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By Craig Cammack,
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oand almost 1 in 3 missed at _ness has only $10100 to raise
least one day of school within 'h order to nalize the P reject
a month because they felt un- Speak OUt program and bring
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our potential. lYlowever for and JO'” Lex!h9t°h Fa'rhess '”
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torture chamber, a place of in- sources to Fayette county PUbIIC
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cent A 360 Bullying Study_ over

35.5% of respondents believed

schools coul _help combat bul-

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safgty and bullying Prevention

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prowde GLSEN Sa e Space Kits,

as well as on hand training to

school teachers counselor and

staff. There Will be a multitude
of adults in schools who are . . .
able to hel prevent bull ing, StopBullying.gov prowdes In'
and comm—EJ and support those formation from various govern- .
who are being harassed. ment agenCIes on how kids,

teens, young adults, parents,

In the month of November and educators and others 'h the
December, Lexirgquton Fairness community can prevent or StOP
rolls out it’s ST BU_LLYING. bullying.
NOW. Campaign. This cam- _
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CONTENTS Help Stop Bullying Page 5
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FEATURE STORY COMMUNITY CALENDAR
GSA Meeting
Help Stop Bullying Every Tuesday, 7 pm.
Page 5 Pride Center
GLSO Discussion Group
— Eve” Magda” 7 p”
INSIDE THIS EDITION Pride Center
Trans Kentucky
. Meeting
Stop Bullylng Now Saturday, Nov 5, 11 a.m.
2 Pride Center
Facebook/ Others Lexington Pride Festival Meeting
Help Stop Bullying Thursday, Nov 10, 7 pm.
5 Pride Center
Kentucky Bourbon Bears
Fundraising Saturday, Nov 12, 9 pm.
Rolling 7 Pride Center
GLSO Board Meeting
Thursday, Nov 3 & 17, 6:30 pm.
New Area Pride Center
Organization:
Trident 11 Imperial Court of Kentucky Meeting
Sunday, Nov 13 & 27, 6 pm.
Pride Center
What's in a Word? KFA Out & About Statewide Gala
12 Saturday, Nov 12, 8 pm. — Midnight,
Ticket Info - www.kentuckyfairness.org
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 GLSO News Issue 10 2011
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EDITOR GLSO EXECUTIVE
Don Lowe COMMITTEE
The GLSO News is published Aaron Baker, Interim President
monthly by and for the Lexmgton Orvis Kean Vice President
Gay and Lesbian Services Organi- Jessica Sudik Secretary
zation members and community. Don Lowe Tteasurer
The mission of the Lexington Gay
and Lesbian Services Organization
is to provide support and services GLSO DIRECTORS
to the GLBTQQIA community.

Glenn Blind, At Large
The vision of the Lexington Gay James Carie, At Large
and Lesbian Services Organiza— Thomas Collins, At Large
tion is to empower the GLBTQQIA Mary Crone, GSA
community through voice. Jesse Howard, At Large
The Lexington GLSO is founded
upon the core values of fun, in- GLSO STAFF
clusion, respect, integrity, dignity,
service and competence. Chad Hundley, Office Manager
GLSO Pride Center
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editor@glso.org.
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The Gay & Lesbian Alliance

Against Defamation (GLAAD) has

teamed up with Facebook to re-

duce the amount of hate speech

and anti-gay bullying that goes on

around the Internet.

Members of the gay community

reached out to GLAAD recently

when a Facebook page created

to remember the victims of anti-

gay bullying who had committed

suicide was flooded with hateful,

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ed the use of technology to shame Noyes wrote in an e-mail today

and harass a college student, Ty- that Facebook “intends to work

ler Clementi, because of his sexual closely with GLAAD and other

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nel, “It Gets Better,” and many

celebrities have spoken out on

YouTube about LGBT issues and . . .

teen bullying. MTV Networks even If you experience bullying or vio—

rolled out an iPhone app to help lence because you are lesbian,

combat bullying. gay, bisexual, or transgender
(LGBT), or others think you are

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ironically, one of the platforms world

