End of Semester Events

I hope everyone had a restful Thanksgiving Break. This semester is almost over, but first we'd like to tell you about two upcoming things:
1. Catholicism and Homosexuality Forum
2. Final General Body Meeting of the Semester

1. The Catholic Student Center is sponosring a forum to talk about the intersection of Catholicism and homosexuality. The discussion will take place tomorrow, Wednesday, November 28th at 7 PM in the Brown Lounge (top floor of Brown Hall). It'll be a great opportunity to
learn, listen and discuss the impact of Catholic teaching with people who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual and their allies. Open to all.

2. Our final general body meeting of the semester will take place next Tuesday at 8 PM in the ground floor common room of Eliot House. Take a break from studying and finals by making gingerbread houses with us! We'll also be discussing committees, upcoming conferences, open exec board positions for next semester, and starting to plan the drag show.

As always, e-mail pridewu@gmail.com if you have any questions or concerns. Have a great week!

Transgender Day of Remembrance Vigil, and National Mix it Up Day

There are two big programs coming up this week:
1. Mix It Up Day Lunch and Town Hall
2. International Transgender Day of Remembrance Candlelight Vigil

1. Tuesday, November 13th is National Mix It Up Day. There are two great events planned, so you can get free food and meet new people all day.

- From 11 Am - 1 PM in the Gargoyle, the Office of Student Activities and Campus Week of Dialogue present the Mix It Up Day lunch. Come and enjoy FREE samosas, Jimmy John's sandwiches, and Greek food! Meet people you've never met before! Learn something new about yourself! Break boundaries! Have fun! Listen to a faculty speaker talk about "mixing it up"!

- From 6-8 PM, the first ever Wash U campus-wide Town Hall discussion on prejudice and discrimination. A group of students representing over 25 on campus organizations have come together in response to the need for students to talk about discrimination on campus. From 6-7, there will be a town hall-style forum in Wilson 214 for people to share their stories and express their thoughts. From 7-8, there will be a dinner in the Mallinkrodt Food Court where we'll talk about what we can do to make Wash U an inclusive environment for EVERYONE. Come to be heard and hear others.

2. International Transgender Day of Remembrance Candlelight Vigil
Thursday, Nov. 15th @ 7PM
South 40 Clocktower.
Reception in The Gargoyle in Mallinkrodt Center

Join us for our annual Transgender Day of Remembrance Candlelight Vigil. Come together to mourn the people murdered in the past year due to anti-transgender violence. Hear the stories of people who were killed and help raise awareness about violence against those with differing gender identities and gender expressions. Through the vigil, we express love and respect for people in the face of national indifference and hatred. Several religious leaders will be present to speak (including Father Gary Braun from the Catholic Student Center and Rev. Andrew Benko of Episcopal Campus Ministries) but the event is not inherently religious. Local transgender musician Adhamh Roland will also sing.

Learn more about TDOR: http://www.gender.org/remember/day/what.html

We will NOT be having a GBM this week, but after Thanksgiving break, we'll resume having them every other week. As always, if you have questions or concerns, e-mail pridewu@gmail.com. I hope to see some of you at these events!

Awareness Week is Coming Up!

Thanks to everyone who came to our first general body meeting on September 12th! It was great to see such a large turnout. We'll be letting you know when the next GBM is, but for now, I wanted to let you know that...

GLBTQIA Awareness Week (October 5 - 13) is approaching! We have a lot of great events planned, so mark your calendars:

Friday, October 5: Night Out at the City Museum with SLU
When: 7:15 PM - 12 AM
Where: meet at the Clocktower at 7:15 PM
Join members of Wash U's Pride Alliance and Saint Louis University's Rainbow Alliance for a night at the city museum. The bus will be leaving from the clocktower at 7:15, so bring your $6 and be prepared to have a blast!

Sunday, October 7: Underpass Painting and Guerrilla Flyering
When: 1 PM
Where: the underpass
Help us paint the underpass and flyer campus to raise awareness about GLBTQIA issues. And oh yeah: free food!

