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

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.

LGBTQA Film Series- St. Johnsbury

 

Brother Outsider - is a feature-length documentary film portrait of Bayard Rustin’s activism for peace, racial and economic justice, and equality for LGBTQ Americans.

A master strategist and tireless activist, Bayard Rustin is best remembered as the organizer of the 1963 March on Washington, one of the largest nonviolent protests ever held in the United States. He brought Gandhi’s protest techniques to the American civil rights movement, and helped mold Martin Luther King, Jr. into an international symbol of peace and nonviolence.

Rustin’s biography is particularly important for lesbian and gay Americans, highlighting the major contributions of a gay man to ending official segregation in America. Rustin stands at the confluence of the great struggles for civil, legal and human rights by African-Americans and lesbian and gay Americans. In a nation still torn by racial hatred and violence, bigotry against homosexuals, and extraordinary divides between rich and poor, his eloquent voice is needed today.

 March 22nd at 6:30PM

Free to the Public 

47 Cherry St., St. Johnsbury

Hosted by the Unitarian Universalist Church in collaboration with The Northeastern Vermont Area Agency on Aging (NEVAAA), The Northeastern Vermont LGBTQ Elder Advisory Committee and

 

  

GEN Silent movie about LGBT Elders available for free home screening

Last May, RU12?'s LGBT Elders Program teamed up with community partners Champlain Valley Area Health Education Cener (CVAHEC) and the Champlain Valley Agency on Aging (CVAA) to present a screening of the film GEN Silent, about several LGBT aging Americans and their struggle to feel comfortable being/remaining out in the context of getting older and accessing elders-specific services. This was one of several GEN Silent screenings statewide throughout the month of May.

Our screening was a remarkable success, with more than 100 folks coming out on a Wednesday evening for the film and following panel discussion, in order to bring attention to the issue as well as identify viable next steps, including the development of cultural competency trainings for elders service providers. RU12? will be debuting this training system this spring in the NEK, but until then, the powerful film that kickstarted our local discussions is available for free home-viewing until January 1. Check it out here: GEN Silent, or contact jean@ru12.org for more information about RU12?'s new LGBT Elders training.

RU12? Family Program Summer 2012 schedule!

We hope you'll join us! Please contact jean@ru12.org with any questions, comments or if you would like more information, to be added to the RU12? Family Program email announcement list or email discussion group.

8th Annual Race, Gender and Sexuality Student Conference

Social Justice Film Series at UVM- black./womyn.

Queer Women's Night at Van Phan

Women. Pool. Dancing.

What more could you ask for?

 

Sunday March 11th 7:00PM-11:00PM

$10 and bring a friend for free.

A DCAT event for RU12?.

FMI: Call 860-RU12 or email Kim@ru12.org

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Flynn Center presents: Pomo Afro Homos

Pomo Afro Homos

"Fierce Love (Remix): Stories from Black Gay Life"

FlynnSpace 

Thursday, November 10, 2011, 8:00 PM

Friday, November 11, 2011, 8:00 PM

$25 Adults, $21 Students

Get Tickets

“The Pomos are exceptional actors, singers, and dancers. While the material in Fierce Love has plenty of heat on its own, it’s fueled by these guys’ talents.” —Chicago Reader

San Francisco’s groundbreaking black queer performance troupe, Pomo Afro Homos, mixed theater, hip-hop, drama, dance, and comedy into a rich

Social Networking Site for Queer Women of Color

My name is Nicole Breedlove and in October 2009 I launched the first social networking site for lesbians of color—www.oursistacircle.com. The mission of my site is to unite, inform, support and educate lesbians of color. Since this is truly a grassroots effort to spread the word I am reaching out to your organization for assistance.

While it is true there are many websites that address the specific needs of African American lesbians and other ethnicities this is the first dedicated SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE to cater to ALL lesbians of color WORLDWIDE —African American, Latina, Asian, Native American and Biracial lesbians.

The idea to create the site was birthed out of frustration with many other social networking sites.

At the time I belonged to Myspace, Blackplanet, Facebook, Downelink and a