There is a League of Supergays right here in West Sacramento. From their web site:
“Since the 50′s, The Program have been testing LGBT genetic children with DNA manipulation and biological enhancements for the military.
Now, 50 years later, a group of bio enhanced LGBT individuals, lead by Agent Thunder, have banded together to combine their abilities to fight for equality. ”
The League of Supergays is an animation project by Pride Animation in West Sacramento. Check out their website prideanimation.com and they have a fund raiser going on now at www.kickstarter.com/projects/prideanimation/league-of-supergays
“FOR EQUALITY!”
Posted: November 1st, 2011 | Author: Mark | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: League of Supergays | No Comments »
The Lavender Angels help keep us safe in Lavender Heights.
Mario Zeleny, coordinator of the volunteer group, says that they have a new web site and are getting the word out. Check out their web site at sacramentolavenderangels.com for more info. Note you can always find their web site link over on the right under Popular links ——>
More about the Sacramento Lavender Angels-
The Lavender Angels is a community service program sponsored by the Midtown Business Association and the Sacramento Gay and Lesbian Community Center whose volunteer members provide safety assistance, first aid, area directions and information to visitors, citizens, area businesses and their patrons in the Lavender Heights area of Sacramento, California. The Lavender Angels is a community managed program in cooperation with the Sacramento Police Department, Sacramento Fire Department, Sacramento Department of Transportation, Sacramento Department of Utilities and the American Red Cross.
The Sacramento Lavender Angels invite more sponsors and members. Well done Angels and Mario.
Art by Mario Zeleny
Posted: October 21st, 2011 | Author: Mark | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Sacramento Lavender Angels | 1 Comment »
Sierra College is celebrating Pride. Oct 25, 26, 27. Check it out.
Thanks Prof. Terry for the heads up, best of luck with the event, you have a terrific list of events. Read all about it-
My name is Johnnie Terry and I’m a professor of philosophy at Sierra College, a community college just outside of Sacramento, CA. Governor Jerry Brown currently has a bill on his desk for consideration that requests Community Colleges to include sexual orientation in their non-discrimination policies and to appoint a key person to look out for the needs of the LGBT students. Additionally, I’m sure you are aware of the rash of LGBT youth suicides prompted by anti-gay bullying at schools and colleges. At Sierra College, in Placer County–a very conservative county, I’ve managed to convince our Academic Senate to set up what I believe is the ONLY Community College committee in the State dedicated solely to the success and retention of our LGBT students. The committee is called SPECTRUM and I can detail what we’ll be doing if you want. At the same time and working with our Rainbow Alliance, we’re setting up a HUGE, three day PRIDE event for October 25, 26 and 27. This event promises to be one of the largest events that we have during the year at Sierra College–10 presentations, a key note address with a faculty drag performance, a month long queer art exhibit, an outdoor sculpture exhibit and two full days of informational booths. Here’s a link to our our college website for the event: http://www.sierracollege.edu/EventsAthletics/recurringEvents/pride.html.
Given the bill on the Governor’s desk, the focus on creating safe, non-bullying, spaces for students and our conservative location, I thought you might be interested in the story.
Best,
Johnnie Terry
Sierra College
Philosophy
Sierra College Pride Days: Please join us in celebrating diversity, community, individual self-actualization, freedom and equality.
Sierra College Pride Days includes 9 presentations, 1 keynote address, 1 faculty drag performance, a Ridley Art Gallery exhibit, an outdoor sculpture exhibit and two full days of informational booths on campus.
For a complete list of events, please visit http://sierracollegepride.wetpaint.com/.
Posted: October 4th, 2011 | Author: Mark | Filed under: Uncategorized | No Comments »
Sacramento Valley AIDS Run Walk
Sunday September 18, 2011
sacvalleyaidsrunwalk.org
Posted: September 10th, 2011 | Author: Mark | Filed under: Uncategorized | No Comments »
Rainbow Festival 25th Anniversary!
20th and K Streets, Sacramento CA.
Labor Day Weekend September 2 – 4, 2011
SUNDAY Sept 4, 2011 – RAINBOW FESTIVAL STREET FAIR
rainbowfestival.net
Posted: September 3rd, 2011 | Author: Mark | Filed under: Uncategorized | No Comments »
On August 12, 2011, St. Mark’s United Methodist Church, as part of its 2011-2012 Moon Lecture Series, will be hosting Bishop Gene Robinson of New Hampshire, along with singer/songwriter Jennifer Knapp. 7:30pm. $25. (916) 483-7848 http://www.stmarksumc.com/node/932
Bishop Gene Robinson is widely known for being the first openly gay, non-celibate priest to be ordained a bishop in a major Christian denomination believing in the historic episcopate. After his election, some theologically conservative parishes have aligned themselves with bishops outside the Episcopal Church in the United States, a process called the Anglican realignment. His story has appeared in print and film. In April 2009, Robinson made the Out Magazine Third Annual Power 50 list of the most influential gay men and women in the USA, landing at number 7.
