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2012 Pride Foundation Scholarship applications due January 31; drop-in nights for help Jan. 19
Applications for the 2012 Pride Foundation Scholarship are due on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 5:00 PM PST (that’s 4:00 PM Alaska time). The holiday break is a perfect time to request recommendations and transcripts — and if you need help with your application, take advantage of drop-in night on Jan. 19 in both Anchorage and Fairbanks.
Happy Holi-Divas! — and 11th annual holiday toy drive at Lower LA in Fairbanks
Happy HOLI-DIVAS to you!
This month’s First Friday at the Lower L.A. in Fairbanks features entertainment by “Haus oF Fusion” Femme Illusion, live singing with Karnelle Brown, plus Cabaret Noir — Burlesque!
It’s also the 11th Annual Holiday Toy Drive Event, a Toy Drive to benefit the Interior AIDS Association (IAA). Toys & donations to toy fund will go to benefit children whose families utilize the services of IAA. Your door charge will be waived for any new toys brought in of $10 value or more! (If you are not able to attend this event, please consider dropping off an unwrapped toy to the offices of IAA at 710 3rd Ave, anytime between now and December 16th! )
- Date/time: Friday, December 2. Doors open at 9 PM, show 10 PM to 1 AM
- Location: Lower LA ( lounge downstairs from Los Amigos Tex-Mex), 636 28th Ave, Fairbanks, AK (see map)
- Cost of admission: $10 general seating, $15 VIP table seat. Limited VIP table seating & general seating tix available at (907) 322-5242. Tonight: your door charge waived for any new toys brought in of $10 value or more!
- Age restrictions: 21+ in bar area, limited 18+ in restaurant area.
- Further info: see Facebook events page
Stories of Pride: Pride Foundation presents an evening of storytelling and celebration at Out North
Pride Foundation would like to express our gratitude to the many donors and volunteers who have made this year a success with an intimate evening of storytelling and celebration. Light food and beverages will be served, coming out stories will be powerful, and “thank you’s” will be abundant. This is a free event. All are welcome.
World AIDS Day 2011: Aiming for zero
World AIDS Day is Thursday, December 1. The Four A’s and the Interior AIDS Association have organized events including candlelight vigils in Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Juneau.
World AIDS Day is celebrated on December 1 each year around the world. It has become one of the most recognized international health days and a key opportunity to raise awareness, commemorate those who have passed on, and celebrate victories such as increased access to treatment and prevention services. Events including candlelight vigils are scheduled in Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Juneau.
More than one million people are living with HIV in the U.S., and more than one in five (21%) of them are unaware of their infection, according to estimates of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The Alaskan AIDS Assistance Association (Four A’s) reports that there have been 1,394 reported cases of HIV infection in Alaska since 1982. In 2010, 38 Alaskans were newly diagnosed with HIV.
Internationally, the theme of World AIDS Day for 2011 to 2015, as decided by the World AIDS Campaign’s Global Steering Committee, is Getting to Zero: zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination, and zero AIDS-related deaths. The Four A’s has joined in with this theme, declaring its own theme this year as Aim for Zero:
We are aiming for zero stigma, zero discrimination, zero risk, zero new cases and most importantly, zero deaths.
The Four A’s and the Interior AIDS Association have organized events including candlelight vigils in Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Juneau.
Anchorage
Join us at Four A’s for a night of awareness and a candlelight vigil. Following the vigil from 9 to midnight, there will a Condom Pub Crawl in downtown Anchorage bars, during which AMP and VOX will be distributing free red ribbons and condoms.
- Date/time: Thursday, December 1, 6:00–7:30 PM
- Location: Alaskan AIDS Assistance Association (Four A’s), 1057 W Fireweed, Ste 102, Anchorage, AK (see map)
- Further info: see Facebook events page
Fairbanks
Join the Interior AIDS Association, West Valley High School GSA, and the Pride Foundation for an evening in commemoration of World AIDS Day. Refreshments at 5:30; program including presentations from the West Valley High School GSA and the Pride Foundation begin at 6pm. The evening will end with a candlelight vigil at 7.
- Date/time: Thursday, Dec 1. Refreshments at 5:30 PM; program begins 6:00 PM; candlelight vigil begins 7:00 PM.
- Location: Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitors Center, 101 Dunkel St, Fairbanks, AK (see map)
- Further info: see Interior AIDS Association Calendar of Events or the Facebook events page
Juneau
- Date/time: Thursday, December 1, 6:00 PM
- Location: Baranof Hotel, 127 N Franklin St, Juneau, AK (see map)
Candlelight vigils for homeless youth in Fairbanks & Anchorage today & tomorrow — & why this matters to LGBTQ Alaskans
According to a 2007 study by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF), between 20 and 40 percent of the estimated 1.6 million homeless youth in the United States identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) — highly disproportionate to their representation in the general population. And so: youth homelessness is an LGBT issue. Which we suggest is a good reason for members of the LGBT communities of Fairbanks and Anchorage to join in two candlelight vigils for homeless youth taking place today and tomorrow.
