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Interweave
WHAT:  Portland-area Filmmaker Brooks Nelson will join us for our May 2012 UUCE Interweave Chapter Meeting to show his documentary film: Switch: A Community in Transition.
DATE: Friday, May 11, 2012
TIME: 6:00 pm Potluck / 7:00 pm Movie

WHERE: UU Church in Eugene @ 40th & Donald (477 East 40th Ave.)
(This is the final time that we will meet in this location. Next month, come see us at 13th & Chambers!)
COST: Free
SYNOPSIS: This documentary film focuses on the impact that a person’s gender transition has on the people and communities closest to them. Rather than spotlighting the individual who is transitioning, this film showcases the stories of family members, friends, coworkers, and fellow congregants as they speak personally and frankly about their experiences.
Questions? Please contact Nisco Junkins at 541-915-0097 or niscohappy@comcast.net.

Interweave is a church supported group of Eugene-area Gay, Lesbian, Bi-sexual, Transgender individuals and their heterosexual allies, who gather to share fabulous food, discuss an LGBTQ- themed issue, then watch an LGBT-themed movie every Second Friday evening.

 

Friday May 11 at The Eugene Coffee Co 1849 Chambers.

It's the only monthly all women's Texas Holdem Poker Game. This game is a Soromundi fundraiser with the winner doubling her $20.00 buy-in... Woo- whoo!  Social at 6pm, poker at 7pm

RSVP while there are still good seats open. darylboon@efn.org

And yes May brings the 23 annual Soromundi Spring Concert on Saturday the 19th. Terra Omnis  is our very first commissioned work. It is awesome and so are we... Soromundi..... so call the Hult Center (682-5000) now cause we are on a roll for another sell out!

The Churchill H.S. Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) is hosting the second annual Pink Prom on May 12th (a fun celebration & dance for LGBTIQ high school students* and their allies), and they need your support!

Get involved, donate and show the students how much we support their efforts:

Spaghetti Feed & Fundraising Auction
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Churchill H.S. Cafeteria
6 - 8 pm
donation: $5 per person or $20 for a family of 4+

CONSIDER making a donation of a gift certificate, basket, item or ? to the silent auction!

This fundraiser is student-led; the Churchill Cuisine Club and the GSA students will be preparing and hosting the meal.

Send donations to:
Churchill High School GSA/Pink Prom
c/o Leslie Prieto
1850 Bailey Hill Rd.
Eugene, OR 97405

If you'd like to donate to the auction, you can also contact the GSA advisor, Leslie Prieto at 541.870.2687 or prieto_l@4j.lane.edu

* Students from 4J high schools Churchill, South Eugene, North Eugene, Sheldon as well as Bethel & Springfield School districts

SAGE (Services & Advocacy for LGBT Elders), Friendly House announces that its 4th Annual Gay & Grey PDX Expo will be held in May, with the theme, Moving Forward, Looking Back. The Expo will take place at Friendly House, May 12, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., 1737 NW 26th (at Thurman), Portland, OR 97210, 503-228-4391. Expo program details are available a www.gayandgreypdx.org

This dynamic outreach event, the largest of its kind in the nation, addresses the social, health and housing needs of Metro Portland’s older LGBT community. The Expo offers LGBT senior housing resources; free health consultations such as blood pressure, body mass index, and HIV screening; gay friendly senior service information; break-out sessions on topics such as sex after 60, LGBT travel and recreation, living well with HIV, end of life concerns & celebrations, and spirituality; and demonstrations of practices such as Zumba Gold, Tai Chi, and Yoga. There will be a vendor fair with a wide range of agencies and businesses committed to improving the lives of LGBT older adults and seniors. There will also be live music and food for purchase from area restaurants. The price of admission is a $5 suggested donation; no one will be turned away. Sponsorships of the event and proceeds from food sales will support ongoing advocacy and outreach by Friendly House’s Gay & Grey program

Other events related to the Expo include a screening of the movie Gen Silent on Thursday, May 10th at 6:30 pm at the George Morlan event space on NW Raleigh St in Portland (tickets are $20 which includes the screening and complimentary hors d’oeuvres, wine and beer, and can be obtained by calling 503-935-5287); and a “Senior Prom” held at Q Center 6-9 pm on May 11. Admission to the Prom is free -- dresses and tacky tuxedos encouraged.

