From KVIA.com
EL PASO -- A group of gay men say they were discriminated against by security guards and El Paso police officers because of their sexual orientation.
It was a late Sunday night when Carlos Diaz de Leon and a group of his friends decided to stop by Chico's Tacos for a late-night dinner.
They said they were minding their own business when security guards inside asked them to leave.
"Two of my friends wereactually were kissing," Carlos said. Two of Carlos' male friends, that is.
"We went, sat down to eat our food and security guards came and said that if they kept doing that, they were going to throw us all out of the restaurant."
Carlos said he then asked them why? Their response, according to Carlos: "They said 'we didn't allow that gay stuff to go on here.' "
Read the whole story here at http://www.kvia.com/Global/story.asp?S=10659225
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Sunday, July 5, 2009
NM Gay Mens Chorus Summer Fling July 18th
Does an evening of music, dessert, wine, friendship, and the chance to purchase exciting items at a silent auction appeal to you? What if all of this supported a group that enriches the lives of so many people — the New Mexico Gay Men’s Chorus?
You’ll have the opportunity to do all of these things by attending the Summer Fling on Saturday, July 18.
Our Summer Fling will be the major fundraising event this year to support the New Mexico Gay Men’s Chorus, and we would love to have you there.
Saturday, July 18, 7:30 PM
National Museum of Nuclear Science and History
601 Eubank Blvd. SE
$10 admission (free for dinner attendees)
Entertainment • Dessert • Silent Auction
The evening will be great fun with music by Deian McBryde and the Pretty Girl Orchestra. A silent auction will include a wide range of offerings at a great value. A few of the items include season tickets to the Santa Fe Opera; Abiquiu Chamber Music Festival tickets which includes lodging at the Black Mesa B&B and dinner with the artists; pottery by the incomparable Barbara Knutson; a private concert in your home by one of New Mexico’s up-and-coming opera singers. There will also be dinners, massages, spa days, piano tuning, get-away nights, and the list goes on and on.
The 2010 Season for the New Mexico Gay Men’s Chorus is going to be one of the best in its 27-year history. Come help us kick off that season by attending the Summer Fling and showing your support.
Please visit our website for more information at
www.nmgmc.org/summerfling
You’ll have the opportunity to do all of these things by attending the Summer Fling on Saturday, July 18.
Our Summer Fling will be the major fundraising event this year to support the New Mexico Gay Men’s Chorus, and we would love to have you there.
Saturday, July 18, 7:30 PM
National Museum of Nuclear Science and History
601 Eubank Blvd. SE
$10 admission (free for dinner attendees)
Entertainment • Dessert • Silent Auction
The evening will be great fun with music by Deian McBryde and the Pretty Girl Orchestra. A silent auction will include a wide range of offerings at a great value. A few of the items include season tickets to the Santa Fe Opera; Abiquiu Chamber Music Festival tickets which includes lodging at the Black Mesa B&B and dinner with the artists; pottery by the incomparable Barbara Knutson; a private concert in your home by one of New Mexico’s up-and-coming opera singers. There will also be dinners, massages, spa days, piano tuning, get-away nights, and the list goes on and on.
The 2010 Season for the New Mexico Gay Men’s Chorus is going to be one of the best in its 27-year history. Come help us kick off that season by attending the Summer Fling and showing your support.
Please visit our website for more information at
www.nmgmc.org/summerfling
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Pride Month Wraps With Las Cruces & Santa Fe
By David Stocum
Saturday June 27th marked the end of the 2009 Pride season with record setting events in Santa Fe and Las Cruces.
Nearly 2000 people enjoyed a sunny, breezy day in Pioneer Women’s Park. This years Southern New Mexico Pride included several new events making for a weekend long celebration. The celebration began Friday with Drag Bingo at the NMSU Golf Course Clubhouse and concluded with a Pool Party at the Desert Hills Pool Sunday evening. Southern New Mexico Pride has grown every year for the last five years and is the largest GLBTQ event in the southern part of the state.
Santa Fe Pride moved from the Plaza to the new Railyard Plaza which allowed for more vendors and a first time beer garden. The larger area lead to the creation of family areas and an area for adults only allowing everyone to create their own experience. Officials report the crowd was one of the largest in recent memory. Attendees report the new location was a success and they were looking forward to next year.
The weekend events also served as commemorations of the Stonewall riots which occurred 40 years ago on June 28th.
Saturday June 27th marked the end of the 2009 Pride season with record setting events in Santa Fe and Las Cruces.
Nearly 2000 people enjoyed a sunny, breezy day in Pioneer Women’s Park. This years Southern New Mexico Pride included several new events making for a weekend long celebration. The celebration began Friday with Drag Bingo at the NMSU Golf Course Clubhouse and concluded with a Pool Party at the Desert Hills Pool Sunday evening. Southern New Mexico Pride has grown every year for the last five years and is the largest GLBTQ event in the southern part of the state.
