World AIDS Day is approaching, and this year, as I reflect on thankfulness, I’m thankful for all my friends and family, and I’m especially proud of my friends who work in HIV services and HIV health care advocacy organizations. If you’ve got a few extra bucks in your hands this holiday season, please consider making […]

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What a fabulous bisexual weekend this has been! The Bay Area Bisexual Network celebrated its 20th year anniversary at a gala brunch, featuring state Senator (and out lesbian) Carole Migden, as well as journalists/ writers, other politicians, filmmakers, activists, and tons of other fabulous LGBT (emphasis on the B) folks. The whole thing was organized […]

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I’m at a conference in Puerto Rico! The blog will be back next week…

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I’ve made some changes around the AmyAndre.com headquarters, most notably a new look for my site. Thanks to my friends in Atlanta for the picture in the upper corner! (That photo was taken at Atlanta’s famous Flying Biscuit cafe, which was founded by Emily Saliers of the Indigo Girls.)
I made the paper this week, in […]

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I want to draw attention to the critical work that an organization called Color of Change is doing. Here is what they’re about, in their own words:
“ColorOfChange.org exists to strengthen Black America’s political voice. Our goal is to empower our members—Black Americans and our allies—to make government more responsive to the concerns of Black Americans […]

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From my friend Gayle comes this announcement about the Transgender Law Center’s 5th Anniversary Gala:
“TLC is the only law center on the West Coast dedicated to serving the needs of transgender and gender expressive individuals. Just one of their many successes this year is a new $300,000 multi-nonprofit/city economic development initiative for the transgender community.”
Here […]

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I’m going back school, to get an MBA at UC Berkeley’s amazing Haas School of Business! Classes start next week, and I’m very excited because I’m going to be studying nonprofit management. I think it’s vitally important that people who lead nonprofits have a business education, and I want to be such a leader. So… […]

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Thanks to Alexis Hazell, a bi activist in Victoria, Australia, for publishing an article I wrote about bisexual health in her newsletter! Click here to read the newsletter, where you can learn about the bi community Down Under…
What’s LGBT life like where you live? If you’re out as L, G, B, T, or any combination […]

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If you haven’t checked out Community HIV/ AIDS Mobilization Project (CHAMP) yet, please take a look at their website. Here’s how they describe themselves:
“CHAMP is building a vibrant and solid activist infrastructure. As an intergenerational, cross-community alliance, CHAMP is setting the stage for new victories in the fight against HIV/AIDS.”
This is an extraordinary nonprofit organization, […]

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Here are the details on Bi Request, the bi film show at next month’s Frameline31: San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival:
Date: Saturday, June 16th
Time: 6 p.m.
Location: Roxie Theatre, on 16th Street between Valencia and Guerrero
Info: This is a program of bi-themed and/or bi-directed short films, volunteer-curated by yours truly! For more about Frameline, visit www.frameline.org.

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