Recently,a person has posted links to a website that appears to be of
child pornography. We have deemed that this posting was inappropriate
and have removed it from LRAD Central.

While we have no set rules on what is appropriate and not, we would
like to set some ground rules here. All messages that speaks out in
hatred against any group of race, religion, gender, and sexual
preference will not be allowed, and will be deleted on the spot
without any warning. Also any pornographic or adult material will not
be allowed, which includes, but not limited to, pictures and website
links. Also, flame wars or name-calling will not be tolerated.

Continued posting of inappropriate messages will be grounds for
dismissal from this group.

Thank You,
Barry Swank
Internet Administrator
Lilac Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf

DISABILITY AND QUEERNESS: The First International
Conference

June 2-3, 2002 at San Francisco State University 

In the last three decades disabled people and
lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgendered people have taken to the
streets and entered the academy. We've built movements for
social change, created culture and community, and shaped our
own theory and analysis. But the issues, concerns, and
experiences of queer disabled people have rarely been placed
front and center. The Queer/Disability Conference aims to bring
together artists, activists, and scholars to explore the matrix
formed by queerness and disability.  




Keynotes:

Eli Clare

Vicki D'aoust

Emi Koyama

Riva Lehrer

and others TBA 

Featuring a fabulous night of

Queer/Crip Performance

produced by John Killacky, executive director,

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco 

For more information, to volunteer, or to register:

e-mail: QDConference2002@... * Web:
www.disabledwomen.net/queer

Alternative formats available. 

Sponsored by:

San Francisco State University's Disability Programs and
Resource Center, Human Sexuality Studies Program, and
Institute on Disability; and the Disabled Women's Alliance. With
support from Disability Studies at U.C. Berkeley, the National
Center for Lesbian Rights, and the U. C. Presidential Chair in
Undergraduate Education.

ASL Cafe at Comix Cafe
Winton Place Plaza, 1/2 mile of 590 on Winton Rd.

Dinner Theater Show

March 7th, 2002

SIMON CARMEL

6 pm dinner
6:15-7:30 pm show
$3.00 Admission
Food and drinks not included

Come and check out the one and only Deaf magician, Simon
Carmel, in the town of Rochester. He has been a professional
magician for years and traveled around the world extensively.

Spread the words and hope to see you there.

Eddie Swayze

ALL ABOARD!!!    

Come aboard the Dance Train and allow it your imagination to
take you to destinations unknown. 42nd st. Little Italy, Fulton
Ave. Spanish Harlem, with every stop the subway stops the
tapestries are woven and streets come alive with Lights,
Sounds, and people jubilatly Dancing. This show is definately
one of its own. Come abord now or be forever derailed!!! 

Performing Thursday February 7th - 9th 7:30 pm   and Sunday
Februarary 10th 2pm
Tickets on sale now at the NTID box office M-F 10am- 3pm and
nights 630-730pm 

now available online at ntidtix@...
Students: $5
Patrons $7


Choreographed from the mind and creation of Thomas Warfield

I am looking for a host or two during my brief stay in Rochester, NY. I'll be
coming from Albuquerque, New Mexico, and plan on attend Rochester Institute of
Technology this fall. Last time I was in Rochester was 1987, attended Explorer
Your Future.

I am 32 y/o GWSM Florida native You can see more of me in my Yahoo Profile at
http://profiles.yahoo.com/hardrichtoohard.

Because Rochester will be my HOME for next 5 years, I am looking for new friends
and my active role in GLBT community, especially with Deaf, will be, indeed, an
important one for me. I was important committee player of Coconut City Society
of the Deaf (C.C.S.D.), helped to rewrote my club's Bylaws, in South Florida

H A R D R I C H
Come and relax now
Put your troubles down
No need to bear the weight of your worries
Just let them all fall away. -- "Pantala Naga Pampa" -- DMB

ASL Cafe @ Comix Cafe
Winton Plaza, 1/2 mile south of 590 on Winton Road

Dinner Theater Show
February 7, 2002

6 pm Dinner
6:15 - 7:30 pm Show

$3.00 Admission
Food and Drinks not included

The Three Californian Deaf guys, former NTID students, will
perform for the first time at ASL Cafe. They are not rookies when
it comes to performing on stage. They have interesting skits and
pieces to delight you with.

