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Out Boulder is Supported By YOU!
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Dear ,
In just this past month, Out Boulder events and activities touched the lives of over 1,000 people. Our community partnerships are with a broad and diverse group of organizations, as well as individuals like you! With the support of our many donors and volunteers, we will achieve our vision of equality. Which is why I am writing today to ask you to consider a pledge to Out Boulder. Or come celebrate our 5th Annual Wine Tasting on November 19. This delightful community event and fundraiser is a great way to meet other people in community and support the work of Out Boulder.
Out Boulder was recently invited to join Giving First. 100% of donations through Giving First come directly to us to benefit the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning and allied community of Boulder County. In Solidarity,
Aicila Lewis
Executive Director
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COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT: Volunteer Extraordinaire, Carol
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 This week, Out Boulder is honored to shine our Community Spotlight on the incredible Carol Kobel. You may not recognize her, but, if you have been to the PrideHouse lately, or if you wondered how Central Park in Boulder "got" clean after Boulder Pride this past summer, then you know her work. Carol is single handedly responsible for the facilities maintenance of our Office and Community Center. Stop by just about every Wednesday and you too, can learn the "business end of a broom" with our resident volunteer dynamo. Carol takes "giving back" literally; she generously donates her time, her presence, and her money, to cultivating equality, respect and well-being around the world. Carol's commitment to compassion and engaged activism is one we can all learn from. She is one of a group of citizens responsible for bringing HOPE to the homeless people of Longmont. HOPE, Homeless Outreach Providing Encouragement is a locally run, public benefit organization that provides "after-hours street outreach, distributing life-sustaining support to the homeless community along with programs to encourage movement toward self-sufficiency". Another way Carol embodies the importance of being a contributor to positive change is through her international volunteer work. From war time Ethiopia and Eritrea to a yearly jaunt to Nicaragua with a medical team, Carol is being the change. In Nicaragua, Carol helps people see with comfort by properly fitting them with donated prescription glasses that, wait for it...Carol procured. In Boulder, Carol wrestles with the demons that sometimes build up under our couches or in our tiny bathroom. Carol is one of the reasons why we at Out Boulder believe that a community where people of all sexual orientations and gender Identities can live in equality along our heterosexual allies is a viable option. Yes, there is no denying it we are grateful for Carol, we love her, and we think you should too.
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Happy Hour in Louisville - November 10
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 Join Out Boulder on at Lucky Pie Pizza (637 Front St, Louisville) for an LGBTQ and Allied Family-Friendly Social Gathering on Thursday November 10, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.!
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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Testify on Behalf of Equity at Human Relations Commission on Monday Nov 14 |
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On Monday Nov 14th Out Boulder's Dave Ensign joins with the Boulder Anti-Defamation League to ask the Human Relations Commission to urge Boulder City create tax equity for Boulder City same-sex employees. If you are a Boulder City resident and would like to participate, please email Dave.
To learn more about the project, please read this document.
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Trans Awareness Week Kick-Off Potluck on Sunday, November 13
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Sunday will kick-off Trans Awareness Week at the Pridehouse with the Trans & Ally Potluck, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Bring a dish to share and vote on entries from the Trans Awareness Week Contest that will be on display.
Out Boulder and TransAct! team up to bring you this event. TransAct! is a recently founded group which aims to create a safe & welcoming environment for trans, genderqueer, and gender-non-conforming students and their allies to come together and explore, recognize, and think critically about the diversity of gendered experiences through social engagements, literature, arts, and current events, in a greater effort to build and foster trans-friendly and supportive communities on the CU Campus and in the Boulder area. TransAct! meets monthly off-campus.
For more information on TransAct! or with questions about the potluck email: Lynnette or Caitie. There is no RSVP required for the potluck. The Pridehouse is located in downtown Boulder at 2132 14th Street. Street parking on Sundays is FREE! Hope to see you there!
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Trans Awareness Week Art Contest -
Deadline November 11
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Out Boulder and the CU Center for Multicultural Affairs presents the Trans Awareness Week Art Contest! The theme for the contest is TRANSForming Art and entries are due by Friday, November 11 @ 1 p.m. Art work may be submitted during Out Boulder's regular office hours at the Pridehouse, 2132 14th street or by appointment. Entries will be judged by attendees at the Trans & Ally Potluck: Kick-Off to Trans Awareness Week on Sunday November 13 @ 5:30 p.m.
Art entries will be part of an exhibit to be on display at the Pridehouse November 13 - 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, and
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.
First place prize winner receives a collection of gifts from local merchants, including VIP Fox Theater tickets, giftcard to Boulder Bookstore and more ($100 value)!
Our fabulous sponsors include: Pasta Jay's, Izze, Larabar, Spruce Confections, Rebecca's Apothecary, Rueben's Bistro, Fox Theatre
For questions contact: Jen Spolnik, jspolnik@outboulder.org
Be sure to check out all of the other events happening during Trans Awareness Week!
