Around DC: Monthly Federal Globe Happy Hour

Please join Federal GLOBE for its monthly Networking Happy Hour on Thursday, June 2, 2016, from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at Cobalt.

This event offers a great opportunity to network and socialize with other LGBT Federal employees.  Please help us spread the word; tell your colleagues or bring a friend.

Cobalt is conveniently located in Washington DC’s Dupont Circle neighborhood at the corner of 17th and R Streets, NW.

Around Town

Please join Federal GLOBE for its monthly Networking Happy Hour on Thursday, July 9th, from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at Cobalt.

NOTE: Most Federal GLOBE Happy Hours are on the first Thursday of each month.  However, due to the July 4th holiday, the July 2015 Happy Hour will occur on July 9, 2015.

This event offers a great opportunity to network and socialize with other LGBT Federal employees.  Please help us spread the word; tell your colleagues or bring a friend.

Cobalt is conveniently located in Washington DC’s Dupont Circle neighborhood at the corner of 17th and R Streets, NW.

To connect with Federal GLOBE on Facebook, use thefollowing link to request membership on the Federal GLOBE group page: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_144779428928939.

Best,

Michael Benardo
Board Member
Federal GLOBE (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Employees of the FederalGovernment)

Pride Events Around Town

The Federal Triangle Partnership Pride Program on Tuesday June 2, from 10-11 AM at the US Department of Commerce, Herbert C. Hoover Auditorium

Federal Globe Pride Month Networking Happy Hour on Thursday June 4th from 6 to 8 PM at Cobalt

Capital Pride Parade on June 13th at 4:30 from 22nd and P streets in Washington DC

Capital Pride Festival on June 14th from 12 to 7 PM at  Pennsylvania Ave., NW, between 3rd and 7th Sts., NW, Washington, DC

Calendar of Pride Events in DC by Capital Pride

Night Out at the Nationals

11111603_10153748856944409_3929629636226413931_nHey Baseball Fans!
This year’s “Night OUT at the Nationals” takes place on Wednesday, June 17, 2015 when the Nats take on the Tampa Bay Rays at Nationals Park. Pre-game activities begin at 5 pm, and game time is 7:05 pm. Tickets this year are $25 apiece but if we can get 60 people to go, we can get tickets as an “All Star Series Partner” for $18 apiece. Feel free to invite your friends and family as well! For more event info go to www.teamdc.org or check out the event on Facebook.
As an “All Star Series Partner” group, we would have access to special benefits and incentives including:
• First chance to purchase the lowest priced tickets for “Night OUT at the Nationals” at $18 each. This section will definitely sell out so the sooner we can get a group together the better. Only “All Star Series Partners” will be able to access the $18 level tickets.
• Listing of Lambda on the official Night OUT Series t-shirt created by Nellie’s Sports Bar.
• Limited number of free “Night OUT Series” t-shirts for members of our group.
• Listing of Lambda on the Team DC website as an “All Star Series Partner”.
• “Shout-out” of Lambda on the Team DC Twitter/Facebook feeds as an “All Star Series Partner”. (this “shout-out” can be linked to one of our online resources; e.g., Facebook, Twitter, Website)
• Recognition on the Jumbotron/Scoreboard at all Night OUT Series events.
• The opportunity for our leadership team (up to 4 people; two beer or soft drink tickets each) to join us for a private pre-game gathering the night of the “Night OUT at the Nationals” game
• No additional online ticket/service fees.
Matt Lewis will be coordinating tickets for this year’s event! Please let him know by May 15th if at all possible if you would like to go and be part of the Lambda group or if you have any questions. Hope to see you at Nats Park in June!

Featured Group: The Gay & Lesbian Association of Retiring Persons, Inc

“The Gay & Lesbian Association of Retiring Persons, Inc ® is a non-profit corporation to call attention to the aging issues in the GLBT community. The initial publicity and response to our housing survey was overwhelming as positive feedback poured in encouraging activities specifically slated for elder housing development.”
gaylesbianretiring.org

Featured Group: Team DC

“Team DC is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization established to educate the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered (LGBT) community on the benefits of individual and team sports participation. Team DC works within the broader community to dispel discrimination against LGBT people participating in sports; awards scholarships to LGBT student-athletes; provides a network of sporting outlets for the LGBT community of the Washington Metropolitan area; and promotes participation in local, regional, national, and international amateur sports competitions. Team DC is a member of the General Assembly of the Federation of Gay Games.

Team DC encourages and supports involvement in team and individual sports within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and transgender (LGBT) and broader community in the Washington Metropolitan Area. To meet this objective, Team DC strives to promote excellence, integrity, and good sporting conduct in individual and team sports.

Team DC also coordinates the areas delegation to the Gay Games and Cultural Festival, which is held every four years.”

teamdc.org

Featured Group: The Capital Area’s LGBT Chamber of Commerce

“The Capital Area’s LGBTA Chamber of Commerce (the Chamber) is the nonprofit, nonpartisan, largely-volunteer network of over 430 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Ally (LGBTA) members in addition to the nearly 5,000 LGBT professional supporters who own or are employed by businesses, nonprofits, and government agencies in Washington, DC, Virginia, and Maryland. The Chamber is an affiliate of the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce and was awarded Chamber of the Year 2012. The Chamber ranked in the top 20 Washington Business Journal’s List of Chambers of Commerce for the past three years.

The Chamber’s primary focus is to further the acceptance of LGBT people, help overcome adversity and then advocate, empower, promote and facilitate the common economic interests of all the commercial enterprises of LGBT businesses, professionals and their allies in the metropolitan D.C. region.”

– caglcc.org