Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Bullying Symposium
p.1- 2 & 9-14;
FAQ’s about the
Constitutional
an Anti-Gay Marriage Ban
Amendment Proposal
and WHAT WE CAN DO
NOW, p. 15 - 17 "Defense of Marriage"?
STAND UP SPEAK OUT:
Finding Opportunities
to Protect Youth Raleigh – We at the Report hope that by now most of you know that on
Against Bullying
Symposium at NCSU,
February 22, 2011 a group of 23 North Carolina State Senators introduced
p.2-4 Senate Bill 106, the "Defense of Marriage Act. The bill would amend the
In Recognition of state's constitution to prohibit same-sex couples from marrying. Sen. Neal
Raleigh’s Gay Parents p.
5-7 Hunt (R-Wake) is a co-sponsor. Below, we are providing information to bring
Point Foundation’s our readers and the residence in the Greater Raleigh area up to date on this
National Scholarship
information for GLBT ―Defense of Marriage‖ Legislation and hopefully direct each and everyone
Students, p. 7 within North Carolina toward action that needs to be taken immediately on
Clothing Line Launched
this matter.
to address Adolescent
Bullying, p. 8
PROFILE / Public Legislation outlawing gay marriage is a perennial cause for some
Appearance : Dr. Steve
V. Sprinkle will be at conservative Republican lawmakers in North Carolina and across the USA.
Duke to release new Thirty other U.S. states have such laws on their books; North Carolina is the
book – UNFINISHED
LIVES: Reviving
only state in the Southeast USA without one.
the Memories of
LGBTQ Hate Crime North Carolina law (General Statute 51-1.2) already clearly states,
Victims, p. 17 - 23
African Advocates "Marriages, whether created by common law, contracted or performed
Against AIDS outside of North Carolina, between individuals of the same gender are not
conference in valid in North Carolina."
Raleigh, p. 23-25
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But conservatives, both Republican and Democrat, argue an amendment to the state constitution is
necessary because North Carolina state law could be overturned in the courts.
Opponents of the legislation say that, in addition to depriving same-sex couples of the right to marry, the
bill is written so broadly that it could also
prohibit civil unions and domestic partnerships, state’s constitution and create a hostile
and could even prevent private companies from environment for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and
extending benefits to employees' domestic transgender (GLBT) citizens in North Carolina."
partners.
"Such an amendment would not only deny equal
The North Carolina Religious Coalition for marriage rights, which are already denied to gay
Marriage Equality, an interfaith organization of North Carolinians, but could also prohibit any
more than 200 clergy from across the state, recognition of civil unions, domestic
plans to join the gay and lesbian human rights partnerships, or similar relationships in the state.
group Equality North Carolina for joint efforts to The language of the bill is so broad it could
methodically develop a strategy to attempt to prevent private companies from extending
stop this anti-gay legislation. For more domestic partner benefits to their employees,"
information, visit equalitync.org. he continued.
In a emailed statement, Baptist Minister Go to page 9 – 17 to read more about the proposed North
Reverend Jack McKinney of Raleigh, Co-chair of Carolina Constitutional Amendment and further learn what
the North Carolina Religious Coalition for we all need to do. This is our Legal Rights the Republican
Marriage Equality, said: "We are saddened that led Legislature is working to end … if we do not fight it and
some of our legislators continue to use the issue start now, we lose.
of same-sex marriage to try and re-write our
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NCSU’s McKimmon Center
1101 Gorman Street
Raleigh, North Carolina
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This symposium includes a keynote presentation by Jamie Nabozny followed by breakout sessions and a
moderated panel discussion.
Jamie Nabozny was featured in the film Bullied: A Student, a School, and a Case That Made History - a
documentary produced by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Nabozny was the plaintiff in a landmark Federal Court
case, Nabozny v. Podlesny, in which a Federal Appeals Court held that schools can be held liable for deliberately
ignoring anti-gay harassment
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Presenter: Marlene Synder, Ph. D. is the Director of Presenter: Ian Palmquist, Executive Director,
Development for the Olweus Bullying Prevention Equality NC. Equality NC is a statewide group
Program - US, Institute on Family and dedicated to securing equal rights and justice for gay,
Neighborhood Life, Clemson University, Clemson, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) people.
South Carolina. Dr. Snyder is a co-author of the Under Ian's leadership, Equality NC has expanded its
Olweus Bullying Prevention Programs‘ School wide outreach across the state, strengthened its political
Guide, and Teacher Guide and the related program clout in the legislature, doubled its expenditures to
CDs and DVDs , Class Meetings that Matter: Grades elect pro-GLBT candidates, and built strategic
K-5; Class Meetings That Matter: Grades 6-8, relationships with non-GLBT allies through coalition
Individual and Class Meetings Training Video, and work. In 2009, Ian led the organization's successful
Bullying. Presently she is working on Class Meetings campaign to pass the School Violence Prevention
that Matter for High Schools. She serves as a national Act, the first GLBT-inclusive bill in state history.
and international consultant in the areas of bullying
prevention and intervention, mental health, child Cyber bullying & Professional Ethics.
welfare, and juvenile justice issues.
Addressing the nature, extent, causes and
Implementing Anti-Bullying Legislation. consequences of cyber bullying and the responsibility
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of professionals to address school based cyber Rights Campaign (HRC), The Child Welfare League
bullying. of America, schools, nonprofit agencies, law
enforcement agencies and public and private
Presenters : Al Toney III and Keith Toney, AK corporations. Keith Toney, Vice President of AK
Consulting Services, INC. AK Consulting Services Consulting Services, works with non-profit
offers education, diversity training, and anti-bullying organizations, corporations, universities and faith-
workshops as a means of creating healthier and more based institutions to educate society about the many
effective learning and working environments. Since aspects of living in a diverse community.
