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This is a weekly update from GLAAD's LGBT Communities of African
Descent (COAD) Activist list for August 4, 2006
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IN THIS DIGEST:
1) Weekly News
2) GLAAD Events
3) Entertainment/Media
4) Community Calendar
5) Media Scholarships/Opportunities
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WEEKLY NEWS
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Black gay pride parade claims bias over permit
New York Daily News
BY MELISSA GRACE
August 3, 2006
www.nydailynews.com/news/loc...898c.html
A Change in the Pulpit
MetroWeekly
By Will O'Bryan
August 3, 2006
GLBT community ally Rev. Alvin Jackson leaves D.C. for new pastures in
New York.
www.metroweekly.com/gauge/
San Francisco's Catholic Charities develops plan to allow adoptions by
gays
Advocate
August 3, 2006
www.advocate.com/news_deta...d35109.asp
Iranian queer risk arrest, execution?
Xtra
By Samantha Sarra
August 3, 2006
Exiled activists appeal to the international community
www.xtra.ca/public/viewstory.aspx
Why we can no longer look the other way
Between The Lines News
By Kerry Lobel and Julie Dorf
August 3, 2006
www.pridesource.com/article.shtml
'Passion' marks the spot
Between The Lines News
An interview with Lee Hayes
By Imani Williams
August 3, 2006
www.pridesource.com/article.shtml
HTJ! 2006 opens with black SGL art exhibit
Between The Lines News
By Imani Williams
August 3, 2006
www.pridesource.com/article.shtml
Beating, shooting mar black gay pride festivities
Between The Lines News
By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman
August 3, 2006
Detroit police investigating alleged hate crimes
www.pridesource.com/article.shtml
Candlelight vigil honors ancestors
Between The Lines News
By Chris Azzopardi
August 3, 2006
www.pridesource.com/article.shtml
Harold R. Scott Jr., 70; First Black Artistic Director in Regional
Theater Dies
Award Winning Theater Director Led Productions Starring Morgan
Freeman, Sidney Poitier and Phylicia Rashad
AOL Black Voices
August 3, 2006
blackvoices.aol.com/black_ne...209990001
THE HUTCHINSON REPORT: The (Over?) Reaction to the Term "Tar Baby".
EURweb.com
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson
August 3, 2006
www.eurweb.com/story/eur27850.cfm
Festival showcases diversity of African film
Amsterdam News
By DAMASO REYES
August 3, 2006
www.amsterdamnews.org/News/ar...icle.asp
MOCADA celebrates the Diaspora in Brooklyn
Amsterdam News
By DAMASO REYES
August 3, 2006
www.amsterdamnews.org/News/ar...icle.asp
Billie Jean King's name to be added to New York's National Tennis
Center
Advocate
August 3, 2006
www.advocate.com/news_deta...d35108.asp
When hate speech becomes accepted
Advocate
By Rev. Irene Monroe
August 2, 2006
Mel Gibson's tirade against Jews, Mitt Romney's "tar baby" comment,
Ann Coulter's "fag" dig at Bill Clinton—how has American discourse
become so poisoned? Can hate speech be "reclaimed"?
www.advocate.com/exclusive...d35054.asp
Experts: Belief that Castro’s Illness Will Trigger Change in Cuba
Premature
BlackAmericaWeb.com
By: Jackie Jones
August 2, 2006?
www.blackamericaweb.com/site.a...stro802
Commentary: Outing Sorry, Child Support-Owing Brothers is Only a Click
or Two Away, Ladies
BlackAmericaWeb.com
August 2, 2006
By: Gregory Kane
www.blackamericaweb.com/site.a...kane803
Erin Aubry Kaplan: Where Have You Gone, Ralph Bunche?
Los Angeles Times
By Erin Aubry Kaplan
August 2, 2006
Rice and Powell have twisted the ideals that the statesman brought to
diplomacy.
www.latimes.com/news/print...5121.column
Sizzla denied work permit
Cayman Compass
By Joanna Lewis
August 2, 2006
www.caycompass.com/cgi-bin/CFPnews.cgi
NEW WOE FOR SENATOR JOE
New York Post
By MAGGIE HABERMAN
August 2, 2006
www.nypost.com/news/regio...aberman.htm
Urban League Seeks to Redirect Civil Rights Movement
NNPA
By George E. Curry
August 2, 2006
www.blackpressusa.com/news/Article.asp
Rebel Flag Could Keep South Carolina from Hosting NCAA Championship
Games
BET
August 2, 2006
www.bet.com/News/ncaaconfederateflag.htm
Setting sail aboard?‘Noah’s Arc’
By RYAN LEE ?
August 2, 2006
Groundbreaking show debuts second season, promising to shine light on
black gay issues
www.washblade.com/2006/8-2/...e/noah.cfm
Watley Barred From Discussing Gay Games on Radio Show
Windy City Times
By Andrew Davis
August 2, 2006
www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/...E.php
Groups Protest DMX Concert
Windy City Times
By Andrew Davis
August 2, 2006
www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/...E.php
NEW YORK CITY LGBT COMMUNITY PRESENTS ANNUAL FESTIVAL: Featuring
Chante Moore, Kevin Aviance, SWV, Nina Sky and Others This
Weekend--Celebration runs from Thursday, Aug 3 thru Sunday, Aug 6
EURweb.com
August 2, 2006
www.eurweb.com/story/eur27822.cfm
Black Episcopalians: Minority Concerns Trump Gay Ordination
Boston Globe
By Dionne Walker
August 2, 2006
The Union of Black Episcopalians is criticizing the church for
focusing on the divisive issue of gay ordination while ignoring more
"important" concerns like poverty, education and health care.
www.boston.com/news/local...ordination/
Star: I'll return, but maybe not to hip-hop
New York Daily News
By DAVID HINCKLEY
August 2, 2006
www.nydailynews.com/entertai...245c.html
ACLU criticizes Jackson mayor
Clarion Ledger
By Chris Joyner
August 1, 2006
www.clarionledger.com/apps/pb.../article
Give me your tired, your poor ... or not
USA Today
By Steve Kluger
August 1, 2006
www.usatoday.com/news/opin...edit_x.htm
Testers Posing as Katrina Survivors Encounter ‘Linguistic Profiling’
NNPA
By Lorinda Bullock
August 1, 2006
wilmingtonjournal.blackpressusa.com/news/Article/Article.asp
Al Sharpton: Successful Blacks Need to Support Civil-Rights Activists
Activist Speaks to Southern Christian Leadership Convention in Dayton
Associated Press
August 1, 2006
blackvoices.aol.com/black_ne...309990001
An Image Popular in Films Raises Some Eyebrows in Ads
New York Times
By JEREMY W. PETERS
August 1, 2006
At 200 pounds plus — most of that pure attitude — she is hard to miss.
www.nytimes.com/2006/08/01...01adco.html
Cynthia McKinney Debates Opponent
Associated Press
August 1, 2006
blackvoices.aol.com/black_ne...609990001
Archaeologists Unearth Slave Tomb, Looking For Clues About The 'Black
Paul Bunyan'
Associated Press
By MATT APUZZO?
August 1, 2006
www.blacknews.com/pr/blackp...an101.html
King's papers should be open to all
St. Petersburg Times
By TIMES EDITORIALS
August 1, 2006
www.sptimes.com/2006/08/01...ould_.shtml
In Search of Diversity, Nascar Has a Prospect
New York Times
By VIV BERNSTEIN
July 31, 2006
www.nytimes.com/2006/07/31...nascar.html
Series: Being a Black Man
Washington Post
Michael Eric Dyson
July 31, 2006
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...08.html
DR. CONRAD WORRILL: The Crisis of the Negro intellectual revisited
Chicago Defender
By Dr. Conrad Worrill?
July 31, 2006
www.chicagodefender.com/page/c...ary.cfm
Texas hazing victim picks up his life at Howard U.
Associated Press
By Anthony Anamelechi
July 31, 2006
www.chicagodefender.com/page/n...nal.cfm
Chappelle: Lost and Found: FINAL THREE EPISODES OFFER INSIGHT INTO
COMIC's UNEASE WITH HIS SUCCESS
San Jose Mercury News
July 31, 2006
www.blackenterprise.com/yb/ybopen.asp
Commentary: As the Face of America Changes, So Should Our Convoluted
Notions About Race
BlackAmericaWeb.com
By: Joseph C. Phillips
July 31, 2006?
www.blackamericaweb.com/site.a...lips801
Illuminating Shadows
New York Blade
By GREG MARZULLO ?
