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2019 Major Events in the DC LGBTQ Community

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DC LGBTQ Community Events

Here is a list of major events coming up in 2019 for our local LGBTQ community in the District of Columbia.  We have included the dates we are currently aware of, but if you have more events you would like to see added to the list, please e-mail the support desk at supportdesk@thedccenter.org.

January

LGBT Contingent in the Martin Luther King, Jr. Parade 
January 21st, 2019
website link | facebook event page

Winter Casino Night at Buffalo Billiards
January 26th, 2019
www.teamdc.org

February

Night OUT at the Capitals vs. Vancouver Canucks
February 5th, 2019
www.teamdc.org

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
February 7th, 2019
(no local events planned at this time)
www.nationalblackaidsday.org

Scarlet’s Bake Sale
February 10th, 2019
facebook event page

March

Night OUT at the Wizards vs. Orlando Magic
March 13th, 2019
www.teamdc.org

April

National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
April 10th, 2019
(no local events planned at this time)
www.youthaidsday.org

Day of Silence
April 12th, 2019
(no local events planned at this time)
www.dayofsilence.org

Night of Champions Awards Dinner
April 13th, 2019
www.teamdc.org

Spring Casino Night at Buffalo Billiards
April 27th, 2019
www.teamdc.org

May

Gay Day at the Zoo
May 5th, 2019
website link | facebook event link 

International Family Equality Day
May 5th, 2019
(events taking place as part of Gay Day at the Zoo)
www.internationalfamilyequalityday.org

Quarterly SportsMixer
May 15th, 2019
www.teamdc.org

International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia
May 17th, 2019
www.dayagainsthomophobia.org
(no local events taking place at this time)

Capital Trans Pride
May 17th – May 19th, 2019
www.capitaltranspride.org

Black Pride 
May 24th – May 27th, 2019
www.dcblackpride.org

National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV AIDS Awareness Day
May 19th, 2019
(no local events planned at this time)
www.banyantreeproject.org

Foster Care & Adoption Information Night (National Foster Care Month)
May 29th, 2019
website link | facebook event link

June

Night Out at the Nationals
June 4th, 2019
www.teamdc.org

Capital Pride Parade
June 8th, 2019
www.capitalpride.org

March with the DC Center in the Capital Pride Parade
website link | facebook event page

Capital Pride Festival
June 9th, 2019

Volunteer with the DC Center in the Capital Pride Festival
website link | facebook event page

Capital Pride Interfaith Service
June 11th, 2019
website link | facebook event page

July

Night OUT at the Mystics vs. Phoenix Mercury
July 30th, 2019
www.teamdc.org

August

OutWrite LGBT Book Festival
August 2-4, 2019
website link | facebook event page

Summer Casino Night at Buffalo Billiards
August 10th, 2019
www.teamdc.org

September

Quarterly Sports Mixer
September 16th, 2019
www.teamdc.org

Bi Visibility Day
September 23, 2019
(no local events planned at this time)
www.bivisibilityday.com

HRC National Dinner
September 28th, 2019
hrcnationaldinner.org

October

Fashion Show/Team Fundraiser
October 5th, 2019
www.teamdc.org

National Coming Out Day
October 11th, 2019
(no local events planned at this time)
www.hrc.org/resources/entry/national-coming-out-day

National Latino HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
October 15th, 2019
(no local events planned at this time)
www.nlaad.org

SMYAL Brunch
October 20, 2019
www.smyal.org

Reel Affirmations: Washington DC’s International LGBTQ Film Festival
October 24, 2019 – October 27, 2019
www.reelaffirmations.org

Miss Adams Morgan Pageant (32)
October 26th, 2019

November

Fall Casino Night at Buffalo Billiards
November 2nd, 2019
www.teamdc.org

Veterans Day Annual LGBT Wreath Laying Ceremony
November 11th, 2019
website link | facebook event page

Transgender Day of Remembrance
November 20th, 2019
website link | facebook event link

Thanksgiving at the DC Center
November 28th, 2019
website link | facebook event page

