Dakota OutRight http://dakotaoutright.org A GLBT resource Central and Western North Dakota Fri, 02 Jul 2010 18:05:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 ATTENTION! http://dakotaoutright.org/attention/ http://dakotaoutright.org/attention/#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:23:47 +0000 admin http://dakotaoutright.org/?p=1344 We are sorry to inform you that the festival and camping are CANCELLED.

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*

]]> http://dakotaoutright.org/attention/feed/ 0 Pride Fest July 23 – 24 http://dakotaoutright.org/pride-fest2010/ http://dakotaoutright.org/pride-fest2010/#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:10:39 +0000 admin http://dakotaoutright.org/?p=1303

]]> http://dakotaoutright.org/pride-fest2010/feed/ 0 School’s Out! http://dakotaoutright.org/schools-out/ http://dakotaoutright.org/schools-out/#comments Tue, 18 May 2010 19:33:22 +0000 admin http://dakotaoutright.org/?p=1316 “School’s Out” Outdoor Extravaganza

May 22 Prime Steer  *18 and over*

$10

$5 for students and military

We will have Void the Void  DJ’s  outside on the patio, weather permitting

]]> http://dakotaoutright.org/schools-out/feed/ 0 We are still here! http://dakotaoutright.org/we-are-still-here-2/ http://dakotaoutright.org/we-are-still-here-2/#comments Tue, 18 May 2010 18:57:54 +0000 admin http://dakotaoutright.org/?p=1299 Dakota OutRight would like to apologize for our website not being proactive. We have hired a professional web company to start administrating the website,
this should keep us on the web and help keep the site fresh and up to date.

“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.

]]> http://dakotaoutright.org/we-are-still-here-2/feed/ 0 Dakota Divas In Drag At Doublewood Ballroom http://dakotaoutright.org/dakota-divas-in-drag/ http://dakotaoutright.org/dakota-divas-in-drag/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:00:29 +0000 Glenny http://dakotaoutright.org/?p=1210 Dakota Divas In Drag Show

will be Saturday, March 6th, at the Doublewood Hotel Ballroom, Bismarck, ND.

Admission:

  • $10.00 General Admission
  • Must be 18+ to attend, valid ID required
  • Doors open at 7:30 p.m.  Showtime at 8:30 p.m.

The 2010 Show season includes the following dates:

Friday, July 23rd, 2010 – Annual Pride Fest 2010 Show

More About Our Shows:

Did you even know that there were Drag Shows in the state of North Dakota?  Dakota OutRight presents the biggest and best shows in the region with each show’s audiences averaging around 300 people attending. Headlined by our wonderfully talented and quick-witted emcee & Show Director, Miss Janessa Jaye Champagne, our performers come from all around North Dakota, and they include both Drag Queens and Drag Kings.  Our shows include a great full-service cash bar, a DJ Dance following the show, and private security. The crowd is very friendly and is made up of straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered people. We welcome you and your friends to join in on a great evening of entertainment.

]]> http://dakotaoutright.org/dakota-divas-in-drag/feed/ 0 March Dance http://dakotaoutright.org/dances-resume-with-september-26th-dance/ http://dakotaoutright.org/dances-resume-with-september-26th-dance/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:00:46 +0000 WebmasterDan http://dakotaoutright.org/?p=932 Void the Void presents Dance Hits Ultimate Dance Party!

Be prepared for a dance off to the hits.

This event is sponsored by Dakota Outright and will be held Saturday, March 20th, 2010, from 9:30PM to 1AM at the Prime Steer in Mandan.  The Prime Steer is located at 2815 Memorial Highway in Mandan.

Cost: $10
$5 with Student ID

]]> http://dakotaoutright.org/dances-resume-with-september-26th-dance/feed/ 0 Q-Talk http://dakotaoutright.org/q-talk/ http://dakotaoutright.org/q-talk/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:59:52 +0000 Glenny http://dakotaoutright.org/?p=754 Q-Talk will be held at Mr. Delicious, located at 307 N 3rd St in Bismarck, ND at 7:30pm, Tuesday, January  30th, 2009. Q-Talk is an open discussion forum held the last Tuesday of the month. Please come for discussion concerning issues affecting the GLBT community.  The topic will be GLBT issues in Health Care Reform.

]]> http://dakotaoutright.org/q-talk/feed/ 0 Pride Award Nominees Sought http://dakotaoutright.org/pride-award-nominees-sought/ http://dakotaoutright.org/pride-award-nominees-sought/#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:59:32 +0000 Glenny http://dakotaoutright.org/?p=1195 Pride Award Nominees Sought
The Board of Directors of Dakota OutRight is accepting nominations for this year’s Pride Award recipient.  Each year Dakota OutRight recognizes an individual or organization for their contribution to the local GLBT community.  Past Pride Award recipients have included Lola Huwe, Suzi Kramer-Brenna, The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Ralph Jundt, Chris Stoner (Miss Janessa Jaye Champagne), and State Senator Tom Fiebiger.
If you know of a person or organization who you feel has made a significant contribution to the GLBT community, please submit their name and your reasons for nominating them.   We will consider all nominations and publish the name of the recipient on the Dakota OutRight website.  The Pride Award will be presented to the recipient during the Saturday afternoon program at Pride Fest in July.
Please submit your nominations to hosts@dakotaoutright.org
]]> http://dakotaoutright.org/pride-award-nominees-sought/feed/ 0 World Aids Day http://dakotaoutright.org/world-aids-day/ http://dakotaoutright.org/world-aids-day/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:58:16 +0000 Glenny http://dakotaoutright.org/?p=1152 December 1st World Aids Day]]> Worlds Aids Day

Worlds Aids Day

December 1st 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

]]> http://dakotaoutright.org/world-aids-day/feed/ 0 Laramie Project: Ten Years Later — A Video http://dakotaoutright.org/laramie-project-ten-years-later-a-video/ http://dakotaoutright.org/laramie-project-ten-years-later-a-video/#comments Sat, 10 Oct 2009 09:47:37 +0000 WebmasterDan http://dakotaoutright.org/?p=1039

laramie10-11 from Phil Talsky on Vimeo.

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