Events

« March 14, 2010 - April 13, 2010 »
 
03 / 14
03 / 15
03 / 16
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

Community Resources Forum, hosted by White River Valley PFLAG.
At Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington, 2120 N. Fee Lane.

For more information, call our toll free number: 877-PRIDE18. White River Valley PFLAG's Web site: http://www.whiterivervalleypflag.org

Start: 7:00 pm

Where: Meherry Hall (in East College) on DePauw University's campus

Start: 10:30 pm

Tues:
BOP!
caution: boys on poles...
Interested in dancing?
Talk to Vicci !
10:30pm & Midnight $3

Uncle Elizabeth's
1614 West Third St.
812-331-0060
YOU MUST BE 21 !!

03 / 17
Start: 7:00 pm

NOGLSTP at IU Weekly Meetings
Wednesdays at 7:00 pm (Spring 2010)
Indiana Memorial Union (IMU) Distinguished Alumni Room

During the Spring semester of 2010, we plan to meet weekly on Wednesdays at 7:00 pm beginning 1/13/2010 in the Distinguished Alumni Room (DAR) located on the Mezzanine level of the Indiana Memorial Union (IMU). Everyone is welcome!

Start: 8:00 pm

Shimmering Shamrocks
Pride Bag Lady St. Patrick's Day Show
Annual Pride Bag Lady St. Patrick's Day Show at Talbott Street. A fundraising event for Indiana Youth Group (IYG). Come out and celebrate with the Pride Bag Ladies! $5.00 cover charge donated to IYG! All performer's tips donated to IYG! Doors open at 7:00 p.m. Showtime is 8:00 p.m.

Address: 2145 N. Talbott Street, Indianapolis, IN

Website: http://www.indyprideinc.org

03 / 18
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm

Hosted by Helen Harrell and Sean Lemieux, bloomingOUT airs from Bloomington , Indiana , every Thursday evening from 6 to 7 pm EST on WFHB. For one hour each week join us for the latest updates in local, national and international news, a calendar of local and statewide events, interviews with community leaders, politicians, academics, students, celebrities and entertainers from around the world and just everyday folks as well. In addition we always have good conversations going on and never know who might just stop by our studio with some exciting news to share.

Start: 6:00 pm

Indy Pride Membership Mixer
Annual Monthly Pride Membership Mixer. Come out and find out about upcoming Pride events and socialize and network with Pride members. Free event! Free appetizers!

Address: 635 Mass Avenue, Indianapolis, IN

Website: http://www.indyprideinc.org

Start: 6:30 pm

Gay Men's Group meets at First Presbyterian Church, Room 27, 221 E. 6th Street, Bloomington.

Closed meeting (only for those with a desire to stop drinking). Wheelchair-accessible, non-smoking.

For more information, call 330-3978 or 334-8191; outside Bloomington 1-800-589-8153. On the Web: www.bloomington.in.us/~aa

03 / 19
Start: 10:00 pm

Fri:
THE WEST END GIRLS
Montana Melons ~ Gina Thomas
Vicci Laine ~tba

10pm & Midnight $3
Then Dance until 3 am

Uncle Elizabeth's
1614 West Third St.
812-331-0060
YOU MUST BE 21 !!

03 / 20
Start: 8:00 am
End: 6:00 pm

--ATTENTION--
ALL Indiana high school GSAs and community-based LGBTQ youth groups
PLEASE SAVE THE DATE!!! Saturday March 20th from 8am – 6pm, for…
The inaugural mini-summit of…The Indiana GSA Network
• All will learn great warm-up, ice breaker, and trust-building activities
• Youth will gain important leadership and group-building skills
• Adults will receive professional tips on youth-empowerment and working with administrators
• Get to know others from around Indiana working on your same issues
• Share your group’s successes and “lessons-learned”

Start: 8:00 pm

Women Gone Wild
Indianapolis Women's Chorus
Join the IWC as we celebrate the untamed spirit of pioneering women across time who remind us of this important truth:

"Well behaved women rarely make history." - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, American Historian.

The Indianapolis Women's Chorus will perform at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, Saturday, March 20, 8:00 p.m. and Sunday, March 21, 3:00 p.m., at 500 West Washington St.

