENING IN
DECEMBER
WITH ARNALDO!
On December 10, 11, 12,
17, and 18 at 7:30 p.m. at Julia’s on Broadway (300 Broadway
Ave. E.), join Arnaldo! drag chanteuse, Victor Janusz on piano and
Troy Kendrick on bass for a An
Evening in December,
a holiday cabaret. Tickets $15 advance, $20 at the door (two drink
minimum).
For dinner reservations,
call (206) 334-0513. For tickets, visit www.brownpapertickets.com.
SEATTLE MEN IN LEATHER’S
PICTURES WITH SANTA
TO BENEFIT LAMBERT HOUSE
On Friday, December 10
and Saturday, December 11 from 8 p.m. to midnight at The Cuff (1533
13th Ave.), Get your picture taken with Santa Jay (on 12/10) or Santa
Billy (on 12/11). $5 per photo. Presented by Seattle Men in Leather.
Benefits Lambert House.
CELEBRATE OUR DIVERSITY:
AN EVENING 4 QUEER YOUTH
OF COLOR
On Saturday, December 11
from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. at the Yesler Community Center (917 E. Yesler
Way), join Celebrating Our Diversity: An Evening 4 Queer Youth of
Color. Friends and allies welcome, ages 15-19. Free. Food and fun
will be provided. Open mic, drag and fashion runway, performance by
THEESatisfaction, DJs.
For more information,
look up SeattleParksCOD on Facebook.
ARBORETUM GIFTS AND
GREENS GALORE SALE
On Saturday, December 11
and Sunday, December 12 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Washington Park
Arboretum’s Graham Visitors Center (2300 Arboretum Drive E.),
join the Arboretum Foundation’s Gifts & Greens Galore Sale.
Along with a great selection of fresh-cut greens, wreaths and swags,
the Arboretum Gift Shop will be offering an expanded selection of
gifts, plus gift wrapping, seasonal refreshments, live music and
more! To donate fresh cut greens for the sale, visit the Arboretum
Foundation website for details.
For more information,
call 206-325-4510 or visit www.arboretumfoundation.org.
RAINBOW CITY BAND
PRESENTS “JOY!
A BLISSFUL HOLIDAY CONCERT”
On Sunday, December 12
at 3 p.m. at the Edmonds Center for the Arts (410 4th Ave. N.,
Edmonds), join the Rainbow City Band for a holiday celebration the
whole family will enjoy, as they lift spirits and make merry with the
classics from your childhood and new music sure to delight. There’ll
be something for everyone as they fill ECA with such timeless works
as Leroy Anderson’s “A Christmas Festival,” and
energize the hall with the contemporary sounds of Mannheim
Steamroller. At the heart of the holiday concert will be a brand-new
piece for the band sure to make your heart sing, “Today’s
the Gift,” a celebration of the life and work of Rosa Parks.
Tickets $10-$25.
For more information,
visit www.ec4arts.org.
GSBA HOLIDAY LUNCHEON
AND ANNUAL MEETING
On Wednesday, December
15 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Renaissance Hotel (515
Madison), join the GSBA’s Holiday Luncheon and Annual Meeting.
Celebrate the year’s end and raise a glass with your GSBA
colleagues, thank outgoing board members, and welcome the 2011 Board
of Directors. Tickets $37 for non-members, $32 members and students.
For more information,
visit www.thegsba.org.
PRIDE FOUNDATION/
GSBA SCHOLARSHIP
APPLICATIONS
Pride Foundation/GSBA
Scholarship Applications are now available at
www.PrideFoundationScholar.org. This year, $500,000 is available in
scholarships to support education and leadership development for
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender or Queer students of any age;
students who have an LGBT parent; and students who are straight
allies and are committed to civil rights for the LGBTQ community.
Since 1990, more than $3 million in scholarships have been awarded.
Pride Foundation and the GSBA Scholarship Fund would like to
encourage you to share this excellent opportunity for students of any
age or sexual orientation from Alaska, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and
Washington who are pursuing any post-secondary education (including
community college, public or private colleges and universities, trade
apprenticeships, or certificate programs)! There are 50 different
types of scholarships with awards up to $10,000, but only one
web-based application to complete!
Applications can be
completed online at www.PrideFoundationScholar.org and are due
by 5:00 p.m. PST on Friday, January 31, 2011.
For information on other
LGBT scholarship programs, visit the Safe Schools Coalition’s
scholarship resource list at www.safeschoolscoalition.org/youth.
SEATTLE EROTIC ART FESTIVAL
CALL FOR ART SUBMISSIONS
The Seattle Erotic Art
Festival announces the Call for Art for its ninth annual event to be
held May 20-22, 2011. Submissions will
be accepted from January 1-31, 2011. All
artists age 18 and older are encouraged to submit up to five works of
erotic art of any medium. Sculptors, multimedia artists and painters
are particularly encouraged to apply. Submissions can be made online
at SeattleErotic.org throughout January. The Festival stands by its
mission to support a vibrant creative community, supporting living
artists with low submission fees and commission rates. Selected art
will be showcased throughout the three-day event to thousands of
patrons. Most importantly, the Festival sells far more art than any
other erotic art festival. Artists may also choose to submit to the
Festival Store, which has a later submission deadline (to be
determined). Artists do not need to attend the Festival in order to
participate.