May 17, 2012—7:30 PM: Three films from/about LGBT Germans (only the third will be shown in its entirety)
Night of the Hummingbird (1983). Color + B&W; UK (BBC); ORT 61 min., of which a selection will be shown.
Summary: Hitler's dictatorship was born in violence on 30 June 1933. At dawn on that day, a line of Mercedes quietly drew up outside a lakeside hotel in Bavaria, and Hitler himself led the execution of his old comrade, Ernst Roehm, and other leaders of the S.A., or brown shirts, who had helped bring him to power. In reality, the murder operation was an excuse to eliminate possible opposition. Eyewitnesses describe what happened. Narrated by Sir Hugh Greene (BBC Director-General 1960-69). By Major Frederick A. Eiserman, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, KS (http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/cgsc/carl/resources/csi/Eiserman/EISERMAN.asp) (Host note: Eiserman has the year wrong: the raid occurred in 1934, not 1933. He’s also incorrect regarding Roehm’s death; he wasn’t killed until July 2, 1934 in prison. This is an extremely rare film and Eiserman’s summary appears the only one available. See also Wikipedia’s bio of Ernst Röhm.)
 
Paragraph 175 (2000). Color; US; Fr, Ger, and Eng w/ Eng subtitles. Directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman; ORT 74 min., of which a selection will be shown.
Review: To the growing body of invaluable cinematic literature documenting for posterity the hideous barbarity of Nazism may now be added Paragraph 175. At once admirable and deeply unsettling, this film draws upon the testimony of little more than a handful of the all-but-vanished ranks of survivors to relate the horror of the Nazi purge of homosexuals from the life of Germany and the aftereffects that scar and roil these men as the 21st century begins.
Paragraph 175, using new and archival film, family photographs and narration by the actor Rupert Everett, takes its title from a portion of the German penal code enacted in 1871: ''An unnatural sex act committed between persons of male sex or by humans with animals is punishable by imprisonment; the loss of civil rights may also be imposed.''
This provision, expanded by the Nazis, remained law in West and East Germany until nearly the end of the 1960's. Some of the film's witnesses were rearrested under this law after the defeat of the Nazis. During the years of the Weimar Republic, between the end of World War I and the rise of Hitler, Paragraph 175 was rarely enforced, and the Berlin of the 1920's was, in the words and images of the film, ''a homosexual Eden.'' (Lawrence Van Gelder, New York Times— September 13, 2000)
 
Desire (1989). Color; US; 88 min. Directed by Stuart Marshall.
Summary: Stuart Marshall's vivid docudrama Desire traces the sociopolitical history of homosexuality. Treatment of gays in the 1980s is compared to the formalized discriminatory attitudes of the past 100 years. Using newsreel clips, still pictures, and reenactments, Marshall details the efforts made by various governments, medical facilities, politicians and religious leaders to legally persecute all those who prefer alternative lifestyles. Special emphasis is given the treatment of homosexuals during the Nazi regime in Germany. The avowed purpose of Desire is to outrage and awaken its audience; in this, it is wholly successful. (Hal Erickson, Rovi [RottenTomatoes.com])
Review: Stuart Marshall's feature-length documentary, Desire: Sexuality in Germany 1910-1945, leaves a lot of material unexplored, but it is still a fascinating introduction to a huge subject. In interviews with historians and with survivors of Third Reich persecution, Desire traces the origins of modern gay liberation to the rise in Germany of various back-to-nature movements in the early years of this century. The movements exalted, among other things, body culture, gymnastics and sun-worshipping by sexually segregated groups of young people. There were so-called dance farms for women, while men gathered together to hike, work on the farm and get in touch with their bodies in other healthy ways.
According to the testimony of Mr. Marshall's historians, the back-to-nature movements were at first a reaction against the industrialization of Germany. The same-sex friendships they promoted, including the love between a teacher and a student (called pedagogical eros), were seen as being pure. Sex initially had nothing to do with them, though sex was always the unspoken subtext. The movie devotes most of its running time to the testimony of homosexual men and women who remember their lives in Germany in the late 1920's, the 1930's and the 1940's. Their individual stories are immensely moving for being so particular. (Vincent Canby, New York Times—June 21, 1990)

