Gender & Sexuality

Dear Mayor Duffy,

I am truly appalled at the way the City of Rochester has dealt with the alleged hate crime last Friday, June 1st. The news coverage has been minimal and it seems from what little information is available that the hate crime was motivated by the attackers' homophobia.

Concerned citizens of the Greater Rochester Area invite you to join us for a March and Awareness Rally against Hate Crimes and Police Brutality on Tuesday, June 26, 2007, 4:30 – 6:30 pm, at the four corners of Monroe Avenue and South Goodman Street.

The immediate impetus for march/rally occurred in the early morning of Friday, June 1, 2007, when eight GLBTQIA individuals were verbally and physically assaulted on South Goodman Street between Park and Monroe Avenues in homophobia-related crimes.

We will be coming together this Friday, June 22, at 5:30pm, at Equal=Grounds (750 South Avenue) to plan an activist response to GLBTQI-targeted hate crimes in Rochester and in response to violence against the queer community around the world.

What was suggested/discussed after the forum last night:

- Actions: Mass letters to the editor of the D&C, Rally in front of RPD headquarters, Rally/March to corner of Goodman and Monroe, stop-n-park to block traffic on Goodman between Monroe and Park

- Date for Action: Some people have suggested that these actions take place on next week, t

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Rochester’s LGBT community has recently suffered a
serious act of violence and alleged police misconduct.

This incident has raised concerns both about our safety and about local police’s ability to protect and defend us.

These concerns cannot be taken lightly…we must act as a community to protect our community.

COMMUNITY FORUM RESPONDING TO RECENT GAY BASHING IN ROCHESTER!

TUESDAY, JUNE 19th 7pm
Downtown United Presbyterian Church
121 N. Fitzhugh St.

For more information contact Alex Cobus at 585-697-3373.

ANOTHER INCONVENIENT TRUTH

The tragedy at Virginia Tech on April 16th, 2007 is no doubt on many of our minds. We struggle with the impossible task of trying to understand how such a horrific act of violence could occur on a beautiful, thriving college campus. Some of us have to try to explain this to our young children. We turn to the media for information, for facts, evidence, and perhaps, an explanation for something that is so difficult for us to comprehend.

Rochester, NY — Planned Parenthood activists and supporters are standing up against the Supreme Court’s recent federal abortion ban decision which tells women that politicians, not doctors, will make their health care decisions for them.

On Tuesday, April 24th Sexual Orientations United for Liberation (SOUL) at SUNY Brockport along with Brockport’s Women’s Studies Organization and Rochester Indymedia presents For the Money: Films from Queer and Feminist Women in the Sex Industry.

* WONDERING why we're still fighting for comprehensive sex education in schools when each year one million American teens become pregnant?

* OUTRAGED that companies can deny coverage for birth control while they provide it for Rogaine(TM) and Viagra(TM)?

* LOOKING for a way to promote birth control, celebrate choice, and support women's sexual health?

Then you've GOT to CHECK THIS OUT!

JOIN OUR PLEDGE-A-PICKET CAMPAIGN!

2007 LABOR LYCEUM SCHEDULE

Saturday, March 17th, 10 a.m. to noon at NYSUT Hall, 30 North Union
Street

“Women Organizing Women: A Showing and discussion of ‘Live Nude
Girls, Unite!’ ”
This documentary examines the country’s first successful unionization
of exotic dancers and their struggle to negotiate a contract.
Presenters: Barbara Moore, Rochester NOW; Barbara Kasper, SUNY
Brockport, Social Work Department. Moderator: Vincent Serravallo, RIT

Second of three lunchtime meetings at St. John Fisher College. Intent is to bring groups in the Peace Directory to talk.