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Out Boulder's Monthly Gathering at Hapa Sushi
This Wednesday, March 16th from 5 to 7pm
on St Patrick's Eve! |
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Drop in for Out Boulder's monthly social gathering of LGBTQ and Allied people at Hapa Sushi (1117 Pearl St). Free food and drink specials. We have the room in the back all to ourselves. A great way to network and meet other people. $5 donation to Out Boulder requested - no one will be turned away for lack of funds. | | | |
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Open Door Fund Announces Speaker for Dinner on Sunday, April 10th |
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Megan Kennedy, co-director and producer of the award-winning documentary, Put This On The [Map], will speak on the challenges facing LGBT youth today and the solutions young people are creating for themselves.
Kennedy's powerful film sparked the"Reteaching Gender and Sexuality" campaign, which is currently on an international tour of ...the U.S. and England. The ultimate goal of the campaign is to shift the way society thinks about gender and sexuality.
Sunday, April 10
Cocktails 5:30 pm, Dinner 6:30 pm, Program 7:30 pm
$125 per person | $1250 per table of 10
The St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut Street, Boulder
Please join us for an evening of celebration & support for Boulder County's LGBT Community!
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Do you have an OPINION, thought, question, feeling about IMMIGRATION? Let it be heard at Breaking Binaries!
This event features a panel of people from ALL SIDES of the immigration issue,sharing stories and viewpoints, followed by interactive small group discussion! A SPECTRUM of viewpoints and stories will be heard, and you'll have the chance to share your own thoughts through facilitated discussion.
Join us! Tuesday March 15th, 7-8:30pm Boulder Outlook Hotel Light snacks will be served!
Questions? email us at studentvoiceforimmigrantrights@gmail.com
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2011 Lafayette Cesar Chavez Celebration! |
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All Activities are Free and Open to the Public, and will be conducted in English unless otherwise noted.
www.inclusivelafayette.com/2011cesarchavez.html
46 Day Community Fast Begins
Tuesday, March 15th at sunrise
Daniel Escalante: 720-987-8148 ifnot@mac.com
Movie and Discussion: 9500 Liberty
Thursday, March 31 7-9pm
Lafayette Library Meeting Room
Julie Piller: Julie@sistercarmen.org
Cesar Chavez Birthday Celebration
Friday, April 1 2:30-3:30pm
Escuela Bilingue Pioneer
Julie Piller: julie@sistercarmen.org
Cesar Chavez Seeds of Justice March/Rally
Friday, April 1 3:30pm-4:00pm
Start at Escuela Bilingue Pioneer
Elaina Verveer: verveer@colorado.edu
and many more events! Check out www.inclusivelafayette.com/2011cesarchavez.html
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"Sissies and Femmes" Potluck Discussion
at the Pride House
Wednesday, March 30 5:30-7:30pm |
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Recently on Out Boulder's and One Colorado's Facebook pages, we asked the community what they thought of the slogan, "Sea Level is for Sissies." It is a slogan used by a Boulder 10k race.
Some people responded that it's no big deal, and in fact the slogan is funny. Others thought the phrase is rooted in sexism and homophobia (to be a 'sissy' is to be like a woman, which in this framework is an insult).
One person commented on Facebook, "Why mock people for being "weaker" or less fit or less intense? I'm just not a fan of a culture of competition that lifts people up by denigrating others, whether it's charged by gender/sexuality stereotypes or not."
We thought we'd move the lively discussion from the virtual world to the real one :)
As Women's History Month wraps up, please join us on Wednesday, March 30th from 5:30 to 7:30pm at the Out Boulder Pride House (2132 14th St, Boulder) as we discuss "Gender: Sissies and Femmes." Everyone is welcome - please bring a dish to share!
To RSVP contact alewis@outboulder.org
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Out Boulder's Youth Study/Creative Drop-in Space and Creative Writing Group! |
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Out Boulder 's BOLD OffBeat Arts program opens the Pride House for a Youth (ages 13-21) Drop-in study and creative space/writing group for Spring 2011 every Tuesday afternoon from 4-7pm.