Small Business Saturday Pop-Up Shop
November 30th, 2019
website link | facebook event page

December

World AIDS Day
December 1st, 2019
(no local events planned at this time)
www.un.org/en/events/aidsday

Holiday SportsMixer
December 6th, 2019
www.teamdc.org

International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers
December 17th, 2019
(no local events planned at this time)
www.december17.org

Center Global Volunteer Opportunities

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Center Global: Help LGBT Asylum Seekers & Refugees

Benefits of Sharing Your Expertise

Sharing your talents with Center Global and our program participants/asylum seekers is a chance to learn about your LGBTQI peers from areas including: Africa, Latin America, West Indies, the MENA Region, Eastern Europe, Russia and Southeast Asia. You’ll experience a diversity of cultures and customs while gaining life-altering experiences and meeting new Center Global folks.

There are multiple ways and time commitments for which you can volunteer – share your skills in as much or little time as you prefer.

Volunteering Categories:

  • Volunteer Coordination/Committee
  • Administrative Support
  • Fundraising
  • Media/Marketing/Communication
  • Programming
  • Legal Consultation
  • Housing Support
  • Community Outreach and Education

Each role includes coordinating with a Center Global leader to plan and execute each area.

Areas starting below in rank order of priority:

Volunteer Coordinator/Committee

Seeking an individual or committee to follow up with volunteer “leads,” track them in a volunteer database and ultimately match them to Center Global projects. We get one-five volunteer requests per month via our website and community outreach efforts. We can rely on the volunteer database to provide support during events, e.g., the monthly support dinner, annual reception/fundraising events and ad-hoc community outreach activities.

Administrative Support

Provide administrative support and liaison between the Center Global leadership and the DC Center staff in maintaining program participants’ files, scheduling meetings/events and support to program participants. This position requires working some regular hours at the DC Center.

Community Outreach and Education

Center Global’s mission also includes engaging the local community to raise awareness of international human rights transgressions for the LGBTQ asylum community.

We receive invitations to speak to community/faith groups and business organizations about Center Global’s work. We also conduct an Asylum 101 session to give volunteers an overview of the asylum-seekers’ process and challenges; plus we coordinate and sponsor a panel discussions to address the broader social issues impacting our asylum seekers – these are open to the larger DC community, not just volunteers.

There are opportunities to help organize, coordinate and lead both the Asylum 101 and the Panel Discussion/Town Hall format.

Fundraising

Center Global is funded by individuals’, community organizations’/faith communities’ and private businesses’ contributions. You can assist in building support for Center Global via:

  • A planning committee for the May 2019 Annual Reception at Room & Board on May 9th. We need an individual to lead this planning effort.
  • Working with our Grants Team to identify potential grant making organizations and prepare appropriate proposals
  • Design and implement a program for individual gift solicitation throughout the year.
  • Coordinate with Center Global partners to plan and execute marketing or fund-raising activities (i.e., a book-signing event).

Programming

Our Center Global community of LGBTQ asylum seekers is a hallmark of our organization. We help our participants to socialize, meet and work with one another in their new DC home.

We need volunteers who can:

  • Liaise with community, corporate sponsors, and faith leaders to plan topics and execute topics for the monthly Program Meeting that informs and educates our volunteer pool.
  • Develop community resource materials that help to educate program participants about their adjustment to life in America and living in the region.
  • Create a mentoring program to work one-on-one with individuals as they assimilate to their new life in the United States.

Media/Marketing/Communication

Coordinate with Center Global leadership to reach out to DC-regional and LGBTQ-focused media contacts to raise awareness of Center Global and the issues faced by LGBTQ asylum seekers.

  • Write or co-author articles for the media
  • Craft marketing content for the CG website
  • Develop content for our social-media channels – Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc.

For More Information

For more information about these volunteer opportunities, please e-mail centerglobal@thedccenter.org.

 

Study for Black MSM: Earn $20 in Gift Cards

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PrEP Study for Black Men

George Washington University is conducting a study about PrEP advertising twith Black men who have sex with men (MSM) in the Washington, DC metro area.

