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April: The Day of Silence is the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network's (GLSEN) annual day of action to protest the bullying and harassment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) students and their supporters. Students take a day-long vow of silence to symbolically represent the silencing of LGBT students and their supporters. The Day of Silence has been held each year in April since 1996. The 2010 Day of Silence was held on April 16th.

June is Pride.

September 27 marks National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

October: National Coming Out Day is an internationally-observed civil awareness day for coming out and discussion about gay, lesbian, bisexual, asexual and transgender (LGBT) issues. It is observed by members of the LGBT communities and their supporters (often referred to as "allies") on October 11 every year, or October 12 in the United Kingdom.

November: Transgender Day of Remembrance is an occasion in the LGBT community set aside to memorialize those who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice (transphobia). The event is held on 20 November. It was founded by Gwendolyn Ann Smith to honor Rita Hester, whose murder in 1998 kicked off the "Remembering Our Dead" web project and a San Francisco, California candlelight vigil in 1999. Since then, the event has grown to encompass memorials in hundreds of cities around the world.

Re: The homosexual agenda. Does anyone have the minutes from the last meeting?

The meeting was called to order on the 5th day of December, on the year 2007 at 7:30 PM. The location of this meeting is published on a need to know basis.

Member names will not be published for privacy reasons except for Senator Larry Craig who has requested that his name and telephone number be published at all the public men's restrooms at all airports within the national boundaries of the United States of America. This request was not seconded so motion not carried.

The minutes from the previous meeting was sent out via e-mail and approved by all voting members with no changes.

Old Business – 1. Legalization of LGBTQ Marriage. Continuation of efforts worldwide to legalize marriage through visibility and education. 2. Homophobia. Discussion around how homophobia should be handled. While some members feel that it should be punishable by death, it is agreed upon that visibility and education is the best policy. Organizations such as GLADD will continue to monitor media coverage of LGBTQ issues. 3. HIV/AIDS. Despite recent setbacks with vaccine development and increased practice of unsafe sexual behavior, efforts continue in the forms of education and public awareness. With World AIDS Day behind us, discussion around how the LGBTQ community need to step-up our efforts in prevention.

New Business – 1. Outreach. Studies have shown that through positive media representation, people have started to come out at a younger age. That violent homophobic behaviors, although generally on the decline, has risen awareness to new levels. 2. Gay Pride Celebrations for year 2008. Plans are underway and schedules of annual pride celebrations have been posted throughout the world. Check local websites for information. 3. Iran’s denial of existence of homosexuals. Discussion around need for increased awareness of violence in the Mid-East as well as other developing countries. Despite the gains that we have in developed countries, ad-hoc community-based organizations will need to be formed. Funding needed.

Hot Topics – 1. Yahoo Answers. Despite some trolls who still lurk around, more active members are found posting answers to serious and some not-so-serious answers.

Next meeting will take place on 12/23/2007 at an undisclosed location. For more information, please see your local LGBTQ Community Service Center for ways you can assist and have fun at the same time!