Monday, October 8: How Do We Make Wash U a Safe Zone?
When: 8:30 - 9:30 PM
Where: May Auditorium (Simon Hall, the business school)
Join students, staff, and faculty from all over campus for a conversation about GLBTQIA issues at Washington University. How can we make Wash. U. the best possible environment for everyone?

Tuesday, October 9: Discussion on Multicultural GLBT Relationships (co-sponsored with MIXED)
When: 8:30 PM
Where: Ursa's Fireside
An open-ended discussion on Mixed Heritage People, Interracial Relationships, and Transracial Adoptions in the GLBT Community. Possible discussions points include discrimination, representation in the media, and the role both communties play.

Wednesday, October 10: Safe Zones Info Session
When: 5-7 PM
Where: OSA Conference Room, basement of the Women's Building
Interested in learning about the organization Safe Zones? Want to know how you can lead workshops on GLBTQIA issues? Then check out the Safe Zones information session!

Wednesday, October 10: GLBTQIA Career Planning (with the Career Center)
When: 7-9 PM
Where: Brown Lounge (Brown School of Social Work)
A panel discussion on being a GLBTQIA person in the work world. Topics to be discussed include presenting a "queer resume" and finding GLBTQIA workplaces. Juniors and seniors strongly encouraged to attend!

Thursday, October 11: National Coming Out Day Social!
When 7 PM - 1 AM
Where: Ursa's Fireside
Celebrate National Coming Out Day with Pride! (get it?) AJ Brockelman, Executive Director of PROMO, Missouri's GLBT Advocacy group, will be there to talk about his organization's mission. Share your own story about coming out as a GLBTQIA person or ally, and then party it up with us.

Saturday, October 13: "I'm Still the Same" (part of Parent's Weekend)
When: 12- 1 PM
Where: Friedman Lounge in Wohl Center
An interactive discussion and presentation on coming out at college, GLBTQIA life on campus, and being the parent of a GLBTQIA student. ALL members of ALL types of families are welcome.

If you have questions or would like to get involved, contact Bobby Harvey at raharvey@wustl.edu. Hope to see you at some of these events!

Day of Silence & FREE BBQ!

Hey everyone--

Hope you all enjoyed Gayla this past weekend! Thank you for coming and
makin' it great! (And thank you to this year's awesome Gayla
committee!!)

This next week is our last week of programming for the semester, but
we've got a lot going on, so check it out. We'll have lots of free
food this week, plus rainbow ribbons and buttons we'll be giving out!

In this email you'll find info on:
1) Pride Open House: Meet LGBT Staffperson Candidates! (Tues 4/17)
2) Day of Silence: Breaking the Silence (Wed 4/18)
3) glbtqiaBBQ (Fri 4/20)

1) Pride Open House: Tues 4/17, 3 pm, Women's Building Room 300

Wash U is currently in the midst of interviewing candidates for the
newly-created Cordinator for LGBT Student Involvement & Leadership
position (http://restech.wustl.edu/~osa/jobs/lgbt.html). Come to an
open house, hosted by Pride Alliance, meet one of the candidates, and
grab some free food and gear (buttons, ribbons, and the like.) All are
welcome and encouraged to come by!


2) Day of Silence & "Breaking the Silence": Wed 4/18
Mudd Multipurpose Room (on the South 40), 8 pm, FREE PIZZA DINNER!

The National Day of Silence (http://www.dayofsilence.org) is a day in
which people of all sexual orientations and gender identities who
support GLBTQIA rights take a vow of silence to recognize and protest
the silence that many GLBTQIA people face each day. Every year we hope
that the silence, discrimination, and violence directed at GLBTQIA
people will end.

Join PROF. SUSAN STIRITZ of Women's and Gender Studies, and Student
Union President-Elect NEIL PATEL that evening for our "Breaking the
Silence" discussion, Q & A, and FREE pizza dinner.

