Community Compass
Community Compass is a service of OITM. GLBT organizations from around the state are invited to provide brief — 200 words or less — descriptions of recent or upcoming activities and events. Send your submissions to us by email by the 15th of the month.
NewFest:
New York’s LGBT Film Festival
The 18th Annual Film Fest in New York from June 1-11 will feature opening
night film Strangers with Candy, 20 Centimeters, Another
Gay Movie, and Queens.
The festival will take place at the
AMC Lowes 34th St. Theater. See www.newfest.org for more information.
Champ Ride June 3
Join Vermont Cares for our 6th Annual Champ Ride on Saturday, June 3rd.
This bicycling fundraiser starts and ends at Kingsland Bay State Park
in Ferrisburg, Vermont.
The champ ride is a well-established,
popular benefit for Vermont Cares that brings the community together for
a good cause. Biking enthusiasts cycle a beautiful 12, 25, 50, or 100-mile
route along Lake Champlain. all funds raised stay local, and are used
to fund our programs for people living with, or at risk of, HIV and AIDS.
as a result, your donation goes directly to people affected by this illness.
Please contact Peter Jacobsen at 800/649-2437 for more information, or
access our website at www.vtcares.org/fundraising/champ.htm
Out for Good Joins Vermont CARES Champ Ride
We’re organizing a team of riders to bike, as well as a group of
volunteers to help staff the event. If you want to ride as part of our
team, send an email to outforgood@glfundvt.org
and we’ll sign you up.
If you’re more inclined to help
out by staffing the event, we’re looking for folks to help at a
couple of sag stops in Addison County, as well as a few people to fill
roles at champ ride central at Kingsland Bay Park in Ferrisburgh.
Send an email to outforgood@glfundvt.org,
if you’re available on Sat., June 3. we’ll help you find the
perfect job.
Out for Good Is:
Out for Good is a program of the Gay & Lesbian Fund of Vermont (www.glfundvt.org)
that coordinates the valuable time that LGBTQIA Vermonters donate to the
causes they support.
Just as the Fund works to make our
monetary contributions count twice, so Out for Good does with our volunteer
time and efforts. By donating our time together, we show that members
of our community care about many of the same causes as our neighbors.
Further, it makes others aware of how much work we do to foster improvements
in all our lives. we can all have fun together while making the world
at large aware of the positive difference we make. when the time we give
is organized through Out for Good, specific attention is drawn to the
value of LGBTQIA people in our society.
Out for Good Returns to VPR Pledge Drive
Join us at the upcoming VPR Pledge Drive on June 19-23. We’ll be
in their Colchester studio to answer phones and take pledge information
fromVPR supporters during the following hours:
*training Session Sunday, June 18, 11am*
Monday, June 19, 6am - 9am
Thursday, June 22, 3:30pm- 7pm
The training session is strongly recommended.
Sign up for one or both pledge shifts.
It’s great fun and great
visibility for our community. registration is required for the VPR Pledge
Drive event as limited volunteer positions are available. Please send
an email to out for Good at outforgood@glfundvt.org
to register. Be sure to include email and mailing address information
and a daytime telephone number.
Don’t Miss the Fun!
Alison Bechdel Launches New Book
For fans of “Dykes to watch out For”: check out Fun Home,
Alison’s new graphic autobiography, see a slide show and hear her
read from the book at three events this month.
*Galaxy Bookshop, Hardwick, Tuesday, June 6th at 7 pm. This event will
be taped and broadcast on local cable access TV.
*Barnes & Noble, Burlington, Wednesday, June 7th at 7 pm
*Bear Pond Books, Montpelier, Tuesday, July 11 at 7 pm
*Peace & Justice Store, Burlington, Friday, July 7th at 7 pm
Clean Out Your Closet - and Don’t Go Back In!
BURLINGTON - Join SafeSpace staff and supporters at this year’s
“Clean Out Your Closet” yard sale on June 10th from 9am-5pm
at the Unitarian Universalist church lawn on Pearl Street in downtown
Burlington. Shop until you drop for useful household items, furniture,
clothing, and electronics. all proceeds will benefit SafeSpace services
and programs.
SafeSpace is a social change and social
service organization working to end physical, sexual, emotional, and hate
violence in the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and
questioning (LGBTQQ) Vermonters. this year’s “Clean Out Your
Closet” yard sale will be an enjoyable community event and will
help SafeSpace diversify fundingsources for survivors throughout the state.
SafeSpace will be collecting donations of
household items, clothes, furniture, and electronics up until June 9th.
For more information or to donate items to the yard sale, please contact
SafeSpace at 802-863 0003 or email info@safespacevt.org
SafeSpace, Po Box 158, Burlington, Vt 05402.
802-863-0003. contact: Connie Beal, connie@safespacevt.org
Crones Celebrate at HOWL
HUNTINGTON - Crones, this is an invitation to attend two celebrations
at Howl located in a spacious, beautiful country setting. If you’ve
not been to this area, perhaps it would be an opportunity for you to explore
this exclusive women’s space.
On Saturday, June 17th, we will celebrate
Solstice here at Howl with a potluck and indoor or outdoor circle depending
on the weather. we will have lots of food if you are not up to bringing
something. Come around 5 or 6 or earlier if you wish to walk the land
or just hang out. On Sunday the 18th of June we will be celebrating our
20th anniversary. Come for the day or part of it for hiking, swims, sauna
and workshops, or you may offer your own spontaneous workshop. Call Glo
at 434-3953 for information.