Start: 10:00 pm

Bobbi Phoenix
Top Lesiban Musician
Come hear one of Indiana's top lesbian musicians. From originals to top rock; Bobbi promises to make it a nite you will remember. She has rocked southern IN for years and now with 2 CD releases she has been asked to perform in Indy. She will be playing March 20th at the Tip Top Tavern on Capital Street

03 / 21
Start: 3:00 pm

Women Gone Wild
Indianapolis Women's Chorus
Join the IWC as we celebrate the untamed spirit of pioneering women across time who remind us of this important truth:

"Well behaved women rarely make history." - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, American Historian.

The Indianapolis Women's Chorus will perform at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, Saturday, March 20, 8:00 p.m. and Sunday, March 21, 3:00 p.m., at 500 West Washington St.

Start: 6:00 pm

Tom Kinley will be our host this Sunday, March 21, in his home just north of Bloomington, 10 minutes from downtown. We will begin to gather around 6:00 pm and plan to eat around 6:30.

WHAT TO BRING:

Please bring a main or side dish or a dessert. And as always, please bring your favorite soda, wine, juice, or other beverage to share.

For more information or directions: pdmckinn@indiana.edu

03 / 22
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

"Girls Like Us!" is a support group for lesbian and bisexual women age 25 and under.
The group provides an opportunity for meeting others, information sharing and conversation in a peer-facilitated CLOSED AND CONFIDENTIAL secure atmosphere.

Where: La Casa, TV Room, 715 E. 7th St., Bloomington

More information: girls@indiana.edu

Sponsored: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Student Support Services

Start: 7:00 pm

In the public library Conference Room, in downtown Columbus, Indiana. For more information about the group and individual meetings, visit: http://gsacolumbusin.org/

03 / 23
Start: 10:30 pm

Tues:
BOP!
caution: boys on poles...
10:30pm & Midnight $3

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Uncle Elizabeth's
1614 West Third St.
812-331-0060
YOU MUST BE 21 !!

03 / 24
Start: 7:00 pm

NOGLSTP at IU Weekly Meetings
Wednesdays at 7:00 pm (Spring 2010)
Indiana Memorial Union (IMU) Distinguished Alumni Room

During the Spring semester of 2010, we plan to meet weekly on Wednesdays at 7:00 pm beginning 1/13/2010 in the Distinguished Alumni Room (DAR) located on the Mezzanine level of the Indiana Memorial Union (IMU). Everyone is welcome!

03 / 25
Start: 9:00 am
End: 1:00 pm

Thursday, March 25 -
Sunday, March. 28, 2010
Lesbian and Gay Band Association National Conference
A Musical Passport
Pride of Indy Bands will host the Lesbian and Gay Band Associations annual conference in Indianapolis. The conference includes workshops, socials and a concert to be held at the Athenaeum on Saturday March 27th at 8pm. Please visit the conference website or Pride of Indy Bands website for more information or to join us! www.lgba2010.org or www.prideofindybands.org

Website: http://www.lgba2010.org

Start: 6:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm

Hosted by Helen Harrell and Sean Lemieux, bloomingOUT airs from Bloomington , Indiana , every Thursday evening from 6 to 7 pm EST on WFHB. For one hour each week join us for the latest updates in local, national and international news, a calendar of local and statewide events, interviews with community leaders, politicians, academics, students, celebrities and entertainers from around the world and just everyday folks as well. In addition we always have good conversations going on and never know who might just stop by our studio with some exciting news to share.

Start: 6:30 pm

Gay Men's Group meets at First Presbyterian Church, Room 27, 221 E. 6th Street, Bloomington.

Closed meeting (only for those with a desire to stop drinking). Wheelchair-accessible, non-smoking.

