The LGBT Center of SE Wisconsin - LINKS & CONNECTIONS Mark Your Calendar: "Engaged and Empowered," the Lieutenant Governor's Conference on LGBT Youth takes place at UW-Oshkosh on March 5th from 9:30 AM - 4:15 PM. Presented by the Gay Straight Alliance for Safe Schools and Diverse & Resilient, the conference is designed for anyone interested in the safety and well-being of LGBT youth. Click on any of the links here for full details. QUEER THE CENSUS--Next month (March), the LGBT Center will present an extremely timely presentation on why it's so vitally important for all of us to get involved and be counted in the 2010 Census ... which begins in April. Thanks to LGBT Center member Bob Waldron for taking the lead in representing us at meetings and fact-finding research. Bob notes that many advocates are urging us to affix a bright pink sticker available online with which to seal your return census envelope. Boxes on the envelope enable you to check whether the mailer is from Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, or Straight Ally Citizens. Order your free sticker, learn more, and indicate your support by signing a petition to have us counted at the Web site for Queer the Census. # # # # # LGBT-Related Research: New Book on Same-Sex Couples--Jenn Gibson, author of Happy, is working on a new book about same-sex couples at all stages of the relationship process. Jenn is seeking couples to interview. More information can be found on the book's Web site. Jenn is on Facebook, too. Youth and Tobacco Survey--Please click on the icon below to take this important survey: Same-Sex Parenting--The University of Memphis’GLBT Research Team is conducting a study on Same-Sex Parenting, and is looking for participants. The purpose of this study is to learn about the experiences of same-sex parents in relationship to "legal" parenting rights. Participants must be 18 years or older, currently be in a relationship with the same-sex partner with whom they have planned and created a family, and have at least one child under the age of 18 living in their home. The study should take approximately 20 minutes to complete online:https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspxsm=jVp53YOXI6tNs1dgubIk_2bg_3d

The LGBT Center of

SE Wisconsin

1456 Junction Avenue
Racine, WI 53403
ph: 262.664.4100
fax: 262.664.4104
info@lgbtsewisc.org

LINKS & CONNECTIONS

Mark Your Calendar:

"Engaged and Empowered," the Lieutenant Governor's Conference on LGBT Youth takes place at UW-Oshkosh on March 5th from 9:30 AM - 4:15 PM. Presented by the Gay Straight Alliance for Safe Schools and Diverse & Resilient, the conference is designed for anyone interested in the safety and well-being of LGBT youth.

Click on any of the links here for full details.

QUEER THE CENSUS--Next month (March), the LGBT Center will present an extremely timely presentation on why it's so vitally important for all of us to get involved and be counted in the 2010 Census ... which begins in April. Thanks to LGBT Center member Bob Waldron for taking the lead in representing us at meetings and fact-finding research. Bob notes that many advocates are urging us to affix a bright pink sticker available online with which to seal your return census envelope. Boxes on the envelope enable you to check whether the mailer is from Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, or Straight Ally Citizens. Order your free sticker, learn more, and indicate your support by signing a petition to have us counted at the Web site for Queer the Census.

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LGBT-Related Research:

New Book on Same-Sex Couples--Jenn Gibson, author of Happy, is working on a new book about same-sex couples at all stages of the relationship process. Jenn is seeking couples to interview. More information can be found on the book's Web site. Jenn is on Facebook, too.

Youth and Tobacco Survey--Please click on the icon below to take this important survey:

Same-Sex Parenting--The University of Memphis’
GLBT Research Team is conducting a study on Same-Sex Parenting, and is looking for participants. The purpose of this study is to learn about the experiences of same-sex parents in relationship to "legal" parenting rights. Participants must be 18 years or older, currently be in a relationship with the same-sex partner with whom they have planned and created a family, and have at least one child under the age of 18 living in their home. The study should take approximately 20 minutes to complete online:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspxsm=jVp53YOXI6tNs1dgubIk_2bg_3d_3d

