[MarignyBywater] New Orleans LGBT Pride - June 27th!

[Otis Fennell at FAB]

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> New Orleans
> Guerrilla LGBTQ Pride
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>  Saturday, June 27th, 12 noon - 5 p.m.
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> To mark the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, a major  
> turning point in the struggle for lesbian, gay, bisexual and  
> transgender rights, The Community Coalition (TCC), Forum For  
> Equality, NO/AIDS Task Force, the LGBT Community Center and  
> FAUBOURG MARIGNY ART & BOOKS (FAB) are organizing a Sidewalk Pride  
> Celebration and Resource Fair on Saturday, June 27th. The LGBT  
> Community Center at 2114 Decatur and FAB Books at 600 Frenchmen  
> will be the anchors, with tables and information available in front  
> of participating organizations.  The event will span Frenchmen  
> between Chartres and Decatur and around the corner unto Decatur  
> itself.
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> The event is open to participation by any LGBTQ friendly  
> organization or business. So far PFLAG (Parents and Friends of  
> Lesbians and Gays), Big Easy MCC (Metropolitan Community Church),  
> ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union), NOW (National Organization  
> for Women), TCC, NO/AIDS Task Force, New Life Community Church, the  
> LGBT Community Center, Forum For Equality, Gulf Gender Alliance,  
> HRC (Human Rights Campaign), re:Vision, NOSHA (New Orleans Secular  
> Humanist Association), AIDSLaw, and the LA Gay & Transgender  
> Wellness Centers are confirmed to participate. Some tables will be  
> provided and set up in front of NO/AIDS CAN office, the Community  
> Center and FAB. Tables may be in short supply, so if you have one,  
> please bring it. Also, chairs are scarce, so please bring your own.
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> It's a great way to find out what's going on in the LGBT community,  
> get an autographed book, be tested for HIV, meet new people and  
> hang out in the Gay Triangle near a variety of restaurants, bars  
> and coffee shops.
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> Special events already scheduled for the day include National HIV  
> Testing Day, with CAN (Community Awareness Network) at 507  
> Frenchmen having special testing hours from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.  FAB  
> will be having author readings and signings.  Scheduled to appear  
> are Claude J. Summers, editor of the GLBT Encyclopedia series  
> including The Queer Encyclopedia of the Visual Arts and The Queer  
> Encyclopedia of Film and Television and The Queer Encyclopedia of  
> Music, Dance and Musical Theater,
> Greg Herren, a two-time Lambda Literary Award winning author and  
> editor. His most recent novel, Murder in the Rue Ursulines, was  
> published in October 2008, and J.M. Redmann, also a Lambda award  
> winner, who has written five novels, all featuring New Orleans  
> private detective Michele 'Micky' Knight.  Her latest, Death of a  
> Dying Man, was released in April.
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> If you want to know more or would like to participate, please email  
> Mary or Jean
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> Forum For Equality
> Phone: 504.569.9156    Fax: 504.523.8522
> Email: forumforequality at forumforequality.com
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