September is going to be a busy month....
so I wanted to post up as much of the month as I have to keep you in the know.
Note that individual event details will be explained later, for now this is an outline overview.
Some things could be subject to change, hopefully not. :-)
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3: SunDance Auction (Rehoboth)
4: SunDance (Rehoboth), PFLAG Meeting (Rehoboth)
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7: Amateur Drag Show (Wilmington), DE Pride Festival Volunteer's Info meeting (Wilmington)
8: PFLAG meeting (Wilmington) OUTflix (Newark)
9: OUTflix (Newark), Art Loop (Wilmington)
10: Renaissance meeting (Wilmington), OUTflix (Newark), Brandywine Arts Festival (Wilmington)
11: OUTflix (Newark), Brandywine Arts Festival (Wilmington)
12: Rainbow Chorale auditions (Wilmington)
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14: Delaware Pride meeting (Wilmington)
15: Our Night Out (Wilmington), OUTflix (Wilmington)
16: DE Pride Volunteer's Informational meeting (Rehoboth), CampOut (Rehoboth)
17: Delaware Pride Festival (Rehoboth), Lipstick & Lashes (Blades, DE)
18: OUTflix (Wilmington)
19: Rainbow Chorale auditions (Wilmington)
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22: A Taste of Trolley Square competition (Wilmington)
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24: The Pink Loop, a breast cancer awareness event (Wilmington)
25: Miss Gay Wilmington Pageant (Wilmington)
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27: Food Bank of Delaware volunteering (Newark)
28: Fierce Drag Wednesday (Wilmington)
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October 1: AIDS Delaware Walk (Wilmington)
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Thursday, September 1, 2011
Monday, October 18, 2010
A Discussion of LGBT Youth Needs
In response to the recent string of suicides by sexual minority teens, and noting an apparent lack of services for this population, AIDS Delaware is hosting a forum to discuss the needs of young LGBT people and available services (and gaps in service) in Delaware. Please join us!
WHAT: A discussion of LGBT Youth needs, services available, and gaps in service
WHEN: Wednesday, October 20, 2010, from 10am to 12pm
WHERE: Community Service Building, 100 West 10th Street, Room 6, Wilmington, DE 19801
We recognize that young LGBT people live across the state, and that many service providers from Kent and Sussex Counties may be unable to attend this meeting. If you are a service provider from one of our southern counties and you would like to tell us about a need that you see or a service you provide, please send that information to me and I will be happy to share it. Once we see how this discussion goes, we may host additional sessions in a more centralized location.
PLEASE RSVP to me (email preferred – jklein@aidsdelaware.org) by Monday, October 18th if you plan to attend. Also, please feel free to share this notice with others who may be interested.
Thank you,
John
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John Klein
Executive Director
AIDS Delaware
100 West 10th Street
Suite 315
Wilmington, DE 19801
Phone - (302)652-6776 x206
Fax - (302)652-5150
jklein@aidsdelaware.org
“We are all HIV+” ~Diamanda Galas
WHAT: A discussion of LGBT Youth needs, services available, and gaps in service
WHEN: Wednesday, October 20, 2010, from 10am to 12pm
WHERE: Community Service Building, 100 West 10th Street, Room 6, Wilmington, DE 19801
We recognize that young LGBT people live across the state, and that many service providers from Kent and Sussex Counties may be unable to attend this meeting. If you are a service provider from one of our southern counties and you would like to tell us about a need that you see or a service you provide, please send that information to me and I will be happy to share it. Once we see how this discussion goes, we may host additional sessions in a more centralized location.
PLEASE RSVP to me (email preferred – jklein@aidsdelaware.org) by Monday, October 18th if you plan to attend. Also, please feel free to share this notice with others who may be interested.
Thank you,
John
--
John Klein
Executive Director
AIDS Delaware
100 West 10th Street
Suite 315
Wilmington, DE 19801
Phone - (302)652-6776 x206
Fax - (302)652-5150
jklein@aidsdelaware.org
“We are all HIV+” ~Diamanda Galas
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Upcoming events
1. DE Pride Community Meeting
2. Drag Show at La Boom
3. DE Renaissance Meeting
4. Haven's Drag Show
5. Draggalicious
6. GLBT appreciation at Hanover Presbyterian Church
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Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010
DE Pride Community Meeting
Held on the 1st Thursday of Every Month @ 7:00 PM
at the New Ark United Church of Christ
300 East Main St., Newark, DE
If you can't make the meeting, join us for dinner.
