RU12? Community Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Vermont

Two Great Events TONIGHT!!!

 

 

Vermont Women's Pool Night

May 20, 2013 6-9pm

Van Phan Sports, 55 San Remo Dr (off Dorset St), South Burlington, VT

 

An evening of billiards for women who love women

...and we don't care how you define women, womyn, wimmin or ladies!  

 

• 18+
• $10 - all you can play pool
• Cash bar
• 50/50 raffle to benefit RU12? LGBT Community Center

Facebook Event

Mondays Are a Drag: It's All Fun & Games

Monday, May 20, 2013 7pm

Drink, 135 St Paul St  Burlington

RuPaul's Drag Race may have ended but Mondays are still a drag!! Join us at Drink in downtown Burlington for an LGBTQ Weekly Game Night!!

The "Divine" Spice, Celeste LaRue and Kitty Von Tease will host and perform!

The games will rotate from Bingo to Trivia and beyond! This week... Bingo! Featuring prizes for our players!

Cocktails begin at 7pm....8pm starts the first game. 

Any money raised will benefit the RU12? Community Center but don't forget to tip our Queens!

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Go Green at City Market in May

City Market to Support RU12? 

 

Bring your own grocery bag when you shop at City Market in Burlington and they will donate 5 cents to RU12? this month!  

It couldn't be any easier to combine all your favorite things in one shopping trip- Load up on delicious food and beverages, save the environment all the while you are making a contribution to your favorite community center!!!!!

Call For Proposals For Translating Identities Conference

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: June 15th, 2013

The Translating Identity Conference and Free 2 Be student organization of the University of Vermont are proud to announce the Translating Identity Conference (TIC), a one-day conference focusing on gender and gender identities. Conference registration will be free and open to the public.  This event hopes to reach out to the University of Vermont, Burlington, and broader communities and educate us all further about transgender and gender identity topics as well as their intersections with other identities. With multiple panels to choose from at any time, some panels will be directed towards trans people, their partners, and allies; while others will be for those who are fairly unfamiliar with the transgender movement and the topic of gender identity. This conference seeks to translate gender identity to both the queer community and its allies.

Read more about the conference and how you can propose your own workshop

Rally to Take Back the Night

RU12?'s LGBTQ Community Dinner Tickets Now Available!!

RESERVE TICKETS

Please join us for RU12? Community Center’s 15th Annual LGBTQ Community Dinner: Emerald. Our signature event, this year’s dinner celebrates fifteen years of RU12?’s commitment to LGBTQA community building across Vermont.

RU12’s Annual Dinner brings together community members and allies for a fabulous evening of dinner and entertainment in support of our vital health and human rights programs as well as our social and educational events. It is a time for us to recognize community leaders, organizations, and businesses dedicated to building and strengthening our community.

The Annual Dinner begins at 5:00PM

The Sheraton Hotel, Burlington

in the Emerald Ballroom  

RU12? Launches New Public Service Announcement!

 RU12? Community Center, is proud to announce the launch of our new public service announcement (PSA) in April as part of Sexual Violence Awareness Month.  This PSA was produced by our SafeSpace program, the only anti violence program in Vermont working to end domestic, sexual, and hate related violence in the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and HIV-affected (LGBTQH) Vermonters.

SafeSpace PSA on YouTube

A recent groundbreaking Centers for Disease Control study found that intimate partner violence and sexual violence is a pervasive problem in LGBTQH and non-LGBTQH communities, with members of the LGBTQH communities experiencing sexual and domestic violence at the same or higher rates as non-LGBTQH people.

In hate violence cases power and control can be exerted through sexual violence.  In other cases, sexual violence is part of a pick up crime where the perpetrator relies on the likelihood of the victim not reporting because he or she fears that law enforcement of mainstream providers will either out them or not take them seriously.  Sexual violence is also often a part of domestic violence where batterers rely heavily on fears of stigma and isolation.  For these and many other reason, RU12’s SafeSpace program offers specialized direct services for LGBTQH survivors of sexual violence.