TO PARTICIPATE: take a vow of silence and/or wear black with a rainbow
ribbon or button-- we'll be handing out free rainbow ribbons and
buttons, as well as "Why I Am Silent Today" cards in Mallinkrodt
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday from 11-1.
(Co-sponsored with Outlook and Safe Zones)


3) glbtqiaBBQ: Fri 4/20
11 am - 2 pm, Bowle's Plaza (outside Mallinkrodt); Rain locaton: McMillan Cafe

Join Pride for the annual glbtqiaBBQ as part of Celebrations Weekend!
We'll have tons of FREE delicious BBQ! Hang out with some of the
prospective students or just grab some free grub and go-- it's up to
you! Either way, come by for an awesome, free lunch-- beats the lines
at lower Mallinkrodt any day!
(Co-sponsored with the Office of Admissions)



...That's all, folks! Have a good rest of the semester and good luck
on final exams!

"Coming Out Around the World", Safe Zones Educator Application, and more!

Hello everyone--

Included in this email you'll find information on:
1) "Coming Out Around the World" Panel (Wed. March 7)
2) Safe Zones-- Educator Application Deadline EXTENDED (Fri. March 9)

There is also information for some programs and deadlines after spring break:
3) Prof. Lauren Berlant lecture (March 19)
4) X Magazine submission deadline (March 20)
5) NUJLS Conference hosted at Wash U (March 23-25)

As always, if you are interested in helping out with programs or have
ideas you would like to share, come to our exec meetings, held on
Mondays at 10 pm in Eliot House seminar room (1st floor/basement
level).

**This Week:**

1) Coming Out Around the World Panel: LGBT Issues Outside the US
Wed. March 7, 7-8:30 pm @ Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom (law school)

Join expert panelists Julie Dorf, founding executive director of the
International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, John
Scagliotti, Emmy Award-winning director of "Dangerous Living: Coming
Out in the Developing World", Winifred Poster, PhD, visiting professor
in Women and Gender Studies from the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, and Scott Long, director of the Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program at Human Rights Watch.
Presentations by the panelists will be followed by a Q & A session.

Co-sponsored by: School of Law, Women and Gender Studies, ResLife,
OUTLAW, and the International Studies Honorary

2) Safe Zones Educator Application Deadline Extended: FRI MARCH 9
Safe Zones (http://sugroups.wustl.edu/~safezones/), an educational
group on GLBTQIA issues, is seeking YOU to help run workshops! If you
are interested in being trained to become a Safe Zones Educator,
follow the instructions on the application attached to this email. The
deadline has been extended to THIS FRIDAY, MARCH 9th, so fill out an
application today! (All class years, undergrad and graduate, are
welcome to apply.) Email safezones@sugroups.wustl.edu for more info.

**Events & Deadlines After Spring Break:**

3) "On The Desire to be Normal: Post-Fordist Affect in Rosetta and La Promesse":
Mon. March 19, 4 pm @ Hurst Lounge (upstairs Dunker Hall)

Professor Lauren Berlant, "one of the biggest names in queer theory"
and sexuality studies at the moment, will be lecturing on sexuality,
Judith Butler, neoliberalism and class.

4) X Magazine submissions (deadline March 20)Published by the Student Forum on Sexuality every semester, Wash U's
only publication on the political, social, cultural, and educational
aspects of sexuality, is extending an invitation to Pride Alliance
members to submit their work. Send your art, prose, poetry, critical
essay, and personal anecdotes to xsubmission@gmail.com.

5) National Union of Jewish LGBT Students (NUJLS) Conference March 23-25:
Hosted and organized by Keshet
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/keshet/), the international NUJLS
conference will be held at Wash U this year. It'll be full of all
sorts of programming, speakers, and opportunities to network and
discuss-- plus it's being hosted right here on our campus, so check it
out! To register/get more info, see http://www.nujlsonline.org

Have a good week and a great spring break!

Asexuality program & other Sex Week events!

Thanks to everyone who came to the drag show; we raised over $400 for the LGBT Community Center of St. Louis-- thank you for helping make it such a success!