Santa Fe Pride moved from the Plaza to the new Railyard Plaza which allowed for more vendors and a first time beer garden. The larger area lead to the creation of family areas and an area for adults only allowing everyone to create their own experience. Officials report the crowd was one of the largest in recent memory. Attendees report the new location was a success and they were looking forward to next year.
The weekend events also served as commemorations of the Stonewall riots which occurred 40 years ago on June 28th.
Friday, June 26, 2009
FTMI New Mexico Chapter Commends Lawmakers for Introduction of Inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act
Albuquerque NM, June 24, 2009: FTMInternational Albuquerque Chapter applauded US lawmakers today for introducing an inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), which would protect LGBT employees from workplace discrimination. The bill, which enjoys bi-partisan support in Congress, would add orientation and gender identity to existing federal employment non-discrimination laws.
FTMI Albuquerque President Adrien Lawyer stated, "We urge our Congressional representatives to co-sponsor this important worker protection legislation."
Currently, 12 states have LGBT-inclusive nondiscrimination protections, covering nearly 40 percent of Americans. And, according to numerous surveys, large majorities of likely voters in the U.S. support federal employment non-discrimination laws to protect LGBT people. Polling data from 2006 shows that voters are more likely to support a candidate who votes for an LGBT discrimination law than they are to vote against.
FTMInternational President Rabbi Levi Alter added, "For all who want to contribute to America through gainful employment and hard, honest work, it is vitally important to ensure that all employees have access to a fair and equitable workplace."
FTMI Albuquerque President Adrien Lawyer stated, "We urge our Congressional representatives to co-sponsor this important worker protection legislation."
Currently, 12 states have LGBT-inclusive nondiscrimination protections, covering nearly 40 percent of Americans. And, according to numerous surveys, large majorities of likely voters in the U.S. support federal employment non-discrimination laws to protect LGBT people. Polling data from 2006 shows that voters are more likely to support a candidate who votes for an LGBT discrimination law than they are to vote against.
FTMInternational President Rabbi Levi Alter added, "For all who want to contribute to America through gainful employment and hard, honest work, it is vitally important to ensure that all employees have access to a fair and equitable workplace."
Sunday, June 21, 2009
ABQ NPR Station to Air Local GLBTQ Radio Show
Friday June 26th from 8:30 am to 9:00 am KUNM will be having a GLBTQA Radio Show. This half-hour show is hopefully the first of many more. On this show the host will discuss the Domestic Partners Bill before the New Mexico Legislature with Linda Siegle.
It will also discuss the hour long on Sunday June 28th from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm. This show will feature Shannon Minter, lead counsel on Prop 8 and many more local LGBTQA advocates.
EQNM is working throughout the state to have full recognition of all LGBTQ relationships. Without marriage equality or domestic partnerships, LGBTQ individuals and same-sex couples are forced to pay expensive legal fees in order to create a patchwork of basic legal protections, like durable power of attorney and living wills. Domestic partnerships are one step to providing legal protections necessary for families to care for their loved ones.
While not everyone in our community wishes to marry, everyone deserves the freedom to make this choice. As a community, LGBTQ individuals and families deserve to be treated with dignity, respect, and to have equal protection of the laws. Being excluded from this right not only deprives same-sex couples of critical legal protections, it also demeans and stigmatizes same-sex couples and encourages discrimination.
Please listen to these show and call KUNM afterwards 505.277.4806 to encourage them to support a local GLTBQA show.
For more information about Equality New Mexico, please contact Jordon at jordon@eqnm.org.
It will also discuss the hour long on Sunday June 28th from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm. This show will feature Shannon Minter, lead counsel on Prop 8 and many more local LGBTQA advocates.
EQNM is working throughout the state to have full recognition of all LGBTQ relationships. Without marriage equality or domestic partnerships, LGBTQ individuals and same-sex couples are forced to pay expensive legal fees in order to create a patchwork of basic legal protections, like durable power of attorney and living wills. Domestic partnerships are one step to providing legal protections necessary for families to care for their loved ones.
While not everyone in our community wishes to marry, everyone deserves the freedom to make this choice. As a community, LGBTQ individuals and families deserve to be treated with dignity, respect, and to have equal protection of the laws. Being excluded from this right not only deprives same-sex couples of critical legal protections, it also demeans and stigmatizes same-sex couples and encourages discrimination.
Please listen to these show and call KUNM afterwards 505.277.4806 to encourage them to support a local GLTBQA show.
For more information about Equality New Mexico, please contact Jordon at jordon@eqnm.org.
Southern New Mexico Pride to Feature Local Musicians
LAS CRUCES – As part of the annual parade and picnic sponsored by Southern New Mexico Pride, local music performers Randy Granger, Belle and Alister M will perform live at the WIA building across from Pioneer Women’s Park on Saturday, June 27th, 2009 starting at 11:00 a.m.
