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2016-2017 THE OFFICIAL LGBTQ+ GUIDE OF CONNECTICUT LOVE | LIFE | EQUALITY

“Now fill the world with music, love, and pride.”

Lin-Manuel Miranda

THE OFFICIAL LGBTQ+ GUIDE OF CONNECTICUT LOVE | LIFE | EQUALITY

Chief Editor Charlie Ortiz Design Influential Designs

PrideFest September 9, 2017

Under the Memorial Arch, Bushnell Park, Hartford

Stories Dr. Richard Stilson Tom Smith

Pride Committee Pedro E. Segarra Effrem Adams Alberto Bonello Lynette Correa

Peter C. Frank

Charlie Ortiz Luis Quiros Rosa Ramos Garrett Rapsilber Keith Rhoden, Jr. Dennis Schleicher

Dr. Richard Stilson

Cover art of the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch in Bushnell Park, Hartford, Connecticut.

“Love is love is love is love is love is love is love is love, cannot be killed or swept aside.”

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Charlie Ortiz//Editor Dear Friends,

CONTENTS 04 2016 Honorees 05 About Us 08 PULSE 12 Out & About 16 Tainted Ink 22 Why LGBTQ+

Senior Housing?

Welcome to our second issue of OUTINCT.COM. This year our community has been marked by great achievements and tragedy. The events at the Pulse night club once again reminds us that we have a long way to go in our struggle for equality and understanding. The LGBTQ+ community has contributed significantly to our country, state, nation and the world. The world paused to honor and celebrate the lives of those who were lost to violence this past year.

I would like to thank CLARO, our sponsors, and the many individuals whose time and generosity have made PrideFest possible once again. As this event continues to grow, we hope this celebration becomes a gathering of all people who seek equality and representation under our rainbow flag. Celebrating Pride enables us to bring to light our contributions as a community and, most especially, letting our youth know that we do have a lot to be proud of, that love trumps hate, and that we have to do more.

Let’s hold hands and in one loud voice say “no more.” We must persevere in eradicating hate, homophobia, and all other forms of discrimination in our country and the world. I hope that you all enjoy the festivities and that you have an opportunity to show your PRIDE. Sincerely,

Charlie Ortiz

Chair of Hartford Capital Pride & Editor of OUTINCT.COM

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2016 HONOREES

Hartford Capital City Pride honors the leadership and work of the following people:

Linda Estabrook, MPH

Alberto Bonello

Keith Brown

Linda was a co-founder of the HGLHC over

For over 15 years Mr. Bonello has offered

Co-founded and named Kalos Society,

26 years ago. In addition to her community

communications services to non-profit

Connecticut’s first gay rights advocacy

leadership roles, she has developed

agencies through his marketing firm

group in 1968. In 1973 was the founding

targeted interventions in areas of HIV/

Influential Designs. His work has been

member of Metropolitan Community

AIDS and breast cancer. We thank her

recognized by major publications and

Church of Hartford. He has hosted “Gay

for her longtime work with the LGBTQ+

he has received many awards. As the

Spirit” Radio on WWUH since 1980. Keith

community. Linda has also served as a

Communications Director at the Hispanic

has been a long-standing supporter of

licensed nursing home administrator. Her

Health Council, he created one of the first

PRIDE by tape-recording LGBT+ festivals

accolades include the Ira Hiscock Public

Spanish language anti-homophobia social

in Hartford and playing excerpts for weeks

Health award, Mayors Service Award, and

marketing campaigns.

after the events.

Dorothy Award.

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ABOUT US OUTINCT.COM relies on the commitment of volunteers and your donations to publish this guide to LGBTQ+ life in Connecticut. As a community, we all share in the success of this publication by promoting pride and awareness of LGBTQ+ community supporters during the year. When you make a donation or volunteer with us, you will be making a difference for your community as a whole.

Why it matters? OUTINCT.COM will showcase LGBTQ+ accomplishments and the best our community has to offer in Connecticut. We need you to make sure that “Pride, Love, Life and Equality� continue to be alive and well in Connecticut. We will continue to build awareness of our community in order to make Connecticut more inclusive.

