Rebuilding Community by Matthew Free

NEWS

RNO Issue 4

INSIDE ISSUE 4 Issues:

Re-Building Community

Community: Paul Cain 4 Recorder

Matthew Free Director To error is human. Not to learn and change behavior from mistakes is ignorant stupidity. As with all new and growing projects there is a lot to learn. A lot to grow into. U-News RNO is no different. Stepping a few years ago into a new realm of freelance sports writing for the GLBT community in Portland, Oregon I have now taken a new bold leap (some say of faith) to start this online mini-magazine. As my vision to where this media will go that serves my passion for local queer activism I slowly watch the road develop before me. Many other visionaries in Northern NV share similar experiences in the endeavors they pursue. Issue 4 presents some of these individuals. From Jenni O of Salon 7, Sam Olson & board of Build Our Center, Paul Cain, and Angela Brooks of Reno Film Gayla all strive for the community to have better personal/social experiences. With each issue the staff of U-News RNO learns of ways to improve. As a student of success coaching I implement and share the teachings of Robinson, Dyer, and Canfield as frequently as possible. In The Success Principles, Jack Canfield provides the tool of Rule of 5â&#x20AC;&#x201D;with each day, week, cycle, etc. to take five actions of change toward a desired goal. With these small increments of change repeated the end result will manifest. Applying this we share five things to make this issue (hopefully) better: 1) Two or three columns of print text 2) Attained and used graphic design program 3) Peer group editing 4) Including community faces to issue cover 5) Double A&E and U-Turn Articles Hopefully, other organizations will get on board with tracking and sharing their own Rule of 5. Providing such transparency allow all within the community an appreciation of the progress being made. Appreciation leads to trust. Trust leads to greater involvement which only accelerates progress further. This might not happen over night, but best to start now then let a die.

A&E:

Reno Film Gayla QSU Drag Show

Business:

Salon 7

Health:

Movement for Depression

U-Turn:

Empire State of Mind Reid Earn Vote

Voice Presented: Bjarne Avery; Sam Olson; Eddie Reynoso; Laura Scott; Kaye Crawford; Paul Cain; Angela Brooks; Trixxy; Chanel; Jason Reid; Jenni Oxier; Tonya Marini; Brian Jensen; Janis Lockke; Daniel Crump; Michael Pennington; Andrew Zeiser About the Cover: Board Members of BOC have been searching various locations around the Reno-Sparks area to open the new community Center. Even if the building is vacant and run down-like the one present in the background--it is worth the effort to provide a location to fulfill many of the desired needs expressed by the GLBT community.

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Lauren Scott and Eddie Reynoso speak at a recent rally in downtown Reno sharing ideas to how community members can get involved in the plan(s) of social change.

Rebuilding Community Once there was A Rainbow Place. A small brick building slightly off South Virginia street on the outskirts of downtown Reno. Maybe not the best location, but it did provide security for many GLBT persons to come. Providing meeting space, information resources, and HIV testing as a few of their serves. A Rainbow Place seemed to be an answer for the calling to a Center—a staple establishment for many modernized GLBT communities. Unfortunately, in a short period of years the non-profit crumbled to the ground. Relocating to a more inconvenient location off Vista near the airport, suffering from lack of fiancés (basic building overhead was $68/day), and misdirection by obtaining grants which provided competing services similar to other established organizations caused the focus to be overstretched in it’s potential capabilities. Doors of Rainbow Place soon closed. Hope still remains in the hearts of a few. Their efforts towards change are slowly producing progress. A meeting of these faithful leaders which represent various community groups met on the UNR campus September 19th, 2010 in an open forum of

