Unitarian Universalist (UU) Church
at 152 Pearl Street in Burlington.
Mr. Vallejo is an internationally
known human rights lawyer, pro-
fessor, journalist, and political sci-
entist from Colombia. Now resid-
ing in Burlington, he fled his home
country under threat for his life for
defending innocent victims of
Colombia's civil war. His talk will
focus on the civil and human
rights violations of the GLBT pop-
ulation in Columbia.

Mr. Vallejo, who came to
the United States with the support
of the International Institute for
Education's Scholars at Risk
Program, has exposed a wide
variety of human rights abuses
that have affected many innocent
victims caught in the cross fire
between paramilitary forces, drug
traffickers, and guerillas fighting to
overthrow the government. Of the
seven human rights professors he
worked with in Colombia, only two
remain alive.

Among those who have
been persecuted and killed in the

Colombian civil war are poor farm-» .

ers, women, and the Gay,
Lesbian, Bisexual and
Transgender (GLBT) community.
Mr. Vallejo has helped to strength-
en laws in Colombia to allow these
disenfranchised peoples to defend
themselves and gain basic legal
rights. He has received extensive
assistance from the office of
Congressman Bernie Sanders,
Amnesty |nternational,'and the
late civil rights attorney Arthur
Kinoy, among many others.

The UU Social Action
and Welcoming Congregation
committees will sponsor Mr.
Vallejo’s talk at the UU. For more
infonnation contact Betsey Lord
(802) 863-5455.

Winter Is A Drag, so

Have a Ball!
|t’s winter. lt's Vermont. it can be a

drag. What are we to do? Well; on
Saturday, February 14, you can
head to Higher Ground in

Winooski and catch the 9th annual, .

Winter is A Drag Ball. For nine
years this mid-winter night filled
with entertainment, dancing and
fund-raising has brightened and
warmed the hearts of thousands
of Vermonters. This year, as in the
past several years, the beneficiary
of the evening's proceeds .is
Vermont People With AIDS
Coalition (http://www.vtpwac.org/).
The House of LeMay —
Vermont's most outrageous drag
performance troupe — returns as

this year’s hosts and producer.
Some of the acts committed for
the night so far include Lucy Belle
LeMay, Noel, Amanda Fondell,
opera diva Melody Suite, Ruby
Red Rapper, Phantasmagoria fea-
turing Biba and Chi-Chi and, of
course, Amber and Margaurite —
The Sisters LeMay.

The theme for this year
is “A Saint Valentine's Day
Mascara Ball" and what would a
ball be without dancing? Eliott
Matos will be returning this year
as DJ. A new part of the evening
will be Live Art by Dostie.
Burlington artist Alex Dostie will be
creating art on canvas during the
evening which will be raffled off.

And, of course, a Drag
King and Drag Queen will be
crowned. Tickets are now on sale
at Higher Ground in Winooski
(www.highergroundmusic.com)
and the cost is $12 advance and
$15 day of show. This is an all-
ages show. Doors open at 8pm,
show is at 9pm, dancing begins
after the show, and the crowning
of the King & Queen takes place

after midnight. This event is spon-

sored in part by Seven Days, “
Silver Mountain Graphics,
Vermont Gay Social Alternatives,
Motel 6, RU12? and WNCS — The
Point.

For additional information
contact Bob Bolyard by calling
865-3734, or the VTPWA Coalition
at 1-800-698-8792 or 802-229-
5754.

Dinner with the

Saints
The Cathedral Church of St. Paul

announces its first-annual “Dinner
With the Saints: St. Valentine’s
Day Fundraiser at St. Paul's
Cathedral,” a catered dinner and
silent auction to support the
Cathedral's mission and ministry.
Sponsored by St. Paul's active
GLBT Group, the event will take
place on Friday, February 13,
2004, at St. Paul's Cathedral, 2
Cherry Street, Burlington,
Vermont. .

The silent auction will
begin at 7:00 pm, accompanied by
live music, cash bar and hors
d’oeuvres. The dinner, catered by
Barbara Bardin of Let's Pretend,
will be served at 8:00 pm. Dessert
will be served, and auction results
announced, at 9:00 pm. The menu
for this event includes assorted
Hors d’oeuvres, Mesclun Greens.
with Warmed Goat Cheese and
Spiced Pecans, Misty Knoll Statler
Chicken Breast with Apple Cider

   

and Fennel Demi-glace or
Vegetable Napoleon, Vanilla Bean
Scented Sweet Potatoes, Haricots
Verts, Coffee and Valentine
Desserts.
Tickets cost $45.00 if

ordered by February 1, or $50.00 ‘

if ordered February 2-6. To order
tickets or for more information,
contact St. Paul's Cathedral: 802-
864-0471 or —
twallace@stpau|scathedralvt.org.

To donate items and
services, contact Becky Roberts,
425-2280 or brinbliss@msn.com.
To donate artwork, contact Ernie
Hathaway, 893-3802 or eghglass-
ware@aol.com.

Sing Out with the VT
Gay Men's chorus
e

The rmont Gay Men's Chorus
will start rehearsals on February 1,
2004 in Montpelier, VT at the
home of Bill Pelton. Bill lives at the
top of Witt Place (on the right next
to the Capital). We plan to
rehearse and go over our
Spring/Summer Concerts starting
at 4:00 pm. V  

If you have the timefand
would like to join thisAGagg|e of
Gay Guys, please consider joining
us! For more information and
directions reply to robnyves@hot-
mail.com.

Black History Films at
UVM

As part of the celebration of Black
History Month, LGBTQA Services
and the Center For Cultural
Pluralism are co-sponsoring a film
series to celebrate the life and
work of Marlon Riggs. We will be
showing the four films you see list-
ed below. If you would like fliers to
hand out in your class let us know
by emailing e|i.clare@uvm.edu
and we'll mail them to. lwill send ,.
along more infonnation about
Marlon Riggs and his ground
breaking work involving race and
sexual orientation from his per-
spective as a black, gay man.

Here is the schedule:

2/2 "I Shall Not Be
Removed" a film about Riggs‘ life
and filmmaking.

,2/12 "Ethnic Notions"

2/19 "Black Is, Black Ain't"

2/23 "Tongues Untied"

All of the films will be shown
between 4:30 and 6:30 in
Memorial Lounge in
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