where hate speech, though pro- «Arenot alone ' help and support

hibited, is unfortunately still car- '5 only a phone call away

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¥ranq( Kameny first gay American to make an argu-
Passes Away ment for gay and lesbian civil rights
by Mary Crone, based on the ideal of equality that
Contributor is the basis of the U.S. Constitution.
Frank Kameny, an early gay civil rights
leader, died on October 11, 2011, Na- . v
tional Coming Out Day. He was 86 a,
years old. Kameny sued the Federal - ’~
government in 1957 for firing him as r.‘ ‘
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was gay. His case is believed to be the r" 3,
first civil rights claim based on sexual .- _ H 1
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Born in 1925 and growing up during
the depression, Kameny started col- 4 “w
lege at age 16 but interrupted his :{1
studies when he enlisted in the Army ' "’ ‘
during World War II. In an interview ,‘
last year in the Washington Blade he i,
said, “They asked, I didn’t tell."
After the war, Kameny returned to Frank Kameny
school and eventually received a PhD
in Astronomy from Harvard University. In “9”“ 1961, Kameny and Jack
Kameny taught for a year at George- NICO'S co-founded a chapter 9f the
town University. In July 1957 he was Mattachine Soaety In Washington
hired by the United States Army Map D-C- They advocated aggresswely
Service. Afew months later he was ar- for fair and 'equal treatment 0f gay
rested in Lafayette Park, a traditional employees In, the federal govern-
cruising area along Pennsylvania Ave. ment bY fighting SECUFItY Clearance
across from the White House. denials, employment restrictions and
dismissals.
Because of this arrest, Kameny was . .
questioned by the Civil Service Com— Kameny and NIchoIs organlzed some
mission but refused to give them in- Of the earliest PUbhF protests by gays
formation regarding his sexual orien- and lesbians thIUdlhg a. picket line at
tation. The commission opened an the Wh'te House 0” Apr" 17/ 1965: A
investigation into his alleged “threat” P'Cket 5'9“ from that demonstration
to national security_ Within a few IS noW featured in the Smithsonian
weeks he was dismissed from his MUSEUThOt American HiStOI'Y. ‘
job, with his name placed on a list of In'coalition W'th New York's Matta— ‘
people labeled as government secu- Ch'he Sooety and the Daughters 0f ‘
rity risks. Bilitis, picketing expanded to target
the United Nations, the Pentagon,
Kameny appealed his firing through the United States Civil Service Com- '
the judicial system, losing twice be- missmn, and Philadelphia's Indepen- I
fore taking an appeal to the United dence Hall. In 1968 Kameny created l
States Supreme Court. The Supreme the slogan "Gay is G_00d" for the blOS- 1
Court declined to hear the case. Nev— SOWIhQ QaY CiVll rlthS movement.
ertheless, he was the first known gay ThIS slogan helped our community '
person to file a gay—related case be- recognize and confront our internal— |
fore the high court and he did so with- ized homophobia. Kereny's V
out denying that he was gay. Through (continued on Page 15) i
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 ICK Fundraising group, ALLYance. They produce this
ROIIS on_ show each year as a fundraiser for
By ShOtZ, Contributor AVOL, hosting new queens from their
student body to entertain and be
All aboard! This train is in motion! jUdQEd to win the overall best perfor-
The Imperial Court of Kentucky kept mance of the evening. The following
the wheels of fundraising turning and day we joined The Alphabet Center at
stayed right on track in October. we EKU for the annual Pride Day events
were welcomed with open arms at on EKU’s campus.
our first stop in October at JustFund
KY’s annual fundraiser, where we per- We are finishing out this year with
formed as part of the entertainment a bang and we could not be more
for the event for the first time. We pleased! November Will see the re-
then loaded up the ICK Reign xxx turn of Project Drag Runway on
train the very next day and travelled Sunday, November 6 and 20 at The
up to Cincinnati to attend Reign 21’s Crowne Plaza Campbell House —Bog-
Investitures of the ISQCCBE. Con- art’s Lounge. (Door 7pm/Show 8pm
gratulations Empress 29 of the ICK, With a $5 Donation at the door) The
Helena Handbasket, the new Empress first night we Will pair a model With a
21 and a half of the ISQCCBE. The designer and present them with this
following weekend we pooled our year’s theme and fabrics. They Will
resources with the Kentucky Con- have two weeks to work on their per-
servatory Theatre: SummerFest and formance and garment to be judged
produced our first collaboration with on the evening 0f November 20-
them, “All the World’s a Stage." This Don’t forget, at the end of the second
show was a mixture of the stars of evening we auction off the garments,
KCT stage and the stars of the “Impe- be there to snatch up your favorite!
rial” stage. Thank you KCT for joining
us on stage and we look forward to Remember in December we will be
working with you again. hosting our annual Miss Mary Christ-
mas pageant. The winner of the pag—
Speaking of “firsts", we also hosted eant will select a 501(c)3 to receive
our very first murder mystery in Oc- a $500 donation from the Imperial
tober. “To Die For: Who Will Get Court of Kentucky. hie reigning pag-
Their Just Desserts?”, Collaboration eant winners, as part of their reign,
between the ICK and Lexington Fair- will have the honor of presenting the
ness, was an amazing success. We check to the 501(c)3 Organization
look forward to many more to come! during Entertainer of the Year. This
And how could we make it through pageant is one of the5qua|ifying pag—
October without Diva of Darkness? eants for Entertainer of the Year. For
We could not! This has always been more information about our pageants
one of our most popular pageants of please contact Empress XXX ShotZ at
the year and this year was no differ- ShOtZWithaz@live.com
ent. The contestants brought their
own ghoulish flare to this spooktacu- If you are not yet a member, joining is
lar event and helped us raise much easy, simply attend one Of our ShOWS
needed funds for our charities. We and see a member of the Board of Di-
will announce the winner of the pag- rectors for a membership application-
eant and the charity they chose to Our current Board of Directors are
receive $500 in December’s edition of Wayne Clayton, Wes Nelson, Wayne
the GLSO Newsletter. Swope, Clayton Burchell, ShotZ, Fred
Worsham, Jonathan Barker, Brad
We also had the wonderful opportu- Shepherd and Daryl Royse- For more
nity to work with several of our uni- events coming during November and
versity brothers, sisters and allies dur— coming months, please, check our
ing October. We attended the annual Facebook group page & our website
event, Life's a Drag, hosted by MSU’s atwww.imperialcourtkentucky.org