Host note: This will be a month of documentaries. Some involve current events, so abridging may occur as we consider latest developments. Material will be presented from Japan, Canada, Germany, and the US.

Host: For location and directions this month, please contact Ron Wold at (541-345-4057), or email him at gaymovienight@gmail.com.

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REGISTER ONLINE AT AIDSwalkEugene.org

Join Oregon's largest lesbian chorus of over 100 voices as we premiere our first commissioned work, Terra Omnis, by local composer Audrey Snyder. This work honors and celebrates the beauty, harmony and diversity that our home planet offers as "the whole Earth sings with joy!" Tickets available NOW!

May 24, 2012—7:30 PM
Alter Egos (2004). Color; Canada; 52 min. Directed by Laurence Green. Note: we will not see the film Ryan, reviewed below, because most of it is contained within Alter Egos.
Review: Two documentaries, one life. Ryan and Alter Egos both recount the story of Ryan Larkin, a respected and influential animator in the '60s and '70s who, by the time of his death in 2007 had lost everything. His story isn't really unusual - the genius artist who falls victim to the perils of fame and success - but these two films provide a fresh take on an old story. Ryan is an animated documentary about Ryan Larkin, an Oscar-nominated animator fallen on hard times due to drug use and alcoholism. The story of the film consists primarily of an interview of Larkin by the film’s director Chris Landreth, as well as brief appearances by Larkin’s former girlfriend Felicity Fanjoy, and Larkin’s former boss Derek Lamb. In just 13 minutes the film is able to effectively chart Larkin’s rise to stardom and sharp fall as well as reveal the roots of Landreth’s interest in his plight. Alter Egos is a live action documentary about the making of Ryan directed by Laurence Green. This film gets slightly more in depth regarding Larkin’s history and his relationship with Landreth and gives a behind the scenes look at the making of Ryan. It uses some of the same interview footage with Fanjoy and Lamb, but uses interview footage of others as well in order to give us a picture of the importance of Larkin’s work in the world of animation….
Both films use the same interview clip of Fanjoy in which she lists the issues which may have made Larkin psychologically predisposed to drug and alcohol addiction: the abusiveness of his father, his homosexuality, and the death of his brother. In Ryan the audio is edited to omit the reference to Larkin’s sexuality, which certainly raises a few questions. It is clear from watching Alter Egos that Larkin’s sexuality, and specifically his relationship with his mentor Norman McLaren, was an important factor in his identity as an artist. Larkin states in the film that he gave up sex sometime in his thirties but still, just because you give up something physically doesn’t mean that the issues surrounding it cease to have an effect on you mentally….
Visually, Ryan is a stunning film in which the characters’ appearances are expressions of their states of mind. Larkin is shown as a fragmented person who at one point literally flies apart and other characters, including Landreth himself, are shown in various states of physical distress. It's really no wonder that Ryan won an Oscar for Best Animated Short because the look of the film is exquisite. Alter Egos is a more standard issue film, a documentary that dutifully interviews and records events but doesn't break any ground from a stylistic standpoint. (flickchickcanada.blogspot.com; see also en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_(film))

