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A LETTER TO FRIENDS AND ALLIES FROM RAI'S BOARD PRESIDENT
As we head into a new decade the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community in America is going to continue to break new ground. Click here to read a letter from Chad Putman, President of RAI.

RAI's LGBTQ HEALTH & WELLNESS EXPO
On Sunday March 20th, dozens of health and wellness experts and providers will offer free presentations and information on LGBT health matters. It's at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in downtown Albany and it's completely free of charge. For updates and more nformation, check the RAI Health & Wellness Expo web page.

A RSVP is required for this event - the form can be found on the website.



SOGI PROJECT OFFERS FREE LGBT PARENTING AND TG WORKSHOPS
The Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity (SOGI) Project at the University at Albany, School of Social Welfare has scheduled the following workshops for February:
  • Wednesday, February 9th, 4- 6pm: A Family is a Family: LGBTQ Foster Care and Adoption Issues
    This workshop will explore the fostering and adoption of LGBTQ youth as well as the unique role that LGBTQ individuals and couples play in creating families through adoption. (Presented by Damarise Alexander-Mann, Director of Foster Care and Adoption at Parsons Child and Family Center.)

  • Wednesday, February 16th , 4-6pm: Working with Transgender Clients (Part 2 of 3): Transition, Identity, and Coming Out
    This workshop will examine the issues of transition (legal, social, and medical), and the process of identity development and coming for trans people. Presented by Shannon Sennott, LCSW, a psychotherapist with The Institute for Gender, Relationships, Identity, and Sexuality and Translate Gender.

    All workshops are free and held at Husted Hall Amphitheatre, Downtown Campus, SUNY Albany
    Please email sogiproject@albany.edu or call 462.6138 (extension 12) to register.


RAI PRESENTS WORKSHOPS FOR TEENS AND STAFF
The weekend of January 14 - 16, LGBT youth, their friends, allies, and the adults who work with them were guests for the Common Threads Youth Empowerment Retreat in Stony Point NY. Common Threads offers workshops on current adolescent issues in a safe and fun-filled atmosphere. The retreat aims to empower youth by creating a sense of community and an awareness of how to create positive change in areas such as diversity, health, personal safety, political advocacy, and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Dr. Bobbi Williams of RAI presented two workshops: one for the teens and another for the providers, focusing on transgender health concerns, especially as they apply to transgender youth.
  • Click here for photos from the workshops.
  • Click here to download a copy of the PowerPoint presentation that was used.

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    THE NOVEMBER/DECEMBER NEWSLETTER
    Check out our newsletter for the latest local and national LGBT Health news. This issue includes information about a New Report on the HIV/AIDS Crisis in the U.S., the UCSF's First National Summit on LGBT Medical Education Issues, an article from the Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants that addresses the unique workplace issues that LGBT physician assistants face, and the World Professional Association for Transgender Health's 22nd WPATH International Symposium.
    Rainbow Access Initiative is a non-profit 501(c)(3) educational and charitable organization created to address the educational needs of medical and social service professionals in the Capital District of New York State regarding the genuine heath and human service issues of their Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender clients and to increase the accessibility of health and human services to the LGBT communities and their families, with particular emphasis on underserved populations.
    All of our financial records and related information are open and available to the public on request.

    This page updated on January 18, 2011