Here are the exciting events we have coming up next week, read on for full descriptions:
1) Asexuality-- Not Just for Amoebas Anymore!
2) Safe Zones Open Ally Workshop
3) Kinky Kouture: Fetish Fashion Show

And other events of interest:
4) You, Sex, & the Law
5) Blowjobs, A Discussion

1) Asexuality-- Not Just for Amoebas Anymore!
Mon. 2/12, 8-9:30 pm, Ursa's Fireside Lounge

David Jay, founder of Asexuality Visibility Education Network (AVEN, see
http://www.asexuality.org), and Shelley Protte, a St. Louis local, will
speak about being asexual and asexuality. Come debunk myths and learn
about asexual experiences. (Co-sponsored by Pride Alliance, ALA, and Sex Week)

2) Safe Zones Open Ally Workshop
Tues 2/13, 7:30-10:30 pm, Barry Room (upstairs Wohl)

Learn what all the letters in "GLBTQIA" mean! This interactive workshop will offer the opportunity to ask questions, learn about various identities, and go over ways to be an effective ally-- plus, you earn a free "Safe Zone" placard for your door! (Co-sponsored by Safe Zones and Pride Alliance)

3)Kinky Kouture: Fetish Fashion Show
Fri 2/16, The Gargoyle, 7-10:30 pm (entertainment)

Come see some of your fellow students modeling this season's best Kinky Kouture! Wear your own fetish fashions or buy some new ones from vendors and compete in clothing contests. Students get a free raffle ticket upon entrance (drawings every half hour-- must be present to win). Attendees also receive special raffle tickets from vendors for every $10 spent. Vendors open for business at 4pm; entertainment, including DJ, pole acrobats ( Gravity Plays Favorites, as seen performing with The Dresden Dolls), and Siren, the lovely emcee from the drag show, will be 7-10:30 pm in the Gargoyle. (Co-sponsored by ALA and Pride Alliance)

Other events you may be interested in (see http://altlife.wustl.edu/beyondsex/ for more):

4) You, Sex, & the Law
Thurs, 2/15 7-9pm, Ursa's Fireside Lounge

This event will go through 14 scenarios dealing with marital sex, marital rape and assault, workplace relationships, economic sex, survival sex, rape, bondage, consent issues, gay sex, youth sex, intergenerational sex, mental capacity, and disease. Each of the scenarios will be approached with the questions "Is it consensual?" "Is it legal?" and "Is it moral?" Panelists include Sergeant Mark Glenn of WUPD, Poli Rijos of Student Health Services, and Larry M., lawyer and educator with the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom as well as a founding member of St. Louis Leather & Lace. (Sponsored by ALA)

5) Blowjobs, A Discussion
Sat, 2/17, 2-3 pm, Friedman Lounge in Wohl

A presentation and discussion with author Jack Rinella about "the anatomy, psychology, and methodology of cock sucking and how to arouse and satisfy your male partner." Open to all types of genders and sexual orientations. (Sponsored by ALA)

Pride Alliance Meeting & Drag Show!

I hope everyone had a great winter break. We have some cool things planned for this semester--including a drag show this Friday!:

1) First Meeting of the Semester! When? WED., JAN. 24, 8 PM. Where? Lien Seminar Room A. Why? To become acquainted with the group (if you aren't already) and our new exec board members, meet other students, get involved in committees (help plan the Gayla formal!), and brainstorm ideas for the semester. And, as is tradition, FREE DINNER!

2) Drop by and visit our booth during the Activities Fair today in Francis Gym 4:30-6:30 PM. Pick up some free buttons and zines secretly sign-up all of your friends who avoided getting roped into this lovely e-mail list. If you miss us, we will also be tabling all week in Mallinkrodt 11-1 PM.