Randy Granger is a singer-songwriter, composer, independent recording artist and workshop presenter. He has earned recognition for his songwriting, flute playing, composing, production, published poetry and is a winner/nominee in several New Mexico Music Industry Awards including “Best Flutist,” Traditional” and “New Age” recordings. “You hear in the music of Native American Randy Granger – elements of New Mexico...sage and mesquite, deserts and canyons, the Rio Grande River and stunning sunsets. The Southwest is in his blood and in his soul.” (Notes and Chords Magazine) Randy Granger is scheduled to perform from 11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Alister M is an indie rock band consisting of members Steve MacIntyre, Reed Elliott, Janelle Borsberry, Sam Greene, and Ian McNiel. The band’s current album is “The Year of Independence”. Some of the songs on this album were recorded in the summer of 2008 in a recording studio in Phoenix, Arizona. The tracks were then mixed by recording/mixing guru Mike Major who has worked with such bands as: At the Drive In, Sparta, and Sleepercar. Alister M is scheduled to perform from 2:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Belle is a local musician who lives in the Las Cruces area, and has played on KRWG, performed at Earth Day 2008 and various local coffee houses. Belle is scheduled to perform from 1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
All three performing artists can be found on MySpace.com. The performances are free and open to the public.
The parade and picnic are from 10:00 a.m. to 3: 00 p.m., and are part of a weekend of scheduled events, including Drag Bingo on Friday, June 26, 7:00 p.m. at the NMSU Golf Course Clubhouse; a Pride Dance Saturday, June 27, 8:00 p.m. at Eddie’s Bar & Grill; a PFLAG-sponsored film (Were The World Mine) on Sunday, June 28, 10:00 a.m., at the Fountain Theater; and a Pride Pool Party Sunday evening, 6:30 p.m. at the Desert Hills Pool.
Randy Granger is a singer-songwriter, composer, independent recording artist and workshop presenter. He has earned recognition for his songwriting, flute playing, composing, production, published poetry and is a winner/nominee in several New Mexico Music Industry Awards including “Best Flutist,” Traditional” and “New Age” recordings. “You hear in the music of Native American Randy Granger – elements of New Mexico...sage and mesquite, deserts and canyons, the Rio Grande River and stunning sunsets. The Southwest is in his blood and in his soul.” (Notes and Chords Magazine) Randy Granger is scheduled to perform from 11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Alister M is an indie rock band consisting of members Steve MacIntyre, Reed Elliott, Janelle Borsberry, Sam Greene, and Ian McNiel. The band’s current album is “The Year of Independence”. Some of the songs on this album were recorded in the summer of 2008 in a recording studio in Phoenix, Arizona. The tracks were then mixed by recording/mixing guru Mike Major who has worked with such bands as: At the Drive In, Sparta, and Sleepercar. Alister M is scheduled to perform from 2:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Belle is a local musician who lives in the Las Cruces area, and has played on KRWG, performed at Earth Day 2008 and various local coffee houses. Belle is scheduled to perform from 1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
All three performing artists can be found on MySpace.com. The performances are free and open to the public.
The parade and picnic are from 10:00 a.m. to 3: 00 p.m., and are part of a weekend of scheduled events, including Drag Bingo on Friday, June 26, 7:00 p.m. at the NMSU Golf Course Clubhouse; a Pride Dance Saturday, June 27, 8:00 p.m. at Eddie’s Bar & Grill; a PFLAG-sponsored film (Were The World Mine) on Sunday, June 28, 10:00 a.m., at the Fountain Theater; and a Pride Pool Party Sunday evening, 6:30 p.m. at the Desert Hills Pool.
RainbowVison Santa Fe Celebrates Three Years
The last week of June marks many special events including worldwide Gay Pride and the birthday of RainbowVision Santa Fe, the world’s first full service Community for the Second Fifty Years.
This year marks RainbowVision Santa Fe’s third birthday, an occasion for much celebration. RainbowVision is the only full service LGBT and allies “Community for the Second Fifty Years” offering an active social environment for members who live completely independently through assisted living. The 146 residences are centered around the El Centro clubhouse where members and their guests enjoy fine dining at Garbo’s, incredible events at the acclaimed SilverStarlight Lounge and a top of the line fitness experience at the Billie Jean King Fitness Center and Spa.
RainbowVision Santa Fe has become a leader for the senior housing industry, in addition to providing groundbreaking services for the LGBT and allied community. Moving away from the entry fee model, so prevalent in past decades, RainbowVision properties has found success in a no fee model. This gives the Baby Boomer and beyond population greater flexibility in determining their futures. In addition to ground breaking services like Functional Fitness, A Matter of Balance© training, MS support groups, etc., RainbowVision has redefined the language and services offered in a way that is reflective of the self image experienced by this demographic.
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