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Showing posts with label LGBT Community. Show all posts
Thursday, June 26, 2014
Thom Tillis says no protections for LGBT Students
Sunday, May 4, 2014
Shocking News out of Cuba
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Cuba to host international LGBT conference for the first time ever: Cuba will next week host an international ... http://t.co/6jndU5Whs2
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Thursday, May 1, 2014
Out Raleigh coming up
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Wednesday, April 9, 2014
LGBTQ Wellness Passport Event
Please join the LGBT Resource Office in welcoming the esteemed lecturer and writer, S. Bear Bergman
to campus NEXT WEEK, April 15, 2014!
Student Activities Board, LGBT Resource Office, & Campus Living Diversity Education Team will be hosting a series of interactive lectures throughout the day. The Wellness Passport Event @5:30pm in Hendrix Theater is free and open to the public! Please RSVP at lgbt@ecu.edu if you're interested in attending one of the informal closed sessions:
Student Focused Workshop - April 15, 2014, 2:30pm, Brewster B-104
Educational questions and answer sessions with the LGBT Resource Office Advocates, GLBT Student Union members, RAs,RHAs, and other interested students to discuss trans* topics in healthcare, relationships, social constructs, gender dysphoria, and the importance of inclusivity within the ECU LGBTQ community. Please RSVP via email at lgbt@ecu.edu
Dinner with S. Bear Bergman - April 15, 2014 @ 7:00pm- Winslow's Tavern, 2nd floor, 120 W. 5th St. Greenville, NC
This informal dinner directly following the 5:30pm lecture is geared towards undergraduate and graduate students. Please RSVP via email at lgbt@ecu.edu if you're interested in grabbing a bite to eat while engaging in informal conversations on trans* topics in healthcare, relationships, social constructs, gender dysphoria, and the importance of inclusivity within the ECU LGBTQ community.
Breakfast with Faculty/Staff with S. Bear Bergman - April 16, 2014 @ 8:30am on main campus (location TBD)
An informal faculty/staff session to foster open and honest communication around trans* topics affecting college campuses, with bagels and coffee provided! Please RSVP via email at lgbt@ecu.edu
Traci Davis
Graduate Assistant
LGBT Resource Office
Brewster B-103
Mail Stop 567
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC 27858
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Ellen Sturtz: on why she heckled the First Lady,
The First Lady's speech at a Washington fundraiser was interrupted tonight by GetEQUAL member Ellen Sturz
"I lived and worked in the closet, hiding who I was in order to earn a living. I had planned to speak tonight with DNC officials but, as the First Lady was talking about our childrens' future and ensuring that they have everything they need to live happy and productive lives, I simply couldn't stay silent any longer. I'm looking ahead at a generation of young people who could live full, honest, and open lives with the stroke of the President's pen, and I was hoping that the First Lady would share my concern for all of our young people." - GetEQUAL activist Ellen Sturtz, who heckled Michelle Obama yesterday at a Washington fundraiser.
Just when will the LGBT community get it thru their thick rainbow dye heads that an Executive Order will not help us? Yes, President Obama could issue this order, then the next President can void it very easily. We need ENDA, period. No Executive Order will protect us like a law will.
More,
Obama was delivering a speech at a DNC event at a private home in Washington shortly after 6 p.m. when a protester began shouting for the president to sign an executive order to protect gay and lesbian rights, according to pool reports. “ One of the things I don’t do well is this,” Obama reportedly responded to loud applause. She then left the podium and walked toward the heckler, saying she could “listen to me or you can take the mic, but I’m leaving. You all decide. You have one choice.” The protester was later identified as Ellen Sturtz, an activist for the pro-LGBT rights group GetEQUAL. The crowd begged for the first lady to stay and one woman near Sturtz shouted, “You need to go.” Sturtz was reportedly escorted out, identifying herself as a “lesbian looking for federal equality before I die.”