3) 1st Annual Wash U DRAG SHOW! FRIDAY JAN. 26, 8 PM @ THE GARGOYLE Join Pride Alliance and the Alternative Lifestyle Association for Wash U's 1st annual DRAG SHOW! Emceed by the fabulous Siren of Faces, join us for FREE raffles, audience drag contest (come dressed in drag if you would like to enter), and of course, wonderful drag queens and kings!

$2 with Wash U ID, $3 general admission. 50% of the proceeds will be donated to the LGBT Community Center of St. Louis . Come and support the community while watching fabulous drag queens and kings perform!

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to to e-mail. Have a great week!

General Body Meeting: Elections, Feedback, and Planning

Our last meeting of the semester is Wednesday, December 6th, @ 8PM in Women's Building 300. Please come to elect officers for the next calender year, give us some feedback on how this semester went, and start making some plans for the upcoming semester. If you are interested in being on the ballot, please e-mail me by midnight tonight. Otherwise, you will have to be a write-in candidate. Thanks, and good luck with the end of classes!

ResLife Survey on Mixed-Gender Housing

There was a ResLife survey sent out recently on mixed-gender housing. Mixed-gender housing offers an opportunity for Wash U to become more gender-inclusive, which Pride Alliance supports.

Be sure to fill it out, whether you live on or off-campus! See http://www.studentvoice.com/washsl/residentiallifesurvey.html

Race.Gender.Sexuality

Race.Gender.Sexuality: Intersections and Segregations

Monday, November 13th, 8PM, Eliot House Lounge.

A facilitated group discussion on the intersection of race, gender, and sexuality along with race relations in the gay community. With special guest Joseph Thompson (English and AFAS depts.) Hosted by Pride Alliance, the Association of Black Students, and Keshet.

GLBTQIA Awareness Week 2006

It's finally here! No more delay, I promise. Here's our schedule. Please e-mail us if you have any questions at all about the events, and do forward this to anyone not on this list that might be interested.

Guerrilla Flyering: A Night of Noise

Monday, 10/23 @ 8PM
Women's Building 300
What's the easiest way to make sure that everyone know what the letters in GLBTQIA stand for? Well...shove it in their face! Pick up your flyers (and complimentary snack) at the Pride Suite before moving onto main campus for a massive awareness campaign of colorful flyers, each separate one dedicated to the meaning of a respective letter in the abbreviation. We want a flyer on every board on campus! Bring a trusted stapler, if you'd like. SU and CS40 posting policies will be strictly enforced and will be covered before each battalion leaves the suite.

Grrls Gone Wild! GLBQ Women Representation in the Media

Tuesday, 10/24 @ 8PM
Women's Building 300
Join us for an evening of short film clips and facilitated discussion on the representation of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and queer women in the media. Some of what we will explore includes, but is not limited to, positive and negative stereotypes, recognition, visibility, invisibility, as well as sexism and misogyny within the GLBTQIA community at large. Not to be missed!

General Body Meeting

Wednesday, 10/25 @ 8PM
Women's Building 300
Regional and National GLBTQIA news update, time to socialize, and, most importantly, committee sign-up and first meeting. All parties interested in joining the Gayla Committee, Drag Show Committee, Gender Support Group Committee, or Sexuality Support Group Committee ought to attend. Get involved!

Outlook Film Series: Trembling Before G_d

Thursday, 10/26 @ 7:30PM
Goldfarb 359 (Social Work School Building--adjacent to Brown and McDonnell Halls)
Join Outlook, the GWB Social Work School's GLBT student organization, and Pride Alliance for a showing of this powerful and important documentary. Built around intimately-told personal stories of Hasidic and Orthodox Jews who are gay or lesbian, the film portrays a group of people who face a profound dilemma: how to reconcile their passionate love for Judaism and the Divine with the drastic Bible prohibitions that forbid homosexuality. Go to www.tremblingbeforeg-d.com for more information on the film. Refreshments will be served!