1993, Al Toney has provided diversity and awareness
education consulting services and cultural Addressing Gender Identity and Sexual
competency workshops throughout the country where Orientation Issues Facing Youth.
he challenges his colleagues and constituents to be
aware of their internalized stereotypes and myths. A
sample of his past and present clients include Human
Director of the GLBT Center at NC State University
What is the climate like for the gay, lesbian, bisexual, since it first opened in January of 2008. She has been
and transgender (GLBT) community? Research has a part of a grassroots effort here on campus to help
shown that individuals dealing with coming out change the climate and make sure that NC State
issues (sexual orientation and/or gender identity) are University is welcoming for everyone. Given her
at a much higher risk of suicide and other self- work with the GLBT community on and off campus
destructive behaviors. This session will share she has been able to garner a thorough understanding
information about issues and concerns facing the of the impact discrimination and bullying has on our
GLBT community, particularly youth. We will also young people. Justine has done extensive work and
cover programs, services, and resources available to education as it relates to bullying, creating numerous
better meet the needs of the community. presentations on the topic that have been presented to
local community groups, at conferences, and on
Presenter: Justine Hollingshead, Director of the NC college campuses.
State University GLBT Center. Justine has been the
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Registered participants will be provided with lunch and refreshments throughout the day. Continuing education
credits will be offered for this event.
Symposium participants are invited to also register for an alumni reception from 5:00 - 6:30 pm for NC State
Department of Social Work alumni and friends. Join us for wine and hors d‘oeuvres , alumni award presentations
and the opportunity to meet with Jamie Nabozny.
(Free to all NC State Department of Social Work Alumni. Participants must be 21 or older)
* Discount rates available for NC State Department of Social Work students and affiliates (faculty, field instructors,
advisory council members, etc.), and for the NC State GLBT-Community Alliance. Contact
socialworkevents@ncsu.edu for details. Unfortunately all Registration closed March 15 - Event has
reached capacity
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In Recognition of Raleigh’s GLBT Parents
Were you recently shocked to learn highest percentage of same-sex couples with
kids among metro areas that have a population
that Raleigh not only has a large
of more than 1 million. San Antonio is reported
percentage of Gay parents but that as first, with 33.9 percent of same-sex couples
a nationally respected survey raising children, and Jacksonville, Fla., is
ranked Raleigh third for Gay reported as second, with 32.4 percent.
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There are 1 million lesbian, gay, bisexual and
Meet other local LGBT parents and wannabe
transgender parents raising about 2 million
parents and their families. Discuss important children in the U.S., according to figures
topics, such as coming out to your children, analyzed by UCLA's Williams Institute. Good
handling your child's peer concerns, separation parents are good parents, no matter their sexual
orientation.
and/or divorce, school activism, playgroups,
issues encountered in mostly straight I am one half of a lesbian parenting team, and
neighborhoods, bridging the gap for kids, etc. my twin 8-year-old boys are excelling both in
school and Little League. They just finished
Get together for regular social, fun, and
reading the "Harry Potter" series and are
informational events and activities. obsessed with Legos. They set and clear the
dinner table and are beginning to remember
Contact Shawn Long at zenguin@usa.net for their manners (finally)! They're happy and
more details about Raleigh Area Gay Parents. productive boys.
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writings of Dr. Paul Cameron, another anti-gay He told the Family Equality Council in 2008 that
adoption "expert" whose credibility has been more needs to be done "to support and
recently decimated: He was dropped from the strengthen LGBT [lesbian, gay, bisexual and
American Psychological Association for failing to transgender] families. Because equality in
cooperate with an ethics investigation and relationship, family, and adoption rights is not
censured by the American Sociological some abstract principle; it's about whether
Association, which condemned him for millions of LGBT Americans can finally live lives
misrepresentation of sociological research.) marked by dignity and freedom."
Foster children need loving parents and stable That's why we call on the president publicly to
homes. Many of the 120,000 kids that the endorse the Every Child Deserves a Family Act,
Department of Health and Human Services says legislation in Congress that would open the
are in the foster care system, up for adoption, doors for LGBT people to adopt. The bill takes
could have permanent homes if gay people into consideration the best interests of each
could adopt them. For every child available and individual child, rather than excluding potential
waiting for adoption, there are 16 lesbian, gay, parents based on personal bias or bigotry.
bisexual and transgender people wanting to
adopt, according to the Williams Institute It's up to LGBT parents to define the perception
analysis. The supply of parents dwarfs demand - of parenting and not let those opposed do it for
- not a bad problem to have. us. We speak a common language with other
parents from bedtime to bath time. And over
It's wrong to let all those prospective parents sit time, more people will realize that LGBT families
on the sidelines while kids are bouncing from have a lot in common with traditional families.
one temporary foster home to another. Many
states apparently think it's healthier and more Until then, however, the foster kids are waiting.
productive if foster children remain wards of the
The opinions expressed in this commentary
states, without parents, than to let them be
are solely those of Jennifer Chrisler.
raised in so-called nontraditional families.
