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Busting Myths on Marriage Equality
TOWN MEETING #2
Thursday, April 14
7:00 – 9:30 PM
Buffalo State College
Bulger Communications Center
North Lecture Hall
7 - 8 PM: Marriage 101 - Busting Myths and Important Updates
8 - 9:30 PM: What YOU can do for Equal Rights in New York - Skills training, talking points and community organizing.
For more information, e-mail info or call 716-852-PRIDE (7743).
Brought to you by the Pride Center of Western New York and the Empire State Pride Agenda.
Co-sponsored by Buffalo State College’s Pride Alliance.
For more information, please call Julie Guerrero at the Pride Agenda office in NYC at , email her at jguerrero or visit https://www.prideagenda.org/events/equalityday.html.
LET AN EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONAL DO THEM FOR YOU!
Hate doing your taxes? Help is available! Beginning on Feb. 26, the Pride Center will offer you the opportunity to have your basic state and federal tax returns prepared by an experienced tax professional for just $25!
Saturdays, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Pride Center of Western New York
18 Trinity Place, Buffalo
- Appointments recommended, but not required
- $25 for basic returns (up to 4 W2 forms, or as determined by the preparer)
It’s estimated that 24,000 gay and bisexual men will become infected with HIV in the United States this year, and nearly half will be related to crystal meth use. Studies show that users are up to three times more likely to test HIV positive. Read more.
Tips on partying smart and other resources.
NEW HIV TESTING TIMES!!!
Know for sure in just 20 minutes with Rapid HIV testing at the Pride Center! FREE testing is offered every Thursday from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. No appointment needed.
Next testing date: March 24
For more information, call 852-PRIDE (7743) or e-mail info.
More Than a Mission Statement
Jim Ver Steeg
By Jim Ver Steeg, Pride Center Director
I am regularly asked the question by people both inside and out of our community, “What does the Pride Center do?” Typically the question seems simple enough to those asking it, but the answer doesn’t always fit into a quick and easy form that seems dictated by casual conversation. Read more.
Read more columns from Jim Ver Steeg.
Getting the GIST of Gender
By Anne Hartley Pfohl MSEd ABD, Pride Center Mental Health Coordinator
For all of us in the LGBT communities, our experiences and expressions of gender shape who we are and influence how others respond to us. Gender has been used as a weapon, a protest, a marker of difference, and a means of conforming. Gender influences attraction. Perhaps more so than our sex (the physical makeup of one’s sex organs), our gender is one of if not the first thing others notice about us. Its importance in our everyday interactions cannot be underestimated. Read more.
QUEERS AND STEERS POKER TOURNAMENT
Do you have what it takes to be Western New York's first PRIDE POKER CHAMPION? Find out as the Pride Center hosts the first Queers and Steers Texas Hold'Em Poker Tournament! Win prizes, not cash! Play begins Friday, April 1 at 7 p.m. at the Pride Center (18 Trinity Place, Buffalo). Register online now!
Call or e-mail info to learn more.
$5 suggested donation for tournament. 18 and over. No cash prizes.
HEALTH RESOURCE GUIDE AVAILABLE
We are pleased to present the first edition of the PRIDE CENTER HEALTH AND WELLNESS RESOURCE GUIDE. Made possible by a grant from the Western New York Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, this free 19-page booklet contains information on health issues facing the LGBT communities and listings of LGBT-friendly health care providers in Western New York. Pick up your copy at the Pride Center or various distribution points throughout the area.
For more information or to suggest a listing for future editions, call the Pride Center at 716-852-PRIDE (7743) or e-mail healthguide.
The Pride Center of Western New York presents a free confidential Coming Out Discussion and Support Group designed and led by local professional counselors.
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First and Third Mondays of Each Month
The Movie Club offers discount movie tickets ($6) to its members in the LGBT communities. To join, e-mail urbanoutings_wny.
Learn more about The Movie Club.
Pride Group of AA Meetings
The Pride Group of Alcoholics Anonymous, andiscussion meeting, meets at the Pride Center on Mondays at 8 p.m.
Learn more.
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