IDAHO

May 17th is IDAHO day and events are taking place around both in the real world and in-world to draw attention to Homophobia and Transphobia. From bullying at school or work to discrimination in healthcare, prejudice works on many levels, often resulting in physical attack, self-harm, suicide and murder.

EVENTS SCHEDULED ON MAY 17th 

DRAMA QUEEN THEATRE (click for SLurl)
12pm = GINS ALLEN

Gins Allen plays acoustic and electric guitars and harmonicas. He sings love songs, ballads and folk songs.

He started to play in SL in june 2008. He loves to sing in many languages such as English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Yiddish, Catalan or even Czech and Russian... His gigs are only live music, no soundtracks, and of high quality sound on profesionnals devices.

DRAMA QUEEN THEATRE (click for SLurl)
01pm = LOLLO STRING

Lollo String (Alessandro Lollobrigida) is a composer, author, professional arranger. He has experienced many musical genres, before testing them “on the road ", then consolidated at singing school.

His experience in vocal technique includes many different musical genres through the years: Jazz, Swing, Blues, Rock, Pop, R'n'B, Rock'n'Roll, Jive... and of course the classic, melodic and light Italian.

EXHIBITIONS SCHEDULED FROM MAY 13th TO MAY 18th

Gay Rights Awareness Center-Figh, Brokeback (99, 221, 23) (click for SLurl)
=> "Born that way" (Zack Preminger)
=> "Transgenders and Homophobia" (Jenelle Levenque)
=> "Civil Rights and Equality" (Brokeback Forum)
=> "United to be Stronger" (Intersim work)

The Gaylympic Games 2010

Artist: Steve Smith

Every year Brokeback in SL organises "The Gaylympic Games" to collect funds for it´s "Day Against Homophobia" Event. The Brokeback Gaylympics is a sports competition gathering Straight and GBLT folks together.

Get involved and become the next Gaylympic Champion! And no, you don´t have to be naked ... thats just a suitable picture I found for this post!

The list of games
1) tennis
2) volleyball
3) racing
4) street basketball
5) basketball
6) pingpong
7) balance beam
8) karting
9) horse racing
10) horse jumping
11) boxing
12) mud wrestling
13) arm wrestling
14) monopoly
15) cluedo
16) archery
17) darts
18) fencing
19) sailing
20) ice skating
21) surfing
22) biking
23) swimming
24) jetskiing
25) rodeo
26) bumping cars
27) bumperboats
28) paddle boats
29) strip poker
30) soccer
31) hammer high striking
32) hangman
33) pistol duel
34) bowling
35) box hunting

Training this summer from July 14th - August 15th 2010. The actual competition is scheduled for November 2010.

Brokeback (SLurl) is a non-profit sim the goal of which is to promote GBLT rights awareness on the grid and beyond.

I know what sport I am going to sign up for (No 29). Please tell me which sport you are going to compete in?
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Huge hugs and thanks to Apmel Goosson for telling me about this!