PrEP, or HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis, is a highly effective HIV prevention medication. We are interested in learning more about how Black MSM feel about the way PrEP is being marketed to them. Findings will help guide the development of future PrEP advertisements, with the goal of creating materials that are culturally sensitive and acceptable to Black men who have sex with men in DC.

The study involves completing two 20-minute surveys and receiving a weekly email for 8 weeks, for which respondents will earn two $10 Amazon gift cards (one for each survey) and be entered into a lottery to win $500 in cash.

To be eligible, participants must be Black, HIV-negative, PrEP-inexperienced men who are sexually active with other men and reside in the DC metro area.

Click here to begin the survey! 

LGBTQ Community Centers Support Fair Treatment for LGBTQ Asylum Seekers

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#queertranscaravan

Across the United States, people of all backgrounds are reacting with outrage in light of the Administration’s announcement that people who attempt to seek asylum outside of ports of entry will be denied the right to this protection.

On Sunday, November 11th, an estimated 78 LGBTQ asylum seekers reached the United States border in hopes of escaping persecution in Central America. Originally traveling with a larger group from Honduras, they left the caravan after experiencing discrimination and threats from others. Many LGBTQ migrants were denied food and access to showers by caravan members or local groups providing aid. “There was no physical abuse but there was plenty of verbal abuse,” a transgender woman told reporters, although she added it was nothing compared to the reality of living as a transgender woman in her home country of Honduras.

As they await the opportunity to begin the asylum process in Tijuana, the group continues to be targeted simply for being part of the LGBTQ community. They were met with anger from locals, who said they should have been warned by authorities that LGBTQ people would be staying in their neighborhood.

Members of the group originate from Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and El Salvador, and include a handful of children. Most plan to use their status as members of a persecuted class to request asylum in the U.S. as early as Thursday.

Unfortunately, the government reacts to their plight with armed forces and threats of denying entry to begin the asylum process, essentially signing their death orders. LGBTQ people flee to the U.S. because they cannot live safely in their home countries. They are in danger of persecution, prosecution, imprisonment, blackmail, discrimination, torture, sexual assault and in some cases, death based on their actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity.

If LGBTQ asylum seekers are granted the opportunity to have their case heard, they can be detained until trial, which may take months. In detention centers, transgender women are often housed with men or placed in solitary confinement. LGBTQ immigrants report high rates of sexual assault and abuse during their time in detention, and proper medical care is often denied.

These asylum seekers have faced challenges and painful barriers in receiving equal treatment during every step of their journey. The undersigned LGBTQ Community Centers strongly support them in their quest for a better life and demand that they be treated fairly and equitably as they seek their legal right to asylum.

Adair Co. GLBT Resource Center

ALSO Youth

Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center

Center on Halsted

Freedom House Detroit

Imperial Valley LGBT Resource Center

GALA LGBTQ+ Center

Gay City: Seattle’s LGBTQ Center

Latino Equality Alliance

LGBT Center OC

LGBT Center of Central PA

LGBT Center of Raleigh

LGBT Detroit

LGBT Equality Alliance of Chester County

Los Angeles LGBT Center

North County LGBTQ Resource Center

Open Arms Rape Crisis Center & LGBT+ Services

Pride Center at Equality Park

Pride Center San Antonio

PRISM-Q, LGBT & Allies Resource Center

Proud Haven Inc.

Rainbow Center

Resource Center

Ruth Ellis Center

Sacramento LGBT Community Center

Safe Schools South Florida

San Francisco LGBT Center

Stonewall Coumbus

SunServe

Tacoma Older LGBT

The DC Center for the LGBT Community

The Pride Center at Equality Park

The Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico

Triangle Community Center

LGBTQ-Two Spirit Workgroup Seeks New Members

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The Indian Health Services (IHS) LGBTQ-Two Spirit Workgroup seeks additional members. IHS is the federal health insurance program for American Indians and Alaska Natives.  The Indian Health Service (IHS) works to ensure that Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning and Two Spirit (LGBTQ-2S) American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) individuals and their families receive equal access to health services in the communities where they live. IHS carries out this work by providing enhanced resources for health issues, developing better information regarding health needs, and working to close the health disparities gap that currently exist for our Native LGBTQ-Two Spirit people.   For more information visit: www.ihs.gov/lgbt

Members of the community and federal participants are welcome to apply for the Workgroup.  Interested individuals can contact interested folks can contact Richard.Haverkate@ihs.gov.

