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TSA News January 2015 Volume 33 Issue 1 PFLAG Discusses LGBT Youth Suicide on Jan. 20 at 7pm, Candlelight Vigil is at 7:45pm Leelah Alcorn, a 17-year old transgender woman from Ohio, committed suicide on Sunday, Dec. 28 at 2:15am. "The only way I will rest in peace is if one day transgender people aren't treated the way I was, they're treated like humans, with valid feelings and human rights," Alcorn wrote in a post on the social media blog site Tumblr. "My death needs to mean something," she wrote in the post, which she scheduled to appear the day after her death. She com- mitted suicide by walking in front of a tractor-trailer. The Greater Evansville PFLAG and the Tri-State Alliance will have a discussion about support needed for LGBT youth on Tuesday, Jan. 20 at 7pm at the 1st Presbyterian Church, 609 SE 2nd Street in Downtown Evansville. Then at 7:45pm a brief candlelight vigil will be held outside the church, with Rev. Phil Hoy speaking. All are welcome and encouraged to attend. The media will be invited to the 7:45pm Candlelight Vigil. TSA Film Series Begins with The Birdcage The Tri-State Alliance will be showing a movie of inter- est to the LGBT community every month at the Evansville Central Library. The first film will be the Birdcage, starring the late Robin Williams. The film is about a gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion who agree to put up a false straight front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancée's right-wing moralistic parents. It will be shown on Wednesday, Jan. 28 at 6:30pm at Cen- tral Library Browning Room A, 200 SE Martin L. King Jr. Blvd., Downtown Evansville. There is no cost to attend. TSA is looking for suggestions for future movies and 2 people to coordinate the movie series. To volunteer, please contact TSA President Wally Paynter at 812-480-0204 or [email protected].
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TSA News January 2015 Volume 33 Issue 1
PFLAG Discusses LGBT Youth Suicide on
Jan. 20 at 7pm, Candlelight Vigil is at 7:45pm Leelah Alcorn, a 17-year old transgender woman from Ohio,
committed suicide on Sunday, Dec. 28 at 2:15am.
"The only way I will rest in peace is if one day transgender
people aren't treated the way I was, they're treated like humans,
with valid feelings and human rights," Alcorn wrote in a post on
the social media blog site Tumblr.
"My death needs to mean something," she wrote in the post,
which she scheduled to appear the day after her death. She com-
mitted suicide by walking in front of a tractor-trailer.
The Greater Evansville PFLAG and the Tri-State Alliance will
have a discussion about support needed for LGBT youth on
Tuesday, Jan. 20 at 7pm at the 1st Presbyterian Church, 609 SE
2nd Street in Downtown Evansville. Then at 7:45pm a brief
candlelight vigil will be held outside the church, with Rev. Phil
Hoy speaking. All are welcome and encouraged to attend. The
media will be invited to the 7:45pm Candlelight Vigil.
TSA Film Series Begins with The Birdcage The Tri-State Alliance will be showing a movie of inter-
est to the LGBT community every month at the Evansville
Central Library. The first film will be the Birdcage, starring
the late Robin Williams. The film is about a gay cabaret
owner and his drag queen companion who agree to put up a
false straight front so that their son can introduce them to
his fiancée's right-wing moralistic parents.
It will be shown on Wednesday, Jan. 28 at 6:30pm at Cen-
tral Library Browning Room A, 200 SE Martin L. King Jr.
Blvd., Downtown Evansville. There is no cost to attend.
TSA is looking for suggestions for future movies and 2
people to coordinate the movie series. To volunteer, please
contact TSA President Wally Paynter at 812-480-0204 or
Bret Ashby was presented with the TSA Myreon Taylor Leadership Award in December for his
many years of support for the TSA Youth Group and the Tri-State Alliance AIDS Holiday
Project. The award was presented to him by Wally Paynter and Kelley Coures at the 4th An-
nual Mama T / Bella Donna Angel Tree Benefit. Over $350 was raised at this benefit for the
AIDS Holiday Project.
Many volunteers and groups helped make the 2014 TSA Holiday Project a great success!
We could not have accomplished the project without YOU! A special thanks to Nathan Payne
and Billy Taylor for delivering gifts for over a week, and to Nancy Erwin for volunteering to
coordinate gift wrapping at the Evansville Barnes & Noble from Nov. 22 through Dec. 24.
