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NCLR Events
National Center for Lesbian Rights Events Update
June 2006

Upcoming Events....
* Kansas City
* Northern California
* Provincetown
* Chicago
* Sheryl Swoopes Red Button Campaign
* NCLR Staff & Board On the Road

Greetings!

Kick off the summer and celebrate Pride in style this
June.



NCLR is proud to host and take part in a variety of
events all over the country each year. As a member
of the NCLR community, you are invited!

Thank you so much for your support, and we hope to
see you there!

Eleanor Palacios, Events Manager
National Center for Lesbian Rights

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Kansas City

Cris Williamson in Kansas City

Williamson’s timeless classic, The Changer and the
Changed, became one of the best-selling
independent releases of all time, selling nearly a
million copies. Williamson now honors her album’s
30th Anniversary with a national tour of concerts. An
impressive line-up of special guests join
Williamson along the way for this landmark
celebration. Joining in the celebration in Kansas City
will be a cast of musicians and friends including Vicki
Randle, Teresa Trull, Julie Wolf, and Barbara
Higbie, where they will present from start to finish
the entire album, other selected favorites and new
surprises. NCLR is a proud
sponsor of The Changer and the Changed
tour.



Willow Productions presents
Cris Williamson's 30th Anniversary of
The Changer & The Changed Show
on Saturday, June 17th at 8pm at
Community Christian Church,
4601 Main St., Kansas City, MO.



Go to
http://www.criswilliamson.com
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=4pqyhwbab.0.6jasiwbab.6jpfohbab.5813&ts=S0186&p=http%3A%2F%2Fhttp://www.criswilliamson.com%2Ftour%2F)
to purchase tickets &
for more details.



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Northern California

Frameline:

San Francisco LGBT Film Festival

June 15-25, 2006 |
http://www.frameline.org/festival
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=4pqyhwbab.0.9d4rzvbab.6jpfohbab.5813&ts=S0186&p=http%3A%2F%2Fhttp://www.frameline.org%2Ffestival%2F)



MOM'S APPLE PIE / QUEER
SPAWN

Sunday June 18 | 1:15 pm | Roxie | MOMA18R

Wednesday June 21 | 1:15 pm | Castro |
MOMA21C





BREAKING THE SILENCE

(Part of the UGLY DUCKLINGS program)

Sunday June 18 | 3:45 pm | Roxie | UGLY18R



$6 members | $7 general



MOM'S APPLE PIE / QUEER SPAWN

CO-PRESENTED BY the National Center for
Lesbian Rights (NCLR) and Children of Lesbians &
Gays Everywhere (COLAGE)



Before the '80s, the majority of mothers coming out
as lesbians after a divorce had their children taken
away from them. It didn't matter if they came from
an abusive relationship, and even a simple accusation
of lesbianism could turn the court against them.
These atrocious custody battles inspired the Lesbian
Mothers National Defense Fund (LMNDF) and other
lesbian rights organizations in the '70s, including
NCLR, which became the cornerstone of the lesbian
rights movement
today. In Mom's Apple Pie, director Jodi Laine
combines interviews with stirring archival footage
from a dynamic, courageous, community-building era.
The film's inspiring message will motivate and
encourage viewers to face the battles for progress
and justice yet to come.



Also screening is Queer Spawn, which
features Christopher, 12 (two gay dads, New York
City), and Kyle, 15 (two lesbian moms, Austin,
Texas), and shows how geography affects the
well-being of queer families across the country. They
and other children and adults share their experiences
with
heterosexism and homophobia. At an annual
gathering called Family Week in Provincetown, the
kids find friends and safe space that for some may
not exist during the other 51 weeks of the year.
Their wisdom is infectious and, with community
support, will join a long history of changing society
for the better.



BREAKING THE SILENCE: LGBTQ Foster Youth Tell
Their Stories

The ten short digital stories in Breaking the
Silence are powerful tales of both the successes
and failures of the foster care system for a group of
ten former foster youth who identify as lesbian, gay,
bisexual, transgender, or queer. Over the course of a
four day workshop at the Center for Digital
Storytelling in Berkeley, these youth shared their
stories and learned to edit them into moving,
heartfelt (and sometimes heartbreaking) personal
videos. Through these youths' thoughtful, honest,
and insightful words, we are given a glimpse of what
it is like to be an LGBTQ foster youth as well as what
we can do to better support our youth in state
care.



