Program
5:00 pm VIP Reception
6:00 pm General Reception and Silent Auction
7:00 pm Dinner Program
10:00 pm After Party w/ DJ FahrenHITE
Attire
The gala is a black tie optional dinner. Anything from suits and ties to tuxes and cocktail dresses to ballgowns are appropriate. Come show off your style and have some fun!
Overview
The Human Rights Campaign is America's largest civil rights organization working to achieve lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality. By inspiring and engaging all Americans, HRC strives to end discrimination against LGBT citizens and realize a nation that achieves fundamental fairness and equality for all.
The Purpose of the Dinner
The Human Rights Campaign cannot operate without funds, and here in Chicago, we throw a very important fundraiser for the cause of equality. The Chicago HRC Gala is an annual event that consists of a large silent auction auction, followed by a black tie dinner to celebrate the steps we have made and to look towards a more just future. Just last year alone, we were able to raise over $75,000 for the cause through silent auction sales, corporate sponsorships, and over 500 dinner participants.
This year, the dinner is November 6th at the Fairmont Chicago in Downtown Chicago.
No Excuses
When it comes to LGBT issues, far too many in Congress have given excuses for why LGBT equality is on the back burner. It's too soon. Be patient. Some people aren't ready for change.
Well, enough is enough. Our families need protection. Our jobs are in jeopardy simply because of who we are. Our military service members are still being discharged. Even under this Congress and this President.
Frankly, we're tired of the promises.
OUR DEMANDS:
- Repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) which denies legally married lesbian and gay couples more than 1,000 federal protections.
- Outlaw workplace discrimination by passing an inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA).
- Repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” to protect our national security.
- End the painful separation of families by recognizing permanent same-sex couples under immigration laws.
- Provide health benefits equally to millions of federal employees, including same-sex domestic partners.
Allyson Robinson joined the Human Rights Campaign as Associate Director of Diversity in 2008 to lead the organization and its volunteer base in promoting awareness of transgender issues and to ensure that all program areas demonstrate measurable commitment to transgender equality and inclusion.
A native of Scranton, Pa., Robinson is a 1994 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, where she majored in engineering physics. After an internship at Los Alamos National Laboratory, she was commissioned as an officer in the Army and served with PATRIOT missile units in the United States, Germany and Saudi Arabia. She also worked for NATO as an air defense evaluator and advised the Royal Saudi Air Force on missile defense tactics, techniques and procedures.
Robinson resigned her commission in 1999 to pursue a calling to Christian ministry. After her ordination, she served as pastor-teacher to churches in the Portuguese Azores and in central Texas. Her ministry work focused on raising awareness of systemic poverty and the intersecting systems of oppression that create and sustain it, while working to organize responses to poverty at the local, regional, national and international levels. She earned a master of divinity degree in theology, with a capstone emphasis in social justice, from Baylor University's George W. Truett Theological Seminary in 2007.
Robinson lives with her wife and their four children in Gaithersburg, Md.
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Reeling: The Chicago Lesbian & Gay International Film Festival is the second oldest film festival of its kind in the US, and prides itself on showcasing the best LGBT films and videos each and every year.
From award-winning international feature films to social documentaries to experimental shorts, Reeling has always presented a range of genres that demonstrate the rich diversity of work being produced. Not only has Reeling become one of the most important cultural events for Chicagoans, it also attracts LGBT people from throughout the Midwest who consider the festival to be the highlight of their cinematic year.
Reeling 2010 is presenting 54 programs over 10 days from November 4-13
Following is a list of Trans related movies, dates, times and locations on where they will be showing.
Lost in the Crowd
Susi Graf (USA, 2009, 75 min.)
Landmark’s Century Centre Cinema (Theater 6)
Saturday, November 6, 2010
1:45 PM http://reelingfilmfestival.org/?page_id=77&event_id=12
The Last Summer of La Boyita (El Último Verano de la Boyita)
Julia Solomonoff (Argentina, 2009, 93 minutes)
In Spanish, with English subtitles
Instituto Cervantes
Friday, November 12, 2010
6:00 PM http://reelingfilmfestival.org/?page_id=77&event_id=47
Other Nature (Tritiya Prakriti), Also Showing "Nobody Passes Perfectly"
Nani Sahra Walker (Nepal, 2009, 57 min.)
In Nepali, with English subtitles
Also Showing:
Nobody Passes Perfectly
Saskia Bisp (Denmark, 2009, 44 min.)
In Danish, with English subtitles
Chicago Filmmakers
Friday, November 12, 2010
7:00 PM http://reelingfilmfestival.org/?page_id=77&event_id=48
Total: 83 min. For a complete list of All films showing please click the link below. http://reelingfilmfestival.org/?page_id=77Our Gender Identities
Film Row Cinema – Columbia College Chicago
Saturday, November 13, 2010
12:00 PM http://reelingfilmfestival.org/?page_id=77&event_id=51
I hope everyone makes it out to enjoy one of the many great films showing this year.
All the Best
Kinley Preston
ChicagoPride.com supports all aspects and diversity of the entire trans community, whether you are questioning your gender identity, a trans teenager, trans adult, trans parent, a parent of a trans child, trans college student, transitioning late in life, homeless trans person, trans showgirl, supporter of trans people and the list goes on and on.
On this Channel you will also see current blogs from myself. My blogs will contain news, events and comments on issues. I will share information about myself and my personal struggle and journey to get to where I am today. I will talk about issues such as growing up in the rural Midwest. The way society views and treats trans people, legal issues, harassment and job discrimination. I will also discuss suicide, self hate, drugs and alcohol. Along with other trans related issues that I live, experience and survive.
I still have a lot to learn and long ways to go to become the person I want to be but I know without a doubt I will get there. I encourage all of you to create a profile and blog, share your stories, your ups and your downs. We can learn from each other and we all have something to offer. There is a bond we share as trans people that no one else experiences or lives. Feel safe here, ask for help and information.
On the left side of the page there is a "Contact Us" button. Please send us any advice, corrections, things you would like to see offered on the site, media sponsorship of an event or want to advertise with us. I by no means am a perfect person. I don't have all the answers nor would I know them all. Any help or feedback on what I am doing right or wrong on the Trans Channel will be much appreciated.
All the Best!
Kinley Preston
Community Relations/Transgender Representative
GoPride Corporation
kinley.preston@chicagopride.com
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