"Mom, Dad, I'm Still the Same"

Saturday, 10/28 @ Noon (part of Parent's Weekend)
Women's Building 300
Join us for an interactive discussion and presentation on coming out at college, GLBTQ life on campus, and being a parent of a GLBTQ student. Dr. Kathy Brock of Student Health Services and guests from our educational group on campus, Safe Zones, will help facilitate. ALL members of all types of families are welcome, and, as always, our meetings are safe and confidential.

I hope to see everyone at the events. Have a great Fall Break!

Awareness Week Schedule Changes

Hello!

Thanks to everyone who came to Judy Shepard's presentation this Tuesday. It was a huge success, and I have no doubt that everyone took something away from the experience. If you have any suggestions for speakers that you would like to see next semester or next year, please feel free to offer your suggestions.

We've got a lot planned for the next month or two--so much, in fact, that some changes in our schedule are due. First, despite what previous e-mails and the handout on Tuesday have said, GLBTQIA Awareness Week will NOT be the week of October 16th--we're moving it back a week due to Fall Break and other issues. Here's the revised, hopefully final, schedule:

1. Next Week: No formal event planned, but feel free to drop in on our Open Exec Meeting, which will be from 6:30-8PM in the lower-level seminar room of Eliot House on Tuesday. We're going to try to make exec meetings more accessible so that we can hear what YOU want to do!
   
2. Tuesday, October 17th: Safe Zones Open Ally Workshop, 7PM, Women's Building 300.
   
3. Wednesday, October 18th: Project Runway Finale Party, 9PM, Park/Mudd TV Lounge
   
4. October 23-28th: Awareness Week!

I'll send out the Awareness Week schedule once we have everything settled. One of the events will be about lesbian and bisexual women in the media and another will hopefully be a discussion about the intersection of race, gender, and sexuality. If anyone wants to help plan for either of those two events, we'll be meeting about them separately some time next week--just e-mail us and I'll set up a time. Also, if you know of any faculty members here at WU who might be able to share their expertise on either topic, please send us their contact information. We want to make Awareness Week as interactive as possible, so whatever help you can offer will make the week even better!

Sorry for all of the changes, but--I assure you--they are for the best. Have a great weekend and enjoy WILD!

--Tom

Calendar for the Year

Hello!

Thanks to everyone that showed up to our first meeting last week--we've looked over all of your suggestions and have come up with a great series of events for the year. We've even established a calendar for the fist half of the semester, and we promise to stick to it, like, 100%. I swear. Here it is, in chronological order:

Central West End Outing: Thursday, September 21 @ 8:10PM. Meet us at the shuttle stop at Mallinckrodt center and join us for a trip to the Central West End, a fun and very GLBT-friendly part of St. Louis. After taking the bus to the CWE, we will drop by Left Bank Books and then walk over to Cartel, a 24-hour coffee shop. Everyone who comes gets free ice cream or coffee!

Bad Education @ the Tivoli: Tuesday, September 26th @ 6:30PM. Meet by the clocktower and then get shuttled over to the Tivoli on the loop, OR meet us at the loop by 6:45. The first 15 people to RSVP to this e-mail will get reimbursed by Pride for half the ticket price! Bad Education is part of the Pedro Almodovar film festival going on at the Tivoli (and all over the country) next month. You can learn more about Bad Education , and the Viva Pedro Film Series by following the links.

The Legacy of Matthew Shepard: Tuesday, October 3rd @ 8PM in Graham Chapel. Judy Shepard, the mother of Matthew Shepard, who was the victim of an anti-gay hate crime in October 1998, will be giving a presentation about the danger and impact of hate crimes and hate language. A renowned public speaker, Ms. Shepard will offer WashU and the St. Louis community a powerful and engaging speech on her experience since her son's tragic murder. Ms. Shepard is the Executive Director of the Matthew Shepard Foundation, and all proceeds from her speaking engagements go directly to the foundation.