To find us, call 302-563-7946
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Thursday Oct 7, 2010
Drag Show at La Boom
3421 Kirkwood Highway Wilmington DE 19808
$5 before 10:30, $10 after 10:30
Featuring: Dior Douglas, Daria, Jenny Nicole and Paige Turner
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Saturday, Oct 9, 2010
Delaware Renaissance Meeting
Doors open at 8:00 pm and the meeting starts at 8:30 pm at the First Unitarian Church, 730 Halstead Road, in Talleyville.
The entrance is in the rear at the Youth Enrichment Center. Our meetings are open to all who seek education about the transgendered community, or support in a safe, secure, nonsexual environment: crossdressers, transvestites, transsexuals, transgenderists, their families and friends, and interested professionals.
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Saturday Oct 9, 2010
Haven's Drag Show
@7:00pm
Come to Haven's biggest event of the year, our annual Drag Show! Co-sponsored by SGA, RSA, SCPAB, HOLA, NEDAC, Greek Council, RSA, and Women's Studies, Haven is bringing in professional drag queens for the performance of the year, and you've never seen anything more fierce or fabulous.
This year will feature host and performer Sahara Davenport, who was a contestant on the reality competition show RuPaul's Drag Race!
Tickets will be sold at the door, $7 with a UD ID and $10 without.
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Sunday Oct 10, 2010.... 8:00pm.
Draggalicious at Theater N
The movie discussed the issues of transgenders acceptance in the society, as well as the public concerns in LGBT community.
Don't miss the World Premiere of "DRAGGILICIOUS" at Theater N in Wilmington, DE on 10/10/2010 @ 8 PM. See you there.
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Sunday Oct 10, 2010
A celebration of LGBT diversity
Hanover Presbyterian--at corners of Baynard Blvd, 18th, and Jefferson--for the 2nd year will devote 4 Sundays to celebrating GLBT Diversity beginning 19 Sept through 10 Oct. Adult Sunday School (11:40 a.m.) will have a different speaker or panel each Sunday, Worship will include music and sermon, and... the series culminates in a concert at 3 p.m., 10 Oct, with the theme "Gay-Straight Alliance" with readers and performers both gay and straight. Performers include Michael Hunter, Angie Robinson, Chris Berg, Brian Gray, myself, Rainbow Chorale, and readers from AIDS Delaware, Just For Youth, PFLAG, Hanover, Delaware Pride will read texts from the musical Get Used To It by Tom Wilson Weinberg...great poems. All are free; please join us!
2. Drag Show at La Boom
3. DE Renaissance Meeting
4. Haven's Drag Show
5. Draggalicious
6. GLBT appreciation at Hanover Presbyterian Church
...........................................................
Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010
DE Pride Community Meeting
Held on the 1st Thursday of Every Month @ 7:00 PM
at the New Ark United Church of Christ
300 East Main St., Newark, DE
If you can't make the meeting, join us for dinner.
To find us, call 302-563-7946
.......................................................
Thursday Oct 7, 2010
Drag Show at La Boom
3421 Kirkwood Highway Wilmington DE 19808
$5 before 10:30, $10 after 10:30
Featuring: Dior Douglas, Daria, Jenny Nicole and Paige Turner
.........................................................
Saturday, Oct 9, 2010
Delaware Renaissance Meeting
Doors open at 8:00 pm and the meeting starts at 8:30 pm at the First Unitarian Church, 730 Halstead Road, in Talleyville.
The entrance is in the rear at the Youth Enrichment Center. Our meetings are open to all who seek education about the transgendered community, or support in a safe, secure, nonsexual environment: crossdressers, transvestites, transsexuals, transgenderists, their families and friends, and interested professionals.
............................................................
Saturday Oct 9, 2010
Haven's Drag Show
@7:00pm
Come to Haven's biggest event of the year, our annual Drag Show! Co-sponsored by SGA, RSA, SCPAB, HOLA, NEDAC, Greek Council, RSA, and Women's Studies, Haven is bringing in professional drag queens for the performance of the year, and you've never seen anything more fierce or fabulous.
This year will feature host and performer Sahara Davenport, who was a contestant on the reality competition show RuPaul's Drag Race!
Tickets will be sold at the door, $7 with a UD ID and $10 without.
.......................................................................
Sunday Oct 10, 2010.... 8:00pm.
Draggalicious at Theater N
The movie discussed the issues of transgenders acceptance in the society, as well as the public concerns in LGBT community.
Don't miss the World Premiere of "DRAGGILICIOUS" at Theater N in Wilmington, DE on 10/10/2010 @ 8 PM. See you there.
.........................................................................