For more information, call 330-3978 or 334-8191; outside Bloomington 1-800-589-8153. On the Web: www.bloomington.in.us/~aa

03 / 26
Start: 9:00 am
End: 1:00 pm

Thursday, March 25 -
Sunday, March. 28, 2010
Lesbian and Gay Band Association National Conference
A Musical Passport
Pride of Indy Bands will host the Lesbian and Gay Band Associations annual conference in Indianapolis. The conference includes workshops, socials and a concert to be held at the Athenaeum on Saturday March 27th at 8pm. Please visit the conference website or Pride of Indy Bands website for more information or to join us! www.lgba2010.org or www.prideofindybands.org

Website: http://www.lgba2010.org

Start: 11:30 am

Where: IUPUI Faculty Club, University Place Hotel.

IU alumnus Steve Sanders (attorney, Mayer Brown LLP) is a frequent commentator on legal issues regarding sexual orientation or higher education. He authored a widely referenced amicus brief in the Iowa same-saex marriage case and in a Michigan case on whether public-employer domestic partner benefit programs violate the state's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage.

Sponsored by The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Faculty and Staff Council at IUPUI

“Advocating for Equality in Courts, on Campus, and at the Ballot Box.”

Start: 6:00 pm

New community group meets on campus at Indiana University

Get Real About Discrimination (GRAD) weekly Empowerment Group:
> Every Friday during the school year in the IMU Persimmon Room
> Doors open at 5:30 pm — we begin promptly at 6:00 pm

> No meetings on 3/12 & 3/19 — Enjoy Spring Break
> Observers and Participants welcome!
> http://www.noglstp.net/iu/grad

Need a Voice?

Get Real About Discrimination

Weekly Empowerment Group

Every Friday in the Indiana Memorial Union (IMU) Persimmon Room

Doors open at 5:30 pm—we begin promptly at 6:00 pm

Start: 6:30 pm
End: 9:30 pm

Where: Community Foundation of Jackson County Building, 107 Community Drive, Seymour.

Bring your favorite games and a snack to share and come for a fun evening with your PFLAG friends.

Start: 7:30 pm

"Take Me Out" By Richard Greenberg
Directed by Jonathan Courtemanche
Wells-Metz Theater, IU-Bloomington campus

“Extravagantly smart, touching and engrossing…as eloquently verbal as it is delightfully physical.”--Newsday

Start: 10:30 pm

Fri:
THE WEST END GIRLS
Monica Brooks ~ Marissa Nicole
Vicci Laine ~ tba

10pm & Midnight $3
Then Dance until 3 am

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Uncle Elizabeth's
1614 West Third St.
812-331-0060
YOU MUST BE 21 !!

03 / 27
Start: 9:00 am
End: 1:00 pm

Thursday, March 25 -
Sunday, March. 28, 2010
Lesbian and Gay Band Association National Conference
A Musical Passport
Pride of Indy Bands will host the Lesbian and Gay Band Associations annual conference in Indianapolis. The conference includes workshops, socials and a concert to be held at the Athenaeum on Saturday March 27th at 8pm. Please visit the conference website or Pride of Indy Bands website for more information or to join us! www.lgba2010.org or www.prideofindybands.org

Website: http://www.lgba2010.org

Start: 7:30 pm

"Take Me Out" By Richard Greenberg
Directed by Jonathan Courtemanche
Wells-Metz Theater, IU-Bloomington campus

“Extravagantly smart, touching and engrossing…as eloquently verbal as it is delightfully physical.”--Newsday

Start: 8:00 pm

2010 LGBA Conference Concert
"A Muscial Passport"
On March 24-28, 2010 the Pride of Indy Bands will be proudly hosting the 2010 National LGBA Conference in Indianapolis. The theme of this year's conference is "A Musical Passport".

Start: 8:00 pm

"When We No Longer Touch"
Indianapolis Men's Chorus and Gateway Men's Chorus of St. Louis
The Indianapolis Men's Chorus will unite with the Gateway Men's Chorus of St. Louis to perform the moving requiem to HIV/AIDS, "When We No Longer Touch".

This towering choral tribute to those who have suffered from the effects of HIV was written for men's chorus and incorporates music of a 13-person chamber orchestra.

Start: 9:00 pm

Sat. March 27th
Mr. Southern Cities Pageant
9:00 pm

http://www.specialtentertainment.com/MrSOC/mrsite.htm

Uncle Elizabeth's
1614 West Third St.
812-331-0060
YOU MUST BE 21 !!

