6/23 - 6/25: Pride Workshops @ The LGBT Center, 7PM

Celebrate Pride with The Center Workshop Series

June 23-25, 2009

At the LGBT Community Center of Metropolitan St. Louis

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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009 at 7PM at The Center

The History of Our Movement, Our Culture: The St. Louis Metro Area LGBT History
This event will be a panel discussion on the LGBT Movement and Culture in the St. Louis Metropolitan Area in the last few decades from those that were there.
Panelist: Kris Kleindienst, Erise Williams, Arlene Zarembka and more


Wednesday, June 24th, 2009 at 7PM at The Center

The Gay Games & St. Louis
Come learn about the world’s largest sporting and cultural event organized by and for LGBT athletes, artists, musicians and others-The Gay Games. See how St. Louis has been involved for many years and still continues to represent us from our own Team St. Louis.
co-sponsored with Team St. Louis


Thursday, June 25, 2009 at 7PM at The Center

Let Us Be Festive!: LGBT Festivals Local and National
Partying has been part of Queer culture forever. What better way to party than to throw a festival!?! From film festivals to outdoor drag festivals to women’s music festivals and more the LGBT community have been throwing the best parties! Learn about national festivals and festivals in our own Metropolitan area. And Let’s Party !!!!
co-sponsored with QFest, St. Louis Black Pride, Metro East Pride and Pridefest

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For more information & RSVP:

The Lesbian Gay Bi Transgender Community Center of Metropolitan St. Louis
625 North Euclid Avenue
Suite 420
St. Louis, MO 63108
http://www.findmycenter.com
info@findmycenter.com
314-367-1166

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Shän Lewis
Communications Director
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The Lesbian Gay Bi Transgender
Community Center of
Metropolitan St. Louis
625 North Euclid Avenue
Suite 420
St. Louis, MO 63108
http://www.findmycenter.com
info@findmycenter.com
314-367-1166

CLOSED for Conference - Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008

Hello all,

The Center will be CLOSED on September 23, 2008 as our staff attends the National LGBTQ Tobacco Summit (http://lgbttobacco.googlepages.com/2008).

We will reopen more informed and ready to share at noon on Wednesday, September 24th!

For questions, comments, and queries, visit our website at www.findmycenter.com or click here to email us!

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The Lesbian Gay Bi Transgender
Community Center of
Metropolitan St. Louis
625 North Euclid Avenue
Suite 420
St. Louis, MO 63108
http://www.findmycenter.com
info@findmycenter.com
314-367-1166

9/20/08 - LGBT Elder Org, SAGE, presents "SAGE Café" @ The Center

SAGE Metro St. Louis Presents

“SAGE Café”

Join SAGE (Services and Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Transgender Elders) for the first of many “SAGE Café” events. “SAGE Café” provides LGBT older adults with a safe space to enjoy the friendship and support of the LGBT older adult community. Meet the SAGE staff, board members, enjoy refreshments and view “Project Visibility” a film to bring awareness regarding LGBT older adults.

Event Details:
Date: September 20, 2008
Time: 10 am to 1 pm
(This is a come and go event)

Location:
LGBT Community Center of Metro St. Louis
625 N. Euclid, Suite 240
St. Louis, MO 63108

Please RSVP:
Ph: (314) 821-4845
Email: swayland@sagemetrostl.org
www.SageMetroSTL.org

LGBT Center Opens in CWE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

LGBT Center Opens in CWE

St. Louis, MO – July 29, 2008 -- Welcome Home!

The Lesbian Gay Bi Transgender Community Center of Metropolitan St. Louis will open this Tuesday, July 29, 2008. After a four year journey, the goal of a community center for the St. Louis Metropolitan area that services the LGBT community has been reached. This is a place the LGBT community of the St. Louis and Metro East area can find resources, gather and experience cultural outlets. The Center consists of two meeting rooms, a developing multimedia library, a staff office and a lobby lounge area. The location is 625 North Euclid, Suite 420 in the Euclid Plaza Building in The Central West End of St. Louis, Missouri.

The days and times of operation for The Center will be Noon to 9PM Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Please alert the guard at the front desk that you are going to room 420. For privacy issues, attendees do NOT need to sign in. If you have any issues in this matter, please contact or ask for Linda Davis, property manager. After 7PM the main doors will be locked and one will have to call up to The Center at 314-367-1166 for access.