Update on Bradley Manning
Manning is the gay US Army soldier charged with turning over some 250,000 classified documents to WikiLeaks. (As the Wikipedia biography notes, gender identity may also be an issue for Manning.) After viewing a portion of the PBS/Frontline documentary Wikisecrets (2011; color; 53 min.), we’ll consider some media reports.
Summary: Bradley E. Manning (born December 17, 1987) is a United States Army soldier who was arrested in May 2010 in Iraq on suspicion of having disseminated restricted material to the website WikiLeaks. He was charged in July that year with transferring classified data onto his personal computer and communicating national defense information to an unauthorized source. An additional 22 charges were preferred in March 2011, including "aiding the enemy," a capital offense, though prosecutors said they would not seek the death penalty.
Manning had been assigned in October 2009 to a unit of the 10th Mountain Division, based near Baghdad. There he had access to the Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNet), used by the United States government to transmit classified information. He was arrested after Adrian Lamo, a computer hacker, reported to the FBI that Manning had told him during online chats in May 2010 that he had downloaded material from SIPRNet and passed it to WikiLeaks. The leaked material is said to have included 250,000 U.S. diplomatic cables, footage of a July 2007 Baghdad airstrike, and footage of the May 2009 Granai airstrike in Afghanistan. Manning was held in maximum custody from July 2010 in the Marine Corps Brig, Quantico, Virginia, which in effect meant solitary confinement, conditions that Amnesty International called harsh and punitive. In April 2011, 295 American legal scholars signed a letter saying the detention conditions amounted to a violation of the United States Constitution. Later that month the Pentagon transferred him to a medium-security facility in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, allowing him to interact with other pre-trial detainees. He was arraigned on February 23, 2012 at Fort Meade, Maryland, as part of the court-martial process, where he declined to enter a plea. No trial date has been set. (From “Bradley Manning”, Wikipedia biography, revised 4/3/12)

Host note: This will be a month of documentaries. Some involve current events, so abridging may occur as we consider latest developments. Material will be presented from Japan, Canada, Germany, and the US.

Host: For location and directions this month, please contact Ron Wold at (541-345-4057), or email him at gaymovienight@gmail.com.

Saturday, May 26th 9 am - 3 pm at 458 Blair Boulevard in Eugene

Presented by the Pride Foundation and Community Alliance of Lane County (CALC)

Participants will build a shared language for talking about transgender issues, while connecting the experiences of immigrant and communities of color, and transgender communities.  The workshop will help participants assess their position on gender equity issues and help them inform their work and their organizations with this new awareness. This will be a very participatory workshop and attendees will learn about themselves, as well as learn strategies, tools and resources.

Talking about the ways in which oppression experiences are both similar and different is an important part of the conversation about gender equity and equity issues in general. The fact that we are doing this as a collaboration between CALC’s Back to Back program and the Pride Foundation is important—uniting our efforts makes us stronger in our own work and stronger as allies..

Lunch & snacks will be provided and there is free street parking.
We are requesting a sliding scale donation of $15-$25 to CALC cover expenses, however, scholarships are available.
To register, call 541.485.1755 or email calcoffice@gmail.com.
Space is limited so register as soon as possible.

May 31, 2012—7:30 PM--Three Case Studies
These items explore gender identity, (cyber)bullying, and the notion of a “hate crime”.
1.      Dr. Money and the Boy With No Penis (2004). Color; UK; 47 min. Produced by BBC for TV series “Horizon”. 
Review: What determines our gender identity? Is it written into our genetic code at the moment of conception, or can it be instilled during infancy? Does gender neutrality really exist? This is the tragic story of a boy whose penis was burned beyond surgical repair during a circumcision attempt, and of a psychologist specializing in the biology of gender who set out to prove that gender identity is nurtured rather than innate.
When Bruce Reimer was 8 months old, he and his twin brother were diagnosed with phimosis. They were both referred for circumcision. Unfortunately for Bruce, the electric equipment doctors were using for his surgery malfunctioned. The distraught parents took their son to Dr. John Money, a pioneer in the field of sexual development at the time. At Dr. Money’s recommendation, Bruce started sex reassignment, and he became Brenda. It was unsuccessful. Despite the many hormone treatments and surgeries he went through, and the “John/Joan case” papers Dr. Money published claiming otherwise, Brenda never identified as female. In later interviews, he/she would say he/she never felt female and was even teased in school. By the time he/she reached 13, Brenda was threatening his/her parents with suicide if they ever made him/her see Dr. Money again.
At age 14, Brenda decided to assume a male gender identity and he became David Reimer. In 1997, in a move that would cause Dr. Money’s studies to come under intense criticism from the scientific community, he decided to go public with his story. In 2002, David’s twin brother, Brian, died from an overdose on drugs used to treat his schizophrenia—apparently Dr. Money’s therapy sessions with both boys had left him psychologically scarred as well. Two years later, David Reimer himself committed suicide. (From documentarystorm.com/dr-money-and-the-boy-with-no-penis/. See also en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Reimer)
Viewer Comment: Much of the problem was actually the prevailing view at the time (still very common today) that a person without a penis isn't fully a man, i.e. if you aren't completely male, you might as well be female. That was the underlying concept that led to the assumption that it would be easier for David to live as Brenda. The doctor's decision sounds a lot worse today, after the efforts of the gay/lesbian/transgendered community to clue people into the fact that it doesn't necessarily work that way. (From forums.macrumors.com—post 5/12/04)
 
