A Division of Cornerstone Family Healthcare
LGBTQ older adults make up a significant and growing share of New York’s population. Service providers will increasingly be called upon to address the unique needs of LGBT older adults. Join the LGBTQ Center in Kingston for a workshop that will help you understand and meet those needs.
Friday, April 27, 2012
9 am to 1 pm
Hudson Valley LGBTQ Center, 300 Wall St., Kingston
$25 for service providers, $0 for Center membres
RSVP by April 23rd to katherine@LGBTQcenter.org or call 845-331-5300.
Get ready to “Drag Yourself Out”! Bring on the makeup, dresses, wigs, shoes, facial hair, suits, bow ties and attitude as you become “Queen For A Day” or “King Of The Castle”…Drag Queen/King that is. We are taking Gender Bender to the max with this fun day of Dress Up. Various consignment shops, Mary Kay, make-up artists and seasoned Drag Queens will be on hand to provide you with the tools to try dressing in Drag [Feel free to bring your own supplies also!]. A Photographer will be on hand to capture your sassy new look, and The LOFT’s open mic night immediately follows. Why not prepare a lip sync or some other act (bring a copy of your music) to showcase your new drag persona? Dinner will be provided by the LOFT. $25 per person includes drag instruction, some supplies, dinner, and entrance to Open Mic.
After the Hudson Valley AIDS Walk and our daytime afterparty at the Derby, we’ve got a special treat in store for adults only! Join ARCS and your hostess TRIXIE STARR at Out Bar on Saturday, May 5, 2012 from 8:30 pm until 2 am the following day for the Red Ribbon After Party! Wear your Hudson Valley AIDS Walk t-shirt and get half-priced beer and well drinks all night long! (Don’t worry, if you weren’t able to walk with us in the morning, you can pick up an AIDS Walk t-shirt at Out Bar for a $20 donation.) The DJK plays the hottest house music, and Fox Drive FX radio will be broadcasting LIVE from the Out Bar on 94.1 and 95.7 FM!
Enter our crazy/sexy contests and games to win prizes, too. $5 suggested donation at the door.
KHS Presents
A Kingston Community
Anti-Bullying Conference
March 3, 2012
9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Learn about the Dignity for All Students Act and explore ways to address bullying in all its forms.
FREE workshops and presentations for Parents, students (middle and high school age) and community members of Kingston
Held at the Kingston High School (KHS)
403 Broadway
Kingston, N.Y.
Contact us for more info at (845) 331-1970
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Please Join Us for the Hudson Valley No Name-Calling Week Student Art Exhibit
When: Friday, February 3rd Where: Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center
300 Wall Street, Kingston, NY
Time: 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Art submissions addressing name-calling and bullying will be on display from students throughout the Hudson Valley
Understand how bullying hurts students from their perspective
Learn about the traveling Student Art Exhibition and how schools and community partners are making a difference in making schools safe!
This event is FREE. Refreshments will be served.
ulsterny@chapters.glsen.org // glsen.org/hudsonvalley Cell: 914.588.1306
GLSEN Hudson Valley is 100% volunteer-based. Your support makes a difference! Donate to GLSEN Hudson Valley TODAY!
Sex, Gender, and HIV/STDs
March 20 and 21, 2012 – 9a-5p – Hudson Valley LGBTQ Center, Kingston (Ulster County)
This two-day training is designed to help health and human services providers promote sexual health among their clients by building their capacity to talk sensitively and non-judgmentally about sexual identity, gender identity and sexual behaviors. Topics to be covered during the training include: sexual and gender identity; strategies for talking with clients about sexual health issues; HIV/STD prevention and harm reduction strategies for sexual behaviors.
As a result of this training, participants will be able to:
• Increase their awareness about the range of sexual and gender identities of their clients;
• Describe how homophobia and other forms of stigma and discrimination can impact a client’s sexual behaviors and ability to practice sexual risk reduction;
• Increase their comfort in discussing sexual and gender identity with clients;
• Describe how sexual trauma can impact a client’s sexual behaviors and risk for HIV/STDs; and
• Offer clients harm reduction options for sexual behaviors.
Prerequisite: Although there is no prerequisite for this course, it is strongly recommended that participants have previous knowledge or training on basic HIV/AIDS information.
Audience: All health and human service providers.
Sex, Gender, and HIV/STDs
March 20 and 21, 2012 – 9a-5p – Hudson Valley LGBTQ Center, Kingston (Ulster County)
This two-day training is designed to help health and human services providers promote sexual health among their clients by building their capacity to talk sensitively and non-judgmentally about sexual identity, gender identity and sexual behaviors. Topics to be covered during the training include: sexual and gender identity; strategies for talking with clients about sexual health issues; HIV/STD prevention and harm reduction strategies for sexual behaviors.
As a result of this training, participants will be able to:
• Increase their awareness about the range of sexual and gender identities of their clients;
• Describe how homophobia and other forms of stigma and discrimination can impact a client’s sexual behaviors and ability to practice sexual risk reduction;
• Increase their comfort in discussing sexual and gender identity with clients;
• Describe how sexual trauma can impact a client’s sexual behaviors and risk for HIV/STDs; and
• Offer clients harm reduction options for sexual behaviors.
Prerequisite: Although there is no prerequisite for this course, it is strongly recommended that participants have previous knowledge or training on basic HIV/AIDS information.
Audience: All health and human service providers.
Prephab Presents
The Ultimate Chirstmas Party
At Primetime Dance Club.
Music All night by The dJ duo Prephab
Sponsored by ARCS:
Donate canned goods to a family in need.
Raffle and prizes for those who participate!
Party and donate to a good cause!
Naughty Elf go-go boys!
Additional Lighting and effects by Superior Sounds
Decor by RPM
Surprise performances!!
Egg Nog drink specials!
And Snow!!!
Plus an old man in a red suit will be on hand to see who is naughty and who is nice!!!
The generous ladies and lads over at B Lounge, Westchester’s only LGBTQ bar, are holding a toy drive on behalf of the children of ARCS’ clients from now until December 21st! Bring an unwrapped toy to B Lounge on any night (they’re open 7 nights a week!) and they’ll make sure it gets to ARCS in time for the holidays.
Telephone | 914 437 5093
E-Mail | BLoungeNY@Gmail.com
Most of ARCS’ clients’ children are between the ages of 4 and 12.
Girls’ toys for ages 4 – 8
The new national “gay magazine of the future,” called simply B, launches on Friday, December 16th from 10 pm to 1 am at Out Bar in Poughkeepsie, NY!