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4 APRIL 11, 2003
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Keynote speaker announced for transgender unity banquet
The lltn annual Houston Transgender Unity Banquet will be held on Sunday, April 26,
and the keynote speaker for 2003 will be Lisa Mottet. A Washington, D.C, resident, Mottet
is the legislative lawyer for the Transgender Civil Rights Project at the National Gay &
Lesbian Task Force. Through her work at NGLTF, Mottet assists transgender activists
and allies with passing anti-discrimination laws and ordinances that prohibit discrimination based on gender identity and expression at the local, state, and federal level. She
graduated cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center in 2001 and magna cum
laude from University of Washington in 1998. The master of ceremonies for this year's
Houston Transgender Unity Banquet will be Don Gill of Don Gill Productions. The banquet also will feature live entertainment and a dance to follow in the grand ballroom of
the Southwest Hilton. Tickets are available at
unity Jickets® hotmail.com. Individual tickets
$40; Platinum Sponsors are $600; Gold
Sponsors are $250; Silver Sponsors are $125;
and Friends Sponsors (a ticket for someone in
your name) are $60. On Saturday, Mottet has
requested a round table discussion for all gay
activists in the Houston area. This round table
will be held at the hotel from noon until 2 p.m.
f) MORE INFO
Houston Transgender Unity Banquet
Saturday, April 26 • Tickets: $40
Hilton Houston Southwest
6780 Southwest Freeway
713-977-7911 • www.brendat.com/iinity.htm
GLBT center to mark
National Poetry Month
Local gay poet Howard Michael will be the
featured poet at a Friday, April 11, reading at
the Houston GLBT Community Center in
Montrose. The reading, which is free and
open to the public, will mark National
Poetry Month. Other poets scheduled to read
include Thomas Blanton, who organizes
monthly poetry readings at the center;
Aaron Coleman; and Hampton Burt. For
more information, contact Blanton via e-
mail at thomasiaroadsidezoo.com. The
Houston GLBT Community Center is home
base for gay. lesbian, bisexual, and transgender individuals in the metropolitan area and
southeast Texas, according to center leaders.
f) MORE INFO
Poetry reading • 8 p.m. Friday, April 11
Houston GLBT Community Center
3400 Montrose Blvd.. Suite 207
www houstonglbtcenter.org
Charity groups benefit
from Black Tie Dinner
Houston Black Tie Dinner, Inc. has announced
that proceeds from the fall event were distributed to the seven organizations selected as
beneficiaries of the 2002 Houston Black Tie
Dinner. Each of the following groups received
$8,000, for a total of $56,000 donated: Bering
Omega Community Services, H.A.T.C.H.,
Lesbian Health Initiative, Montrose Clinic,
Montrose Counseling Center, People With
AIDS Coalition of Houston and Resurrection
Metropolitan Community Church. Dinner
officials also announced new members elected
to the board of directors for 2003: Rocky
Atwood, Bill Lee, Mary Ann McBee, John
Parker and William Tayar. The 2003 Black Tie
Dinner will be held on Saturday Nov. 15. at the
Doubletree Hotel Post Oak, with entertainment by the comedienne and actress Kathy
Najimi. best known for her roles in the movies
"Sister Act," "Soapdish." and "The Wedding
Planner." as well as for her co-starring role on
the television comedy "Veronica's Closet."
-f) MORE INFO
Houston Black Tie Dinner Inc.
www.houstonblacktiedinner.org
Houston's Krewe of Olympus Texas, Inc. presented a
total of $35,000 to five non-profit organizations this
month. The money was raised by the group through a
number of fund-raisere over the course of several
months. From left are Denise Martin of the Krewe;
Matt Soiteau of Montrose Clinic; Gary Teixeira of
PFLAG/HATCH; Bob hisrgent-oeder of Houston Buyers
Club; Krewe member Robert Brooks; and Aimie
Couch, Krewe president. (Photo by Dalton DeHart)
Krewe of Olympus presents
$35,000 to local charities
Krewe of Olympus Texas, Inc. ended its fiscal year by presenting checks to designated
charities Sunday, March 30, at Santa Fe. A
total of $35,000 was donated. Presented with
$8,000 checks were the following: The
Houston Buyer's Club: Woman's Initiative,
Casa de Esperanza de los Ninos,
PFLAG/HATCH Youth Scholarship
Foundation, and Montrose Clinic, Inc's
Endowment Fund. Legacy Counseling
Center in Dallas also received a check for
$3,000. Supporters and guests at Olympus
Ball XXXUI "Colours" helped fhe group raise
funds for the non-profit organizations. In
addition, many people donated at various
fund-raising activities that occurred
throughout the year to assist the Krewe. The
of Olympus - Texas, Inc. is a Mardi
Gras Krewe, now based in Houston, that originated in New Orleans in 1970. This is one of
the largest predominately gay Krewes in the
United States, although membership is open
to all. The organization's principal aims are
to perpetuate and continue Mardi Gras traditions and to raise money for community
charities. In fhe last six years, the Krewe has
donated more than $140,000 to Houston and
Dallas charitable organizations.
PENNY WEAVER
O MORE INFO
Krewe of Olympus Texas Inc.
713-683-1867 • www.mardigrastexas.com
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