From 4-6 we will have quiet study/creative space and from 6-7 we will hold a creative writing group. We will have some small snacks, study areas, and access to Out Boulder's six Mac computers.
The writing group will be a laid back environment in which we prompt each other, free write, share, and workshop each others writing. This is a completely voluntary, non-committal creative writing space for youth.
B. Mann, Out Boulders BOLD Program Coordinator, will facilitate the space and Rebecca Shepard, a local youth writer who recently published a collection of poetry, coordinate the creative writing group.
So bring your study gear, math homework, books to read, and thoughts to share!
Questions? Contact B! lmann@outboulder.org / 720 248 8183
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History of the LGBT Movement in Boulder
Thursday, March 17th 7-9pm
Student Center of the Arapahoe Campus of Naropa |
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I am pleased to invite you to a night of information, history, celebration and fun! Glenda Russell, Ph.D., will share her experience as an LGBT activist and lead us in a dialogue. As an activist, Glenda has been a participant in Boulder's LGBT history and is currently working on a book on that subject. She has conducted and published research related to LGBT history and particularly to the psychological impact of anti-LGBT politics on LGBT people and allies. Hors d'œuvres and sparkling cider will be served!
Please come out and support your community!
All the best,
Lisa Constantino, MA, LPC
Naropa University
Director of University Housing and Residential Education
2130 Arapahoe Ave.
Boulder, CO 80302
303-447-3846
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5th Annual TRANSforming Gender Symposium
CU Boulder - Friday, April 1st and Saturday April 2 |
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This year's Symposium will offer an array of talks, trainings, and film screenings to increase visibility and education about transgender identities and experiences, and to bring together the local transgender and ally community. Speakers this year include Dean Spade, Dr. Marci Bowers, Dr. Nick Gorton, Rabbi Reuben Zellman, and Ignacio Rivera.
We are also proud to announce our first multi-track program, including workshops specifically for providers as well as a film track, which begins on Saturday with the popular new PFLAG film "Faces & Facets," made right here in Boulder. For more information, please visit, http://www.colorado.edu/glbtrc/tgs.html
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Drop-in Social for Trans/Genderqueer Folks and SOFFA's - Friday, April 1st from 7-9pm |
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Please join us Friday, April 1st from 7:00-9:00pm at the Out Boulder Pride House (2132 14th St, Boulder) for a free, fun drop-in Social for Trans/Genderqueer-identified folks and their significant others, friends, family and allies (SOFFA's).
The social is a great way to meet other people who live in Boulder County and/or are attending the TRANSforming Gender Symposium at CU Boulder (April 1-2, http://www.colorado.edu/glbtrc/tgs.html for more info).
Who knows? Maybe some presenters, speakers and celebrities from the Symposium will be at the Social? (no fooling!) :) Light refreshments provided. Please feel free to bring snacks to share. This is an all-ages gathering - no alcohol, please. To view the Facebook event page...
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Special Free Screening of "Esmeralda del Desierto" with the Filmmaker from Tucson!
Part of the TRANSforming Gender Symposium at CU Boulder on Saturday, April 2nd! |
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Please join Out Boulder and VOICE as we proudly present "Esmeralda del Desierto" with filmmaker Oscar Jiménez, as part of CU Boulder's "TRANSforming Gender Symposium" on Saturday, April 2nd at noon. Esmeralda del Desierto, a short film made by Tucson artist and activist Oscar Jiménez, tells the story of Esmeralda, a transgender artist living in México.
To view a preview of the film...
Esmeralda has managed to carve out an existence despite strong odds. She has dreams grander than her town will allow, and so she sets out to conquer the fashion world in New York City. Esmeralda del Desierto celebrates the creative spirit that transcends borders.
"Esmeralda del Desierto" was shot in the desert outside of Tucson, Arizona and in the border towns of Nogales and Sonoyta, Sonora, Mexico in 2008 and 2009. The project was completed in 2010. The film features a heartbreaking performance by Daniela Olea and music by local artists.
