Community Forum Archives

The Way Forward for Police Accountability in Rochester

October 1, 2018

by Out Alliance Community Forum Community Spotlight Featured Groups Opinion / Editorial Violence Prevention

written and submitted by PABA Executive Committee Since February 2017, activists have pushed with renewed vigor for the passage of legislation that has been needed for well over a half century in Rochester, New York. Police have evaded responsibility fo ...

CALL TO ACTION: TRANSGENDER PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS NEED YOUR HELP RIGHT NOW!

June 19, 2018

by Out Alliance Community Forum Featured Local News Out Alliance News Transgender

by Milo Primeaux, Esq. What’s Happening? The New York State Education Department (NYSED) recently issued an emergency regulation, effective May 8, 2018, that explains the rights of transgender and gender-nonconforming public school students under t ...

: Conversations in the Community; Leigh Anne Francis

April 4, 2016

by Out Alliance Community Forum

By Todd Plank Todd: Hi Leigh-Anne! I am very excited about the opportunity to introduce you to our readers prior to your visit to Rochester in mid-April, when you will be speaking at the Social Welfare Action Alliance’s (SWAA) national summit. I was surp ...

From Our Readers: ESPA did NOT start Pride at Work

May 31, 2013

by Out Alliance Community Forum Empty Closet

To The Editor: As President of the Rochester Finger Lakes Chapter of Pride at Work AFL-CIO I wish to correct a significant misconception about Pride at Work AFL-CIO, while simultaneously thanking you for your excellent article highlighting local labor ico ...

SAGE Intergenerational Panel talks about allies

April 2, 2012

by Out Alliance Community Forum Elders Local News Youth

By Lora C. Thody Sunday, March 18, marked the ninth year of the Intergenerational Panel event, an event sponsored by Rainbow Sage and the Gay Alliance Youth Group. his year’s event was held at the First Universalist Church and was themed on “The Importanc ...

Community Forum

November 1, 2010

by Out Alliance Community Forum Empty Closet

By Susan Jordan What do we all need from our Rochester LGBT community? What makes us feel safe and comfortable with each other? What makes us feel that someone has our backs? Can we all agree that we love Pride, ImageOut and socializing at Equal=Grounds a ...