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Contributor so, syou can shop and donate
_ to isterSound, he Lexmgton
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ton KY flaka. Trident-Lexmg- time.
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Saturday afternoon luncheon at of your Amazon orderin year
CFOSSIHQS on Saturday, October round. SisterSound tghanks
22, 2011, during the Mr. Blue- you for your support!
g’lrass Leather contest, won by
r. Sam Clemons (currently of
Florence, KY) later that nig t. GSA gearing up _
_ _ for You L_ea ership
Trident prowded food for the PrOJect
yudges contestants and guests
rom all across Kentucky, Ohio, The Gay Straight Alliance had a
Indiana_ Tennessee, West Vir- great alloween Dance In Oc-
ginia, Missouri, and Texas. ober. Teens attended from all
' . _ the local high schools and from
Trident-International, _ LeXing- other coun ies around Lexmg—
ton, Kentucky is a soaal orga- ton. It is great to see a diverse
nization for gay and bisexual group of young people haVIng
leathermen and _leatherwom- un together.
en, home based in Lexmgton,
providing interaction for_ its We are now gearing up _for
membersnthrough meetings the Youth Leadership PrOJect
and actiwties. that will stait later this month.
_ _ . Some students from the UK
Their goal is to gather in broth- GSA will be participating1 by
erhoo , to encourage, and to leading some of the works ops
teach on matters_ relating to in lea ership skills, team bUIld-
the leather a_nd_fetish cultures. ing, and so forth.
As an organization it works to-
gether_to alleVIate stereotypes We will be doing some art grog-
and misconceptions about he ects with the youth in the S .
leather community by promot— We are in need of used blue
ing leather in a p05i ive ma_n- jeans of whatever color and t-
ner through community in- shirts. All sizes are welcomed.
volvement and education. You can drop them by the Pride
.. Center any ime we are open.