July 31, 2006
www.newyorkblade.com/2006/7-...dows.cfm
?A
directorial debut from Harlem’s Lee Daniels
LAPD Renews Search for Rapper's Killer
Los Angeles Times
By Chuck Philips
July 31, 2006
If new evidence is found in Biggie Smalls' death, it could help police
fight his mother's lawsuit.
www.latimes.com/news/local...08470.story
SCLC trumpets global nonviolence program
Associated Press
By JAMES HANNAH
July 31, 2006
www.chron.com/disp/story....4083046.html
Letters | On black vs. gay comparisons
Philadelphia Daily News
July 31, 2006
www.philly.com/mld/dailyn...5161824.htm
Gifted Illegal Immigrant Student from Senegal Will Be Allowed to Stay
in U.S.
BlackAmericaWeb.com
By: William Douglas
July 30, 2006
www.blackamericaweb.com/site.a...nzly731
Commentary: If Condi Rice is Incompetent as Secretary of State, It’s
Not Why Most Folks Think
BlackAmericaWeb.com
By: Deborah Mathis
July 30, 2006?
www.blackamericaweb.com/site.a...this731
Is Racism Behind Unequal Treatment of Haitian Immigrants?
Associated Press
By: Pauline Arrillaga
July 30, 2006
www.blackamericaweb.com/site.a...ians731
Disowning Conservative Politics, Evangelical Pastor Rattles Flock
New York Times
By LAURIE GOODSTEIN
July 30, 2006
www.nytimes.com/2006/07/30...pastor.html
Palestinians Love to Hate ?Condoleezza Rice
Palestine Media Watch
By Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook
July 30, 2006
Rice is the Raven", "a terrorist and child murderer" ?"I need more
[children's] blood [to drink]" ?"Americans are talented at igniting
crisis... They are like mosquitoes that need a swamp to fly above."
pmw.org.il/LatestBulletins.htm#b300706
Pioneer is in a league all her own
Philadelphia Daily News
By Claire Smith
July 30, 2006
Phila. native Effa Manley today becomes baseball's first female Hall
of Famer
www.philly.com/mld/philly...5153465.htm
Getting their due, but for how long?
Newsday
Les Payne
July 30, 2006
www.newsday.com/news/opini...1175.column
Dreamgirls star signs on for Gay Days at Disneyland
Advocate
July 29, 2006
www.advocate.com/news_deta...d34829.asp
Sexual orientation should not define us, say gay politicians
CanWest News Service; Montreal Gazette
Published: Saturday, July 29, 2006
www.canada.com/topics/new.../story.html
Fisher: Gay teens hope victory will alter attitudes
Mercury News
July 29, 2006
www.mercurynews.com/mld/merc...52334.htm
R.I. judge orders woman to stop making anti-gay comments?
New York Blade
July 29, 2006
Defendant claims his First Amendment rights violated
www.nyblade.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm
Court urged to reconsider ruling on Nebraska gay marriage ban?
New York Blade
July 29, 2006
July an unkind month ?for gay rights advocates?
www.nyblade.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm
NATE DAVIS NAMED PRESIDENT/CEO OF XM SATELLITE: Brother takes over
newly-created position as subscribers reach 7 million.
EURweb.com
July 29, 2006
www.eurweb.com/story/eur27729.cfm
International News ?Feces thrown at Gay Pride participants in Latvian
capital
Houston Voice
July 29, 2006
www.houstonvoice.com/2006/7-...wibs.cfm
No Windy City Welcome
AOL Black Voices
By Karu F. Daniels
July 28, 2006
blackvoices.aol.com/black_en...709990001
Justice urged in Jamaican couple's slayings
PlanetOut Network
July 28, 2006
www.gay.com/news/election/article.html
Minority within a minority
The Detroit News
By Michael H. Hodges
July 28, 2006
Black gays work for acceptance within their own community
www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article
Transgender politician quietly makes waves in central Missouri?
Associated Press
She's one of two openly transgender officeholders in country
July 28, 2006
www.washblade.com/thelatest...latest.cfm
Washington upholds gay marriage ban ?
Southern Voice
By ELIZABETH A. PERRY
July 28, 2006
Court decision is another blow for gay groups
www.southernvoice.com/2006/7-.../ban.cfm
What Happened to the Black Middle Class
DiversityInc
July 28, 2006
www.diversityinc.com/public/21958.cfm
Why lesbians may enjoy better wages
BBC
By Martin Shankleman
July 28, 2006
Business correspondent, BBC news
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5225600.stm
Fashion forward
Southern Voice
By KATHERINE VOLIN and BO SHELL
July 28, 2006
Gay youth exit closet with styles that stress individuality, sexuality
www.sovo.com/2006/7-28/a...ature/ff.cfm
RNC Chairman Looks for Support at Urban League Meeting
AOL Black Voices
July 28, 2006
Mehlman Makes Appearance in an Ongoing GOP Push to Reach Out to Black
Voters
blackvoices.aol.com/black_ne...209990001
Body may be missing transgender woman
The Record
July 28, 2006
www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article
Congressional race pits gay-friendly candidates
Southern Voice
By RYAN LEE
July 28, 2006
HRC reaffirms endorsement of Cynthia McKinney
www.southernvoice.com/2006/7-...ates.cfm
Meeks to lead 4,000 men on march for better education
Chicago Defender
By Demetrius Patterson?
July 28, 2006
Says school system better before Daley
www.chicagodefender.com/page/local.cfm
Faith Matters: The Era of Black Women and HIV/AIDS
GayAlliance
By Rev. Irene Monroe
July 28, 2006
www.gayalliance.org/content/view/564/53/
Boondocks: Cosby's Younger, Hipper Son
AlterNet?
By David Swerdlick
July 28, 2006
?www.alternet.org/story/39571/
Pam's House Blend
Duke News
By Shari Metzger
July 28, 2006
Employee's blog wins praise from readers
www.dukenews.duke.edu/2006/07...log.html
PROVINCETOWN STRAIGHTS COMPLAIN?
Associated Press??
By Ling Liu
July 28, 2006
www.outinprovincetown.com/home/news.asp
'Anyone But Cynthia' -- Congresswoman's Struggle Poses Cautionary Tale
for Blacks
New America Media
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson,
July 28, 2006
news.newamericamedia.org/news/...e.html
The dumbing Down of Black America by Black Media
BlackCommentator.com
By James Clingman
July 27, 2007
www.blackcommentator.com/193/1...n.html
Commentary: Prisons Must End Slave Labor
BlackAmericaWeb.com
By: Judge Greg Mathis
July 27, 2006?
www.blackamericaweb.com/site.a...sons728
Patti cake
Dallas Voice
By Lawrence Ferber
July 27, 2006
LaBelle fires away at stupid anti-gay ‘American Idol’ singers, Bush’s
marriage amendment and phony ministers
www.dallasvoice.com/artman/p..._2845.php
Rally at the Pendulum
Bay Area Reporter
July 27, 2006
www.ebar.com/news/article.php
Tobacco as an LGBT issue
Bay Area Reporter
By Bob Roehr
July 27, 2006
www.ebar.com/news/article.php
Reject the culture of victimhood ?
Washington Blade
By JEFF GANNON ?
July 27, 2006
Stop blaming homophobia and the ‘D.L.’ for HIV among blacks and turn
to monogamy and responsibility.
www.washblade.com/2006/7-27...gannon.cfm
LGBT leaders close ranks on affirmative action
Between the Lines News
By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman
July 27, 2006
www.pridesource.com/article.shtml
Hotter Than July: Working for equality
Between the Lines News
By Chris Azzopardi
July 27, 2006
www.pridesource.com/article.shtml
Happy Birthday Ruth - We've come a long way with miles to go
Between the Lines News
By Michelle Brown
July 27, 2006
www.pridesource.com/article.shtml
HTJ! 2006 Genesis Summit has something for everyone
Between the Lines News
By Imani Williams
July 27, 2006
www.pridesource.com/article.shtml
A tale of two proclivities
Between the Lines News
By Jason Michael
July 27, 2006
New novel explores the sexual dynamics of black gay men
www.pridesource.com/article.shtml
Bringin' down the house
Between the Lines News
By Chris Azzopardi
July 27, 2006
Doug Spearman making invisible visible on 'Noah's Arc'
www.pridesource.com/article.shtml
Home Team
Metro Weekly
By Sean Bugg
July 27, 2006
In a packed field, Michael Brown aims to break out by targeting the
growing divide between haves and have-nots
www.metroweekly.com/feature/
The Hutchinson Report: Middle East Fighting Dumps Sec. Rice Back on
Bush’s Foreign Policy Hot Seat
BlackAmericaWeb.com
By: Earl Ofari Hutchinson
July 27, 2006
www.blackamericaweb.com/site.a...east728
Lesbian killed amid D.C. crime wave
Washington Blade
By LOU CHIBBARO JR
July 27, 2006
Mother says motive was retaliation, anti-gay bias
www.washblade.com/2006/7-27...motive.cfm
Bush Signs Voting Rights Act Extension
Associated Press
By: Jennifer Loven
July 27, 2006
www.blackamericaweb.com/site.a...ting728
Commentary: Prisons Must End Slave Labor
BlackAmericaWeb.com
By Judge Greg Mathis
July 27, 2006
www.blackamericaweb.com/site.a...sons728
House Clears Resolution Creating HBCUs Week
BlackAmericaWeb.com
By: Juliet M. Beverly
July 27, 2006
www.blackamericaweb.com/site.a...bcus728
The Hutchinson Report: Middle East Fighting Dumps Sec. Rice Back on
Bush’s Foreign Policy Hot Seat
BlackAmericaWeb.com
By: Earl Ofari Hutchinson
July 27, 2006?
www.blackamericaweb.com/site.a...east728
When Kids Learn Homophobia
Republic of T
July 26, 2006
www.republicoft.com/2006/07/...mophobia/
TYLER PERRY SECRETLY RUNS HOLLYWOOD: Filmmaker beats Cruise, Hanks and
Depp in reaping highest return on investment for studios.