If you or someone you know has experienced violence, advocates in the SafeSpace program can help provide emotional support, advocacy, information and referrals.  Advocates are available M-Th 9am-6pm and Fri. 9am-2pm at 802-863-0003 or toll free 866-869-7351.

Happening Soon In St. Johnsbury.....

Womyn to Womyn Lesbian Potluck Group
Saturday, April 6^th at 6:00pm

Unitarian Universalist Church

47 Cherry St., St. Johnsbury

The Womyn to Womyn Lesbian Potluck Group meets bimonthly on the first Saturday of the month at the Unitarian Universalist Church in St. Johnsbury.  Contact Vickie at vickieinbarnet@myfairpoint.net for more information.

Interested in meeting people in a social setting that you identify with?  The Intergenerational Subcommittee in St. Johnsbury is looking for suggestions and individuals to participate in the planning of community social events.  Contact jryan@nevaaa.org for more information.

Actors Needed for Chandler Pride Festival!

WANTED: Chandler Pride is looking for young men in their 20's to be part of this summer's production of Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde. If you are interested, please email your headshots and resumes to Chandler Summer at chandlersummerpride@gmail.com.  

Chandler Pride on Facebook

Northeast Kingdom...Let's Get Something Started!

A collaborative between RU12?, The Northeastern Vermont Area on Aging (NEVAAA) in St. Johnsbury, and the Unitarian Universalist Church also in St. Johnsbury are working on increasing activities and programming in the Northeast Kingdom.  The Intergenerational Social Committee is meeting Friday, April 5th at 9 am at the Unitarian Universalist Church. We are looking for people to participate on the committee, take leadership roles, or just show up to share your ideas.  47 Cherry St., St. Johnsbury

Contact jryan@nevaaa.org for more information.

Happening Soon in St. Johnsbury.....

Womyn to Womyn Lesbian Potluck Group
April 6^th at 6:00pm

Unitarian Universalist Church

47 Cherry St., St. Johnsbury

The Womyn to Womyn Lesbian Potluck Group meets bimonthly on the first Saturday of the month at the Unitarian Universalist Church in St. Johnsbury.  Contact Vickie at vickieinbarnet@myfairpoint.net for more information.

Interested in meeting people in a social setting that you identify with?  The Intergenerational Subcommittee in St. Johnsbury is looking for suggestions and individuals to participate in the planning of community social events.  Contact jryan@nevaaa.org for more information.

Leunig's All-Day Benefit for RU12?

Come to Leunig's on April 7th and support RU12? Community Center

On Sunday, April 7th, Leunig's Bistro and Lounge will donate 10% of the food and bar sales to support the programs of RU12?. 

Starts at 9am until closing.

Bring your family, friends, and colleagues. Tell everyone you know! 

Buy a Community Partner card for $50.00 and you will receive 20% off of your food tab throughout the year. Half of the cost of the card goes directly to RU12?. Or, renew your Community Partner card from last year and the entire cost goes to RU12?. 

What could be better than being a part of providing award winning direct services and advocacy for the LGBTQ Community while enjoying delicious food in the middle of the hustle and bustle of Church Street?
Also, Leunigs will hold a raffle 1 ticket for $5 or 3 for $10 for a chance to win Dinner for Two including Two Appetizers, Two Entrees & Two Desserts! All of the money raised in the raffle goes to RU12!!!

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RU12? Family Program Play Group This Morning!

Burly Bear Presents: SIRLOIN (a benefit for Pride Vermont)

It's here!!

A party where muscle cubs in uniform dance alongside kinky twinks in sportswear, leather daddies drink beer alongside their sexy boys, and fetish-oriented identities of all kinds enjoy some raunchy contests and prizes!!

Suggested dress code: fetish, military, uniforms, rubber, leather, sport, jock, etc. 