CARING AND AGING
WITH PRIDE
Are you a LGBT adult 50
years of age or older? Or can you pass this information on to someone
who is? We need your help with a groundbreaking project: Caring and
Aging with Pride, a partnership between Senior Services and The
Institute for Multigenerational Health at the University of
Washington. Our goal is to understand the aging and health needs of
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender adults 50 years of age and
older in our community for generations to come. You are eligible for
a raffle drawing awarding a $500 Visa gift certificate to three
randomly selected individuals. Visit http://bit.ly/SnrSvcs to enter
the raffle and request a questionnaire. You are eligible for the
raffle regardless of whether you complete a questionnaire or not.
Please keep in mind your participation in the project is completely
voluntary.
If you have any
questions about the project, please contact us at 1-800-558-8703 or
visit our website at CaringAndAging.org. Voice your needs!
LGBT LIBRARY NOW OPEN
The LGBT Library houses
a wide range of fiction and non-fiction works of interest to those in
the LGBT community and its allies. The Library is located at Gay
City’s offices, 511 E. Pike St., on the ground floor behind
Kaladi Brothers Coffee (just follow the signs). Library hours are
Mon-Fri, 2-8 p.m., and Saturday, 2-5 p.m. Items may be borrowed free
of charge; however, ID is required. For your convenience, a drop box
for returning borrowed items is available next to the front door when
the library is closed.
LGBT RESOURCE
& REFERRAL LINE
The Resource &
Referral Line can connect you to LGBT-friendly resources throughout
Puget Sound and beyond. Coming out and just learning what is out
there? Visiting and want to know about nightlife options? Interested
in drug or alcohol counseling? For these or any other LGBT issues,
call 206-323-LGBT. Phone line hours are Mon-Fri, 2-8 p.m., and
Saturday, 2-5 p.m. Leave a voice message at all other times and your
call will be returned. Alternatively, you can view our resource lists
at www.gaycity.org under the resources menu.
GAY CITY SEEKS VOLUNTEERS
FOR LGBT LIBRARY AND
RESOURCE & REFERRAL LINE
Gay City Health
Project’s newest program needs your help! They have taken
charge of the 323-LGBT community resource line and need your help to
make it successful! Some duties include answering phones, connecting
people to resources, updating material for their records, checking
out books and reshelving. If you are interested, please contact Susan
at 206-388-1707 or email her at susan@gaycity.org.
“COMMUNITY STORIES”
DOCUMENTS
THE CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUES
& HEALTH CARE STRUGGLE
AROUND THE AIDS CRISIS
IN SEATTLE IN THE 1980S
The onset of AIDS “was
a health crisis, but it was also a civil rights crisis,”
recalls Carol Sterling, former director of the Chicken Soup Brigade.
Produced by the Seattle Channel (Cable Channel 21), “Community
Stories” looks back to the 1980s and the start of the AIDS
epidemic in Seattle. This history is told through the words of people
– including Sterling, City Councilmember Tom Rasmussen, Seattle
Gay News
editor George Bakan and King County AIDS Program Director Bob Wood –
who lived and worked on the front lines in the community. Learn about
this important history by following this link now:
http://www.seattlechannel.org/videos/video.asp?ID=3170902.
SEATTLE GAY PRIDE DAY VIDEOS
NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE
Pride Day took place on
June 27, 2010. The parade and festival included all financial and
social segments of society, all religions, races, and gender
expressions. The parade had an estimated 450,000 people in
attendance. After the Parade, some 70,000 attendees flowed into the
Seattle Center for the PrideFest. This combined cross-section of
humanity is most noted for its astonishing diversity.
The following videos
were shot over a four-hour period:
Gay Pride Day Seattle
2010 Part 1 – http://youtube.com/watch?v=ITmRcnX0VFs
Gay Pride Day Seattle
2010 Part 2 – http://youtube.com/watch?v=M69Q_z3E74I
Demian’s YouTube
Channel All Videos – http://youtube.com/777demian
SOLDIERS PROJECT NW
OFFERS FREE COUNSELING
FOR VETS/ACTIVE MILITARY
& THEIR LOVES ONES
Soldiers Project NW is a
100% volunteer organization whose purpose is to provide free
counseling to those who have served or are serving in the wars in
Iraq and Afghanistan and to their families and loved ones, including
LGBT active military/veterans and their loved ones. Many people
choose to receive help directly from the military or the VA. Soldiers
Project NW offers an alternative for those who, for whatever reason,
do not or cannot utilize those benefits. Soldiers Project NW has put
together a list of licensed private practice therapists from Olympia
to Bellingham who are willing to see one client (or couple, or
family) at no charge, for as long as they need to be seen to deal
with any of the stressors that have come from being involved in
combat or loving someone who has. For more information, call the
Soldiers Project NW’s 24-hour phone line, 206-290-1035.
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