Youth Group Meeting

Come to the Youth Group Meeting!
Date: Saturday March 20th
Time: 4-6pm
Place: LGBT Center 208 W 13th Street

It’ll be lots of fun and you can meet cool new people.
Ages 24 & younger.

SALGA Youth Group is a safe, confidential place for queer South Asians between the ages of thirteen and twenty-four to discuss issues facing our community. Whether you need support coming out, or have questions about your legal rights as queer youth, or are just trying to connect with fellow South Asians, this is the space for you! Depending on what members want, the group can provide social events, community outings, discussions, and participation in political events.

SALGA NYC Youth is the youth branch of SALGA NYC, a volunteer organization which serves the needs the South Asian queer community both politically and socially in New York City.

Saturday 3/13 - SALGA Monthly Support Group Meeting

Join us on Saturday 3/13 for our monthly support group meeting.

Date: Saturday, March 13th, 2010
Time: 4pm - 6pm

Meeting location:
LGBT Center

Meeting Topic:
Healthcare

This meeting space is available for people who trace their descent from countries such as Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Tibet as well as people of South Asian descent from other regions, including but not limited to the West Indies, Africa, Southeast Asia, Canada and the U.K.

The objective of the meeting is to provide a safe space for people where they can freely discuss and share aspects of their experiences as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning individuals.

Facilitators guide the meeting which provides the opportunity for open dialogue about issues important to the participants. Individuals decide on their own level of involvement.

It is the hope of SALGA that you feel welcome in this gathering and be able meet and make friends with people who can better understand, share and empathize with you.

Visit www.gaycenter.org for directions to the Gay and Lesbian Community Center.

Thu 3/4 - (In)Visibly American

Sun 2/28 - Holi Potluck!

Join SALGA for a

Holi Potluck!

Sunday, February 28th

Holi is celebrated in many parts of South Asia and in the South Asian diaspora with color, music, dance and bonfires.  It marks the beginning of spring and celebrates the end of cold and hardship and the successful harvest of the winter crop.

For Hindus all over the world, Holi also celebrates the victory of goodness overcoming tyranny and intolerance.  This is symbolized in the story of Prahalad, a young boy who overcame religious intolerance imposed upon him by his father.  Holi is now celebrated by people of all faiths, religions and walks of life.  It is in this inclusive spirit of welcoming the spring and shedding the darkness of winter that SALGA would like to invite you to celebrate this colorful festival with us.

SALGA’s Holi Potluck is being hosted by a community member at a private residence.  Please RSVP for the event and provide some information about how you can contribute to the potluck (so we can try to make sure there isn’t too much overlap).  Once you RSVP, we’ll send you contact information and the address for the event.

SALGA’s Holi Potluck
Sunday, February 28th

Please e-mail us to RSVP to this event!

Sun 2/21 - Our first Trans / Women’s / Gender Non-Conforming Brunch!

Come join us for our first trans people/women’s/gender non-conforming people’s brunch! It’s informal, it’ll be fun and it’s in Brooklyn! See old friends, make new ones! We hope you’ll join us.

Details: February 21st, at 1 pm
Restaurant: Kif
219 Dekalb Ave between Clermont & Adelphi
Ethnicity: Moroccan
Brunch Price: $5 - $13
www.kifbrooklyn.com