Point Foundation, which is the largest provider of GLBT college scholarships in the country, recently
announced the addition of a new scholarship to its program. The scholarship is named after Tyler
Clementi, the Rutgers student who committed suicide after being bullied by other students about his
sexual orientation. It was created with the help of Tyler’s parents and will help bring awareness to the
abuse that many young GLBT students around the country face on a daily basis. Students who receive
the Point Foundation scholarship will be able to use the funds to pay for tuition, books, supplies, room
and board, transportation and living expenses. The scholarship will be set up with the student’s school so
that everything will be taken care of for them. Since 2000, the Point Foundation has awarded more than
$5.3 million to 160 students, easily making it the largest scholarship provider of GLBT scholarships.
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Clothing Line Launched to Address
Adolescent Bullying
Released: 3/14/2011 3:00 PM EDT help children and families find fun, comfortable
ways to talk about these serious issues.‖
Source: MMConsulting Group, LLC DBA Be a
Friend Clothing Research released by the U.S. Department of
Justice and Gallup News Services has shown
that approximately one-third of parents fear for
their child’s physical safety when the child is at
school – while 1 in 4 children is bullied at school
and 1 in 5 admits to bullying others. Research
has also shown that those who bully and those
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Gaston County Sen. James Forrester filed on his anti-GLBT constitutional amendment on marriage.
The text of the proposed amendment, which has not yet been filed in the House, would ban any recognition
of any “domestic legal union” other than a marriage between an opposite-sex couple. If approved by the
legislature, the amendment would appear on the November 2012 ballot. Three-fifths of both the House and
Senate must approve the amendment before it can appear on the ballot; the governor has no veto authority
on amendments.
Forrester was joined as sponsor by "Jerry W. Tillman (R-Montgomery, Randolph) and Dan Soucek (R-
Alexander, Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes). Twenty other senators, all Republican, are co-sponsoring the bill."
Equality North Carolina tweets that "Anti-gay SB 106 is most extreme version possible. Could even prevent
businesses from offering partner health coverage!"
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JOIN US "IN ACTION!" Equality NC Launches Statewide
EQUALITY IN ACTION Tour
Raleigh - 3/16/2011 - Wondering what you about equal rights and what you can do right
can do to make a real difference in our fight now to make a real difference.
against GLBT discrimination? This spring,
join other fair-minded North Carolinians "in "With the anti-LGBT amendment pending in
action." Equality North Carolina invites you the General Assembly, now is the time for
to get informed and involved through a fair-minded North Carolinians to step up and
series of statewide town hall meetings take action," said Ian Palmquist, Executive
devoted to discussing the latest happenings Director. "The Equality in Action tour is a
from the General Assembly--including the great opportunity for our supporters to come
proposed anti-LGBT constitutional together to fight this attempt to put bigotry
amendment. Mobilize with us "on tour" as and discrimination into our state
we seek your much-needed help in what constitution."
could become the largest campaign for
GLBT rights in our state's history! Other upcoming stops on the ―Equality in
Action‖ Tour include:
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Sen. James Forrester, a Gaston County County Democrat, used the power of his
Republican, has filed the bill consistently office to kill the proposal.
for nearly a decade, but the proposal
never made it to a full vote. Democrats This year's Senate bill has 23 sponsors.
held control of both the House and If it gets to the Senate floor, it can pass
Senate for most of those years. even if only the chamber's 30
Republicans vote for it.
With Republicans now controlling the
North Carolina legislature, Forrester is Senate leader Phil Berger, an Eden
looking forward to hearings and a Republican, has co-sponsored same-
victory. sex ban bills in past years, including in
2007, 2008 and 2009. He said last week
"I think we have enough votes to get it that hearings on the new bill haven't
passed," he said. Republicans hold been scheduled because the Senate will
majorities in both chambers, and similar deal with the budget and redistricting
bills in past years have drawn bi- first.
partisan support.
"I'd say later rather than sooner," Berger
The proposed amendment would go on said. "No decision has been made."
the 2012 ballot if three-fifths of the
House and Senate vote in favor. The The state already has a law banning
governor cannot veto proposed same-sex marriage, but supporters of
constitutional amendments. the constitutional amendment said the
law isn't enough. The law is vulnerable
In 2007, a House bill calling for a same- to changes by future legislatures,
sex marriage constitutional ban had 66 Forrester said, or to a judge who thinks
sponsors and co-sponsors - just six it's wrong.
people short of the votes needed to
pass - in a year when Republicans were The amendment "prevents a liberal
in the minority. The bill made it out of a judge from saying 'no,' " Forrester said.
House committee, but then House-
To read the complete article, visit
Speaker Joe Hackney, an Orange
www.newsobserver.com.
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(Raleigh, NC) The economy dominated the fall lawmakers have co-sponsored marriage ban
campaign, but leaders among North Carolina’s social amendments in the past.
conservatives believe the Republican sweep at the
“We are definitely concerned that the new leadership
legislature should finally permit a vote on a state
is far more likely to bring up a vote,” said Ian
constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage.
Palmquist, executive director of Equality North
North Carolina is the only state in the Carolina. “People are definitely looking to North
Southeast that hasn’t approved an Carolina because we have been so successful at
amendment restricting marriage to one man
blocking an amendment in the past.”
and one woman. In the past Democratic
leadership in the legislature have refused to But Rep. Justin Burr, R-Stanly, an amendment
consider GOP-penned bills on the issue for
supporter, said many Republican voters want action
several years, and gay rights organizations
have offered strong opposition to what it on social issues after seeing Democrats push through
called imprinting discrimination permanently laws last year such as anti-school bullying law
into state law. designed in part to protect gay and lesbian students
and a school sex education law that teaches more
Now, with Republicans solidly in the majority in the N.
about contraception.