2.    TBA (ca. 5 min.)
 
3.    The Suicide of Tyler Clementi
Clementi, gay and a talented violinist, was in his freshman year at Rutgers University when he committed suicide on September 22, 2010. Although not charged with Clementi’s death, his roommate, Dharun Ravi, was tried and convicted in March 2012 of 15 counts including invasion of privacy and bias intimidation related to the use of a webcam to spy on Clementi and a gay partner. Sentencing is set for May 21, 2012.
The following will be presented and discussed:
a)          Two TV news reports from a few days after the suicide (7 min.)
b)          PBS news story on 3/1/12, the first day of Ravi’s trial (about 6 min.; from The PBS News Hour)
c)          “The Story of a Suicide” (article in The New Yorker on 2/6/12 by Ian Parker)
d)          PBS newcast on 3/17/12 following Ravi’s conviction (6 min.)
e)           Nightline interview with defendant Ravi (post-conviction/pre-sentencing; ca. 30 min.)
 
For more, see “The Suicide of Tyler Clementi” (Wikipedia); note the talk page as well as the article itself. There are numerous other text items online as well as videos. In particular, note the Wikipedia article “Hate Crime Laws in the United States” and online material about the federal hate-crimes statute(s).

Host note: This will be a month of documentaries. Some involve current events, so abridging may occur as we consider latest developments. Material will be presented from Japan, Canada, Germany, and the US.

Host: For location and directions this month, please contact Ron Wold at (541-345-4057), or email him at gaymovienight@gmail.com.

Upcoming Youth Conference in Lane County:
Board Members Wanted!!!

YEPSA is working to end gender and sexual violence in our community through education and action. We are looking for members to serve on a board to achieve our mission of ending violence by organizing a Lane County Youth Conference to be held in the Fall of 2013.

We are currently looking for youth and adults to fill the following positions:

• Vice President: must have 6 months affiliation with YEPSA. Steps into the president’s role when absent.
• Secretary: takes meeting minutes
• Accounting: keeps track of finances
• Grant Writer: help us get money!
• Public Relations: bridge to the public

 
We also welcome people to serve on the board and not fill a position.

• We are asking all board members for a one year commitment.

• Must be available for monthly meetings held every 3rd Wed at 5:30.

• Must be able to complete tasks assigned outside of meetings.

 
 If interested, please send a letter of interest and resume to:
 YEPSA@networkcharterschool.org

The Department of Education Studies
Third annual UO TeachOUT will take place May 23 and 24th.

The theme of this years conference on gender and sexuality issues in education is "Involved, Invisible, Ignored: The experiences of LGBTQ families in K-12 schools"

Click here for the pdf file schedule of events for this two day educational event.

Formal fliers will be available the first week of May.