EURweb.com
July 26, 2006
eurweb.com/story/eur27658.cfm
No Child Without Hope in Funny, Powerful Play ?Entertaining indictment
of public ed. System
New York Blade
By JONATHAN WARMAN
July 24, 2006
www.nyblade.com/2006/7-24/...er/play.cfm
6 Keys to Motivating Your Kids: Part 2
BlackAmericaWeb.com
By: Dr. Lawana Gladney
July 22, 2006?
www.blackamericaweb.com/site.a...tivate2
Keep it real
Club Rimshot
David Malebranche
www.clubrimshot.com/keepitre...nche.html
Watch VIP from American Black Film Festival
blackvoices.aol.com/voicesof...reception
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GLAAD EVENTS
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GLAAD presents ABSOLUT Summer Events
Los Angeles:
ABSOLUT HANCOCK PARK—Sunday, August 6, 2006
For more information:
www.glaad.org/events/detail.php
New York:
ABSOLUT HAMPTONS—Saturday, August 19, 2006
www.glaad.org/events/detail.php
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2007 GLAAD Media Awards Dates
New York Media Awards
Marriott Marquis
Monday, March 26th
Los Angeles Media Awards
Kodak Theatre
Saturday, April 14th
San Francisco Media Awards
Westin St. Francis
Saturday, April 28th
Miami Media Awards
Location: TBD
Date: TBD - Early May
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ENTERTAINMENT/MEDIA
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LOGO releases NOAH’S ARC: The Complete First Season DVD—August 8—one
day before the premiere of the second season of Noah's Arc. The 3-disc
set of 9 episodes from Logo's series about four African-American gay
friends in LA includes the original pilot, auditions, commentary,
extended episodes and deleted scenes.
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TRANSGENERATION—AVAILABLE ON DVD
TransGeneration a look at four college students undergoing the often
difficult process of gender reassignment. Critics raved when the World
of Wonder documentary aired on Sundance Channel (and later on Logo),
and the DVD will include 16 minutes of additional footage.
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BUTCH MYSTIQUE – AVAILABLE ON DVD
Butch Mystique, an award winning film about butch- stud identified
lesbians is a hot stocking stuffer this holiday season. The DVD is
available now and is an entertaining gift for the butch in your life,
friends and family.
To purchase the DVD today visit, www.moyo-entertainment.com
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In The Life on PBS and LOGO
CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS FOR AIRTIME
www.itl.tv/inthelife/
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My Two Cents on BET J
The show features four of a revolving cast of six to eight hosts,
including Keith Boykin and Staceyann Chin, who discuss contemporary
issues for Black Americans. There are also interviews with people on
the street and music videos.
Mon and Wed @ 12 PM and 10 PM, Sun @ 9 AM and 7 PM
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Beautiful Daughters on LOGO
CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS FOR AIRTIME
"Beautiful Daughters" (Logo) is a moving documentary about the first
transgender stage production of "The Vagina Monologues." Features Los
Angeles Black MTF Trans Activist Valerie Spencer.
www.logoonline.com/shows/dy...ies.jhtml
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Girlfriends on UPN
Mondays @ 9pm ET/PT
Tune in for bisexual character Lynn Searcy played by Persia White.
www.upn.com/shows/girlfriends/
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Half & Half on UPN
Mondays @ 9:30 pm ET/PT
www.upn.com/shows/half_and_half/
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Big Brother 7: All Stars on CBS
Thursdays @ 8 PM
Openly gay contestant Marcellas is one of the top 12 Big Brother cast
members to return to the house and compete for $500,000.
www.cbs.com/primetime/bigbrother7/
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HERNDON DAVIS Talk Show on Healthy Living Channel
Thursdays @ 10PM
The show airs nationwide on the Dish Network's, The Healthy Living
Channel 223 and also on select Time Warner cable outlets. The national
talk show is completely black gay focused and provides continuously
uplifting messages and representations of black gay life.
herndondavis.com
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NOAH'S ARC on LOGO
Wed Aug 9 @ 10PM
Thur Aug 10 @1AM
Sat Aug 12 @ 1:30 AM
Mon Aug 14 @ 1:30 AM
Wed Aug 16@ 1 AM
Wed Aug 16 @ 9:30 PM
Mon Aug 21 @ 1 AM
Wed Aug 23 @ 12:30 AM
The second season begins with a bang as Noah and the gang experience
more than just a physical shake-up! A traveler returns with some
interesting 'baggage'.
www.logoonline.com/shows/dy...out.jhtml
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Passions on NBC
Simone is daytime’s first African American lesbian. Also airs in
syndication on the Sci Fi channel.
www.nbc.com/Passions/
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COMMUNITY EVENTS
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Conscious Choices: A Gathering for Black Male Couples
Every 3rd Tuesday
POCC
468 Bergen Street
Brooklyn, NY
(2/3 train to Bergen Street)
For more info e-mail david@pocc.org or call 718-230-0770
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GRIOT CIRCLE: LGBT Elders of Color
Join us for Yoruba Wood Carving Every Thursday 6-8 PM
30 Third Avenue, Suite 202
Brooklyn, NY 11217
For more info: 718-246-2775 or www.griotcircle.org
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DIYAA / DRED TEACHES YOGA SATURDAY MORNINGS @ 1OAM
ALL LEVELS ARE WELCOMED.
Mind-Builders Creative Arts Center
3415 Olinville Avenue (Near Gunhill Road &
White Plains Road)
Bronx, NY 10467
Phone: 718 652-6256
mindbuilders@hotmail.com
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Detroit: Please join A.L.O.R.D.E. Collective's Walking Club every
Saturday Morning @ 10 AM in the police precinct parking lot on 7 mile
for a healthy walk around Palmer Park. All levels of fitness are
welcome and encouraged. Let's Get Fit Together!!! Water provided.
For additional information, please call 313-865-2170
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SAN FRANCISCO BASED KIMPTON HOTELS PRESENTS ELEGANT PHOTOGRAPHY
EXHIBITION
Celebrity photographer Duane Cramer kicks off summer tour
ELEGANT will be exhibited in the following cities: Chicago, San Diego,
Seattle, San Francisco, Washington D.C and Miami. Please check website
for confirmed dates and exhibition schedules.
ELEGANT is a traveling USA exhibition of Duane Cramer’s photographic
works. It includes black and white images of male and female nudes,
architectural elements from around the globe and some recognizable
international personalities. Most images are available for sale.
For information and dates:
web.mac.com/duanecramer/...elegance.html
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Pride in the City 2006: Love, Power & Pride
August 3-6
Brooklyn, NY
prideinthecity.com
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Thursday August 3, 2006
Opening Ceremony and Awards Ceremony
Brooklyn Marriott
333 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY
7:00 pm
Hosted By: Nathan H. Williams
Special Guests: Karamo (MTV’s The Real World Philadelphia)
Special performance by: R&B songstress Chante Moore
Silent Auction & Raffle Benefiting POCC
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BLACK OUT ART SERIES
Friday August 4, 2006
Tribeca Performing Arts Center @ BMCC
199 Chambers Street (Between Greenwich & West St./West Side Hwy.)
6:00 pm – 12:00 am (Midnight)
Sponsored by the NYS Black Gay Network, Human Rights Campaign and
Starr African Rum
Goodie bags, light refreshments and sampling of Starr African Rum
available.
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FAMILY DAY IN THE PARK
SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 2006
Commodore Barry Park, Brooklyn, NY
12:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Hosted by: Harmonic Sunbeam
Special Performances By: Nina Sky
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BEACH EVENT
SUNDAY, AUGUST 6, 2006
Jacob Riis Park, Brooklyn, NY
12:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Surprise Special Guest Performers
Hot Body Contest Sponsored by Alize and Ginch Gonch
This year the annual event at Jacob Riis Beach is in jeopardy as the
US Park Service has restricted POCC’s access to the beach citing
“previous violations.” POCC and others countered this claim contesting
that there were no previous violations to prompt this action.
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August 5, 2006 @ 2PM
"FROM TOP TO BOTTOM" by Michael-Christopher
The Topic Discussion & Book you've been waiting for...
Michael will be signing, selling and reading from his latest
best-selling novel.
To view the evite, go to: www.fromtoptobottom.info/signings.html
For more info call 718-874-8337 (Onyx) or 646-328-9586 (Spencer)
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Austin, TX: QUEERTOWN—AUSTIN!
Social/policial satire, sketch comedy and music
The notorious sketch comedy and music revue that has taken America by
storm is coming to Austin.
PERFORMANCE DATES:
Wednesday, August 2
Wednesday, September 6
Wednesday, October 4
SHOWTIMES:
9PM, doors open at 8
TICKETS: $15; call 214.320.0553 for reservations and ticket
information
All performances held at the ESTHER’S FOLLIES THEATRE, 525 East 6th
Street (at Red River), downtown Austin, 78701.
Full bar available.
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Chicago: August 10-13, 2006
Kanye West and Common Co-Chair Global Mixx DJ Retreat The Retreat will
highlight a series of music events and seminars, which will be held at
the hotel and other venues throughout Chicago. The country's top DJ
coalitions are expected to participate in the event, as well as
spotlight key honors Aug. 12 at the 2nd Annual Global Mixx DJ Awards.
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LA: Friday Night Black LGBT Bowling League
Friday, August 11, 2006 7 PM
AMF Mar Vista Lanes
12125 Venice Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA
Six person teams-- $20 per person
All teams and bowlers must R.S.V.P. by August 7, 2006
RSVP to blackgaybowling@sbcglobal.net
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Join GRIOT Circle for …CLASSIC CRUISE 3 – to benefit the Griot Circle
August 12, 2006; 7 pm- 12 Midnight
Tickets $50 per person.
Payments due no later than Friday, July 29th, 2006.
NO TICKETS WILL BE SOLD AT THE PIER
For Tickets or More Information Contact:
Twiggs 212 678-4711 ET 917 971-4845
Hunte 718 812-3240 Mapp 718 455-0597
GRIOT 718 246-2775
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2006 Black Men's Health Conference
Aug. 12, 2006; 8am to 2pm
USC Davidson Conference Center
3415 South Figueroa (at Jefferson)
Los Angeles, CA
Free to the general public.
Register by July 15 at www.inthemeantimemen.org
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Global AIDS Conference || Toronto 2006
August 13-18
For the first time in a decade, this year’s International AIDS
Conference will be held in North America. With the theme “Time to
Deliver,” the XVI International AIDS Conference will convene in
Toronto, Canada
www.blackaids.org/ShowArticle.aspx
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FILM INDEPENDENT'S 2006 PRODUCERS LAB—DEADLINE AUGUST 14
Now accepting submissions for its annual Producers Lab that will take
place in Los Angeles during October and November 2006. For an
application or more information, go to
www.filmindependent.org/index....rs_labs
For
more information, please contact Soo Hugh, 310.432.1275, or email
shugh@filmindependent.org
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31st Annual NABJ Convention and Career Fair—August 16-20, 2006
Indianapolis, IN. Featured speakers include Ray Nagin and Al Roker
For more information about the convention or to register, visit
www.nabj.org or call the NABJ national office at (301) 445-7100.
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August 18, 2006
SKIM's release party
Pre-sale tickets available.
Pre-sale tickets include: reception/performance/after party/and the
new LP
For more info:
www.denevents.com
www.myspace.com/skimmusic
soL 310.936.5868
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Saturday August 19, 2006
4th Annual BROTHER TO BROTHER SISTER TO SISTE R UNITED, Inc.
100K+ BIKE RIDE
Starting: 5350 Paint Branch Community Parkway, College Park MD
Arriving: Federal Hill Park in Baltimore & returning to College Park
7:00 am Open Registration
8:00 am Ride begins
3:00 pm Cookout Celebration on return to College Park
For more information: www.bbssu.org or to register on line:
222.active.com/active
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2nd Annual Serafemme Women’s Music Festival (a GLAAD sponsored event)
August 20, 2006; 12pm-6pm
@ West Hollywood Park
West Hollywood, CA
General Admission is $10
All inquiries can be directed to Marquita Thomas at
marquita@beoutandabout.com.
For info: www.beoutandabout.com
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See Us In The Life Film Festival
September 2nd, 2006 2PM - 8PM
Atlanta’s premier festival for filmmakers, animators and artists whose
work explores topics relevant to black lesbian, gay, bisexual, and
transgender (LGBT) communities.
Admission: $10.00 (Free with VIP Platinum Card)
Audience: Co-Gender
For more information:
www.inthelifeatl.com/ITLA_filmfest.htm
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Let's T.A.L.K. Personal Growth Retreat
September 7-10, 2006
Women and workshops and growth, oh my!
For More Info about Let’s T.A.L.K. visit
www.letstalkretreat.com
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Oakland: Sisters Aging With Pride,Style, and Grace
September 22-23, 2006
15th Anniversary Celebration of the African American Lesbian 40+ Group
at the Washington Inn
Tickets go on sale soon.
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In the Meantime Men's 5th Annual Umoja Retreat
Sept 22-24, 2006
@ Serra Retreat
This Year's Theme: In the spirit of one. Designed to focus on
physical, spiritual and mental well-being of same-genderloving men of
African descent.
Contact: 323-733-4868
www.inthemeantimemen.org
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Peace OUT The 6th Annual World HomoHop Festival
September 23-24, 2006
Oakland/ San Francisco, CA
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Unity Fellowship Church Annual Convocation
Oct. 1-8, 2006
Radisson Hotel @ LA Airport
6225 West Century Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90045
Reservations 800-333-3333
This Year's Theme: Accepted
www.unityfellowshipchurch.org.
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Los Angeles Queer Studies Conference 2006
Friday and Saturday, October 20-21, 2006
Royce Hall, UCLA
For further information, please contact the UCLA LGBTS office
310 206-0516 or lgbs@humnet.ucla.edu or
www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/lgbts/
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NIA Collective 19th Annual Gathering
November 17-19, 2006
Sistahs Stirrin’ the Pot: The Journey Continues
Walker Creek Ranch, Petaluma, California
Pre-registration ends July 31, 2006
Workshop proposals accepted until July 21, 2006
For more info: nia@niacollective.org
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FUSION: 4th Annual LA LGBT People of Color Film Festival
VENUES and DATES
December 1 - Aratani/Japan America Theatre: Downtown
December 2 - Barnsdall Art Park: Los Feliz
December 3 - The Egyptian Theatre: Hollywood
Accepting submissions from May 15 - August 1
For more information:
www.outfest.org/fusion.html
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MEDIA SCHOLARSHIPS/OPPORTUNITIES
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The Opportunity Agenda Law Fellowship
September 2007
Recent law school graduates, law students who will graduate in 2007,
and judicial law clerks who will complete their clerkships in 2007.
Application deadline: August 8, 2006.
Interested candidates should e-mail a letter of interest, resume,
transcript, writing sample, and two references to
sardalan@opportunityagenda.org.
For more info :
www.opportunityagenda.org/site/...Us.htm
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See Us In The Life Film Festival
September 2nd, 2006 2PM - 8PM
Atlanta’s premier festival for filmmakers, animators and artists whose
work explores topics relevant to black lesbian, gay, bisexual, and
transgender (LGBT) communities.
For more information:
www.inthelifeatl.com/ITLA_filmfest.htm
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CALL FOR PAPERS
Los Angeles Queer Studies Conference 2006
Friday and Saturday, October 20-21, 2006
Royce Hall, UCLA
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Call for Submissions for the Hip Hop Scholar
The Hiphopscholar invites voices from the global community; Hiphopas,
scholars, community activists, writers, and
journalists. The Hiphopscholar is looking to widen the cipher to
create as broad a discussion of the possibilities of Hiphop culture,
politics, and history.
All work submitted must be between 200-400 words, include authors
name. Work must be original and sent as an
attachment to Tracicurrie@aol.com
For questions contact: ak@hiphopscholar.org
Please visit:www.hiphopscholar.org
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National Association of Black Journalists
NABJ is dedicated to expanding job opportunities for African-American
journalists and students and improving the media’s coverage of the
African-American community
Please visit: www.nabj.org for a listing of all opportunities.