discussion. A similar meeting was conducted nearly 18 months previous in what has been described as a vile session of finger pointing and arguing. Resulting in little if any results. September 19th’s meeting, lead by moderator Todd Eikelberger, was attended by 37 people. Conversation was civil and presented consensus of a direction for all groups to start working together on issues facing the community. “This meeting was like taking a bunch of threads which needed to be sewn together,” summarizes attendee Bjarne Avery. Groups being represented included Spectrum, Washoe Democrats, ACLU, and QSU. Conversation focused quickly on the importance of Build Our Center (BOC). Ideas thrown out for it’s function covered a myriad of things: a place for GLBT youth to go after school; location for central call center; to even meeting/business space for non-profits. Sam Olson addressed these ideas and shared with the forum that plans for BOC where still initial phases. The current structure under consideration is to provide a casual meeting place hopefully avoid the need to hire any fulltime staff which would increase cost. BOC would be run by volunteers. Additionally, BOC would not open any facility until at least three years of operation cost was secured in the bank. An amount not yet determined, and other details relating to their budget not ready for release. Olson later shared with U-News RNO caution to do an immediate open was to avoid repeating the lessons learned by A Rainbow Place. 3

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We want to rally for a cause. Protestors against keeping Don’t Ask Don’t Tell take to the streets of Downtown Reno.

“The city (of Reno-Sparks) will not take another center to open and close,” Sam explains. Leads to establish a location for BOC along with funding are currently being sought. What shall be done with addressing the needs of our people until plans for BOC are finalized. Attendees to the open forum like Eddie Reynoso recommended performing a community wide survey to understand what services are being used and desired. Results of which could be incorporated into BOC plan. Your Gay Reno announced it did attempt such a survey in the Pride Guide 2010 with a dismal response rate. A national free nonprofit organization, Center Link, was presented by Reynoso as an alternative resource to accomplish this surveying tasks. Benefits of Center Link is not only the free cost, but a proven track record of helping many centers around the nation get established. Plus, an outside view of the community’s situation would provide additional insight to our leaders. Exploration into Center Link was agreed to be done before the next forum meeting. Second GLBT Community forum meeting will be November 21st, 2010 at 2pm on the UNR campus, IGT knowledge center. More representatives of community leadership are expected to attend, but meeting open to all. Another agreed action item from the forum was to centralize all resource contact information and calendar’s of event on the BOC website.

Events of the last year—primarily in the last month—has been a calling for the GLBT community to action nationally. Locally, rally cries have resulted in a protest march against the failure to repeal Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy in the American Armed Forces. Attended by nearly 50 people on September 25th, 2010 protestors marched from Reno Mayor’s Office to the Court House chanting and carrying signs. Moments like these demonstrate that individuals are interested in becoming a more visible presence to let our community’s voice be recognized. All that is needed is the appropriate plan to rebuild our community and lead. Let us hope those called to lead will create such a plan which the majority supports. Placed into action to allow the benefits be enjoyed by the masses.

If interested in attending the next open community forum meeting please come November 21st, 2010 @ 2pm to UNR IGT Knowledge Center. Meetings last 90 minutes and plan to be held quarterly.

Kaye Crawford shares some viewpoints about the potential4 future development of Northern NV GLBT community.

Community

Paul Cain 4 User Friendly Government In addition to the political race for United States Senator from Nevada, and the Gubernatorial race in Nevada are many other important selections to be made on the upcoming November ballot. GLBT community member Paul Cain (D) is running against long time incumbent Kathy Burke (R) for the position of Washoe County Recorder. U-News RNO recently sat down with Mr. Cain to learn about the position he’s running for, and the importance of his candidacy. What role does Recorder play in government? The recorder keeps track of all the records in the county in regards to property including but not limited to current lands owned, new land purchases, and leans on property. This position is chosen by electorate because back when Washoe County was incorporated in 1862—the Wild West days—residents thought it would be important to have someone in government to be trusted with property records. What qualifications do you have for the position? I do have an accounting background, but also have been a paralegal/legal secretary for twenty years which has helped me learn about the type of precision needed to keeping accurate account of records. Before moving to Reno in 2001 from Arizona I was put in place of the 4th largest

