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For my 55th birthday please consider making a donation to the Tri-State Alliance, PO Box 2901, Evansville IN 47728 OR donating online at TSAGL.org/Donate.html or Venmo @tristatealliance

Tri-State Alliance has supported the LGBTQ community since 1980.

Volunteers Needed! Photographers and Videographers. To volunteer contact the Tri-State Alliance on messenger, text 812-480-0204 or email [email protected]

Please consider making an end of the year donation to the TSA Youth Group as we expand our services to LGBTQIA teenagers in our region. Please donate online at TSAGL.org/Donate.html

Checks can be sent to the TSA Youth Group, PO Box 290, Evansville IN 47728

Today is our final push to meet the needs or area households impacted by HIV / AIDS. Please share and consider donating online at TSAGL.org/Donate.html

Message us if you want the Venmo link.

Thanks!

Please SHARE: Family Sponsors and Donations Needed for AIDS Holiday Project

The Tri-State AIDS Holiday Project needs help sponsoring low-income homes impacted by HIV / AIDS in the Tri-State region. To sponsor a family, call or text 812-480-0204 OR email [email protected], or message us on Facebook Messenger for a wish list. We can provide you with a with list (the goal is to purchase 1-2 gifts per adult and 2-4 gifts per child) OR you can donate and our volunteers will do the shopping. Suggested donation amounts are:

$25 Grocery Store Gift Card

$50 Single Person Home

$100 Two person home

$200-$250 Small Home with Children

$400-$500 Large Home with Kids

HOUSEHOLDS THAT NEED SPONSORED: SOUTHERN ILLINOIS:

14 homes (8 with kids)

4 homes in Jackson & Saline Counties, 2 homes in Williamson, 1 each in Gallatin, Hamilton, Johnson & White

SOUTHERN INDIANA: 6 homes (2 with kids)

4 homes in Vanderburgh Co., 1 in Warrick Co., 1 in Daviess Co.

NORTHWESTERN KENTUCKY: 15 homes (3 with kids)

5 homes in Henderson Co., 7 in Daviess Co, 1 each in Barren, Union, & Webster Counites.

Donations can be made by sending a check to:

TSA Holiday Project, PO Box 2901, Evansville, IN 47728 OR donate online at TSAGL.org/Donate.html

These are some of the neediest households in our region…. Dealing with disability, poverty and stigma. Any help you can provide is greatly appreciated!

Tri-State Alliance has supported the LGBTQ community since 1980.

Remembering Robbie Stone on this World AIDS Day. He was the founder of the Owensboro AIDS Walk, a leader of the Kentucky AIDS Community, a leader in the Tri-State Alliance and a loyal friend. I am so glad the Owensboro AIDS Walk has been named after him. It will be held on Saturday, March 26, 2022 at the KWC campus. For updates, please ‘like’ Facebook.com/OwensboroAIDSCoalition

He was also a strong supporter of our AIDS Holiday Project. Today on Dec. 1 the Tri-State Alliance commemorates World AIDS Day. We continue to honor those we have lost, provide support to those living with HIV and AIDS, and build awareness and provide prevention services to residents in our 3-state region.

Each year World AIDS Day kicks off the Tri-State AIDS Holiday Project. We currently have 46 households that we need help serving, 17 of which have children (we have already covered the needs of over 200 households).

Please message us OR call/text 812-480-0204 or email [email protected] for a wish list.

OR Send a check to the TSA Holiday Project, PO Box 2901, Evansville, IN 47728 or donate online at TSAGL.org/Donate.html.

#WorldAIDSDay

#WorldAIDSDay2021

Great job Emma Latta for speaking at the Evansville Transgender Day of Remembrance event, the 9th annual vigil organized by the Tri-State Alliance. Emma chaired the 2021 Owensboro Pride Picnic, is a TSA Youth Group Adult Facilitator, and a Trans Activist who lives in Owensboro. Here is a copy of her prepared remarks:

Transgender Day of Remembrance is observed annually on November 20 to memorialize those lives lost to anti-transgender violence and to shine a light on the persistence of anti-transgender violence. Founded in 1999 by Gwendolyn Ann Smith after the murder of Rita Hester in Massachusetts, Trans Day of Remembrance has grown significantly into an international day of action, awareness, and community.

This year the number of transgender and nonbinary people lost to anti- transgender violence is the highest on record in the United States. So far, AT LEAST 45 transgender or nonbinary people have been killed. This number is likely higher, as many killings of transgender and gender non-conforming individuals are incorrectly reported or underreported.

