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2017 Annual Report 2017 ANNUAL REPORT BUILDING ON THE PAST TO THE FUTURE >> OCTOBER 1970 First meeting of the Rochester Gay Liberation Front (GLF) STAFF EVELYN BAILEY Historian ROWAN COLLINS Communications Director JEANNIE GAINSBURG Education Director OLIVIA GAST LGBTQ Academy Educator ERIDAN MAEDER SAGE Program Coordinator STAFF + BOARD KAYDEN MILLER Education Coordinator JEFFREY MYERS Interim Executive Director JOSHUA STAPF Development Director Our staff and board are ANNE TISCHER Outreach Coordinator passionate, dedicated people KAT WIGGALL who work for, and because of, our Database Administrator community to make the present and future of the Out Alliance BOARD OF DIRECTORS a reality. Their skills ensure our COLLEEN RAIMOND programs, events, and endeavors President thrive, and enable us to continue CHLOE CORCORAN Vice President to build bridges and partnerships JEFF LAMBERT across our community. Secretary MARTIN MURPHY Treasurer JASON BARNECUT-KEARNS SADY FISCHER MILO PRIMEAUX LUIS ROSARIO-MCCABE DAVID ZONA JANUARY 1971 FEBRUARY 1973 APRIL 1974 The first issue Lesbians within First RPD liasion of the Empty GLF form to LGBTQ+ Closet is GROW/LRC at community published Genesee Co-Op VOLUNTEERS Jamie Allen Scott Horsington Bob Pease Kathryn Arnold Kim Johnson Chermaine Ramos Jason Ballard Kaye Knoll Braden Reese Dawn Basis Rachel Kruchten Adrianna Rodriguez Connie Jo Bell Matthew Krueger BJ Scanlon Mike Bernola Mike Kutny Maureen Schneider Laura Buttiglieri Dan Larkin Chris Schultheis Al Carver-Kubic Jack Lesser Heather Shannon Ron Cook Wanda Martinez-Johncox Miss Rickey Snowden Spencer Cortez Javi Mason Deborah Swan Grant Fish Bellamy Mayes Gerry Szymanski Sady Fisher Dan McCarthy Gale Thoutt Jessie Gibson Ryan Miller Noah Wagoner Sue Hare Jennifer Morgan Jonathan Wetherbee Jerry Harris Darlene O’Brien Gwynevere Willand Ralph Henderson Jessica Olin Dean Wilson Gabrielle Hermosa Susan Papa Tara Winner Michelle Hertel Nicole Pease Bruce Woolley MAY 1973 JULY 1973 APRIL 1974 AUGUST 1974 Name “Gay Alliance of GAGV officially GAGV moves to Gay Brotherhood the Genesee Valley” opens its the Co-Op and of Rochester (GAGV) and new doors at 812 joins forces with forms under location announced Brown Street GROW/LRC GAGV umbrella MAJOR DONORS $500+ Jeff Adams Jennifer Gravitz & Donna Lemcke Jamie Allen & Al Carver-Kubik Melissa & Julia Green-Sewruk John Altieri Jeffrey Holdsworth Evelyn Bailey Deborah Hughes & Emily Jones Jason & William Barnecut-Kearns Brian Hurlburt Pamela Barrale Steven Jarose & Marvin Ritzenthaler Pamela & Suzanne Barres Gerard Kraus Paul Birkby & Ronald Woodring Jeffery Lambert A.J. Blythe Nicholas & Carol Love Lisa Boshnack Nigel Maister Shirley Bowen & Tracy Perkins Ronald Matter & Joseph Termotto Kimberly Braithwaite Richard McGowan & Mark Brewer Matthew Burns Thomas Menzel & Greg Rios The Camaione-Lind Family Daniel Meyers Jeremiah Casey & Patrick Macey Karen Monast Mark Chaplin & John Strawway James Moran Gerrard Christopher Martin Murphy Lisa Cichocki Jeff Myers Tatiana Clader Glenn Nixon Jeff & Suzette Clarke Gary & Steve Norselli Chloe Corcoran Jennifer Ott Susan Cowell & Marta Maletzke Bliss Owen Judy Cranston & Lynn Tavernese Jenna Palmeri Mike Daniels Sue & Louis Papa John Dash William Pelino Marlene & Samuel Dattilo Pam & Walter Polashenski Julie Devins & Nancy Laurie Matthew Ragusa Tammy Drollette Colleen Raimond & Lisa Cunningham Karin Dunnigan Thomas Rodwell Dana & Carol Ebersole-Weiss Craig & Kellie Ronald Jerry & Janet Elman Michael & Luis Rosario-McCabe Garnetta Ely & Rita Pelusio Justin Schultz David Emlen & Paul Scheib John Stevens Barbara Erbland & Judy Binder Tim Tompkins Thomas Ferrarese & Bill Giancursio Anne Wakeman Sady Fischer & Leslie Alvarado Sarah & Susan Ward Cindy Fleischer Jamie & Sally Whitbeck John Foxe Dennis Wickline Ed Freedman & Jeannie Gainsburg John Williams & Charles Lundeen William & Tovia Freedman James Wolk & William Valenti David & Jill Frier Christopher Wood Vicki & Roy Gainsburg Bruce Woolley Aaron Gorelick Owen & Sara Zacharias W Bruce Gorman David Zona PROGRAMS Youth / Several new programs launched in 2017 for our Youth Roc program, including Youth Hangout Days, theatre club, cinema club, as well as treasured favorites like the U-DJ Dances, Youth Lock-in, and Big Queer Prom. SAGE / Our SAGE program gives a voice for Rochester’s gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex older adults. Through weekly and monthly social gatherings, yoga classes, lunch and learns, happy hours, and more, SAGE provided personal growth, community connection, and resources to more seniors than ever before in 2017. Library / The Out Alliance Library continued to thrive in 2017 as our collection grew past 7,000 volumes. Visitors checked out books and DVDs daily and came in