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Jersey Pride festival on Sunday, June 6, 2010 in Asbury Park.
Archive for April, 2010
Jersey Pride Festival in Asbury Park
Friday, April 30th, 2010Day of Pride and Public Service
Friday, April 30th, 2010| June 5, 2010 |
Garden State Equality’s first-ever Day of Pride and Public Service is on Saturday, June 5, 2010 beginning at 12:00 noon. At supermarkets in North, Central and South Jersey, Garden State Equality members will be leading food drives for local pantries which feed the poor and underprivileged across the state. It’s one of the ways we try to give back to the state we love.
If you would like to join a food drive in North Jersey or Central Jersey, please email Troy Stevenson at Stevenson@GardenStateEquality.org with your name, hometown, cell phone, and if applicable, the names of your partner, spouse and/or friends who’ll be joining you. Please put FOOD DRIVE in the subject line of your email to Troy.
If you would like to join a food drive in South Jersey, please email Kim Otto at kmotto3@aol.com with your name, hometown, cell phone, and if applicable, the names of your partner, spouse and/or friends who’ll be joining you. Please put FOOD DRIVE in the subject line of your email to Kim.
NPR’s Latino USA segment on gay latino youth
Sunday, April 25th, 2010
To listen to this segment,click here
[ http://latinousa.kut.org/wp-content/lusaaudio/890seg5.mp3 ]
This scene, in which Che (Benjamin Bratt) confronts his son Jesse (Jeremy Ray Valdez), contains language which some may find objectionable. Click the still image in order to view the clip.
WANTED: Civil Unionized partners
Friday, April 16th, 2010In the NY Times Weddings/Celebrations pages there is often a picture of a same gender couple celebrating their wedding or anniversary. As far as we can tell, The Record has never printed any same sex couple’s pictures.
We believe there is a fee of $50 to get a picture in The Record.
We are, therefore, looking for couples who would be willing to submit their picture and a brief paragraph to The Record for an anniversary or civil union celebration notice. PFLAG Bergen County will reimburse you for the fee. We want to see if The Record will print it. If not, Lambda Legal would like to know about it! We don’t have marriage in NJ but we do have civil unions so far and we should be celebrating them in the newspapers right alongside our straight counterparts – especially since civil unionization is supposed to be EQUAL to marriage.
Please contact us through our PFLAG website at http://www.bergenpflag.org if you are interested in this offer.
Bergen County PFLAG Executive Committee
A call from Air Force One
Thursday, April 15th, 2010On 15 Apr 2010 at 20:47, Kevin Cathcart, Lambda Legal wrote:
> Moments ago President Barack Obama called Janice Langbehn from Air
> Force One to personally let her know that he has signed a memorandum
> that will have an impact on the special health care needs of LGBT
> people and families – and hopefully prevent her story from happening
> again.
>
> President Obama told Janice that what happened to her was
> “outrageous” and thanked her for her courage.
>
> Lambda Legal launched legal action on behalf of Janice Langbehn
> against a Florida hospital that denied her visitation after her
> partner Lisa Pond was stricken with a fatal brain aneurysm. Even
> though she had power of attorney, for 8 hours hospital staff refused
> to allow Janice and her children in to see her dying partner of over
> 20 years – with one employee informing her that she was in an
> antigay city and antigay state.
>
> In homes across the country – including the White House – Janice’s
> tragic story brought light to the special health care issues that
> LGBT people face. Her courage and dedication to tell her story and
> help educate others showed us all that we can make have an impact.
> Tonight, we simply want to say: Thank you, Janice!
>
> The health care memorandum the President just announced directs the
> Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to promulgate rules for
> hospitals that receive federal funding to develop visitation
> policies that take into account LGBT families and to ensure that
> rules are enforced for respecting the legal documents that patients
> have about who can make decisions for them in medical emergencies.
> The President also directed HHS to report back in 180 days with
> reccomendations to address these and other health care issues that
> affect LGBT patients and their families.
>
> That’s amazing.
The text of the memorandum is at
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/presidential-memorandum-hospital-visitation
Study about PFLAG parents
Thursday, April 15th, 2010Dear PFLAG Chapter,
I am an Assistant Professor within the College of Health Professions and Social Work at Temple University. I am conducting a study of parents of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender children to gain a greater understanding of the concerns parents may experience upon them learning about their children’s sexual orientations and gender identities. I am asking for your assistance in obtaining participants for this study by asking that you forward this request to individuals who meet the study criteria (above age 18 and identify as a heterosexual parent of a gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender child) in hopes of getting individuals to complete my anonymous online survey at:
http://questionpro.com/t/ACVM0ZHMi7
The survey takes about 20 to 30 minutes to complete, is anonymous and does not require identifying information. Additionally, if individuals prefer to complete the survey on paper, I will send copies to these individuals along with postage paid return envelopes. If someone has questions about this survey, please contact the principal investigator Cynthia Conley at (215) 204-2164.
Thank you greatly for your time and assistance.
Sincerely,
Jennifer L. Carmody
MSW Candidate
Research Assistant for Cynthia Conley, Ph.D
Temple University
School of Social Work
College of Health Professions & Social Work
Cynthia Conley, MSW, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Temple University
College of Health Professions & Social Work
1301 Cecil B. Moore, RA-535
Philadelphia, PA 19122
(215) 204-2164
Participate in National Survey on Sexual Identity in College
Wednesday, April 14th, 2010| May 5, 2010 |
Campus Pride’s QRIHE formally Endorses & Supports National Study on Sexual Identity in College through Penn State University
Win $100 VISA Gift Card: Participate in National Survey on Sexual Identity in College
Are you currently a college student? If so, your help is needed.
Researchers are trying to better understand the influence of sexual identity on higher education outcomes. When you have 15 minutes, please click on the link below to fill out a brief online questionnaire. It asks some very insightful questions and in no way will you or your school be identified. Responses are being collected until May 5th, 2010.
At the end of the survey you will have an opportunity to enter a drawing for a $100 Visa gift card.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/sexual_identity_in_ college_students
Your thoughts and experiences are important! Results from this survey will help administrators at colleges and universities across the country make more informed decisions about LGBQ students.
After you complete the survey, please forward this email to all students who may be interested in taking a survey on sexual identity, particularly those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, questioning and other non-heterosexual identities.
Thanks in advance for your contribution. This survey is being conducted for research purposes by higher education professionals at the Pennsylvania State University. You must be at least 18 years old to participate. Please contact Kip Sorgen at kip.sorgen@psu.edu with concerns or questions.
Founded in 2008, the Q Research Institute for Higher Education (QRIHE pronounced “queery”) is a national center for the scholarly study of LGBT people in higher education. The QRIHE is owned and operated by the national nonprofit organization Campus Pride. The QRIHE’s primary purpose is to conceive, administer and support national research for LGBT issues in higher education. The QRIHE works to bring visibility and positive change addressing the needs of LGBT people at colleges and universities. The QRIHE supports the mission of Campus Pride to build future LGBT and Ally leaders and safer, more LGBT-friendly campus communities.