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Equality Forum LGBT Icon day 3
#lgbt #history #author
Ann Bannon is an author best known for her lesbian-themed fiction series, “The Beebo Brinker Chronicles.” The popularity of the novels earned her the title “The Queen of Lesbian Pulp Fiction.”
Monday, June 11, 2012
Join Equality North Carolina and our partners, the ACLU, HRC, and Rocky Mount PFLAG, to find out how you can help build a state of equality.
Equality NC 'WHAT'S NEXT?' Town Hall | Rocky Mount
Following the amendment vote, what's next on the road ahead? This month, Equality NC hits the road for town hall meetings designed to provide an opportunity for supporters like you to look forward and learn how together we will continue to fight for full equality by electing pro-equality legislators, being effective grassroots leaders in our communities, and do the vital work of sharing our stories.
What
When
Jun 19, 2012
from 07:00 PM to 08:30 PM
Where
Unitarian Universalist Church 516 North Church St., Rocky Mount, NC 27804
Contact Name
Jen Jones
More information about this event…
Thursday, May 17, 2012
An event next week in Carrboro:
Equality NC's Trans Policy Task Force is proud to invite you to a very special screening of Southern Comfort, winner of the Sundance Grand Jury Prize for documentary. Lola Cola, who stars in the film, will be on hand for a post-screening Q&A.
The screening is made possible through the generosity of Planned Parenthood's supporters. To purchase advance tickets at a suggested donation of $10, please go to the Planned Parenthood website at
www.ppcentralnc.org/lola.Southern Comfort follows the final year in the life of Robert Eads, a female-to-male transsexual. Eads, diagnosed with ovarian cancer, was turned down for treatment by two dozen doctors out of fear that treating a transsexual person would damage their reputations. By the time Eads received treatment, the cancer was too far advanced to save his life. During his final year, Robert fell in love with male-to-female transsexual, Lola Cola. Southern Comfort also highlights the discrimination many transgender people encounter when seeking healthcare.
Benefit Screening of Southern Comfort - Planned Parenthood of Central North Carolina secure.ppaction.org
Equality NC plans Town Hall Meeting Tour
From EqualityNC site, please check for update on dates and times from these meetings.
Following the amendment vote, what's next on the road ahead? This month, Equality NC hits the road for town hall meetings designed to provide an opportunity for supporters like you to look forward and learn how together we will continue to fight for full equality by electing pro-equality legislators, being effective grassroots leaders in our communities, and do the vital work of sharing our stories.
What
When
May 21, 2012 12:50 PM to
Jun 21, 2012 12:50 PM
Where
Statewide
Contact Name
Jen Jones
Tentative Stops on the Equality NC "What's Next?" Town Hall Meeting Tour, include:
Wilmington
Greenville
Kitty Hawk
Rocky Mount
Durham
Greensboro
Charlotte
Hickory
Asheville
Thursday, February 16, 2012
OUTSERVE ANNOUNCES 2012 INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE WILL TAKE PLACE ON ARMY RESORT
CONTACT: SUE FULTON, sue.fulton@outserve.org, 908-256-6727
OUTSERVE ANNOUNCES 2012 INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE WILL TAKE PLACE ON ARMY RESORT
LGBT Military Group Will Meet Oct 25-28 in Orlando, FL; Conference Expected to Double in Size from 2011
WASHINGTON, February 20 – Today OutServe, the association of actively-serving LGBT U.S. military personnel and one of the largest LGBT employee resource groups in the world, announced that its Second Annual OutServe International Leadership Conference will take place October 25-28, 2012 at the military’s Shades of Green Resort in Orlando, FL.
The Conference will welcome currently serving LGBT and straight military members, veterans, spouses/partners, and allies to join workshops and meetings. Like the 2011 Conference, it will provide an international forum on creating an environment of respect in the military with regards to sexual orientation and gender identity, and provide the LGBT military community a venue for building professional networks, sharing best practices and formulating strategies that help build a stronger military community. OutServe’s International Leadership Conference is the only conference designed around and for LGBT members of the largest fighting force in the world.
