Please submit any news for the weekly QA newsletter to Sam Klugman at news@queer.brown.edu by 11:59pm each Saturday.
Tuesday night, 7:00pm @ in the Sarah Doyle Women's Center Lounge
(On Brown's Campus, on the corner of George and Brown)
You don't HAVE to be queer, you don't HAVE to be vegan, (you don't HAVE to bring food, but it would be nice...), you really don't have to be a woman to be welcome at the SDWC, and the building IS pretty accessible.
One of our largest priorities right now is working on continuing access to gender neutral housing for incoming students (and all students), as well as increasing the availability of gender neutral bathrooms on campus. We are hoping to look at queer organizing, and queer politics...finding ways we are interested in engaging, and as things come up on campus it will be interesting to think about how more broad based issues are also on the agenda for queer folks, both related to and separate from a queer identity/experience of life....
Email Michelle Moon Lee (Michelle_Lee@brown.edu) or Sarah Bowman (Sarah_Bowman_1@brown.edu) with questions.
Girls' NIght Out - Tuesday, 9pm, LGBTQ Resource Center
Come out to the LGBTQ resource Center to hang with other girls who kiss girls...or want to. This week, we'll be having fun with gender performance - let's talk about how we perform our gender (clothes, makeup, ties, cowgirl boots...) and what sort of gender performance we find hot. bring your favorite props and prepare for fun and food. trans and genderqueer folk welcome.
Wednesday, October 19 10:00pm-11:30pm
In the LGBTQ Resource Center, Faunce 321
(note the new time and location!)
Come have a snack and take a break from schoolwork, see some old friends and maybe make some new ones! The past few Hi-T meetings have been fabulous, so come this week for even better music and yummier snacks!
ALL ARE WELCOME
So Bring Friends!
Questions? Interested in Helping out? Email queer@brown.edu
RISD's Straight and Gay Alliance is having a movie night Thursday, October 27th @ 7pm in the taproom! We will be showing "Touch of Pink", a comedy about a boy living in Britain who has not yet come out to his mother whom is coming to visit him. The taproom is located above the RISD Mailroom on benefit street between waterman and college street. All are welcome!
Volunteer to help facilitate educational workshops on campus that address LGBTQ issues!
We have planned an important training for Saturday, October 22, 2005, from 10am to 4pm, at the LGBTQ Resource Center (323 Faunce).
Pizza and soda will be provided, and it is shaping up to be a fun and rewarding experience! Please RSVP to Caroline_Kersten@brown.edu to let us know whether or not you can come, or if you have any questions. If this date is inconvenient, let us know, and we will conduct alternate trainings as needed. Here is a chance to help make a difference on campus! Thanks for your support!
Want to get involved in planning Pride Month 2006?! Want to plan events, meet cool people, share ideas, have fun and make your presence here on campus known?! It's NEVER too early to start planning. We have so much to do and we need to get started ASAP! There are already some ideas in the works, but we need more and we need help! Email Talia Stein if you want to get involved! Come and join Pride Month Committee!!
The dance committee is looking for props for its upcoming SexPowerGod poster photo shoot... that means BDSM toys and wear, old sex toys, religious paraphernalia that you clearly no longer have any practical use for, lingerie, gas masks, athletic wear, skimpy boy-shorts, farm equipment/animals... whatever you feel is appropriate.
In the giving mood? Email dance@queer.brown.edu.
And while we're on the subject.... we already have a bunch of models lined up, but if you're interested in making love to our camera, definitely email us. Two's company, three's a f*cking party.
Some great ideas for Trans Day of Remembrance (Nov 20) have been floating around, but we need someone to organize a planning committee. No experience necessary. Plenty of help and support are available to persons interested in filling this role.
Hot on the idea? Email queer@brown.edu
The Muffin is a newspaper written by the students to inform the community about gay culture. It's factual and simultaneously quirky. We are currently looking for writers. One story that needs to be covered is an overview of gay rights, gay marriage, and gays in the army/draft. We're also looking for people to submit poetry, comment on their preferences of local bars & clubs, and write a blurb about Brown's QA; meetings, events, locations & times. We are also having a section of non-gay articles written by members of RISD's SAGA and Brown's QA. If you are interest in writing about any of the above suggestions or if you have you have a new idea for an article you'd like to write, please clear it with us first by emailing SAGA@risd.edu.
Do you attend college, or are you planning on attending? HRC (Human Rights Campaign) has compiled a searchable database of scholarships that are available to GLBT college students, both nationally and by state. Use the web address below to search the scholarships database. If you know of a scholarship available to GLBT students that is not represented, please e-mail us at campus@hrc.org to let us know!
November 18 - 20 (Friday to Sunday), 2005
Cornell University
FREE REGISTRATION (Deadline: Friday, October 21st)
mosaic_conference05@yahoo.com
This conference aims to help LGBT Students of Color build skills and knowledge to amplify their voices in campus, state, and regional contexts and connect them to regional and national resources. By strengthening these students' networks and skills, we hope to further our communities' ability to shape awareness at our respective campuses.
Our conference is for lesbian, gay, bisexual, two-spirit, transgender, intersex, queer, and same gender loving college or graduate students of color (including but not limited to Asian and Pacific Islander, Black, latina/o, Middle Eastern, and Native American students of color). We encourage participation from students of color with disabilities, women, genderqueer, and transgender students of color.
Attendance will be capped at 150 students. Each student must register individually. We prioritize representation from a large number of campuses.
Registration is FREE.
Attendees must provide for their own transportation and housing costs. Call the Holiday Inn (www.hiithaca.com, 607.272.1000) and get a room at the special rate by saying you are with the "Building Bridges" conference. All attendees will be responsible for booking/paying for their own lodging. If any of this is a problem, please contact us; special arrangements may be made on a case-by-case basis.
ROOM TYPES: Each room has TWO queen size beds (Sleeps 4 max.)
ONE PERSON / ROOM = $280.00 for total stay (2 nights).
TWO PEOPLE / ROOM = $140.00 for total stay per person.
THREE PEOPLE/ROOM = $94.00 for total stay per person.
FOUR PEOPLE /ROOM = $70.00 for total stay per person.
If you need help finding a roommate(s), http://mosaicconf.proboards27.com/
The conference will be hosted by CORNELL UNIVERSITY.
We're located in *cold* Ithaca, NY.
For inquiries and further updates, please e-mail mosaic_conference05@yahoo.com.
Upcoming Updates: Final Detailed Schedule & Website.