Join the Cause

Hi, this is Taylor and Katelyn.

We are writing to you in hopes that you can help us to extend and spread the word about our message, our goal, and our dream. This dream is for one day in the near future for ALL Americans to have equal rights. Those within, who support, and who are close to anyone associated with the LGBT community understand the inequality faced within our country. Our hope is to change this, and we CAN’T do this on our own. We need the help and support of as many as possible. This is where we encourage you to help us.

As American citizens we have certain unalienable rights. Our Declaration of Independence states that those rights include Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. Liberty means, The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on ones way of life. I think it is plain to see the LGBT community is clearly lacking one of our unalienable rights our forefathers believed we were endowed by our creator.

So now time to tell you about our plan! Katelyn and I believe it is time for us to make change if we want it. This is where you come into play. We are contacting a major university in each of the fifty states. We are specifically reaching out their Gay-Strait Alliance. We are asking each member of your Gay-Strait Alliance to write a letter to one of your own state senators (Nebraska: Ben Nelson and Mike Johanns). Address your grievances, what you want to change, and why you believe this change is beneficial to yourself and the American people.

This however is NOT hate mail. We are not going to break down any barriers or through to anyone if we use a hateful approach. Even our senators defenses will immediately go up. Katelyn and I believe in a peaceful approach to bring about a nonviolent change within our country.

After writing these letters please send them to our P.O. Box address. We will be collecting the letters and separating them by state. They will be addressed to your specific senator and all sent on a specific set date. If we receive only one hundred letters from each state, congress will be hit with 5,000 letters at once. If we could get two hundred we then have 10,000. So you see there is power in numbers. We ask that you please put your signature at the bottom of your letter. The signatures are important.

Katelyn and I believe you will understand the change we hope to have happen, and that you will support our cause. Now we encourage you to spread the word. Pass out our address to your friends and family who you believe would gladly help this cause. We also have a facebook page where you can find our address and our updates on our plans and progress.

The name of our small organization is US Also. You can find us at www.facebook.com/USAlso.

Our P.O. Box address is

P.O. Box 7127

Lee’s Summit, Missouri 64064

Thank you for you’re time.

Sincerely,

Taylor and Katelyn.

Taylor Sabin and Katelyn Shirk

US Also

Considering the Rights, Liberties, and Freedoms of the LGBT Community

Facebook.com/USAlso
P.O. Box 7217

Lee's Summit, MO, 64064

A Note from United In Pride Heartland Pride

Greetings! 2012 Candlelight Vigil. Omaha-Council Bluffs Gay Lesbian Bi-Sexual, Transgender and allies gather to remember those lost to HIV/AIDS as well as those currently and historically affected by hate, bigotry and bullying. We ask the community gather at 8pm near the stage at Stinson Park (Aksarben Village 67th and Center St.) At 830pm the short program will begin with opening prayer and blessing the ground where we will celebrate Pride on June 30th by the Rev. Susan Ellis from Northside Christian Church, words from community activist and author Ruth Marimo, community activist and GSA student Caitlin Slagle, words from Heartland Pride President Beth Rigatuso are among some of those whom will be a part of this vigil. There will be free candles to the first 100! This event is free and open to the public.

Sincerely, Board of Directors, Heartland Pride United In Pride Heartland Pride

Understanding K & the Red Balloon--TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

OMNIARTS NEBRASKA ANNOUNCES WORLD PREMIERE DOUBLE FEATURE--TICKETS NOW ON SALE!! 

OMNIARTS NEBRASKA PROUDLY PRESENTS: 

UNDERSTANDING K & THE RED BALLON 

- PERFORMANCES TO RUN JULY 19-21 AT THE LIED CENTER’S JOHNNY CARSON THEATRE - 

call 402-472-4747 for tickets

OmniArts nebraska, a new, 501(c)3 non-profit (pending) arts production company proudly announces the world premiere debut of its Season One production.Understanding K & the Red Balloon will premiere at the Lied Center’s Johnny Carson Theatre July 19 through July 21. 

Featuring completely original text, a never before heard musical score, in-house choreography and abundant visual and media art, Understanding K & the Red Balloon engages audiences to observe and experience the needs, hopes, and dreams of its members.

Understanding K is an original theatrical piece based on community workshops with children, and is created to shed light on their wisdom, dreams, fears, and desires. With a book and lyrics by OmniArts nebraska co-founders Daniel Kubert and Dustin Witte, Understanding K also features an original musical score by Dan Beard and Laurie Martinez, and performances by an ensemble cast of artists. Understanding K will introduce audiences to eleven fictional characters at various ages and throughout their lives as they share stories we should know, but probably don’t, thereby giving voice to their unique, yet universal perspective in an innovative and moving way.

