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Tuesday
01.16.07
Queer Coffee House meets today! 6-9pm, Cantú
Queer Center.
Collaborative Non-Reading of Bodies In The
Making: Transgressions and Transformations
7:30-9pm, Capitola Book Cafe, 1475 41st Ave,
Capitola. The editors and
contributors of Bodies in the Making will discuss
the provocative issues of transformational
practices: tattooing, piercing, anorexia,
self-cutting, cosmetic surgery, prosthetics,
trans-sexual surgery, aging, plastination and life
extension technologies. Together, the group will
consider the psychological, social, and aesthetic
motives that underlie such practices. Info: www.capitolabookcafe.com
or 831.462.4415.
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Wednesday
01.17.07
Nobody Passes: Rejecting the
Rules of Gender and Conformity Book Reading
7:30pm, Modern Times Bookstore, 888 Valencia St, SF.
A collection of first-person narratives, critical
essays, conversations, and polemics that confronts
and challenges the very notion of belonging--from
activism to academia, immigration to appropriation
to cruising for sex, hip-hop to disability culture
to trans communities. Info: www.mtbs.com
or 415.282.9246.
SONiA & Disappear Fear 8pm, Don Quixote's
Intl. Music Hall, 6275 Hwy 9, Felton, $10 adv./$12
door. "When you
disappear fear between people, what you have is
love." Info: 831.603.2294, www.donquixotesmusic.com
or www.disappearfear.com.
QLN meets today! 7:30-9pm, Cantú Queer Center.
Western Regional LGBTQIA College Conference
Informational Meeting 9pm, Porter Fireside
Lounge. See QFlash* (above) for more info.
HIV Peer Testing at the Cantú Queer Center is
currently on hiatus.
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Saturday & Sunday
01.20.07 & 01.21.07
Triangle Speaker Training--Help
Put an End to Homophobia and Transphobia
Sat, 11:30am-4pm, YWCA of Watsonville, 350 E. Beach St,
Watsonville. If you're LGBTQ, a family member or
Ally come
check us out! Info: 831.457.2934, triangle@trianglespeakers.org
or www.trianglespeak0ers.org.
QTV--Santa Cruz Queer Television
Collective Sat, 10pm, Santa Cruz-channel
27/Watsonville & Capitola-channel 73.
Local queer TV since 1995. Tune in! New, exciting
local queer videos wanted. Info: Hilary,
scqtv@yahoo.com
or 831.459.5405.
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QStudents!
Be active.
Queer Coffee House Every Tues, 6-9pm.
Relax with friends over coffee and dessert. You can
study, check email, play board games or just hang
out. Bring a friend or meet a new one. Info:
thenetwork.ucsc@gmail.com.
Queer Latina Network (QLN) Every Wed, 7:30-9pm.
Join a network of queer mujeres at UCSC, bringing
together undergraduate, graduate and staff activism,
creative energy and scholarly interest! Info: Tere,
qln@ucsc.edu.
The (GLBTI) Network Every Wed, 9-10:30pm.
The Network is The Voice of UCSC's queer student
populace. Join us in organizing events; help us in
our continual effort to restructure queer groups on
campus. Get involved. Be a part of change. Info:
thenetwork.ucsc@gmail.com.
The Closet 1st & 3rd Thurs, 8-9:30pm.
A safe space for men, who like men, who talk. Info:
Matthew P. Williams, mpwillia@ucsc.edu
or Tim
Fessenden, timbim@ucsc.edu.
Queer Geeks 2nd & 4th Thurs, 8-9:30pm.
Interested in things considered "geeky"? Queer Geeks
is a welcoming place for those who feel that their
interests vary from "popular" culture. Info: Ron
Reyes, ronmreyes@gmail.com.
Project 831 activity is currently on
hiatus
until further notice. Project 831 is a space
for anyone and everyone. Come discuss community
service
activities you'd like to be a part of or just hang
out with us at
the Cantú Queer Center. We love seeing new faces at
our
events. Project 831 welcomes everyone! Info: Meg,
project831@gmail.com.
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Upcoming...
Mon, 01.22.07 ~ Queer Youth Task Force Community
Networking Meeting 3:30-5pm, Aptos Public
Library Conf Rm, 7695 Soquel Dr, Aptos. Join us if
you're interested in improving the quality of life
for queer youth in Santa Cruz County. Info: www.diversitycenter.org/qytf,
831.427.4004 or qytf@diversitycenter.org.
Tues, 01.23.07 ~ Western Regional LGBTQIA College
Conference Informational Meeting II 7pm, Cantú
Queer Center. See QFlash* (above) for more info.
Tues, 01.23.07 ~ Santa Cruz Aids Project Workshop
and Discussion: condom and lube preference/ STIs
in dating and relationship behaviours within the MSM
community. For time and more info: Justin,
831.427.3900 or justint@scapsite.org.
Thurs, 01.25.07 ~ A Community
Gathering 5-7pm, UCSC Graduate Student Commons.
A space to empower LGBTIQQ People of Color. Gather
to connect, get resources and eat good food. This
space is to support "those who identify as PoC due
to their racial, ethnic, cultural, and/or heritage
backgrounds and political identification." Info:
831.459.2427 or queer.ucsc.edu.
Thurs, 02.01.07 ~ Winter '07 Queer Student
Mixer 7-10pm. Come hang out, have fun and
network with other queer students! Allies welcomed!
Info: thenetwork.ucsc@gmail.com.
02.16.07 - 02.18.07 ~ Western Regional GLBTQIA
College Conference See QFlash* (above) for more
info.
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