Center announces All OUT June, Celebrating a Month of Pride in Northwest Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR – 8 June 2010 – The NWA Center for Equality has announced All OUT June, a month-long celebration of Pride in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community. The goal is to promote, educate, celebrate, and advocate the advancement to be ones true self in Northwest Arkansas.
You have seen the commercials, liked the candidate pages on Facebook, and chatted with friends about this year’s Arkansas Preferential Primary on May 18, but have you taken the time to go vote? We often speak of the buying power of the LGBTQ community, but the political power is just as important.
State and national political leaders make decisions that directly affect the LGBTQ community. On the state level, legislators propose and vote on the legalization of same-sex marriage and the implementation of civil unions, while judicial leaders overturn discriminatory ballot initiatives such as Act One. On the national level, Senate and House leaders sponsor and vote on LGBTQ-centered laws such as the United American Families Act, the passage of a comprehensive federal LGBTQ anti-discrimination statute, repealing Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, and the list goes on. Read more…
Harvey Milk was born May 22, 1930. He was the first openly gay office holder in America and the first gay man to be elected to public office in California. He was an important political figure and avid GLBT activist.
Beyond his political achievements, his words are what have impacted the lives of so many. In a time when equality was nearly nonexistent, Harvey Milk was incapable of accepting separation. His loving and inviting personality and values have inspired so many of us, even today. Nearly 32 years after his assassination, Harvey still lives in us. Read more…
Right now, a generous Center donor has made an incredible offer to match every membership gift you make by May 1st – dollar-for-dollar – up to $2,000! Your membership renewal or first time gift will be doubled. You can turn your $25 membership into $50! Join or renew today. Read more…
A local photographer and freelance writer/editor are looking to start a project to show people how incredibly alike GLBT and straight people really are. There will be interviews to create “coming-out stories” and photographs of the stories of those portrayed. The writing part of the project will consist of not only coming-out stories, but any sorts of hardships that have been endured by GLBT people, including hate crimes, discrimination at work and school, family issues, etc. These need to be personal stories. All stories may be edited for grammar and story line. Also, a follow-up interview may be necessary, either by phone or in person. Send your story to guacamo.leigh@yahoo.com, or to ask any questions. Read more…