national GLBT community switch board. By increasing the staff from ten to forty we were able to also increase the work load from ten thousand to 20,000 calls. When I moved to Reno, I helped the Democratic Party in Washoe County keep all the information in their Voter Activation Network updated and correct (2002-2004). What challenges will you face if elected as Recorder? In the legislative session of 2006 the government passed a good law that any fillings to the office of Recorder had to be cleared of any personal information that would run the risk of identity thief. This would also include any documents retroactive to January 1, 2007. The process would have to be completed by the mandated deadline of December 31, 2016. The problem of this law is many of the retro-active documents are in various technology formats—written, microfiche, and digitized—and would all have to be corrected/standardized into the same technology accordingly. If any of the documents are lost before this task is accomplished we could be eliminating a lot of people’s rights to the liberty of property ownership. According to the incumbent candidate to accomplish this task would cost $20M, but the budget of the department is only $2.3M per year. It would therefore take 85% of the department’s budget for ten years which is not feasible. Additionally, the size of the department is little over 23 full time employees when the updates are estimated to need 27 people. This is just the reality of all government budgets being trimmed. On top of efforts of updating all documents to new technology systems and finding the money to make these changes is increasing the department’s customer service. I want to be as user friendly in government as possible. Unlike with retail store(s), when you are not getting good service you cannot take your business elsewhere when it comes to government. Employees for government have to remember that the public are the people we are working for and not to take that for granted. Why did you decide to run against Ms. Burke? No one has yet run against Kathy Burke in the last three past elections allow her to hold the office for 12 years. I don’t feel it is fair for the voters to let a candidate for an office to run unopposed four times in a row. There is another situation under Ms. Burke’s watch for which I want the voters to be aware of. A certain portion of the fees one pays to file documents with the recorder’s office is set aside for purposes of technology—funds which could be used for the challenges faced by the 2006 law. $3M of these funds was moved by Ms. Burke into a (Cont. pg 13)

U Arts & Entertainment

…and ACTION! Reno Film Gayla Festival returns this year to present four different films on October 16th, 2010 in the Joe Crowley Student Union Theatre. Tickets will be $6 per movie or a day pass for all four movies for $20 (senior rate $15), and the movies start at 11am. Last year’s festival attracted attendance of about 35 people throughout the day. Organizers hope this upcoming event will be more popular. “Get people in the seats is our goal,” states board member Angela Brooks. Ms. Brooks, who has experienced the growth of film festivals in cities of Colorado Springs and Frenso, believes the Northern Nevada GLBT community can really benefit from the offerings of this annual event. “A film festival connects the community with our history. It gives people something to talk about and connect with,” shares Angela. “I would not trade the experience, and I think we are a perfect location to have a thriving gay and lesbian film festival.” Challenges to organizing a film festival each year can parallel the plot points of movies like Stand & Deliver. Picking the selection to present to the community is the first hurdle for the Board each year. “Film selection is challenging because you are never going to make all people happy with the final outcome. We prescreened about sixteen movies. From these movies we invited people who attended our fundraisers to vote on what they thought were most interesting to see,” shares Brooks. The four movies making the cut this year are: Prop 8 the Mormon Story; Undertow; Violent Tendencies; and Cruel & Unusual. “The movies that were selected cover many aspects of our community. There is something for the boys, lesbians, transgendered peoples, and documentaries.” Expenses for the festival not only include the venue but also the selected films. Unfortunately movies cannot be picked up at Blockbuster. Films used for a festival start at a minimum of $1,000 a piece. Fortunately, Angela Brooks used her freelance connections with Wolfe to learn how to put on the film festival over the last couple years but also secure discounts. “Wolfe was really willing (cont pg.13)

Sample Year’s Selection: Undertow (Contracorriente)