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 What's in a Word? a childhood full of abuses and ne-
By Pastor Karen Taylor, glect. I had no hope fora future or
Contributor contentment in the present. Upon
accepting Christ into my life as my
Words carry meaning, but some- personal Lord and Savior I found
times the meaning gets lost in the Just that, hope, Peace, and con-
frequency and Iooseness of using tentment. NOW et's be perfectly
it. Gay use to mean happy, which clear here. It doesn't happen in a
has always puzzled me as to how flash. It has been years of walkin
the word started being used to With Him (and help ofacounselorg
mean homosexual, I've always that I found these things. Jesus
been interested in the origin of said He came to heal the broken
words. When I was in coiiege 1 hearted and set the captive free.
wanted to take a class on it but Then He instructs US to go and do
could never fit it into my schedule. the same for others.
In this article I want to take a look
at the word salvation. John 3:16, "For God so loved the
world that He gave His only be-
The dictionary defines the word gotten Son, that whoever believes
as saving a person from sin or in Him should not perish but have
danger. My Bible dictionary says: everlasting life." The Greek word
deliverance from the power of sin; for loved in this passage comes
redemption. It continues to dis- from the Greek word agapao
cuss how the word was used in which means an unconditional
the Old Testament. Salvation was love, love by choice and by an act
used to refer to deliverance from of the Will. When you stop and
danger (Jer. 15:20), deliverance of think about the intense extreme
the weak from an oppressor (Ps. love He Showed US hOW can you
35:9-10), the healing of sickness not respond to it? Jesuss death
(Is. 38:20). The need for salva— was cruel, extreme, and full of un-
tion goes back to the Garden of imaginable pain.
Eden. The main Old Testament
experience of salvation is in the Every one Of US Will one day bOW
Exodus from Egypt (Ex. 12:40 - before the creator of the universe.
14:31). In the New Testament The decision is made at that point,
salvation comes through Christ no turning back. Will YOU spend
and is found in all three tenses: eternity in heaven With GOd or in
past, present, and future. Whena separation from Him? Are you
person accepts Christ as their per- crying out for deliverance from
sonal Lord and Savior he is saved your present situation? Jesus
(Acts 16:31); but there is also a is waiting for you, waiting to do
process of being saved (Rom. JUSt that. All you need to do is
8:13). Lastly, we shall be saved ask Him. Then give me a call and
from the presence of sin (Rom. allow me the pleasure of walking
13:11). 'God releases into our with you in your quest of getting
lives today the power of Christ's to know the One Who gave HiS life i
resurrection (Rom. 6:4) and al- for YOU-
lows us a foretaste of our future I
life as His children (2Cor. 1:22)." God loves you with an everlasting
Nelson's Illustrated Bible Diction- love; He has plans for you that are
ary pg. 939 intended to give you a hope and a
future. Allow Him the opportunity (
My personal salvation experience to show you that love. GOd'S rich—
includes a little of all of the previ- est blessing to YOU and remember
ous experiences. I was a lonely to. attend a church of your choice I
little girl, full of hurt and pain from thls coming Sunday.
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the 60's lay a foundation that enabled
post Stonewall organizations to flour-
ish throughout the country. CLASSIFIEDS
After Stonewall, Kameny focused at-
tention on several issues he believed Ca 0 ent
to be major obstructions to gay les- Porpga e
bian civil rights. In 1963, Kameny
and Mattachine launched a campaign A screened tent for camping or
to overturn D-C sodomy laws; he backyard use for sale. The cost
personaiiy drafted a bIii that finaiiY is $35 with the proceeds going to
passed In, 1993- He worked w'th Gay Straight Alliance for Youth. It
Barbara Gitting to remove the classi— is in the office at the Pride Center.
fication of homosexuality as a mental Drop by to take a look.
disorder from the American Psychiat-
ric Association's Diagnostic and Sta- Physician Needed
tistical Manual of Mental Disorders
(DSM)- Kameny and Gitting attended Local transgender patient seeks
many conventions where they spoke local physician for medical treat-
to Psychiatrists and other mental ments. Contact the Pride Center.
health professionals about the absur-
dity of considering all gay and lesbian Yard Work Sought
people to be mentally ill. They were
rewarded in December 1973, when Looking for a famiiy friendly indi—
the classification was removed from viduai to be hired for yard work.
the DSM.
Kerney continued to be a leader in To Place An Ad
the decades that followed. On June
29, 2009, John BerrY(DireCtor of the In an effort to add even more
Office of Personnel Management) for- services through the Gay Lesbian
mally aPOiogiZed to Kameny on be- Services Organization, we are be-
half Of the United States government. ginning this month, opening our
Berry, who is openly gay, Presented pages to the community in the
Kameny wIth Worklng the Theodore form of classified advertisements.
Roosevelt .Award, the department’s To begin, most of our classified ad—
most preStIQIOUS award- vertisements should be about the
ChUCk Wolfe, CEO of the Gay & Les‘ sale of goods. We hope to explore
bian VICtorY Fund, said KamenY's other areas in the near future.
death marked the “loss Of a hero and All classifieds should be directed
a founding father of the fight to end through the Pride Center and
discrimination against LGBT Deopie-" should be short but contain the
“Dr- Kameny stood UP for this COm' basic information of who, what,
munitY When domg so was conSId' when, where, cost, etc. Remem—
ered unthinkable and even shocking, her that your contact information
and he continued to do so throughout will be published; so please limit
his life," Wolfe said. “He spoke with a the amount of personal informa-
clear voice and firm conviction about tion. For information or to place
the humanity and dignitxof people a classified advertisements in our
Who were gay, long before It was safe next edition, please contact Chad
for him to do so. All of us who today at chad@glso.0rg or call 859-253-
endeavor to compiete the work he 3233. Deadline for all submis—
began a haif century ago are indebt— sions to the GLSO Newsletter is
ed to Dr. Kameny and his remarkable November 20, 2011_
bravery and commitment.”

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