C. General Assembly starting with the opening
Legislative session in January 2011 for the first time “If you look at the last two years when the Democrats
in more than a century, chances for a vote in the and the liberals here have pushed their ultraliberal
House and Senate are fairly strong, GOP lawmakers social agenda in Raleigh, that’s what really pushed
said. the grass roots to fight back here and helped us win a
majority,” Burr said.
Until now, legislative leaders “have just turned a deaf
ear,” said the Rev. Ron Baity, senior pastor of Berean In North Carolina, a marriage amendment bill was co-
Baptist Church in Winston-Salem. He has helped lead sponsored by 66 House members in 2009, but past N.
rallies of thousands of Christian conservatives in C. House Speaker Joe Hackney, D-Orange,
Raleigh asking lawmakers to vote on a marriage essentially derailed it by requiring it go through four
amendment. committees. Hackney and Senate leader Marc
Basnight, D-Dare, repeatedly said an amendment
“This election should send a signal to our elected
wasn’t needed because state law already identifies a
State officials that maybe they should stop and listen
valid marriage as one “created by the consent of a
to the voices of the people and allow the people of
male and female person.” But neither of these
North Carolina to vote up or down on the issue,” he
gentlemen are in charge of the new North Carolina
said.
Legislature.
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same-sex marriage, supporters point to surveys “I would like them to know that I don’t want the
showing more than 70 percent like the amendment. government in my life, just like they don’t want the
government in theirs,” Brandon said.
The legislature “needs to let the people of North
Carolina vote on it,” said Stam, R-Wake. Since some conservative Democrats who supported
the amendment idea were defeated last election, its
Democrat Marcus Brandon, who won a House seat in
passage could depend upon the viewpoints of newly
Guilford County last year and is the second openly
elected Republicans and veteran moderate GOP
gay lawmaker elected in North Carolina history, said
lawmakers such as Sen. Fletcher Hartsell, R-
the tea party Republicans who talk of protecting
Cabarrus. He declined for this interview to say
personal liberties is incongruent with efforts to restrict
specifically how he feels about an amendment.
marriage.
“I think we need to focus on jobs and the economy,”
Hartsell said. “That is consistent with the message
that we were elected to address.”
RALEIGH – One of the leading national gay- North Carolina is the only state in the Southeast
rights organizations has given money to the that hasn't approved an amendment restricting
leading North Carolina group opposing efforts marriage to one man and one woman.
to get a constitutional amendment on the ballot
that would ban marriage for same-sex couples. The Human Rights Campaign's annual North
The Human Rights Campaign awarded a Carolina awards dinner was held at the Raleigh
$10,000 grant to Equality North Carolina - two Convention Center February 26, 2011.
days after a proposed amendment was filed in
the state Senate. As many as 800 people attended the event,
which featured Academy Award-winner and
Similar measures have gone nowhere for years longtime gay-rights supporter Marlee Matlin as
at the General Assembly. Social conservatives keynote speaker.
are hopeful it will be voted on now at some
point since Republicans have majorities in both For the first time in U.S history, the event was
chambers. co-chaired by a married, heterosexual couple,
Kathy and Jeffrey G. Marsocci of Raleigh, along
with gay activist Keith Hayes.
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North Carolina Anti-Gay Marriage
Constitutional Amendment FAQ
Raleigh - 2/24/2011 - You've got questions about Senate Bill 106, the anti-gay constitutional
amendment. We've got answers! Check out our Frequently Asked Questions.
The bill would amend the state constitution to include a new section that reads "Marriage
between a man and a woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized in
this State." Click here to see the full text on the legislature's website.
The language proposed is the most extreme version of an anti-gay amendment. In addition to
limiting marriage to opposite sex couples, as state statute already does, it would prohibit any
other form of relationship recognition, such as civil union or domestic partnership. This kind of
language has been used in other states to take away private benefits such as health insurance for
LGBT couples, unmarried opposite-sex couples, and their children. This is a not a hypothetical
issue but a very real one. These amendments have also been used to challenge other private
contracts between couples.
The amendment would not only write the current discriminatory marriage law into the
constitution, it would actually take away rights and responsibilities that are currently available to
some couples.
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(Click here to look up who your senator is if you don't know.)
The bill must pass both the House and Senate by a 3/5ths margin (that's 30 of 50 votes in the
Senate and 72 of 120 votes in the House). It would then be placed on the ballot in November
2012 where it would need a simple majority of voters to become part of the constitution. The
governor does not have veto authority on constitutional amendments.
Call SB 106 what it is: "the anti-gay amendment." It's not about "defending" anyone's marriage.
It's an attack on GLBT North Carolinians.
1. The anti-gay amendment causes real harm. It harms couples who will be denied even
the most basic protections and it harms vulnerable GLBT young people by sending a
terrible message that their state and their neighbors consider them second-class citizens
unworthy of basic dignity and fair treatment, a message which exacerbates the epidemic
of GLBT young people committing suicide.
2. The anti-gay amendment is bad for business. It intrudes on businesses' right to provide
competitive benefits to their employees and it signals to major employers that our state is
not welcoming of the diverse, creative workforce that is needed to compete in the global
economy.
3. The anti-gay amendment is a distraction from the voters' priorities. The legislature
was sent to Raleigh to tackle jobs, the economy, and the state budget, not to advance a
divisive social agenda.
4. Marriage is already denied same-sex couples by state law. The amendment doesn't
change marriage in any way. It simply attacks GLBT North Carolinians and puts their
basic rights up for a vote.