An unusual ghost story set on the Peruvian seaside; a married fisherman struggles to reconcile his devotion to his male lover within his town's rigid traditions. Winner of Audience Award Sundance Film Festival (2010); Audience Award Miami Film Festival (2010) Imagine being a woman in a men's prison. For many individuals, this is a grim reality because the U.S. prison system decides where to place inmates based on their genitalia, not their gender identity. This awardwinning documentary makes an unflinching examination of transgender women in men's prisons. The women in Cruel and Unusual don't deny that they must serve their sentences, but their stories raise very important questions about their treatment. Cruel and Unusual asks if the punishment these individuals receive is indeed cruel and unusual and a violation of their Eighth Amendment Constitutional protection. Winner of Freedom Award L.A. Outfest (2006), and Documentary Award S.F. International L&G Film Festival (2006) 6

Arts & Entertainment

Queer Student Union hosted it’s 4th Annual Drag Show on October 8th, on the campus of UNR to nearly a packed house of the Crowley Student Union Theatre. With the theme “Drag Around the World” décor of the theatre included flags from various nations. Hoping to at least repeat the scholarship fundraising efforts of $3000 last year, the show provided six amateur acts (competition), and professional acts from local favorites Rocky Winnebago, Felicia, Pandora, Natasha Fox, Jack-E, and Christopher & Chanel. Sponsorships included many local GLBT businesses along with Port of Subs and Pho. Congratulations to Anna Marie in performing “Love” winning this year’s amateur contest crown.

Silver Dollar Court Empress 26, Trixxy moves the crowd with “Listen” Amateur Act, Justin Beaver, rocks the crowd with “Baby” Reigning Empress 35, Chanel, performs “Fancy” Little City Kings members— Carter, Landon In You, and Frankie Bonherdeep—rock the stage with a high energy number.

Amateur performer, Lord Gaga, dials a solid number with “Telephone”

Business

Styles of Business Success The ultimate fashionista’s dream being considered around the globe as one of the most satisfying careers is cosmetology. ―Hair is the ultimate accessory in fashion,‖ explains Jason Reid, Salon 7 stylist. It is well known in the fashion world that on the runway the garments being worn by the models—female and male alike—are not the only items capturing attention, but rather hair seems equally important. It is also styles of hair and makeup which complements the look. It is the combination of the two, hair and makeup, which maintains a strong industry for business despite harder economic times, and a provides a rewarding career for a stylist. Being able to keep up on the best in fashion, express oneself artistically, connect directly to clientele (often for a lifetime) and make a median salary of $36,000 per year –average after 8 years of experience--provides a growing work force nationally if not globally. U-NEWS RNO spent a day hanging out at one of Reno’s most popular full service beauty salons, A Salon 7 (located in the 495 Firehouse). Offering hairstyling for all ages and genders, but also a licensed manicurist, make-up, and massage therapy Their facility provides you the ability to for feeling better about yourself inside and out. Many perceive a Salon 7 as the ―gay salon‖, and a career in cosmetology for the flakiest of queers—god bless heterosexual stereotypes that are often perpetuated in tv/film—but both of these ideas are erroneous. True, owner Jenni Oxier has been an out and proud member of the GLBT community, but her business model is not tailored to one clientele base. Rather, Oxier aimed to be the ―purple cow‖ in the local scene and took on the responsibility for being pioneers to the arts culture that has developed in Northern Nevada. Results provide the best fashion edges and services to customers. Following this plan, the staff has been recognized with awards including ―Best of Reno News & Review‖ since 2006. Jennie has been called upon by film/television production companies for consultation, and her salon has been the focus of two feature stories in Curve Magazine. ―Having two articles in Curve was HUGE,‖ states Jenni as these articles are proudly framed on the salon’s wall. Though the acknowledgements are great, the mixed sexuality

staff of Salon 7 has learned most of all from Ms. Oxier that to be successful in this business their passions have to be combined with some very important lessons of any career.