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Trans Awareness Week - November 13-20
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This year Out Boulder leads the 2nd Annual Transgender Awareness week in Boulder County. From 11/13-11/20 community events will occur across the county:
Fri 11/11: Trans Awareness Week TRANSForming Art Contest Deadline
Sun 11/13: Kick-Off to TAW! Trans & Ally Potluck & TRANSForming Art Contest Exhibit @ the Pridehouse, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Mon 11/14: Trans Awareness 101 @ CU C4C, room N450, 5:30-7:00 p.m.
Join the GLBTQ Resource Center and its Peer Education Team for an
interactive presentation exploring and celebrating the spectrum of
gender identity and gender expression. FREE food! This event is free and open to the public.
Tues 11/15: CU Trans Awareness Week Exhibit @ UMC Art Gallery, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sponsored by the GLBTQ Resource Center and student group
TransAct. Free and open to the public.
Wed 11/16: Voice and Communication Services for Transgender Individuals @ CU: C4C S435, 12-1 p.m. Join the GLBTQ Resource
Center and guest speaker Jenn Lewon from CU's Speech, Language, and
Hearing Center for an informational session about services offered for transgender individuals. Feel free to bring your lunch! Community members welcome.
Weds 11/16: Trans & Genderqueer Support Group @ the Pridehouse, 6:30-8:00 p.m.
Thur 11/17: Dr. Estrada: "Two Spirit & Transgender Film & Activism: From Fred Martinez Jr. to Angie Zapata" @ CU Norlin Library's British & Irish Studies Room, 3:30 - 5 p.m.
Fri 11/18 Bent Lens Cinema @ the Dairy Center: 6:30 p.m. Tomboy & 8:30p.m. Strella
Sun 11/20: Gender Identity Center's Candlelight Vigil for Transgender Day of Remembrance @ Jefferson Unitarian Church, 14350 W. 32rd. Ave, in Golden, 7 p.m. Interested in driving or taking part in a carpool to this event? Contact: Hillary Anna Montague-Asp.
TAW Events are collaborations between Out Boulder, CU GLBTQ Resource Center, CU Center for Multicultural Affairs, Bent Lens Cinema, TransAct!, Gender Identity Center
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Bent Lens Cinema Presents Two Films at the Dairy During Trans Awareness Week - November 19
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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 Lens Cinema.
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Save the Date! 5th Annual Wine Tasting! - November 19
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 Our 5th Annual Wine Tasting Fundraiser will be Saturday, November 19 at 6:30 p.m. so mark your calendars! If you are interested in attending, let Aicila know! Great food, delisicous wines, and wonderful company all in support of the important work of Out Boulder. Suggested donation: $75. We also would love the help of two volunteers from 6 p.m. until 9:30 p.m. to assist with set up, to fill wine glasses, keep food refreshed, and help clean up. You can also participate in the tasting if you wish! Please contact Aicila if you can help.
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Save Another Date! Out Boulder Happy Hour -
November 16
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It's already that time of the month again for Out Boulder's monthly Happy Hour. Save the date for Wednesday, Novemeber 16, 5-7pm. Location TBA!
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Raise Your Voice: Help Us Make Health Care Work Better for All of Us - November 16
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Health insurance is expensive and it is covering less and less of the care Coloradans need. The good news is Colorado is creating an online marketplace to let consumers shop around for insurance. The goal of the marketplace is to increase affordability, access, and coverage. To make sure it does:
We need your input!
We are hosting a local forum to get feedback from residents of Boulder. If it doesn't work for us, it won't work. Come raise your voice and ensure this new marketplace works!
Where: First United Methodist Church, Mead Room (basement), 1421 Spruce Street.
When: Wed, November 16th at 6pm.
RSVP at www.copirg.org/RSVP
Brought to you by: Out Boulder and the CoPIRG Foundation (Colorado Public Interest Research Group), the Colorado Consumer Health Initiative and the Colorado Center on Law and Policy - a coalition of non-profits who have fought for years to ensure everyone has access to quality, affordable health care.
For more information contact:
Danny Katz - CoPIRG Director
Phone - 303 -573-7474 ex 303
Email - danny@copirg.org
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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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TRANSforming Gender Symposium Call for Workshop and Paper Proposals
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The University of Colorado Boulder's TRANSforming Gender Symposium, March 9-11, is celebrating its sixth year! The Symposium hosts national and local transgender and genderqueer activists to address issues surrounding transgender, genderqueer and related identities. Previous presenters and participants have included academics, health professionals, community organizers, performance and visual artists, students, faculty, staff, youth, family members, community members and other interested folks.
The Symposium is free and open to the public! (We will be asking for a cost-free registration at a later date.) In addition to nationally recognized speakers, we are excited to be including workshops and panels throughout the day.
We are calling for workshop and paper proposals from campus, local and national folks interested in presenting at the Symposium. Past symposiums have covered some of the following topics as they relate to trans identities: spirituality, health care, transfeminism/transmisogyny, sexuality, poetry, media, racism and classism, mental health, sports and athletics, and much more. Please see below for more information.
More info at: http://www.colorado.edu/GLBTQRC/tgs_proposal.html
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Colorado Gives Day - December 6
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Mark your calendar! Colorado Gives Day will be held on December 6, 2011. The purpose of this day is to support the nonprofits that protect and nurture the quality of life in Colorado. 100% of your donation will go to Out Boulder and a portion of all donations will be matched! Click here to donate.
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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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