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A message from BOLD Youth Program Coordinator,
b mann
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Hello Community!
As I write this on a beautiful fall morning while watching the sunrise and listening to Democracy Now! I cannot help but reflect on the importance of community and self-expression.
Two weeks ago BOLD kicked off our flagship program, the annual (or perhaps semi-annual) filmmaking project. Once again, it is so inspiring and invigorating for me to connect with the youth of our community through this project, to put the power of media directly in their hands and for them to have the opportunity to tell their own stories themselves.
Out Boulder's BOLD Program is a unique program with an intention on activism and empowerment through arts-based projects, and the filmmaking project is so close to my heart. I believe it is so important for LGBTQ and Allied youth to be able to work toward media representation on their terms by not only looking closely at our representation, but also by learning the craft and having the support of the community to hear their stories.
We will be premiering these films in January, so please come support our Youth! To find out more about all the activities in our youth program please check out the BOLD section of this website!
See you in the streets!
b. mann
BOLD Youth Program Coordinator
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COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT: Allan Andre
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This week we are proud to shine the community spotlight on to Allan Andre! Allan stopped by the Pride House not too long ago and asked what he could do to give back to the community. He mentioned he was a writer and before you know it Allan had created an outline for what is now our totally awesome Friday night writing group.
Allan was born in New York City and is now a student at the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa University. He is a musician as well as a writer and has self-published several chapbooks and CDs of prose, music, and poetry. His writing is also forthcoming in Ashe and Not Enough Night. His main project of the last four years has been to take a portable typewriter across North America and improvise poems on street corners, including Pearl Street. To date, he has written over two thousand poems. Allan has also become a beloved guest facilitator for BOLD, Out Boulder's youth program.
If you have ever been the slightest bit curious about developing your writing or exploring poetry, join Allan and the rest of us on Friday at the Pride House, 2132 14th Street. We meet at 5:30 and go until 7:00 p.m. The group is free, donations always welcomed and ALL writers and ALL people are welcome.
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Upcoming Happy Hours in Boulder, Louisville, and Lafayette
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 Boulder: Weds, October 19, 5-7 p.m. & Shug's
It's time once again for our monthly gathering over phenomenal food, southern inspired cocktails and mocktails, lively conversation and lots laughter!
We are changing venues this month to Shug's Low Country Cuisine. Check out Shug's speciality southern cooking with its one of a kind signature dishes and a distinctive cocktail list. After Happy Hour, stick around for Shug's Blues Jam! Bring your instrument, your voice, your band if you have one, and when you are ready, put your name on the list and Jam! You can join the opening band, sing or play on your own, or if you have a band take over for a song or two. Come on OUT, have a great time with your friends and connect with amazing new people. You never know who you'll meet at Happy Hour! $5 suggested donation - no one turned away for lack of funds. 
Lafayette: Tues, October 25, 5-7 p.m. @ Tutti Join us in Lafayette for Happy Hour at Tutti's, 103 South Public. $5 donation, all are welcome! Tutti is an exciting new restaurant that opened in April of 2010. Tutti offers contemporary American comfort fare in a three plate concept. Every item on the menu is served in three sizes. Small (taster), Medium (single portion) Large (to share), even the wine, beer and cocktails!
The restaurant is split into two levels. The top floor is a comfortable dining room/bar. The lower level features a dining room separated with 400 sq ft of "Klub Tutti" where kids of all ages can find something fun to do while their parents can see them from any table in the room so as to enjoy their meal while their kids keep busy. The "plexi wall" keeps noise to a minimum.  Louisville: Thurs, November 10, 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. @ Lucky Pie
Join Out Boulder on at Lucky Pie Pizza (637 Front St, Louisville) for an LGBTQ and Allied Family-Friendly Social Gathering! LuckyPie Pizza and Taphouseserves handmade organic and all-natural brick oven pizzas, and has a great bar that features an ever-rotating 21 taps of craft and imported Belgian beer. There will be food and drink specials. Out Boulder's Social Gatherings provide a great way to reconnect with friends and meet new LGBTQ and Allied community members.
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 Recently we received a request via a voicemail left after hours from a member of our community. This person, happens to be currently an inmante serving time at the Boulder County Jail. In the message, a gentleman's voice, shared how being an LGBTQ person in jail can add to the difficulties of the experience and as a result can be extremely isolating. He went on to share that he had no family support as his lifestyle was not one that was approved by his family. He let us know that he is in dire need of communication with others and wondered if anyone in the greater Boulder community would be willing to exchange letters with him. If you feel that you could make time in your schedule to write a letter to this member of our community, please mail it to our office or drop it by, even after hours and well make sure he receives it, your time and good faith will be greatly appreciated.