The 2011 OutServe Conference in Las Vegas boasted maxing out capacity at over 200 attendees, including several from allied nations and an Assistant Secretary of Defense. With the ongoing veteran employment crisis, OutServe will also host a job fair during the event that will be open to veterans and employers. OutServe events during the conference will take place at various locations on Walt Disney World properties.
“Disney’s support of the military and LGBT communities goes hand in hand with the support and sponsorship provided by Orlando Gay Travel, Come Out with Pride Orlando and the Metropolitan Business Association of Orlando and is why we chose Orlando as our 2012 destination,” said Ty Walrod, Co-director of OutServe.
“We have made tremendous progress over the last few months with the repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’” said Josh Seefried, active duty Air Force Lieutenant and co-director of OutServe. “LGBT military members must be visible and confident, showing the leadership that will set the example for future generations of service members.”
The Human Rights Campaign, Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, and Courage Campaign will be co-sponsoring the OutServe Conference, as well as others. Announcements regarding schedule of events and additional sponsors and attendees will be forthcoming.
Registration can be completed at www.outserve.org/2012conference/
For information on sponsoring the conference, contact Tom Nibbio at tom@outserve.org.
Press interested in attending must register with Sue Fulton at Sue.Fulton@outserve.org
Media are welcome to use any photos from last years conference. Available photos are located on our facebook page at www.facebook.com/outserve/
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OutServe is the association of actively serving Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) military personnel. With more than 4,900 members and 42 chapters worldwide, it is one of the largest LGBT employee resource groups in the world. OutServe works to support a professional network of LGBT military personnel and create an environment of respect in the military with regard to sexual orientation and gender identity. For more information, go to www.outserve.org. For more information on OutServe’s Magazine, which is distributed on military installations, please visit www.outservemag.com
About Shades of Green: This resort is an Armed Forces Recreation Center (AFRC) located in Orlando, Florida owned and operated by the US Army. It is a true resort destination offering the perfect mix of exceptional resort accommodations and friendly hospitality. Shades of Green’s unique position on Walt Disney World property in the Magic Kingdom Resort area offers military and civilian professionals the opportunity to work efficiently and comfortably during the day, and spend the evenings relaxing in first class accommodations or enjoying the legendary entertainment of the nearby attractions.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
The Vote Against Project
Here's an easy way to take a public stand against the amendment
The Vote Against Project - Welcome! from Vote Against Project on Vimeo.
Lend your face to the cause. Tour dates below the fold. Find out when the photo shoot will be happening near you!
Saturday, November 19, 2011
LGBT Center Chooses New Executive Director
RALEIGH, NC, November 19, 2011 - The Board of Trustees of The LGBT 
The LGBT Center, a Community Center that supports the needs of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals within the Triangle and beyond, announced in October that it was beginning the search for an Executive Director.
Miller, a native of North Carolina hailing from the coast, returns to the state following working with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health in Boston. Miller recently acquired a Master's in Public Policy and a Master's in Business Administration from Brandeis University. He brings with him of wealth of knowledge in both nonprofit management and the LGBT community.
"The Board of the LGBT Center is excited to welcome James Miller as the new Executive Director," says Board Chair Glen Medders. "James arrives at a time of very rapid growth and expansion of the Center and its programs and services. We are all very excited about the future potential of the Center and are pleased to have James here to help guide the way."
In the past two years, The LGBT Center of Raleigh has reached new heights within the community and has gone from a great idea to a fully operational community center offering services for the Triangle and the entire state of North Carolina.
Miller is prepared to dive in and take the LGBT Center of Raleigh to the next level: "The sky is the limit for the next year- but our main goal will be to continue facilitating community development through education and outreach, while growing our capacity to serve the very diverse LGBT population in the Triangle."
