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THE LESBIAN/GAY FELLOWSHIP AT ST. BART'S Pride Parade 2010, photo by Millard Cook Thanks for walking with us to celebrate Heritage of Pride 2010!     Your Steering Committee St. Bart's Lesbian and Gay Fellowship   P.S. We have to raise about $2,000 dollars to defray costs of our efforts. If you can help, click here and donate what you can. Thanks for whatever you can do. The Lesbian and Gay Fellowship meets monthly to welcome newcomers, to build community, and to study issues of civil and religious rights and responsibilities. ALL ARE WELCOME TO JOIN US. Interested in learning more about the Lesbian/Gay Fellowship at St. Bart's? Please email or call the Rev. Bruce Forbes , 212-378-0210. Sign up for our Email Newsletter A LOOK BACK AT 2009: JOIN THE LESBIAN AND GAY FELLOWSHIP for our next meeting on Sunday, March 7 at 12:30 pm in Room 33. Dr. Nathaniel Frank, noted author and educator, will discuss "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and its possible repeal. Dr. Frank is the author of Unfriendly Fire: How the Gay Ban Undermines the Military and Weakens America, published in 2009 by St. Martin's Press and described by Janet Maslin writing in The New York Times as “a sharp, vigorously framed analysis.”  She adds, “The main attraction in ‘Unfriendly Fire’ is the agility and tough-mindedness with which Mr. Frank presents his arguments.” Dr. Frank is Senior Research Fellow at the Palm Center, a think tank at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and an adjunct professor at New York University. He received his Ph.D. in History from Brown University in the spring of 2002. He is recognized as one of the nation's top experts on gays in the military and other gay rights topics, and his publications have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Republic, Slate, Los Angeles Times, The Huffington Post, Newsday, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Lingua Franca, and others. He has been interviewed for national television and radio programs, including ABC's Good Morning America, the CBS Evening News, CNN's Anderson Cooper 360, the Daily Show with Jon Stewart, CBS News on Logo, the BBC, and MSNBC's Abrams Report. His interview by Jon Stewart on the Daily Show is available at http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-march-9-2009/nathaniel-frank. Read Janet Maslin’s review of his book in The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/19/books/19maslin.html Don't Ask, Do Tell! Sunday, December 6, 12:30 - 1:45pm Richard Socarides - Ex White House Insider Tells All: Gay Marriage, the Military, and More Richard Socarides, President Clinton's White House Liaison to the Gay and Lesbian Community, will discuss politics and the struggle for equality with the LGBT Fellowship and friends this Sunday, December 6 at 12:30pm in the Chapel. All are welcome. - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2009 "THE BIBLE & HOMOSEXUALITY" 12:30pm: Sister Carol Perry, SU, will speak in the Café on "What the Bible says (and doesn't say) about homosexuality."- Read our latest eNews on this here - - - - - - - - SEPTEMBER 27, 2009 OKTOBERFEST and STEVEN FALES PREVIEWS HIS NEW SHOW "MISSIONARY POSITION" 12:30pm: Come to the Cheatham Garden for an Oktoberfest Cookout ($15, free to newcomers and guests) to be followed by (ex)Morman Boy Steven Fales' preview of his new play, "Missionary Position."- Read our latest eNews on this here   Click here for information about the L. Denver Hart Memorial Fund. Denver was a beloved priest who served in our parish for nine years. We will commemorate, during Pride Month, the 10th anniversary of his death.