[NEohioPAL]Two Movies and a Dinner ... and help wanted!

Sat Mar 31 08:04:10 PDT 2007

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Help Wanted:
American Veterans for Equal Rights is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
All members and officers are volunteer.  All funding goes to efforts to lift
the ban on open and honest service by LGBT Americans in the US Armed Forces,
and to help veterans who have been negatively affected by this ban.

Friday 20 April 2007 - Need a video projector and board / PA.  AVER will
provide dinner and valet parking with come-go.

Saturday 21 April 2007 - Need a DJ with own gear and PA, who can cater to
"WWII" genre, approx. 90 minutes of quiet dining music, and approx. 60
minutes of dance music.  AVER will provide dinner and valet parking with
come-go.

Helps offers: please contact me directly at this email address.

~Marie Ann Bohusch
AVER Convention on-site coordinator

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PLAYHOUSE SQUARE CANTEEN
Wyndham Playhouse Square - Cleveland, Ohio

American Veterans for Equal Rights, a prominent partner of www.SLDN.org and
www.HRC.org -- in the fight to lift the ban on open and honest service by
LGBT Americans, is having their 2007 national convention in Cleveland, Ohio.

Join with American Veterans for Equal Rights for two special nights.
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*7pm-10pm -- Friday 20 April 2007
WWII style Soda Fountain Ice Cream Social and Movie Night*
Featuring the Cleveland premiere of two brand new films.
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"Courage Doesn't Ask" - written and directed by Joe Acton of Zaydoe films.
The short film about an amputee soldier / veteran of the war in Iraq,
starring Dan Butler (Frasier) and Robert A. Guthrie (Expiration Date)
The only agenda within the PLOT of this film is the story of a wounded
soldier.  The twist in this film is that amongst the cast are 6 highly
decorated veterans: 5 gay combat veterans and 1 trans-veteran.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0970176/
>From http://www.zaydoefilms.com/ : "The U.S. Government has refused to
support Courage citing the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy against gays serving
in the military. ... Part of our cast includes actual gay veterans, which we
included in the movie to put a face on the issue. ... By ignoring a gay
storyline but identifying the actors as gay veterans, Courage Doesn't Ask
stands for the proposition that being gay in combat is as transparent as
being black, brown, white, Democrat, Republican. It just doesn't make a damn
bit of difference and shouldn't disqualify otherwise honorable service."

Joe Acton will be on-site with AVER for a post-screening Q&A session.

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"Tell" - a feature length documentary by T.Joe Murray, director of Fish
Can't Fly (2005), and Farm Family: In Search of Gay Life in Rural America
(2004)
This documentary follows the personal stories of several LGBT veterans,
ranging from WWII to the present "War on Terror"

T.Joe Murray will also be on-site with AVER for a post-screening Q&A
session.

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*6pm-10pm Saturday 21 April 2007
"O-Club" style cocktail hour and Memorial Military Ball*
In memory of Todd Shinkle (Columbus, OH) and Wes Giles (San Antonio, TX)
Cocktail hour will feature live music by a collected LGBT band, including a
number of military veterans.

Veterans and service members: may wear Class A, Dress Blue, or Mess dress;
authorized per Memorial Uniform regulations
All others: formal attire or dress leather.

Keynote Speaker: gay WWII combat veteran Dr. Franklin Kameny, PhD.
Dr. Kameny is frequently noted for his decades of work, often with the late
Barbara Gittings, including having homosexuality removed from the APA's
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, overturning the ban on LGBT Americans for
federal employment, and overturning the ban on Federal Security Clearances
for LGBT Americans, amongst many other accomplishments.  Dr. Kameny has
said, "Overturning the military gay ban is the only fight I have yet to
win.  Yet!"
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Attendance of AVER events in no way suggests or implies sexual orientation.

