♦  Out of Bounds NYC & Team New York e-Newsletter  ♦
March 15, 2010 
 Spring is right around the corner!
 
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THE ORIGINAL GLBT EXPO • MARCH 20-21, 2010 • JACOB JAVITS CENTER  
   
 
 
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The 17th Original GLBT Expo
Saturday March 20, 2010
Sunday March 21, 2010

Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
38th & 11th Aves
New York City, NY. 10014
for more information call 800-243-9774

2010 is our 17th Anniversary. This is a huge milestone for the GLBT Community, the loyal sponsors/exhibitors/attendees that support the EXPO and your dedicated staff at The RDP Group. 
 
JOIN OUT OF BOUNDS NYC & TEAM NEW YORK THIS SATURDAY & SUNDAY
AT OUR BOOTH AT THE 17TH ORIGINAL GBLT EXPO!  YOU'LL MEET SOME OF
THE LOCAL GLBT ATHLETES AND GROUP MEMBERS, AS WELL AS FIND A LOT
OF USEFUL INFORMATION ABOUT MANY OF THE LOCAL SPORTS AND
RECREATION ORGANIZATION IN THE GREATER NEW YORK AREA.
 
ALSO FIND INFORMATION ABOUT THE 2010 GAY GAMES IN COLOGNE GERMANY!
 
STOP BY THIS WEEKEND AND SAY HELLO!
  

  NY RAMBLERS SOCCER CLUB 13TH ANNUAL INDOOR CLASSIC 
The New York Ramblers Soccer Club invites you to join teams from around the globe for a full day of 5v5 soccer at the 13th Annual NY Indoor Classic.

Early player registration ($95) is now open: http://www.newyorkramblers.org/indoorclassic2010.shtml

Friday, March 26 : Registration Party
Saturday, March 27 : Games and After Party
Sunday, March 28 : Awards Brunch

Participating teams as of November 28:
Irish Shamrocks FC (Dublin)
Hogtown Nasty Pigs (Toronto)
 
 
 

BIG APPLE SOFTBALL LEAGUE


 
The Big Apple Softball League (http://www.bigapplesoftball.com/)  – New York City’s gay softball league would like to create 1-2 new softball teams for their COMPETITIVE division for the 2010 season.
 
The BASL is looking for players and managers with softball/baseball experience that can play at a competitive level. The division is competitive but also fun and social. The season begins in April and ends in August. Games are played on the WEEKENDS (Saturday or Sunday) in New York City, New Jersey and Brooklyn.
 
The Big Apple Softball League is open to all persons regardless of age, race, religion, gender, or sexual orientation and is a member of the North American Gay Amateur Athletic Alliance (NAGAAA).

Rich Reid (Voly1nj@aol.com)
Jeff James (Jeff.James@sonymusic.com
  
 
OUTSPORTS.COM:
ARE YOU 2010'S BEST GAY SPORTS GROUP IN THE WORLD?

 
 
 
 
This year Outsports is bringing back our annual award for the Best Gay-Sports Group in the World, and we want your organization to be a part of it! The contest is open to any local gay-sports team or league that focuses on a single sport anywhere in the world. Last year’s winner was Madison Gay Hockey, who edged out Cheer New York, G-Force Hockey Club and Philadelphia Fins Aquatics Club in the final round.

So many gay, lesbian and trans people put so much time and effort into these groups, and we hope to highlight the results of that hard work. As we'll be profiling many of the groups that enter over the coming weeks and months, it will be good exposure for your group.

On top of being named 2010’s best gay sports group in the world, the winning group will receive a $100 prize. We’re also thrilled to offer the winning group one free registration for Gay Games VIII this summer, courtesy of Gay Games Cologne!

All you have to do to be considered is send us an email at outsports@gmail.com with the following information:

- Team or League Name:
- Contact Name:
- Web site address:
- City, State & Country:
- Sport:
- Year the group was founded:
- Approximate number of members in 2009:
- Why you think your group is the best gay-sports group of 2010 (limit 120 words).
 

AND NOW A WORD FROM OUR SPONSOR...

 
  

NYC GAY BASKETBALL LEAGUE 
 
More information at http://nycgaybasketball.org.
 
   MEET THE SPRING 2010 SEASON PLAYERS at BONE LICK PARK BBQ!
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
6pm - 9pm
75 Greenwich Ave @ 7th Ave & 11th Street


NEW YORK CITY GAY HOCKEY ASSOCIATION
 
 Be part of something big!!
 
The New York City Gay Hockey Association (NYCGHA) is New York's first official gay hockey organization. We provide an environment free of harassment and discrimination for members and friends of the LGBT community to play ice hockey and fulfill their athletic aspirations.
 
We're putting together our team rosters for the Spring/Summer 2010 Season!  If you'd like more information, get in touch with us soon!  Warning:  Ice hockey is addictive.
 