Our work is about community! If you want to help make the world you live in better, then the best way is to join in!

Make your voice heard and play your part. Volunteering, fundraising, or donating to us gives you the opportunity to get involved with the future and success of your community. By volunteering you can gain experience, develop new skills, improve your career prospects, build confidence and meet new, interesting people.

Our Mission Connecticut Latinos Achieving Rights and Opportunities (CLARO), is dedicated to promoting for LGBTQ+ equality, policy, social justice, human rights and education by addressing homophobia and heterosexism. We accomplish these goals by mobilizing our community and partner agencies on issues like marriage

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If you own a business or work for a company that supports our community, please support PRIDE by having a booth or donating towards the event. Your support makes it possible for us to bring events like the PrideFest to Hartford. Events like these raise awareness and help the community as a whole by bringing attention to all the things to do and venues to visit here in Hartford.

Volunteer There are a whole range of volunteer opportunities for all types of people of all abilities and skills. We need event staff, ad sales, fund raisers, public relations, marketing assistants, photographers, and administrative staff.

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Being yourself is just being human.

Everywhere.

Every day.

We’re with you.

We Bank Human and celebrate the LGBT community.

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In Support Of Hartford Capital Pride Fest

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Art by Ricky Mestre: A Puerto Rican artist from Bridgeport, CT. He studied Illustration and Photography at the University of Bridgeport where he received his Bachelor’s degree. His work has been exhibited in numerous galleries and museums across the state and has been featured in several publications. Visit www.rickymestre.com to see more of Ricky Mestre’s work.

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By Dr. Richard Stillson

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ur movement for LGBTQ+ civil rights was catalyzed in a traumatic way close to 50 years ago at a bar named Stonewall in New York City. Those three nights of rioting were full of violence and pain and courage by patrons who dared to be themselves. The Stonewall patrons stood strong to bring an end to the years of cowering to oppression.

Our pride celebration was muted by the tragedy which unfolded in a bar named Pulse in Orlando. The horrific details were communicated much more effectively to us. In that process, we may start to feel like we were there, too. We call this vicarious trauma. We don’t need to have been there to start to experience similar internal symptoms parallel to what people there experienced.

We may have flashbacks of some of the vivid images which were described by the victims of what they went through that night. We may also have troubling nightmares or night terrors where we wake up in a sweat and have trouble going back to sleep.

If you start experiencing feelings like the ones described above. Seek help! A mental health professional can help you to get grounded. It’s one approach to help you move from reliving and staying in the past to being present right now. Try holding a smooth stone and fully feeling its weight, dimensions, coolness and shape is one of many strategies to help you be in the present. There is a free phone app called MindBell that goes off randomly to help you get grounded throughout the day.

The Hartford Gay and Lesbian Health Collective (HGLHC) maintains lists of therapists throughout Connecticut to make referrals if you need help. You can reach the HGLCH at (860) 278-4163, or visit www.hglhc.org.

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LGBTQ and Jewish?

Richard W. Stillson, Ph,D. Psychologist

210 Wethersfield Avenue Hartford, CT 06114

(860) 296-0094

You’re welcome here!

Find your Jewish connection at Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford.

To learn more, contact Jo Schubert at jschubert@jewishhartford.org or 860.727.6139.

Every Generation

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OPEN HEARTS “GLBT” MINISTRY at the Franciscan Center for Urban Ministry MISSION STATEMENT The Open Hearts Ministry provides educational experiences to build greater visibility and understanding of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender (GLBT) experience within our Church community, and develop faith-building outreach programming to the diverse spectrum of the GLBT community.

As a Catholic parish committed to social justice, Open Hearts Ministry of the Franciscan Center for Urban Ministry actively provides and promotes faith opportunities that build community for those who have experienced spiritual disconnection.

For more information email us at info@spsact.org.

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Out & About

2016

HARTFORD PRIDEFEST

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housands of LGBTQ+ community members, along with friends, families and allies attended PrideFest 2016 in Hartford, under the Memorial Arch in Bushnell Park in celebration of love, peace, and pride. This year’s second annual PrideFest was the largest LGBTQ+ event in Connecticut to date.

