Plan Your Holiday Trip

Will you visit friends or relatives this holiday season? Probably. Will they drive you crazy? Definitely.

Thankfully, your traveling experience can be fairly sane. Simply decide what to pack and whether to travel by plane, train or automobile. Read more...

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GLBT Business

If you’re actively seeking new business opportunities, you would benefit from joining a local GLBT chamber of commerce. This type of organization can help you network and meet prospective clients. Here’s a brief list of organizations in which you can participate:

• The National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
• The North Texas GLBT Chamber of Commerce
• The Greater Phoenix Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
• The Chicago Area Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
• The Nashville GLBT Chamber of Commerce
• The New York City LGBT Chamber of Commerce
• PEN: Metro DC’s LGBT Chamber of Commerce
• The Golden Gate Business Association
• The Central Pennsylvania Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
• The Greater San Diego Business Association
• The Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
• The Miami-Dade Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
• The Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Southern Nevada
  

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Up and Coming Diva is on the Rise

Meet Lori Michaels: “Heck, singing the National Anthem at Madison Square Garden in NYC is easier for me than making my bed in the morning.” Laughing delightedly at the LGBT community’s affectionate label of her as “THE Dyke Diva,” Lori Michaels is a self-described singer/songwriter/dance/fitness performance specialist. Per her website, Lori mixes it up, whether performing solo, singing originals/covers while playing keyboard, or strutting her stuff among friends with her increasingly popular “Me & The Girls,” a “provocative, high-energy club show for mature audiences only.” Read more about Lori Michaels...

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GLBT Screenwriting Competition

I just found out about the "Barren Branches" GLBT Screenplay Competition . It was created
by the Rhode Island International Film Festival. The competition offers aspiring gay, lesbian,
bisexual and transgender screenwriters the opportunity to earn prizes and recognition for
writing screenplays about issues that are important to them. Application for competition...

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Pride in the Park

It was a winter celebration full of tank tops, sandals and shorts when more than 10,000 people gathered for the second annual Winter Pride Tampa Bay’s “Pride in the Park.” Tampa Bay residents said their city needed the dose of pride. Area lawmakers have battled whether the Gay-Straight Alliance has a place in the city’s public schools, and past Tampa pride events have been discontinued. Many gays and lesbians have left Tampa for the nearby city of St. Petersburg, which they say is a much more welcoming community.
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