Quest Magazine Vol. 17 Issue 19
November 11 - 24, 2010

QUEST NEWS HEADLINES FOR ISSUE 19

Green Bay Council Postpones Resolution To Join DP Suit

Fair Wisconsin Executive Director Katie Belanger Talks About moving forward post elections

REPORT RELEASED ON LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER AND QUEER (LGBTQ)
DOMESTIC/INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE IN THE US
LGBTQ domestic and intimate partner violence reports rise by 15% since 2008; Murder rate up 50%
since 2007; Economic crisis and anti-LGBTQ discrimination present barriers for survivors

SAGE/Milwaukee Becomes a United Way Agency

Milwaukee Lags Behind Neighboring States on LGBT Workplace Rights

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Become a CCF Holiday Angel at Outwords Books!
Milwaukee - Make your holiday shopping count for something important this year when you shop at Outwords Books, Gifts & Coffee and you participate in their Cream City Foundation Give-Back Program.

Beginning Friday, November 19 and continuing through Thanksgiving, Outwords Books will donate 5% of your purchase total to CCF. There is absolutely no cost to participate!

You can show your support for our LGBT Community just by doing your Holiday Shopping locally and at no cost to you. However, if you are feeling generous and wanting to show additional support for this very important organization ask Outwords Books to “round up” an equal amount or more as an additional tax deductible amount to go towards the Cream City Foundation Give-Back Program.

Outwords Bookstore owner, Carl Szatmar says, “Outwords Books, Gifts & Coffee continues to offer the largest selection of LGBT books, magazines, cards, music, movies, gifts and more in the Milwaukee and Greater Wisconsin area. Now there's another great reason to shop at Outwords this holiday season – The Cream City Foundation Give-Back Program.”

Some restrictions do apply. For further information about the The Cream City Foundation Give-Back Program, please call (414) 963-9089 or find them online @ www.outwordsbooks.com

LGBT Center of SE-Wi Christmas Over the Rainbow @ Uncorkt
Racine - The LGBT Center of Southeastern Wisconsin will host a European-style holiday gift market! at Uncorkt, 240 Main St., Racine on Saturday, November 20 from 6 - 9 pm.

While you're shopping, taste fabulous wines, feast on hors d'oeuvres and dessert bar, and bid on a variety of silent auction items! Tickets are $15 and are available at the Center, from any Board member, or at the door!

Vendors include: handmade holiday decor by Sisterly Simplicities; jewelery and art by Jacquie Lindo; beaded jewelery by Brenda LaBelle; holiday decor from Forever Christmas of Kenosha; toys and candy from Scoops of Kenosha; handmade Santas by Mike Dobrowski; handmade purses; and George Mangold's holiday wreaths and decor.
The center’s newsletter they also published the following additional calendar dates at the center:

Saturday, November 13 @ 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Artist's Reception -Open house with hors d'oeuvres and refreshments as Jacqueline Lindo discusses some of her artwork hanging in the Center's Gallery!

Friday, November 19 @ 7:00 - 10:00 PM
Movie Night & Transgender Day of Rembrance

Monday, November 22 @ 6:30 - 8:30 PM
Art Therapy & LGBT Support Groups
At 6:30 - 7:30pm, Jacquei Lindo, MS, ATR, will lead the group in therapeutic uses of art.  At 7:30 - 8:30pm certified licensed counselor, Lisa Wright, MA, LCPC, will facilitate discussion related to issues involving sexual orientation and gender identity.

Tuesday, November 23 @ 11 AM
STD Testing @ LGBT Center
The AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin will be performing free, confidential testing for sexually transmitted diseases including HIV, Syphillis, Gonorrhea, and Hepatitis.

Friday, Nov 26 @ 7:30 - 10 PM Game On!

Sunday, November 28 @ 5pm - 6:30 PM
PFLAG of Kenosha-Racine @ LGBT Center
Join us for an evening of support, friendship and advocacy as PFLAG Kenosha-Racine continues to grow and spread our mission!

SkiBudz Announces 5th Annual Gay Ski Weekend
Chicago - SkiBudz Chicago and the Midwest’s Gay Ski and Snowboard Club is hosting their 5th annual Midwest gay Ski Weekend January 7-9, 2011 in Wausau, Wisconsin. Join guys from all over the Midwest for this fun weekend.
This year’s trip will include a special Friday welcome dinner, skiing and snowboarding at Granite Peak Ski Area, post skiing pool party, special Saturday night event and Sunday brunch.