First Fridays at the Lower LA kicks off Nov. 4 with (some of) the best in Fairbanks drag & burlesque talent
The numerous talented drag and illusionist performers of Fairbanks invited you to join them every month on First Fridays at The Lower L.A. for a night of fun & mischief with cabaret, drag, & burlesque!
First Fridays will kick off on November 4 at 10 PM with a Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) show featuring (some of) the hottest in Fairbank’s GLBT&A talent, the scandalously hot ladies of Cabaret Noir-Burlesque, and Fairbanks’s most popular live rockabilly band “The Avery Wolves”! DJ’d dancing &/or band after.
And of the best & hottest who aren’t at this first First Friday? We’ll see them at our other First Fridays! First Fridays will feature every month:
- Cabaret Noir — Burlesque! Fairbank’s hottest burlesque troupe of gorgeous ladies will be strutting their stuff!!
- Haus oF Fusion — Beyonca Fusion and her clan of femme fatales!
- Drag Kings – featuring the return of “Tommie Blue”
- A hot local & live band or DJ
- many more talented charmers & guest performers changing every month!!
Full bar service in The Lower L.A. — the lounge downstairs from Los Amigos Tex-Mex. Full menu food service upstairs in Los Amigos before doors open downstairs.
- Date/time: Every First Friday of the month. Doors open at 9 PM, show 10 PM to 1 AM
- Location: Lower LA ( lounge downstairs from Los Amigos Tex-Mex), 636 28th Ave, Fairbanks, AK (see map)
- Cost of admission: $10 general seating, $15 VIP table seat. Limited VIP table seating & general seating tix available at (907) 322-5242.
- Age restrictions: 21+ in bar area, limited 18+ in restaurant area.
- Further info: see Facebook events page
Occupy Wall Street movement spreads to Anchorage and Fairbanks
Bent Alaska’s news tweets over the past few days included a few about the Occupy Wall Street movement, which has now spread to cities nationwide — including Anchorage and Fairbanks. “Occupy” demonstrations were held in Anchorage last Wednesday, and in both Anchorage and Fairbanks on Saturday.
White Trash Party in Fairbanks this Saturday
Your Grande Duke and Duchess XIX of Fairbanks invite you to:
The White Trash Party
Daphne DoAll LaChores will be back again hosting the event, and DJ 50/50 will be spinning the tunes.
What’s a good White Trash costume look like? Overalls, Daisy Dukes, wife beater, cut-off blue jeans, John Deer hat, beer guts hanging out, mullets, big hair (for ladies) — be creative! Discount given to total outfit, $100 prize for best costume. There will also be a silent auction, cake walk, etc.
- Date/time: Saturday, October 8. Doors open at 7 PM; show starts promptly at 8:00 PM
- Location: Blue Loon, 2999 Parks Highway, Fairbanks, AK (see map)
- Cost of admission: General admission $15; $10 if you come in costume. All proceeds benefit the Imperial Court of All Alaska.
- Further info: see Facebook events page
Choosing Alaska: Fairbanks is a good cup of coffee
We recently posted a letter from a grad student and a letter from a gay couple asking for similar advice: What is it like to live and work in Alaska as an openly-LGBT person? KHW describes his experience living in Fairbanks as a gay Asian male who recently graduated from college on the east coast.
Follies of Dollies this Saturday in Fairbanks
We invite you to please join us for a night of racy fun, as only the Haus oF Fusion, AnARoX Productions, and Cabaret Noir-Burlesque can bring together!
as we continue the annual tradition of “FOLLIES OF DOLLIES” … illusion is the fusion element of the night! This show will benefit The Richard Welch Memorial Scholarship Fund 2012 (student application information at show).
Follies of Dollies is an “age old” tradition in Fairbanks drag/illusion, started by Rochelle DeLite & many queens that carried it through the years with style and class. It’s always meant to be a grand fun night of camp and naughtiness.
Featuring the very best of Fairbank “Club Queens & Kings” —
- Beyonca Fusion* of The Haus oF Fusion
- Shug Delmontague
- Michelle Diamond
- Jasmine MizzBarbie Davenport
- Kelly D.
- plus more being added & updated here!
Also performing are the luscious ladies of Cabaret Noir-Burlesque and the delish vocal stylings of Kelly Wade aka Helly Spade!
Haus oF Fusion continues the tradition hosting this event for the second year and hopes to honor it well, keeping the party going with a bow to the past & a “Sashay” to the future!
This is a glbtiq&a inclusive event/secured h8 free zone. There will also be an after-party to celebrate DADT repeal!
- Date/time: Saturday, September 24, 9 PM to 1 AM
- Location: Lower LA (the private lounge downstairs from Los Amigos), 636 28th Ave, Fairbanks, AK (see map)
- Cost of admission: $10 @ door. limited $15 VIP seating available, call/text (907)322-5242 to reserve.
- Further info: see Facebook events page