The Grand Opening Celebration will be held on Friday, August 29th at 7PM. Please come and celebrate with us and be introduced to the new location.

The Center is extremely grateful to all of our granters and donors who have allowed us to open our doors and begin to service the community. All of our interns and volunteers have been an invaluable element to the opening of The Center and we are very happy with all of their teamwork and efforts. We welcome all to our open doors and again say, “Welcome Home”.

Contact:
Muriel Lynn Jones (Blue)
Executive Director
The Lesbian Gay Bi Transgender Community Center of Metropolitan St. Louis
625 North Euclid Avenue
Suite 420
St. Louis, MO 63108
http://www.findmycenter.com
info@findmycenter.com
Ph: (314) 367-1166

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Event Recap: Global Youth Service Day - Tree Planting, Drumming, more...

The LGBT Center had the pleasure of helping out with making metro St. Louis more green! Blue & I planted trees at The Green Center's park near the corner of McKnight and Olive in U. City.

I know, you're thinking the heavy Home Depot-type. Actually, these were just sprouting and looked more like a stick with roots than a tree (good for my 110-pound small frame). Planting trees were amazingly easy, far easier than I remember from Channel 9's perspective. Most of the seedlings were planted about a foot apart. By the time Blue and I arrived, much of the underbrush had been cleared and the ground had softened from an earlier rain. We were able to dig holes (about a foot or so deep) without any problems. Many of the trees were sprouting already. Some looked dormant, but our guide, Susan Mintz from The Green Center, assured us that they were alive and well... and ready to be planted!

Blue and I, being the ever-creative beings that we are, decided to name the trees: Dusty, Sparky, Sprouty, Bartholomew, Chaka Khan (thanks to Andy from Art of Living), and Rick James. We were hoping that this would encourage the trees to grow strong and tall. We'll check back to see how we did.

The most enjoyable part of this adventure was that the whole day focused around youth participation. I remember a couple of little boys being determined in their planting, looking very seriously at the ground to make sure they did not step on any seedlings. I was emotionally moved. I like seeing kids take an initiative, effort, and care into what they do (which is rare nowadays).

After the planting, clearing, digging and such, we all packed up and returned to The Green Center for a potluck feast. To my surprise, I was able to eat a lot of the tasty food (Blue & I are both vegan). Unfortunately, we did not continue on to the drumming session, which looked like a lot of fun. However, Blue & I made some new friends and reconnected with existing ones.

Hope your Earth Week was equally as informing.

To learn more about The Green Center
and their upcoming activities, visit:
http://www.thegreencenter.org/

Photos: (upper left) Blue, Executive Director of The Center, and Susan of The Green Center [in black hoodie], and Norm of "Art of Living St. Louis" after a lot of digging...; (lower right) A determined young tree planter looking for the perfect spot... Photos by Andy Nunberg.


Shän
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The Lesbian Gay Bi Transgender
Community Center of
Metropolitan St. Louis
P.O. Box 19071
St. Louis, MO 63118-9071
http://www.findmycenter.com
info@findmycenter.com

Updates

Hello all,

Just dropping a note to let you know about some of the new features on the blog:

Shän & Blue's *Hot Spots*
I decided, "Hey, not everybody knows where the LGBTQ-Friendly places & websites are in St. Louis, so let me tell them a few." I've included some of my most frequently attended. I hope you enjoy :-)

What's New @ The Center
To continue what's already on the Center website, I've included links here, too. Keep an eye out to see what's going on with the Center.

Links to The Center's Website
A general list of links that will lead you directly to different pages full of Center info.

PayPal Donation Button
A quick and easy method to donate, tax-free, to The Center. Your PayPal confirmation serves as your receipt.


Alright folks, that's all for now. Hit us back with a commentary or something fun!

Peace.


LaShana M. Lewis (Shän)
Finance/Site Director
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The Lesbian Gay Bi Transgender
Community Center of
Metropolitan St. Louis
P.O. Box 19071
St. Louis, MO 63118-9071
http://www.findmycenter.com
info@findmycenter.com