For more information on The LGBT Center of Raleigh, visit www.lgbtcenterofraleigh.com.
411 Hillsborough Street
Raleigh, NC 27603
919-832-4484
email: info@lgbtcenterofraleigh.com
Monday, October 31, 2011
Activist Protest Cantor Speech
Via ThinkProgress,
Percent movement are protesting House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s (R-VA) speech at the Gerold Ford School of Public Policy, at the University of Michigan. Note that the protesters are sporting T-shirts with LGBT equality rainbow flags:
I’m shock he didn’t cancel it, after all this once was open the public, the lase one he cancel…
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Tillis Changing the Rules,
Via the NewsObserver.com
One of the final bills passed by the General Assembly before they left town on Wednesday was a fix, reports The Insider.
Apparently, House Speaker Thom Tillis had appointed a licensed real estate broker, Joseph Ramsey Jr. of Raleigh, to the "public member" slot on N.C. Home Inspector Licensure Board. That raised some questions as it appeared to violate statutory directives governing the board's membership, according to The Insider.
Those directives say that the public slot member can NOT be a licensed real estate broker, home inspector or general contractor. Other slots on the board are set aside for those professions.
So what did lawmakers do? Why they just changed that pesky rule. Now the directive simply requires that the public member not be "actively engaged" in any of the three professions listed.
Tillis told the Insider Wednesday that it was his understanding that Ramsey is not an active real estate broker and that the board will continue to have balance.
How I have to wonder,if the Democrats did this, the Republicans would be outrage over it. However,since they are in charge for the first time in over a hundreds years they are changing the rules to keep them in power.
Tillis is the worst kind of Republican, whom just doesn’t care as long as he gets what the wants. He not doing the backroom deals in private, he doing openly and daring anyone to challenge him.
This NCGA session is mark with backroom deals and payoffs.. He screwed the teachers to give his staff fat raises. It seem that the NCGOP marked Teachers and LGBT community to destroy.. Making sure the teachers union could get paid by payroll deduction, making LGBT citizen feel more then second class citizens..
One would have to ask what is next? Where will this end? but, most of the folks of NC what to know where are these jobs bills?
It was once said to a group of people whom were marching in a peaceful vigil for the lost of two public officials, someone cried out, “Where is your Anger”? Yes, Where is our Anger?.. What will happen once we find our Anger? Teachers, LGBT community have the right to be piss off with those in the NCGA..
It’s Time to Find our Anger and put it to work..
Faith in America, Email NC Ballot is act of Violence
Ballot initiative is an act of violence against
North Carolina children and families
But it also has created an opportunity for
ground-shaking vote against religion-based bigotry
The anti-gay religious industry for 10 years has been threatening violence against North Carolina gay and lesbian citizens in the form of a placing a moral, religious and legal stamp of disapproval on their lives via the state's constitution.
On Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011 their threat of violence became an act of violence as the N.C. House and Senate voted to place an anti-gay marriage amendment before a misinformed and ill-intentioned citizenry – which represents the problem and the remedy.
While the vote was taken this week, that is not where this sad chapter in North Carolina governance started - it began in November 2010 with the election of a Republican majority in the N.C. General Assembly. If anyone doubts that the Republican Party is the party that embraces religion-based bigotry, please spare us the defense argument. We've heard it before.
But on to the good news – a majority of North Carolina voters on May 8, 2012 can send a ground-shaking and historic message – religion-based bigotry and prejudice toward LGBT people will not prevail in North Carolina. View remarks by Chely Wright and Mitchell Gold at rally in Raleigh.
This weekend, N.C. Republican Sen. James Forrestor – who has been pushing this bill for N.C. Southern Baptists and other anti-gay religious groups in the state – called the beautiful and vibrant city of Asheville a "cesspool of sin" because of "homosexuals that live there." That's right. Forrestor believes Asheville, N.C. is a cesspool because of its LGBT people.
