TEAM Q APPLICATION

Due Thursday, 9-17-09

 

Applications may be emailed to TuftsTeamQ@hotmail.com, or brought to the LGBT Center, 226 College Ave., Bolles House. 

 

            Team Q is an undergraduate speakers’ bureau designed to promote awareness, understanding, and acceptance of LGBT people.  Whether you identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer, questioning, or a straight ally, we welcome you to join us in helping to promote dialogue in the Tufts community and beyond.

 

In a typical Team Q presentation, four students will each spend five minutes telling a personal story related to LGBT issues.  In the past, topics have included coming out, struggling to accept oneself as gay, supporting a gay or transgender friend, being confronted by discrimination or intolerance, and being raised by gay parents.  After the stories, the audience submits anonymous questions for the panel to answer.  This year, Team Q will also attempt to bring new educational programming to the Tufts community, such as Guess the Straight Person, an interactive “gameshow-style” event which premiered at this year’s 2009 Orientation.

 

We ask that all new members attend a weekend-long training retreat in Provincetown, September 25-27.  It is expected that all members will participate in a minimum of two panels each semester.

 

            Please be aware that Team Q is a public forum.  We cannot control who is in the audience, and thus we can’t control who knows about your sexual/gender identity.  As a member of Team Q, you are a visible member of the queer/ally community as Tufts, as a well as a role model for the entire Tufts community.  Past members have found that the rewards of this unique position far outweigh the risks, but you should consider your comfort with being “out” before applying.

 

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1) How did you find out about Team Q?

 

 

 

 

2) Have you ever attended a Team Q presentation?  What was your reaction?

 

 

 

 

 

3) If you are a returning member of Team Q, please note when you were trained (semester, year) and how many Team Q presentations you have participated in since your training.  (Preference for the training retreat will be given 1st to new members, and 2nd to those who have fulfilled their past speaking obligations.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

4) Why are you interested in being a member of Team Q?

 

 

 

 

 

 

5) What other activities are you involved in at Tufts?  Please provide a brief outline of your schedule so we can gauge your availability for Team Q programs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6)  The Team Q Training Retreat will be September 25-27th in Provincetown.  The LGBT Center will pay for your transportation and (shared) hotel room; you are asking to provide money for your own meals* and entertainment.  (*If meal money is a problem, please speak to LGBT Director Tom Bourdon.)  In order to be a member of Team Q, you must attend the entire training, all day on Saturday and in the morning (until noon) on Sunday.  Please answer the following questions about the retreat:

 

A.  Are you able to attend?  (Do not say “yes” unless you are sure!)

 

 

 

B.  What is the earliest time you can leave school on Friday afternoon (Oct. 3rd)?

 

 

C.  If you are over 21, would you be willing to drive yourself and others?  (Drivers will get help with logistics for clearance to drive a Student Services van.)