The Racine Public Library, 75 Seventh St., will host a presentation about the new Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Center of Southeast Wisconsin, 1456 Junction Avenue in Racine (www.lgbtsewisc.org ), on Wednesday, June 17 at 6:30 p.m. in the Library's Lee Room. The program will be facilitated by Bruce Joffee, the executive director of the center.
The LGBT Center of SE Wisconsin serves two major purposes:
(1) To provide a safe and supportive environment through which LGBT people, their family, friends and allies in Racine, Kenosha and surrounding communities can access needed community, social, educational, professional, and health-related services; and
(2) To link and integrate the LGBT population of Racine and Kenosha with the many nonprofit organizations, causes, and services already operating inside and out of this area.
The driving force behind establishing the LGBT Center of SE Wisconsin is educator, advisor, and public relations consultant Bruce H. Joffe, Ph.D., who serves as its executive director.
A professor who taught Gay & Lesbian Studies courses, Dr. Joffe has been on the faculties of The American University, George Mason University, and Mary Baldwin College before relocating from the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia to Wisconsin, where he now serves on the faculties of both Carthage College and Cardinal Stritch University. His research continues to explore gender ambiguity in the media, sexual minorities and cultural norms ... and how "social networking" Internet sites impact GLBT/Q folks.
Joffe's remarkable book A Hint of Homosexuality? 'Gay' and Homoerotic Imagery in American Print Advertising (2007) has won many awards and critical acclaim for its examination and analysis of over 200 ads in which the author concludes that "Gay imbroglio and innuendo tease at us amid subliminal elements seductively perceived and strategically portrayed."
An enigmatic Jewish man twice married and divorced, Joffe become a Christian more than 25 years ago. Another of Joffe's books, Square Peg in a Round Hole, offers a glimpse of his very personal coming out saga, and tells the story of Joffe's redemption and personal acceptance.
Today he lives with his long-time partner, Russ, and their pets in downtown Racine. This program is free and open to the public. No registration is required.
The LGBT Center of SE Wisconsin serves two major purposes:
(1) To provide a safe and supportive environment through which LGBT people, their family, friends and allies in Racine, Kenosha and surrounding communities can access needed community, social, educational, professional, and health-related services; and
(2) To link and integrate the LGBT population of Racine and Kenosha with the many nonprofit organizations, causes, and services already operating inside and out of this area.
The driving force behind establishing the LGBT Center of SE Wisconsin is educator, advisor, and public relations consultant Bruce H. Joffe, Ph.D., who serves as its executive director.
A professor who taught Gay & Lesbian Studies courses, Dr. Joffe has been on the faculties of The American University, George Mason University, and Mary Baldwin College before relocating from the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia to Wisconsin, where he now serves on the faculties of both Carthage College and Cardinal Stritch University. His research continues to explore gender ambiguity in the media, sexual minorities and cultural norms ... and how "social networking" Internet sites impact GLBT/Q folks.
Joffe's remarkable book A Hint of Homosexuality? 'Gay' and Homoerotic Imagery in American Print Advertising (2007) has won many awards and critical acclaim for its examination and analysis of over 200 ads in which the author concludes that "Gay imbroglio and innuendo tease at us amid subliminal elements seductively perceived and strategically portrayed."
An enigmatic Jewish man twice married and divorced, Joffe become a Christian more than 25 years ago. Another of Joffe's books, Square Peg in a Round Hole, offers a glimpse of his very personal coming out saga, and tells the story of Joffe's redemption and personal acceptance.
Today he lives with his long-time partner, Russ, and their pets in downtown Racine. This program is free and open to the public. No registration is required.
1 comment:
I am sure that it was good presentation, wasn't it? The purposes of the program are good. Because many LGBT feel uncomfortable to the environment, it is why one of the purposes is to provide safe and supportive environment.
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