All tickets are by pre-registration only.  Registration deadline is 11 April
2007.
For more information and to purchase tickets:
http://www.aver.us/convention/

Please direct any questions about the CONVENTION through the local chapter
of AVER:
NEOAVER
qcws at neoaver.org
v.330.247.4102

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Help Wanted: American Veterans for Equal Rights is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.  All members and officers are volunteer.  All funding goes to efforts to lift the ban on open and honest service by LGBT Americans in the US Armed Forces, and to help veterans who have been negatively affected by this ban.
 Friday 20 April 2007 - Need a video projector and board / PA.  
AVER will provide dinner and valet parking with come-go. 
Saturday 21 April 2007 - Need a DJ with own gear and PA, who can cater to "WWII" genre, approx. 90 minutes of quiet dining music, and approx. 60 minutes of dance music.  AVER will provide dinner and valet parking with come-go.
 Helps offers: please contact me directly at this email address. ~Marie Ann Bohusch AVER Convention on-site coordinator 
 -------------------------------- -------------------------------- PLAYHOUSE SQUARE CANTEEN Wyndham Playhouse Square - Cleveland, Ohio
 American Veterans for Equal Rights, a prominent partner of <a href="http://www.SLDN.org">www.SLDN.org</a> and <a href="http://www.HRC.org">www.HRC.org</a> -- in the fight to lift the ban on open and honest service by LGBT Americans, is having their 2007 national convention in Cleveland, Ohio.
 Join with American Veterans for Equal Rights for two special nights. ---------------------------------- 
*7pm-10pm -- Friday 20 April 2007 WWII style Soda Fountain Ice Cream Social and Movie Night* Featuring the Cleveland premiere of two brand new films. -----------
 "Courage Doesn't Ask" - written and directed by Joe Acton of Zaydoe films. The short film about an amputee soldier / veteran of the war in Iraq, starring Dan Butler (Frasier) and Robert A. Guthrie (Expiration Date)
 The only agenda within the PLOT of this film is the story of a wounded soldier.  The twist in this film is that amongst the cast are 6 highly decorated veterans: 5 gay combat veterans and 1 trans-veteran. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0970176/">
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0970176/</a> From <a href="http://www.zaydoefilms.com/">http://www.zaydoefilms.com/</a> : "The U.S. Government has refused to support Courage citing the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy against gays serving in the military. ... Part of our cast includes actual gay veterans, which we included in the movie to put a face on the issue. ... By ignoring a gay storyline but identifying the actors as gay veterans, Courage Doesn't Ask stands for the proposition that being gay in combat is as transparent as being black, brown, white, Democrat, Republican. It just doesn't make a damn bit of difference and shouldn't disqualify otherwise honorable service."
 Joe Acton will be on-site with AVER for a post-screening Q&A session. ----------- "Tell" - a feature length documentary by 
T.Joe Murray, director of Fish Can't Fly (2005), and Farm Family: In Search of Gay Life in Rural America (2004) This documentary follows the personal stories of several LGBT veterans, ranging from WWII to the present "War on Terror"
 T.Joe Murray will also be on-site with AVER for a post-screening Q&A session. ------------------------------------ 
*6pm-10pm Saturday 21 April 2007 "O-Club" style cocktail hour and Memorial Military Ball* In memory of Todd Shinkle (Columbus, OH) and Wes Giles (San Antonio, TX)
 Cocktail hour will feature live music by a collected LGBT band, including a number of military veterans. Veterans and service members: may wear Class A, Dress Blue, or Mess dress; authorized per Memorial Uniform regulations
 All others: formal attire or dress leather. Keynote Speaker: gay WWII combat veteran Dr. Franklin Kameny, PhD. 
Dr. Kameny is frequently noted for his decades of work, often with the late Barbara Gittings, including having homosexuality removed from the APA's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, overturning the ban on LGBT Americans for federal employment, and overturning the ban on Federal Security Clearances for LGBT Americans, amongst many other accomplishments.  Dr. Kameny has said, "Overturning the military gay ban is the only fight I have yet to win.  Yet!"
 ------------------------------------- Attendance of AVER events in no way suggests or implies sexual orientation. 
All tickets are by pre-registration only.  Registration deadline is 11 April 2007. For more information and to purchase tickets: <a href="http://www.aver.us/convention/">http://www.aver.us/convention/
</a> Please direct any questions about the CONVENTION through the local chapter of AVER: NEOAVER <a href="mailto:qcws at neoaver.org">qcws at neoaver.org</a> v.330.247.4102
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