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Monday, 01 March 2010 00:05 |
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by Renee McCall
I recently had the experience of trying to arrange a simple cremation when someone’s life partner passed away. If at any point, I wondered why it was necessary to have an equal marriage law passed, I have a new and clear answer.
A man, who is new to this area, contacted me, telling me that his partner of twenty-seven years had passed away in his arms at two o’clock that morning. Of course, I scrambled for words of comfort, realizing that there really aren’t words enough to ease the pain of that kind of loss. The only thing I could do was to offer to be there if he needed to talk. I also offered to help in any way I could. Two days later he took me up on the offer of help. Here is a brief summary of what happened because same gender marriages are not recognized.
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Monday, 01 March 2010 00:00 |
Hello Friends,
Here we go again…another month of fun ahead!
First, I want to thank Duane Quintana and company for hosting a wonderful house party for The Community Center (TCC) this past January. We had a great time and made some good, new friends! I would also like to extend a thank you to the Boise Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (BUUF) of Garden City for their extremely kind collection for the benefit of The Community Center. BUUF and TCC have enjoyed a great friendship over the years, and we appreciate every member of their staff and congregation.
Some new announcements from this past month's board meeting. Start thinking about who you would like to nominate (both people and organizations) to receive an award as TCC will be hosting our annual Les Bois Awards (formerly The Elm Awards) on June 18th at the Visual Arts Collective. Les Bois Awards are Idaho’s only LGBTA recognition award program - recognizing those people and organizations that are making positive changes in Idaho for all of us. Also TCC will be running a fireworks stand this summer from sometime in late June until July 4th. Watch Diversity and the TCC website for more information as we approach these events. TCC is also taking the lead on creating an Idaho LGBT History Wiki at outhistory.org. Many organization and people and groups such as Idaho Safe Schools Coalition, Metropolitan Community Church, and the “Fall of ‘55” director ,Seth Randal, and historian Alan Virta are working together with TCC to create a new, honest interactive historical timeline of LGBT life in Idaho. If anyone can think of an organization that would like to participate, or if you have information you think would be helpful, please contact me at the phone number or email below.
Finally, I would like to remind everyone to come to “The Saint Patrick’s Day Show”, a benefit for TCC and Common Ground on March 17 (St Patrick’s Day) at the Visual Arts Collective at 6:30PM. There will also be raffle tickets available for a Wii Game console. Raffle proceeds to benefit TCC and Metropolitan Community Church (MCC).
This is shaping up to be a fun and fantastic year, and donations and volunteers are always needed and welcome! Come and join in on the fun!
Sincerely
Woody Howard
President of the Board, TCC
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208.336.3870
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Tuesday, 19 January 2010 09:58 |
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A Lasting Relationship
By Amy Stinnett
Happy 30 Year Anniversary, Renee and Diane!!!
In 1979, two young women (21 and 25) working as nursing aides at St. Benedict’s Hospital in Jerome, Idaho, first became best friends, then inseparable support to each other. Then they found themselves in love with each other. In early 1980, they finally had “That Talk” and now identify Wednesday, January 23rd, 1980 as the official beginning of that 30 year relationship. Even though she was married with a 1 ½ yr old son, Diane Tipton came out to Renee McCall, who was also married. Surprising to them, their coworkers at St. Ben’s were very supportive as they gently teased them about their obvious love for each other.
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Thursday, 28 January 2010 19:32 |
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By Matt Bragg
I’m embarking on a new one-man comedy show geared toward gay men. I’m calling out to every gay man for input. This is a show for gay men by gay men.
I’m designing this show for one simple reason: I want to speak to gay men about what we’ve gone through in our lives.
This is not about discrimination or exclusion. This is not about starting a he-man/women-haters club. This is not about us being better than straight people (even though we totally are). This is about empowering ourselves as brothers.
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Monday, 01 February 2010 00:00 |
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As many recent newspaper editorials have pointed out, this decade ain’t over yet. I think maybe that’s one reason this January feels more like 2009 Part II than a brand spanking New Year. Another may be that so many of the main issues last year (war, economy, human rights initiatives, and celebrity crises) went unresolved or were resolved in such an underwhelming manner that we don’t know where to go from here. I guess the only way to go is forward, so here’s a little of what is going on locally.
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