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For more information on corporate sponsor
ships or to request a walker packet, call 704-
372-7246 or email ElaineatRAIN@aol.com.
THE 19TH ANNUAL BENEFIT ART
AUCTION for The Light Factory, 809 W. Hill
St., Charlotte, runs from 7:00 - 11:00 pm. The
Light Factory presents exhibitions of photog-
taphy, video, film and digital imaging as well
as education programs, community outreach
and special events. Admission is $25 ($20 for
members in advance). For more information,
call 704-333-9755 or visit www.
lightfactory.org.
BY REQUEST-A CABARET is the name
of tonight s One Voice Chorus salute to Broad
way. See the May 4 entry for details.
GRRRL BANDS are in the spotlight at
Tremont Music Hall, 400 W. Tremont Ave.,
Charlotte, as Christy Snow & Friends, The Jill
Austin Band and The Lesbian Truck Payment
Experience, take the stage. Doors open at 8:30
pm and admission is $ 10 ($8 with a ticket stub
from tonights One Voice performance). For
more information, contact Tremont Music Hall
at 704-343-9494.
DINING WITH FRIENDS will raise
funds for AID Upstate through a variety of din
ner parties across Greenville, SC. A commu
nity dinner will be begin at 7:30 pm in the Roe
Cabaret Room of the Peace Center for the Per-
fotmingArts, 101 W. Broad St., Greenville. At
9:30 pm, a Dessert Finale will be held in the
Peace Center’s Wyche Pavilion and a $25 do
nation is requested. For more information, con
tact AID Upstate at 864-250-0607.
PRIDE PARTY 2001, the official dance of
Chatlotte Pride 2001, invites you to shake your
groove thang from 10:00 pm - 4:00 am at Gen
esis, 607 West 5th St. in downtown Charlotte.
Genesis’ resident DJ Randall will supply the
music mix. Admission is $6 members; $10
guests. See May 4-6 entry for more informa
tion on Charlotte Pride 2001.
AN OFFICERS BALL, the official dance
ofTrademark XV, will feature partygoers decked
out in an array of Leather and uniforms. The
fun takes place in the Grand Ballroom of the
Sheraton Charlotte Airport Hotel, 3315 S. I-
85 Service Rd., from 10:00 pm - 1:00 am. Ad
mission is a $10 donation and proceeds will
benefit the House of Mercy hospice. Dress code
is enforced. See May 4-6 entry for more infor
mation on Trademark XV.
RELEASE PARTY 2001, the highlight
event of the Release 2001 weekend, will be held
at Mythos, corner of 6th and N. College in
downtown Charlotte, from 10:30 pm - 6:00
am. Guest DJ Billy Carroll (NYC, Miami) will
bring the noise and recording artist Amber
(“Above the Clouds,” “Love One Another”) will
perform. Admission is $50 at the door. See May
4-6 entry for more information on Release
2001.
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— with a 1995 Scandinavian treaty to respect
each other’s registered partnerships.
France also created a form of marital recog
nition for same-sex couples in 1999. In legal
victories abroad courts have recognized the
marital nature of committed gay and lesbian
relationships in Columbia, Hungary, Israel,
Namibia, and South Africa. And in May 1999,
the Canadian Supreme Court mandated that
the definition of “spouse” must include same-
sex partnerships. Still other countries are cur
rently considering same-sex partner recognition,
including Germany, Switzerland, Spain, and the
Czech Republic.
“With examples like marriage in [the
Netherlands], civil unions in Vermont, and
growing public support here in the US, we
can engage even more fair-minded Ameri
cans in helping end discrimination in mar
riage,” added David Buckel, newly ap
pointed Coordinator of Lambda’s Marriage
Project.
“It’s time for the United States to get back
in the lead on liberty and equality.”
