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By: Greg (Diary)  |  June 10th, 2010 at 05:49 AM  | 

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I received my second email from LGBT event at NIH in a week. I asked to be removed from the list and was told it could not happen. The problem I have with this group being able to give speeches and hold lectures, is the LGBT is a political group that supports DNC and shouldn’t be classified as a nonprofit. Nor can I as an individual request to be removed from the email list. Nor  can I hold a lecture at NIH on the cost impacts of LGBT have on public health systems.

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  • Jack_Savage

    It would be interesting to know more on what the email was about, and what sort of event they are holding, and exactly what organization is holding it. Is it some sort of indoctrination, or is it a legitimate seminar on the health issues of that population?

    • itdiehard

      The 14TH Annual NIH Noon In June Program: An Observance of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month will be held on Wednesday, June 30, 2010, in the Vaccine Research Center (Building 40), Conference Rooms 1201/1203 from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. The 2010 theme is Embracing LGBT Inclusion in the Federal Workplace.

      The program will feature Pat Baillie Associate Director, Training & Professional Development Out & Equal Workplace Advocates. Ms. Baillie will present an overview on Building Bridges Toward LGBT Diversity in the Workplace.

      For additional information, please contact Ms. Margarite Curtis Farrell, NIH Federal Women?s Employment Program Manger, at (301) 402-3679 or via email curtism@od.nih.gov. Sign language interpreters will be provided. For reasonable accommodations, please contact Ms. Mary Okwaro, Acting NIH Disability Employment Program Manager at (301) 402-4157 or the Federal Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339.

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      NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE
      History of Medicine Division Seminar
      LGBTQ Awareness Month Program
      Tuesday June 8, 2010, 2-3:30pm
      NLM Visitor Center, Bldg. 38A
      Bethesda, MD

      ?Gay Adoption and Organ Theft: The Limits of Human Rights and Reproductive Rights.?

      Prof. Laura Briggs
      University of Arizona

      This talk explores the contemporary politics surrounding gay and transnational adoption in the Americas from the 1980s to the present. It begins with the circulation of organ theft stories, in which children are kidnapped and sold into international adoptions. The talk focuses particularly on Mexico and Guatemala and questions of child disappearance, trafficking, and dismemberment, and explores the limits of both human rights and reproductive rights as legal frameworks for thinking about protecting either impoverished children or LGBTQ family-making.

      All are welcome.

      Note: The next history of medicine seminar will be held on Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 2-3:30pm in the NLM Lister Hill Auditorium, Building 38A. For the third annual James Cassedy Memorial Lecture, Dr. Eugene Flamm of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine will speak on ?Neurosurgery before Neurosurgery-The Formative Years 1517-1867.?

      Sign language interpretation is provided. Individuals with disabilities who need reasonable accommodation to participate may contact Stephen Greenberg at 301-435-4995, e-mail greenbes@mail.nih.gov, or the Federal Relay (1-800-877-8339).

      Due to current security measures at NIH, off-campus visitors are advised to consult the NLM Visitors and Security website:

      http://www.nlm.nih.gov/about/visitor.html

      Stephen J. Greenberg, MSLS, PhD
      Coordinator of Public Services
      History of Medicine Division
      National Library of Medicine
      National Institutes of Health
      Department of Health and Human Services

      301-435-4995
      greenbes@mail.nih.gov