$5 Door Cover [A portion of the proceeds goes to Pride Vermont]

Music by the amazing DJ Stephen Wallace [Montreal]

FACEBOOK EVENT

Free Dental Work

The Vermont Dental Hygienists' Association is sponsoring a free dental restorative day at Vermont Technical College in Williston on April 6, 2013. This event is for patients unable to access oral health care in a traditional setting. Are you going without dental care due to fixed income, unemployment, or for some other reason? Then this day is for you. To register for a pre-screening to be held on Friday, March 29th please call 802 288 8903 or email vtcommunitydentalevent@gmail.com

"Outrage: Do Ask, Do Tell" Tonight!

Second Monday Film/Discussion Series

Outrage: Do Ask, Do Tell

Monday

March 11th, 6pm    

RU12? Community Center, Champlain Mill in Winooski

Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker Kirby Dick sets out to expose the hypocrisy of gay politicians who passionately criticize the LGBT community in public while concealing their own sexual orientation. In addition to exposing the secret lives of powerful policymakers -- and the damage they've inflicted on LGBT Americans -- this documentary also takes a critical look at the media's involvement in keeping homophobic politicians closeted.

RU12? Second Monday Screening is a cooperative effort of Vermont's LGBT and ally community.  Screenings are free and open to the public. Snacks provided please bring your own drink. Learn about the lives of LGBT people - the pain, the victories, the progress, and the challenges that persist.

Screenings are held on the second Monday of every month at RU12?. Film begins at 6pm, discussion to follow. Special thanks to VGSA and other community volunteers for making these events possible.

FALSETTOS- Middlebury Town Hall Theater March 21-24

 
This little-produced but incredibly wonderful and important small musical was one of the very first Broadway shows (and still one of the few) to deal with gay & lesbian characters, and AIDS, in a thoughtful and un-stereotypical way. With a brilliant Tony-winning score by William Finn, it follows a small band of gay characters and straight allies as they negotiate the joys, sorrows, and complexities of relationships, parenthood, illness, and death. An incredibly powerful show, Falsettos reminds us of the importance of finding our community and supporting one another through thick and thin. For tickets: http://boxoffice.printtixusa.com/townhall/eventcalendar

"Outrage: Do Ask, Do Tell" Film Screening Next Monday 6pm Mark Your Calendar!

Second Monday Film/Discussion Series

Outrage: Do Ask, Do Tell

Monday

March 11th, 6pm    

RU12? Community Center, Champlain Mill in Winooski

Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker Kirby Dick sets out to expose the hypocrisy of gay politicians who passionately criticize the LGBT community in public while concealing their own sexual orientation. In addition to exposing the secret lives of powerful policymakers -- and the damage they've inflicted on LGBT Americans -- this documentary also takes a critical look at the media's involvement in keeping homophobic politicians closeted.

RU12? Second Monday Screening is a cooperative effort of Vermont's LGBT and ally community.  Screenings are free and open to the public. Snacks provided please bring your own drink. Learn about the lives of LGBT people - the pain, the victories, the progress, and the challenges that persist.

Screenings are held on the second Monday of every month at RU12?. Film begins at 6pm, discussion to follow. Special thanks to VGSA and other community volunteers for making these events possible.

Herbal Workshop on Transgender Health

Outrage: Do Ask, Do Tell

Second Monday Film/Discussion Series

Outrage: Do Ask, Do Tell

Monday

March 11th, 6pm    

RU12? Community Center, Champlain Mill in Winooski

Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker Kirby Dick sets out to expose the hypocrisy of gay politicians who passionately criticize the LGBT community in public while concealing their own sexual orientation. In addition to exposing the secret lives of powerful policymakers -- and the damage they've inflicted on LGBT Americans -- this documentary also takes a critical look at the media's involvement in keeping homophobic politicians closeted.

RU12? Second Monday Screening is a cooperative effort of Vermont's LGBT and ally community.  Screenings are free and open to the public. Snacks provided please bring your own drink. Learn about the lives of LGBT people - the pain, the victories, the progress, and the challenges that persist.

Screenings are held on the second Monday of every month at RU12?. Film begins at 6pm, discussion to follow. Special thanks to VGSA and other community volunteers for making these events possible.

Franklin County: RU12?’s Rainbow Reading Hour Tonight!