Success = Passion + Education + Customer Satisfaction + Creativity + Determination/Growth How did you discover your passion for cosmetology? ―I always knew it. When I was a kid I was playing with Barbie and even asking my mother how to braid hair.‖ --Brian Jensen ―I also knew I was going to get into this career. I was coloring friend’s hair even back in high school.‖ —Tonya Marini ―I got fired from a previous job and a friend convinced me to get into beauty school. At that time I realized all the sign post since growing up where there. At four, I was dressing up my father in make-up whenever he would fall asleep on the couch. At eight, did a school show and tell demo of how to curl hair properly. High school, I was doing everyone’s hair it seemed.‖—Jenny Oxier What did you learn in beauty school and in the work environment? ―You do not really learn much in beauty school other than the basics of technique and hygenie. How many of us learned are by trial and error. Research on the internet and magazines are also important tools. For us, we pay attention to the fashion magazines from Milan and NYC Fashion Week. Trends often start in Europe three years before they hit New York. If popular there we then bring 8 them into the salon. A new trend, started in the US about

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nine months ago is color melting—where the ends of your hair are lighter or darker than the roots but still blended without any lines of demarkication. Another important in the field lesson is that just because you are a good hair dresser does not mean you are going to be a good manager. Managing people is a while separate talent you have to develop. Being a leader has not always been positive in some aspects. A wise person once shared with me, just because you’re going to be a leader does not mean you’re going to be popular. That was hard for me to take at first because I wanted everyone to like me.‖ –Jenni O ―I wish in beauty school there was more lessons about how to be your own business owner in the way of management and ethics. I have learned being in the field that I am not as unorganized as I first thought. It takes a lot of self motivation to be come and stay successful. Also, education is never ending. You have to spend money on learning to earn more money. ― –Brian Jensen ―I lacked a lot of patience in the beginning of this profession. Learning this I have grown up a lot.‖ —Tonya Marini ―The industry, as part of fashion which is always changing, is always evolving. So we are constantly learning.‖ --Jason Reid

How is connecting to customers important to success? ―I grew up with people who did not have strong self esteem. I wanted to get into this industry to help potential clients feel better about them. When you change even the smallest thing; a noticeable shift happens to them. They are radiating more joy in life walking out feeling like a million bucks.‖ –Janis Lockke ―Connections need to be made to the level of feel friendships. For example, I went to a funeral for a client’s family member though I had not met that person directly. The gesture really meant a lot to my customer.‖ --Tonya Marini ―I learned a lot on the job of how to really connect to people. You can really influence them in their day. It can really make or break your day depending on how you feel about yourself. To help change the look a customer now has to where they light up is important.‖ –Jason Reid Doing hairstyling/Make-up can be viewed as being an artist. How is your artistic ability expressed? ―There is a lot of theory in creating a look—facial structure, skin tone, eye color, etc. They all go together to complement the face. Professionally you grow as a stylist when one learns to communicate their artistic interest and ability effectively and often differently to each client. It is all about the verbiage of trust. I tend to start out more conservative with people which they like because the breaks the perception of the outward appearance of the salon being so funky.‖ --Jenni Oxier ―Hair is art. Some clients come in with a set idea of their desires and other more casual with the

direction. A stylist has to figure out what the customer dreams about first and go from there doing their best to achieve that. This way I can limit myself from going crazy with artistic expression missing the mark.‖ --Jason Reid. What plans do you have about continuing and growing your career/business? ―I am taking my career to be a head to toe personal stylist. Creating an entire look from clothing, hair, makeup, etc.‖ --Brian Jensen

―A Salon 7 has been making efforts to networking towards all sexualities. Make it available to everyone focusing on people’s image not our stereotype of being the gay or trendy salon. I even have joined the Reno-Sparks leadership group which helped me learn other important lessons in business on top of tapping into new markets. An experience recently showed me I was more judgmental to breeders’ potential receptions of me as a business person. Actually, it is personality and professionalism that creates respect rather than my sexuality. Starting next year I will also be working part time for a salon in a bigger city to gain knowledge to share with the home base here so we can all grow. Maybe in the future we will even franchise.‖—Jenni O For more information about A Salon 7 and to even book an appointment check out their website: 9 http://salon7.net or call (775) 786-7770.