The 3 Deaf performers are: Chamroeun Dee, Joey Soto, and
Lawrence Mosquera.

Come and enjoy the show with food/drinks available!

MY NAME IS LISA, FROM SYRACUSE NEW YORK. I WILL BE RELOCATING TO
ROCHESTER SOON. MY MOTHER IS PARTIALLY DEAF, I AM HEARING. I AM A
LESBIAN. I WOULD LIKE TO GET CONNECTED TO THE DEAF LESBIAN AND GAY
COMMUNITY IN ROCHESTER.

ASL Cafe at Comix Cafe, 3450 Winton Plaza Rd., Rochester, NY.

Della Gorelick

Dinner Theater Show

Come early to socialize others before the show begins.

Janurary 10th, 2002
6:00 pm - Dinner
6:30-7:30 Show
$3.00 Admission

For information, look up www.ASLCafe.com
If questions, e-mail Eddie Swayze: wildpoet_1999@... or David
Strom: dbspsn@...

ASL Cafe at Comix Cafe, 3450 Winton Plaza Rd., Rochester, NY.

Della Gorelick

Dinner Theater Show

Come early to socialize others before the show begins.

Janurary 10th, 2002
6:00 pm - Dinner
6:30-7:30 Show
$3.00 Admission

For information, look up www.ASLCafe.com
If questions, e-mail Eddie Swayze: wildpoet_1999@... or David
Strom: dbspsn@...

PeaceArt International Presents
     No One Is Alone

     2nd ANNUAL WORLD AIDS DAY BENEFIT CONCERT

     Saturday, December 1st, 2001 @ 7:30pm
     School of the Arts, 45 Prince Street

     Tickets: $10
     Available at Pride Connection, Parkleigh, SWIIG (50 state street)

     To Benefit 'Grupo pela Vidda/Niterói'
     Helping Children Afflicted with HIV and AIDS in Brazil

     Featuring Thomas Warfield and Friends:
     Borinquin Dance Company, Calabash Dance Company, Con Moto Dance
     Group, Pam Davis, Bill Demetsenaere, Robert Johnson,
     Rochester Junior Academy Sign Language Choir, Sean Mcleod,
     Jack Edward Smith, Senior Stompers, Eddie Swayze, Korean Choir
     And Special Guests - boy band group "NEO"

     performance is sign-interpreted

     Contributions: PeaceArt - AIDS Concert, P.O. Box 40028,
     Rochester,
     NY 14604

     info: www.PeaceArt.org / PeaceArt@...

     Sponsored in part by the University of Rochester HIV Vaccine
     Trials Unit

LRAD is having a Christmas Potluck Party on December 8th,
2001. The party starts at 5 pm, dine at 6, until whenever!

Admission is free with a dish, without is $5.

Food, Games, and Fun! To see the colorful flyer with location, a
simple map, and what to bring go to this website:

http://www.deafqueer.net/lrad/flyer.html

Hope to see you there!

-Barry

LRAD is holding a Thanksgiving Dinner on November 10th, at 5:30 pm.
It will be held at the Country Buffet restaurant in the SouthTown Plaza on
Jefferson Road, near RIT.

RSVP at http://www.deafqueer.net/lrad/rsvp.html so we know how many tables to
reserve.

Come join us for a nice all-you-can eat dinner and chat with your friends!
Please note that you will have to pay for your dinner. :-)

Hi,

I am on a committee for ImageArt, which is a program under the gay/
lesbian/bi/transgender film orgnaziation - ImageOut. I am focusing on
recruiting the interpreters and gay/lesbian/bi/transgendered poets or
writers. ImageArt needs poets/writers (Deaf or Hearing) who are gay,
bisexual, lesbian, or transgendered who may be interested in performing
or reading their work next summer. ImageArt also needs interpreters for
the artshow and poetry reading night next summer. Besides ImageArt,
ImageOut do need interpreters for their upcoming movies upon requests,
but not only the movies, also during their meetings.

