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Announcements We are committed to serving the Transgender Community 
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & SEXUAL ASSAULT
Crisis Clinic, 461-3222 (24 hour line); "GET HELP NOW"
King County Sexual Assault Resource Center (KCSARC) - 24-hour crisis line for
information, support, & medical & legal assistance: 1-888-99VOICE;
Northwest Network - support & advocacy for Transgender, Bisexual, Lesbian & Gay Survivors of Abuse & Dating Violence, 568-7777 (voice), 517-9670 (tty), www.nwnetwork.org;
Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities - offers on-going support groups for men: 323-1768;
Seattle Police Dept. Domestic Violence Unit, 684-0330; Seattle Transgender Help Network - Offers (24) Hour Support 262-7580
Pierce County Domestic Violence Helpline: Teresa, 253-798-4166;
State Wide Domestic Violence Hot Line, 800-562-6025.
In an emergency call 911. Report Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault.
Seattle Transgender Help Network Columbia Tower Center 701 Fifth Avenue Suite: 4200 Seattle Washington. 98104-5119 P: (206) 262-7580, F: (206) 262-8001
Would like to help Seattle Transgender? We are currently looking for volunteers to help for a few hours a day. Please contact Gary at volunteers@seattletransgender.org 
Transgender Youth Awareness
Program
Program Features:
• Comprehensive training for teachers & those that work with youth.
• Resource referral for transgender youth.
• Comperhensive website (Transgender Youth.org).
• Tool kit on transgender youth issues.
• Speakers bureau of transgender people & their allies.
• Program Advisory Committee of transgender people & their allies.
Contact Us! (206) 330 2099 or 877-GLSEN-WA
email@glsenwa.org 1605 12th. Ave., Suite 32, Seattle. WA. 98122 Tqual "Sportsworld Changers" is a club that falls under the umbrella of www.teamseattle.org (the LGTQI sports network). Tuffi Dolan is the Founder and can be reached at tuffidolan@yahoo.com. The group welcomes friends and allies as well as the LGTQI communities. Tqual ran a successful discgolf bagtage challenge at Lakewood Disc Golf Course in White Center, and is scheduled to provide a disc golf clinic for Verbena Rainbow Women's Health Network on December 16, 2007 at Volunteer Park. Seattle Counseling Service Transgender Youth Counseling 
    Seattle Counseling Services Want to Get Involved?
Become a Volunteer!
Want to give back to the LGBT community? Want to be more involved in Seattle Counseling Service? Then become a volunteer!
We are seeking volunteers for short and long term assignments in the office, with the newsletter, for events, committees and more. Tell us how you’d like to be involved and we’ll find the perfect spot for you. Email Julie for more info.  julieb@seattlecounseling.org
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Would you like to help others?
Seattle LGBT Community Center
Do you have extra time, and would like to help The LGBT Center? They are
currently looking for volunteers to help for as little as a couple of hours. Preferably during the business day. However they have many positions and times available.
Lambda Legal
Lambda Legal is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and those with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work.
Sometimes it's difficult to imagine what full equality might look like. But remember, less than five years ago, gay men and lesbians were still branded as criminals in 13 states by sodomy laws. We've come a long way -- and we pledge to keep up the fight.
You can also help increase our impact by telling your friends and family about Lambda Legal's work and our Contract for Equality. There is strength in numbers --
Confessions Live to tell
As a boy growing-up I was three feet from the floor, gasping for air,
trying to release my father hands from my throat.
I looked into his eyes, and wondered if my feet would ever touch the floor again.
Have you ever been hit so hard it sends your body flying across the room.
We all fall to the floor at some point.
It’s how you pick yourself up, that’s the real challenge, isn’t it?
I’ve always lived in my own world, I danced to escape my troubles.
I’ve learned, that there is even light, in the darkest places.
I can’t blame my father for anything,
You can’t rely on other people to make you happy,
But I know deep down inside he loved me.
Live to tell
As a girl growing-up There was a time, I suffered so much, I wanted to get it out of me.
I would cut my arms, not to kill myself, I don’t what to die.
I know, I am lucky to be on this earth,
I did it so the physical pain would come, and cover the pain that was eating me inside.
Nothing was erased, I live with my past tucked away deep inside of me.
It comes out as an explosion, and it invades me.
I believe we are messengers on earth.
I believe in Angels. I am blessed by God to tell myself.
I serve for that wish to become that which I am today.
Live to tell
Growing-up in the hood….
Now you have to realize, not only do I have a family,
but now I have the whole hood, and that’s power.
But I’m not a grimy ass niger, I was never out to kill anybody,
especially when I made the decision to gang bang, I just wanted to fit in.
But one day I was suppose to do something that made me open my eyes,
I realized this shit is no game.
One of the homeys got popped and,
I was personally doing my first drive-by.
It was kind of fucked-up the way they tried to set me-up.
Me and my bro. we was headed back to the 8th. block and,
some homeys rolled up and they asked us to go somewhere.
We pulled up to the corner and he placed this chunky assed gun in my lap
he said you know what to do with it, it’s time you pop one for the hood.
I wasn’t out to kill anybody, "bang".
By: Madonna, The Confessions Tour 2006
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