Please be advised that while Understanding K is a work of fiction, it has been created from stories and creative responses collected from workshops and interviews with people from ages 3-50+, including approximately seventy-five fifth grade students. Much of the language is used verbatim, as it has been taken directly from statements, stories and impressions that these young people shared.

While some of the subject matter and language may be difficult and uncomfortable to face, they are also issues and language that our children are presented with daily. 

the Red Balloon [sic] is an original movement piece inspired by the 1956 Albert Lamorisse film, The Red Balloon. Created and choreographed by Daniel Kubert, the production features a score by Ed Love, as well as a professional performers and community members whose ages span more than five decades.  This whimsical movement piece is dedicated to the dreams which swept us away as children; the dreams we hope may someday sweep us away again.  

Understanding K & the Red Balloon will be presented July 19, 20 at 7:30pm and July 21 at 2:00pm and 7:30 pm, at the Johnny Carson Theatre, at the Lied Center for Performing Arts.  The opening night performance will be a benefit for the Peoples City Mission, and other youth organizations.  For tickets, call 402-472-4747, $15 for General Admission, $12 for students and seniors, plus fees.  For more information on OmniArts nebraska, please visit www.omniartsnebraska.org or contact them atinfo@omniartsnebraska.org.

Register Now for the 8th Annual National LGBTQ & Ally College Student Career Conference

Don't miss the 8th Annual National LGBTQ & Ally College Student Career Conference!
September 28-30, 2012
University of Illinois at Chicago

The conference will consist of keynotes, breakout sessions, panel workshops, and presentations focused on being "out" and open in the workplace. Hear LGBT  & Ally identified employees share their tips, resources, coming out stories, and advice on being "out" in the workplace. Learn great networking tools and resources as well as interviewing and resume tips. Attend the PRIDE Career Fair to find inclusive companies sharing their career, internship, and volunteer opportunities!

Group registration discounts are available! Groups consist of any mix of faculty, staff, and students. Here's how a group works:
1) Register your group online at http://www.regonline.com/Register/Checkin.aspx?EventID=1063165 
2) Once your group is confirmed, we will put together a special discount code for your campus. This will be sent to you and you choose who to distribute it out to.
3) Send out the code to everyone on your campus. Individuals will be able to register themselves under the group with the code up until the conference.

This is an easy way to get your group online and ready to go, allowing for all faculty, staff, and students on your campus to register to attend the conference without you having to know who will be attending at the time of your registration.

If you have any questions about registration or the conference, please e-mail Alex Gant, Conference & Operations Manager at alex@outforwork.com

Looking forward to seeing you at the conference!

CDC e-HAP FYI Updates: National HIV Testing Day 2012

CDC e-HAP FYI Updates: National HIV Testing Day 2012

Undergraduate Business Conference

To whom it may concern,

My name is Greg Watson and I am a current student at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. I am also a Campus Ambassador for the Out for Undergraduate Business Conference. As the conference enters into its 9th annual gathering we strive to reach out to schools that are not represented at the conference. As a Campus Ambassador for OUBC my goal is to attract top LGBTQ talent, not only from IU, but from all over the country to the conference. After speaking to the School of Business's career services center, they referred me to your office. I was hoping that I could reach out to you in attempt to reach  LGBTQ students at your school. The Out for Undergraduate Business Conference is a conference meant for students interested in careers in business and entails everything from networking opportunities to employee panels from top firms.  The website for the conference is www.outforbusiness.com. If you could pass this message along to any body that you think would be interested or if you have any further questions, I would be happy to speak with them via e-mail or phone if they had any further questions. I have also attached a PowerPoint that explains a lot of the details of the conference and is the slide deck that my fellow Campus Ambassador and I use for our presentations. I look forward to hearing from you.

Best, 

--

Greg Watson

Indiana University '14

Kelley School of Business|Hutton Honors College

T: 440.382.5554

[BiNet USA] SPECIAL BI MEN'S ISSUE: Call for Submissions

When introducing /Bi Women/, I am frequently asked whether there is a parallel publication for bi men. Sadly, there is not. To help remedy this, I have decided to put out a _*special men's issue*_ of /Bi Women/.
This will be in addition to the regular quarterly issues of /Bi Women/.