03 / 28
Start: 9:00 am
End: 1:00 pm

Thursday, March 25 -
Sunday, March. 28, 2010
Lesbian and Gay Band Association National Conference
A Musical Passport
Pride of Indy Bands will host the Lesbian and Gay Band Associations annual conference in Indianapolis. The conference includes workshops, socials and a concert to be held at the Athenaeum on Saturday March 27th at 8pm. Please visit the conference website or Pride of Indy Bands website for more information or to join us! www.lgba2010.org or www.prideofindybands.org

Website: http://www.lgba2010.org

Start: 5:00 pm

Where: Community Foundation of Jackson County Building, 107 Community Dr., Seymour.

Christopher Clark, senior staff attorney in the Midwest Regional Office of Lambda Legal, will discuss the legal issues surrounding same-sex marriage.

03 / 29
Start: 6:00 pm

At: Yes! Cinema, corner of 4th and Jackson Streets, Columbus.

Talk and discussion at 6 p.m., preceded by a light meal at 5:30.

Christopher Clark, senior staff attorney in the Midwest Regional Office of Lambda Legal, will discuss the history of the struggle to achieve marriage equality, the importance of recent legal victories in Iowa and California, and the next steps necessary to achieve equal marriage rights for the LGBT community.

Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

"Girls Like Us!" is a support group for lesbian and bisexual women age 25 and under.
The group provides an opportunity for meeting others, information sharing and conversation in a peer-facilitated CLOSED AND CONFIDENTIAL secure atmosphere.

Where: La Casa, TV Room, 715 E. 7th St., Bloomington

More information: girls@indiana.edu

Sponsored: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Student Support Services

03 / 30
03 / 31
Start: 7:00 pm

NOGLSTP at IU Weekly Meetings
Wednesdays at 7:00 pm (Spring 2010)
Indiana Memorial Union (IMU) Distinguished Alumni Room

During the Spring semester of 2010, we plan to meet weekly on Wednesdays at 7:00 pm beginning 1/13/2010 in the Distinguished Alumni Room (DAR) located on the Mezzanine level of the Indiana Memorial Union (IMU). Everyone is welcome!

04 / 1
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm

Hosted by Helen Harrell and Sean Lemieux, bloomingOUT airs from Bloomington , Indiana , every Thursday evening from 6 to 7 pm EST on WFHB. For one hour each week join us for the latest updates in local, national and international news, a calendar of local and statewide events, interviews with community leaders, politicians, academics, students, celebrities and entertainers from around the world and just everyday folks as well. In addition we always have good conversations going on and never know who might just stop by our studio with some exciting news to share.

Start: 6:30 pm

Gay Men's Group meets at First Presbyterian Church, Room 27, 221 E. 6th Street, Bloomington.

Closed meeting (only for those with a desire to stop drinking). Wheelchair-accessible, non-smoking.

For more information, call 330-3978 or 334-8191; outside Bloomington 1-800-589-8153. On the Web: www.bloomington.in.us/~aa

Start: 7:30 pm

"Take Me Out" By Richard Greenberg
Directed by Jonathan Courtemanche
Wells-Metz Theater, IU-Bloomington campus

“Extravagantly smart, touching and engrossing…as eloquently verbal as it is delightfully physical.”--Newsday

04 / 2
Start: 6:00 pm

New community group meets on campus at Indiana University

Get Real About Discrimination (GRAD) weekly Empowerment Group:
> Every Friday during the school year in the IMU Persimmon Room
> Doors open at 5:30 pm — we begin promptly at 6:00 pm

> No meetings on 3/12 & 3/19 — Enjoy Spring Break
> Observers and Participants welcome!
> http://www.noglstp.net/iu/grad

Need a Voice?