5. Amending the constitution is an extreme act, not a conservative one. Constitutions
are designed to protect rights and not to take them away. The rights of a minority should
never be put to a majority vote.
Join Equality NC's online action network to get alerts on how you can help.
Call you state senator and your state representative today and let them know you oppose
Senate Bill 106, the anti-gay amendment. (You can find their phone numbers here.)
Make a contribution to Equality NC to fund our lobbying and community organizing to
stop the anti-gay amendment.
Help us send a message to the legislature by volunteering to get people in your
community to complete postcards to their legislators in opposition to the anti-gay
amendment. We'll make it easy and send you a kit with everything you need. Just email
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postcards@equalitync.org for more information or to sign up to help! Please include in
the e-mail your mailing address and the number of postcards you'll commit to get signed.
Talk to your friends, family, and co-workers about the anti-gay amendment and why it
must not pass. Tell them a story about how anti-LGBT discrimination has affected you or
someone you love.
Copy and post the following link on Facebook and Twitter, or email it to your friends to
share this FAQ with them: http://bit.ly/eDG2Vv
* We sometimes use "gay" in our public messaging when we mean LGBT (lesbian, gay,
bisexual, and transgender) because not enough people know what GLBT means. We're starting
with what's familiar to most North Carolinian residents so we reach as many folks as possible.
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Reverend Phil Jones, who is a Disciple pastor serving a congregation in north Raleigh and the wife of an attorney and father of two teenagers.
She is a friend of Dr. Steve Sprinkle.
Dr. Steve V. Sprinkle: “Unfinished Lives” the Book and the Project, will be in the Raleigh, North Carolina
area, April 9-12, to do appearances and book-signings in Durham, Wilmington and in Raleigh for his recent book Unfinished
Lives. He has recently been asked to also help re-write the chaplain's curriculum in Washington, D.C. and will be on a national
tour in the fall to other major U.S. cities.
DURHAM - Dr. Sprinkle is scheduled to appear at Duke University in Durham on Tuesday, April 12, at the
Cokesbury Book Store, 12 noon till 2 p.m. outside the refectory at the Divinity School, for his signing books. Rebecca
Turner, Cokesbury‘s manager can be reached at rturner@cokesbury.com for details.
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WILMINGTON - The appearance and book signing in Wilmington is Sunday, April 10, 2011 from 3:00 to 4:00 pm.
at Two Sisters Bookery in downtown Wilmington … Confirmed. Brooks Preik, (one of the stores owners) can be
reached at bpreik@att.net. Dr. Sprinkle is also preaching that morning at St. Jude‘s Metropolitan Community Church
on Market Street.
RALEIGH - Dr. Steve Sprinkle will be speaking in Raleigh at a noon-brown-bag lunch event in Talley Student
Center on the campus of NC State Univ., Monday, April 11, 2011 from 12:00--1:15 pm. He will sign books from
1:15-1:45 pm. Justine Hollingshead, Director of the GLBT Center at NC State is our contact person for this
event. The public is invited. I haven't been able to nail down additional appearance and book signing details in
Raleigh at Borders north, and/or Pullen Memorial Baptist Church for Monday, April 11, 2011, but will hopefully do
so before the next edition of the Report.
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Told lovingly yet unflinchingly, Unfinished Lives lifts the stories of these LGBTQ victims from
undeserved obscurity, allowing their memory to live again. Relying on personal interviews and
visits to the locations where these people lived, loved, and died, Sprinkle records the raw
emotions, powerful movements for social change, and unexpectedly hopeful communities that
arise from the ruins of those people whose only ―offense‖ was to live as they were born to be.
Part portraiture, part crime narrative, and part ethnography, Unfinished Lives is poised to change
the conversation on hate crimes in the United States.
―In telling these ‗stories that trouble the soul‘ about the hateful murders of fourteen
LBGTQ people who were selected for execution simply because of their non-conforming sexual
orientation and gender presentation, Stephen Sprinkle has courageously refused to bury the
victims in silence or go along with the cultural amnesia that tries to suggest ‗it was all a mistake‘
and ‗they were just in the wrong place at the wrong time.‘ No, anti-gay violence is an
intentionally employed weapon of mass terror, and religion is often its accomplice. With a fierce
determination to honor our dead by telling the truth out loud and proud, Sprinkle calls the
community to take up the queer theological tasks of, yes, remembering and mourning, but also of
community resistance and organizing to end the violence against us, against all peoples.‖ —
Marvin M. Ellison
Bangor Theological Seminary
editor of Sexuality and the Sacred: Sources for Theological Reflection
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―Stephen Sprinkle takes on one of the most profound questions of our time: When
fear and hate and judgment result in violence and murder of non-gender conforming people,
what is the right response of civil society? While we struggle to find the answer, he reminds us
that the clock is ticking and lives are being lost. He honors the lives of those who have either
been taken from us or grievously injured by our collective inaction. He labors at the leading edge
of love, healing, and inclusion for all people, providing ‗a walking systemtic intervention‘ where
injustice resides.‖
—Cindi Love
Executive Director of Soulforce
Member of the Religion and Faith Program
Human Rights Campaign, Washington, DC
Our mission is to reveal the reality of unseen violence perpetrated against people whose only ―offense‖ is their
sexual orientation; to make anti-LGBT hate crime statistics available to our communities; to educate about the
nature of hate crimes and how it affects LGBT and other communities; and to eliminate hate crime through social
justice and awareness activities. On our website, we‘ve dedicated pages and posts to achieve our mission:
A near brush with anti-gay hate crime in the late 1990‘s in Fort Worth, Texas, shocked me awake to the reality of
violence against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender people across America. As a graduate school professor,
my pursuits are usually quiet ones, preparing for class, and doing my research. But my quest to understand the
effects and causes of hatred against people because of their difference has made me stare into the face of radical
evil: the sort that kills.
