Harvey Milk Day in Dallas
Hope 4 Peace and Justice celebrates Harvey Milk Day on May 22 at the Legacy of Love monument at 8 p.m.
Milk, who lived in Dallas before moving to San Francisco, will be remembered for encouraging all LGBT people to come out.
The evening features brief remarks from SMU student Sammi Partida and the Rev. Jim Mitulski, interim senior pastor of UCC Cathedral of Hope. Chris Chism performs a musical excerpt from Dear Harvey. Meg Hargis presents a spoken word performance.
A candlelight march for justice will begin down Cedar Springs led by out SMU students and members of the Resource Center Dallas Grey Pride.
Afterward, everyone is invited to a birthday celebration, complete with cake and ice cream, upstairs at Sue Ellen’s.
Gray Pride program
Rafael McDonnell presents LGBT on TV from the 1960s To Today, Part II discussing how the LGBT community has been depicted on TV from the 1960s to today in both television news and entertainment programming. Part 1 was presented in January.
Gray Pride is Resource Center’s program for people 50 years and older. Educational and support services include health and wellness activities, enrichment classes, monthly meals and social networking, support groups and special events.
Resource Center Dallas, 2701 Reagan St. May 16. 5–8 p.m. Free, but donations welcomed. Food and beverages served.
AIDS candlelight memorial in Austin
The 15th annual Austin/Central Texas AIDS Candlelight Memorial Service takes place on May 18 with the theme Let’s Keep the Light on HIV.
All attendees will be given red ribbons and commemoirative candles. The event includes speakers, remembrances, AIDS Quilts, music and prayers. Free literature and condoms are available and free HIV testing will be offered at 4th and Lavaca streets from 4–9:30 p.m.
This is the only International AIDS Candlelight Memorial taking place in Texas this year.
Its goal is to honor, support, and advocate for those who have been affected by the global HIV epidemic through mobilizing communities for a world where people do not die of AIDS and people living with HIV can live in health and with dignity.
Republic Square Park, 422 Guadalupe St., Austin. 7:30–8:30 p.m.
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition May 16, 2014.