Get Real About Discrimination

Weekly Empowerment Group

Every Friday in the Indiana Memorial Union (IMU) Persimmon Room

Doors open at 5:30 pm—we begin promptly at 6:00 pm

Start: 7:30 pm

"Take Me Out" By Richard Greenberg
Directed by Jonathan Courtemanche
Wells-Metz Theater, IU-Bloomington campus

“Extravagantly smart, touching and engrossing…as eloquently verbal as it is delightfully physical.”--Newsday

Start: 10:00 pm

THE WEST END GIRLS

10pm & Midnight $3
Then Dance until 3 am

Uncle Elizabeth's
1614 West Third St.
812-331-0060
YOU MUST BE 21 !!

http://www.myspace.com/uncle_elizabeths
http://uncle-elizabeths.com/

04 / 3
Start: 2:00 pm

"Take Me Out" By Richard Greenberg
Directed by Jonathan Courtemanche
Wells-Metz Theater, IU-Bloomington campus

“Extravagantly smart, touching and engrossing…as eloquently verbal as it is delightfully physical.”--Newsday

04 / 4
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm

Where: Jesus MCC 2050 E. 55th Place, Indianapolis, IN

Description: A safe place for parents and family members to gain resources and talk with others in similar situations. Children and youth are also welcome to participate in our youth programming.

For more contact information, contact Shannon Garcia at shannong@imatyfa.org.

04 / 5
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

"Girls Like Us!" is a support group for lesbian and bisexual women age 25 and under.
The group provides an opportunity for meeting others, information sharing and conversation in a peer-facilitated CLOSED AND CONFIDENTIAL secure atmosphere.

Where: La Casa, TV Room, 715 E. 7th St., Bloomington

More information: girls@indiana.edu

Sponsored: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Student Support Services

04 / 6
Start: 5:00 pm

The Indiana University Commission on Multicultural Understanding (COMU) will honor five individuals and one program and one community organization--Quarryland Men's Chorus--with its 2009-2010 COMU Awards, April 6, in the Federal Room at the Indiana Memorial Union. This event is open to the public, with a reception beginning at 4:30 p.m. followed by the award presentations at 5 p.m.

04 / 7
Start: 7:00 pm

NOGLSTP at IU Weekly Meetings
Wednesdays at 7:00 pm (Spring 2010)
Indiana Memorial Union (IMU) Distinguished Alumni Room

During the Spring semester of 2010, we plan to meet weekly on Wednesdays at 7:00 pm beginning 1/13/2010 in the Distinguished Alumni Room (DAR) located on the Mezzanine level of the Indiana Memorial Union (IMU). Everyone is welcome!

04 / 8
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm

Hosted by Helen Harrell and Sean Lemieux, bloomingOUT airs from Bloomington , Indiana , every Thursday evening from 6 to 7 pm EST on WFHB. For one hour each week join us for the latest updates in local, national and international news, a calendar of local and statewide events, interviews with community leaders, politicians, academics, students, celebrities and entertainers from around the world and just everyday folks as well. In addition we always have good conversations going on and never know who might just stop by our studio with some exciting news to share.

Start: 6:30 pm

Gay Men's Group meets at First Presbyterian Church, Room 27, 221 E. 6th Street, Bloomington.

Closed meeting (only for those with a desire to stop drinking). Wheelchair-accessible, non-smoking.

For more information, call 330-3978 or 334-8191; outside Bloomington 1-800-589-8153. On the Web: www.bloomington.in.us/~aa

04 / 9
Start: 11:00 am
End: 12:30 pm

Twenty years after Ryan White: HIV/AIDS education event at IU Bloomington

Editors: Speakers Jeanne White Ginder, Douglas Kirby and Jill Waibel, M.D., will be available for interviews prior to the HIV/AIDS event on Friday, April 9, in Bloomington. The media availability will be held at 10 a.m. in the Whittenberger Auditorium of Indiana Memorial Union, 900 E. Seventh St. Presentations will follow at 11 a.m. at the same location. For more information, contact Cindy Miller, 812-855-1354 and cynmmill@indiana. edu, or Tracy James, 812-855-0084 and traljame@indiana. edu.

Start: 5:00 pm
End: 7:30 pm

A Collector’s Vision
New Exhibition at The Kinsey Institute Gallery

April 9 – September 3, 2010
Morrison Hall, Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana

Start: 6:00 pm

New community group meets on campus at Indiana University

Get Real About Discrimination (GRAD) weekly Empowerment Group:
> Every Friday during the school year in the IMU Persimmon Room
> Doors open at 5:30 pm — we begin promptly at 6:00 pm

> No meetings on 3/12 & 3/19 — Enjoy Spring Break
> Observers and Participants welcome!
> http://www.noglstp.net/iu/grad

Need a Voice?

