This is nothing fancy or formal.  As a matter of fact, we invite you to bring a covered dish to share with the group, put your feet up, and simply tell your story.

“We know there are many LGBT older adults living in Lexington; we just don’t know who they are.  It is easy for them to be over looked by aging services, because many still assume that people over a certain age are all straight.  It will be very important to hear from our LGBT elders about what is good in their lives, and what they might have a need for.  We should never assume we know what is best for someone else; we should listen to what they tell us.”  Troy Johnson, MSW, Director of Programs and Services for the Nursing Home Ombudsman Agency and Chair of the Bluegrass Elder Abuse Prevention Council

If you are over 55, gay, lesbian, bi, or trans, we want to hear from you!  We want to know how you are doing, and what concerns you might have about life as a senior in Lexington. Finally! Professionals in aging services are beginning to take an interest in the concerns of Lexington’s LGBT seniors!  We hope to learn from each other and teach them how to better address our needs and concerns.

If you can’t join us in May, please try to make it to the potluck on Thursday, June 20 at 7:00pm.  We will continue this very important conversation then.   We hope to see you soon.

Ginger Moore-Minder, 859-253-0061; ginger@glso.org

They hold support group meetings from 6:30pm to 8:30pm at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, 2025 Bellefonte Drive, on the second Tuesday of the month, and have some special topical meetings coming up in the next few months.

To check them out, go to www.pflaglex.org

Tuesday, June 11

Faith and Sexual Orientation, Part 1

• How do we reconcile religious beliefs and teachings, Scripture, God, and homosexuality?
• How have faith communities changed in their attitudes?
• Discussion by a Scripture scholar and clergy from various denominations

Faith and Sexual Orientation, Part 2 will follow in fall of 2013. That discussion will focus on current issues such as ordination of gays, policies and rituals regarding commitment or marriage ceremonies for same-sex couples.

It has come to our attention that people not associated with the organization are using our logo to promote an unverifiable event.  A sample letter follows.  If you get this letter, please ignore it.  We have planned no event for September, and Jody Foster has not agreed to emcee any of our events.  Again, we do not know the people who have signed the letter.  Please throw this letter away and do not engage these individuals.

Paul Brown

President – GLSO

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Support and participate in the Rally for Immigration Reform and Legalization with Dignity that it’s being organized in Lexington for this following  Wednesday April 10, 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. This effort is part of similar events that will take place all over the country including a main one in Washington, DC.

Click the Image above to go straight to our Team page

The Gay & Lesbian Services Organization will join Aids Volunteers of Lexington this Sunday to raise money and awareness to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS and to empower those affected. Will you Join us too?

2013 Lexington AIDS Walk
Sunday, April 7

Check-In/Registration 2PM. Walk 3PM.
Meet at Third Street Stuff.

Did you know Every day in Kentucky, a new person is infected with HIV.

In Kentucky:

• About half of the people who become infected with HIV are men who have sex with men. Some of these men identify as gay or bisexual, but many others do not.
• Nearly a third of third of people who become infected with HIV are heterosexual.
• About 15% of people who become infected with HIV are drug users who share needles.
• 1 out of 4 people infected with HIV doesn’t know it.
• 1 out of 4 people with HIV is a woman.
• HIV rates are disproportionately higher in African-Americans and Latinos.
• Black men and women represent about 7% of Kentucky’s population, but account for almost 40% of new HIV infections.
• Latinos represent about 2% of Kentucky’s total population, but account for nearly 10% of new HIV infections.
• Rates of HIV infection are increasing among youth and in older adults 45+.

Please visit our GLSO Team page and donate to raise money and awareness to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS and to empower those affect by clicking HERE.

CALL NOW: Leave a message for “House Leadership”

& “My Rep” to UPHOLD #HB279 VETO!

This is a great day for civil rights in our commonwealth!

Governor Steve Beshear has vetoed House Bill 279,

a move to preserve Kentucky’s legacy as civil rights leader of the South!

Please send Governor Beshear a note of sincere thanks.

But the fight’s not over yet. We must ask House Leadership to let the veto stand by not taking a vote to override it and allowing for a necessary year to study the potential effects of this measure, thus ensuring future passage of the most responsibly written piece of legislation that preserves both civil rights and religious freedom in Kentucky.

Thanks for your continued efforts to defeat House Bill 279!

GLSO

Summary of HB279

The bill that could subvert current civil rights protections, House Bill 279, proposed by Rep. Bob Damron (D-Nicholasville), appears, on the surface, to be a simple iteration of an individual’s religious freedom, which the Fairness Campaign would support. The bill is written so broadly, however, that it could allow for challenges to existing anti-discrimination Fairness laws in Covington, Lexington. Louisville, & Vicco that protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals from employment, housing, and public accommodations discrimination. (The bill could also be used to challenge civil rights for people of color, women, and other protected classes of individuals, but federal protections for those groups would be upheld against HB279; there are no such federal protections for LGBT people.)

HB279 passed the House a week before the Senate with overwhelming support, though it quickly became clear the full impact of the law had not been studied. A day before passage, a Fairness ally had to swiftly remove their name as co-sponsor of the legislation, and others amended their votes days later in response to additional information. Rep. Darryl Owens (D-Louisville) proposed two simple amendments to the measure which would have ensured the protection of current civil rights laws in Kentucky. One, which requires that a governmental burden to one’s religious freedom be “substantial,” was adopted. The other, which included an exemption for civil rights laws, was not.

The bill went to Governor Beshear’s desk, where it was vetoed Friday. A simple majority vote in both chambers is required to override a Kentucky governor’s veto. The House and Senate have until 11:59 p.m. Tuesday night to vote to override the Governor’s veto, vote to let it stand, or take no action on it at all, allowing the veto to automatically stand.

LGBT community of Central Kentucky there’s a new opportunity for recreational sports here in Lexington. It’s called Team Lex Volleyball, and its purpose is to offer an extracurricular and social group for LGBT people to learn and play the sport of volleyball.

visit the website at http://www.teamlexvb.com for more information, and an open Facebook group where people can join and get updates on events like our player Meet & Greet and opening night of volleyball (Thursday April 25th at the Bluegrass Volleyball Center).

Hope to see you out on April 25th, get some exercise and Come Play With Us!

- Ben de Jesus
teamlexvb@gmail.com

Team Lex

www.teamlexvb.com

Team Lex Volleyball offers a fun and friendly atmosphere for recreational and competitive volleyball among Lexington’s gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community.

 

 

 

The first screening is this coming Thursday with “Imagine Me & You” (you can read more about the movie over on iMDB at http://imdb.to/15WqbK5). Please spare some time to attend and show your support for OUTsource and all of the LGBT members of the UK family!

The UK LGBT Task Force will share FB events on our FB page as they become available, but here’s a list of the remaining upcoming “Queer and Now” screenings (and links to iMDB for each) for you to get on your calendars now:

March 28th, 7pm – “Milk” (http://imdb.to/XlpDYs)
April 11th, 7pm – “Beginners” (http://imdb.to/Xlpzbf)
April 12th, 7pm – “Tomboy” (http://imdb.to/ZNOWTg)
April 18th, 7pm – “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” (http://imdb.to/16F2kjd)