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- Thursday, March 15
6 PM Immigration Support Group (English)
6 PM Survivors Group
6:15 PM Pride Toastmasters: The Entertaining Speaker
6:30 PM Pregnancy Support & Networking
7:30 PM Immigration Social Action Group
- Friday, March 16
6:30 PM Conscious Conversation
8 PM Lesbian Sex Mafia: Ms. Bootblack KD: Giving Good Chair
- Saturday, March 17
1 PM Butch Femme Society. Dance Lessons Part 1 of 4
1 PM Not Quite Ready to Quit
3 PM Clean and Clear Energy
8 PM Lesbian Make Me A Match Social Mixer/Dating Event
- Sunday, March18
1 PM SAL Book Discussion Group
- Monday, March 19
6 PM Caring for Someone with Cancer/ Caring for Ourselves
6 PM Commit to Quit
- Tuesday, March 20
6 PM Circle of Youth
6 PM New York Community Center for Spiritual Living
6 PM Skills for Emotional Health
6 PM Yoga for People of all Genders
6:30 PM Center Learning: PowerPoint Beginner and Intermediate
6:30 PM Q & Gay presents Sex from the 70s to Scruff
- Wednesday, March 21
6 PM Herpes Support Group
6:30 PM Center Dinner
7:30 PM Gender Drop-In: For the Trans/GNC Feminine Spectrum
7:30 PM Gender Drop-In: For the Trans/GNC Masculine Spectrum
7:30 PM The YLC Center Social
- Thursday, March 22
1:30 PM Free Breast Cancer Screening
6 PM March Fire Island Share-A-Thon
6 PM African Ancestral Lesbians United for Societal Change: Women's History Month
6 PM Immigration Support Group (English)
6 PM Survivors Group
6:15 PM Pride Toastmasters: Public Relations
7:30 PM Immigration Social Action Group
- Friday, March 23
7 PM V-Day at The New School Presents: The Victory Prom!
- Saturday, March 24
11 AM 4th Annual Rainbow Book Fair
5 PM Moonfire Empowerment and Spirituality Network
- Sunday, March 25
12:30 PM The Transgender/Genderqueer Parenting Group
- Monday, March 26
5 PM Family Law Clinic – BY APPOINTMENT ONLY
6 PM Caring for Someone with Cancer/ Caring for Ourselves
6 PM Commit to Quit
- Tuesday, March 27
6 PM Yoga for People of all Genders
6 PM New York Community Center for Spiritual Living
6:30 PM Center Performance presents An Old-School Flygirl Throwdown!
6:30 PM Have You Had a Spiritual Experience?
- Wednesday, March 28
6 PM Planning Biological Parenthood for Women –SPECIAL EVENT!
6:30 PM LGBTQ Parent Advisory to the New York City Department of Education
6:30 PM Center Learning presents Microsoft Excel for Beginners
6:30 PM Planning Biological Parenthood for Men
- Thursday, March 29
6 PM Immigration Support Group (English)
6 PM Survivors Group
6 PM African Ancestral Lesbians United for Societal Change: Women's History Month
6:15 PM Pride Toastmasters: Specialty Speeches
7:30 PM Immigration Social Action Group
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Not Quite Ready to Quit | Saturday, March 17, 1 PM
The 3-hour Not Quite Ready to Quit workshop focuses on understanding nicotine addiction, increasing motivation, and eliminating roadblocks to making the decision to quit. Screening required.
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Yoga for People of all Genders | Tuesday, March 20, 6 PM
A weekly drop-in yoga workshop for people of all genders. Weekly attendance not required. Drop-in. No registration required. $5 suggested donation. No one turned away for lack of funds.
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Gender Drop-In | Wednesday, March 14, 7:30 PM
A weekly drop-in group for those assigned male at birth who now identify as trans-femme, trans-women, women, trans-female, cross-dresser, drag queen, transsexual, femme queen, exploring, etc. to explore and discuss their feelings and concerns about gender, trans-identities and their histories.
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A weekly drop-in group for those assigned female at birth who now identify as trans-masculine, trans-men, men, trans-male, boi, gender-queer, AG/Aggressive, transsexual, androgynous, exploring, etc. to explore and discuss their feelings and concerns about gender, trans-identities and their histories.