Check out out games!  They're FREE to watch!
Schedules are on the home page of our website.
 
 

  TEAM NEW YORK AQUATICS: SPRING BREAK DANCE AND FUNDRAISER! 
 
  

 BOYS NIGHT at LOOPED! starring VALERIE HARPER

 

BOYS NIGHT at Looped starring VALERIE HARPER

Wednesday, March 24th
Show at 8PM

Post-Show reception at THE RITZ BAR & LOUNGE begins at 10:15PM

Purchase $66.50 tickets today to LOOPED (regularly $111.50) using the code LPBYZ223 and receive admission to a Post Show LOOPED Boys Night Reception Featuring Complimentary Drinks.  Directly following the 8PM performance of LOOPED, head over to THE RITZ BAR & LOUNGE (369 W 46th St) for a one hour open bar (beer, wine, well drinks and soda).

 

Based on a real event, LOOPED takes place in the summer of 1965, when an inebriated Tallulah Bankhead stumbles into a sound studio to rerecord (or ‘loop’) one line of dialogue for her last movie --Die, Die, My Darling. Ms. Bankhead was known for her wild partying and convention-defying exploits that surpassed even today’s celebrity bad girls. Given her intoxicated state and inability to loop the line properly, what ensues is an uproarious showdown between an uptight film editor, Danny Miller, and the outrageous legend.

GET YOUR TICKETS NOW TO SEE FOUR-TIME EMMY AWARD- WINNER
VALERIE HARPER AS TALLULAH BANKHEAD.
 
Three Easy Ways to get your Boys Night Tickets to LOOPED
1. CLICK HERE or visit BroadwayOffers.com and mention code LPBYZ223
2. CALL 212.947.8844 and mention code LPBYZ223
3. VISIT the Lyceum Theatre Box Office, 149 West 45th Street with a printout of this offer.
 
Restrictions:
PRINT OUT OF OFFER MUST BE PRESENTED BEFORE PURCHASE AT THE BOX OFFICE.  Offer valid for March 24th 8PM Performance only.  Regularly $111.50.  Regular service charges apply to online and phone orders. Subject to availability. Not valid for prior purchases or in combination with any other offer. Limit 8 tickets per order. Offer may be revoked at any time.  One party admission voucher is available per ticket purchased. Admittance to party is contingent on redemption of voucher and can only be redeemed for those 21 and over with valid ID. Voucher will be included in your ticket envelope either from Telecharge.com or the box office. Open bar includes beer, wine, well drinks and soda.

Performance Schedule: Tuesday at 7PM, Wednesday through Saturday at 8PM, Matinees Wednesday and Saturday at 2PM and Sunday at 3PM.


  INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST HOMOPHOBIA

 
 
2010 Campaign Launch
Speaking About Silence – Homophobia in the Sports World
 
 
A few days from the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Fondation Émergence is launching its annual campaign to fight against homophobia. Entitled Speaking About Silence, this campaign is geared toward the sports world and will reach its highpoint on May 17, 2010, on the International Day Against Homophobia.
 
The campaign aims to speak about the sports world’s reigning silence on everything related to sexual diversity, and to call on all those involved: educational institutions, the media, professional and amateur sports organisations, sponsors, gay men and lesbians, sexual minorities, and public authorities.
 
Campaign material is now available!
Two posters and one pamphlet are being offered both in English and in French
 
To order the material for this campaign and other tools,
please use the materials order form enclosed in this mailing or download this form
on the following page from the Homophobiaday.org website at
http://www.homophobiaday.org/default.aspx?scheme=3098
  

GAY GAMES SIGN-UP EVENTS

 
Gay Games Sign-Up Event:
 
 
Friday, March 26, 2010  5pm-7pm
Gym Sports Bar
167 Eighth Avenue
between 18th & 19th Street

Lesbian Gay Games Sign-up event!


 
Saturday, March 27, 2010  8pm
Ginger's Bar
363 5th Ave
between 5th & 6th Street in Brooklyn

Gay Games VIII 2010 are traveling from Germany and visiting New York to answer all the questions you might have about the Games this summer. Friday the 26th are the two girls from Germany proud hosting a lesbian registration party at Gingers, a lesbian owned bar in Brooklyn. Come early at take part in the happy hour from 8pm to 9pm where you get a pint of gingers brew for $3 and a liquor drink special for $3.50. Gay Games VIII 2010 are in a special gift mood and are offering discount if you registrar with them that night!

Website: www.gingersbarbklyn.com. Address: 363 5th Ave between 5th & 6th Street in Brooklyn. (Take F or R train to 9th St. and 4th). Their bar can fit a few hundred people and have both a 30 foot long bar, pool room and an open garden.
 
 
 
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