Get Real About Discrimination

Weekly Empowerment Group

Every Friday in the Indiana Memorial Union (IMU) Persimmon Room

Doors open at 5:30 pm—we begin promptly at 6:00 pm

Start: 10:00 pm

THE WEST END GIRLS

10pm & Midnight $3
Then Dance until 3 am

Uncle Elizabeth's
1614 West Third St.
812-331-0060
YOU MUST BE 21 !!

http://www.myspace.com/uncle_elizabeths
http://uncle-elizabeths.com/

04 / 10
Start: 11:00 am

Come walk on Saturday and show your support for HIV/AIDS in our community.

Check-in begins at 11 a.m. in Dunn Meadow (Kirkwood Ave. & 7th St.) Walk at noon.

No registration or walk fee is required. Groups, families, children, individuals, pets are all welcome! Any donations will benefit Bloomington Hospital Positive Link. T-shirts available for cash purchase.

Co-sponsored by Positive Link, Student Global AIDS Campaign, and South Central Indiana CAAG.

More information: mshort@bloomingtonhospital.org

Start: 8:00 pm

"Camp for Camp" Variety Show and Fundraiser to Benefit Camp Aranu'tiq:
A Week-long Camp for Transgender and Gender-Variant Youth!

Saturday, April 10th
At Uncle Elizabeth's Night Club 1614 W. 3rd St 8pm

21+

$6 per person Come and celebrate gender diversity for a good cause

Featuring: The Gender Studs, The Bloomington Burlesque Brigade, Minstrel Cycle and the Temporary Hysterectomies, Margaret Lion of the Different Drummer Belly Dancers, Marta Jasicki, Vicci Laine, and other local talent!

MC for the evening Jada B of Verbal Terrorism Productions

04 / 11
Start: 6:00 pm

John Thom and Isiah Killion will host us this month on Sunday, April 11, in their home in western Monroe County. We will start to gather around 6:00 pm and plan to eat around 6:30.

WHAT TO BRING:

Please bring a main or side dish or a dessert. And as always, please bring your favorite soda, wine, juice, or other beverage to share.

For more information or directions: pdmckinn@indiana.edu

Start: 8:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

Bloomington 103.7 FM
Columbus 100.7 FM
French Lick/West Baden 101.7 FM

From Vermont Public Radio, this radio documentary provides meaning and context to one of the more controversial issues of our time: same-sex marriage. "States of Marriage" examines how several states have approached legal recognition for same-sex couples. It explores the divisive civil unions precedent in Vermont and how it set the stage for a marriage law in Massachusetts.

04 / 12
Start: 7:00 pm

Shaily Hakimian of the National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professionals at Indiana University (NOGLSTP at IU) presents a showing of the award winning film BENT. Bent is being shown in honour of Yom HaShoah (the Jewish Holocaust Remembrance Day) and in support of the historical exhibit on the Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals through April 25 in the IMU. This showing is sponsored by Hillel and the GLBT Student Support Services at Indiana University.

BENT
> Monday, April 12, at 7:00 pm
> Hillel (730 E 3rd St)
> Refreshments will be served

Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

"Girls Like Us!" is a support group for lesbian and bisexual women age 25 and under.
The group provides an opportunity for meeting others, information sharing and conversation in a peer-facilitated CLOSED AND CONFIDENTIAL secure atmosphere.

Where: La Casa, TV Room, 715 E. 7th St., Bloomington

More information: girls@indiana.edu

Sponsored: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Student Support Services

04 / 13
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm

Join SAGE and the HRC from 6 - 8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 13 in Dunn Meadow, IUB, to show your support in repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell. As Congress moves forward in its consideration of the Military Readiness Enhancement Act, which would replace DADT with an anti-discrimination policy, it is crucial that we make our voices heard and increase the legislation' s visibility within our communities.