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1. 100th Anniversary International Women’s Day, March 8
2. Nominations Open: 2011 Queer Youth Leadership Awards (QYLA)!
3. Chaz Bono Coming to CSUMB, March 9
4. Youth Dance Hosted by Los Gatos High School GSA, March 11
5. Pride Grand Marshals Nominations, Due March 15
6. Safe, Empowered, X-traordinary, Youth, March 19
7. Save The Date: 13th Annual Rainbow Ceremony, June 9
8. National LGBT History: John Gruber Passed Away / 1928-2011
9. LGBT History at the SF Public Library: Walt Whitman
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1. 100th Anniversary International Women’s Day, March 8
Be part of the celebration and rally in downtown Santa Cruz at the Clock Tower. Bring signs and your loved ones and join together for peace and women’s rights. Stand with women around the world to call for an end to violence against the women of Afghanistan, Stand with the labor movements as women are hurt the most (International Working Women’s Day was the original name of International Women's Day), Stand with women after the recent attacks to reproductive rights and health care. Special Guests tonight include: Women With Wings, Rev. Deb-Inner Light Ministries, Lex-Spoken Word, Jessica Perry and Alyssa Benveniste-Planned Parenthood, Raging Grannies, Jasmine Schiafke-Spoken Word, Mavel Armijo-SCCCCOR, Ekua Omosupe-Educator, Social justice activist; Essayist, Award winning poet, Aurora Winslade-UCSC Sustainability, WILPF, Jo Kenny-South Bay Pride at Work, GEMMA, Ann Simonton, Commission for the Prevention of Violence Against Women, Jenn Laskin-Teachers Union, Gloria Nieto, and you.
2. Nominations Open: 2011 Queer Youth Leadership Awards (QYLA)!
QYLA seeks to honor and celebrate queer youth and their allies in Santa Cruz County that have shown outstanding leadership, academic excellence, community engagement, or have had individual impacts on the lives of those around them. There are three award categories:
- Queer Youth Leadership Award for LGBT youth under 18
- Ally to Queer Youth Award for straight youth allies under 18 and for LGBT and straight allies over 18
- Organizational Ally to Queer Youth Award for organizations that have been supportive or actively organized on behalf of queer youth locally.
Online nominations are easy to complete and due March 21st!
Queer Youth recipients will receive a $250 cash award as well as a $500 award to donate to an organization of their choosing. If you know anyone (or know anyone that might know anyone!) that you think may be a great nominee please consider taking a moment to fill out the nomination form. All nominees will be honored . Please help us in spreading the word about the nominations and be sure to save the date for the 14th annual Queer Youth Leadership Awards on Saturday May14, 2011.For complete information, visit www.QYLA.org or contact us at
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3. Chaz Bono Coming to CSUMB, March 9Chaz Bono, the only child of entertainers Sonny and Cher, will visit California State University, Monterey Bay (CSUMB) and speak about physical and social gender "Transitioning". Chaz Bono is an American LGBT rights advocate, writer, actor, and musician, who started transitioning from female to male in 2008 to 2010. His latest book, “Transition: The Story of How I Became a Man,” due out in May, is his candid account of a 40-year struggle to match his gender identity with his physical body and his transformation. Free. 7:00 pm. The CSUMB Ballroom. (Note: it takes ~ 45 minutes to drive to CSUMB.) Read more info here.4. Youth Dance Hosted by Los Gatos High School GSA, March 11
Come dance the night away to some awesome music at the Venue. This dance is open to all youth under 21. Tickets are $7 at the door which includes: FREE FOOD + DRINKS! DANCING! EDM & other MUSIC! DJ Quintessence! Doors open at 7:00 pm. Music starts at 7:30 pm. DJ Quintessence 8:00-11:00 pm. It ends at 11:00 pm. No alcohol or drugs! Hosted by the LGHS Gay Straight Alliance. Email:
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Santa Cruz Pride is coming Sunday, June 5th, and the Diversity Center needs nominations for Grand Marshals and Proclamations. Every year the committee honors community members for their work in Santa Cruz. Please take a moment to nominate someone. For a list of previous recipients visit the Diversity Center's page. Nominations accepted here.
6. Safe, Empowered, X-traordinary, Youth, March 19
A conference for LGBTA youth and their adult allies seeking to "Make it better!" Includes keynote speakers, heart circles, and exciting workshops such as: coming out stories, trans 101, students teaching teachers, drag, and many more! Mission Hill Middle School, 12pm -7pm. The conference will be followed by a free (youth only) Dance at the Walnut Ave. Women's Center. Info: www.sexyconference.org or
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7. Save The Date: 13th Annual Rainbow Ceremony, June 9
Be part of the LGBT Rainbow Ceremony graduation including middle & high school grads, UCSC and Cabrillo grands as well as Ph,d grats! Come join our proud LGBT and allied candidates to honour them in their achievements. Women's Center. Info here. Register now! Deb Abbott,
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8. National LGBT History: John Gruber Passed Away / 1928-2011
John Gruber, one of the Gay movement's unsung founding fathers and the last surviving member of Mattachine Society (one of the first gay organizations in the 1950's in the United States), passed away at the age of 82. Gruber appeared in the 2001 film "Hope Along the Wind: The Life of Harry Hay." To learn more, please read his obituary in Lambda Literary.
9. LGBT History at the SF Public Library: Walt Whitman
There is an exhibit curated by Joey Cain titled "In Paths Untrodden. Walt Whitman's Calamus Poems and The Radical Faeries" until May 19th at the James Hormel Gay and Lesbian Center, San Francisco Main Library, 3rd floor. The year 2010 was the 150th anniversary of the first publication of Walt Whitman’s homo-affectional poem cluster Calamus . This exhibition explores the influence Whitman and the Calamus poems had on the earliest GLBT freedom pioneers. It traces out some of the qualities Whitman ascribed to the “love of comrades” and the spiritual and political roles he saw it playing in the larger project of the creation of “America”. Whitman and his poem’s continuing influence on visionary Queer/Gay consciousness is surveyed through images and documents from the contemporary Gay men’s political/spiritual movement The Radical Fairies. For more information, visit the SF Library.
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