The trip is for skiers and snowboarders of all levels including beginners (lessons can be arranged through the ski area).
This year’s host hotel will again be the Jefferson Street Inn an upscale boutique hotel in Downtown Wausau in walking distance to great shopping, restaurants and activities.
More information about the trip including registration information can be found at www.skibudz.org, on Facebook: Skibudz or e-mailing granitepeak@skibudz.org.

Milwaukee LGBT Community Center Membership Meeting, Monday, Nov. 29
Milwaukee - The annual membership meeting for 2010, will be held in the new Community Center at 252 E. Highland Avenue in downtown Milwaukee November 29, 2010, starting promptly at 6:30 pm.

The center will be presenting some proposed by-laws changes during the meeting, which would modify the governance structure of the organization by creating a self-perpetuating Board of Directors, wherein all Directors are elected by the Board itself.  Additionally, the changes would place the responsibility for revising by-laws squarely on the shoulders of the Board of Directors.

These changes can be viewed online at the center’s website www.mkelgbt.org or in the first-floor lobby of the new Community Center.
In order to attend this member’s-only meeting, you will need to be a member in good standing no later than November 24, 2010.

Other calendar items posted in the LGBT Community Center’s newsletter include:
TGIF PARTY!-Friday, November 19
The Milwaukee LGBT Community Center's Rainbow Arts and Cultural Connection (RACC) will hold it's monthly TGIF Party at Ginger Tapas Bar, 235  S.  2nd St. in Milwaukee.
Ginger offers a mix of shareable - or hoggable - tapas-style plates with something for vegetarians and omnivores alike. Tasty sauces that are out of the ordinary put an exclamation mark on well-prepared, flavorful dishes. Ginger was one of JSOnline's Best New Restaurants of 2009. Happy hour is from 5-6pm with $3 Tapas, beers and wine.  Bring your business card for our monthly prize drawing.
RACC is a socializing/networking group offering a variety of art, music, theater, sports and other cultural activities to the Milwaukee LGBT community at large. The purpose of this connection is to be inclusive of all sectors of the LBGT community and their allies offering new opportunities to experience many different arts and cultural events.

Lesbian Alliance Movie Night-Friday, Nov 19
7 pm. LGBT Community Center,252 E. Highland Ave. Showing a lesbian-themed movie each month.  This month's movie: Loving Annabelle (2006)  Annabelle is the wise-beyond-her-years newcomer to an exclusive Catholic girls school. Having been expelled from her first two schools she's bound to stir some trouble. Sparks fly though when sexual chemistry appears between her and the Head of her dorm and English teacher, Simone Bradley. Based on Mädchen in Uniform.  Popcorn and soda provided.
For more information visit www.lesbianalliance.org or call 414-272-9442.

Ric Fest Scholarship Fundraiser
Milwaukee - The Ricardo Correa Scholarship Foundation is hosting a fundraiser to raise money for scholarships in 2011 on Saturday, November 20, at Frank’s Power Plant in Bayview (2800 Kinnickinick). It will have a drag show starting at 8:30 p.m. followed by a karaoke contest. Prizes for the karaoke contest will be a quarter barrel to the grand prize winner; $25 gift certificate to the 2nd place; and $10 gift certificate to the 3rd place winner. The contest is open to all singers. During Ric Fest, there will also be a silent auction. All money raised will be split between the state and the national scholarship.

  Following Ric Fest, Glitter Stage Productions will be hosting a drag show fundraiser at Mona’s on Sunday, December 12, 2010 at 9:00 p.m. sharp. The proceeds will benefit the scholarships.

This past summer, Ric Fest went national, raising almost $1,500 of the $2,000 that will be given out this summer in Chicago at the NEA Convention. Ric Fest will still be giving out a state scholarship this spring. Check out more about the scholarship at the new website at ricfest.org.
  For anyone interested in getting involved with the planning of Ric Fest, the next meeting will be at Frank's Power Plant on Monday, Nov. 15 at 5:30 p.m.

9th Annual Rainbow Community Thanksgiving Potluck Saturday, November 27
Milwaukee - Join your rainbow family for this annual gathering on Saturday, November 27. Doors open 4:30 PM, dinner is served 5:30 PM. The dinner is again held at Plymouth UCC, 2717 East Hampshire Avenue, Milwaukee WIAs you are able, please bring a dish to pass. Sponsors will be providing turkey, ham, vegetarian lasagna and beverages.

Sponsored by PFLAG, Brew City Bears, Milwaukee LGBT Community Center, Galano Club, SAGE/Milwaukee, Lesbian Alliance, Milwaukee Metropolitan Community Church, and Plymouth United Church of Christ.

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