WOMEN-ONLY GLOBAL Catamaran Sails

This just in! Get ready for:

SAPPHO at SEA®!

savvyTravel™, the travel division of savvyplanners.com, LLC is now developing a series of trips for women, BY WOMEN, to the most exotic locales available on Earth! In partnership with Women 4 Sail & More and Coach Sappho®, we are creating a series of once-in-a-lifetime sailing adventures for WOMEN ONLY!

The women will be able to take first hand seminars with the acclaimed Lesbian Singles, Couples and relationship coach: Coach Sappho (BARB ELGIN)!! The sail will be led by US Coast Guard Captains Jill London and Tania Aebi (The youngest woman and the first American woman to solo-circumnavigate the globe; Guinness Book of World Records)!

Ten days in paradise, or anywhere on earth! Singles or couples welcome! All inclusive sail, consisting of onboard accommodations, on-board meals, beverages, one night in a hotel, a large farewell dinner and show on land before heading back to the USA!

Relationship seminars, sailing instruction and the chance to visit those out of the way places! UPCOMING DESTINATIONS: Lesbos, Mykonos, Vietnam and more. PLUS, if you've got a group of 40 women friends, we'll design a private, custom trip to the destination of your choice!!!

See some highlights of the Tahiti, French Polynesia Trip last month:




Price: U$D 3200.00 + Round Trip AIR from your point of origin.

The last group of ladies are ALREADY emailing regularly to inquire about booking their next trip!

E-Brochure can be found here!

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Mourning The Loss of Mildred Loving

Mourning the Loss of Mildred Loving
by National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
Acting Executive Director Rea Carey

The Task Force mourns the death of Mildred Loving, whose challenge to Virginia's ban on interracial marriage led to the landmark 1967 Supreme Court ruling striking down such laws nationwide.
Loving died May 2 at the age of 68.

Loving issued a statement last year on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Loving v. Virginia decision, in which she wrote:

"I believe all Americans, no matter their race, no matter their sex, no matter their sexual orientation, should have that same freedom to marry. Government has no business imposing some people's religious beliefs over others."

With tremendous strength and grace, the Lovings challenged the immorality of anti-miscegenation laws that sought to deprive Americans of one of the most personal decisions they would ever make: whom to marry. In doing so, the Lovings altered history for the better.

Read the press release Read Mildred Loving's 2007 statement

HAVE WE BEEN BUSY!!!!

What a MONTH!

We orchestrated a breast cancer benefit in New Jersey on one day, a wedding in Key West the next day! Booking travel for groups and couples all over the globe including Peru, Tahiti and the Greek Isles, changing our corporate structure...

Life is busy, but GREAT!

We'll get back to the regular posts as soon as possible but wanted to, at least, touch base.

Thanks and be well!

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N.Y. Governor David Paterson addresses the LGBT community

April 08, 2008



N.Y. Governor David Paterson addresses the LGBT community at The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force's 2008 New York Leadership Awards.

Psychoanalysts Support Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Marriage

Posted : Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:53:23 GMT
Author : American Psychoanalytic Association

via Earth Times

NEW YORK, March 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/

-- The American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA) has issued a position statement supporting the legal recognition of same-sex civil marriage while opposing discrimination against same-sex couples. In recognition that gay and lesbian couples are raising children and possess the same potential and desire for life-long relationships as their heterosexual counterparts, the APsaA seeks to assist in ending the government-sanctioned discrimination against homosexual couples that denies them over 1,000 federal rights and benefits.

"We want people to think about the broad impact the denial of same-sex marriage has on Americans today," says Ethan Grumbach, Ph.D., chair of APsaA's Committee on Gay and Lesbian Issues. "Families exist in many different ways and it is important for same-sex couples to have legal and societal recognition of their unions for themselves, their children, and their extended families."

For full text of the APsaA Marriage Resolution, please visit:
http://www.apsa.org/ABOUTAPSAA/POSITIONSTATEMENTS/MARRIAGERESOLUTION/tabid /470/Default

One person every EIGHT DAYS!

From Fight out Loud, a stirring chronicle of the many GLBTI murders that resulted from Hate Crimes against GLBTI people---

That equates to One person every EIGHT DAYS!



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We offer our condolences to all the victims and their friends and families.

Gay couples win new rights in bill

Governor expected to sign measure

By BRIAN SLODYSKO
P-I REPORTER

OLYMPIA -- Gay and lesbian couples were brought one step closer to same-sex marriage Tuesday when the Legislature voted to extend 170 new rights to them, adding to groundwork begun last year with the passage of domestic partnership rights.

The Senate passed House Bill 3104, proposed by Rep. Jamie Pedersen, D-Seattle, by 29-20 along a mostly party-line vote.

The bill grants same-sex couples additional rights -- including the ability to share bank accounts, the right to hold common property and immunity from testifying against one's partner in court. Divorce rights -- including child-custody provisions -- were also granted. Continue at source?

Jamaican gays reject tourist boycott over homophobia

3rd March 2008 12:35

Tony Grew; pinknews.co.uk

J-Flag, the Jamaican lesbian and gay rights group, has rejected calls for a tourist boycott in protest at homophobia on the island. Canadian newspapers have been focusing on the prejudice and violence gay people face in Jamaica since a leading activist sought asylum there, and some have called for Canadians to refuse to holiday in the popular destination.

In a statement released yesterday, J-Flag, Jamaica's Forum for Lesbians, All-Sexuals and Gays, said it shared the frustration at the "slow progress towards transforming the social climate that makes it difficult for gays and lesbians in Jamaica to lead lives free from homophobic violence.

"Yet, because of the possible repercussions of increased homophobic
violence against our already besieged community, we feel that a tourist boycott is not the most appropriate response at this time.

"In our battle to win hearts and minds, we do not wish to be perceived as taking food off the plate of those who are already impoverished. "In fact, members of our own community could be disproportionately affected by a worsened economic situation brought about by a tourist ban.

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Lauderdale attack on gay man seen as hate crime

By Brian Haas and Elizabeth Baier
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
February 28, 2008

FORT LAUDERDALE - Police are investigating another possible hate crime against a gay person after a man was beaten outside a popular city diner amid a torrent of anti-gay slurs.

The newest case has spread fear among Fort Lauderdale's gay community in a city that prides itself on being gay-friendly to attract tourism. The city made national news in gay media last week with the murder of Simmie Williams Jr., a 17-year-old killed in the 1000 block of Sistrunk Avenue.

He was found shot Friday morning moments after witnesses heard an argument between him and two men. Police are investigating the case as a possible hate crime.
Less than 24 hours later, Fort Lauderdale resident Melbourne Brunner was beaten outside The Floridian 24-hour diner by a man who shouted anti-gay slurs at him and his partner.

The pair were eating breakfast at about 3:30 a.m. Saturday when the man walked up and began shouting at the two, according to a police report. At one point, the man made a violent motion with his hands, saying, "this is how I break faggots' necks," the report said.Brunner and his partner left the diner, but the man followed and blocked him from getting into his car."He punched me in the face. I hit the sidewalk," Brunner said Tuesday.

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