Because of my work and research, I have learned how much all of us need each other–especially all of us who are
members of racial/ethnic, religious, differently-abled, female, and LGBT communities. I have learned how vital the
work of advocacy is. I have learned how precious life itself is, and how fragile. For this project, I have interviewed
relatives, bereaved lovers, co-workers, neighbors and friends, journalists, and law enforcement officers who had
direct knowledge about the women and men who died so brutally because of ignorance, prejudice and fear. It has
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been the journey of a lifetime, and in a strange way, though I am a teacher, these deceased LGBT people have
become my teachers.
I want to convey to anyone who will listen that it is possible by hope to bring something beautiful and meaningful
out of the ugliest realities of American life. Every time I meet a mother or lover, a friend or an advocate of one of
these murdered LGBT people and share their stories, the intentions of the killers and the haters are frustrated, and
the hope for a better, more just society somehow springs to life from the ashes.
I dedicate this website to the victims and to all those working for a better world. Thank you for visiting with us, and
for joining us in our pursuit for a world free of violence and fear.
Sincerely,
Stephen V. Sprinkle
Director
The Unfinished Lives Project
Dr. Sprinkle, M.Div. Yale University Divinity School, and Ph.D. Duke University Graduate School, is the author of two
books and numerous articles on theology, church polity, LGBT and Queer studies. His current research focuses on
the stories of LGBT hate crimes murder victims in the United States. The book is entitled, Unfinished Lives: Reviving
the Memories of LGBT Hate Crimes Victims, and is currently in the writing stage. He is a member of the Association
of Theological Field Education, the Academy of Religious Leadership, the Association of Welcoming and Affirming
Baptists, is a trainer for the Welcoming Church Program of the National Gay and Lesbian Taskforce, and holds a seat
on the national Board of Directors of the Alliance of Baptists. Sprinkle also serves on the Military Chaplains Forum of
the Service members’ Legal Defense Network. In 2008 he received the prestigious Catherine Saylor Hill Award for
Excellence in Teaching, Scholarship, and Service by vote of his colleagues at Brite. He is the only Field Educator
ever to receive the award. In 2009, Sprinkle was chosen as one of ten academics in the nation to participate in the
Carpenter Foundation’s LGBT scholarly program, ―Beyond Advocacy.‖
A widely sought speaker, panelist, and lecturer, Sprinkle has spoken and taught in 28 states as well as the United
Kingdom and Canada. Most recently, he has presented The Unfinished Lives Project in Dallas, Arlington, Fort Worth,
Austin and Houston, Texas, to the Polk County (Florida) PFLAG, to the GLBT Center at NC State University in
Raleigh, NC, at the Grief and Loss Seminar in Wilmington, NC, at the annual meeting of the Forum on the Military
Chaplaincy, to youth at the National Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama, and to Alabama Against Hate in
Birmingham. He served as Hate Crimes Panelist at the 2008 Equality Texas State-of-the-State Conference at the
Texas State Capital Building in Austin. A coalition of Texas human rights organizations called him to keynote the
state ―Hope-Not Hate‖ Conference commemorating the 10th anniversary of the deaths of Matthew Shepard and
James Byrd, Jr. He is a regular contributor to the Human Rights Campaign’s Out in Scripture project, and a
participant in the 2007 and 2009 Clergy Call Lobby Day efforts on Capitol Hill.
Occupation
Activist, Writer, Practical Theologian, Theologian, Document LGBT Hate Crimes
Employment
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Activist, Writer, Practical Theologian, Theologian, Document LGBT Hate Crimes
To present
Education
Barton College
Duke University
Clayton, NC – A gay couple anonymously hiding in a motel out of fear for their safety, were
burned out of house and home on Friday. Neighbors say the gay men suffered at least three
deliberate acts of anti-gay harassment for over a year – but the neighbors are too scared to
identify themselves, either. So Johnston County law enforcement, working from a state arson
statute that doesn‘t allow for violence against gay men as a hate crime, have determined that the
burnout was ―just arson.‖ Like 9/11 was ―just some plane crashes.‖ Or like the murder of
Ugandan gay activist David Kato was ―just a robbery gone bad.‖ North Carolina has not seen fit
to include sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression as protected classes in its
existing hate crimes laws. So, an act of blatant hate crime terror that holds a gay couple and their
whole neighborhood in fear is playing with matches. That is all this deed will remain officially
unless the U.S. Justice Department invokes the Matthew Shepard Act to rectify neglectful
conduct by the Johnston County Sheriff‘s Department. WRAL.com interviewed a frightened,
anonymous neighbor, who is sure that the three incidents of harassment were related to anti-gay
hatred: ―A note with derogatory language was left in the mailbox, an anti-gay slur was written on
the house with marker, and the tires of a car parked in the garage were slashed.‖ The gay men‘s
friend and neighbor continued, ‖I felt sick to my stomach. I felt so sorry for the two gentlemen.
They lost everything. We do believe that this is a hate crime.‖ The couple was out of town when
other residents in the Winston Pointe subdivision discovered the fire belching from the brick
veneer home at 1:30 a.m. Friday and called the alarm in. Flames quickly engulfed the structure,
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gutting it and destroying all the couple‘s possessions. The American Red Cross has stepped in to
offer food, clothing, and insurance contacts to the victims. Johnston County Sheriff Steve
Bizzell, a Republican, says that the investigation has turned up no suspects yet. Bizzell
acknowledged that he knew of two out of the three incidents of harassment against the gay men
this past year, but he would not say which two.