Awareness Week: October 16th through 20th, featuring, but not limited to, the following events:

1. Multiculturalism in the GLBT community: Monday, October 16th @ 8PM. Location TBA. The event will be a group discussion format--more details, including co-sponsorships, in the coming weeks.
2. Safe Zones Open Ally Workshop: Tuesday, October 17th from 7-10PM in Women's Building 300. Get trained!
3. Project Runway Season Finale Party: Wednesday, October 18th, 8:45 to 10:15PM. South 40 Location TBA. Free food and free catty commentary provided.

All of these events will be listed and updated as necessary on the spark calender. Please respond to RSVP to the movie event or if you have any questions or comments. Have a great end-of-the-week, and I hope to see everyone at an event soon!

Safe Zone's Training, Etc...

Two quick points:

1) No event this week. I will send out an e-mail and post on this site a calendar of events by Wednesday. Hopefully it will cover the entire first half of the semester.

2) Tuesday, September 12th: Safe Zones Open Ally Workshop, 7-10PM, Danforth Classroom (S40). Be trained on various GLBTQIA issues and earn one of those nifty Safe Zone plaques. If you have any questions, send us an e-mail.

Welcome Back!

I hope everyone had a great summer. We have a lot of cool things planned for this semester--including an amazing speaker--but I'll keep this brief for now:

1) First Meeting of the Year! When? Wednesday, September 6th, 8PM, Where? Umrath Lounge (Next to Mallinkrodt; enter through Bowles Plaza)--I'll know within the next few days and pass it along. Why? To become acquainted with the group (if you aren't already), meet other students, meet GLBT-friendly staff and faculty, and brainstorm ideas for the semester. And, as is tradition, FREE DINNER!

2) Drop by and visit our booth during the Activities Fair next Wednesday to pick up a schedule for the year and secretly sign-up all of your friends who avoided getting roped into this lovely e-mail list. Oh, and more free food. How could I forget?

3) Become a member of the Pride Exec Board! We have some spots to fill on our exec. board and we want YOU to fill them! We have two PR positions open, but we can be creative, too, and think of other positions if people really want to help out. Reply to this e-mail ASAP and we will set up a time when you can meet with the current exec board and tell us why you want to join.

4) Check out SafeZones and Keshet, two other GLBTQIA groups on campus you might be interested in.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to to e-mail. Have a great weekend!

Sexual Orientation 2006!

Sexual Orientation 2006, Pride Alliance's annual incoming student orientation event, is just around the corner! Be sure to check us out on move-in day in a booth near the clocktower for information about the group. But don't forget our main event, "Gayme Night," On Monday, August 28th at 10:30PM in the Pride Suite (Women's Building 300). Come enjoy an evening of Pictionary and "Taboo" - GLBTQA style! Join us for some free food, refreshments, and fun! ALL freshman and incoming students are welcome - gay, genderqueer, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, queer, questioning, and ally. If you have any questions, please e-mail us at pridewu@gmail.com. I hope you're having a great summer and looking forward to the new school year!

Day of Silence

Our last event of the year is Breaking the Silence: A Forum on Gendered Hate Crimes, this Wednesday, April 26th @ 7PM in Friedman Lounge in Wohl Center on the South 40.

The Day of Silence is a day in which people of all sexual orientations and gender identities who support GLBTQIA rights take a vow of silence to recognize and protest the silence that LGBTQIA people face each day. Every year we hope that the silence, discrimination, and violence directed at GLBTQIA people will end, however it is not just 'gay' people who suffer from violence or harassment. At this event we hope to raise awareness of the roles that gender and gender norms play in dictating all people's actions, regardless of their gender identity or sexual orientation. A panel of experts will address pertinent topics that relate to this large issue, including some of the following questions:

What do you do if you see or are a survivor of a hate crime? What is a hate crime? How can you be there for a friend? What can we do to reduce the number of future hate crimes? This event will take place on April 26th on the National Day of Silence, at 7PM where we will "Break the Silence" in Friedman Lounge in Wohl Center. FREE PIZZA WILL BE PROVIDED!