• . In the United States, where to date same-
▼ Sunday, May 6
PRIDE CHILL-OUT BRUNCH at Liai
sons, 316 Rensselaer Ave., is another official
event of Charlotte Pride 2001 so come eat,
drink and be Mary with your friends from the
community. Admission is $10 for club mem
bers and $ 12 for guests. See May 4-6 entry for
more information on Charlotte Pride 2001.
FRENCH CAFE RECOVERY BRUNCH
should help Release 2001 revelers pull them
selves together for this final day of partying.
Cosmos Cafe, corner of 6th and College in
downtown Charlotte, will host from noon -
4:00 pm and the Kim Carper Duo will provide
soothing vocals. Admission is $25 at the door.
See May 4-6 entry for more information on
Release 2001.
FRIENDSHIP TEA DANCE continues
the run of Release 2001. Guest DJ Bumper
(Columbia, Atlanta) will move the crowd at
Mythos, corner of 6th and College in down
town Charlotte, from 5:00 - 11:00 pm. CD
giveaways will feature the lastest from Pragma,
Ultra Nate, Gspot and DaRude. Admission is
$20 at the door. See May 4-6 entry for more
information on Release 2001.
A HOEDOWN TEA DANCE will be
hosted by Hattigan’s Pub, 601 S. Cedar St.,
Charlotte, in conjunction with Southern Coun
try Charlotte ftom 5:00 - 10:00 pm. Admis
sion is free. For more information, contact
Hartigan’s Pub at 704-347-1841.
LUTHERANS CONCERNED meets
from 5:00 - 8:00 pm at Holy Trinity Lutheran
Church, 1900 The Plaza, Charlotte. A covered
dish will be shared at 5:00 pm followed by a
program at 6:00 pm. For more information,
contact info@lccharlotte.org.
PAULA POUNDSTONE will showcase her
quirky humor at 7:00 pm in the Belk Theatet
of the North Carolina Blumenthal Performing
Arts Center, 130 N. Tryon St., Chatlotte.
Poundstone has made numerous appearances
on The Tonight Show and The Rosie O’Donnell
Show and has hosted her own shows on ABC
and HBO. Tickets are $12 - $28. For more in
formation or to purchase tickets, call the PAC
box office at 704-372-1000 or visit
www.petformingartsctr.org.
WIND-DOWN PARTY closes out Release
2001 weekend. Those with the strength left can
gather at Q, 521 N. College St., Charlotte, from
11:00 pm - 2:00 am. See May 4-6 entry for
more information on Release 2001.
▼ Saturday & Sunday, May 11 & 12
NC DANCE THEATRE presents its
Spring Program at 8:00 pm in the Belk The
ater of the North Carolina Blumenthal Per
forming Arts Center, 130 N. Tryon St., Char
lotte. The show will take audiences on a trip to
the Old West, Paris and Spain through the cho
reography of George Balanchine, Nacho Duato
and NCDT Executive/Artistic Director Jean-
Pierre Bonnefoux. Tickets are $17 - $50. For
more information or to purchase tickets, call
the PAC box office at 704-372-1000 or visit
www.ncdance.org. ▼
sex couples are excluded from marriage in all
50 states, gay and lesbian families lack the most
basic of protections, including the automatic
ability to make medical decisions on a partner’s
behalf, visit in the hospital, inhetit, have joint
parenting, adoption, foster care, custody, and
visitation, file joint tax returns, and share such
government benefits as Social Secutity and
Medicate. Hawaii and Vermont, however, have
enacted more extensive protections for same-
sex couples.
After several years of groundwork by com
munity activists and a 1999 victory in the
Vermont Supreme Court [Baker v. Vermont),
that state conferred upon same-sex couples
the most comprehensive set of protections of
fered them anywhere in the United States. A
new marital status called Civil Union pro
vides same-sex couples all of the Vermont-
sponsored protections and responsibilities of
marriage, but still leaves those couples un
equal and with a lesser status than hetero
sexual couples.
The new Dutch law will require that at least
one partner must be a Dutch citizen or resi
dent, the same requirement for heterosexual
couples who marry and any couple entering a
registered partnership. T
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