_*If you identify as a bi or pansexual man, I hope you will consider submitting your work. *_

You are welcome to submit essays, fiction, images, cartoons, poetry, or any combination of these. This publication will be electronic and available online, so there are no fixed word limits. However, suggested length for submissions is 500-1500 words.

You can write about anything you want, as long as it is somehow related to bisexual identity. Suggested topics include: why you identify as bi; where you find support and/or community; how your experience of identity is shaped by other aspects of your identity (race, ethnicity, class, geography, religion, age, gender identity, etc.); stories about falling in (or out of) love or about relationships; when and how you came out to yourself; when and how you choose to come out to others; being a bi-identified man in straight communities; being a bi-identified man in LGBT communities. I'm also hoping to include a few resource lists. If you are interested in working on one of these, please let me know right away. Some ideas: bi men's fiction, bi men's nonfiction, bi men's website; websites (bi or not) of particular interest to bi men.

I am hoping that the final project include a diverse range of voices and perspectives. If you feel that you rarely see people like yourself represented, please consider writing for this issue.

Submissions are due by August 1st, but it would be very helpful to get a sense now of your intentions.

Please write to me at biwomeneditor@gmail.com.

Thank you,
Robyn Ochs

www.robynochs.com
www.biwomenboston.org

LGBTQ Study Abroad Programs

I know this question was asked a while ago, but we just got approval from the course review board regarding an exciting new summer abroad program that will be offered for the first time from Cornell University in the summer of 2013.  This program is open to both Cornell and non-Cornell students through the Summer College program.  More promotional information will be available soon.  Here is a short description from the faculty leader of this trip, Byron Suber.  Please let me know if you have any questions.  I am VERY excited about this new opportunity to be offered through Cornell.


-          Matt Carcella

Queer(ing) Europe is a new elective course that is combined with a 4 credit interdisciplinary cultural studies core course in each of the two consecutive 4-5 week summer programs offered in Europe by Cornell University's Department of Performing and Media Arts. The first program begins with a few days in Dublin then moves to Paris for 3 weeks, then a few days in Marseille and finishes with a week in Barcelona. Students in the first program can continue onto Rome and will be joined there by students have chosen to only participate in the second program. The second program is based in Rome for 4-5 weeks but takes several day trips to the surrounding areas. Students interested in queer studies curriculum can take 1-3 credits per session depending on their interest since there are other electives that can be chosen from practical or theoretical courses that focus on theatre, film, dance or visual studies. The minimum number of credits to be taken is 7 if doing only one program of 4-5 weeks and the maximum is 12 if doing both programs for a total of 10 weeks.

Course Description: Queer studies as a field of inquiry in Europe has developed on a trajectory related to but different from that followed by the same field in the United States. A comparative analysis of the two trajectories will acknowledge and render problematic how in some ways American queer studies has often been mistakenly posited as a primary model for the "development" of queer studies globally. This comparison will also render problematic post-identity formations and their negotiations of gender, sexuality, and performativity. Topics or concepts to be covered include but are not limited to the following: queer cartographies, queer heroes and heroines, dandyism, queer space, straight queers, gay/lesbian/queer presence, queer community, queer performance, dancing queers, and urbanizations of queerness. Though language instruction will be included as a component of the overall coursework, this course will in no way be considered a "language course"; what is essential is that foreign languages, as they are taken up, be understood through a queer lens. All required readings will be in English, but foreign-language texts may be assigned to those proficient in various languages.

Out for Undergraduate Business Conference

Dear all, an fyi. Please share with any students who may be interested.  Thanks, pat

Pat Tetreault

Director, LGBTQA Resource Center

402.472.1752

lgbtqa@unl.edu

From: Gregory Watson [mailto:grewatso@umail.iu.edu]
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 9:48 AM
To: lgbtqa@unl.edu
Subject: Out for Undergraduate Business Conference

To whom it may concern,

My name is Greg Watson and I am a current student at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. I am also a Campus Ambassador for the Out for Undergraduate Business Conference. As the conference enters into its 9th annual gathering we strive to reach out to schools that are not represented at the conference. As a Campus Ambassador for OUBC my goal is to attract top LGBTQ talent, not only from IU, but from all over the country to the conference. After speaking to the School of Business's career services center, they referred me to your office. I was hoping that I could reach out to you in attempt to reach  LGBTQ students at your school. The Out for Undergraduate Business Conference is a conference meant for students interested in careers in business and entails everything from networking opportunities to employee panels from top firms.  The website for the conference is www.outforbusiness.com. If you could pass this message along to any body that you think would be interested or if you have any further questions, I would be happy to speak with them via e-mail or phone if they had any further questions. I have also attached a PowerPoint that explains a lot of the details of the conference and is the slide deck that my fellow Campus Ambassador and I use for our presentations. I look forward to hearing from you.

