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WUMN
PO Box 11624
St. Paul, MN 55111

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WUMN ANNUAL MEETING

Please attend and bring your ideas and organization skills
Let's discuss the future of WUMN. Any desire for planning and participating on events of Gala in the the coming year.

FFI: Rose Hart
612-250-0119

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ONGOING GIGS

Roxxy Hall Band at Lee's Liquor Lounge.
Every second Saturday
Music starts at 8:30 p.m.

Lori Dokken at the Townhouse Bar:
Saturdays at 9:00 p.m.

THE WUMN Enews

WUMN Community Clips
This project was initiated in May to highlight the women contributing to our community. For September we are proud and pleased to present Elllen Hart, author and teacher, who recently released her 27th novel, "The Lost Women of Lost Lake". For our October Clip we went to the St. Cloud PrideFest and talked with Karen Thompson. This interview is presented in a five part series. We hope you will find Karen and Ellen's comments as inspiring and thought provoking as we did.

The clips are posted on youTube at http://www.youtube.com/user/wumnMedia, and biographies and links are found on our web site Community Clips page. Your comments and inquires about this pilot project are invited, please contact Rose Hart or the WUMN Web Goddess.

Ellen Hart is the author of twenty-seven crime novels in two different series. She is a five-time winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Best Lesbian Mystery, a three-time winner of the Minnesota Book Award for Best Popular Fiction, a three-time winner of the Golden Crown Literary Award in several categories, a recipient of the Alice B Medal, and was made an official GLBT Literary Saint at the Saints & Sinners Literary Festival in New Orleans in 2005. In 2010, Ellen received the GCLS Trailblazer Award for lifetime achievement in the field of lesbian literature. For the past fourteen years, Ellen has taught "An Introduction to Writing the Modern Mystery" through the The Loft Literary Center, the largest independent writing community in the nation. Ellen lives in Minneapolis with her partner of 34 years. Click here to go to the youTube video

Karen Thompson On Sunday, November 13, 1983, a 27 year-old woman named Sharon Kowalski was driving her niece and nephew home and, tragically, they were in a collision with a drunk driver. Sharon's four- year old niece was killed; her nephew survived, but with permanent injuries. Sharon Kowalski herself suffered a traumatic brain stem injury. Everything that happened from that moment onward ultimately altered the legal status of lesbian and gay partners in Minnesota.

Unbeknownst to their colleagues and families, Sharon Kowalski and Karen Thompson are lesbians in a four- year long, committed relationship. In March of 1984, Karen came out of the closet to began her near decade- long legal battle to bring her partner Sharon home. To do so, Karen's legal fees eventually would exceed $300,000. She spoke across the country at rallies and events, not just to tell the story of her fight to bring Sharon home, but also to raise awareness for legal protection for lesbian and gay relationships. This was not limited to the lives of these two women in MN, because in the 1980's a whole generation of gay men were dying of AIDS, isolated from their lovers, partners and friends.

In December of 1991, Thompson finally won their case when the court granted her guardian status and allowed her to bring Sharon Kowalski home. In the twenty years since then, Karen Thompson has continued to be an inspiration and spokesperson for the legal recognition of same sex partners.

Karen has received numerous awards for her work to achieve LGBT equality. Among these the Annual Humanitarian Award from the American Psychological Association, a Woman of Courage Award from National Organization for Women, and a Human Rights Award from the Human Rights Campaign. Click here to go to the youTube video

Community Events and Performances

The North Dakota Human Rights Coalition is holding a North Dakota Human Rights Summit on October 29 with a dessert reception on Friday the 28th, the reception is included in the Summit registration fee. Kris Kitko will be performing at the reception.Brochure pdf.

Inaugural Glitter Gala
7pm, November 4th
at the Howard Johnson Ballroom in Fargo.

Join us for a night full of fancy fun at the inaugural Glitter Gala, the evening will include appetizers, silent auction and entertainment from the Kings of Granduer, Bad Weather Burlesque, comedian JD Provorse and DJ LS. Tickets are $25 and can be ordered at: http://maramorken.com/waf/gala.html. Find a date and help support the We Are Family project.

Kristy Lee, in concert at the Cedar Cultural Center
Saturday, October 22, 2011 - 8:00pm
Doors Open: 7:00pm
Advance tickets: $22.00,
Tickets on the day of show: $25.00
416 Cedar Avenue S., Minneapolis, MN 55454
Directions and info:http://www.thecedar.org/cedar