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Trans* Awareness Week - Nov 12-18
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Dear Community,
Trans* Awareness Week (TAW) will begin next Monday, November 12! This is the 3rd annual TAW and this year we have selected the theme: Educating & Empowering Our Communities. We will kick off the week with Trans* 101 with the GLBTQ Resource Center's Peer Education team at CU. We will have other great events including films, HIV Testing, a Sexual Health Workshop, an art exhibit, Safety & Inclusivity for Transgender Communities for Service Providers, Gender Violence: Know Your Rights, and much more. We also developed a mission this year for TAW. It is: to unite and educate the trans* community and its allies through workshops, social gatherings, and other events to create a truly inclusive community to inspire and embrace the multigender experience.Thank you to all who took part in organizing these events: Boulder Trans* & Genderqueer Support Group (BTGS), CU GLBTQ Resource Center, CU Office of Victim Assistance, CU Community Health, Peers Building Justice, BCAP, Bent Lens Cinema, Gender Identity Center, Moving to End Sexual Assault, Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence, and community members.
I welcome you to come out and show your support and be part of this meaningful week. Check out the full list of events and details.
In solidarity,
Jen Spolnik
Program & Marketing Manager
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November Happy Hour @ Cuba Cuba: TONIGHT!
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Please join us on Wednesday, November 7, at CUBA CUBA Sandwicheria, 2525 Arapahoe Avenue, for our November Happy Hour, 5pm-8pm. Out Boulder is pleased to introduce Cuba Cuba as new community partner and are very excited to host our first happy hour here. Cuba Cuba will be generously donating 10 % of all proceeds from Happy Hour sales to Out Boulder. More info .
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Preschedule your Gift for Colorado Gives Day! -
Dec. 4
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 24 Hours to Give Where You Live. Colorado Gives Day is an initiative to increase philanthropy in Colorado through online giving, presented by Community First Foundation and FirstBank. 100% of every donation goes to charity. Join your friends, family and neighbors in supporting the Colorado nonprofits that enrich all of our lives. More than 1,000 organizations are participating, including Out Boulder! Want to preschedule? Just begin your donation now and select "Schedule a donation for Colorado Gives Day." Donate online at GivingFirst.org. It's easy, safe, and secure! The purpose of Colorado Gives Day is to inspire and unite Coloradans in supporting hundreds of local nonprofits. |
Transition by Owen Karcher
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 The art exhibit Transition will be featured beginning Nov. 12 at the Pridehouse, in time for Trans Awareness Week. In Owen's words: Art has been an integral part of my transition. It has helped me clarify my needs and feelings about various identities throughout the last few years. I started by exploring what society says to me about gender and how I'm "supposed" to look. I then started a much more introspective process and tried to capture my emotions related to realizing and moving towards my identity as a trans person. I noticed the desire to make my experience digestible and understandable for people who don't go through this. When feeling the emotions, I created many sketches of my torso, reflecting the rough, raw, difficult reality I was going through. When asked to create a 'finished product' that could be displayed, I made much cleaner, more developed portrayals of my changing torso. The image wouldn't be whole without both parts- the easier to grasp drawings alongside the rougher, less well rounded, more honest, intimate pieces that speak to more than the predominant narrative of what it means to be trans. Learn more about Owen at:
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HOPE Lights the Night - Nov. 13
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 HOPE Lights the Night: The Fourth Annual Candlelight Vigil to Remember Those Lost to Suicide will take place at Community United Church of Christ 2650 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder.
This free program includes music, responsive readings, a symbolic lighting of candles, and brief comments about how suicide affects us all. Refreshments will be provided after the program. Bring a picture of a loved one to post, if you like.
Information about depression, suicide, mental health and local resources will be available. Organized by HOPE Coalition of Boulder County.
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COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT: Transgender Awareness Month Service at Cairn Christian Church - Nov. 25
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As a proudly progressive, open and affirming congregation, Cairn Christian Church will be celebrating with a Worship Service on November 25 at 10am honoring Transgender Awareness Month. In worship we will celebrate the lives of transgender people and honor the lives of those who have died at the hands of hate. Please join us for worship at 1700 Stonehenge Dr., Lafayette. Also on Nov. 28, the church will be featuring, "In Their Own Words: Stories from Significant Others, Family Members, Friends, and Allies (SOFFAs) of Transgender People." More info
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Buy a Book Featuring the LGBT Community in Boulder
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The Boulder LGBTQ Community Portrait is a photo & story-sharing project. We have collected 14 stories to create an inclusive story of the LGBTQ community of Boulder. We are compiling these stories and portraits of participant in a book and an exhibition. We are asking for your support to build community through story sharing. You can have direct impact by sponsoring the production of our LGBTQ community portrait & purchasing a book HERE. Also, please join us for an exhibit featuring the Boulder LGBTQ Community Portrait on February 19- March 19, 2013 at Innisfree Cafe.
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That's not all! Check out these other upcoming events in our community, click on the links below and find out more.
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Pridehouse Office Hours & Closures
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The Pridehouse will be closed for Thanksgiving, Nov. 22-23.
The following are  the Pridehouse's regular office hours. If you need to visit us outside of these hours please contact our Events & Office Manager, Aubree at
apeckham@outboulder.org for an appointment. The Pridehouse is located at 2132 14th Street. Hope to see you soon!
Tue-Fri - 9 am - 1 pm
Sat, Sun, and Mon - 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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