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Save the Date! 5th Annual Wine Tasting! |
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 Our 5th Annual Wine Tasting will be Saturday, November 19 so mark your calendars! If you are interested in attending, let me know! Great food, delisicous wines, and wonderful company all in support of the important work of Out Boulder. |
NCLR Happy Hour in Boulder - October 21
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Join Out Boulder in welcoming NCLR to Boulder!
LGBT & Friends Happy Hour
Friday, October 21, 5-8pm
Absinthe House, 1109 Walnut Street
Free to attend
Donations encouraged
RSVP to Kris Hermanns at KHermanns@NCLRights.org with "NCLR IN BOULDER" or call 415.365.1302
Check out the Facebook event!
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Trans Awareness Week - November 14 - 20
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 This year Out Boulder leads the 2nd Annual Transgender Awareness week in Boulder County. From 11/14-11/21 community events will occur across the county. If you would like to participate, email jspolnik@outboulder.org.
Mon 11/14 Art Contest Deadline
Tues 11/15 Trans Awareness Exhibit @ CU University Memorial Center Art Gallery Conference Room, 10-3
Weds 11/16 Transgender Support Meeting @ the Pridehouse, 6-7:30 p.m.
Fri 11/18 Bent Lens films @ the Dairy Center: 6:30 p.m. Tomboy & 8:30p.m. Strella
Sat 11/19 Potluck & Art Contest Exhibit @ the Pridehouse, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Sun 11/20 Gender Identity Center's Candlelight Vigil at Jefferson Unitarian Church, 14350 W. 32rd. Ave, in Golden, 7 p.m.
The calendar of events will be continually updated on our site!
Our next planning meeting will take place on Friday, October 21 at 3 p.m. at the Pride house at 2132 14th Street and anyone interested in contributing to the events this week is welcome to attend!
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Art Contest! Transgendering Experience -
Deadline: November 14
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Enter Out Boulder's Trans Awareness Week Art Contest! Your art could be displayed at the Pridehouse and you could win a collection of gifts from local merchants, including VIP Fox Theater tickets, a giftcard to Boulder Bookstore and more ($100 value)!
Theme: Transgendering Experience
Entries due by Monday, November 14 and can be submitted during Out Boulder's regular office hours or by appointment. Entries will be judged during Transgender Awareness Week.
An opening reception will take place in conjunction with Transgender & Ally Potluck on Saturday November 19 @ 5:30 p.m.
Art entries will be part of an exhibit to be on display at the Pridehouse November 15 - December 14, 2011.
The contest is open to all media and styles of art in which the transgender experience is the subject matter. Media may include, but is not limited to, paintings, drawings, written/spoken word, mixed media, sculpture, graphic design, photography. All works must be original and not measure over 60 inches in any direction. Work must be ready-to-exhibit and include entrant's name, email, phone number, and city on the back.
Offered with support from the CU Center for Multicultural Affairs.
Contact jspolnik@outboulder.org with questions, or go here for more info.
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Bent Lens to Present Two Films During Trans Awareness Week at The Dairy Center
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On Friday, November 19 you will not want to miss the double feature at the Dairy Center brought to you by Bent Lens during Trans Awareness Week.
Tomboy @ 6:30 p.m. -- Award winner at the Berlin Film Festival, Odessa International Film Festival, SF Frameline GLBT Film Festival and many others.
When 10 year old Mikael (beautifully played by Zoé Héran) moves to a new neighborhood with his younger sister and parents, he's shy about getting to know the new kids before school starts in the fall. Over the course of the summer he befriends and plays with the local children. One girl, Lisa (Jeanne Disson), likes him. Eventually, Lisa comes to Mikael's house and meets his younger sister, Jeanne...who plays along with some game she's not sure of: Mikael is the sister she knows as Laure. Eventually, Mikael's effort to live as himself is foiled when his mother finds out and she insists he reveal himself before school starts. Despite the agony that transpires, the children overcome their surpise; even Lisa still wants to know Laure and be his friend.
Strella @ 8:30 p.m. -- Winner of best actress and art direction awards at the first Hellenic Film Academy awards ceremony.
Greek director, Panos Koutras, opened (and stunned) the 2009 Berlin International Film Festival with his tender and provocative portrayal of a man and woman who meet in an Athens hotel and fall in love. Yiorgos (Yiannis Kokiasmenos) has recently been released from prison, and we soon learn Strella (Mina Orfanou) is a trans woman and performer with a rich circle of friends. Their love story develops against the back drop of Yiorgos' search for his son whom he hasn't seen for over 10 years, as it takes him back to his village and throughout Athens; while we follow Strella in her very queer life in Athens. Then strap on your seat belts, Koutras takes a sharp turn in the plot that adds an extraordinary edge to their love. He also offers some of the most beautiful intimate scenes involving a trans person ever on the big screen.