In the week leading up to the action in the General Assembly, Forrester spoke at a forum held at a Gaston County church about the proposed amendment. During that forum he referred to Asheville as a “cesspool of sin.” In explaining his remarks to M2M Politics, he stated “They have a lot of homosexuals that live in the Asheville area."
It is pretty clear that Forrestor is one of the most ignorant, prejudiced and bigoted individuals in our state. Certainly, he does not represent the majority of North Carolinians and I do not believe the majority of voters will embrace bigotry, prejudice and discrimination as values this state upholds nor as values to enshrine in our state constitution. I'm even more certain that young people are 80 percent opposed to such ill-intentioned mistreatment of LGBT people.
The hostility embraced by lawmakers who voted to put this on the ballot may prove to be a unique gift that may result in one incredible signal coming from this state on May 8, 2012. And that's not just expressing hopeful sentiment.
Here's what the current voter rolls and other numbers look like.
• Current registration: Democratic – 2,711,351; Republican – 1,936,077; Libertarian – 11,654; Unaffiliated – 1,485,675
• If there is a 40 percent turnout among Democrats, Republicans and Unaffiliated, and equality gets 60 percent of the Democrats, 70 percent of Unaffilated and 25 percent of Republican, the anti-gay marriage amendment would be defeated 1,260,320 to 1,192,919.
If you do not think that is a realistic scenario, consider North Carolina polling in April that showed 64% of independent voters, 60% of Democratic voters, and 36% of Republican voters support legal recognition. If those numbers support legal recognition, what might they think of embedding bigotry, prejudice and discrimination toward gay couples and LGBT people in general into the state constitution.
Those numbers and the fact that 80 percent of young people will vote against it ought to have Forrestor and his bigoted friends in the General Assembly wondering if perhaps they have given supporters of equality the opportunity to express a historic stand against the very bigotry and prejudice that motivated their hostile anti-gay legislation.
That is exactly what they have done.
And here's the most important part. Those winning numbers and that monumental statement for equality in America will not materialize without an all-out county-by-county organizing effort. And it must begin now and we must have everyone working together. And egually important will be our efforts to transform a misinformed citizenry into an informed citizen. We have to exposed the vile religion-based bigotry behind such a measure and present the irrefutable case that history has provided against such a vile form of bigotry.
Faith in America is wasting no time in helping make that happen.
We will be in Hendersonville, N.C. this coming Tuesday evening for a community dialogue on what really is at stake in this ballot initiative. If you are in the area, please join us at the Historic County Courthouse on Main Street, Hendersonville at 7 p.m. for a compelling and important dialogue. The event is being co-sponsored by PFLAG Flatrock/Hendersonville and Love Welcomes All.
And what a more appropriate place to hold this event than 10 minutes from Asheville – that vibrant mecca of diversity that N.C. Sen. James Forrestor believes is a "cesspool."
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Letter From HRC to the Citizens of NC
We only have two weeks left until the North Carolina General Assembly votes on the anti-LGBT marriage amendment, House Bill 777 and Senate Bill 106. Join HRC and help mobilize constituents in key districts to contact their legislators and tell them to vote "NO" on writing discrimination into North Carolina's constitution.
- Business owners – If you own a business or know someone who does, we need your voice now! The two bills up for a vote seek to amend our state constitution in ways that would damage our state's ability to attract and retain the best and the brightest.
The Body Shop, a global company with a headquarters in Wake Forest, has advised lawmakers in a letter that "...this bill (SB 106) ultimately would have long-term detrimental effects to North Carolina's economy - not only could it keep businesses from relocating to North Carolina, but it may lead to the exodus of businesses..."
If you own a business, sign onto a public letter with other businesses and civic leaders. Be sure ask others you know who are also business owners to sign onto the letter.