Trinity Street was ablaze with color and music Saturday afternoon. The event brought thousands of people downtown to join the festivities and fun, which included vendors, live music, drag shows, booths from community businesses that sponsored the event, and a late night after party with a Studio 54 theme.

Charlie Ortiz, the event’s coordinator, said “it was great to see folks strolling through the street, browsing the vendor tables, and getting down to the music.” Mucha Mucha Placer emceed the event, introducing the speakers and performers including former Hartford Mayor Pedro E. Segarra and Connecticut LT. Governor Nancy Wyman who presented a proclamation designating Sept. 10th as PrideFest Day in Connecticut.

Charlie Ortiz thanked the former mayor and everyone who helped make the event possible.

Hartford Capital City Pride is committed to making PrideFest more accessible, inclusive and relevant to all parts of Hartford’s diverse LGBTQ+ community and residents. We look forward to welcoming you again on Saturday, September 9, 2017, under the Arch.

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When the community works together, the community works A vibrant community depends on the participation of its members. The more diverse their backgrounds, experience and skills, the more unique their contributions to the community can be.

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Life is short, Break the rules, Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly, Dance often, Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably, And never regret anything that made you smile.�

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Soka Gakkai International-USA (SGI-USA) is a diverse Buddhist community in the US and is part of the global SGI network of more than 12 million people in 192 countries and territories.

SGI members base their practice of chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo on the Lotus Sutra and Nichiren Buddhism, which teaches that each person has within the courage, wisdom and compassion to face and surmount any of life’s challenges.

Based on Buddhist principles such as respecting the dignity of human life and the interconnectedness of self and the environment, SGI engages in peace activities like human rights education, the movement to abolish nuclear weapons and efforts to promote sustainable development.

LGBTG Courageous Freedom members in SGI-USA proudly practice within our organization, meet occasionally for affinity and to represent SGI-USA in Pride events.

SGI-USA Connecticut Activity Center 518 Boston Post Rd, Orange, CT 06477 203-799-0512 Open Sat/Sun 8:30am-5pm sgi-ct.org sgi-usa.org

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By Tom Smith

Good question based on the perspective of someone who has been a visiting nurse for over 35 years and has been in thousands of homes over those years of every race, religion, sexual orientation and gender expression.

Yes we can get married today, yes we have laws etc, but laws don’t protect you well when you are sick, vulnerable, weak, maybe fully alert and oriented or not.

Laws are often enforced postmortem and that is no way to live your life.

The vast majority of LGBTQ+ seniors I have taken care of both at home and in the hospital, like all of us, revert back into being a teenager in High School, back in the closet again, and afraid. They hide the clothes they would normally wear, they hide the pictures of loved ones, the movies, the books etc., and for good reason, as the medical establishment has done a dreadful job of cultural competency. This type of living is draining and bad for the relationships that foster our wellbeing and health.

I have to admit most of the senior housing I have visited

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has been developed by houses of faith, and no, they cannot keep LGBTQ+ Seniors out, but they are not welcoming nor culturally competent.

To Love!

Yes, it does matter if the super of the building or other auxiliary staff understand, that the person you love is not your “roommate.” Yes, it does matter if your neighbors are stone cold silent as you walk by the mailbox or in the elevator. Being shunned at 85 is not the same as being shunned at 30 when you have a job to go to and your friends have not died off yet.

I have not mentioned the word affordable as some people will have the resources to hire staff to stay in their homes the rest of their lives, but I will point out that 47% of people on Social Security have no other source of income, and most people today will live longer than their relations. As I write this, my aunt will be 100 in a few months. A good example is from a patient I had in 1981a 78 years old retired School Principle who in 1960 had enough money to buy four houses for about $30,000 in 1960. By 1981 he had spent all the money and more on health problems; money he thought would keep him the rest of his life.

The Stonewall generation has turned gray and the Act UP generation, many with HIV and other medical problems, is just turning gray. If we don’t build for our Seniors who will? Where will we go when we are 75 or 85? Yes, in a perfect world we would not need cultural competent senior housing, but as of now, and for the next 30 or more years, we will.

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