January 2007

Two Spirit Press Room contributes central article for the quarterly publication of The Tretter Collection of the University of Minnesota Archives and Special Collections.  Read the article:

http://special.lib.umn.edu/rare/tretter/tretterletterjan07.pdfe

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February 16-18

  The Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Ally College Conference, Minneapolis, MN

http://www.alphabetsoup2007.org/fortune.html 

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March 26 – Wesleyan University Radio

Tune in today for indigenous music and an interview with special

guest,  Richard LaFortune (Anguksuar)(Yup'ik), 2SPR- Two

Spirit Press Room, a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Native media & cultural literacy project.

Please tune in each Monday from 5:05-6pm (Eastern Standard Time) for:

 "INDIGENOUS POLITICS: FROM NATIVE NEW ENGLAND AND BEYOND"

 a new radio program on WESU (88.1 FM), Middletown, Connecticut

 with host J. Kehaulani Kauanui

  Listen online via LIVE stream from WESU website:

www.wesufm.org

WESU Free-Form Radio//Middletown, CT

Established in 1939, WESU is one of the oldest non-commercial radio stations in the United States. Now, in 2006, WESU broadcasts at the frequency of 88.1 megahertz from it's 1500-watt transmitter located atop the Wesleyan Science Tower. WESU offers an interesting mix of Public affairs and free-form music programming to discerning listeners at throughout the Connecticut River Valley.

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March 28- Wednesday

 University of Minnesota Libraries Present:

 Randy Burns: 30 Years of Two- Spirit Activism 

 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM

 Elmer L. Anderson Library

 Givens Conference Room

 222 21st Ave S.

 Minneapolis, MN 55455

Randy Burns, founder of GAI (Gay American Indians) will speak on activism and the GLBT community.   As a thirty + year activist in both movements he will address the problems faced by activists who are part of more than one cultural entity. Through his personal history he will discuss the progress made and how individuals can make bridges between communities and movements.

 Light refreshments will be served

This event is co-sponsored by: Multicultural Center for Academic Excellence, Office of Equity and Diversity, Circle of Indigenous Nations, Department of American Indian Studies, American Indian Student Cultural Center, Queer Student Cultural Center, GLBT System-Wide Programs Office and 2SPR

April 17

Human Rights Campaign  -Washington DC

Interfaith celebration of equality - the historic Unitarian Universalist Church at Harvard and 15th.  A Native view on the history of spiritual traditions and equality in this hemisphere before colonization, and the implications for present day support of civil and human rights - national director speaks.

Clergy Call for Justice and Equality 

 Thursday May 3

Fresh Fruit, the longest running Queer radio show in the country has been on KFAI Fresh Air Radio for over 25 years

Host: Leigh Combs

MAP - Minnesota AIDS Project* 
keeps listeners up-to-date on all issues concerning HIV, AIDS, 
Health Care, sex education and policy. 

Guest, Richard LaFortune, national director, Two Spirit Press Room

http://www.kfai.org/node/89

June 10

St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral, Minneapolis, summer forum presentation on Native cultures and gender/social history with a spiritual practice frame of reference,  9A - 519 Oak Grove St., Minneapolis 612.870.7800 

June 22- 24

Color Coordination – A Minnesota conference by, for and about communities of color

A special event in tandem with the Twin Cities Pride Festival – one of the top three Gay Pride events in the United States

August 20

Two Spirit Press Room announces organizational sponsorship in partnership with the Minnesota 20th Anniversary International Two Spirit Gathering planning council for the 2008 20th North American Gathering of 2 Spirit People.  Anticipated as the largest gathering in the event’s two decade history, this celebration of cultural revitalization and healing will be coming home to its birthplace.

September 7 - 9, 2007 – 

MONTANA TWO SPIRIT GATHERING

http://www.mtgayhealth.org/retreats/2007/2007TwoSpiritRegistration.shtml


(Confidentiality Ensured)-

Two Spirit Press Room presents a historic workshop on media at this regional Native event on Native GLBT people and public education, community building, press relations and activism.

If you have any questions regarding this registration or about the Two Spirit Gathering, please call 406.829.8075 or email:fdh@mtgayhealth.org

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September 12

television studio-taping - see website for broadcast times

http://www.kinpride.com/

20th Anniversary International Two Spirit Gathering planning council member and director of 2SPR discusses the 2008 event with award winning Producer and host Michael Jon Smith.

KinPride is a 30 minute talk show about the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, & allied or the GLBTA Community.

City broadcast schedules are listed below. Send questions

or topic suggestions to info@kinpride.com.

Videographer Award Winner for TV Talk Show 2006, 2007

Voted Best Cable Access Show by City Pages, 2005

Carried to 5.8 million viewers by 15 television stations in 3 states in the upper Midwest

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Saturday Sept 15 - Hour-long radio special on 20th Anniversary International Two Spirit Gathering, to be hosted by the Minnesota GLBT Native communities, where the first, seconde, tenth and now the 20th anniversary gathering is scheduled for the largest anticipated event as the next 2 decades of community organizing are visioned, and the past twenty years of activism are reviewed in context

http://1450knsi.com/skin/blurb.php?sectionId=176&contentId=147920

Michael Jon Smith is the founding member of St. Cloud OUT, an organization that provides solidarity and support to area GLBT organizations. He serves on OUT's Advisory and GLBTA Film Festival Committees. OUT brought film back to the Paramount Theatre in downtown St. Cloud. Not only one film, but three GLBTA films, making it the first Film Festival for the city. The special thing about this annual festival is it brings in speakers to discuss the films content. It is also a free event

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October 6 - 7

Metro State University, Minneapolis

http://www.mncampusalliance.org/