Greensboro PFLAG newsletter, November 2005

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PFLAG
GREENSBORO, N.C.
Vol. 12 No. 11
November, 2005
Time to renew your membership.
The PFLAG membership cycle has been changed to
October instead of December . For those who have not
renewed this year it is time to do so. Bring your check to the
next meeting or mail to the address below.
The annual dues are:
$30: Individual membership
$20: Limited income (Student)
$50: Household
$100: Angel (or more)
Make your check payable and send to:
Greensboro PFLAG
PO Box 4153
Greensboro, NC 27404
G-SAFE: New group formed to work for
safe schools
G-SAFE - Gay Straight Advocates for Education -
is the newly formed group in Greensboro working for safe
schools, free from anti-gay harassment G-SAFE will
replace the Greensboro GLSEN chapter. (GLSEN is
undergoing a restructuring nationally.) Led by Gary Palmer
(chair) and Annette Green (vice-chair), the new group will
continue GLSEN's support of Gay Straight Alliances at area
schools and continue to work for training teachers on LGBT
issues.
Welcome to PFLAG. We offer a safe,
confidential space in which to explore our feelings and
understandings about the GLBT experience, especially
"coming out' and what this means to families and other
loved ones. Listen and share, as much or as little as
you feel comfortable with, knowing that others can
understand. Welcome especially to our returning
members whose love is so healing.
Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians
and Gays (PFLAG) promotes the health and well-
being of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered
persons, their families and friends through: support, to
cope with an adverse society; education, to enlighten
an ill-informed public; and advocacy, to end
discrimination and secure equal civil rights. PFLAG
provides an opportunity for dialogue about sexual
orientation and gender identity and acts to create a
society that is healthy and respectful of human
diversity.
Greensboro PFLAG
November meeting
Tuesday, November 15,7:30 p.m.
Friendship Friends Meeting House
1103 New Garden Road
Coming Events
Shannon Minter to speak at TBPG
meeting, Nov. 17
The next Triad Business and Professional Guild
meeting will be held on Thursday evening, November 17, at
the Airport Marriott. The speaker for this meeting will be
Shannon Minter, Legal Director for the National Center for
Lesbian Rights. In 2004, he received the Equality California
award for his work as lead counsel in the marriage case now
moving through the California Courts. After Minter's
argument the lower court ruled that gays have a
"fundamental right to marry." That case now is in the
California appellate courts and if it ends favorably,
California will become the second state to allow gays to
marry. Another one of Minter's noted cases was Sharon
Smith's groundbreaking wrongful death suit on behalf of her
deceased partner Diane Whipple, who was mauled to death
by a neighbor's dog. Minter got die courts to allow Smith to
file a lawsuit against the neighbor. Before this case only
married survivors could do that
Registration and the social hour will begin at 6:00
pm and dinner will be served around 7:00 pm. You may
view meeting information and make your reservation online
at www.triadguild.com or vou may call 272-4256.
Green Queen Bingo, Nov. 11
On Friday, November 11, the Guilford Green Foundation
presents Green Queen Bingo Holiday Hoedown, at the
Empire Room at 6:30 p.m. Reserve Bingo tickets at
www.ggfnc.org
Triad Pride Men's Chorus, Holiday Concert
In Greensboro: Dec. 3 at 8 p.m., Greensboro Day School
In Winston-Salem:  Dec. 10, at 8 pm., NC School of the
Arts
Winter Walk for AIDS, Dec. 4
The 14th annual Winter Walk will be on Sunday,
December 4, starting at War Memorial Stadium. The walk
begins at 2:30 pm. following opening ceremonies at 2:00.
The walk is a fund-raising event for the Triad Health Project
which provides services for people with HIV/ATDS in
Guilford County as well as education for those at risk