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March Fire Island Share-A-Thon | Thursday, March 22, 6 PM
Share-A-Thon is an annual event series in which we give Fire Island summer share offerors (those interested in offering shares) and seekers (those looking for shares) a chance to meet and mingle over photos, floor plans, and fliers! No matter your budget, you'll find tempting offers in every category; full share (full access to the house for the summer), half share (limited access for half the time), and quarter-share (housing share for only quarter of the time).
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Family Law Clinic | Monday, March 26, 5 PM
BY APPOINTMENT ONLY. Center Families Family Law Clinic is an opportunity for those with families and those planning families to have questions answered and concerns addressed by our resident legal expert, Cliff Greenberg, Esq and his associate, Evita Nancy Torre, Esq.
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Free Breast Cancer Screening | Thursday, March 22, 1 :30 PM
The Lesbian Cancer Initiative will host the Project Renewal Mobile Mammography Scan Van at The Center. For all women and/including transgender people 40 and older who have not had a screening mammogram in the past year. An advance appointment is necessary. Transgender and gender non-conforming people are invited to schedule their appointment through Mary Solomon, the Project Renewal liaison to the transgender community. Project Renewal staff are experienced at working with members of the LBT community. Medicaid/Medicare/other insurance plans are accepted, but insurance or residency documentation are NOT required for participation.
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Commit to Quit | Monday, March 19, 6 PM
The 6-week Commit to Quit group helps you develop a quit plan, build a support system, and effectively handle relapse pressure after you have quit. One session of Not Quite Ready to Quit is required. Screening required
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Q & Gay presents Sex from the 70s to Scruff | Tuesday, March 20, 6:30 PM
This special installment of our new intergenerational dialogue series, Q & Gay, takes a look back at hooking-up – then and now. Combining oral history with community discussion, this event will offer unique insights into how our community views sexual behavior, the AIDS crisis, and how our collective past continues to impact us today. From the bathhouses to iPhone apps, we'll showcase this discussion of gay New York against the backdrop of Keith Haring's erotic art. Confirmed panelists include: Johnny Scruff, inventor of the Scruff iPhone app, Rob Zukowski, photographer and community activist.
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Center Learning: PowerPoint Beginner and Intermediate | Tuesday, March 20, 6:30 PM
This fast-paced class is designed to more than just familiarize you with Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 program used for presenting ideas. From toolbars to transitions, we cover the basics to further your ideas and projects in business and in your personal life. Program review and exercises customized to teach you what you need to know. This is the only PowerPoint class in the tri-state area offered at no cost!
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Center Performance presents An Old-School Flygirl Throwdown! | Tuesday, March 27, 6:30 PM
1980s New York saw the perfect intersection of street art and hip-hop. In honor of this amazing collaboration, we're throwing a back-in-the-day hip-hop jam. We've invited breakdancing diva Rokkafella to hold an old-school, hip-hop dance throw-down with an all-female crew. Do ya like scratchin'? Dueling DJs and battlin' breakers get into the groove for this throwback from wayback!
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 The Center Dinner
Wednesday, March 21, 6:30 PM
Hammerstein Ballroom
Tickets are still available for The Center Dinner, honoring former Center board president Mario Palumbo. Dinner tickets include admission to The YLC Center Social after party, which will feature music by DJ Corey Craig.
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News, Factoids, Offers, Highlights and more from The Center
Summer 2012 Cultural Programs Internship Available
The way you have designed the Center's booth at Pride draws a crowd. The lighting is set to enhance the mood of the room. Just the right floral arrangements are placed at the center of each table. You found just the right image to portray the theme of the party. Children smile along the parade route as you pass out pom-poms and balloons that you got donated for the event.
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A Joyful Mural, Born in a Time of Shame and Fear (New York Times)
Spring 1989 would not have seemed like the ideal moment to celebrate gay sex.
The number of AIDS cases reported to the Centers for Disease Control was about to reach 100,000. (It had taken seven years for the first 50,000 to accumulate; a year and a half for the next 50,000.) Most cases involved gay or bisexual men. The artist Keith Haring, 31, was one of those men. And he was nine months away from death.
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Resources at the Center
Book Sale and Pat Parker/Vito Russo Library
Choose from thousands of LGBT titles! For more information about our library, visit gaycenter.org/community/library. All books priced to go; many items $1!
David Bohnett Cyber Center
The Cyber Center, which features new computers and computer stations, provides its users with a safe, comfortable space where they can learn basic computer skills, take classes in software usage, and discover how to navigate the Internet.
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