Sunday Oct 10, 2010
A celebration of LGBT diversity
Hanover Presbyterian--at corners of Baynard Blvd, 18th, and Jefferson--for the 2nd year will devote 4 Sundays to celebrating GLBT Diversity beginning 19 Sept through 10 Oct. Adult Sunday School (11:40 a.m.) will have a different speaker or panel each Sunday, Worship will include music and sermon, and... the series culminates in a concert at 3 p.m., 10 Oct, with the theme "Gay-Straight Alliance" with readers and performers both gay and straight. Performers include Michael Hunter, Angie Robinson, Chris Berg, Brian Gray, myself, Rainbow Chorale, and readers from AIDS Delaware, Just For Youth, PFLAG, Hanover, Delaware Pride will read texts from the musical Get Used To It by Tom Wilson Weinberg...great poems. All are free; please join us!
Monday, June 28, 2010
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Monday, May 10, 2010
The Parable of the Fallen Signpost
There was a man walking down a road on his way to Greenville. He had just traveled many miles from Orangeville to get where he is now. Up ahead he sees an enormous crossroads but when he arrives to the intersection, he discovers that the signpost has fallen. He looks down at the signpost to read it. It has 6 different arrows: Redville, Orangeville, Yellowville, Greenville, Blueville, and Purpleville. The man thinks to himself, "I've walked all this way from Orangeville and now it's too late to turn back! How on earth am I to know which path leads me to Greenville?!" So the man sits down. He is very tired and allows himself the time to think it out. No sooner does he sit down, he stands back up, now comprehending what he must do. He reaches down, picks up the sign and faces the one arrow to the path he just walked. The man looks up, reads the signpost once again and confidently walks to Greenville.
The moral: You must always remember from where you came, to know where you are going.
The moral: You must always remember from where you came, to know where you are going.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Interview with AIDS Delaware
Being that Delaware GLU plans on presenting Delaware's entire LGBT community with its respective news and events, we have a goal to interview the heads of the main LGBT oriented organizations and lgbt-owned businesses to later present you with that information.
This is the first of hopefully many mini-interviews to follow.
Also, to make things easy, everyone is asked the same 5 questions.
This is 5 Questions for AIDS Delaware:
1: Could you describe your position and a provide brief description of AIDS Delaware?
AIDS Delaware is the state's first and largest AIDS service organization. The agency started as an all-volunteer group serving people in the late stages of HIV/AIDS in the mid- to- late 80s. Today, the organization provides prevention services, testing, and case management. As the Executive Director, I am responsible for the day-to-day management of the organization and work closely with the Board of Directors to plan for the future.
2: What relevance or significance does AIDS DE have to the LGBT community?
HIV/AIDS was first discovered in the gay community. When AIDS Delaware was founded, its name was the Delaware Lesbian and Gay Health Advocates - most of its volunteers with LGBT, as were most of its clients. As the HIV epidemic grew and the virus began attacking other communities, the agency's Board of Directors made the difficult, controversial decision to change the agency's name to AIDS Delaware. The hope was that the new name would be MORE inclusive of all people. The agency has maintained strong ties to the LGBT community continues to advocate for equal rights for everyone.
3: Why did you decide to join AIDS Delaware?
I joined AIDS Delaware as an intern when I was completing my B.S. in Human Services at the University of Delaware. I really wanted to work with LGBT youth, and AIDS Delaware had a group specifically for that population. I quickly took an interest in administration and was fortunate to be offered full-time employment upon graduation. I have been with the agency ever since, holding several administrative positions prior to being promoted to Executive Director in October, 2008.
4: Is there something that the public often misconstrues about AIDS Delaware?
There are two conflicting misconceptions about AIDS Delaware in the public. Many people in the straight community see AIDS Delaware as a "gay" organization. This is based on both the agency's history and the still-strong but totally inaccurate idea that AIDS is gay disease. On the other hand, there are those that in the gay community who feel that agency doesn't do enough for LGBT people, and that the agency has tried to distance itself from the community. In reality, the Board of Directors and I are very committed to providing service for LGBT(QQIAA) people. We're also very committed to halting the spread of HIV in ALL communities.
5: Tell me one thing you know about AIDS DE that I wouldn't be able to find on the website?
AIDS Delaware's website (which we hope to revamp very soon!) does not mention a very recent collaborative effort we are working on. The agency has formed a partnership with Widener University to conduct a needs assessment of the LGBT community. We plan to do this in stages, first examining the needs of LGBT youth, focusing primarily on mental health needs. The results of the assessment will be used to build appropriate programming to address needs.
Thanks so much to John Klein, Executive Director of AIDS Delaware
If you have questions of your own, please visit their website here: AIDS Delaware
This is the first of hopefully many mini-interviews to follow.
Also, to make things easy, everyone is asked the same 5 questions.
This is 5 Questions for AIDS Delaware:
1: Could you describe your position and a provide brief description of AIDS Delaware?