- Rally – HRC, Equality North Carolina and a coalition of pro-equality organizations will be convening at the state legislature on the day of the vote, Tuesday, September 13. The rally will be held to urge legislators to oppose House Bill 777 and Senate Bill 106. For more information about the rally, click here.
- Phonebanks – Volunteer at one of our in-person phonebanks in Raleigh, Greensboro, Asheville, and Pinehurst. Volunteer today! If you're not able to join us at one of our in-person phonebanks, we've made it easy for you to help from your home, your office or anywhere in the state through our virtual phonebanks. Sign up today!
Sincerely,
Marty Rouse
HRC National Field Director
P.S. If you haven't already done so, or even if you have, email your legislators today and tell them to defeat these harmful measures in September!
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Same sex Couples in NC on the Raise
The Williams Institute has released another round of “snapshots” of same-sex couples from the 2010 Census.
# of Same-sex couples is 27, 250
Same sex couples Per 1,000 households 7.28
Percent Raising Children 23%
See full list here,
Saturday, August 20, 2011
We didn’t know, my foot…
The flags were among several colorful ones flying at the fair, and organizers were reportedly unaware of the gay connection. General manager Dan Jacobs said he received a call “from a very irate individual that explained to me what we had up,” Jacobs told the station.
Please, unless you have been living under a rock or at the bottom of the ocean, everyone by now knows that the 6 striped rainbow flag is a major symbol of the LGBT community..
I do believe they didn’t plan it, and wasn’t making a political statement..
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Professor Mike Adams, No Institution like UNC should recommend any Church.
One professor on the UNCW campus - criminology professor Mike Adams - is leading the charge against the list, arguing that no public institution like UNC should be recommending to students where they should go to church.
"It's just amazing," Adams said. "It appears to me to be the height of not just silliness, but government waste. ... If I were to stand up and start recommending churches in the classroom, that would be a serious problem."
Yet these Churches can recommend how we are to be living, who we should like, vote for, and what public policies are to be made.
Adams' argument sounds like a simple case of commitment to uphold the separation of church and state. But then, when you take a look at the editorial he wrote in favor of dismantling the LGBTQIA Office's goal of providing LGBT students with safe spaces to go in Wilmington, it's clear that Adams' perspective is based in anti-LGBT sentiments.
and this,
Adams, who wrote about the church guide in an online column Monday, has previously called for the abolition of the LGBT group as well as several other identity-related groups on campus. He said the university guide probably has not crossed the legal line, but the university should stop distributing it anyway.
yet he only cares about if his 1st amendment rights are protected, what a douche bag>>>
A University of North Carolina–Wilmington professor’s speeches and columns are fully protected by the First Amendment, according to a published decision handed down Wednesday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit. Alliance Defense Fund attorneys contended that criminology professor Mike Adams was denied a promotion unconstitutionally because university officials were hostile to the religious and political views he espoused in his columns and speeches.
now he is doing the same, denying the right of free speech to the College’s LGBT groups..
Thursday, August 11, 2011
In today’s Stupid LGBT News/Actions
I truly believe on this one my community is just fucking wrong… Period
A petition drive launched on Change.org asks the producers of Sesame Street to allow long-rumored boyfriends Bert and Ernie to marry.
Chicago resident Lair Scott started an online petition at Change.org to pressure the Sesame Street Workshop to "Let Bert & Ernie get married on Sesame Street." The petition reads, "We are not asking Sesame Street to do anything crude or disrespectful…. It can be done in a tasteful way. Let us teach tolerance of those that are different." As of this writing, the petition had collected more than 1,600 signatures. But are Bert and Ernie even gay, never mind ready for the ultimate commitment? Scott clearly thinks so. In an interview with ABC News.com, Scott said, "A lot of people have wondered about Bert and Ernie.... Living in the same bedroom and the same home would make anyone question their sexuality." His aim, he added, is to get 20,000 petitioners to encourage the Sesame Workshop to either marry Bert and Ernie or introduce a gay or lesbian character.
