Calling all dog lovers! The Animal Foundation’s Best in Show is back! The premier fundraiser event returns on April 22, 2012.
The American Kennel Club-style dog show will feature over 50 contestants from The Animal Foundation’s shelter and is hosted by a celebrity emcee, Flamingo Headliner Nathan Burton. Competition is held in several categories and the victor is crowned through audience participation – cheer hard for your favorite pooch in this family-friendly event.
All dogs are available for adoption immediately following the show!
Date: April 22, 2012 – 1:00pm Location: Orleans Arena Cost: This event is general admission. Adults: $12 Seniors (65+): $5 Children (2-10): $5
It’s Prom Season! Remember when you were in high school and had to face your school’s Prom? Were you able to invite the person you really wanted to? Were you able to wear the prom attire that made you feel most comfortable?
LGBTQ youth are still facing bullying, discrimination and ridicule for bringing a same-sex date and for wearing prom attire that corresponds with their gender identity. That is why The Center has provided a safe environment for over a decade for our youth to have the “prom experience” so many of us have been denied.
Our 12th Annual LGBTQ Prom, the only prom for and by LGBTQ youth in Southern Nevada, will be held on May 12. Last year had the highest attendance to date—201 area youth attended, and more are expected to join in for this year’s Once Upon a Time LGBTQ Youth Prom. The Center really needs some help to cover the expense of this affirming and important event for our youth.
This year, even though some items have been donated, your financial support could still help. Give someone the chance maybe you never had. Make sure LGBTQ youth get a chance to go to prom—the kind of prom where all young people feel welcome.
Based on previous LGBTQ Proms, The Center’s estimates the expense is $50 a person / $100 a couple. Any size donation will make an impact here for Las Vegas’ youth.
Although the Obama administration insists it will work with Congress to pass legislation in lieu of an executive order barring federal contractors from discriminating against LGBT workers, House Speaker John Boehner seemed unaware of ENDA (Employment Non-discrimination Act) in response to a question from the Washington Blade, saying, “I haven’t seen the bill. I haven’t thought much about it.”
“No one should face discrimination in the workforce,” Boehner said. “There are ample laws already in place to deal with this. Having been the chairman of the Education & Workforce Committee, I’m quite familiar with employment law. But if there are further changes that are necessary, I’m sure the committee will look at it.”
No federal law or federal regulation bars employers from firing LGBT workers based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. Firing or discriminating against someone because they’re gay is legal in 29 states; firing or discriminating against someone because they’re transgender is legal in 34 states.
ENDA is important. Just the mention of, say, going to the movies with your same-sex partner – the way heterosexual employees might do on a Monday morning at work – could get you fired.
The dark states in the map below are where you can be fired just for being gay or lesbian.
During his trip to Detroit, yesterday, President Obama visited the Henry Ford Museum and had the opportunity to sit in the bus where in 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to make way for a white customer. That moment sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott and fueled the civil rights movement that made it possible for Barack Obama to become president.
Talk about a glimpse into the time and space continuum: from where it all began, to what “could be.”
The picture speaks for itself, but here’s what the President had to say about his visit:
“I just sat in there for a moment and pondered the courage and tenacity that is part of our very recent history, but is also part of that long line of folks who sometimes are nameless, oftentimes didn’t make the history books, but who constantly insisted on their dignity, their share of the American dream.” (source)
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Last night Rachel Maddow did a thorough overview of how “ex-gay” therapies gained credibility due to a study in 2001 and how the author of that study now wants to retract the study in part because he only studied people sent to him from anti-gay organizations.
Watch the video. This isn’t opinion. This is lining up how we got to the point that people, like Michele Bachmann’s husband Marcus, make money from gays and lesbians being pressed to “get cured.”
Looking forward to the new cast recording of EVITA with Ricky Martin to be released June 19th.
Reviews were strong for the production and tickets sales have been very strong with close to sold out performances. Lord knows, Broadway loves a big start and they’ve got that with Ricky Martin.
I’m very proud and glad we did this show about hunger in America. I won’t pretend we solved problems here, but we opened a dialogue about the issue and some things people can do to help the problem.
I really hope people will listen and think about even the smallest things they can do to help this issue in America.
Often, the political battle-cry is to denounce anything that helps people as “a government handout” while expecting the private sector to help. So here we are: YOU are the private sector.
Please take a listen and do something. If you don’t want the government to help people, and you believe the private sector will jump in to address these issues – please jump in.
Listen, think and find a way to contribute.
Websites to visit for more information on how you can help:
