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Recent News: LGBT history is coming to California classrooms, a first in the nation – The Guardian
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LGBT history is coming to California classrooms, a first in the nation
The Guardian The state board of education unanimously approved those changes in classroom instruction on Thursday to comply with the nation's first law requiring public schools to include prominent gay Americans and LGBT rights milestones in history classes. California's students will soon learn more LGBT history in schoolsLos Angeles Times California Approves LGBT History Lessons for ClassroomsWall Street Journal California public schools adopt pro-LGBT curriculumWashington Times Washington Post –SFGate all 78 news articles » |
Recent News: LGBT Republicans worried after 'gay-friendly' Trump picks Mike Pence as running mate – Raw Story
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LGBT Republicans worried after 'gay-friendly' Trump picks Mike Pence as running mate
Raw Story Donald Trump's choice of Mike Pence as his vice presidential running mate has irked some Republican activists who see the Indiana governor's years of opposition to gay rights initiatives as a setback to efforts to broaden the party's appeal. The pick … Trump VP pick Mike Pence: Cut AIDS funding, use it to “cure” gays insteadAMERICAblog (blog) all 4,889 news articles » |
BLIND LGBT PRIDE INTERNATIONAL (BPI) PRESENTS TRANS 101
In observance of Transgender Day of Rememberence (TDOR), , BPI invites all to join it’s monthly Info-Share Session, at 3 PM PDT, 5 PM CDT and 6 PM EDT on Sunday, November 13, 2016.
RitaDunn will present an overview of issues and concerns facing the Transgender community and their families.
To participate in the teleconference call 218-895-3779 and enter code 2012#.
TDOR is an annual observance on November 20 that honors the memory of those whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence., Additionally, during the week of November 14-20, individuals and organizations around the country participate in Transgender Awareness Week to help raise the visibility of transgender and gender non-conforming people and address the issues these communities face.
TDOR was started by transgender advocate Gwendolyn Ann Smith as a vigil to honor the memory of Rita Hester, a transgender woman who was killed in 1998. The vigil commemorated all the transgender people lost to violence that year and began an important memorial that has become the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance.
“The Transgender Day of Remembrance seeks to highlight the losses we face due to anti-transgender bigotry and violence. I am no stranger to the need to fight for our rights, and the right to simply exist is first and foremost. With so many seeking to erase transgender people — sometimes in the most brutal ways possible — it is vitally important that those we lose are remembered, and that we continue to fight for justice.” – Transgender Day of Remembrance founder Gwendolyn Ann Smith
New Focus on international Outreach
The Board of Directors of Blind LGBT Pride International created the ad hoc committee for International Outreach during its first meeting of the new term. Richard Marion was appointed to serve as the committee’s chair.
“Blind Pride is the leading organization in the world that focuses on issues related specifically to those that are blind and vision impaired and who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender. We must hold true to fulfill our mandate to be a voice to all LGBT people who happen to be blind; no matter the corner of the world” states Will Burley, President of the organization. “Richard Marion is well equipped to give BPI the knowledge to make this outreach happen in a lasting way.”
If you are interested in finding out more about the International Outreach program of BPI, please visit the Contact page and send a note to Treasurer Richard Marion today.
Quiet Please This is a Silent Auction
Well it is hard to believe that the convention is only a few days away now. It seemed so far in the distance when we first started looking at the idea of holding a silent auction at our convention to assist with fundraising.
Last November, A small subcommittee of the fundraising committee started researching what would be required to hold a silent Auction. with some guidance from Lilian Scaife, we were off and going where BPI had never gone before. Not only is this a first time event for BPI, But as the coordinator, it was a first time for me working on this type of fundraising effort.
After writing many letters and sending out requests to members of BPI for donations, we started receiving items for our auction. At the time of writing this article, we will have several items that will for sure create allot of competition for the highest bid.
For anyone not attending the convention we have not left you out either. We have put the auction on the web for your enjoyment and participation. The items we have already received are already viewable on the website. www.32auctions.com/blindpride. IN order to bid, you will have to create your own user account. Once you have done this, you can participate just like those of us attending the convention in Las Vegas. If you forget the auction link, don’t worry. There will be a link to the auction on the BPI website.
Finally, we would like to thank Aroga Technologies, AI Squared and Serotek for their generous donations of blindness software & services from their companies. We value their support and commitment to the goals of BPI and look forward to a continued working relationship with them and the other individuals and organizations who have donated products to this first time event.
If you would like to know more about the auction, please write to me, Richard Marion, at member2@blind-lgbt-pride.org.