[MarignyBywater] New Orleans Guerrilla LGBTQ 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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