Linking and Connecting Our World

'Tom Girls' on This American Life

Lilly and Thomasina have a lot in common. They’re
both 8 years old. And they were both born boys, although it became clear pretty early on that they'd prefer to be girls. There aren’t all that many kids in the world like them, but recently, at a conference in Seattle on transgender parenting, they met. And they immediately hit it off. They could talk about things with each other that they'd never been able to share with other friends back home. And that’s comforting, even if they never see each other after the conference ends. Producer Mary Beth Kirchner tells the story, with production help from Rebecca Weiker. (17 minutes)

NATIONAL IMMIGRANT JUSTICE CENTER
(Heartland Alliance) asks: "Are you afraid to return to your country because of who you are?" If you are afraid to return to your home country because of your sexual orientation or gender identity, you may be eligible for asylum in the USA. For more information, visit the Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights-National Immgrant Justice Center online or call them at 312-660-1370.

DIVERSITY VILLAGE--New Web Site Dedicated to Bringing the LGBT Community and Allies Together

"COMMUNITY MATTERS"--Executive Director Bruce Joffe discusses local LGBT community issues as they
relate, specifically, to the LGBTCenter of SE Wisconsin in an interview broadcast Saturday, July 25, on public radio WGTD-FM's "Community Issues." You can listen to the broadcast right here!

LGBT-RELATED & SPECIFIC

Aeon Group

Affinity Performing Arts

AIDS Resource Center

Alliance for LGBTQ Youth in Foster Care

Alliance School (Milwaukee) for LGBT Youth

American Institute of Bisexuality

Beer Town Badgers

Bi-Definition

biMagazine.org

BQueer: The "Definitive Gay & Lesbian Portal"

Brew City Sisters

Castaways M.C. of Milwaukee

Center Advocates

Center Advocates Political Action Committee

Central Wisconsin Pride

Charles Daniels Productions

Chicago Gender Society

Children of Lesbians & Gays Everywhere

Children’s Service Society of Wisconsin

Cream City Foundation

Cream City Squares

Dairyland Cowboys & Cowgirls

Diverse and Resilient

Entertainers Against AIDS

FAIR Wisconsin

Femme Mafia Milwaukee

FORGE

Front Runners Milwaukee

Full Circle Counseling Solutions; Kara Luening, MSW & CST (Certified Sex Therapist) Candidate

Galano Club of Milwaukee

Gay & Lesbian Tavern Guild

GayNeighbor.org

Gay Peoples Union Hotline for Help

Gay Youth Milwaukee

Gemini Gender Group

GLBT Student Pride Network

Great Lakes Harley Riders

Keep Hope Alive

Kenosha Gay Dads

Lesbian Alliance of Metro Milwaukee

LGBT Resource Center at UWM

Lesbian Connections Social/Professional Networking

LOC Women of Color

Log Cabin Republicans Milwaukee

Madison OutReach

Marquette University G/SA

Miltown Kings

Milwaukee GAMMA

Milwaukee Gay Arts Center

Milwaukee Guerilla Gay Bar

Milwaukee LGBT Community Center

Milwaukee LGBT History Project

Milwaukee Pride Parade

Native LGBT/Two-Spirit Society

Our Group Community of Student Athletes

Saturday Softball Beer League

Shoreline Country Dancers

Southeastern Wisconsin Discussion Group

Spectrum of Rockford Illinois(a GLBTQ Organization)

Transracial Families of Milwaukee

UW-Parkside Rainbow Alliance

UW-Whitewater IMPACT LGBTA Student Union

Vets Do Ask, Do Tell

Wisconsin Cream City Chorus

Wisconsin Gay Hockey Association

Wisconsin Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf

Wisconsin Rainbow Families

Wisconsin Warriers Women's Full Contact Football

Women’s Voices Milwaukee

WELCOMING & AFFIRMING:

Well Worth Supporting!

LGBT Scholarships for Lesbians Established in 2004 to encourage and support LGBT students in their quest for a higher education, the Traub-Dicker Rainbow Scholarship of the Stonewall Community Foundation will award three $3,000 in June to lesbian-identified students who are graduating high school seniors planning on attending a recognized college or university in the U.S. ,,, as well as already matriculated college students in any year of study--including graduate school. The LGBT Center of SE Wisconsin has application forms available.