Las Cruces Gentlemen’s Club Meets January 17th

David Stocum and Richard Scramstad will be hosting the next Las Cruces Gentlemen's Club potluck dinner at their home, 2020 Sandhill Road, on January 17 at 5:00 PM. Each guest should bring an appetizer or dessert item to share. For more information or direction call Richard at 575-382-9153 for information on the Gentlemen's Club contact John Boler Jabart83@aol.com or (575)382-6914

PFLAG Las Cruces to Meet January 21st

PFLAG of Las Cruces/Dona Ana County will be
meeting the third Wednesday of each month, at 6:30
pm, at the Unitarian church located at 2000 South
Solano

The mission of the organization is to promote the
health and well-being of gay, lesbian and bisexual
persons, their families, and friends through:
Support - to cope with an adverse society;
Education - to enlighten an ill-informed public
Advocacy - to end discrimination and to secure
equal rights.

Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays provides opportunity
for dialogue about sexual orientation and acts to create a society that is
healthy and respectful of human diversity.

Regular monthly meeting January 21st 6:30 PM featuring Terry Hicks discussing

“Transgender issues including parenting, coming out and acceptance.”

PARENTS, FAMILIES and FRIENDS of LESBIANS and GAYS
ALL INTERESTED PERSONS ARE WELCOME

For more information contact:
Merlyn Risser 522-2624

From the New Mexican - Santa Feans react to bishop's D.C. invite

Gay Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson said Monday that Barack Obama has asked him to give an inauguration prayer, an apparent attempt to quell anger over the president-elect's plans to have a controversial megachurch pastor as the highlighted clergyman.

Robinson, an outspoken gay-rights advocate whose leadership has divided the church, told the Concord Monitor in his home state of New Hampshire he will deliver his prayer at the Lincoln Memorial on Sunday — two days before Pastor Rick Warren gives the invocation on Inauguration Day.

Read the full story at the link below.

http://www.santafenewmexican.com/SantaFeNorthernNM/Santa-Feans-react-to-Robinson-s-D-C--invite

PFLAG Santa Fe Scholarship Applications Available

DESCRIPTION
Fifteen or more $1,000 scholarships are offered to LGBT youth by the Santa Fe Chapter of
Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG).

PURPOSE OF AWARD
To recognize outstanding lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth.
To encourage continuing education for self-identified LGBT youth.
To foster a positive image of LGBT people in society.

ELIGIBILITY & TERMS
Priority is given to LGBT youth, however LGBT students up to the age of 35 are eligible to apply.
Priority will be given to first time recipients. Only past recipients who have received only one Santa Fe PFLAG scholarship are eligible (ie you are not eligible if you have received it twice).
One scholarship designated for a Straight Ally may be available.
Must attend a post-secondary educational institution within one year.
Resident of the state of New Mexico.
Must submit an application (in full, following all directions) with required supporting materials by the application deadline.
Awards will be paid by check jointly to the student and the institution.

CRITERIA FOR AWARDING SCHOLARSHIPS
Affirmation of one's LGBT identity.
Demonstration of integrity and honesty.
Participation in community activities.
Determination and potential to achieve goals.
Demonstration of financial need.

REQUIREMENTS & DETAILS
Applications will be considered only if the following is postmarked by Sat March 28, 2009:
Completed Application — original AND three copies
Your most recent transcripts
Two recommendations (forms should be sent by your references)

Mail completed application to:
Scholarship Selection Committee
PFLAG Santa Fe
PO Box 32053
Santa Fe, NM 87594

Decisions will be made by May 10, 2009.
Save the date for the Scholarship Award Reception (attendance expected) Sunday June 7, 2009.

For more information, call Jenn at 660.3288 or Alicia or Eduardo (habla espanol) at 424.8951. You may also e-mail us at scholarship@pflagsantafe.org.

American Southwest Theater Company at NMSU Theater Arts presents touring production DONA ROSITA'S JALAPENO KITCHEN

American Southwest Theatre Company at New Mexico State University Department of Theater Arts presents a limited engagement of the national tour of "Doña Rosita's Jalapeño Kitchen," starring acclaimed actress Ruby Nelda Perez, January 30 - February 1 at the Hershel Zohn Theater on the NMSU campus.

Written by Rodrigo Duarte-Clark, the Artistic Director and resident playwright of El Teatro de la Esperanza in San Francisco, this one-woman show is deliciously comic and peppered with the poignancy of cultural pride. A development project has targeted Hispanic owned businesses to make way for a tourist shopping mall. Doña Rosita invites the audience to sit and enjoy the “Last Supper” in her barrio of Salsipuedes while she contemplates selling her restaurant/home of 23 years.

"We're honored to bring a play of this caliber to Las Cruces," says American Southwest Theatre Company Managing Director Tom Smith. "Ruby Nelda Perez is a phenomenal actress in a phenomenal show, and we're thankful our audiences will be able to see this charming and wonderful production!"

Ruby Nelda Perez has been touring professionally throughout the USA, Mexico, and Latin America for over thirty years. She performed “Historias para ser Contadas / Stories to be Told” at the John F. Kennedy Performing Arts Center where she was honored with the Award of Excellence medal. The show is designed by the resident company of American Southwest Theatre Company.