Coos/Douglas/Curry County Gay/Bi Men's Email Group

This group is for Gay/Bi men living in the Coos, Curry and Douglas county (Oregon). This is to help network and make connections as well as publicize LGBT friendly events.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coosdouglasmsm/join/

coosdouglasmsm-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

SASS Monday Night Drop-in Group
Open to all female-identified sexual assault survivors (past and present) who are 18+. Group is held Mondays from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at 591 W. 19th Ave. in Eugene. Cost is FREE. Call 541-343-7277 for more information. (Doors are locked at 7:05 p.m.)
Contact person:
Shanta Kamath
541-484-9791 x 312
supportgroup@sass-lane.org

Eugene Gay Men's Social Network (EGMSN)
http://www.facebook.com/#!/home.php?sk=group_157505734298912
egmsn@groups.facebook.com

Sexual Assault Support Services has restarted its weekly drop-in support group for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, Intersex, Queer and/or Asexual survivors of sexual assault, abuse, or harassment past or recent. The group requires an interview to be eligible to drop-in at any weekly group session after screening. To join and receive more information, please call 541-484-9791 x312.

THE LAMBDA AA GROUP- LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER AND QUEER COMMUNITY. ALL AGE GROUPS WELCOME. WE MET EVERY SUNDAY 5PM @ 1166 OAK ST, FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH. TOPIC EVERY 3RD SUNDAY OF THE MONTH IS SEXUAL IDENTITY IN RECOVERY.

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The University of Oregon would like to announce the publication of our new website- UOUT available at http://lgbt.uoregon.edu   The purpose of the site is to serve as a resource for current and prospective students around issues of sexual orientation, gender identity, campus involvement, ally building, and social justice.   Over the next few months we will continue to add content and improve the information available.
 
We are excited about a few potential links to the community and hope folks will contact us in these areas if they want to be included in our information.
 
1)      If you are provider of a service that offers something SPECIFIC to LGBTQ students, ie. Counseling, health and wellness, attorney’s in areas unique to LGBTQ issues, please contact us through program@uoregon.edu.  We will be culling through local resources to best meet the questions and needs of the LGBTQ students on our campus.  We do not have the capacity to list every service and there are tons of other websites that do that but please consider asking.  We will NOT be making recommendations for any one person or service but just offering a location for referral.  If you are interested please send the email to program@uoregon.edu with the following information:
a.       Name and contact information/website etc.
b.      Type of Services
c.       Statement about specific relationship to lgbt students
d.      If your field requires licensure please identify your participation in that program- mental health professionals, attorneys etc.
e.      Any other information that would be helpful: eg- sliding scale fees, close to campus experience with students already
 
2)      If you facilitate a local support, discussion or social group for LGBTQA folks and would like to be listed here http://lgbt.uoregon.edu/GetInvolved/SocialOpportunities.aspx  please let us know.  Also- check if your group is already listed and if the contact information is correct.
 
3)      If you are affiliated with a spiritual or religious organization that has an welcoming congregation for LGBTQ people please let us know.  We would really appreciate some community recommendations for this piece so we know our LGBTQ students who are looking for welcoming and supportive spaces don’t end up in places that are not being truthful about their purpose.  Once we get a list of those we will put those here  http://lgbt.uoregon.edu/GetSupport/CommunityResources.aspx
 
 
Please be patient as we collect all of this information and get it posted to our website.  If you see any incorrect information please email us as well and we will do our best to correct that.  We are looking forward to some wonderful community partnerships.
 
Chicora Martin
Director, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Transgender Education & Support Services and
Assistant Dean, Office of the Dean of Students

Dear PFLAG Membership, Friends and Supporters;

Thank you for your current and past support of PFLAG. Your support directly relates to the progress and ongoing services that Eugene/Springfield provides. Please consider purchasing or renewing your annual membership at this time. Last year's membership will receive membership renewal cards in the mail this week. Your contributions help us to continue to work towards the objectives of the PFLAG mission: "To promote the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons, their families and friends through: SUPPORT to cope with an adverse society, EDUCATION to enlighten an ill-informed public; and ADVOCACY to end discrimination and to secure equal civil rights." Again, thank you for your continuing support.