to take a break, catch their breath, and dive into the impressive collection on our shelves. The Library also began collaboration with WorldCat. Gallery Q / Gallery Q brought 10 unique, thought- provoking shows to the Out Alliance LGBTQ+ Resource Center in 2017, with themes reaching from Margot Fass’ mixed-media experience to Errol Daniels’ TransAmericans portraiture to the comic-based art of Otherdoms. InQueery / InQueery programming relaunched in 2017 thanks to a dedicated team of volunteers. InQueery works with community organizations and businesses to bridge gaps in knowledge and resources around Rochester for the LGBTQ+ community, offering classes and events like Gender & the Media, Drag Queen Bingo, adoption workshops, Movie Night Out, and health presentations. Ride 4 Pride 2017 was our most successful Ride to date! In its eighth year, over 75 riders raised an incredible $63,000 before setting out on June 17 for their 50 mile ride. We even had a satellite ride in California with 3 veteran riders who could not make it to Rochester! ROC Pride 2017 was the largest Pride celebration to date, drawing over 42,000 people to a week of events and activities to celebrate the “Summer of Love”, capping with the Pride Parade down Park Avenue and Festival in Cobb’s Hill Park. New in 2017 were a Youth Pride Dance and Community Dance Party. Gayme Night, 5K Run and Walk, Beach Party, and Sassy in the South Wedge made their return. MARCH 1975 JULY 1975 JANUARY 1978 MARCH 1979 JUNE 1980 First Vinnie First annual gay First full-time First Vicki First Gay Prom Cup awarded community picnic at staff hired by Cup awarded held at First Genesee Valley Park GAGV through Unitarian Church CETA funding Shoulders To Stand On launched their “Pioneers” initiative in the fall of 2017, working with Rochester LGBT pioneers to “tell their stories” during a series of free, open dialogues. The conversations ran the gamut from Stonewall to the Speakers Bureau, Empty Closet, and more. Evelyn Bailey and her committee did amazing work to gather all the accompanying archival record and ephemera to make the discussions truly come alive. JUNE 1980 NOVEMBER 1981 SEPTEMBER 1985 JUNE 28, 1989 MAY 1990 First Gay Prom GAGV receives GAGV Youth First Rochester GAGV moves from held at First non-profit status Group formed Pride March Co-Op to Unitarian Church Atlantic Avenue The LGBTQ Academy continued their incredible impact through the Rochester area, New York, and the country as they conducted 217 workshops and presentations aimed at creating safer, more inclusive environments. A new Education Coordinator was hired with aims to hire a second Coordinator in 2018, bringing the Education staff count to 3 for the first time. The Speakers Bureau, in its 47th year, continued to grow through word-of-mouth and community participation in SpeakOUT trainings, held twice a year. LGBTQ PANEL DISCUSSION 1992 OCTOBER 1993 FEBRUARY 1994 SPRING 1995 GAGV fights to First Rochester Court rules Gay AIDS Memorial gain tax-exempt Lesbian and Gay Alliance tax-exempt Garden opens in status from the Film and Video after long legal Highland Park city of Rochester Festival held battle 2017 was a landmark year for the Empty Closet as it saw design adaptation, increased distribution, and the retirement of 28-year Editor-in-Chief, the legendary Susan Jordan. Through collaboration, the Empty Closet began to make changes and updates through the year and demonstrated new storytelling and diverse reporting of stories throughout the local, state, and national stage. Susan Jordan’s retirement in December of 2017 cemented her status as a giant of the community. SUSAN JORDAN’S RETIREMENT PARTY 1998 FEBRUARY 1999 FEBRUARY 2000 JULY 2000 GAGV celebrates GAGV receives first GAGV hires first NYS passes its 25th anniversary NYS grant for gay- executive director hate crimes related programming legislation outside of HIV/AIDS Transgender and gender-expansive programming blossomed in 2017 with the introduction of three new groups: Tangent, T Minus 35, and T35 Plus; each one designed to foster community support and engagement within age ranges. An intergenerational transgender community dinner began monthly and brought members from all three groups as well as others to the table to meet and break bread together at the LGBTQ+ Resource Center. RISE – 2017’s RISE Brunch saw upwards of $28,000 raised to foster the emergence of tomorrow’s LGBTQ+ leaders. Four scholarship were awarded – two Rochester LGBTQ Scholarships, one Susan A. Cowell Scholarship, and one James R. Moran scholarship – to local leaders to support their educational and leadership endeavors. Name Change – On October 11, 2017 the Gay Alliance announced its official name change to the Out Alliance. To celebrate this monumental moment in agency history,
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