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4th Annual Peacock After Dark

Time	Sunday, September 25 · 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location	Portland Center For The Performing Arts 1111 SW Broadway Portland, OR
Created By	Peacock Productions, Inc. / Audria M. Edwards Scholarship Fund
More Info	Peacock Productions, Inc. will present the 4th Annual Peacock After Dark, benefitting the Audria M. Edwards Scholarship Fund (AME Fund), Sunday, September 25, 2011. The gala event will be held in the Newmark Theatre at the Portland Center for Performing Arts (PCPA), 1111 SW Broadway, Portland, Oregon.

4th Annual Peacock After Dark

Time	Sunday, September 25 · 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location	Portland Center For The Performing Arts 1111 SW Broadway Portland, OR
Created By	Peacock Productions, Inc. / Audria M. Edwards Scholarship Fund
More Info	Peacock Productions, Inc. will present the 4th Annual Peacock After Dark, benefitting the Audria M. Edwards Scholarship Fund (AME Fund), Sunday, September 25, 2011. The gala event will be held in the Newmark Theatre at the Portland Center for Performing Arts (PCPA), 1111 SW Broadway, Portland, Oregon. A top-notch, family-friendly, community variety show, this signature event has received rave reviews and promises to be even more lavish this year. Sometimes campy, sometimes cutting edge but always entertaining, Peacock After Dark will be hosted by the dynamic and beautiful Maria Peters Lake and the stunning and witty Poison Marie Waters. The show will feature male/female impersonators, singers and dancers from around the Pacific Northwest including such stars as Darcelle XV & Company, The Superstar Divas, Ecstasy Inferno, Michelle Craig, Coco Vaughn, Monica Boulevard, Patti O’Dora, and Jenuwine Beaute’. All net proceeds from Peacock After Dark will benefit the AME Fund. Since 1992, the AME Fund has granted more than $172,000.00 to GLBT students and/or the students of GLBT parents. An additional $10,000.00 will be awarded to 8 students at this year’s Peacock After Dark. To learn more about the AME Fund, visit our website at www.amefund.com. Tickets are on sale now. All seats are reserved and are $25.00 each on a first come first served basis. Tickets will be available through Ticketmaster (www.ticketmaster.com) and/or the PCPA box office located at 1111 SW Broadway in downtown Portland. Tickets are also available at Starky's - 2913 SE Stark. Don’t miss The 4th Annual Peacock After Dark, Sunday, September 25, 2011, 7pm at the Portland Center for Performing Arts, Newmark Theatre to benefit the Audria M. Edwards Scholarship Fund!

 

It Gets Better: Suze Orman

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Q Center Community Meeting: "We Are Here" (Part 2 --- ACTION!!!)

Time	Tuesday, October 26 · 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Location	Q Center 4115 N Mississippi Ave Portland, OR
Created By	Q Center
More Info	Tuesday night’s “We Are Here” community forum was a great first step to making change happen for LGBTQ Youth. The Q Center was packed to capacity. Way to come out and show you care, community! We have a lot of work to do and really need your help to do it. Part 1 we listened. Please join us Tuesday, October 26th again for part 2 where we take action based on what we have heard! We have been going through all the hundreds of ideas we gathered and will be putting them into motion at this week’s community meeting.

A video that will actually save lives - Joel Burns

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Dear Kim --

I've found myself crying in public more often than I could have imagined over the past week.  

What made me cry? The suicides of gay kids (or kids perceived to be gay) and their struggles -- and the heartbreaking stories inspired by the "It Gets Better" campaign launched by Dan Savage to stop those suicides.

You might have already seen the powerful "It Gets Better" story told by Joel Burns, a member of the Ft. Worth City Council in Texas. Since a video of Joel's poignant city council testimony was posted on Wednesday, more than 1.6 million Americans have watched it and shared it with their friends. And now, many more will see it today after messages like this one from Courage, the Trevor Project, MoveOn and the Victory Fund.  

Please take a moment to watch Joel's story now -- and join us in thanking him for his courage in expressing his personal story to the world. Along with thousands of other people, your signature will be presented to Joel Burns on behalf of the Courage community: