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Calendar
November 2009
Want to hear about
more events, internships, scholarships, etc.? Check out Tom’s “LGBT
Director’s Blog” @
http://ase.tufts.edu/lgbt/blog/index.html
"Did
you take pictures at the Coming Out Day Rally?
There were lots of cameras there---let us know! We'd love to have
copies for our records. Please email
tom.bourdon@tufts.edu.
Thanks!"
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Monday
Nov. 16 |
QSA - Queer Straight
Alliance
9:00 p.m., LGBT Center
Should the passage of Question 1 make you feel embarrassed to be from
Maine? On Nov. 3rd, this referendum banning same-sex marriage in the
state was signed into law, before a prior law granting equal marriage
rights was to take effect. At tonight's meeting, we will examine the
media tactics of the "traditional marriage" movement with both a
critical eye and a sense of humor.
We will also be doing a tiny bit of logistical housekeeping: we will
be discussing the very realistic possibility of meeting every week, as
opposed to every other week.
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Tuesday
Nov. 17 |
Joanne presents:
Transgender Explained for Those Who Are Not
7:00 pm
· 9:00 pm
Fenway
Health, Ansin Building1340
Boylston Street, Boston
Joanne has received praise for her non-complicated explanations of
transgender issues for almost a decade. Now she has written down her
explanations for all to read in Transgender Explained for Those Who
Are Not. Organized by topic into short, easy-to-read chapters,
Transgender Explained is perfect for parents, relatives, colleagues,
friends, allies, and even journalists who want to quickly get up to
speed on what it means to be transgender.
Joanne will read selections from the book and answer audience
questions. Books will be available for purchase, or buy your copy
ahead of time and bring it to the event for Joanne to sign.
Please RSVP at
www.fenwayhealth.org
The
Image of Black Masculinity/Homosexuality
7:30pm, Sophia
Gordon
PAA is planning
an intimate gathering from the various organizations' prospective
members, but are looking to have as many people from the Tufts
community there to join in on discussion.
The goal of this
meeting is not to "solve" some problem but rather discuss and
acknowledge the various systems in play in our society that force
such institutions such as Morehouse College to make severe changes
in their dress code. While we may not all agree on the specifics of
the school's dress code, the notion of cross-dressing, or the mere
idea of conforming to a set standard, PAA hopes to foster a
discourse on the image of black masculinity/homosexuality and its
perceived conflict with societal expectations.
QSOCA
-- Queer Students of Color &
Allies
9 p.m., LGBT Center
Join us for this discussion group focused on the intersections of
racial, sexual, and gender identity. This group is for queers of
color and ALL allies of queers of color (regardless of identity).
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Wednesday
Nov. 18
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INTERESTED IN FINDING A GREAT SUMMER INTERNSHIP & GETTING PAID FOR
IT TOO??
12-1p.m., Latino Center
Come and learn
how to find the summer internship you’ve always wanted! Information
will be available on grant funding for unpaid summer internships,
too. Pizza lunch provided!
cosponsored by
the Asian-American, Africana, Latino, LGBT, Womens’ and
International Centers & Tufts Career Services
LGBT
Director Off-Site Drop-In Hours
3-5 p.m., Campus Center Rm 207
Confused? Questioning? Need Advice? Need to talk to someone? Tom
Bourdon, our center director, runs confidential, off site office
hours for walk ins and by appointment. If you'd like to make an
appointment email Tom.Bourdon@tufts.edu.
Built to Last:
Sustaining Social Justice Work for the Long Haul
6:15
p.m., Sophia Gordon Hall Multipurpose Room
Interactive Presentation by: Ellen Somekawa,
Director of Asian Americans United in Philadelphia and Founder of
the Folk Arts-Cultural Treasures Charter School
Battling for racial and economic justice can be
both exhilarating and exhausting. It often feels like hard-fought
gains won over years of struggle can be taken away in a heartbeat.
How do we sustain ourselves and our work over the long haul?
In response to this challenge, Asian Americans
United, a small community group in Philadelphia, created a charter
school, building an institutional anchor for our work. Our school is
both a product of struggle and a site for social justice action. AAU
is combining this newly made institutional permanence with the youth
leadership development and intergenerational community-building that
have been the hallmarks of our work over the past twenty five years.
Ongoing projects of struggle:
anti-gentrification in our communities, fighting against racial and
anti-immigrant violence, building coalition across racial and other
social locations, and continuous educating and nurturing of future
generations.
For further information on the Folk
Arts-Cultural Treasures Charter School please check:
www.culturetools.org. This website is a collaboration between
the community organization, the Charter School and the Philadelphia
Folklore Project
Notorious C.H.O.