AIDS Delaware is the state's first and largest AIDS service organization. The agency started as an all-volunteer group serving people in the late stages of HIV/AIDS in the mid- to- late 80s. Today, the organization provides prevention services, testing, and case management. As the Executive Director, I am responsible for the day-to-day management of the organization and work closely with the Board of Directors to plan for the future.
2: What relevance or significance does AIDS DE have to the LGBT community?
HIV/AIDS was first discovered in the gay community. When AIDS Delaware was founded, its name was the Delaware Lesbian and Gay Health Advocates - most of its volunteers with LGBT, as were most of its clients. As the HIV epidemic grew and the virus began attacking other communities, the agency's Board of Directors made the difficult, controversial decision to change the agency's name to AIDS Delaware. The hope was that the new name would be MORE inclusive of all people. The agency has maintained strong ties to the LGBT community continues to advocate for equal rights for everyone.
3: Why did you decide to join AIDS Delaware?
I joined AIDS Delaware as an intern when I was completing my B.S. in Human Services at the University of Delaware. I really wanted to work with LGBT youth, and AIDS Delaware had a group specifically for that population. I quickly took an interest in administration and was fortunate to be offered full-time employment upon graduation. I have been with the agency ever since, holding several administrative positions prior to being promoted to Executive Director in October, 2008.
4: Is there something that the public often misconstrues about AIDS Delaware?
There are two conflicting misconceptions about AIDS Delaware in the public. Many people in the straight community see AIDS Delaware as a "gay" organization. This is based on both the agency's history and the still-strong but totally inaccurate idea that AIDS is gay disease. On the other hand, there are those that in the gay community who feel that agency doesn't do enough for LGBT people, and that the agency has tried to distance itself from the community. In reality, the Board of Directors and I are very committed to providing service for LGBT(QQIAA) people. We're also very committed to halting the spread of HIV in ALL communities.
5: Tell me one thing you know about AIDS DE that I wouldn't be able to find on the website?
AIDS Delaware's website (which we hope to revamp very soon!) does not mention a very recent collaborative effort we are working on. The agency has formed a partnership with Widener University to conduct a needs assessment of the LGBT community. We plan to do this in stages, first examining the needs of LGBT youth, focusing primarily on mental health needs. The results of the assessment will be used to build appropriate programming to address needs.
Thanks so much to John Klein, Executive Director of AIDS Delaware
If you have questions of your own, please visit their website here: AIDS Delaware
80's Drag show in Newark
Straight off the presses of the DEGLC email system!!!!
The "Ladies of the 80s" are back to rock Cube Restaurant & Bar on Friday, May 14, 2010! Mark your calendar now! The show starts promptly at 9:30pm. This is a female impersonation revue show, featuring your hostess Anita Mann, Karyn Thomas, Brie Daniels, and the stage debut of Kathleen Francis! They'll be performing all 80s songs, including impersonations of some of your favorite 80s divas! There will also be 80s trivia for prizes, and special surprises!
Cube Restaurant & Bar is located at 16 Marrows Road in Newark, Delaware. Come in early for a delicious dinner, and stay late for all-80s music and dancing! Reservations are strongly recommended for larger parties, just call the Cube.
Tickets for the show are just $5.00. These can be purchased at the door, or in advance online. To purchase tickets in advance, or to learn more about the Cube, visit The Cube Restraunt. To learn more about the show, contact anitamann@comcast.net.
The "Ladies of the 80s" are back to rock Cube Restaurant & Bar on Friday, May 14, 2010! Mark your calendar now! The show starts promptly at 9:30pm. This is a female impersonation revue show, featuring your hostess Anita Mann, Karyn Thomas, Brie Daniels, and the stage debut of Kathleen Francis! They'll be performing all 80s songs, including impersonations of some of your favorite 80s divas! There will also be 80s trivia for prizes, and special surprises!
Cube Restaurant & Bar is located at 16 Marrows Road in Newark, Delaware. Come in early for a delicious dinner, and stay late for all-80s music and dancing! Reservations are strongly recommended for larger parties, just call the Cube.
Tickets for the show are just $5.00. These can be purchased at the door, or in advance online. To purchase tickets in advance, or to learn more about the Cube, visit The Cube Restraunt. To learn more about the show, contact anitamann@comcast.net.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Attn: LGBT business owners
DE GLU is on the hunt for anyone in Delaware's LGBT community who owns their own business and is also openly out. We would love for you to contact us to discuss your achievements.
Please contact us at delawareglu@gmail.com
Don't make us have to come and find you! ;)
Please contact us at delawareglu@gmail.com
Don't make us have to come and find you! ;)
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Chain, chain, chain.....
Check out our new list of links to keep everyone informed of what's happening in Delaware. If you know or run an organization or business and want to be linked to the page, please let us know.
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