Cedar Lane UU Presents Trans Photo Exhibit

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Pioneering Voices

Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church presents the photo exhibit Pioneering Voices.

Pioneering Voices is a museum-quality traveling exhibit including photographs and interviews with people of all ages who are transgender and some of their partners and children. Through first-person accounts and positive images, this exhibit seeks to challenge damaging myths and stereotypes about transgender people and to educate people about this marginalized, and often invisible group of people.

The exhibit is on display in the vestibule through the end of December, 2018.  An opening reception takes place November 4th from 12:30 to 2:30 PM. Cedar Lane UU Church is located at 9601 Cedar Lane in Bethesda, Maryland.

Job Opening at AIDS United

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AIDS United

AIDS United is currently seeking a Program Associate to provide substantive program and administrative coordination to support the implementation of the E2i CCTA. The E2i CCTA has made grant awards and will provide technical assistance to 26 intervention sites across the United States to implement evidence-informed interventions in four focus areas: services for transgender women; services for Black Men who have Sex with Men (MSM); trauma-informed care; and, integration of behavioral healthcare into HIV care.

Click here to find out more about this job opportunity.

Trans and Genderqueer/GNC Events in November

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Transgender Events in DC

November has always been a busy month for the Transgender community with many different events including the Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) and Trans Awareness Week.  Here are some of the events we have planned at the DC Center for the Transgender and Genderqueer/Gender Non-Conforming community in November.  To stay up to date on future events, be sure to follow Center Trans on Twitter at twitter.com/centertrans or on Facebook at facebook.com/centertrans.

November 2nd: Trans Support Group
Our Trans support group is a safe space where collectively, folks that identify along the trans spectrum or questioning may share stories and experiences.  more about this event.
November 3rd: Reel Affirmations Film Screening of Documentary Trans Youth
Filmed over three years in Austin, Texas, this film follows seven trans young adults as they navigate family judgment and relationships, find their voices in DIY punk bands, fall in love, navigate the unknowns of hormone therapy and move through the transitions of top surgery.  more about this event.
November 4th: Reel Affirmations Genderqueer/GNC Short Films
See a film block of the best of our Gender Non Conforming/Genderqueer Short Films!  more about this event.
November 13th: Trans Support Group
Our Trans support group is a safe space where collectively, folks that identify along the trans spectrum or questioning may share stories and experiences.  more about this event.
November 14th: Center Health Discussion on Transgender Health and Wellness
The November  Health Working Group Meeting will focus on transgender health and wellness.  We will be discuss existing data on transgender health and wellness.  We will also discuss the work of partner organizations to promote trans health and how the DC Center can support this work.  more about this event.
Novmber 16th: Trans and Genderqueer Game Night
You are invited to our monthly Game Night at the DC Center for the LGBT Community. Join us on the third Friday of the month for a relaxing, laid-back evening of games and fun.  more about this event.
November 20th: Transgender Day of Remembrance
Join us as we commemorate those who have been killed due to anti-transgender hatred.  more about this event.
November 22nd: Thanksgiving 2018
Join us for our annual Thanksgiving dinner!  more about this event.
November 27th: Genderqueer Discussion Group
Join us for our monthly GenderQueer DC support group at The DC Center for people who identify outside of the gender binary. Whether you’re bigender, agender, genderfluid, or just know that you’re not 100% cis – this is your group!  more about this event.

 

LULAC Lambda Scholarship Benefits the LGBTQ Latinx Community

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LULAC Lambda

LULAC Lambda invites current and future college students in the District of Columbia to apply for its 2019 LULAC scholarship targeting students from the LGBTQ Latinx community.

