*more above*
22 December 2011
21 December 2011
Where you can go for help
Make a copy of this guide and use when needed. Even when you don't need it today, you might need it tomorrow!
AIDS Legal Referral Panel (ALRP)
Provides free and low-cost legal services to people with HIV/AIDS in the
San Francisco Bay Area.
415-701-1100 (San Francisco)
510-451-5353 (Oakland)
www.ALRP.org
Disability Rights California
Advances the rights of Californians with disabilities.
800-649-0154
www.DisabilityRightsCA.org
Equality California
Works with policymakers and communities to achieve equality and secure
legal protections for LGBT people, including seniors.
415-581-0005
www.EQCA.org
Lambda Legal (Los Angeles office)
Works to achieve full recognition of the civil rights of LGBT people and those
with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work.
213-382-7600
www.LambdaLegal.org/wro
Law Help California
Helps Californians find legal aid referrals and self-help resources, with
specific assistance for seniors.
800-551-5554 (Bay Area)
www.LawHelpCalifornia.org
National Center for Lesbian Rights—Elder Law Project
Provides legal services, legislative support and policy work to advance
equality for LGBT elders.
800-528-6257
www.NCLRights.org/ElderLaw
National Center for Transgender Equality
Advances the equality of transgender people through advocacy, collaboration
and empowerment, with a special emphasis on issues facing trans elders.
202-903-0112
www.TransEquality.org
National Resource Center on LGBT Aging
Provides a wide array of resources for LGBT older adults, aging service
providers, and advocates.
212-741-2247
www.LGBTAgingCenter.org
National Senior Citizens Law Center
Protects the rights of low-income older adults through advocacy, litigation,
and technical assistance, and manages www.LGBTLongTermCare.org.
213-674-2900
www.NSCLC.org
Positive Resource Center
Provides comprehensive benefits counseling and employment services for
people living with or at risk for HIV/AIDS in San Francisco.
415-777-0333
www.PositiveResource.org
Proyecto Poderoso—a joint project of the National Center for Lesbian
Rights and California Rural Legal Assistance
Works to improve legal services for low-income LGBT people in rural
California.
209-946-0605
www.NCLRights.org/ProyectoPoderoso
Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN)
Works to guarantee equality of treatment and opportunity for LGBT servicemembers and provides resources on issues affecting LGBT elder veterans.
202-328-3244
www.SLDN.org
Swords to Plowshares
Provides counseling and case management, employment and training, and
housing and legal assistance to veterans in the San Francisco Bay Area.
415-252-4788
www.STP-SF.org
Transgender Law Center
Utilizes direct legal services, public policy advocacy, and educational opportunities to advance the rights and safety of diverse transgender communities.
415-865-0176
www.TransgenderLawCenter.org
Credit: Navigating the System: A Know-Your-Rights Guide for LGBT Elders in California
please download the guide for specific information (California only when specified)
AIDS Legal Referral Panel (ALRP)
Provides free and low-cost legal services to people with HIV/AIDS in the
San Francisco Bay Area.
415-701-1100 (San Francisco)
510-451-5353 (Oakland)
www.ALRP.org
Disability Rights California
Advances the rights of Californians with disabilities.
800-649-0154
www.DisabilityRightsCA.org
Equality California
Works with policymakers and communities to achieve equality and secure
legal protections for LGBT people, including seniors.
415-581-0005
www.EQCA.org
Lambda Legal (Los Angeles office)
Works to achieve full recognition of the civil rights of LGBT people and those
with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work.
213-382-7600
www.LambdaLegal.org/wro
Law Help California
Helps Californians find legal aid referrals and self-help resources, with
specific assistance for seniors.
800-551-5554 (Bay Area)
www.LawHelpCalifornia.org
National Center for Lesbian Rights—Elder Law Project
Provides legal services, legislative support and policy work to advance
equality for LGBT elders.
800-528-6257
www.NCLRights.org/ElderLaw
National Center for Transgender Equality
Advances the equality of transgender people through advocacy, collaboration
and empowerment, with a special emphasis on issues facing trans elders.
202-903-0112
www.TransEquality.org
National Resource Center on LGBT Aging
Provides a wide array of resources for LGBT older adults, aging service
providers, and advocates.
212-741-2247
www.LGBTAgingCenter.org
National Senior Citizens Law Center
Protects the rights of low-income older adults through advocacy, litigation,
and technical assistance, and manages www.LGBTLongTermCare.org.
213-674-2900
www.NSCLC.org
Positive Resource Center
Provides comprehensive benefits counseling and employment services for
people living with or at risk for HIV/AIDS in San Francisco.