NEW MEMBERS PLEASE CLICK ON THE FORM BELOW AND MAIL TO:
PFLAG Eugene/Springfield
P.O. Box 11137
Eugene, OR 97440
MEMBERSHIP FORM

While some transgender people in Lane County experience strong social support, I've noticed it can be pretty difficult for people to find support who are new to the community and/or who are new to identifying as transgender. To address that problem in one small way, I started an email list for the use of transgender people and allies in Lane County who want a way to connect with others.

If you are a transgender person or ally, please consider joining and sending a message introducing yourself to the group. Or, consider forwarding this message to someone who is. Thanks for your attention to this!

Ron Unger


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Wild Women Saturday Coffee Club
We meet at 10:00 am every Saturday, at a variety of coffee shops in town. Please contact me at wildwomencoffeeclub@gmail.com for location info or to be put on the mailing list.

Here is a list of many lgbt libraries/archives. They deserve support, donations of time, materials, energy and money, in saving our 60 years of history in working for civil/equal rights for homosexual Americans. (Courtesy of Gayellow Pages)

Burritt Library (CT) gagliardi@ccsu.edu

Gay & Lesbian Archives of the Pacific NW (Portland) info@glpn.org

Gerberhart Library (Chicago) info@gerberhart.org

GLBT Archives of Philadelphia Archives (gay center) archives@waygay.org

GLBT Historical Society (San Francisco) info@glbthistory.org

GLBT History Month (Equality Forum) PA info@equalityforum.com

GLBTQ Inc info@glbtq.com

Gulf Coast Archive & Museum (Houston) info@gcam.org

Happy Foundation (Gene Elder) (San Antonio) elder4tomato@yahoo.com

Homosexual Information Center (Inc) LA and L.A.(Cal State, Northridge) tangentgroup.org, ctgrant@mac.com

James C. Hormel Gay & Lesbian Center, San Francisco ( part of city library)

June Mazer Lesbian Archives (West Hollywood) mazerarchives@earthlink.net

Kinsey Institute, not just glbt Kinsey@indiana.edu

Lambda Archives of San Diego info@lambdaarchives.org

Lavender library, Archives & Cultural Exchange of Sacramento info@lavenderlibrary.org

Leather Archives archives@leatherarchives.org

Lesbian and Gay Archives Roundtable

Lesbian Herstory Archives (New York) lesbianherstoryarchives.org

LGBT Religious Archives network info@lgbtran.org

Lombardi-Nash (have urania manuscript) FL mal123nash@aol.com,

Madeline Davis GLBT Archives of Western New York-Buffalo phoenix.md@verizon.net

Milwaukee LGBT History project webmaster@mkelgbthist.org

Museum of Sex info@museumofsex.com

Nancy & Joe McDonald Rainbow Library (OK) okeq.org ?

National Archives of GLBT History (gay center) archive@gaycenter.org

National Museum of Women in Arts (DC) no address

Northeast Ohio LGBT Archives (Cleveland) reference@wrhs.org

Northwest Lesbian @ Gay History Museum Project lgbthistorynw.org

Ohio Lesbian Archives ohiolesbianarchives@yahoo.com

ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives L. A. (USC) askone@onearchives.org

outhistory.org (CLAGS, New york project)

Pacific Northwest Lesbian Archives lisa@pnwlesbianarchives.org

Phil Johnson Historic Archives & Research Library & Gay Center) Dallas library@rcdallas.org

Quatrefoil Library (MN) info@qlibrary.org

Sexual Minorities Archives (Northhampton MA) betpower@yahoo.com

Stonewall library &Archives (FL) info@stonewall-library.org

Sunflower Archives (KS) mfarchives@aol.com
Also glbt archives at University of Kansas

Terry Mangan Memorial Library (gay center CO) info@glbtcolorado.org

Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies (MN) trett007@umn.edu

William Nichols Archives (at University of Louisville) willnich@aol.com & kyarchives@aol.com