In 2019, LULAC Lambda will award two scholarships with one specifically targeting a scholar from the Afro-Latinx LGBTQ community. Each scholarship is for $1,000.

LULAC Lambda is one of 1,000 local councils across the United States affiliated with the League of United Latin American Citizens, the nation’s largest and oldest Hispanic/Latino civil rights volunteer-based organization. One of the goals of LULAC is to increase access to education, so it encourages local councils like LULAC Lambda to sponsor scholarships.

The LULAC Lambda Scholarship application opens on October 1, and applications are being accepted November 15 through January 8, 2019. Applicants must have a 2.5 grade point average or better on a 4.0 scale and be enrolled at a District of Columbia high school, college or university. Finalists will be interviewed in February, and scholarship winners will be notified in March. Checks will be presented at the DC LULAC State Convention in April.

To apply, visit our webpage to access the Google Doc application: www.lulaclambda.org/scholarship.

To learn more about LULAC Lambda, stop by its next monthly meeting Tuesday, November 13, at 6:00 p.m. at the Human Rights Campaign, 1640 Rhode Island Avenue, Washington DC 20036.

LULAC Lambda está aceptando aplicaciones para su programa de becas para la Comunidad LGBTQ Latinx de DC

LULAC Lambda invita a estudiantes universitarios actuales y futuros en el Distrito de Columbia a aplicar para la beca LULAC 2019. Esa beca esta apuntado a estudiantes de la comunidad LGBTQ Latinx.

En 2019, LULAC Lambda otorgará dos becas, una de las cuales será apuntado específicamente a un académico de la comunidad LGBTQ Afro-Latinx. Cada beca será de $1,000.

LULAC Lambda es uno de los 1.000 concilios locales en los Estados Unidos afiliados a la Liga de Ciudadanos Latinoamericanos Unidos (LULAC), la cual es la organización de voluntarios de derechos civiles hispanos más grande y antigua del país. Uno de los objetivos de LULAC es aumentar el acceso a la educación para los hispanos. Por lo tanto, LULAC alienta a los concilios locales como LULAC Lambda a patrocinar becas.

La aplicación para la Beca Lambda LULAC está disponible a partir del 1 de octubre, y se aceptan las aplicaciones del 15 de noviembre de 2018 al 8 de enero de 2019. Los solicitantes de la Beca Lambda LULAC deben tener un promedio de calificaciones de 2.5 o más en una escala de 4.0 y estar inscritos en una escuela secundaria del Distrito de Columbia, un colegio o una universidad. Los finalistas serán entrevistados en febrero, y los ganadores de las becas serán notificados en marzo. Los cheques se presentarán en la Convención Estatal de DC LULAC en abril.

Para aplicar para la Beca Lambda LULAC, visite www.lulaclambda.org/scholarship para obtener instrucciones y el enlace para acceder a nuestra aplicación en Google Doc.

Para obtener más información sobre LULAC Lambda, visite la próxima reunión mensual de LULAC Lambda el martes 13 de noviembre a las 6:00 p.m. en la Human Rights Campaign, 1640 Rhode Island Avenue, Washington DC 20036.

Care for LGBTQ Seniors and Seniors with HIV Amendment Act of 2018

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Care for LGBTQ Seniors and Seniors with HIV Amendment Act of 2018

DC Councilmembers Mary Cheh and Anita Bonds have introduced legislation to the DC Council entitled the “Care for LGBTQ Seniors and Seniors with HIV Amendment Act of 2018.”   The legislation would requires the DC Office of Aging and Commission on Aging to include LGBTQ Seniors and Seniors Living with HIV as group of greatest social need under the Older Americans Act.   In addition, the bill would amend the Human Rights Act of 1977 to establish and LGBTQ HIV long-term care bill or rights.

To learn more about the bill, sign up for updates, and learn about opportunities to testify on this legislation, click here to visit the DC Council website.

The DC Center supports LGBTQ Older Adults through our Center Aging Program.  Learn more at thedccenter.org/aging.  You can also  follow Center Aging on twitter at twitter.com/centeraging or facebook at fb.com/centeraging.