"Doña Rosita's Jalapeño Kitchen" is sponsored by the Office of the President of NMSU, the Office of the Dean of Arts and Sciences of NMSU, and the Hispano Chamber of Commerce de Las Cruces.

Show times are 8 p.m. Friday, January 30; 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday, January 31; and 2 p.m. Sunday, February 1. Ticket prices are $10 - $15 and available by calling the ASTC box office at 646-4515. The 8 p.m. Saturday, January 31performance is a benefit for the Hispano Chamber of Commerce de Las Cruces and includes a post-play reception with the actress. For that performance only, tickets are available at the Chamber offices at 523-2681.

Anti-bullying & Safe Schools Youth Community Meetings Set For January 13th and 15th

New Mexico Gay Straight Alliance Network, the Santa Fe Mountain Center and EQNM are hosting two community meetings to get hear the youth voice and get YOUR input on the upcoming Anti-Bullying/ safe Schools Legislation that we are working on getting passed this legislative session!

Come attend a meeting, bring your friends and family, and give your thoughts to what this bill should include!

Santa Fe Meeting:
Tuesday, January 13th from 6:30 pm to 7:45 pm
St. Bede's Episcopal church
1601 S. St. Francis Drive
Santa Fe, NM 87505
(corner of San Mateo and St. Francis)

Albuquerque Meeting:
Thursday January 15th from 6:30 pm to 7:45 pm
First Congregational United church of Christ
2801 Lomas NE
Albuquerque
(northwest corner of lomas and Gerard*)

*The parking lot entrance is on Girad.
It is only accessible while going south on Girard.
The door is kept locked, but has a code to temporarily unlock it.
For the attendees, if it is locked when they arrive, they should push the red button on the left side of the door to alert someone in the building to come to open the door.

SAVE THE DATES!
Youth Advocacy Day Training Camp and Youth Lobby Day:
Training Camp:
Sunday February 15th at Santa Fe Mountain Center times TBA
Lodging available on a first come-first served basis!
Youth Lobby Day:
Monday February 16th at the Roundhouse, Santa Fe Times TBA
(Monday is President's Day, no school!)

PFLAG Las Cruces and Foutain Theater Team For Fundraiser

Revision Studios, The Mesilla Valley Film Society at the Fountain Theater and

Las Cruces PFLAG

Present

Horror In The Wind

Imagine a world…a world where all the gay people become straight….

And all the straight people become gay. Just by BREATHING

This is NOT a horror film, unless you think that Evangelist Pat Robertson being elected president of the United States is frightening!

Banned by Allen Theaters, Horror in the Wind is a fun and unique comedy by High Rolls Film Maker Max Mitchell. Proceeds from this special screening will go toward the Emily Cohen Endowment for Las Cruces PFLAG.

Where: The Fountain Theater in Mesilla

When: January 24th, 2009 at 10pm AFTER the showing of RELIGULOUS

How Much: $10 (includes movie, 2 door prize tickets and dessert) Limited Seating Available!!

Where to get Tickets: The Bean, Spirit Winds and at the Fountain Theater

For more information, contact Carrie at 496-5242 or go to www.fountaintheatre.org

SAGE Executive To Speak On GLBT Seniors Issues At RainbowVision Santa Fe

Michael Adams, Executive Director of SAGE (Service and Advocacy for GLBT Elders), will lead an informal discussion at RainbowVision Santa Fe, 500 Rodeo Road on Wednesday January 28th at 8:45 am. Michael Adams will talk about recent developments in the work of SAGE and partner organizations on behalf of LGBT older people, including increasingly successful efforts to engage AARP on LGBT issues, the growing network of SAGE programs for LGBT older people around the country, and opportunities presented by the new Obama Administration for inclusion of LGBT concerns in federal aging policies and programs. A $5.00 fee (partial proceeds to EQNM) includes continental breakfast. Reservations: 428-7781.

Gender Role Free Dance Event

Gender-Role-Free Contra is a popular form of dancing with GLBT groups in Atlanta, Boston and San Francisco and now we want to bring it to Albuquerque. Come see for yourself how much fun it is by joining us for a social on Saturday, January 24, 2009 from 7:00pm to 10:00pm at the Emotions in Motion dance studio.

Contra is a form of American folk dance in which dancers form sets of parallel lines running the length of the hall. A caller, working with live musicians, guides dancers through a sequence of moves that ends with couples having progressed up or down the set. As the sequence is repeated, each couple will eventually dance with every other couple in the set. There is neither “gyrating hip action” nor any fancy footwork in contra.

Traditional contra dances are called with distinct gender roles and opposite-sex couples are normal. In gender-role-free contra, however, dancers come together in a friendly, non-gender-oriented environment. Dancers may choose to dance the male role or the female role, regardless of the dancer’s gender. The caller tries to use non-gender-specific terms rather than “ladies” and “gents.”

Tickets for this event are $10 per person and include beverages and food. Please browse our web site at http://www.contrasocial.com for more information. Of course, do not hesitate to contact us by email at info@contrasocial.com if you have any questions or comments.