So, if any one of you know who is gay/bi/lesbian/transgendered poets/
writers, please let me know. I also would like to ask if any one of you
know the interpreters who might be interested in interpreting the
events. Let me know about that, too.

Thank you!
Eddie Swayze

Hello!

I am 21y from Brno (Czech Republic/Europe)

My nude pic: http://www.volny.cz/boyzone/r00t_nude.jpg

About me: http://www.uboot.com/u/jnovak/
E-mail : jnovak@...

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My best friend (today): http://www.volny.cz/boyzone/today/
My idol: http://www.volny.cz/boyzone/gpics/
Boyzone: http://www.volny.cz/boyzone/

LRAD's alive and well! We have a big event coming up in September!

Lilac Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf (LRAD) is hosting a picnic –
"Picnic
of Colors" on September 15, 2001 from 11:30 a.m. to dusk!
Entertainment, social gathering, and food are all of the things we do
for FUN!   Come and join us to meet friend of colors.

LRAD is providing meats; which include: hamburger and hot dogs as
well
as veggie burgers, condiments and cheese.  LRAD asks that those who
are
interested in joining to please bring dishes and your own drinks.
First
letter of each person's last name should bring the following:

A to L:  Salad/Appetizer/Pasta
M to Q:  Hot Dishes
R to Z:  Desserts/Fruits

To help us to cover the expenses* for this event, the admission costs
are to follow:

RSVP:
With dish: $3
Without dish: $5

At Door:
With dish: $5
Without dish: $7

Student (w/ ID): $4

To make reservation, please go to: www.deafqueer.net/lrad/RSVP.html
and
place your name on the list!  If you have any question or concern,
please email at: lrad@....

*  Funds remain after all of the expenses are reimbursed will be
considered as fundraising for LRAD.

Hi everyone!

The events page at LRAD's website has been updated!!!

Go to: http://www.deafqueer.net/lrad/events.html  to see what's up!

We've got two events this coming weekend for Pride weekend!!!  Come
join us!

-Barry and the gang.

Hi everyone,

Thank you for posting my announcement about "Emperor
Jones" and the upcoming Thomas Warfield's Peace
International show. What a surprise it is to me. I am
back in Rochester now, just arrived last night. Now
I'm ready to rehearse my work for Thomas's show. Hope
to see you there at the School of the Arts and if not,
then wherever during the pride week.

Again, thank you!
Eddie Swayze

__________________________________________________
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Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail
http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

Hello everyone!

LRAD's still alive and kicking. We're planning on some events and get-
together's for Rochester's Pride Weekend coming up in three weeks! We
will announce what's up soon!

Barry Swank
Treasurer
Internet Administrator
LRAD

Hi Barry,

Got it! I got in the Chat Room by clicking "Chat" and
nothing. I knew no one was in there. So, it's clear
now.

Thanks and hope to see you with your wild red hair.
Long time, no see! Smile!

Peace,
Eddie Swayze

__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices.
http://auctions.yahoo.com/

--- In LRAD_Central@y..., wildpoet_1999@y... wrote:
> I finally found this. Thank you! I appreciate your time to help me
> out.
> Now I have a question: How can I know if the Chat is alive with
> anyone
> online? I opened and didn't see any - assuming no one is online,
but
> yet what or how would I know? Let me know about that. Ok?
>
> Thanks a lot!
> Eddie Swayze

We do have a chat room, and all you need to do is to log into the
chat
room and see if anyone's there. We may set up a specific time for
everyone to get together and chat, once the group grows in it's
membership. Hope this answers your question. If you have any further
questions about Yahoo! Groups in general, you can check out:
http://help.yahoo.com/help/groups .

Hi Barry,

Look up LRAD Central. I finally got in. There is a
question I asked in there. Go and see if it is posted.
Ok?


Thank you so much for your efforts to get me in.