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African Advocates Against AIDS
http://www.africanadvocates.com/index.html
1100 Navaho Dr.
Woodoak building, suite 124
Raleigh, NC,27609
Tel: 919-876-8121
1-866-456-AIDS
Fax: 919-876-8122
webmaster@africanadvocates.com
Raleigh - African Advocates Against AIDS is a non-profit 501(c) using a culturally appropriate approach to creating HIV/AIDS awareness and
education to the African and African-American community in the USA, because of the language and culture differences as well as helping the
general minorities‘ population access to prevention and treatment services.
• We provide prevention education through community workshops, presentations, and one-on-one outreach.
• We support people who want to know their HIV status and people who are infected or affected by HIV/AIDS.
We will also provide abstinence presentations for youth as well as training for parents. We believe education starts in the home and that education
is always more effective than the incorrect information that youth may get on the streets. We want to make sure children are receiving the facts
about AIDS so they can more effectively protect themselves.
Carine Siltz
African Advocates Against AIDS was started by Carine Siltz. Her objective was to coordinate community outreach projects for prevention and
education of HIV/AIDS within African communities in the USA.
Carine studied Journalism, Communication and Public Relations at The Faculty University of Science and Technique of Information, in Kinshasa
Congo, 1995-1999.
Carine's motivation for this fight is because, at the age of 13, she lost both her parents to the HIV/AIDS virus.
■ Founder & Exe. Director of African Advocates Against AIDS Inc. Established and developed the African Advocates Against Aids,
Incorporation in order to outreach to the African community in the North Carolina Wake County area for prevention and education of HIV/AIDS.
Develops strategies, implement plans and develop monthly outreaches in conjunction with the Board of Directors. Coordinates and delegates
authority to a staff team of seven. Establishes the goals and direction of the organization.
■ Conference and Event Coordinator Plans and coordinates conferences and events that educate and promote public awareness on HIV/AIDS.
Conducted a citywide marketing strategy in order to promote the conference ―Church and the Fight against Aids" in addition to "Mothers in the
Fight against Aids." Collaborates and works extensively with corporate businesses and nonprofit organizations in order to sponsor conferences
and educational events.
■ Public Relations Coordinator of African Women Against Aids, Kinshasa Congo, 1998-2000 Participated in a support service outreach program
that educated widows and families of AIDS victims on how to survive physically, emotionally, and financially. Coordinated with hospitals and
homeless shelters on how to develop and implement support services.
■ Public Relations Coordinator, The Faculty University of Science and Technique of Information, Kinshasa Congo, 1998 -2000 Screenwriter and
coordinator of "Planet Academia Movies" which were created to educate college students on a wareness and transmission of HIV/AIDS on the
college campus. Promoted educational programs on the national television network and radio stations throughout the capitol city of Kinshasa.
■ Language and Travel Experience Fluent in French and the following African tribal languages: Kikongo, Lingala, Shiluha, Kisakata. Is skilled in
conversational English, Spanish, and Swahili. Has traveled throughout France, Kenya, Ethiopia, South Africa, Italy, and North America.
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BOARD OFFICERS 1. Executive Director: Dr. John-Peter Mukendi
1. Chairperson: Dr. Samuel Yemey 2. Assistant Executive Director: Chai Mungani
2. Vice Chairperson: Vacant 3. Executive Secretary: Mr. Jean-Paul Nseka
3. Secretary: Ms. Agatha Kariisa 4. Director of Finance and Budget: Ms. Nina Sims
4. Treasurer: Vacant 5. Webmaster and Public Information Director:
Mr. Justin Mbuyi
6. Office Assistant: Ms. Beddie Hunt
EXECUTIVE.COMMITTEE
http://www.africanadvocates.com/articles.html
Story: Yes, we love the cinema for its great auteurs, its glorious faces and its daring
images. But in this tabloid age where big stars go on Oprah and jump
around like heartsick schoolboys, what we really love is all that dish! The
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players here include a hard-driving Hollywood agent, her budding screen
idol client, a sexy young drifter, and the drifter's naive, needy girlfriend.
THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED follows the adventures of Mitchell Green, a
movie star who could hit big if it weren't for one teensy-weensy problem.
His agent, Diane, can't seem to keep him in the closet. Trying to help him
navigate Hollywood's choppy waters, the devilish Diane is doing all she
can to keep Mitchell away from the cute rent boy who's caught his eye
and the rent boy's girlfriend (wait, the rent boy has a girlfriend?). Will
there be a happy ending as the final credit roll?
Phone:
Notices
-The Little Dog Laughed tickets available now!
Click here for tickets.
CONTACT US:
Theatre:
21 N. Front St.
Wilmington, NC 28401
Phone:
910.264.2602 910.264.2602
Email:
contact@citystagenc.com
Adam Poole as Mitchell and Henry Phillip Blanton as Alex in City Stage‟s „The Little Dog Laughed,‟ opening
Thursday. Courtesy photo
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opposite, as the show contains adult The basic premise of the story is that one of
language/situations and nudity. Diane‟s (Barbara Weetman) top clients is a
rising film star. Mitchell (Adam Poole) just won
Directed by Mike O‟Neil at City Stage, the show an award, something like a Golden Globe, and
opens March 10th and runs through the 27th. he and Diane are in New York for the
O‟Neil gratefully took time out from preparing ceremony. Diane becomes aware of a play that
the play to answer some questions about the she thinks has a great role for Mitchell. But if
upcoming production. they buy this property, Diane suggests that it‟s
best to keep Mitchell‟s sexuality in the closet in
order to get all the accolades she feels would
e: What made you decide to direct this
launch him. While there to get the property,
play? Did anything in particular catch your
Mitchell gets drunk and calls Alex, the rent boy
attention?
