Tri-State Alliance http://www.tsagl.org Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:57:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Vanderbilt HIV Vaccine Trials Unit http://www.tsagl.org/http:/www.tsagl.org/sample-post/ http://www.tsagl.org/http:/www.tsagl.org/sample-post/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:44:01 +0000 admin http://www.tsagl.org/?p=952 They need 24 more volunteers to help fill the largest HIV Vaccine Study currently enrolling in the world! Like their Facebook page or their website to find out more information about this study and other clinical trials to find a preventive HIV vaccine in the Middle Tennessee area.

They realize Nashville is quite a drive for some folks, but they have volunteers come in from all over for this unique opportunity.

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“No one in America should ever be afraid to walk down the street holding the hands of the person they love.” — Barack Obama

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On November 16, 2011, The Indianapolis Men’s Chorus, in collaboration with many local musicians, gathered on the campus of the University of Indianapolis to record “The Promise of Living” from Aaron Copland’s opera “The Tender Land” for the It Gets Better Project.
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“It Does Get Better” by the L Project.

The inspiration for this song is a dear friend of Georgey’s who, at the age of fifteen, was up until recently being bullied and beaten up by kids at his school for being gay.

Our chosen charities can help put an end to situations just like this, as well as helping with other challenges that some LGBT people face day-to-day.

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4pm.  3rd Floor of the Civic Center; Room 301.

Click here to RSVP on Facebook.

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For questions and comments, email 3statealliance@gmail.com.

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City Ordinance Takes Aim at Prejudice, Bigotry — Dec 3, 2011

EDITORIAL: City Does What is Right, What is Smart on Discrimination Ban — Dec 4, 2011

Evansville City Code to Include Protections for Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity — Dec 5, 2011

]]> http://www.tsagl.org/http:/www.tsagl.org/sample-post/feed/ 0 Firewood Sale to Benefit the AIDS Holiday Project http://www.tsagl.org/http:/www.tsagl.org/sample-post/ http://www.tsagl.org/http:/www.tsagl.org/sample-post/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:29:43 +0000 admin http://www.tsagl.org/?p=660 For sale, one pick-up load of split seasoned firewood:  40% ash, 40% red oak, 20% other hardwoods.

Cost: $85, cash only. All proceeds will be forwarded to the 2011 AIDS Holiday Project. Free delivery.

Contact Bruce Wright, 812-422-9155, anbrwright@insightbb.com

]]> http://www.tsagl.org/http:/www.tsagl.org/sample-post/feed/ 0 National Coming Out Day Dinner (2011) Photos http://www.tsagl.org/http:/www.tsagl.org/sample-post/ http://www.tsagl.org/http:/www.tsagl.org/sample-post/#comments Sat, 12 Nov 2011 22:26:12 +0000 admin http://www.tsagl.org/?p=603

On October 24, 2011 area college students as well as adult TSA supporters sat down for a meal and then a series of guest speakers, combining the TSA Meet the Candidates series with the dinner.

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]]> http://www.tsagl.org/http:/www.tsagl.org/sample-post/feed/ 0 DADT is Officially History http://www.tsagl.org/http:/www.tsagl.org/sample-post/ http://www.tsagl.org/http:/www.tsagl.org/sample-post/#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 18:58:50 +0000 admin http://www.tsagl.org/?p=438 Almost two decades after the military policy that bans homosexuals from openly serving in the armed forces went into effect, “don’t ask, don’t tell” become a thing of the past today.

The 18-year ban on openly gay troops was officially repealed at midnight. The change was set in motion in December, when President Obama signed the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal Act, which he said would enhance the quality of the military.

“As of today, patriotic Americans in uniform will no longer have to lie about who they are in order to serve the country they love,” Obama said in a statement this morning.

This afternoon in San Francisco, gay and lesbian military veterans will gather to celebrate the repeal along with Mayor Ed Lee and other current and former elected officials — including state Sen. Mark Leno and Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, who are both openly gay.

The celebration and news conference are scheduled for 12:30 p.m. at the San Francisco War Memorial Building on Van Ness Avenue. A party is scheduled from 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the LGBT Community Center at 1800 Market St. in San Francisco.

Separately, another group will gather in San Francisco’s Castro District tonight to call for full equality for LGBT service members.

The demonstration, which begins at Harvey Milk Plaza at 6:30 p.m., aims to highlight what organizers say is a need for a non-discrimination policy and transgender protections for service members.

“History has taught us that separate is not equal,” GetEQUAL organizer Dennis Veite said in a statement. “While DADT is gone, we will fight on.”

Kate Kendell, executive director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, said that although there is more work to be done to ensure full equality, the end of the ban should be hailed.

“Today is not just the end of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell,’ it is the beginning of a new era in which government policies that discriminate based on sexual orientation and gender identity are rightly seen as shameful and outmoded,” Kendell said in a statement.

Before the repeal could go into effect, Obama, the Secretary of Defense and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff had to certify that ending the policy would not hinder the troops.

U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer released a statement this morning hailing the repeal.

“A barrier has been lifted, and our military and our nation will be stronger because of it,” Boxer said.

One of the few openly gay service members who fought her discharge and won — retired U.S. Navy Commander Zoe Dunning — is expected to attend the events in San Francisco today commemorating the ban’s end.  Dunning publicly came out in January 1993 and successfully fought her discharge under the then-newly enacted ban. She served until her retirement four years ago.
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