Announcement in Gallaudet’s Daily Digest:
Date and Time:
11 March 2013
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Announcement in Gallaudet’s Daily Digest:
Date and Time:
11 March 2013
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM
The 20th Lavender Languages & Linguistics Conference is taking place February 15 – 17, 2013 at American University in Washington, DC. Among the many workshops and presentations include:
Want to make a difference? Want to learn how we can STOP domestic violence and sexual violence? Do you want to become an ally? Do you want to see what can we do to change and end this ugly vicious cycle of sexual/domestic violence?
Presents: DARE 2 UTTER! Come and listen to MONOLOGUES shared by college students about their experience with Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault.
[Photo of Drago Renteria comforting Hope Manley in front of her Dad’s quilt panel at the 1996 AIDS Quilt Memorial.]
October 1996, Washington, D.C.: The AIDS Memorial Quilt covered the entire National Mall. This would be the last year the Quilt was dispayed in its entirety. It was also the first time that a display of the Quilt had been visited by an American president. – Quilt History
We wanted to share this powerful video with you on Transgender Day of Remembrance. It’s not captioned, unfortunately. We are, however, providing a transcript of Masen Davis speaking below. The rest of it is music.
November 12–19, 2012 is Transgender Awareness Week in Massachusetts. Share these infographics to help educate others on health disparities that affect the trans* community. Learn More
DEAF QUEER & TRANS WOMEN & HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS
Sharing and discussing what a healthy relationship looks like in woman and queer and trans-identified relationships.
Be Prepared – Know how to vote in your state to support marriage equality.
In Maine: Vote YES on 1
Marriage for All Families
In Maryland: Vote FOR question 6
Marriage Equality and Fairness
In Minnesota: Vote NO
Don’t Limit the Freedom to Marry
In Washington: Vote to APPROVE R74
Learn more at http://thefour.com
Deaf Awareness Week is taking place at the University of Vermont this week and our community’s very own Masa Nakama is the event’s keynote speaker. Yay!
Masa’s keynote is titled, “Deaf Queers”, and he will be speaking this evening at the Davis Center on campus in the Silver Maple Ballroom. The event is free and will be voice interpreted.
Lilac Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf is celebrating their 20th anniversary on October 20th, 2012, in Brighton, New York. The deadline to RSVP for the event is September 22, 2012. Learn more.
Ken Paves (yes, he knows ASL!) invites you to the 10th Annual House of Blues GLAD benefit taking place on September 30, 2012, in West Hollywood, California. Learn more.
Today, September 10, is World Suicide Prevention Day.
Did you know?
The 7th biennial Deaf Lesbian Festival took place July 18 – 21, 2012 in Chicago, IL. Sixty-nine Deaf Lesbians attended the event which included workshops, entertainment, activities, a Dyke Ball, sightseeing and socializing.
Missed the event? Check out this DLF 2012 Photo Gallery by Patricia Trowbridge, aka PLT.
Deaf and hearing trans folks and their allies gathered together at Dolores Park in San Francisco on June 24, 2012, for the annual San Francisco Trans March. “Trans Generations: Define Your Moment” was this year’s team.