For more information check out Bent Lenz or the Dairy Center.
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2012 Boulder Pridefest Planning Meeting -
November 15, 5:30 p.m. @ Absinthe House
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If you want to be part of the planning committee for next year's Boulder Pridefest, please join us on Tuesday, November 15 @ 5:30 p.m. at the Absinthe House for our first committee meeting. We are getting a head start on next year's Pride to make sure it's bigger and better than ever! Help is needed the plan various aspects including entertainment, marketing, vendors, sponsorship, and more! Come and be a part of our biggest event of the year! Contact alewis@outboulder.org with questions or just show up at the Absinthe house, 1109 Walnut St, on November 15. Hope to see you there!
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Photos of Angie Film - November 9, 7-9 p.m.
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In honor of November being the month of Transgender Remembrance, PFLAG Boulder County, in partnership with the Office of Human Rights and Community Relations and the Colorado Anti-Violence Project, will co-sponsor the screening of a new film entitled: "Photos of Angie". It is a documentary about the murder of Angie Zapata, a transgender woman, in Greeley in 2007 and the trial of her murderer which was the first use of the enhanced sentencing for hate crimes law. The filmmaker, Alan Dominguez, and Sandhya Luther, Director of Advocacy from the Colorado Anti-Violence Project, will be present for the showing and will be available for discussion afterwards. Free and open to the public.
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Transgender Health Conference - October 29
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Attention medical and mental health providers who want to better serve transgender people in our community! Take advantage of the Transgender Health Conference on Saturday, October 29, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. brought to you the Boulder County Transgender Health Task Force (TTF). Learn to better serve transgender people and meet other health care providers. Share resources and participate in case study discussions. Doctors, nurses, dentists, social workers, front desk staff, therapists, etc. are all welcome. please invite your colleagues! RSVP by Friday, October 21 to mmarsh@bouldercounty.org or call 303.413.7512. For more information go to www.BoulderCounty.org.Lunch is provided! 3482 Broadway, Boulder. |
Save the Date! Out Boulder's Annual Wine Tasting Fundraiser - November 19
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The date has been announced for this year's Annual Wine Tasting Fundraiser. Support Out Boulder by attending the 5th Annual event on November 19 and taste some great wine in the process! Donation will be $75.
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Boulder Selected for Transgender/Sexual Assault Study
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FORGE's Transgender Sexual Violence Project announced the selection of four sites, including Boulder, to take part in "Making the Connection: Building Stronger Relationships Between Sexual Assault Service Providers and Transgender Survivors," a project supported by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office for Victims for Crime (OVC).
FORGE will assist sexual assault services providers and transgender leaders to assess the barriers keeping transgender sexual assault survivors from accessing sexual assault services and develop and implement a coalition work plan to address those barriers. Read More!
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Take Part in a Linguistics Research Study: Males 20-30
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Alec Buchner, a graduate student in LINGUISTICS, is conducting a research study about the sounds of spoken language. The purpose of this study is to analyze how stereotypes influence the way people produce sounds in specific environments. The researcher is seeking volunteers willing to participate in the study. If you participate in this study, you will be asked to watch a short video and describe it while being recorded and thereafter fill out a short questionnaire. Your participation would take approximately 15 minutes in a sound attenuated booth in the CU Phonetics Lab in Hellems. Right now, the researcher is looking for native speakers of American English who are male and between the ages of 20 and 30. If you are interested, please send an email to alexander.buchner@colorado.edu. |
Anti-Defamation League Youth Leadership Mission to the United States Holocaust for Junior and Seniors - Applications due November 16
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 For more than 90 years the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has been devoted to fighting anti-Semitism and all forms of bigotry, and to fostering understanding among diverse communities. We are thrilled to inform you about a unique and exciting opportunity for your high school students. The 2011 Robert B. Sturm Youth Leadership Mission hosted by the Mountain States and Pacific Northwest Regions of ADL will be going to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and Capitol Hill. This unique mission offers a substantive and effective vehicle toward applying the lessons of the Holocaust to modern-day issues of prejudice and bigotry. Selected juniors and seniors will be part of the Washington D.C. trip March 18-21, 2012. Contact the ADL for more information or an application, Phone: 303.830.7177.
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 The following are the Pride House office hours. If you need to visit us outside of these hours please contact jspolnik@outboulder.org for an appointment. Hope to see you soon!
M, T, F - 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
W - 12 - 4 p.m.
Th or Weekends - by appointment
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Some of the events, views and opinions expressed in the eNewsletter are solely those of their authors and/or organizations, and do not necessarily reflect an endorsement by Out Boulder. We encourage you to contact the event sponsor for more information.
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