SALGA Support Group - 7/10

Join SALGA for our monthly support group meeting.
The theme for this month will be

~ Family ~

We love them. They drive us crazy.
 
Come share your fears and stories around coming out to family members.
 
How are our families different than those of non-desis and how does that make it harder or easier to tell them who we are?
 
(As always, the topic is a guide, but please bring whatever issues are current for you as well.)

Date: Saturday, July 10th, 2010
Time: 4 - 6pm
Location: LGBT Center

SALGA’s monthly support group meetings are a SAFE, CONFIDENTIAL space for you to join a group atmosphere to talk about issues that affect your life and well-being.  We provide a supportive atmosphere to all attendees..

Dyke March and Pre-March Brunch

Saturday, June 26th

Brunch - 1:30pm @ Dhaba (108 Lexington Ave. between 27th and 28th street)
March - 5pm @ Bryant Park (42nd St. and 6th Ave.)

Come march with SALGA dykes on June 26th. March starts at 5 p.m. sharp at Bryant Park. Please arrive by 4:45 at the latest. We will meet on the steps at Bryant Park. Bring posters, noisemakers, hula hoops.

The Dyke March was started in 1993 by the Lesbian Avengers in Washington, D.C. Dyke Marches now take place all over the world. The Dyke March is a protest march not a parade. We march in solidarity with all lesbians: those who are out and those who cannot be out, those who are loud and those who have been silenced. We will march until every lesbian in every corner of the world can raise her head high and be proud.

Please also join us for a delicious $9.95 lunch at Dhaba (108 Lexington Ave between 27th and 28th Street) starting at 1:30 p.m. Please be prompt as the restaurant closes at 3 pm. RSVPs are greatly appreciated.

Manhattan Pride Parade - Jun 27th

Manhattan Pride Parade - Sunday June 27, 2010
Come and march alongside the SALGA Float - Bollywood music!

Marching with salga at the pride parade!

Volunteering for pride: contact us at salganyc@hotmail.com to volunteer and/or to contribute to the pride festivities in any way!

Color Me Queer Pride Party - 6/27!!!

SALGA - NYC Presents:

COLOR ME QUEER: 15th Annual Queer and Trans People of Color Pride Party!

Sunday, June 27, 2010 8:00pm - 4:00am
at ELEMENT 225 East Houston St. (Between 1st Ave and Avenue A.)

FEATURING
Bollywood Music by DJ Ash on Main Floor
House, Hip Hop, Soca, Reggae and Chutney music by DJ Dave in The Vault

Color Me Queer is the only party for all Queer People of Color on Pride!!!

Cover $15 before 9pm and $20 after. Age 21 and older ID required. For more information go to www.salganyc.org/cmq2010

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SALGA - NYC serves to promote awareness, tolerance, acceptance, empowerment and safe spaces for sexual minorities and people of all gender identities, who trace their heritage to South Asia or who identify as South Asian. Our mission is to enable community members to establish cultural visibility and take a stand against oppression and discrimination in all its forms. We pledge to encourage leadership development, provide multi-generational support, work towards immigration advocacy, address health issues such as HIV / AIDS, and foster political involvement in the interest of creating a more tolerant society.

Brooklyn Pride March

Date: Saturday, June 12th

Show your pride with SALGA in Brooklyn!!! This is the only night time parade in the northeast.

The parade takes off from 14th Street and 5th Avenue at 7:30 PM and continues along on 5th Avenue Street to the Reviewing Stand at 4th Street and 5th Avenue.  The Parade continues on to Union Street.

SALGA will be at the parade. Meet us at 14th St and 5th Ave or along the route. You can spot us by the huge SALGA banner we will be carrying.

Parade: By Public Transportation, take the M, R, F subway trains to “9th St - 4th Ave” station and walk down to 14th St and 5th Ave