Health & Fitness

rejected from segments of society, and not knowing how to cope, maladaptive behavior arises. Available data shows youth within our community tend to act out more with destructive behaviors. For example, destructive/maladaptive behaviors which are becoming more noticed in the clinical setting of psychology are of eating disorders in fourteen year old boys who see the current norm of being skinny as acceptable. “Sign post of depression can readily be seen in a person’s activity levels,” explains Daniel. Changes in sleeping patterns, eating, body weight, physical activity levels, and even differences in the expression level in one’s speech can be a sign of depression. Most importantly, and actually most detrimental to a patient, Movement Against Depression is that they tend to isolate themselves more. Isolating oneself only re-enforces the associations of Despite being blessed with over 300 days of SRT. Other ways GLBT persons cope with SRT is sunshine in Northern Nevada, quite a few substance abuse. Alcoholism, drugs, sex, pornography, residents feel as if they are under the dark grey and now even excessive internet use for social contact skies of Seattle. In recent years, depression may seem like methods to fill the void. Crutches will awareness has become part of the national consciousness as statistics now indicate over 120 help for a time to raise the feeling of good emotions, but once the high is over a person finds themselves in a million American adults are on medications for more negative emotional state of depression. Without stress related ailments. The number of children receiving treatment is just as staggeringly high. “In the root cause of depression being addressed, and the subsequent utilization of natural treatment options, Washoe County we are starting to see issues related to mental health problems at earlier ages,” addictive behaviors increase over time. Spiraling shares Daniel Crump with U-News RNO. Crump addictions often result in physical damage to the patient, but also legal ramifications. also explains that GLBT people have another compounding set of factors to handle, called Social Rejection Theory (SRT), which if not handled appropriately can result in depression and other devastating effects. SRT explains that pressures associated with not fitting into standards of common values in which society dictates (for which most people can adopt) can devalue a person’s sense of self worth. Niche populations, like a GLBT individual, don’t fit into most of the common values of society as they may have restrictions to marry, serve in the military, have children, etc. Even within our GLBT society there are set lifestyle expectations-- a certain body image, education level, material possessions, etc.— established to live up to. “It is all about what other people think of me rather than how I think of myself,” summarizes Crump of how SRT is interpreted by an individual. Thus, queers feel ostracized to a higher degree because there are two social circles for which their personality and physicality does not match. When people are

Movement Is the Key In the instant gratification-based American culture, many who are, or who believe they can be, diagnosis as depressed see the options for many types of medications advertised as savior graces. Daniel Crump, explains depression as a bomb with a fuse, and “pill popping” is not the proper first corrective step. “(With depression) there is a fuse and a bomb at the end. Medication just gives you a longer fuse. If this fuse burns out, your still blow up.” In other words, without really dealing with the root causes of the depression providing a solid treatment plan for dealing with those situations connected to the behavior the bomb will still go off just at a later date and often with more explosive affects. “The best way to get a person out of depression is to get them moving and active in something. It is not (Cont. Pg 13)

Opinion (U-Turn)

An Empire State of Mind

Much of the current political season is focused on the economy, for obvious reasons, because almost everyone has felt the effects of the economic downturn. I often joke with my friends that we are witnessing the decline and fall of the American Empire. Only it’s not a joke. Most of us have a passing understanding of the Roman and British Empires, two juggernauts that stand out in the history books. While they both disintegrated over time for a complex set of reasons, one primary cause stands out: These governments simply could not afford to maintain their conquered lands and political influence by continuing to fund wars overseas. Current estimates put the total cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan at $1.09 trillion. Put into the context of the US budget, defense spending has historically required the largest percentage expenditure, which was around 23% for 2009. By comparison, the cost of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 is approximately $789 billion. Strangely, many consider these wars a “success” and the stimulus act a “failure.” Why should we care? Because foreign policy and domestic policy are interrelated. And more importantly, because many Americans believe that defense spending is always justified and “entitlement” spending is always questionable at best. The problem with this insidious attitude is that we live in a country with upside-down values: While we are busy spending over a trillion dollars “building democracy” in the Middle East, America’s infrastructure is crumbling and our health and wellbeing are declining.

