Don’t miss the New York premier of the film that has everyone talking. Directed by Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Debra Chasnoff, Straightlaced paints a breathtakingly candid portrait of how gender roles, sexuality and homophobia are shaping the lives of American teenagers today. With stunning candor, and often unexpected humor, a richly diverse cross section of teens open up about the ways that gender performance norms and anti-gay attitudes and behaviors box in everyone.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
6:00 – 9:00 PM
Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College [map]
695 Park Avenue
New York, NY
6:00 PM: Sponsor Party
7:00 PM: Screening
8:30 PM: General Audience Reception
Purchase tickets
How you dress, how much you eat, whether you can cry or hug a friend, which classes you take, which sports you play, the pressures to have sex and the incorrect assumptions you make about classmates are just some of the complex issues brought to light in Straightlaced. While the worst case scenarios in the film lead to suicide and violence, Straightlaced is leaving audiences uplifted and inspired. As one audience member shouted at the end of a recent screening, “I love this film! I love this film! I want everyone to see it!”
Sponsors:
Astraea Foundation
Ms. Foundation
Third Wave Foundation
NY Women’s Fund
Astraea is returning to San Francisco! Catch up with us as we celebrate our Bay Area Spring Fling. With the help of our invaluable friends and supporters, Astraea will bring together a memorable afternoon full of fun, politics and extraordinary showcases from our Grantee Partners.
FEATURING:
Leslie Larson, author of Slipstream
A grantee partner from the Astraea Lesbian Writers Fund, Leslie Larson will be reading excerpts from her new novel, Breaking Out of Bedlam, to be published in 2010.
What To Do After The Break-up … With The S#x T@ys by filmmaker Lili Tom
This sneak preview screening from the 2009 Queer Women of Color Film Festival is brought to you by Astraea grantee Partner, Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project (QWOCMAP)
Along with wine, appetizers and good company…
what could be more fun?
LOCATION:
The San Francisco LGBT Center
1800 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
[map]
DATE & TIME:
Sunday, May 17
2:00 – 5:00 PM
Host Committee:
Eleanor Palacios and Rebecca Rolfe, co-chairs
Alice Hom, Kim Klein, Christine Lipat , Stephanie Roth
Ruby Sponsors: Leonie Walker & Kate O’Hanlan
Pearl Sponsors: Elizabeth Bremner & Karen Crow
Sapphire Sponsors: Alea Woodlee & Mahea Campbell
Jade Sponsors: Daniel Bao, Alvin Baum, Cristy Chung, Alice Dueker, Chris Lymbertos, Laurie Silverman & Betty Mayo
Community Sponsors:
Please consider supporting our Spring Fling by becoming a Sponsoring Partner. Not only does your sponsorship help ensure the vitality of Astraea’s mission, all Sponsorship Partners will receive the following as well:
- Acknowledgement letter for tax purposes
- Your name on Astraea’s website for the event
- Acknowledgement at the event
We hope you’ll share in our success and lend your support today.
If you’re interested in learning more about this event, please e-mail or call: 212-529-8021.
On May 15th, join Astraea, OP.LYNX and Q-Wave for cocktails, chatting and mingling in a museum! Meet and rub elbows with fun people, enjoy the free exhibition tours, then relax and chat the night away whilst sipping an intriguing and whimsical lychee martini! A record turnout of over 500 women joined us at the last mixer (in spite of a February-like chill in November 2008)!
Yang Fudong,
Seven Intellectuals in a Bamboo Forest / Part III, 35mm film
DATE & TIME:
Friday, May 15, 2009
6:00 – 9:00 PM
LOCATION:
Leo Bar at Asia Society
725 Park Avenue
(at 70th Street)
New York, NY
Drink Specials on martinis, bellinis and more from 6:00 to 7:00 PM.
Leo Bar is a cash bar with no cover charge.
Exhibition Tours scheduled for 7:15 PM and 7:45 PM.
Currently on view:
Asian Journeys: Collecting Art in Post-war America
Yang Fudong: Seven Intellectuals in a Bamboo Forest
Partnering Organizations:
Astraea Foundation
OP.LYNX
Q-Wave
DEADLINE TODAY! Astraea seeks interns with our Program Team. Internships are available in our US Program and our International Program. Interns will gain a familiarity with progressive grantmaking and the communities and organizations that Astraea funds.
Interns will gain experience in a variety of aspects of grantmaking, including: researching & reporting on conditions experienced by LGBT communities in the US & internationally; summarizing proposal highlights for review and writeups for grants program publications; coordinating community briefings by visiting activists; applicant outreach for arts awards to individual artist & writers; archiving past grant.