Best, 

--

Greg Watson

Indiana University '14

Kelley School of Business|Hutton Honors College

T: 440.382.5554

Indiana University - Informational Session

Star City Pride!!

The 2012 Star City PRIDE Guide is at the printer and will be ready for distribution next week! This is going to be another awesome pride, so please help us get the word out!

Thursday, July 12 

          9 pm - 1am  SCP Kick-off Variety Show@ Club Blue (19 and older)

Friday, July 13 (all ages)

         12-4 pm set up (we need volunteers!!!)

         5-8 pm  Family Picnic @ Unitarian Church

         7pm - 1 am Street Dance (18th and M Street)

Saturday, July 14 (all ages)

        9 am - 12 pm Festival Set-up (we need volunteers)

        4pm - 1 am  Street Festival (18th and M Street)

                * Vendors 4-8 pm

                * Kidz zone 4-8 pm (be ready to get wet and have fun)

Sunday, July 15

        9:30 am - Pride Praise sponsored by Quinn Chapel AME

        11 am - 4 pm  - Pride 2012 Tear down (we need volunteers)

        9 pm - 1 am  Post Pride @ the Q (19 and older)

for more information or to sign-up as a volunteer visitwww.starcitypride.org

Pat Tetreault, Ph.D.

Director, LGBTQA Resource Center

Assistant Director, Student Involvement

346 Nebraska Union

Lincoln, NE 68588-0453

Ptetreault1@unl.edu

402.472.1752

http://Involved.unl.edu/lgbtqa

Be the Change - Spring 2012 Video

How can you be the Change? 

UNL Work Study position in WGS

Got work study?

Pat Tetreault

402.472.1752

Attached is  a position description for a work study student in the Women’s and Gender Studies Academic Program beginning in the fall semester. Please post and circulate to anyone who might be interested.

Glenda Dietrich Moore, Program Associate

Women’s and Gender Studies Program  www.unl.edu/womenssp

327 Seaton Hall

University of Nebraska-Lincoln 68588-0632

402-472-9392      gmoore3@unl.edu

Work Study Position

Looking for a PAID Opportunity ASAP!!

-----Original Message-----
From: kbousquet@lincoln.org [mailto:kbousquet@lincoln.org]
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 12:01 PM
To: Pat Tetreault
Cc: Linda Moody; Valerie Anderson; dfeyerherm@lincoln.org
Subject: Looking for a PAID Opportunity ASAP!!

Good Afternoon!

We just learned of this opportunity recently from the Lincoln Convention and Visitors Bureau.  If you know of students or student groups who are looking for a short term paid position or a student group looking for a quick fundraising opportunity this may be it.  I am  appreciative if you will forward this opportunity to students...thank you!!!

Linda Moody


Formula SAE is a UNL recognized student group as well as a national organization which is sponsoring a student designed competition organized by the Society of Automotive Engineers. Each student team designs, builds and tests a Formula style racecar. It is the first year Lincoln will be hosting this event and we appreciate all of the help you may offer. We need your help!

The Lincoln Convention and Visitors Bureau is looking for 5-6 hard working individuals to work from Monday, June 18th through Sunday, June 24th from 7am to 7pm.  The event will take place at the Air Park (Lincoln Airport). Workers will be helping with all onsite event logistics from emptying trash, monitoring toilets, setting up for ceremonies, setting up course work, tearing things down, etc. Individuals will be paid $7/hour or a group in totality will be paid $3,000.  There can be different workers each day.  However, priority will be given to individuals willing to work a 12-hour shift.

To learn more about SAE and the student design competition go to : http://students.sae.org/.

For more specific information and to sign-up for these paid positions, please contact either Kelsey Bousquet at the Lincoln Convention Center and Visitors Bureau at 402.434.5336 or kbousquet@lincoln.org. or Derek Feyerherm, Director of Sales, Lincoln, Convention Center and Visitors Bureau of Sales, Lincoln, Convention Center and Visitors Bureau at 402.434.5344 ordfeyerherm@lincoln.org.

Thanks,

Kelsey Bousquet  |  Intern
LINCOLN CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU
1135 M Street, Suite 300  |  Lincoln, NE 68508
402.434.5336 | kbousquet@lincoln.org | www.lincoln.org

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