A discussion with the filmmaker and Jordan Garcia of the American Friends Service Committee will follow the film. Oscar and Jordan will discuss the film, as well as connections and intersectionality among the immigrant and transgender rights movements, and what people can do to be allies for both communities. Out Boulder and VOICE (Voices of Immigrant Children for Education and Equality) thank the Chinook Fund for their support of this special screening and our collaboration.
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Dean Spade at CU Boulder!
Friday, April 1st at 9am and again at 2pm |
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"Legal Inequalities, Poverty, Deportation, Incarceration: The Trans Perspective"
Friday, April 1, 2011 9:00 am - 9:50 am University of Colorado Law School, Wolf Building Rm. 206
Registration starts at 8:30am, Coffee Reception to follow
CLE: 1.0 hour of ethics credit
Cost: Free for Students / $10 for CLE credit
100% of proceeds will be donated to The Gender Identity Center of Colorado
For questions or information, contact Anne Lee at annelee@colorado.edu
"Why Is Racial and Economic Justice Central to Queer and Trans Resistance"
Friday, April 1st at 2:00 PM
Colorado Law School, Room 301
All are welcome! Reception to follow.
Both lectures presented by Dean Spade, Professor of Law Seattle University School of Law. Professor Spade is the ounder of Sylvia Rivera Law Center, a nonprofit law collective that provides free legal services and works to build trans resistance rooted in racial and economic justice. |
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Dr. Caitlin Ryan, National Expert on LGBT Youth and Family Issues, to Speak in Boulder County |
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Led by the Boulder County chapter of Parents, Family and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), a coalition of local organizations will host a series of presentations by Dr. Caitlin Ryan, Director of The Family Acceptance Project™ and internationally recognized researcher and expert on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth and the impact of family acceptance - and rejection - on the lives of these young people.
 The Family Acceptance Project™ is the only community research, intervention, education and policy initiative that works to decrease major health and related risks for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth, such as suicide, substance abuse, HIV and homelessness - in the context of their families.
Dr. Ryan will present, "Always Our Kids: A Path to Family Acceptance" at three different times and locations. The free trainings are open to the public. Members of the LGBT communities, parents, professionals in all fields who work with youth and allies are expected to attend. The presentations will provide information on how to promote well-being for LGBT children and adolescents and how families and communities can respond and adapt when LGBT youth come out.
Dr. Ryan will present several times in Boulder County between April 2 - April 4:
- Saturday, April 2 - 10:30am - noon -- Lafayette Public Library, 775 W. Baseline (this event is affiliated with the Cesar Chavez Celebration)
- Sunday, April 3 - 2:00 - 4:30pm -- Boulder, First United Methodist Church, 1421 Spruce St. Music provided by the Ambassadors
- Monday, April 4 - 6:00 - 9:00 pm -- Skyline High School Library, 600 E Mountain Ave, Longmont (food and child care will be provided during this presentation).
"Dr. Ryan's research is changing the way PFLAG provides support for parents whose children come out, informing the way we interact with parents and families no matter where they fall on the spectrum of acceptance or rejection" said Jean Hodges, past-president of PFLAG Boulder County and now National PFLAG Vice-President.
"In a world where children are coming out younger and as parents we must grapple with the many challenges LGBT children can face in our schools and communities, Dr. Ryan's work is offering both solutions and hope," continued Hodges. "I am excited to see the actions that come out of these event, as local educators, clergy, counselors and health providers will have new insights and more information to support LGBT children and their families," Hodges concluded.
Dr Ryan's visit is co-sponsored by Boulder Valley School District, PEN (Parent Engagement Network), PFLAG Boulder County, Out Boulder, Boulder County Public Health, Boulder Valley Safe Schools Coalition, St Vrain Safe Schools Coalition. PFLAG Boulder County thanks the Open Door Fund for providing financial support.
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Frontrunners - a GLBT Runners and Walkers Group |
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Frontrunners is for GLBT and friends of GLBT runners and walkers of all skill levels. We meet every Sunday regardless of weather; we'll start running at precisely 9:17am (a Frontrunner's tradition). We'll
meet in front of the Whole Foods at Basemar Shopping Center, corner of S. Broadway and Baseline in Boulder. The cost is Free!
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