On the day of the TSA Barnes & Noble book fair, we had volunteers wrapping gifts for tips
at Barnes & Nobles in Carbondale IL, Evansville IN, Indianapolis IN and South Bend IN. Pic-
tured above are Jackson County IL County Council Member Paulette Curkin and Illinois Lt.
Governor Sheila Simon, who volunteered their time to help with gift wrapping.
Also pictured to the right are Eric and Paula Dismuke, who not only wrapped gifts but also
helped with deliveries throughout Southern Illinois. Also thanks to Exotica and Evil Twins
Piercing for selling snowmen to help raise money for the project.
TSA Office / Youth
Group Needs Donations
Coca-Cola products Bottled Water
Food for weekly meetings
gently used computer / laptop
Donations for youth group special events (movies, bowling, theater events, putt putt golf, attending out-of town LGBT events)
To make a donation, contact Wally at
812-480-0204 or [email protected]
Or send a check to TSA Youth Group, PO Box
2901, Evansville, IN 47728 or donate online at
www.TSAGL.org
WFIE’s Mike Blake and TSA Presi-
dent Wally Paynter spoke on the Mike
Blake Show on WFIE to discuss the
need for help with the Tri-State Alli-
ance AIDS Holiday Project, which
served 417 low-income families im-
pacted by HIV / AIDS in our region.
For updates about this project, please
visit www.AIDSHolidayProject.org
and ‘like’ the Tri-State AIDS Holiday
Project on Facebook.
Patty Swanson EVSC
School Board
Retirement Reception
TSA & the TSA Youth Group Thank Patty Swanson
for Her Years of Service and Leadership on the
Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation Board
Support a worthy cause & shop online at
www.broadwaycares.org
For Sale: Split, seasoned
FIREWOOD Free delivery within Evansville. All proceeds are donated to the Tri-State
AIDS Holiday Project. $95/pick-up load. Cash only please. Contact Bruce
Wright (812) 422-9155, [email protected]
TSA Seeks Volunteers To
Help Expand Services
The Tri-State Alliance is seeking volunteers to help us expand our services. To
volunteer, please contact Wally Paynter at [email protected] or 812-480-0204.
A volunteer night will be held on Wednesday, May 28 at 5pm at the TSA Offices,
501 John Street Suite 5 in Evansville. Volunteers will help make safer sex kits, assist
with the mailing of the June Pride Edition of the TSA Newsletter, and talk about the
potential volunteer positions in TSA.
Among some of the volunteer positions are: * AIDS Holiday Project Co-Chair * Arts
and Theater Coordinator (help increase LGBT art and theater in our region) * Grant
Writer * HIV Prevention Coordinator (find new locations for condom distribution and
help coordinate HIV educational events) * Owensboro AIDS Walk Co-Chair * Re-
gional Gay/Straight Alliance Director (coordinate and support GSAs in the Tri-State
and encourage / help new GSAs to form) * Social Media Coordinator * Southern IL
AIDS Walk Chair and Co-Chair * Vincennes AIDS Walk Co-Chair.
SAVE THE DATES:
Southern IL AIDS Walk, Saturday, March 21, 2015
Vincennes AIDS Walk, Saturday, March 28, 2015
TSA Pride Prom Saturday, April 11, 2015 Vincennes TSA Pride Prom, Saturday, April 18, 2015
TSA Pride Picnic Sunday, June 14, 2015 TSA Owensboro Pride Picnic Sunday June 28 2015 TSA Celebrity Dinner, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2015 TSA Halloween Dance, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015
TSA Pride Prom 2016 Saturday, April 9, 2016
Keep up with us
on FACEBOOK!
‘Like’ the
Tri-State Alliance
and the
Tri-State AIDS
Holiday Project
TSA Offers Educational Presentations
TSA volunteers Kelley Coures, Stephanie Decker and Wally Paynter are available to speak to classes and groups on the following LGBT and HIV topics. TSA re-quests that you contact us as much in advance as pos-sible to arrange for one of these presentations. The following presentations are made by TSA VP Kel-ley Coures, who can be reached at [email protected] Aging Issues in the LGBT Population of America Gay & Lesbian Images in American Film The Hidden Holocaust 4000 Years of GLBT History Stephanie Decker does a short presentation on Cyber-bullying. She can be reached at [email protected] . Wally Paynter gives presentations on Working with Diverse Populations and also Current Issues in the HIV / AIDS Pandemic. He can be reached at 812-480-0204 or [email protected].
