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May 22, 2010
3:45 PM - 5:45 PM
Chelsea Gallery Tour with LeGal
Chelsea Arts District
526 West 26th St. -10th & 11th
New York, NY 
Cost: $15.00
Art Gallery Tour & Happy Hour. Get an early start to summer by joining a private tour for FSIX and LeGal members (our LGBT friends and allies in the legal industry) of some of Chelsea's finest art galleries. Then enjoy a happy hour at a Chelsea spot to be determined. Previous tours, which were also led by Rafael Risemberg (Ph.D., Director of New York Gallery Tours), have filled up fast and space is limited so please purchase your ticket in advance by clicking below (no PayPal account is needed) or by sending a check payable to the LeGaL Foundation or by contacting the office with your credit card information.

Note Thursday's 5:00 PM Deadline for Member Discount!

Cost: Members (FSIX/LeGal) - $15 before Thursday 5:00 PM; Non-Members $20. Paid FSIX members should register on www.f-six.org before Thursday 5:00 PM to obtain discounted rate.

Location: 526 West 26th St. (b/w 10th & 11th Ave.)

May 21, 2010
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Women's Event!! Shaken and Stirred @ Asia Society
Asia Society
725 Park Ave. (@ 70th St)
New York, NY 
Cost: FREE
It's Ladies' Night at Leo Bar!

Meet and rub elbows with fun and delightful people, enjoy the free docent-lead exhibition tours, then relax and network the night away while sipping an intriguing and whimsical lychee martini!

Happy Hour specials on martinis, bellinis, and more from 6:00 to 7:00 pm. Leo Bar is a cash bar with no cover charge.

Exhibition tours scheduled for 7:00 and 7:30 pm.

See what the buzz is about! Pilgrimage and Buddhist Art (closes June 20): Through more than 90 sacred objects, textiles, sculptures, and paintings, this exhibition explores the artistic production inspired by sacred sites and the practice of Buddhist pilgrimage in Asia.

Outreach Partners:

Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice
FSIX - Financial Services Industry eXchange
Metropolitan Tennis Group (MTG)
OP-LYNX (Women's Network of Out Professionals)
Q-Wave
May 19, 2010
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Film Screening: Love in the Time of HIV
Thomson Reuters
195 Broadway, 4th Floor
New York, NY 
Cost: FREE
Thomson Reuters welcomes FSIX members and friends to a special screening of Love in the Time of HIV, followed by a conversation with the filmmaker.

As the headlines have disappeared, young people's understanding of HIV has become confused. Through a series of direct and often emotional interviews, encounters and experiences, a new generation of young people reveal how they contracted HIV, how they cope and the impact it has had on their close relationships.

Join us on Monday 26th April at 6:00pm - 8:00pm, 195 Broadway, 4th Floor, Thomson Hall.

Drinks and light refreshments will be served following the film.
May 6, 2010
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Team UBS AIDS Walk New York Kick-Off Event
Therapy - Upstairs Lounge
348 West 52nd Street
New York, NY 
Cost: FREE
Please join your fellow colleagues and Team UBS for the Second Annual Team UBS AIDS Walk New York Kick-Off Event. Team UBS has a proud history with AIDS Walk New York (AWNY), having raised more than $138,000 since 2003. Please join us as we celebrate our past and future achievements!

When: Thursday, May 6
Time: 5:30pm–8:30pm
Where: Therapy (upstairs lounge) - 348 West 52nd Street (between 8th and 9th Avenues)
Registration: To register please send names to Ryan Svatora (ryan.svatora@ubs.com)

Event Details:

This is an open event so friends and colleagues are welcome. Therapy is graciously donating the space for the event and will be donating $1 of every drink sold (at happy hour prices) to AWNY. Please be sure to collect your blue beverage tickets from a Team UBS member for presentation to your server.

Please be advised that the first 30 guests to arrive will receive our door prize of a free two-week gym membership to New York Sports Club.

Tickets will also be available for our Team UBS Raffle. Prizes include: gym memberships, spa/salon services, Comedy Central media packages, two iPod Shuffles, gift certificates to some of New York's finest restaurants, City Sun tanning package, Williams-Sonoma kitchen appliance, concert tickets and more! All proceeds from the raffle will be donated to AWNY. Prize winners do not need to be present to win. For advance purchase of tickets, please contact Jason Shaw (jason.shaw@ubs.com / 212-713-8505) or Jennifer Paley (jennifer.paley@ubs.com / 212-713-6056).

For more information about AWNY, please visit the Team UBS website @ http://aidswalknewyork2010.kintera.org/faf/search/searchTeamPart.asp?ievent=331281&lis=1&kntae331281=E1A00DBFEAF54FCBB7DB17FC45D3796F&team=3618828

Thank you for supporting Team UBS and AIDS Walk New York. We look forward to seeing you on May 6!

May 4, 2010
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Family Having Families
The Midtown Executive Club
40 West 45th Street
New York, NY  10036
Cost: $10.00
Legal and financial implications of surrogacy for non-traditional families takes patience and planning. This panel of leading legal and financial experts have gone through the process for their clients – and for themselves. Now they answer your questions about creating a family.

Topics will include:

• Known Donor vs. Anonymous Donor (Legal Issues)
• Surrogacy and New York Law
• Co-Parenting Agreements
• New York’s Legal Treatment of Non-biological Parents
• Insurance and Estate Planning for Nontraditional Families

Speakers include:

Mindi Wernick - Mindi is a leading Financial Representative with Element Financial Group, an affiliate of MassMutual, specializing in planning for LGBT and post-traditional families. She is a member of FSIX and Lambda Legal, and lives with her partner Malkie and their three sons in Brooklyn, NY. Follow her blog at http://mindiwernick.wordpress.com/

Anthony M. Brown, Esq. - Anthony currently heads the Nontraditional Family and Estates Law division of Albert W. Chianese & Associates, addressing the needs of unmarried individuals, couples, and families. He is Executive Director of The Wedding Party, a marriage advocacy non-profit, and a former legal intern for Lambda Legal.

Light refreshments will be available.