This is a weekly update from GLAAD's LGBT Communities of African
Descent (COAD) Activist list for August 4, 2006
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IN THIS DIGEST:
1) Weekly News
2) GLAAD Events
3) Entertainment/Media
4) Community Calendar
5) Media Scholarships/Opportunities
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WEEKLY NEWS
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Black gay pride parade claims bias over permit
New York Daily News
BY MELISSA GRACE
August 3, 2006
www.nydailynews.com/news/loc...898c.html
A Change in the Pulpit
MetroWeekly
By Will O'Bryan
August 3, 2006
GLBT community ally Rev. Alvin Jackson leaves D.C. for new pastures in
New York.
www.metroweekly.com/gauge/
San Francisco's Catholic Charities develops plan to allow adoptions by
gays
Advocate
August 3, 2006
www.advocate.com/news_deta...d35109.asp
Iranian queer risk arrest, execution?
Xtra
By Samantha Sarra
August 3, 2006
Exiled activists appeal to the international community
www.xtra.ca/public/viewstory.aspx
Why we can no longer look the other way
Between The Lines News
By Kerry Lobel and Julie Dorf
August 3, 2006
www.pridesource.com/article.shtml
'Passion' marks the spot
Between The Lines News
An interview with Lee Hayes
By Imani Williams
August 3, 2006
www.pridesource.com/article.shtml
HTJ! 2006 opens with black SGL art exhibit
Between The Lines News
By Imani Williams
August 3, 2006
www.pridesource.com/article.shtml
Beating, shooting mar black gay pride festivities
Between The Lines News
By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman
August 3, 2006
Detroit police investigating alleged hate crimes
www.pridesource.com/article.shtml
Candlelight vigil honors ancestors
Between The Lines News
By Chris Azzopardi
August 3, 2006
www.pridesource.com/article.shtml
Harold R. Scott Jr., 70; First Black Artistic Director in Regional
Theater Dies
Award Winning Theater Director Led Productions Starring Morgan
Freeman, Sidney Poitier and Phylicia Rashad
AOL Black Voices
August 3, 2006
blackvoices.aol.com/black_ne...209990001
THE HUTCHINSON REPORT: The (Over?) Reaction to the Term "Tar Baby".
EURweb.com
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson
August 3, 2006
www.eurweb.com/story/eur27850.cfm
Festival showcases diversity of African film
Amsterdam News
By DAMASO REYES
August 3, 2006
www.amsterdamnews.org/News/ar...icle.asp
MOCADA celebrates the Diaspora in Brooklyn
Amsterdam News
By DAMASO REYES
August 3, 2006
www.amsterdamnews.org/News/ar...icle.asp
Billie Jean King's name to be added to New York's National Tennis
Center
Advocate
August 3, 2006
www.advocate.com/news_deta...d35108.asp
When hate speech becomes accepted
Advocate
By Rev. Irene Monroe
August 2, 2006
Mel Gibson's tirade against Jews, Mitt Romney's "tar baby" comment,
Ann Coulter's "fag" dig at Bill Clinton—how has American discourse
become so poisoned? Can hate speech be "reclaimed"?
www.advocate.com/exclusive...d35054.asp
Experts: Belief that Castro’s Illness Will Trigger Change in Cuba
Premature
BlackAmericaWeb.com
By: Jackie Jones
August 2, 2006?
www.blackamericaweb.com/site.a...stro802
Commentary: Outing Sorry, Child Support-Owing Brothers is Only a Click
or Two Away, Ladies
BlackAmericaWeb.com
August 2, 2006
By: Gregory Kane
www.blackamericaweb.com/site.a...kane803
Erin Aubry Kaplan: Where Have You Gone, Ralph Bunche?
Los Angeles Times
By Erin Aubry Kaplan
August 2, 2006
Rice and Powell have twisted the ideals that the statesman brought to
diplomacy.
www.latimes.com/news/print...5121.column
Sizzla denied work permit
Cayman Compass
By Joanna Lewis
August 2, 2006
www.caycompass.com/cgi-bin/CFPnews.cgi
NEW WOE FOR SENATOR JOE
New York Post
By MAGGIE HABERMAN
August 2, 2006
www.nypost.com/news/regio...aberman.htm
Urban League Seeks to Redirect Civil Rights Movement
NNPA
By George E. Curry
August 2, 2006
www.blackpressusa.com/news/Article.asp
Rebel Flag Could Keep South Carolina from Hosting NCAA Championship
Games
BET
August 2, 2006
www.bet.com/News/ncaaconfederateflag.htm
Setting sail aboard?‘Noah’s Arc’
By RYAN LEE ?
August 2, 2006
Groundbreaking show debuts second season, promising to shine light on
black gay issues
www.washblade.com/2006/8-2/...e/noah.cfm
Watley Barred From Discussing Gay Games on Radio Show
Windy City Times
By Andrew Davis
August 2, 2006
www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/...E.php
Groups Protest DMX Concert
Windy City Times
By Andrew Davis
August 2, 2006
www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/...E.php
NEW YORK CITY LGBT COMMUNITY PRESENTS ANNUAL FESTIVAL: Featuring
Chante Moore, Kevin Aviance, SWV, Nina Sky and Others This
Weekend--Celebration runs from Thursday, Aug 3 thru Sunday, Aug 6
EURweb.com
August 2, 2006
www.eurweb.com/story/eur27822.cfm
Black Episcopalians: Minority Concerns Trump Gay Ordination
Boston Globe
By Dionne Walker
August 2, 2006
The Union of Black Episcopalians is criticizing the church for
focusing on the divisive issue of gay ordination while ignoring more
"important" concerns like poverty, education and health care.
www.boston.com/news/local...ordination/
Star: I'll return, but maybe not to hip-hop
New York Daily News
By DAVID HINCKLEY
August 2, 2006
www.nydailynews.com/entertai...245c.html
ACLU criticizes Jackson mayor
Clarion Ledger
By Chris Joyner
August 1, 2006
www.clarionledger.com/apps/pb.../article
Give me your tired, your poor ... or not
USA Today
By Steve Kluger
August 1, 2006
www.usatoday.com/news/opin...edit_x.htm
Testers Posing as Katrina Survivors Encounter ‘Linguistic Profiling’
NNPA
By Lorinda Bullock
August 1, 2006
wilmingtonjournal.blackpressusa.com/news/Article/Article.asp
Al Sharpton: Successful Blacks Need to Support Civil-Rights Activists
Activist Speaks to Southern Christian Leadership Convention in Dayton
Associated Press
August 1, 2006
blackvoices.aol.com/black_ne...309990001
An Image Popular in Films Raises Some Eyebrows in Ads
New York Times
By JEREMY W. PETERS
August 1, 2006
At 200 pounds plus — most of that pure attitude — she is hard to miss.
www.nytimes.com/2006/08/01...01adco.html
Cynthia McKinney Debates Opponent
Associated Press
August 1, 2006
blackvoices.aol.com/black_ne...609990001
Archaeologists Unearth Slave Tomb, Looking For Clues About The 'Black
Paul Bunyan'
Associated Press
By MATT APUZZO?
August 1, 2006
www.blacknews.com/pr/blackp...an101.html
King's papers should be open to all
St. Petersburg Times
By TIMES EDITORIALS
August 1, 2006
www.sptimes.com/2006/08/01...ould_.shtml
In Search of Diversity, Nascar Has a Prospect
New York Times
By VIV BERNSTEIN
July 31, 2006
www.nytimes.com/2006/07/31...nascar.html
Series: Being a Black Man
Washington Post
Michael Eric Dyson
July 31, 2006
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...08.html
DR. CONRAD WORRILL: The Crisis of the Negro intellectual revisited
Chicago Defender
By Dr. Conrad Worrill?
July 31, 2006
www.chicagodefender.com/page/c...ary.cfm
Texas hazing victim picks up his life at Howard U.
Associated Press
By Anthony Anamelechi
July 31, 2006
www.chicagodefender.com/page/n...nal.cfm
Chappelle: Lost and Found: FINAL THREE EPISODES OFFER INSIGHT INTO
COMIC's UNEASE WITH HIS SUCCESS
San Jose Mercury News
July 31, 2006
www.blackenterprise.com/yb/ybopen.asp
Commentary: As the Face of America Changes, So Should Our Convoluted
Notions About Race
BlackAmericaWeb.com
By: Joseph C. Phillips
July 31, 2006?
www.blackamericaweb.com/site.a...lips801
Illuminating Shadows
New York Blade
By GREG MARZULLO ?
