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Skill building and Organizing Opportunities at the Cantú Queer Center...Recruiting Interns and Volunteers for Queer Awareness Campaign 2007!

Units are available for Student Interns--2 or 5 units, volunteer work is also a possibility. Interns must express an interest in working with the queer community and be available 5-10 hours per week.

Info: Tam Welch, tamw@ucsc.edu or 831.459.2468.

 

 Monday
 03.12.07

Closet Free Radio-KZSC 88.1 FM 7-8:30pm. UCSC's queer radio show. Tune in! Info: closetfreeradio@yahoo.com or www.geocities.com/closetfree.

 

 Tuesday
 03.13.07



Women's Tuesday Evening Hike 6pm. Info: Jamyrson, jamyrson@hotmail.com.

Queer Coffee House meets today! 6-9pm, Cantú Queer Center.

 

 Wednesday
 03.14.07

FTM Support Group 7:30-9:30pm, Diversity Center, 1117 Soquel Ave, SC. A compassionate, safe space for individuals on the FTM spectrum to receive support, network, and socialize with peers in an environment that is unique for female-to-male trans persons on all points of gender identity and emergence. Info: Antonia, 831.425.4409 or Lulu, 831.425.5422.

QLN meets today! 7:30-9pm, Cantú Queer Center.

The Network meets today! 9-10:30pm, Cantú Queer Center.

 

 Thursday
 03.15.07

Tribe: Gay and Bi Men's Center HIV Testing 5-8pm, 113 Cooper St, SC. Get your results in only 20 minutes. The new Orasure test does not require a needle stick! Info: 831.427.3900 or info@scapsite.org.

X-Quis 7pm, Diversity Center, 1117 Soquel Ave, SC. Women's leather & S/M group. Info: x.quis@yahoo.com.

Sex/Changes: Historical Transformations of Sex, Gender, and Sexuality paper submissions deadline. See QFlash* (below) for more info.

 

 Friday
 03.16.07

Transunidas 6-8pm, 100 N.Winchester Blvd, Suite #250, Santa Clara. A multicultural transgender support group catering to Latina, Asian, Afro American, Pacific Islanders & 2 Spirit Native American Transgender Women. A TransPowerment Program with The Community Health Partnership. Info: Danielle Castro, 408.556.6605 or Aunty Anita, 510.449.8257.

Movie Night 7:30pm, Diversity Center, 1117 Soquel Ave, SC. Meet others in a friendly, comfortable environment. Info: Mike Johnson, 831.425.5422 or www.diversitycenter.org/movie.

 

 Saturday & Sunday
 03.17.07 & 03.18.07

LGBTQ Foster Parenting and Adoption Class Session II Sat, 10am-1pm, Diversity Center, 1117 Soquel Ave, SC. Family and Children's Services of Santa Cruz County welcomes and encourages members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender communities to consider opening their homes to a child in need. Info: Nora Mendoza, 831.454.4375 or nora.mendoza@hra.co.santa-cruz.ca.us.

Pride Committee Sat, 1-3pm, Diversity Center, 1117 Soquel Ave, SC. Come help plan Santa Cruz's 32nd LGBT Pride Celebration. Info: 831.427.4009 or 831.425.5422.

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.

 

 Upcoming...
 

03.17.07 ~ Gay and Lesbian Sierrans--Almaden Quicksilver County Park This park is the site of over 135 years of mining activities and the former home to 1,800 miners and their families. Hydrothermal activity, caused by tectonic plate movement about 10 million years ago, changed some of the area’s serpentine rock into the red ore of mercury, known as Cinnabar. Encompassing nearly 4000 acres, the park offers one of the most spectacular wildflower displays in the region during early spring. Info: Ron Levesque, ronlevesqu@aol.com, Shu-jen Wang, shujen@yahoo.com or www.lomaprieta.sierraclub.org/gls/calendar.html.



California Dreamin' Transgender Convention Open to, and appropriate for, all TG/TS folks and all providers who either serve these populations or want to serve them. Info: www.california-dreamin.org/index.html.

05.05.07 ~ 2nd Annual UC Berkeley Queer People of Color Summit Registration begins Friday, 03.23.07. Info: Billy Curtis, 510.643.0788, or billyc@berkeley.edu.

11.02-03.07 ~ Sex/changes: Historical Transformations of Sex, Gender, and Sexualities Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. The 2007 Conference of the New England American Studies Association will examine shifting sexual sensibilities, changing sexuality legislation, and varying representations of sex, gender, sexuality, and the body in the United States, past and present. Info: neasacouncil@gmail.com.

06.01-02.07 ~ Pride and the Symphony The Santa Cruz Symphony will be performing with the White Album Ensemble in a benefit concert! Info: 831.425.5422 or www.diversitycenter.org.

 

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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.

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.

 

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Sex/Changes: Historical Transformations of Sex, Gender, and Sexuality Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. The 2007 Conference of the New England American Studies Association is calling for paper submissions/ panel proposals examining shifting sexual sensibilities, changing sexuality legislation, and varying representations of sex, gender, sexuality, and body in the U.S. past and present. Deadline THIS WEEK: Thurs, 03.15.07. Info/submissions: neasacounc il@gmail.com.

Slug Student Leadership Retreat at UCSC 04.13-15.07, Camp Campbell YMCA. An opportunity for students to develop leadership skills that will help them to positively address issues of diversity and promote social change. Application deadline: 03.16.07, 5pm. Info: slugretreat@ucsc.edu.

2nd Annual UC Berkeley Queer People of Color Summit Currently seeking workshop facilitators! Represent UCSC! Deadline: Monday, 03.19.07. Finalized details and registration will begin Friday, 03.23.07. Info:

Davis-Putter Scholarship Fund Grants available for undergraduate and graduate activists who are building the progressive movement. Deadline: 04.01.07. Info: www.davisputter.org.

Jobs for Political Change Grassroots Campaigns, a progressive political consulting firm, is hiring graduating seniors to join their campaign team. Work on the most pressing issues of today. Info: Mari Schimmer, mschimmer@grassrootscampaigns.com or www.grassrootscampaigns.com.

Queer Males Needed!!! UCSC art student in search of queer-identified males for interview and inexplicit photography series relating to male body image and surrounding issues. All ages and body types needed. Info: ronmreyes@gmail.com.

2nd Annual UC Berkeley Queer People of Color Summit Currently seeking workshop facilitators! Represent UCSC! Deadline: Monday, 03.19.07. Finalized details and registration will begin Friday, 03.23.07. Info: Billy Curtis, 510.643.0788, or billyc@berkeley.edu.

The Survivors Healing Center is starting a new therapy group for GLBTI survivors of child sexual abuse starting mid-April. Cost per session is flexible. Info: Maria, 831.423.7601, maria@survivorshealingcenter.org or http://survivorshealingcenter.org.