Remember TSA in
Your Will By Wally Paynter
Making a difference in our community is important. TSA has worked to serve our community since 1980. To make a difference in our community, donations of time and money have always been very important. One way to continue to make a difference is by re-membering TSA in your estate planning. I choose to vol-unteer for the 2 charities that are the most important to me and my life (TSA and the First Presbyterian Church of Evansville). As I prepared my will, I have included TSA, and my church in my estate planning. Though this will not be a lot of money, it will be my way to help make a differ-ence in the future after I am gone. I encourage you to consider the Tri-State Alliance as your prepare your estate. Our legal name is the Tri-State Alliance, Inc., our address is PO Box 2901, Ev-ansville, IN 47728, and our Federal ID number is 35-1636272. Whether you remember us in your will, life estate or in your life insurance, you can help us continue to make a difference. TSA has served our region for 32 years, and your consideration will help us continue to make a difference into the future! Contact me at 812-480-0204 or [email protected] for more information.
Save the Dates!
Evansville Pride Prom Saturday, April 11, 2015
7pm—midnight Central Time
Holiday Inn on US Highway 41
Vincennes Pride Prom Saturday, April 18, 2015
7pm—midnight Eastern Time
Beless Gym, VU Campus
Get the expanded TSA Newsletter by email. Sign up at
www.TSAGL.org
Evansville Airport Holiday Inn
The perfect location for a wedding, reception, party, fundraiser or other social event! To schedule an event, contact Ted Holmes at 812-867-7999 and tell him that Wally referred you.
Some members of the
TSA Youth Group
went bowling after
one of the Saturday
night TSA Youth
Group meetings. As an
incentive for youth to attend,
TSA provides food at EVERY
meeting of the TSA Youth
Group, and we do a special
event once a month (going to the movies, bowling, putt putt golf, theater
event, etc.). To sponsor a night of food or a special event, please send a
check to the TSA Youth Group, PO Box 2901, Evansville, IN 47728,
donate online at www.TSAGL.org, or contact TSA President Wally
Paynter at 812-480-0204 or [email protected].
Memorial & Honorary Donations
In fond memory of Liz Yohe by Jennifer Yohe
In honor of Kelley Coures by Evansville Department of Metropolitan Development Staff
Get the expanded TSA
Newsletter by email. Sign up at
www.TSAGL.org
Volunteer to Create
a TSA Float to enter in regional parades. Contact Wally 812-480-
0204 or [email protected] to volunteer
Vanderburgh Co. Meet Your Legislators
Schedules Saturday Morning Sessions Vanderburgh County will have 4 Meet Your Legislators Sessions, being held at 9:15am at
Evansville’s Central Library Browning Rooms. Doors open at 9am, and all are encouraged to
attend. The dates of these public forums are on the following Saturdays: Jan. 10, Feb. 14,
March 21 and April 11.
TSA Seeks T-Shirt Designs The Tri-State Alliance will be using an internet company to print shirts at least twice a year.
We are looking for your suggestions for designs, and we will post your designs on Facebook
on Feb. 15 for you to vote on which t-shirt we will produce. Please submit your tshirt designs
in jpg or pdf format to [email protected].
Where are
the Watts?
facebook.com/musicbykatiewatts
facebook.com/artbykatiewatts
Southern IL AIDS
Walk Volunteers
Meet on Jan. 26 Those who want to help organize the Sat-
urday March 21 Southern IL AIDS Walk at
the SIU Newman Center and / or help a Red
Ribbon Benefit at the Carbondale Wedding
Garden. We need to recruit teams for the
walk, and performers for the benefit.
Our next volunteer meeting is on Mon-
day, Jan. 26 at 5:30pm at the SIUC New-
man Center, 715 S. Washington Street in
Carbondale. If you wish to volunteer but
can not attend, please visit
www.CarbondaleAIDSWalk.org, or contact
Wally Paynter at [email protected]
or 812-480-0204.