(Henry Phillip Blanton). Though they don‟t
MO: It actually started a year ago when City
consummate their relationship, Alex leaves
Stage had an open slot. They wanted to know
with Mitchell‟s heart. This is the first time
if I had anything to fill it and they needed
Mitchell has been able to talk openly about his
something right away. So a couple friends
sexuality with someone. However, Diane finds
gave me [“The Little Dog Laughed”] to read; I
out about it and is at first angry, and Alex gets
loved it, they loved it. We sat on it a while and
his girlfriend Ellen (Morganna Bridgers)
thought that maybe we would do it, and then
pregnant. Eventually, Diane is the one who
[City Stage‟s artistic director] Justin Smith
tries to find a solution to make everyone
came late summer, and said he wanted to do it
happy.
and make it part of the season.
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written script. Of course, the main thing is, we We want people to love it.
hope to entertain people who come to see it.
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GLBT Community Pride Events 2011 – North Carolina:
OUTRALEIGH Festival
http://triangleblackpride.org/index.html
Contact:
Shades of Pride
5000 Sedgewick Drive
Suite C
Raleigh, N.C. 27616
Email: info@TriangleBlackPride.org
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Salisbury PRIDE
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Salisbury, North Carolina
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Around Town and UP-Coming Events:
UPCOMING EVENTS:
MARCH 19
CMF LEGENDS NIGHT
with special guest DJ Joe Gauthreux
Legends in downtown Raleigh
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Crape Myrtle Festival (CMF) is an all-volunteer 501(c)3 nonprofit that raises money and
supports education and outreach for organizations within and beyond the local LGBT
community.
www.crapemyrtlefest.org
March
Mid-March Event Update
2011
DONATE NOW
Volunteer
Resources
Raleigh's first ever LGBT street festival is coming on Saturday, May 14 to and Referrals
Downtown Plaza and Fayetteville Street. Now is the time to reserve your space
for what will be a historic and truly fun event. For information and pricing go to
www.outraleigh.squarespace.com
OutRaleigh
Our Sponsors
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Please patronize our loyal
Coming Next Month: Friday, April 1st, 2011, 7PM at the Galaxy Cinema, Sponsors and tell them
Cary how much you appreciate
their support
We will be screening the groundbreaking documentary Gen Silent, by Stu
Maddox. This moving film shows with humor and heartbreak the lives of a
number of mature members of the LGBT community in Boston and how they
are dealing with a world that is not always sympathetic to them. We will be
bringing Mr. Maddox to town so that he can particpate in a Q&A after the
showing. Our hope is that the social work, healthcare and eldercare community
will attend, as well as anyone who is concerned with the welfare of our older
brothers and sisters. For a preview of this eye-opening movie, go to
http://stumaddux.com/GEN_SILENT.html . Tickets are available now online,
and at the Galaxy Cinema box office. [We are offering a limited number of
very reasonably priced advertising opportunities in our program booklet
for this screening. To be included in the program please contact Les
Geller (lgeller@lgbtcenterofraleigh.com) as soon as possible. If you are
interested in reaching out to the mature LGBT population this is a great
opportunity to find your audience; if you simply want to support the work
we are doing this is a great way to do so.]
Thursday, March 10
Fashion Show and Shopping Event
You are invited to join us for a fashion show and shopping event, learn the new
rules of business dressing and enjoy 15% off shopping (conditions apply). 5% of
the proceeds will benefit the Crape Myrtle Festival, the Alliance of Aids Services
Carolina, and the LGBT Center of Raleigh. For questions call 919-792-9100 ext.
5380. Ticket proceeds benefit CMF, AAS-C and LGBT Center.
Sunday, March 13
Gay & Gray & Green All Over
A St. Patrick's Day social for LGBT folks 50+ and their guests. From 3 - 6 PM at
the Four Points by Sheraton Durham at Southpoint, featuring free food, a cash
bar and music from the 50's, 60's and 70's. Tickets are $5 at the door, or to
purchase with a credit card click here:
Monday, March 14
Toastmasters Meeting
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Toastmasters will be meeting at the Center for the first time, from 7 to 9 PM.
Come and improve your public speaking skills.
Friday, March 18
LGBT Game Night
Free and open to all ages, this is a smoke-free, alcohol-free social event. If you
enjoy playing board games and card games in a relaxed, fun atmosphere, then
this is the place to be!
Friday, March 25
Second Annual Women's Night
Join the ladies at our Second Annual Q-Nights fundraiser at Durham's Club Steel
Blue, 711 Rigsbee Ave. Lez give back to the community Shake your booty for
booty! This will be an evening of high energy music and dance, plus a fabulous
raffle. All proceeds from the $10 cover will benefit the LGBT Center of Raleigh.
http://www.kwiksurveys.com/online-
survey.php?surveyID=IIOHGI_c1b074da
Wish List
Below are some ot the items that we currently need. Please consider making a
donation of one of the following to the Center so that we can fuction better and
more efficiently:
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Willie D. Pilkington
Publisher / Editor
Raleigh GLBT Report
RaleighGLBTReport@att.net
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