415-777-0333
www.PositiveResource.org
Proyecto Poderoso—a joint project of the National Center for Lesbian
Rights and California Rural Legal Assistance
Works to improve legal services for low-income LGBT people in rural
California.
209-946-0605
www.NCLRights.org/ProyectoPoderoso
Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN)
Works to guarantee equality of treatment and opportunity for LGBT servicemembers and provides resources on issues affecting LGBT elder veterans.
202-328-3244
www.SLDN.org
Swords to Plowshares
Provides counseling and case management, employment and training, and
housing and legal assistance to veterans in the San Francisco Bay Area.
415-252-4788
www.STP-SF.org
Transgender Law Center
Utilizes direct legal services, public policy advocacy, and educational opportunities to advance the rights and safety of diverse transgender communities.
415-865-0176
www.TransgenderLawCenter.org
Credit: Navigating the System: A Know-Your-Rights Guide for LGBT Elders in California
please download the guide for specific information (California only when specified)
20 December 2011
19 December 2011
18 December 2011
Peace
Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
Howard Thurman
Permanent Prayer for Peace
17 December 2011
Peace
A cure for War? Furiously spending the same daily amount of money toward making friends. Being an indispensable source of food, shelter, peace, and cultural support dedicatedly spending 9 billion dollars a month on helping people would be a formidable enemy of evil.
Vanna Bonta quotes
Hello!
To my Jewish friends, happy Hanukkah! ...um, Chanukah! (crap, I always mess this one up...) Here's this week... Boston, Massachusetts... Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium... Atlanta, Georgia... Kings Park, New York... Easton, Pennsylvania... Wilhelmshaven, Niedersachsen, Germany... Croydon, England, UK... Stillwater, Minnhesota... Malmo, Skane Lan, Sweden... Groningen, Netherlands... Chaun, Kangwon-do, South Korea... Deerfield, New Hampshire... Sezana, Bohinj, Slovenia... Portland, Oregon... Dallas, Texas... Cebu, Cebu City, Philippines... Taipei, Taiwan... Virginia, Beach, Virginia... Jersey City, New Jersey... West Hartford, Connecticut... Ankara, Turkey... Oak Lawn, Illinois... Corona, New York... Chelles, Ile-de-France, France... San Luis Obispo, California... Brooklyn, New York... Bratislava, Slovakia... Seattle, Washington... Laingsburg, Michigan... Mountain View, California... Canton, Ohio...
This month's top dog: Grady High to host CNN forum on LGBT issues
Hey, it's the last days before we celebrate Hanukkah, Christmas, and Kwanzaa! Make someone's fortunes are down on their luck are happier. Donate to one of these charities:
American Red Cross
www.redcross.org
International Red Cross/Red Crescent
www.ifrc.org
Doctors Without Borders
www.doctorswithoutborders.org
Rainbow Fund
www.rainbowfund.org
This month's top dog: Grady High to host CNN forum on LGBT issues
Hey, it's the last days before we celebrate Hanukkah, Christmas, and Kwanzaa! Make someone's fortunes are down on their luck are happier. Donate to one of these charities:
American Red Cross
www.redcross.org
International Red Cross/Red Crescent
www.ifrc.org
Doctors Without Borders
www.doctorswithoutborders.org
Rainbow Fund
www.rainbowfund.org
16 December 2011
Hollywood vigil for slain transgender woman (latimesblogs.latimes.com)
*more above*
ezs note: Please take a good look at the suspect. If you know who it is, please call the LAPD right away!
ezs note: Please take a good look at the suspect. If you know who it is, please call the LAPD right away!
15 December 2011
14 December 2011
Peace
The End and the Beginning
by Wisława Szymborska
After every war
someone has to clean up.
Things won't
straighten themselves up, after all.
Someone has to push the rubble
to the sides of the road,
so the corpse-filled wagons
can pass.
Someone has to get mired
in scum and ashes,
sofa springs,
splintered glass,
and bloody rags.
Someone must drag in a girder
to prop up a wall,
Someone must glaze a window,
rehang a door.
Photogenic it’s not,
and takes years.
All the cameras have left
for another war.
We’ll need bridges back
and new railway stations.
Sleeves will go ragged
from rolling them up.
Someone, broom in hand,
still recalls how it was.
Someone else listens
and nods with unsevered head.
But already there are those nearby
starting to mill about
who will find it dull.
From out of the bushes
sometimes someone still unearths
rusted-out arguments
and carries them to the garbage pile.
Those who knew
what was going on here
must make way to
those who know little.
And less than little.
And finally as little as nothing.
In the grass which has overgrown
causes and effects,
someone must be stretched out
blade of grass in his mouth
gazing at the clouds.
13 December 2011
12 December 2011
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