Why can’t we afford to take care of ourselves?

For those who identify as conservative, an important question arises: What are you conserving? If the answer is unchecked defense spending and the ongoing death of American soldiers overseas, I believe that history has shown this to be a fruitless endeavor. Do you believe that charity begins at home? If so, then consider the serious needs America has right now: infrastructure, housing, jobs, health care, public safety, and human services. There are candidates out there who Many political candidates would have us believe that we understand that government spending needs to be prioritized to have been “taxed to death” for nothing more than “useless keep Americans employed, healthy, and safe. Our votes are not big government.” I challenge any American to wake up in a simple thumbs-up or thumbs-down on taxes. We pay into a the morning and not recognize the benefit of his or her tax central, common system of government with the expectation that dollars. What kept you warm or cool while you were our basic needs will be met and that we will enjoy a good quality sleeping? What allowed you to take a shower this of life. Consider carefully whether or not your candidates of morning? Power and water from utility companies. How choice have these interests at heart. do we ensure these services reach your home and are affordable? Government regulation. How did you get to --Andrew Zeiser work today? A car, a bike, public transportation, or your own two feet that moved across sidewalks and roads built and maintained by the government. When a house catches fire, we call the fire department. When someone is mugged and robbed, we call the police department. These critical emergency services are funded by taxpayers and provided by the government. And yet, the recent passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is exploding with political contention. For some strange reason, it is okay to seek publicly funded help when a building is burning or a car is stolen, but when people are sick and dying, they have to fund their own survival. This and other spending on human services raises the most critical question of all:

Opinion (U-Turn)

Senator Reid Earned Our Vote

Community separate account for which half was freely taken by the Republican run state government. I believe that Burke did not fight sufficiently enough to keep these funds or create a loan contract to ensure return of these monies.

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Other than knowing you can provide better services as Recorder what importance does running for this position have? When elected as Recorder I will become the first openly GLBT person to hold an elected office in Washoe County, and the second in the entire state of Nevada. Though I feel I stand on the shoulders of other giants in the Democratic Party locally, gaining the office would be an honor and send the message to any queer person that there are not limits to the effective roles we can play in over local

Health & Fitness going out to do something because you want to do something, but rather forcing yourself to do such because it is most important to your health--even just going for a walk or hike. Get OUT of that stagnant environment,” suggest Crump. Physical activity will produce certain “feel good” biological chemicals (often lacking in a depressive state) to start flowing once again in your body. Additionally, being visible in and activity and out of isolation increases one’s chances of forming positive peers groups breaking the patterns of SRT. Only after physical activity and counseling/peer support are added back into a patient’s lifestyle should medications be provided to rectify the chemical imbalances remaining

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A& E to work with us providing various resources and the discounts to allow our fledging venture take off. They really wanted us to succeed by always asking ‘What can we do to help you thrive’.” With fundraisers throughout the past year, and sponsorships from organizations like Planned Parenthood, Patio, ACLU, Your Gay Reno, and Salon 7 costs have been covered allowing for low entry cost for attendees. Ms. Brooks shares with U-News RNO it takes about five years for city film festivals to really take off. Brain storming for the future festivals is already underway to include more interactive activities, and even be extended to more than one day. Please join the staff of U-News RNO to support the 2nd Annual Reno Film Gayla and become part of the growing movement now. It’s the best way to take ACTION and even enjoy a bag of popcorn.