[nagdu] A little off topic--Community Service division organizingmeeting at convention

[Lyn Gwizdak]

Thanks, Katherine, glad you agree about the LGBT group.  A couple of years 
ago, a meeting announcement was denied by Mauer and company. The leadership 
of NFB are conservative and NOT progressive in terms of social issues that 
DO affect blind people as much as sighted people - we are everything, 
including LGBT.  If an announcement about an LGBT meeting was denied - a 
division sure would be!  I had a big fight with a friend who is a state 
president of a state affiliate over this issue.

On the other hand, the ACB has a fully equal LGBT group within its 
organization and that group was 10 years old last year!  I have joined this 
group.

I have found the NFB to be too conservative for my needs but the NAGDU group 
is great so I stay with that group.  Wwe've always had to fight for guide 
dog rights in NFB in the past and it is better now after we all rose hell.

Lyn and Landon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Katherine Lawson" <kate.a.lawson at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 4:12 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] A little off topic--Community Service division 
organizingmeeting at convention


Lyn-I totally agree that there should be an LGBT group within the NFB!
I can't believe that they would refuse the creation of one. I'm sure
that there are plenty of Federationists who would be interested in
joining.

On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 11:43 PM, Lyn Gwizdak <linda.gwizdak at cox.net> wrote:
> Interesting aboout the new division for people doing community service. 
> Very
> nice.
>
> I am still pissed at NFB for their homophobia in refusing the creation of 
> an
> LGBT division for LGBT blind folks to talk about the special circumstances
> around being blind AND LGBT. I feel invisible as a person as my LGBT
> identity is just as strong as my blind identity and there should be no 
> place
> in NFB for antigay bigotry.
>
> I do community service in the LGBT community as well as in the straight
> community with my pet therapy work.
>
> Lyn and Landon
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> Subject: [nagdu] A little off topic--Community Service division
> organizingmeeting at convention
>
>
>> Come Join a group of federationests at the community service
>>
>> division organizing meeting at national convention!
>>
>>
>> Come learn about the goals of this new exciting division, and how we
>>
>> can utilize community service to further the goals of the national
>>
>> federation of the blind. We will meet on Sunday, July 3 at
>> 4p.m.(check convention ajenda for location) and
>>
>> the meeting will last until 6p.m.
>>
>> Should you have any questions, please contact Coordinator Darian
>>
>> Smith at dsmithnfb at gmail.comm.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Julie McG
>> Lindbergh High School class of 2009, participating member in Opera
>> Theater's Artist in Training Program, and proud graduate of Guiding
>> Eyes for the Blind
>>
>> "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that
>> everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal
>> life."
>> John 3:16
>>
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