Click here for more information
Come one, come all! Join host Tracy Gary and Astraea Executive Director, Katherine Acey for a sunset cocktail house party to celebrate the vision of the Astraea Foundation.
The Astraea Foundation is the world’s only foundation solely dedicated to funding lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex organizations in both the United States and internationally. For more than 30 years, we have ignited donors to fuel the hard work of grantees. Last year, Astraea connected 2.2 million dollars with 219 organizations and individuals in 47 countries.
Make the connection. Join with us on May 5.
Tuesday, May 5
6:30 – 8:30 PM
At the home of Tracy Gary
Houston, TX (RSVP for Address)
Space is limited. It’s not too late to RSVP!
Please RSVP
Kick off your work week on a high note! Join hosts Pam Gerber and Suzanne Slonim and Astraea Executive Director, Katherine Acey for a sunset cocktail house party to celebrate the vision of the Astraea Foundation.
The Astraea Foundation is the world’s only foundation solely dedicated to funding lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex organizations in both the United States and internationally. For more than 30 years, we have ignited donors to fuel the hard work of grantees. Last year, Astraea connected 2.2 million dollars with 219 organizations and individuals in 47 countries.
Make the connection. Join with us on May 4.
Monday, May 4
6:30 – 8:30 PM
At the Oak Lawn home of Pam and Suzanne
Dallas, TX (RSVP for Address)
Space is limited. It’s not too late to RSVP!
Please click here to RSVP
Join Astraea and the Slovak-Czech Women’s Fund for an intimate evening discussion on LGBTQI Human Rights in Slovakia and Czech Republic. Astraea will also present about the work of our grantee partners in Eastern Europe.
The Slovak-Czech Womens Fund was established at the beginning of 2004 as the sole grantmaking organization dedicated to advancing womens rights both the Czech and Slovak Republics. The main objective of the SCWF is to improve the status of women in the Slovak and Czech societies and to contribute to increased visibility and power of the womens movements in both countries. SCWF supports actions and initiatives that promote equal opportunities for women and men, combat all forms of violence against women, protect womens human rights, prevent human trafficking, empower Roma women, and eliminate gender stereotypes. SCWF also supports initiatives that tackle issues that most other donors shy away from, such as lesbian rights and the reproductive rights of women.
Since its inception, SCWF has awarded 154 grants in the total amount of $560,000 USD.
Monday, April 27, 2009
6:30 9:00 PM
Astraea Foundation
116 East 16th Street, 7th Floor [map]
New York, NY
Light food and beverage will be provided.
Suggested donation of $20. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds.
Limited seating for this event. Click here to RSVP.
Join us for Masculinity/Femininity (Part II), a Have Art: Will Travel! FOR PEACE AND EQUALITY event featuring: Linda Stein, Feminist Activist Sculptor and Astraea Visual Arts Committee member in dialogue with Michael Kimmel, Author of Guyland.
Includes reception and sculptural performance
Monday, April 20, 2009
6:30 8:30pm
The Art Club
100 Reade Street [map]
Tribeca in Manhattan
(between West Broadway and Church Street)
Limited seating. To RSVP, please e-mail: [email protected]
Sponsors:
- Astraea Foundation
- Changing Men for Changing Times
- Flomenhaft Gallery
- National Council for Research on Women
- On The Issues Magazine
- Third Wave Foundation
- Women of Color Policy Network
- Women’s Enews
Join Astraea in marking the 40th anniversary of the legendary Stonewall Rebellion, a spark that helped launch four decades of queer radical movements — sex radicalism, lesbian feminism, and transgender liberation; anti-war, HIV/AIDS, economic and racial justice struggles; and more.
Some LGBT activists would draw a straight line from the uprising against police violence then to the campaign for marriage equality now — but we know there has been a diverse abundance of agendas and visions for queer and trans politics every step of the way.
In conjunction with Left Turn magazine’s new issue focused on queer radicalism, this event will present an informative and inspiring evening of stories
from movements past, strategies for the present moment, and our dreams for the future.
Featuring: Katherine Acey, Executive Director, Astraea Foundation and Astraea grantee partners and colleagues.
Monday, April 20 2009
6:30pm 9:00pm
The LGBT Center
208 West 13th Street
New York, NY [map]
Sponsors:
Audre Lorde Project
Brecht Forum
FIERCE
Left Turn
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
Queers for Economic Justice
Sylvia Rivera Law Project
Executive Director Katherine Acey provides insight and inspiration on the way forward for nonprofits and foundations in a timely episode of Laura Flander’s GRITtv. Katherine joins The Nation contributing writer Eyal Press, Marjorie Fine of the Center for Community Change and Talia Schank of Community Voices Heard.