July 31, 2006
www.newyorkblade.com/2006/7-...dows.cfm
?A
directorial debut from Harlem’s Lee Daniels
LAPD Renews Search for Rapper's Killer
Los Angeles Times
By Chuck Philips
July 31, 2006
If new evidence is found in Biggie Smalls' death, it could help police
fight his mother's lawsuit.
www.latimes.com/news/local...08470.story
SCLC trumpets global nonviolence program
Associated Press
By JAMES HANNAH
July 31, 2006
www.chron.com/disp/story....4083046.html
Letters | On black vs. gay comparisons
Philadelphia Daily News
July 31, 2006
www.philly.com/mld/dailyn...5161824.htm
Gifted Illegal Immigrant Student from Senegal Will Be Allowed to Stay
in U.S.
BlackAmericaWeb.com
By: William Douglas
July 30, 2006
www.blackamericaweb.com/site.a...nzly731
Commentary: If Condi Rice is Incompetent as Secretary of State, It’s
Not Why Most Folks Think
BlackAmericaWeb.com
By: Deborah Mathis
July 30, 2006?
www.blackamericaweb.com/site.a...this731
Is Racism Behind Unequal Treatment of Haitian Immigrants?
Associated Press
By: Pauline Arrillaga
July 30, 2006
www.blackamericaweb.com/site.a...ians731
Disowning Conservative Politics, Evangelical Pastor Rattles Flock
New York Times
By LAURIE GOODSTEIN
July 30, 2006
www.nytimes.com/2006/07/30...pastor.html
Palestinians Love to Hate ?Condoleezza Rice
Palestine Media Watch
By Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook
July 30, 2006
Rice is the Raven", "a terrorist and child murderer" ?"I need more
[children's] blood [to drink]" ?"Americans are talented at igniting
crisis... They are like mosquitoes that need a swamp to fly above."
pmw.org.il/LatestBulletins.htm#b300706
Pioneer is in a league all her own
Philadelphia Daily News
By Claire Smith
July 30, 2006
Phila. native Effa Manley today becomes baseball's first female Hall
of Famer
www.philly.com/mld/philly...5153465.htm
Getting their due, but for how long?
Newsday
Les Payne
July 30, 2006
www.newsday.com/news/opini...1175.column
Dreamgirls star signs on for Gay Days at Disneyland
Advocate
July 29, 2006
www.advocate.com/news_deta...d34829.asp
Sexual orientation should not define us, say gay politicians
CanWest News Service; Montreal Gazette
Published: Saturday, July 29, 2006
www.canada.com/topics/new.../story.html
Fisher: Gay teens hope victory will alter attitudes
Mercury News
July 29, 2006
www.mercurynews.com/mld/merc...52334.htm
R.I. judge orders woman to stop making anti-gay comments?
New York Blade
July 29, 2006
Defendant claims his First Amendment rights violated
www.nyblade.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm
Court urged to reconsider ruling on Nebraska gay marriage ban?
New York Blade
July 29, 2006
July an unkind month ?for gay rights advocates?
www.nyblade.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm
NATE DAVIS NAMED PRESIDENT/CEO OF XM SATELLITE: Brother takes over
newly-created position as subscribers reach 7 million.
EURweb.com
July 29, 2006
www.eurweb.com/story/eur27729.cfm
International News ?Feces thrown at Gay Pride participants in Latvian
capital
Houston Voice
July 29, 2006
www.houstonvoice.com/2006/7-...wibs.cfm
No Windy City Welcome
AOL Black Voices
By Karu F. Daniels
July 28, 2006
blackvoices.aol.com/black_en...709990001
Justice urged in Jamaican couple's slayings
PlanetOut Network
July 28, 2006
www.gay.com/news/election/article.html
Minority within a minority
The Detroit News
By Michael H. Hodges
July 28, 2006
Black gays work for acceptance within their own community
www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article
Transgender politician quietly makes waves in central Missouri?
Associated Press
She's one of two openly transgender officeholders in country
July 28, 2006
www.washblade.com/thelatest...latest.cfm
Washington upholds gay marriage ban ?
Southern Voice
By ELIZABETH A. PERRY
July 28, 2006
Court decision is another blow for gay groups
www.southernvoice.com/2006/7-.../ban.cfm
What Happened to the Black Middle Class
DiversityInc
July 28, 2006
www.diversityinc.com/public/21958.cfm
Why lesbians may enjoy better wages
BBC
By Martin Shankleman
July 28, 2006
Business correspondent, BBC news
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5225600.stm
Fashion forward
Southern Voice
By KATHERINE VOLIN and BO SHELL
July 28, 2006
Gay youth exit closet with styles that stress individuality, sexuality
www.sovo.com/2006/7-28/a...ature/ff.cfm
RNC Chairman Looks for Support at Urban League Meeting
AOL Black Voices
July 28, 2006
Mehlman Makes Appearance in an Ongoing GOP Push to Reach Out to Black
Voters
blackvoices.aol.com/black_ne...209990001
Body may be missing transgender woman
The Record
July 28, 2006
www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article
Congressional race pits gay-friendly candidates
Southern Voice
By RYAN LEE
July 28, 2006
HRC reaffirms endorsement of Cynthia McKinney
www.southernvoice.com/2006/7-...ates.cfm
Meeks to lead 4,000 men on march for better education
Chicago Defender
By Demetrius Patterson?
July 28, 2006
Says school system better before Daley
www.chicagodefender.com/page/local.cfm
Faith Matters: The Era of Black Women and HIV/AIDS
GayAlliance
By Rev. Irene Monroe
July 28, 2006
www.gayalliance.org/content/view/564/53/
Boondocks: Cosby's Younger, Hipper Son
AlterNet?
By David Swerdlick
July 28, 2006
?www.alternet.org/story/39571/
Pam's House Blend
Duke News
By Shari Metzger
July 28, 2006
Employee's blog wins praise from readers
www.dukenews.duke.edu/2006/07...log.html
PROVINCETOWN STRAIGHTS COMPLAIN?
Associated Press??
By Ling Liu
July 28, 2006
www.outinprovincetown.com/home/news.asp
'Anyone But Cynthia' -- Congresswoman's Struggle Poses Cautionary Tale
for Blacks
New America Media
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson,
July 28, 2006
news.newamericamedia.org/news/...e.html
The dumbing Down of Black America by Black Media
BlackCommentator.com
By James Clingman
July 27, 2007
www.blackcommentator.com/193/1...n.html
Commentary: Prisons Must End Slave Labor
BlackAmericaWeb.com
By: Judge Greg Mathis
July 27, 2006?
www.blackamericaweb.com/site.a...sons728
Patti cake
Dallas Voice
By Lawrence Ferber
July 27, 2006
LaBelle fires away at stupid anti-gay ‘American Idol’ singers, Bush’s
marriage amendment and phony ministers
www.dallasvoice.com/artman/p..._2845.php
Rally at the Pendulum
Bay Area Reporter
July 27, 2006
www.ebar.com/news/article.php
Tobacco as an LGBT issue
Bay Area Reporter
By Bob Roehr
July 27, 2006
www.ebar.com/news/article.php
Reject the culture of victimhood ?
Washington Blade
By JEFF GANNON ?
July 27, 2006
Stop blaming homophobia and the ‘D.L.’ for HIV among blacks and turn
to monogamy and responsibility.
www.washblade.com/2006/7-27...gannon.cfm
LGBT leaders close ranks on affirmative action
Between the Lines News
By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman
July 27, 2006
www.pridesource.com/article.shtml
Hotter Than July: Working for equality
Between the Lines News
By Chris Azzopardi
July 27, 2006
www.pridesource.com/article.shtml
Happy Birthday Ruth - We've come a long way with miles to go
Between the Lines News
By Michelle Brown
July 27, 2006
www.pridesource.com/article.shtml
HTJ! 2006 Genesis Summit has something for everyone
Between the Lines News
By Imani Williams
July 27, 2006
www.pridesource.com/article.shtml
A tale of two proclivities
Between the Lines News
By Jason Michael
July 27, 2006
New novel explores the sexual dynamics of black gay men
www.pridesource.com/article.shtml
Bringin' down the house
Between the Lines News
By Chris Azzopardi
July 27, 2006
Doug Spearman making invisible visible on 'Noah's Arc'
www.pridesource.com/article.shtml
Home Team
Metro Weekly
By Sean Bugg
July 27, 2006
In a packed field, Michael Brown aims to break out by targeting the
growing divide between haves and have-nots
www.metroweekly.com/feature/
The Hutchinson Report: Middle East Fighting Dumps Sec. Rice Back on
Bush’s Foreign Policy Hot Seat
BlackAmericaWeb.com
By: Earl Ofari Hutchinson
July 27, 2006
www.blackamericaweb.com/site.a...east728
Lesbian killed amid D.C. crime wave
Washington Blade
By LOU CHIBBARO JR
July 27, 2006
Mother says motive was retaliation, anti-gay bias
www.washblade.com/2006/7-27...motive.cfm
Bush Signs Voting Rights Act Extension
Associated Press
By: Jennifer Loven
July 27, 2006
www.blackamericaweb.com/site.a...ting728
Commentary: Prisons Must End Slave Labor
BlackAmericaWeb.com
By Judge Greg Mathis
July 27, 2006
www.blackamericaweb.com/site.a...sons728
House Clears Resolution Creating HBCUs Week
BlackAmericaWeb.com
By: Juliet M. Beverly
July 27, 2006
www.blackamericaweb.com/site.a...bcus728
The Hutchinson Report: Middle East Fighting Dumps Sec. Rice Back on
Bush’s Foreign Policy Hot Seat
BlackAmericaWeb.com
By: Earl Ofari Hutchinson
July 27, 2006?
www.blackamericaweb.com/site.a...east728
When Kids Learn Homophobia
Republic of T
July 26, 2006
www.republicoft.com/2006/07/...mophobia/
TYLER PERRY SECRETLY RUNS HOLLYWOOD: Filmmaker beats Cruise, Hanks and
Depp in reaping highest return on investment for studios.