8pm, Asian American Start House
No stranger to controversy, openly
bisexual stand-up comic Margaret Cho has one of the country's loudest voices
(and one of the biggest mouths) on Asian American issues. In
Notorious C.H.O., Margaret
talks frankly about all kinds of sex and sexuality, from her own sexual
adventures to her mother's surprising understanding of same-sex love. Join
us for a viewing and discussion about Asian American sexualities that
promises to be fascinating, over-the-top, and even a bit shocking. A
delicious dinner will be provided! (Cosponsored by the LGBT Center,
Asian American Center, and Start House)
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Thursday
Nov. 19 |
Bisexual Students Group
9:15 p.m., LGBT Center
Join us at this weekly discussion group for bi and bi-questioning
students. Don't be shy -- it's fun, and we'll have snacks!
Thanksgiving Dinner
6:00 p.m. in the LGBT Center
Come for great food stay for the
family atmosphere. All LGBT Students, Faculty, Staff
AND
ALLIES are welcome! Join
Us after Dinner for a screening of Transgeneration to recognize Trans
Day of Remembrance
Sundance mini
series Transgeneration screening
10 p.m. - 12 a.m., Miller Hall first
floor lounge
To continue a community-wide
discussion between National Coming Out Day on October 11th
and Trans Remembrance Day on
November 20th,
Miller
Hall will be hosting weekly showings of
the
Sundance mini-series Transgeneration.
The series follows the
lives of four transgender college students through a year of school.
Each student is at different stages of transitioning and coming out.
Each student has their own story to share. So, if you want to learn more
about transgender issues, watch a captivating series, and participate in
a conversation with Team Q and other Tufts students then please join us
for the opening night of Transgeneration in the Miller Hall first floor
lounge. The last half hour of each time block is reserved for
discussion.
Thursday
Nights
Chalking and Painting the Cannon
12:00
a.m.
Meet at
cannon
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Friday
Nov. 20
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LGBT
Director Off-Site Drop-In Hours
11 a.m. - 1 p.m., Campus Center Rm 207
Confused? Questioning? Need Advice? Need to talk to someone? Tom
Bourdon, our center director, runs confidential, off site office
hours for walk ins and by appointment. If you'd like to make an
appointment email Tom.Bourdon@tufts.edu.
Queer Women's Group
3-4:00 p.m., LGBT Center
Calling all gay, bi, trans, queer and questioning Tufts women -- you
will never meet a cooler bunch of girls than the ones at Women's
Group!
Queer Men's Group
4:30-5:30 p.m., LGBT Center
Where are the Tufts boys? At Men's Group! All gay, bi,
trans, queer and questioning men are invited.
Boston
Transgender Day of Remembrance Observance
Meet at Campus Center for 6:00 Joey to Davis
St. Luke’s and St. Margaret’s Church in
Allston
5 St Lukes Rd, Allston, MA
7:00 PM – 9:30 PM
Speakers, speakout, candlelight procession
and vigil
Tufts TDOR Reflections
10:45 – 11:15 p.m., LGBT Center
Talk
about the day and what it means for Tufts LGBT community as well as
reflections on the Boston event for those who went or want to know
about it. Comfort food served.
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Saturday
Nov 21
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QSA: Ball of
Confusion
Ball of Confusion is an
hour or so of games make up etc and then a dance. You should all join the
events page:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=332496215242 and if anyone
has interest in leading a game / teaching a dance (anyone know all the
single ladies?)/ or just about anything else, message either Katie Salwen or
Tom Calahan!
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Tuesday
Nov. 24
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Staff/Faculty Caucus
12 - 1 p.m., LGBT Center
Lunch will be
provided
QSOCA
-- Queer Students of Color &
Allies
9 p.m., LGBT Center
Join us for this discussion group focused on the intersections of
racial, sexual, and gender identity. This group is for queers of
color and ALL allies of queers of color (regardless of identity).
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Wednesday
Nov. 25
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LGBT
Director Off-Site Drop-In Hours
3-5 p.m., Campus Center Rm 207
Confused? Questioning? Need Advice? Need to talk to someone? Tom
Bourdon, our center director, runs confidential, off site office
hours for walk ins and by appointment. If you'd like to make an
appointment email Tom.Bourdon@tufts.edu.
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Thursday
Nov. 26
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Bisexual Students Group
9:15 p.m., LGBT Center
Join us at this weekly discussion group for bi and bi-questioning
students. Don't be shy -- it's fun, and we'll have snacks!
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Coming Soon:
HIV Testing at the LGBT Center, 12/1
Guess the Straight Person
12/1, 8p.m., Barnum 104
Join us for this is a fun
& interactive “gameshow” where audience members pose questions to a panel of
Tufts queer and ally students, trying to determine which panelist identifies
as “straight.” 400 people showed up when we premiered this event at
Orientation, and they had a blast---come see what the hype is all about!
Brought to you by Tufts LGBT Center and Team Q.
Team Q Discussion: Gender Stereotypes,
12/2, 12-1 p.m., Women's Center
Religion, Spirituality & Sexuality Series:
The
Panel. Three university chaplains and a mediator will discuss the
intersection of religion and sexuality. Wednesday, December 9th, 6p.m.
in the Interfaith Center
See attached flyer about The Class Project:
working to advance a conversation about socioeconomic class on the Tufts
campus, starting March 30.
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