Jennifer Knapp is best known for her first hit single “Undo Me” from her debut album Kansas (1998), and the song “A Little More” from her Grammy Award-nominated album Lay It Down (2000). The Way I Am (2001), was also nominated for a Grammy. In total, the three albums have sold approximately 1 million copies. After taking a 7-year hiatus, Knapp announced in September 2009 that she was returning to music. On May 11, 2010 she released her newest album Letting Go with the hit single “Dive In”. The album debuted at #73 on the Billboard Hot 200 chart. In several interviews published in April 2010, Knapp announced that she is a lesbian, and has been in a same-sex relationship since 2002. Despite her sexual orientation, Knapp says that she not only still holds to her Christian faith, but feels that by being honest about her sexuality, her faith is actually enhanced.
Posted: May 7th, 2011 | Author: Mark | Filed under: Uncategorized | No Comments »
Here are 4 links to newspaper stories and TV news video about the trial.
Was Sacramento bar guard’s parking-lot death a murder? Jury to get case soon at sacbee.com Sunday March 13, 2011
Jury: Man Guilty Of Hit-And-Run In Security Guard’s Slaying at kcra.com Saturday March 18, 2011 with video
Jury Reaches Split Verdict In Security Guard’s Killing at cbs13.com Saturday March 18, 2011 with video
Sacramento death was an accident but hit-and-run, jury decides at sacbee.com Saturday March 19, 2011
Posted: March 20th, 2011 | Author: Mark | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Leroy Fisher | No Comments »
Born nine years apart, Katie and Elizabeth grew up in their own way. Katie left for college when Elizabeth was only in fourth grade. Although they remained very close, they were not able to spend much time together until now. “I’ve always wanted to make art with my sister and this show is that dream coming true,” Katie says.
Today Katie and Elizabeth are all grown up and have both become mixed media artists with very unique styles. Even with such stark stylistic differences, there is an apparent thread connecting their work. Katie and Elizabeth are resident artists at Old City Gallery where they have the opportunity to create art side-by-side in their neighboring studio spaces. Old City Gallery hosts monthly art shows every second Saturday. This month, Katie and Elizabeth give the public a peek inside their strange and mesmerizing imaginations.
Elizabeth Kaapcke is a recent Fine Art graduate from Sacramento State University. Elizabeth believes each viewer translates the work uniquely into something of their own. To her, she imagines these lines subconsciously create new places from a half-remembered memory deep inside herself. But to you, they are your own subconscious actively creating a world you never knew was there.
Katie Kaapcke has temporarily relocated to Sacramento from San Francisco to work alongside her sister. In her work she explores queerness while challenging the archetypal models of gender, sexuality and beauty. This new work examines love, loss and survival. Katie Kaapcke has shown her work at Homo a go go, provided poster art for Sister Spit: Next Generation 2010 and 2011 radarproductions.org, draws a comic book called “Poor Little Dyke Girl” and has been featured on many art and design blogs including designformankind.com and designsponge.com. You can read more about her on her blog kiki.typepad.com.
Posted: January 5th, 2011 | Author: Mark | Filed under: Uncategorized | No Comments »
The Sacramento Bee published an article about young Ukrainian and Russian Americans and their bible study group. One section is titled “Church sees ‘gay agenda’.”
There are 120,000 Ukraine and Russian refugees and children in the Sacramento area. These people fled their home countries to avoid being persecuted for their beliefs and came to buy carisoprodol 350 this country for the freedom. People from this population have been active locally protesting Proposition 8, protesting at area Freedom and Pride Festivals, the state legislature and after becoming a majority in the American River College student government passed anti-gay proclamations.
Sacramento Bee, Sunday 12/26/2010
Posted: December 28th, 2010 | Author: Mark | Filed under: Uncategorized | No Comments »
Crowd outside the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco December 6, 2010 at the hearing on Proposition 8. Photo by Ron Williams videoron@pacbell.net
Posted: December 7th, 2010 | Author: Mark | Filed under: Uncategorized | No Comments »
