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Some First for our Community

The first gay right demonstration to be held at the White House.

                On May 29^th 1965, picket by ECHO. Seven men and three women participated, including activist Frank Kameny, organizer Jack Nichols, and Lilli Vincenz, The sole lesbian. The picket received nationwide television Coverage.

 

The first openly gay elected Official.

                Kathy Kozachenko, running as a member of the Human Rights Party, she was elected to Ann Arbor Michigan, city council in 1974. She was the first gay person to serve on the council, however: The Previous fall, two outgoing council members who have been elected in 1972, Nancy Wechsler and Gerald DeGrieck, had come out as gay.

 

The first openly gay mayor in the US.

                Gerald E. Ulrich, elected mayor of Bunceton, Missouri in 1980.

 

The first openly lesbian mayor in the US.

                Valerie Terrigno, of West Hollywood, California in 1984. The Top Vote-getter among the five city council members, she became mayor a month after her election to the council. She later resigned and was convicted of embezzling government funds while operating an employment and housing agency.

History of Gay Spirituality forum, Sept 27

The Interfaith Alliance of Eastern Carolina is hosting a forum on the history of gay spirituality after its September 27th Prayers for Peace session. The prayers begin at 7:00 PM with the forum beginning around 7:45. One does not need to attend the prayers to attend the forum. This event is free and will be held at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Greenville at 131 Oakmont Drive, Greenville, NC. For more information about the event, please contact the Interfaith Alliance of Eastern Carolina at http://www.ecinterfaith.org/about_us.html; for host location information, including directions and a picture of the building, visit http://www.uugreenvillenc.org/

 

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Sound of Music Movie Screening, Sing-Along, & Costume Contest

The Triangle Gay Men's Chorus is holding a Sound of Music Sing-Along benefit on Oct. 10 at the Galaxy Cinema in Cary, NC. Tickets are $20 each, plus a $1 online service fee. For more information and to purchase tickets online, visit http://www.tgmchorus.org/news/index.php. Venue information may be found at www.mygalaxycinema.com.

Sound of Music Sing-Along
Benefitting the Triangle Gay Men's Chorus
DATE: Sunday, October 10, 2010
TIME: 6pm
LOCATION: Galaxy Cinema 770 Cary Towne Boulevard, Cary, NC

PFlag Meeting

PFLAG Rocky Mount meets Tuesday, September 21, 6:00 p.m. For meeting information, call 252-443-0345 or e-mail pflagrm@aol.com.

Applebee's Flapjack Fundraiser Breakfast

Saturday, September 25, 8 a.m. - 10 a.m., Applebee's Flapjack Fundraiser Breakfast to support PFLAG Rocky Mount (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays). The event takes place at Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar, 1120 Wesleyan Blvd, Rocky Mount. For information on tickets ($6), call 252-443-0345 or e-mail pflagrm@aol.com.

Some funds/food raising with RMT PFlag

In and one line our local Newspaper has a article on PFlag, However I really think its a press release but something doesn't seem right about it

So is it a typo or a mistake..

Are they raise funds or collecting food??

I have no problem with either, however I would like to know which is going on. I will support both, Just want to know which is which here.

PFlag of RMT has done alot over the past few years, they have donated many fine books to our Local Library here in RMT.. One being Mitchell Gold's Crisis: 40 Stories Revealing the Personal, Social, and Religious Pain and Trauma of Growing Up Gay in America. Which I'm sure no one at the Library would have ever brought the book on their own..

If this is clearly a fund raisers folks of the Eastern NC and those in the Rocky Mount Area please step up the plate and support this group.. They do excellent work for our local community. For more information please contact them pflagrm@aol.com or visit PFlag

Please Give what ever you can afford to.