Bowling with
Rutland Vistas
Join the Vistas on Saturday, June 17th at 6 pm at rutland Bowlerama, 158
S. Main. Cost is $1.50 per game and $1 for shoes. Contact Philip at pjbjr33@aol.com
or call him at 802-259-3811.
Get together With Pride ‘06
Happy June from the Pride ’06 committee! We’re excited about
the end of monsoon season and the beginning of gorgeous weather, but we’re
even more excited for our 24th annual Pride Festival! Saturday, July 8th
is the big day – check out our website for details! www.pridevermont.org
Get involved! Help us plan our events,
or help out the day of the parade! e-mail co-chair Chelsea Sullivan at
chelsea@pridevermont.org to
get plugged into what we’re doing.
Women’s Dance June 17th
BURLINGTON - There will again be a women’s dance in Burlington!
Here are the particulars: The Wyndham Burlington
Hotel, 60 Battery Street
7 pm to 8 pm - Greet, meet and eat
8 pm to 10:30 pm - Sister Funk
10:30 pm - 1 am - D.J.E.V.
cash bar - Hors D’oeuvres
tickets: $18 advance, $21 at the door.
Flynn Box Office or Peace & Justice
Center
FMI: fireflydance@aol.com
or call 802-864-7835 or 802-399- 9897.
SafeSpace’s 2nd Annual Run Against Rape Huge Success!
Thank You! SafeSpace would like to thank all of this year’s run
against rape participants, sponsors, and volunteers.
80 enthusiastic participants ran and walk
to end sexual violence in our diverse communities by supporting SafeSpace
programs and services; raising over $3,000! The sun was shining and spirits
were high - what a great day it was! Thank you so much!
We are all looking forward to next year’s
Run Against Rape - be on the lookout come April 2007.
SafeSpace & WRCC direct Service Volunteers Needed!
Be a part of social change in your community! SafeSpace is recruiting
volunteers to answer the support line, organize special fundraising events,
provide outreach in the community, and to provide administrative support
at the office.
SafeSpace will be holding a volunteer training
beginning early summer. Please contact connie@safespacevt.org
or call 802-863-0003 to register for the training and to learn more about
how you can join the queer antiviolence movement.
SafeSpace Raffle
It’s that time of year again! SafeSpace is holding the annual 50/50
raffle. tickets are $6 each or 2 for $10 - all proceeds from the raffle
go directly to SafeSpace programs and services to help queer survivors
of violence across the state of Vermont.
Be on the lookout for SafeSpace representatives
in your community ready to sell you a ticket or two! Thank you for your
support! For more information or to purchase a raffle ticket, please contact
SafeSpace at info@safespacevt.org
or call 802-863-0003. the drawing date is extended until June 10th at
SafeSpace’s “Clean Out Your Closet” Yard Sale.
Sapphic Weekend for Women in Montreal
“A montreal institution for 13 years, Le Boudoir is an anachronistic
romp through time and a bawdy and provocative celebration of female sexuality
that annually draws hundreds of women for a weekend of retro glamour,
dazzling parties and Sapphic cabaret,” announces OUT productions.
The event takes place T hursday and Friday
nights, June 29-30, at Montreal’s restored art-deco theater, Le
National. tickets are on sale at the door or online at www.leboudoir.org
Drag Idols Wanted!
It is time again for Vermont Drag Idol. This popular pride night event
is back for its 3rd year on Saturday, July 8th, and we need contestants
to compete! Just like American Idol, this is a contest to see who is the
best Drag Idol in Vermont. This year there are two age categories: 17
and under, and 18 and above. Start putting your numbers together now and
don’t forget to register with Outright Vermont by June 30th! Details
can be found online at www.outrightvt.org
Drag Idol is part of a large Pride party
at Higher Ground this year, so even if you don’t compete - be sure
to bring the family. It is an all-ages, substance- free event from 7-9
pm on Pride night!
Brokeback Mountain, Vt?
www.brokebackmountainvermont.com website volunteer Tom Eagan writes:
“I became familiar with the website
several weeks after BBM did not receive the Oscar for Best Picture. The
creator of the website’s name is John Kwiatowski, a resident of
Burlington.
John also is a huge Brokeback fan and wants
to honor a movie that touched many people. I believe it was a groundbreaking
movie and we should not forget about it. It would be wonderful for a mountain
in Vermont to be named in its honor. It would be place I would love to
visit someday.”
WorldPride
to be held in Jerusalem
“Love without Borders: Jerusalem WorldPride 2006” will bring
thousands of LGBT international citizens to this ancient city for the
event scheduled for August 6-11.
WorldPride will focus on issues regarding
health, youth, religion and human rights while celebrating with a variety
of entertainment.
FMI : www.worldpride.net
Researchers Ask About Lesbian Violence
Are you a lesbian/bisexual mom? Has a female partner ever physically hurt
you? Family researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
are interested in interviewing lesbian/bisexual mothers who have experienced
violence about their experiences with parenting.
For more information, please contact Dr.
Jennifer Hardesty or Dr. Ramona Oswald at 1 (800) 504-1407. All participants
will receive $25. This study is funded by the Lesbian Health Fund.