We will be having a dance on Friday, July 23rd @ the Prime Steer.

Doors open at 9:30pm

Drag Show and Dance Sat, July 24th at the Civic Center in the Prairie Room.

Doors open at 7:30pm      *Cash Bar*

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“Thank you for your patience – Dakota OutRight Board”

Watch for the new North Dakota Capital Pride Fest Page to be on the web in a week. There will be info and a schedule of events for your future planning.

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Worlds Aids Day

December 1^st World Aids Day

Some important facts about HIV/AIDS

The following statistics are from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and similar organizations leading the world in HIV/AIDS prevention.

In 2007 the largest estimated proportion of HIV/AIDS diagnoses among adults and adolescents were men who have sex with men (MSM). This category accounted for 53% of overall diagnoses and 71% among men. High risk sexual contact (sexual contact with persons known to have HIV infection or have a higher risk of contracting HIV infection) accounted for 11% of overall diagnoses. 26% of HIV/AIDS cases  are Females and of those 83% are from high risk sexual contact.

Persons 40-49 accounted for the largest portion of newly diagnosed infections at 27% Persons 30-39 the second largest at 26% followed closely by persons aged 20-29 at 25%

Worldwide 33 million people have HIV/AIDS

The CDC estimated the number of AIDS diagnoses, deaths and persons living in the United States in 2007:  Aids diagnoses 35,962 Deaths 14,110 and persons living with AIDS 455,636  If we take a percentage of the 50 states in the US the number is estimated at 9113 per state. North Dakota is one of the states with the smallest number of infected people. But on the other hand some of the states around us rank right up there with the highest number of infected persons.

In a five year span there have been 1,018,428 AIDS diagnoses and 562,793 people have died from AIDS and there are really are no statistics of how many people actually are living with HIV/AIDS. This attributes for the fact that one out of five persons who live with HIV do not know they have HIV or AIDS. It is feared that 21% of HIV infected people don’t know they have the disease and 38% of HIV infected people in the United States are diagnosed late- within a year of developing AIDS Early diagnoses can prolong lives and will also help in less transmition of the disease. This can only happen if persons choose to be routinely tested for the disease. There has been a movement  in the United States to routinely test persons for the disease but with the insurance companies and a decrease of government subsidizing testing has not increased in most parts. With better Health Care reform  maybe we can reverse this trend.

Here is a quote from the former Surgeon General Everett Koop

“When you have sex with someone you are having sex with everyone they have had sex with in the last ten years”

There is only one way that we can reverse the transmition of this disease and that is to protect ourselves and help make sure that those that we love and know spread the word that HIV /AIDS kills and can be eliminated with adequate protection!

Now days it is much easier to get tested and results can be ready with in 20 minutes. Please go to this website for information about HIV/AIDS and finding a place where you  can go to for discreet testing . Go to www.ndhiv.com or call1 800 706 3448

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Click on the image at left to view a download-able image of the poster for this event or read some of the details about this event below.  Included are links to other websites about this nationwide event and the other organizations and people who are getting involved.

 World Premiere at Bismarck State College!

October 12  °  7 p.m.  °  BSC Sidney J. Lee Auditorium

Live Web cast from the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. will lead to a nationwide discussion.

Admission is free but reservations recommended due to limited seating.  Donations to the Matthew Shepard Foundation are suggested.

Reservations:  Call 224-5511 to reserve seats by message or at the box office open 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. weekdays Oct. 5-12.

Reserved tickets must be picked up by 6:30 p.m. on the evening of the show.

Eight members of BSC’s original American College Theater Festival award-winning production of “The Laramie Project” will be reprising their roles.

For a link to Bismarck State click here.   

Additional Links about Matthew Shepard’s death, The Laramie Project, and The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later are listed below:

The Laramie Project Online Community  °   Tectonic Theater Project  

The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later Premiers in Over 100 Cities

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 October 11, 2009

Dakota OutRight will cosponsor a day of fellowship with

Bismarck Mandan Unitarian Universalist Fellowship 

Fellowship begins at 10:30 a.m.  ° Childcare & Sunday School for Children

Coming Out Stories presented by Dakota OutRight Board Members

Luncheon Provided Following the Fellowship  °  Everyone in the Community is Encouraged to Attend ° 818 East Divide Ave Bismarck

Unitarian Universalism is a caring, open-minded religion that draws on many sources, welcoming people with different beliefs. UUs are united by shared values, not by creed or dogma. 

The purpose of the Bismarck Mandan UU congregation is to be a fellowship of free minds, welcoming all, a beacon of enlightenment and sanctuary, and offering a call to build a better self, community, and world. The local congregation became a lay-led fellowship in 1952 in what is now the Unitarian Universalist Association.

Since 2000 the Bismarck-Mandan UU has been a Welcoming Congregation and since then has had the rainbow colors on its wayside pulpit. The first known same gender marriage in a Bismarck church was at the local UU fellowship in 1985. Dakota Outright presented the UU Fellowship with the Pride Award in 2005.

Unitarian Universalism does not require a profession of faith in a set doctrinal beliefs. It is, instead, a diverse community, believing in the individual search for a meaningful faith. Many UUs have come from other churches, leaving when the person could not, in conscience, continue to affirm their creeds. Others come from a non-religious background. Through participation in the life of the Fellowship, in Sunday morning programs, in adult study, and in support of youth and children, we find insight, understanding and inspiration.

Social justice issues and social action are a key element of Unitarian Universalism and of the Bismarck Mandan UU Fellowship. Over the years, members have worked on human rights issues and legislation, the separation of church and state, and quality public education. Our Sunday services frequently reflect the commitment to social Justice.

Web links:

UU 7 Principles: http://www.uua.org/visitors/6798.shtml

Bismarck Mandan UU Fellowship:  http://www.bismanuu.org/

Unitarian Universalist Association: http://www.uua.org

UUA Welcoming Congregation: http://www.uua.org/leaders/leaderslibrary/welcomingcongregation/index.shtml

Contributing Reporter:  Don Morrison, NDPeople.org

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When:  September 12, 2009, at 7:30 PM

Where:  Sidney J. Lee Auditorium, BSC

Admission is Free - Donations Gratefully Accepted

Co-sponsored by: North Dakota Women’s Network, Cinema 100 Film Society, BSC Theatre Department, Chambers & Blohm Psychological Svcs., and Dragon Jane Theater Company

For more information call 258-6667

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Want to celebrate PRIDE with a free Rapid HIV Test? The N.D Dept. of Public Health will be attending Pride Fest with their newly acquired testing method.  Stay tuned to DakotaOutRight.org for more information on this new test, and more.

Would you like to make a run for Mr. Pride Fest, Ms. Pride Fest, Miss Pride Fest, or King of Pride Fest?  Then again, rush straight to the Pride Fest page for links to all of the details on how to sign up online for your candidacy.

We urge you to keep a watch on the Pride Fest page for the latest updates!

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For the latest news on Pride Fest 2009 click here

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