EURweb.com
July 26, 2006
eurweb.com/story/eur27658.cfm
No Child Without Hope in Funny, Powerful Play ?Entertaining indictment
of public ed. System
New York Blade
By JONATHAN WARMAN
July 24, 2006
www.nyblade.com/2006/7-24/...er/play.cfm
6 Keys to Motivating Your Kids: Part 2
BlackAmericaWeb.com
By: Dr. Lawana Gladney
July 22, 2006?
www.blackamericaweb.com/site.a...tivate2
Keep it real
Club Rimshot
David Malebranche
www.clubrimshot.com/keepitre...nche.html
Watch VIP from American Black Film Festival
blackvoices.aol.com/voicesof...reception
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GLAAD EVENTS
======================
GLAAD presents ABSOLUT Summer Events
Los Angeles:
ABSOLUT HANCOCK PARK—Sunday, August 6, 2006
For more information:
www.glaad.org/events/detail.php
New York:
ABSOLUT HAMPTONS—Saturday, August 19, 2006
www.glaad.org/events/detail.php
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2007 GLAAD Media Awards Dates
New York Media Awards
Marriott Marquis
Monday, March 26th
Los Angeles Media Awards
Kodak Theatre
Saturday, April 14th
San Francisco Media Awards
Westin St. Francis
Saturday, April 28th
Miami Media Awards
Location: TBD
Date: TBD - Early May
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ENTERTAINMENT/MEDIA
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LOGO releases NOAH’S ARC: The Complete First Season DVD—August 8—one
day before the premiere of the second season of Noah's Arc. The 3-disc
set of 9 episodes from Logo's series about four African-American gay
friends in LA includes the original pilot, auditions, commentary,
extended episodes and deleted scenes.
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TRANSGENERATION—AVAILABLE ON DVD
TransGeneration a look at four college students undergoing the often
difficult process of gender reassignment. Critics raved when the World
of Wonder documentary aired on Sundance Channel (and later on Logo),
and the DVD will include 16 minutes of additional footage.
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BUTCH MYSTIQUE – AVAILABLE ON DVD
Butch Mystique, an award winning film about butch- stud identified
lesbians is a hot stocking stuffer this holiday season. The DVD is
available now and is an entertaining gift for the butch in your life,
friends and family.
To purchase the DVD today visit, www.moyo-entertainment.com
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In The Life on PBS and LOGO
CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS FOR AIRTIME
www.itl.tv/inthelife/
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My Two Cents on BET J
The show features four of a revolving cast of six to eight hosts,
including Keith Boykin and Staceyann Chin, who discuss contemporary
issues for Black Americans. There are also interviews with people on
the street and music videos.
Mon and Wed @ 12 PM and 10 PM, Sun @ 9 AM and 7 PM
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Beautiful Daughters on LOGO
CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS FOR AIRTIME
"Beautiful Daughters" (Logo) is a moving documentary about the first
transgender stage production of "The Vagina Monologues." Features Los
Angeles Black MTF Trans Activist Valerie Spencer.
www.logoonline.com/shows/dy...ies.jhtml
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Girlfriends on UPN
Mondays @ 9pm ET/PT
Tune in for bisexual character Lynn Searcy played by Persia White.
www.upn.com/shows/girlfriends/
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Half & Half on UPN
Mondays @ 9:30 pm ET/PT
www.upn.com/shows/half_and_half/
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Big Brother 7: All Stars on CBS
Thursdays @ 8 PM
Openly gay contestant Marcellas is one of the top 12 Big Brother cast
members to return to the house and compete for $500,000.
www.cbs.com/primetime/bigbrother7/
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HERNDON DAVIS Talk Show on Healthy Living Channel
Thursdays @ 10PM
The show airs nationwide on the Dish Network's, The Healthy Living
Channel 223 and also on select Time Warner cable outlets. The national
talk show is completely black gay focused and provides continuously
uplifting messages and representations of black gay life.
herndondavis.com
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NOAH'S ARC on LOGO
Wed Aug 9 @ 10PM
Thur Aug 10 @1AM
Sat Aug 12 @ 1:30 AM
Mon Aug 14 @ 1:30 AM
Wed Aug 16@ 1 AM
Wed Aug 16 @ 9:30 PM
Mon Aug 21 @ 1 AM
Wed Aug 23 @ 12:30 AM
The second season begins with a bang as Noah and the gang experience
more than just a physical shake-up! A traveler returns with some
interesting 'baggage'.
www.logoonline.com/shows/dy...out.jhtml
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Passions on NBC
Simone is daytime’s first African American lesbian. Also airs in
syndication on the Sci Fi channel.
www.nbc.com/Passions/
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COMMUNITY EVENTS
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Conscious Choices: A Gathering for Black Male Couples
Every 3rd Tuesday
POCC
468 Bergen Street
Brooklyn, NY
(2/3 train to Bergen Street)
For more info e-mail david@pocc.org or call 718-230-0770
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GRIOT CIRCLE: LGBT Elders of Color
Join us for Yoruba Wood Carving Every Thursday 6-8 PM
30 Third Avenue, Suite 202
Brooklyn, NY 11217
For more info: 718-246-2775 or www.griotcircle.org
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DIYAA / DRED TEACHES YOGA SATURDAY MORNINGS @ 1OAM
ALL LEVELS ARE WELCOMED.
Mind-Builders Creative Arts Center
3415 Olinville Avenue (Near Gunhill Road &
White Plains Road)
Bronx, NY 10467
Phone: 718 652-6256
mindbuilders@hotmail.com
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Detroit: Please join A.L.O.R.D.E. Collective's Walking Club every
Saturday Morning @ 10 AM in the police precinct parking lot on 7 mile
for a healthy walk around Palmer Park. All levels of fitness are
welcome and encouraged. Let's Get Fit Together!!! Water provided.
For additional information, please call 313-865-2170
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SAN FRANCISCO BASED KIMPTON HOTELS PRESENTS ELEGANT PHOTOGRAPHY
EXHIBITION
Celebrity photographer Duane Cramer kicks off summer tour
ELEGANT will be exhibited in the following cities: Chicago, San Diego,
Seattle, San Francisco, Washington D.C and Miami. Please check website
for confirmed dates and exhibition schedules.
ELEGANT is a traveling USA exhibition of Duane Cramer’s photographic
works. It includes black and white images of male and female nudes,
architectural elements from around the globe and some recognizable
international personalities. Most images are available for sale.
For information and dates:
web.mac.com/duanecramer/...elegance.html
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Pride in the City 2006: Love, Power & Pride
August 3-6
Brooklyn, NY
prideinthecity.com
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Thursday August 3, 2006
Opening Ceremony and Awards Ceremony
Brooklyn Marriott
333 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY
7:00 pm
Hosted By: Nathan H. Williams
Special Guests: Karamo (MTV’s The Real World Philadelphia)
Special performance by: R&B songstress Chante Moore
Silent Auction & Raffle Benefiting POCC
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BLACK OUT ART SERIES
Friday August 4, 2006
Tribeca Performing Arts Center @ BMCC
199 Chambers Street (Between Greenwich & West St./West Side Hwy.)
6:00 pm – 12:00 am (Midnight)
Sponsored by the NYS Black Gay Network, Human Rights Campaign and
Starr African Rum
Goodie bags, light refreshments and sampling of Starr African Rum
available.