As is too often the case in the reporting of anti-transgender violence, many of these victims are misgendered in local police statements and in media reports, which can affect the accuracy of reporting these deaths.

In 2019, the American Medical Association stated that violence targeted at transgender people reached EPIDEMIC proportions. In 2021, the record- breaking violence is compounded by the ongoing effects of the pandemic, racially motivated violence, and the most dangerous legislative season for anti-transgender bills across the county.

The atmosphere here in Evansville, Owensboro, Southern Illinois, and surrounding communities is by far too often hostile to the transgender and gender non-conforming communities. In our 3-state region, Illinois is the only state that has non-discrimination laws for our community. In our region, Evansville is the only community in Southwestern Indiana and Henderson the only community in Northwestern Kentucky that have inclusive civil rights protections in their local ordinances.

Schools are also not a safe environment for our local LGBT communities. In Evansville, the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation added sexual orientation but NOT gender identity to its non-discrimination policy. Students and young people do not feel safe in their local schools. Schools that do not have district-wide policies to protect ALL students, faculty and staff. This type of EXCLUSION is both intentional and dangerous.

To quote Mother Jones, we need to “Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living.” Tonight, we remember and mourn the dead. But we also have to continue to FIGHT to make our local community and our region a safer place for all people, especially the transgender and gender non-conforming communities.

Tonight, we remember those we have lost to anti-transgender violence. But we also NEED to remain committed to creating a safer atmosphere for the Transgender communities. We continue to ask for support of the TSA Youth Group which serves LGBTQ youth throughout our region...with most of the youth who attend being transgender or gender-nonconforming youth. And we need to continue to support the TSA Transgender Support Group that meets every Sunday afternoon...the only regional support group for the transgender community.

But first, TONIGHT we honor those we have lost to violence and we say their names.

Facebook.com/TriStateAlliance

At a charity event That helps fund wheelchairs and wheelchair ramps for those in need. https://www.facebook.com/homieshope/

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Please share! Donations needed! One key to our success, and the success of our LGBTQIA+ Youth Group and also our Trans Discussion Group is a dedicated LGBTQIA safe space.

Donations are needed for us to continue to provide these needed services. Please make a donation by Venmo, be sending a check to TSA, PO Box 2901, Evansville IN 47728, or donate online at TSAGL.org/Donate.html

Your continued support is vital to our continued success! Thanks again!

Please share! Donations needed! One key to our success, and the success of our LGBTQIA+ Youth Group and also our Trans Discussion Group is a dedicated LGBTQIA safe space.

Your continued support is vital to our continued success! Thanks again!

Need a Pride Flag? Order one or more online and HELP a regional LGBTQIA youth group! Less than $10 a flag! Order online at https://tsagl.org/merchandise.html

Tri-State Alliance has supported the LGBTQ community since 1980.

After the Pulse Nightclub massacre in Orlando, I was so proud of this picture and made it my cover photo again this year.

To make a difference, please let people you know you support LGBTQIA+ individuals, consider volunteering and consider donating to a support youth group. I made a donation online today to this rural LGBTQIA youth group for middle and high school students: TSAGL.org/Donate.html

What a great show and actors that supports all communities! Please follow their lead and help made a difference!

#supernatural #jensen and misha #misha collins #jared padalecki #jensen ackles

Congrats to ALL the TSA Youth Group members who graduated this year, including Aether of Owensboro, Kentucky! One of our proudest moments of Aether is when they were the youngest person to testify in favor of an Owensboro / Daviess County Fairness Ordinance!

Looking for donating for this great all volunteer group for my birthday ! I have served on its board for over 20 years. https://www.facebook.com/688313505/posts/10159448639653506/?d=n

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The Patoka Valley HIV Community Action Group has created a video tribute for the 2021 International AIDS Candlelight Memorial and Mobilization. Group President Don Jones remembers Terry Underhill of Paoli. Former President Tonya Heim remembers Ronald Blesch of Holland and Ron Vaughn Jr. of Huntingburg. Thanks to the group volunteers who created this video. https://youtu.be/2qt4qOMvTBw

Please consider helping this household and support our community! https://gofund.me/3843037b

Today! https://fb.me/e/8B3Vw3JmH #trans

Wellness event in Evansville, IN, United States by Tri-State Alliance on Wednesday, March 31 2021

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