The workshop was organized by the Y.O.U.T.H.
Training Project of San Francisco State's Bay Area
Academy, and was supported by funding from the
National Center for Lesbian Rights. Each group will
use these stories to help educate child welfare
workers about issues facing LGBTQ youth in the
foster care system.



Tickets are on sale now, and are available online at

http://www.frameline.org/festival
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=4pqyhwbab.0.9d4rzvbab.6jpfohbab.5813&ts=S0186&p=http%3A%2F%2Fhttp://www.frameline.org%2Ffestival%2F),
and by phone at
925.866.9559.



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Provincetown

Kate Clinton in Provincetown

Come join NCLR in applauding "the other Kate" on her
NCLR-sponsored 25th Anniversary tour: a retro pomo
homo promo from Major Lesbo Domo,

Kate Clinton
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=4pqyhwbab.0.luxjesbab.6jpfohbab.5813&ts=S0186&p=http%3A%2F%2Fhttp://www.kateclinton.com%2F).
Kate Clinton is a faith-based,
tax-paying, America-loving political humorist and
family entertainer. She has worked through economic
booms and busts, Disneyfication and Walmartization,
gay movements and gay markets, lesbian chic and
queer eyes, and ten presidential inaugurals. She still
believes that humor gets us through peacetime,
wartime, and scoundrel time.



See Kate in P-town at
The Crown & Anchor
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=4pqyhwbab.0.xd4rzvbab.6jpfohbab.5813&ts=S0186&p=http%3A%2F%2Fhttp://www.onlyatthecrown.com%2Fentertainment%2Fclinton.php)
throughout the summer
beginning June 22.



Contact The Crown & Anchor to purchase tickets.

Women's Week: October 6-
15



NCLR will also be joining in the festivities of Women's
Week in P-town in October! You'll be able to catch
Kate Kendell and Kate Clinton at the Crown & Anchor,
as well as at other events, throughout the week.



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Chicago

Gay Games VII

Join NCLR and be a part of Gay Games VII Sports &
Cultural Festival. Cheer friends, partners, family, and
the 12,000 participants as they enter Soldier Field for
the Opening Ceremony on July 15th to kick off a
week of sporting and cultural events.



Be in the stands for Kate Clinton, Megan Mullally, Ben
Patrick Johnson, Ubaka Hill, Margaret Cho, and many
other special guests! Great seats are still available so
purchase your tickets today to ensure you are a part
of the Games! For more information, visit
GayGamesChicago.org
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=4pqyhwbab.0.4d4rzvbab.6jpfohbab.5813&ts=S0186&p=http%3A%2F%2Fgaygameschicago.org%2F).



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Sheryl Swoopes Red Button Campaign

Olivia and the National Center for Lesbian Rights are
proud of Sheryl Swoopes for her strength, passion,
and love of the game and of life. In the long list of
her professional and personal achievements, she is
the only team-sports athlete—woman or man—who
risked it all to come out at the height of her career.
Sheryl has embraced who she is, and we embrace
her.



Together, Sheryl, Olivia and NCLR affect crowds far
beyond the stadiums. That’s why we created the red
button. We’re distributing buttons at WNBA games
across the country. Watch for them and join NCLR
and Olivia in supporting Sheryl. Join us now, so you
can wear it proud!



$3 of every button goes to support NCLR.
Get yours now
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=4pqyhwbab.0.bkasiwbab.6jpfohbab.5813&ts=S0186&p=http%3A%2F%2Fhttp://www.olivia.com%2Fsheryl%2Fssredbutton.html)!



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NCLR Staff & Board On the Road

NCLR staff and board members participate in many
events hosted by other organizations. Sometimes we
are presenting, sometimes we are being honored,
sometimes we are having dinner or attending a party.
Visit our
Events Calendar
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to find out where you can find
us next.



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