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FAMILY DAY IN THE PARK
SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 2006
Commodore Barry Park, Brooklyn, NY
12:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Hosted by: Harmonic Sunbeam
Special Performances By: Nina Sky
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BEACH EVENT
SUNDAY, AUGUST 6, 2006
Jacob Riis Park, Brooklyn, NY
12:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Surprise Special Guest Performers
Hot Body Contest Sponsored by Alize and Ginch Gonch
This year the annual event at Jacob Riis Beach is in jeopardy as the
US Park Service has restricted POCC’s access to the beach citing
“previous violations.” POCC and others countered this claim contesting
that there were no previous violations to prompt this action.
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August 5, 2006 @ 2PM
"FROM TOP TO BOTTOM" by Michael-Christopher
The Topic Discussion & Book you've been waiting for...
Michael will be signing, selling and reading from his latest
best-selling novel.
To view the evite, go to: www.fromtoptobottom.info/signings.html
For more info call 718-874-8337 (Onyx) or 646-328-9586 (Spencer)
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Austin, TX: QUEERTOWN—AUSTIN!
Social/policial satire, sketch comedy and music
The notorious sketch comedy and music revue that has taken America by
storm is coming to Austin.
PERFORMANCE DATES:
Wednesday, August 2
Wednesday, September 6
Wednesday, October 4
SHOWTIMES:
9PM, doors open at 8
TICKETS: $15; call 214.320.0553 for reservations and ticket
information
All performances held at the ESTHER’S FOLLIES THEATRE, 525 East 6th
Street (at Red River), downtown Austin, 78701.
Full bar available.
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Chicago: August 10-13, 2006
Kanye West and Common Co-Chair Global Mixx DJ Retreat The Retreat will
highlight a series of music events and seminars, which will be held at
the hotel and other venues throughout Chicago. The country's top DJ
coalitions are expected to participate in the event, as well as
spotlight key honors Aug. 12 at the 2nd Annual Global Mixx DJ Awards.
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LA: Friday Night Black LGBT Bowling League
Friday, August 11, 2006 7 PM
AMF Mar Vista Lanes
12125 Venice Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA
Six person teams-- $20 per person
All teams and bowlers must R.S.V.P. by August 7, 2006
RSVP to blackgaybowling@sbcglobal.net
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Join GRIOT Circle for …CLASSIC CRUISE 3 – to benefit the Griot Circle
August 12, 2006; 7 pm- 12 Midnight
Tickets $50 per person.
Payments due no later than Friday, July 29th, 2006.
NO TICKETS WILL BE SOLD AT THE PIER
For Tickets or More Information Contact:
Twiggs 212 678-4711 ET 917 971-4845
Hunte 718 812-3240 Mapp 718 455-0597
GRIOT 718 246-2775
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2006 Black Men's Health Conference
Aug. 12, 2006; 8am to 2pm
USC Davidson Conference Center
3415 South Figueroa (at Jefferson)
Los Angeles, CA
Free to the general public.
Register by July 15 at www.inthemeantimemen.org
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Global AIDS Conference || Toronto 2006
August 13-18
For the first time in a decade, this year’s International AIDS
Conference will be held in North America. With the theme “Time to
Deliver,” the XVI International AIDS Conference will convene in
Toronto, Canada
www.blackaids.org/ShowArticle.aspx
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FILM INDEPENDENT'S 2006 PRODUCERS LAB—DEADLINE AUGUST 14
Now accepting submissions for its annual Producers Lab that will take
place in Los Angeles during October and November 2006. For an
application or more information, go to
www.filmindependent.org/index....rs_labs
For
more information, please contact Soo Hugh, 310.432.1275, or email
shugh@filmindependent.org
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31st Annual NABJ Convention and Career Fair—August 16-20, 2006
Indianapolis, IN. Featured speakers include Ray Nagin and Al Roker
For more information about the convention or to register, visit
www.nabj.org or call the NABJ national office at (301) 445-7100.
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August 18, 2006
SKIM's release party
Pre-sale tickets available.
Pre-sale tickets include: reception/performance/after party/and the
new LP
For more info:
www.denevents.com
www.myspace.com/skimmusic
soL 310.936.5868
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Saturday August 19, 2006
4th Annual BROTHER TO BROTHER SISTER TO SISTE R UNITED, Inc.
100K+ BIKE RIDE
Starting: 5350 Paint Branch Community Parkway, College Park MD
Arriving: Federal Hill Park in Baltimore & returning to College Park
7:00 am Open Registration
8:00 am Ride begins
3:00 pm Cookout Celebration on return to College Park
For more information: www.bbssu.org or to register on line:
222.active.com/active
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2nd Annual Serafemme Women’s Music Festival (a GLAAD sponsored event)
August 20, 2006; 12pm-6pm
@ West Hollywood Park
West Hollywood, CA
General Admission is $10
All inquiries can be directed to Marquita Thomas at
marquita@beoutandabout.com.
For info: www.beoutandabout.com
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See Us In The Life Film Festival
September 2nd, 2006 2PM - 8PM
Atlanta’s premier festival for filmmakers, animators and artists whose
work explores topics relevant to black lesbian, gay, bisexual, and
transgender (LGBT) communities.
Admission: $10.00 (Free with VIP Platinum Card)
Audience: Co-Gender
For more information:
www.inthelifeatl.com/ITLA_filmfest.htm
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Let's T.A.L.K. Personal Growth Retreat
September 7-10, 2006
Women and workshops and growth, oh my!
For More Info about Let’s T.A.L.K. visit
www.letstalkretreat.com
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Oakland: Sisters Aging With Pride,Style, and Grace
September 22-23, 2006
15th Anniversary Celebration of the African American Lesbian 40+ Group
at the Washington Inn
Tickets go on sale soon.
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In the Meantime Men's 5th Annual Umoja Retreat
Sept 22-24, 2006
@ Serra Retreat
This Year's Theme: In the spirit of one. Designed to focus on
physical, spiritual and mental well-being of same-genderloving men of
African descent.
Contact: 323-733-4868
www.inthemeantimemen.org
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Peace OUT The 6th Annual World HomoHop Festival
September 23-24, 2006
Oakland/ San Francisco, CA
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Unity Fellowship Church Annual Convocation
Oct. 1-8, 2006
Radisson Hotel @ LA Airport
6225 West Century Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90045
Reservations 800-333-3333
This Year's Theme: Accepted
www.unityfellowshipchurch.org.
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Los Angeles Queer Studies Conference 2006
Friday and Saturday, October 20-21, 2006
Royce Hall, UCLA
For further information, please contact the UCLA LGBTS office
310 206-0516 or lgbs@humnet.ucla.edu or
www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/lgbts/
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NIA Collective 19th Annual Gathering
November 17-19, 2006
Sistahs Stirrin’ the Pot: The Journey Continues
Walker Creek Ranch, Petaluma, California
Pre-registration ends July 31, 2006
Workshop proposals accepted until July 21, 2006
For more info: nia@niacollective.org
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FUSION: 4th Annual LA LGBT People of Color Film Festival
VENUES and DATES
December 1 - Aratani/Japan America Theatre: Downtown
December 2 - Barnsdall Art Park: Los Feliz
December 3 - The Egyptian Theatre: Hollywood
Accepting submissions from May 15 - August 1
For more information:
www.outfest.org/fusion.html
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MEDIA SCHOLARSHIPS/OPPORTUNITIES
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The Opportunity Agenda Law Fellowship
September 2007
Recent law school graduates, law students who will graduate in 2007,
and judicial law clerks who will complete their clerkships in 2007.
Application deadline: August 8, 2006.
Interested candidates should e-mail a letter of interest, resume,
transcript, writing sample, and two references to
sardalan@opportunityagenda.org.
For more info :
www.opportunityagenda.org/site/...Us.htm
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See Us In The Life Film Festival
September 2nd, 2006 2PM - 8PM
Atlanta’s premier festival for filmmakers, animators and artists whose
work explores topics relevant to black lesbian, gay, bisexual, and
transgender (LGBT) communities.
For more information:
www.inthelifeatl.com/ITLA_filmfest.htm
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CALL FOR PAPERS
Los Angeles Queer Studies Conference 2006
Friday and Saturday, October 20-21, 2006
Royce Hall, UCLA
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Call for Submissions for the Hip Hop Scholar
The Hiphopscholar invites voices from the global community; Hiphopas,
scholars, community activists, writers, and
journalists. The Hiphopscholar is looking to widen the cipher to
create as broad a discussion of the possibilities of Hiphop culture,
politics, and history.
All work submitted must be between 200-400 words, include authors
name. Work must be original and sent as an
attachment to Tracicurrie@aol.com
For questions contact: ak@hiphopscholar.org
Please visit:www.hiphopscholar.org
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National Association of Black Journalists
NABJ is dedicated to expanding job opportunities for African-American
journalists and students and improving the media’s coverage of the
African-American community
Please visit: www.nabj.org for a listing of all opportunities.
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