Have a gay, gay, gay day!
Eddie Swayze

__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail.
http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

I finally found this. Thank you! I appreciate your time to help me
out.
Now I have a question: How can I know if the Chat is alive with
anyone
online? I opened and didn't see any - assuming no one is online, but
yet what or how would I know? Let me know about that. Ok?

Thanks a lot!
Eddie Swayze

--- In LRAD_Central@y..., Eddie swayze <wildpoet_1999@y...> wrote:
> Hi Laurie,
>
> I received Barry's e-mail with the YahooGroup Club's
> full address: http... y' know, but when I clicked on
> it, it ended up saying "Data not found". I then typed
> the whole address at the very top of Netscape, still
> says "Data not found". I am puzzled. What full address
> do you have? Barry gave me
> http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/LRAD_central. That is
> what's not working for me.
>
  Whoops!

I typed out the address wrong... the correct address is:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LRAD_Central

Laurie, Done! :-)

Hi Laurie,

I received Barry's e-mail with the YahooGroup Club's
full address: http... y' know, but when I clicked on
it, it ended up saying "Data not found". I then typed
the whole address at the very top of Netscape, still
says "Data not found". I am puzzled. What full address
do you have? Barry gave me
http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/LRAD_central. That is
what's not working for me.

Let me know what you have and hopefully it can work
out.
Still cannot open the door to join you and all. Ha!
Believe me, I am patient. Smile!

Thanks and take care!
Eddie Swayze

__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail.
http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

I have to get used to this "new" home!!

The officers and I finally had meeting last night and we will make an
annoucement soon!!

Barry, can you set up for me to be co-moderator? I believe u have
authorized to do it. THANKS!!!

Write more soon!
Laurie
Secretary

--- In LRAD_Central@y..., Eddie swayze <wildpoet_1999@y...> wrote:

>  I am a bit confused. I bookmarked LRAD Central, the
> newer one and already joined. Yet I do not see such
> Yahoo chat going on or whatever. I would like to ask
> you do you mean you created another DIFFERENT LRAD
> Center website that connects to the international RAD
> groups? Please clarify this for me if you can.
>
> Have a great day and thank you for letting me know
> this.
>
> Peace,
> Eddie Swayze

Eddie, your options are set to "Individual Email". This means that
whenever a message is posted to LRAD Central, you will get a e-mail of
that message. You can change your option to "No Mail/Web Only" so that
you can just come to the website to read new messages, or to the "Daily
Digest" option to read a digest of messages for the day. In order to
change your options, you will need to go to http://groups.yahoo.com/
mygroups . This will bring you to a page that lists groups that you are
a member of. This only works for those who are registered as a Yahoo
member. If you subscribe via e-mail only and didn't sign up as a
member, check out this web page: http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/groups/
groups-03.html . Simply replace "groupname" with "LRAD_Central". That
message we sent out recently is actually our first message in our new
home.

With Yahoo Groups, LRAD Central (listed as "LRAD_Central"; please note
the underscore) works both as a website like the old Yahoo Club, AND as
a e-mail based mailing list. I'm planning on using the capabilities of
the Yahoo Group and other features of the Internet to expand on
communication lines for LRAD members.

Hope this helps you understand what's going on. :-)

-Barry

Hi,

  I am a bit confused. I bookmarked LRAD Central, the
newer one and already joined. Yet I do not see such
Yahoo chat going on or whatever. I would like to ask
you do you mean you created another DIFFERENT LRAD
Center website that connects to the international RAD
groups? Please clarify this for me if you can.

Have a great day and thank you for letting me know
this.

Peace,
Eddie Swayze

__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail.
http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

Welcome to the new LRAD Central, now under Yahoo Groups! We moved here
from Yahoo! Clubs since it had more features over the Clubs version.

Lilac Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf is a chapter of the Rainbow Alliance
of the Deaf serving Rochester, New York and the Monroe County area. A
big hello to all!

We hope to turn this group into a big electronic meeting place for LRAD
members, friends, and allies of the deaf gay, lesbian, bisexual, and
transgendered community! While our membership is limited to the Monroe
County area, we welcome friends and allies of LRAD internationally!

-LRAD