[OutVoice] Gay Native American KENT LEBSOCK to be honored at TWO SRIRIT show 7/13 NYC

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Carol Polcovar/FRESH FRUIT FESTIVAL - polcovar at yahoo.com - 212 779-3051

Gay Native American (Lakota) KENT LEBSOCK will be honored by the NORTH EAST 
TWO SPIRIT SOCIETY (www.ne2ss.org) at the Fresh Fruit Festival/Urban 
Productions TWO SPIRIT EVENING in NYC on 7/13.

TWO SPIRIT EVENTING - A stellar performing cast of glbt Native American and 
Native American allies - whose heritage includes Cherokee, Mohawk, Chikasaw, 
Navajo, Creek , Lakota and Cree will celebrate the deep contributions of 
America's first lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons.

when: Thursday, July 13th - 9pm to 11pm (meet & greet reception immediately 
after the show)
where: Collective Unconscious Theater, 279 Church street, 212-254-5277

admission: $15

Advance tickets for sale at www.smarTtix.com (2 t's) or at 212-868-4444

Kent Lebsock - honoree (Lakota), is Executive Director of the American Indian 
Law Alliance., grew up in Denver, Colorado and attended Boston University 
where he majored in International Relations and French.  He has worked for the 
American Indian Law Alliance since 1992 and was the Legal and Corresponding 
Secretary for the Teton Sioux Nation Treaty Council from 1993 to 2004.  He is 
currently working with the Owe Aku (Bring Back the Way) traditional tiospaye at 
Pine Ridge, supporting their varied and comprehensive community based and 
international activities.  Over the years, he has written dozens of reports for the 
Lakota peoples, organized treaty gatherings on Lakota territories, and 
attended the WGIP, the WGDD, and the PFII as a delegate of the Teton Sioux Nation 
Treaty Council and the American Indian Law Alliance.  In 2003, he was an invited 
as an “expert” by the Commission on Human Rights to attend the Expert Seminar 
on Treaties, Agreements and Other Constructive Arrangements between 
Indigenous Nations and member states of the United Nations.  He was also asked by the 
chiefs and leaders present to be the co-author of the recommendations that 
resulted from the seminar and submitted to the Commission. 

 Kent Lebsock’s has also had a long-time commitment to HIV/AIDS treatment and 
prevention on Native territories in North America.  This evolved into an 
international program of health and environment for the American Indian Law 
Alliance consistent with an Indigenous worldview.   In conjunction with the 
Committee on Indigenous Health of the United Nations Indigenous Peoples Caucus, the 
Barcelona Initiative was developed for the XIVth International AIDS Conference 
in Spain in 2002.  In 2006, he began working with an international group of 
Indigenous peoples led by the Maoris to ensure increased awareness of and 
participation by Indigenous peoples in the 16th International AIDS Conference to be 
held in Montreal in August 2006.  Also in 2002, Kent Lebsock was unsuccessfully 
nominated by the Committee on Indigenous Health to sit on the Program 
Coordinating Board of UNAIDS.

 In addition to his commitment to advocating for the human rights of 
Indigenous peoples, Kent Lebsock also has more personal interests.  He is a painter 
utilizing oil and watercolor, with a particular interest in portraiture and 
still life.  He has been a participant in group shows in the Southwest and he also 
writes poetry and has published a few poems in journals and community 
magazines.  He speaks French fluently which has been of assistance in his work on 
behalf of the American Indian Law Alliance.  Although he grew up in the west, he 
is now an avid New Yorker, who loves all the city has to offer.

THE FRESH FRUIT FESTIVAL and URBAN PRODUCTIONS present:
A TWO SPIRIT EVENING:
Celebrating the LGBT Native American Community
musical host - Robert Urban  

Starring:
- singer/songwriter GEORGIE JESSUP and band
- poet MAURICE KENNY
- singer/songwriter ROGER KUHN with flutist Tiokasin Ghosthorse and violist 
Michael Alas
- performance artist JOE BIRDSONG
and direct from San Francisco - - the world's only Native American comedy 
drag troupe THE BRUSH ARBOR GURLZ!

See photos & bios of the evening's artists on our TWO SPIRIT webpage at: 
http://www.roberturban.com/twospirit.html

- thanks!
Robert Urban
URBAN PRODUCTIONS, NYC
www.roberturban.com
www.myspace.com/roberturban
2006 "Outmusician of the Year" OMA award
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