We will be tabling in Mallinckrodt on Wednesday from 11-1PM; drop by to pick up a rainbow ribbon!Co-Sponsored by: Pride Alliance, Uncle Joe's Peer Counseling and Resource Center, Safe Zones, Keshet, 1 in 4, Womyn's Resource Center, and the Social Justice Center.

Pride Week

I hope everyone had a great time at Gayla on Saturday--we had tons of people come and it seemed like everyone had an amazing time (the mess you guys left afterward sure hinted at that!). Hopefully it will be a WashU tradition from now on. In case you didn't know, the Gayla was the kickoff for our annual Pride Week. Here's what we have going on:

1) "Discovery" w/ Professor Leslie Brown: Tuesday, April 18th @ 8PM in Women's Building 300. Join Leslie Brown, WashU professor of history and African-American studies, for a discussion about race and GLBT issues. Professor Brown has spoken at Pride events in the past, and is an excellent lecturer and scholar. Her presentation on Tuesday will be a fitting follow-up to the joint ABS-Safe Zones-Pride Alliance meeting we had earlier this month. I hope you can join us!

2) Open Ally Workshop hosted by Safe Zones: Wednesday, April 19th from 7-10PM in Women's Building 300. Be educated on GLBT issues and earn one of those nifty placards upon graduation from the workshop. Even if you identify as G, L, B, or T, the workshop will be a mind-opening experience.

3) Brokeback Mountain Screening with CS40: Thursday, April 20th @ 8PM in Ursa's. Stop studying and relax with friends while watching this amazing, critically-aclaimed film. Free food provided!

4) glbtqiaBBQ: Friday, April 21st from 11-1PM in Bowles Plaza: Eat BBQ. Be proud. Converse with prospective students about life at WashU. Best of all: all the food is FREE! We'll also be giving out free Frisbees, so there is no reason not to come--bring friends! Co-sponsored with the Office of Admissions.

Gayla Advertising

Remember to buy your Gayla tickets this week in Mallinckrodt!

Tranny Roadshow

This Wednesday, April 12th, at 8PM in Ursa's, Pride Alliance, CS40, the Social Justice Center, and the Performing Arts Department are hosting the Tranny Roadshow. This intrepid band of performance artists, each self-identified as transgender, tours the country performing at coffee houses, colleges, and theaters. We'll have FREE FOOD, and it will be tons of fun. Relax, avoid end-of-the-year-work, and come enjoy these great performances. From their own website, www.trannyroadshow.org:

"In addition to humorists, rock bands, poets, and others, a visual art display will accompany the show. As performers, our goals do include challenging people and making them think, but our most important goals are to entertain them, make them laugh, and make them dance. We recognize that our trans identities are singular facets of who we are, and one of the aims of the Tranny Roadshow is to present transpeople as we are - whole, multi-faceted people. In the show, we present a wide spectrum of gender identities, a brilliant array of living art, and the ties that bind these identities to our artwork and to the world"

Be sure to come! Here are a few more points of interest:

1. Earlier today everyone that goes to WashU should have received an e-mail from the director of the GLBTQIA Task force. The survey mentioned in it is very important for assessing the GLBTQIA climate on campus, and they want as many people as possible to fill it out, no matter how you identify. If you have time, please try to complete the survey. It only takes about 10 minutes. There's even a prize drawn randomly from those that fill it out!
2. "Gayla 2006: Cirque du So-Gay!" is April 15th at 9PM in McMillan Cafe and Courtyard. Buy tickets for $8 all week in Mallinckrodt from 11-2:30PM and in Wohl on the evenings of April 12th and 13th. We'll be in front of Olin Library, too, one day of the week. Be sure to stop by and get a ticket! The giant circus tent, huge dance floor, and free food and refreshments ought to be enough motivation to get you dressed up for this sure-to-be-amazing semi-formal. Tell your friends to come! Direct any questions to pridewu@gmail.com
3. Pride Week 2006 is from April 15th-21st. More details in next week's update.
4. The National Day of Silence is April 26th. That evening we will be hosting a "Breaking the Silence" forum on hate crimes. More details to come.