On Sunday, September 21, we will gather again in Audubon Park to walk because we still have miles to go in our fight against this disease. We hope you can join us in support of those we lost, those living with the disease today, and in hope that one day there is a cure.
Louisiana ranks as one of the hardest hit states with New Orleans and Baton Rouge in the top 10 cities for new infections.
The purpose of the WALK is not only to enhance the awareness of HIV and AIDS in our community, but also to raise the much-needed funds to provide vital services for those affected by the disease. All of your funds stay right here in New Orleans and the Gulf South to help people in our own communities.
Some of our programs include prevention education, HIV antibody testing and counseling, the Louisiana Statewide HIV/AIDS Hotline, primary medical care/ early intervention services, peer support, behavioral health, support groups, case management, housing coordination, medicine assistance, home-delivered meals and a food bank program.
Again, we thank you and our clients thank you to the moon and back for your past generosity. We hope that you will join us again and renew your commitment to fighting HIV and AIDS. We hope that one day there will be a cure, but until there is…NO/AIDS Task Force is here.
Come and join us for a evening of photography and community in Napoleon’s Itch Green Room.
We will be presenting two internationally award winning photographers speaking about their LGBTQ+ campaigns.
This event is FREE and open to the public of all ages. Come out and network with your community.
Copies of the books will be available for purchase and signing after the presentation is complete.
Photographers will be on hand to take your photos for possible use in a future project and for your personal use.
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The two campaigns presented are:
“First Comes Love: Portraits of Enduring LGBTQ Relationships (Soleil Press) 2014
FIRST COMES LOVE is a celebration of enduring relationships in the LGBTQ community. Through a series of moving black-and-white portraits and accompanying stories in a 148 page, hardbound book, B. Proud, a Philadelphia based photography and university professor, illuminates the real lives of over 60 couples who have been together from between 10 to 59 years. Begun at time when same-sex marriage was in its infancy in the United States and the Defense of Marriage Act was the law of the land, these portraits show the deep-seated love between couples who have long considered themselves committed. Gathered here is a diverse collection of LGBTQ couples, including the California Proposition 8 Plaintiffs, Edie Windsor, the first couple married in the nation’s capital, the Mayor of Houston, Bishop Gene Robinson, gay pioneers Barbara Gittings, Kay Lahusen, and Lilli Vincenz, and many more. Breaking down the stereotypes of a community typically characterized by rainbow flags and gay pride parades, these portraits ask us to look beyond the surface and beyond the labels and see the true nature of these people who are deeply in love. Endorsed by the presidents of both the Human Rights Campaign and Freedom to Marry and with a foreword by Edie Windsor herself, “First Comes Love” is a must-have for every LGBTQ coffee table and library.
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Speaking OUT: Queer Youth in Focus is a photographic essay that explores the spectrum of experiences told from the perspective of a diverse group of youth ages 14-24, identifying as queer (i.e. lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning). Portraits are presented without judgment or stereotype by eliminating environmental influence with a stark white backdrop. This backdrop acts as a blank canvas to be filled with each subject’s point of view, handwritten onto the final darkroom print. Because this project spans over ten years, we are able to see a shift in the themes discussed by the LGBTQ youth during the fight for equality.
Rachelle Lee Smith is an award winning, nationally, and
internationally shown and published photographer. Her ongoing photographic essay Speaking OUT: Queer Youth in Focus is a body of work that has been published in magazines
such as The Advocate, School Library Journal, Warszawski Festiwal
Fotografii Artystycznej, HRC’s Equality and showcased by World Pride, the Equality Forum, the Human Rights Campaign, National Public Radio, Public
Television and the U.S. Department of Education. This work was published this year by PM Press in the book Speaking Out: Queer Youth in Focus with a foreword and afterword by Candace Gingrich and Graeme Taylor.
Come Out For Life!
Join the Louisiana Equality Foundation at our 2015 Coming Out Party, April 10, 2015, and learn more about our “Together, We’re Holding On To Hope” Suicide Prevention campaign. We’ll present information about local suicide prevention resources and let you know how you can help save lives in the LGBT community. The Coming Out Party is a FREE event, open to the public from 7:00 – 9:00P.M. at The New Orleans Healing Center located at 2372 St. Claude Ave New Orleans, La 70117. Come Out For Life with the Louisiana Equality Foundation!
Please R.S.V.P. at this link – https://www.eventbrite.com/e/come-out-for-life-tickets-15770317444
Join Capital City Alliance on Sunday, April 17th for its first ever Big Gay Movie Night! Splash Nightclub will open their doors (and bar) at 6pm and the movie will start at 7pm. CCA will have snacks available for purchase. Chairs will be provided.
Our featured movie will be To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar! To Wong Foo features Wesley Snipes, Patrick Swayze, and John Leguizamo as three drag queens that travel cross-country until their car breaks down, leaving them stranded in a small town.
Admission is FREE (but CCA will be accepting donations at the door)!