Greetings!
I hope everyone is enjoying their winter break and the holidays with those they love. Remember that CHAC and Outlet will be closed until Jan. 4th. We will re-open on January 5th, 2009! This week our featured holidays are Three Kings Day and Chinese New Year. As well as a social by The Sister of Perpetual Indulgence.Finally, if you are interested in participating on a panel for Cesar Chavez Middle School the week of January 12th, please contact email me Start planning for 2009: Monday Jan. 5th- Monday Night Group 6:15-7:45pm, no appt. necessary. Thursday Jan. 8th- Thursday Social Hours: We're watching the movie "Transamerica". 6-8pm. Friday Jan. 9th- De Ambiente: Latino/Spanish Speaking Group, come play LOTERIA! Peace and Love, Dulce p.s. Disclaimer: Please bear with me. I was brought up Catholic and although I continue to practice my religion, I am much more spiritual now. I love celebrating the diversity in our community and it has been exciting for me to learn about all the different holidays. I got my information off the Internet and the resources I list will be lgbtq friendly. I apologize ahead of time if I get anything wrong about these holidays. Please feel free to send me an email and correct me! Thanks!
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| Three Kings Day: January 6th 2009 |
 "Three Kings Day, also known as The Epiphany, is celebrated on January 6th, twelve days after Christmas. It is often viewed as the last day of the Christmas season (the end of the 12 days of Christmas).
Epiphany, from the Greek word Epiphania, meaning "revelation" is based on the biblical story that tells of the Magi or Three Kings - Caspar, (or Kaspar or Gaspar) Melchior and Balthasar - who saw a bright star on the night Christ was born and followed it to Bethlehem.
There they found the Christ child and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.
The legendary visit would later gave rise to the custom of gift giving at Christmas on the Feast of the Epiphany, traditionally observed on January 6.
Today, Epiphany goes by various names in different cultures, i.e., Little Christmas, Three Kings Day, or Twelfth Night, which remains the official end of the season's "Twelve Days of Christmas" counting from Christmas evening on December 25 to the Ephiphany on January 6.
In Mexico in particular, serving Rosca de Reyes, a festive sweet bread in the shape of a king's crown, is also a still-popular tradition on Three Kings Day.
In England, Epiphany or "Twelfth Night" was the last opportunity to make merry before a return to the usual toil of the workaday world. The traditional Yule log was also kept lit until Twelfth Night in order to bring blessings & good fortune throughout the upcoming year.
In Germany, children go from house to house on Epiphany eve, singing carols and chalking the year and initials KMB (those of the kings, Kaspar, Melchior and Balthasar), near the entrance of each home. The festive Dreikonigskuchen or Three Kings Cake is also served that night to celebrate the occasion."- Three Kings Day
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Chinese New Year: January 26th,
Year of the Ox
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 "Chinese New Year, also known as the Lunar new year, begins on January 26th, 2009. "The Chinese New Year is celebrated as the symbol of spring's celebration. In fact in China the Chinese New Year is still called the Spring festival. It is celebrated after the fall harvest and before the spring planting season. The date of the Chinese New Year is always changing and is dependant on the Chinese calendar. The Chinese calendar is a combined solar/lunar calendar and is somewhat similar to the Chinese calendar, which was invented by Emperor Huangdi in the year 2637 B.C.E.
Chinese have a unique way of representing the New Year through animals. They have 12 different animals to represent each year of the 12 year -cycle and the order remains the same throughout with the year of the rat beginning the cycle and the year of the boar/ pig ending the same. As the Chinese year 2008 was signified as the year of the rat, the following year, 2009, is going to be the year of the ox. Chinese New Year of OX, 2009 will fall on January 26th and will mark the 15 day long festivities beginning on the said date and going on till the 9th of February.
Preparations for the Chinese New Year of Ox, 2009 will begin months in advance so that the celebrations be observed in the highest magnitude and splendor. As the different years of the 12 year cycle are characterized by different animals, people born on the different years also feature different traits and characters and most often then not, they are believed to be influenced and inspired by the animals of the particular year they are born in. - Chinese New Year
Check out these Asian American-LGBT friendly sites:
Young, Gay and APA
In God's House
Asian Lesbian Film & Video Festival |
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Holy Rollers: A BIG Gay Skate Party!!
Wednesday Jan. 14th 8-10:30pm $10 Redwood Roller Rink: 1303 Main St. Redwood City, CA 94063
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The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence are putting on an event for LGBTQ Youth in the Peninsula and throughout the Bay Area.
This will be a social mixer for LGBTQ youth with one goal in mind: to have a good time! All
proceeds raised will go to LYRIC.
Festivities include:
- Raffles throughout the night
- Skate contests
- Great music by 92.7 FM
- ...and your chance to catch a Sister strut her stuff or fall (gracefully) on wheels.
For more info email Dulce
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HYPE!
is coming to your School!
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HYPE! is Outlet's 8 week HIV prevention program for guys! During this 8 week program we not only focus on HIV prevention, but we focus on themes/topics that are important to YOU! yes, YOU! Because you decide which workshops you want! Besides meeting new friends, learning about HIV prevention and other cool stuff you also get a gift card for completing the program! If you are interested email DulceHYPE! will meet once a week for 8 weeks, the program will begin in February. 
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