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The International Court System.
The Courts are individual social and community service organizations bound together in shared structure, policies and goals. When the Court System originated in San Francisco in 1965, it was intended mainly for "camp" fun. From that beginning we derived our camp titles --- Emperor & Empress, Czar & Czarina, and so forth --- as well as our major annual gala function---our Adornment. Our local chapter is still in the beginning stages, so we are known as a Barony.
The Court System is truly international. With courts throughout the United States of America, Canada, and Mexico, each court is in essence, a chapter of the International Organization.
As representatives of our Courts, our primary goals are:
* to further relationships with businesses and organizations within our local communities
* to hold functions and fundraisers to benefit the communities
* to help those in the community who are in need of our assistance.
Each year our organizations contribute tens of thousands of dollars to local community services as well as to National and International causes.
In addition to some of the other positive aspects of the Court System, perhaps the best is that our organization is open to everyone. Our membership is made up of every aspect of society - lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and heterosexual. A person's gender, lifestyle or mode of dress has no bearing on being a member of the court "family".
In March of 2007, the International Court System & The National Gay & Lesbian Task Force entered into a “Imperial Accord of Partnership and agree to work together to promote the cause of equality for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people and to engage in joint projects to increase the participation of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people in the pursuit of justice for all people.”
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