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THE GAY ALLIANCE OF THE GENEE VALLEY
Gay Straight Alliance. Communy Outreach/EdutnGeneral PublicMediaInformatn/EdutnAdult EdutnBs and Profsnal NetworksIn-Hoe LibraryNewspapers/PublitnsReferrals to Lol LGBT-Friendly BsLegalNotary Public at no chargePhysil HealthLGBT Friendly ReferralsThe Gay Alliance works closely wh regnal Lears such as AIDS Care and the Rochter Victory Alliance to provi t, screeng, enuragg participatn HIV vacce trials, etc. Be an Ally/LGBTQ 101LGBTQI+ (Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer, Intersex and more) related termology is rapidly changg and reprents many different offer multiple rourc for you here to beg to explore LGBTQI termology.
TermologyGLAAD’s Transgenr Glossary of TermsGLAAD’s Lbian/Gay/Bisexual Glossary of TermsGLAAD’s An Ally’s Gui to Termology: Talkg about LGBT People and Equaly lays out terms to e and terms to avoid, and why. Natnal LGBT Advocy GroupsGay and Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn (GLAAD)Gay, Lbian and Straight Edutors Network (GLSEN)Human Rights Campaign (HRC)Lambda Legal Defense and Edutn Fund (LLDEF)Lbian and Gay Immigratn Rights Task Force (LGIRTF)Natnal Gay and Lbian Task Force (NGLTF)Parents and Friends of Lbians and Gays (PFLAG).
The Gay Alliance of the Genee Valley is the primary advote for the lol LGBTQ Communi. Some trace this back to Gee Eastman, who never married or had any known girliends and was subsequently believed by some to have been gay.
ROCHTER, NY GAY CY GUI
) By the 1950s Eastman Kodak was said to have a populatn of gay male employe who may not have been "out" the way we thk of , but didn't entirely keep a secret eher. A pot of pri for the Rochter GLBTQ muny is The Empty Closet, found 1971 at the Universy of Rochter by a stunt group lled the Gay Liberatn Front. 3 All back issu of The Empty Closet may be viewed onle urty of the Gay Alliance and UR's Rh Rhe Library.
OUT ALLIANCE / GAY ALLIANCE
In 1973 the Gay Liberatn Front voted to spl to two anizatns: a UR stunt group (known as the Pri Network sce 2002) and a muny group lled The Gay Alliance of the Genee Valley.
The Gay Alliance remas active today as the regn's premier GLBTQ anizatn. The Gay Alliance is also rponsible for Rochter's annual Pri Week, kicked off by the unfurlg of an enormo rabow flag (some three stori long) the Cy Hall atrium.
Another historil note is the 1986 electn of Tim Mas to the Rochter Cy Council, makg him New York State’s first openly-gay elected official. Prr thereto he had been active the Gay Liberatn Front and had wrten for The Empty Closet.