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QFLASH*
Get involved.
Richard L. Schlegel National Legion of Honor
Award $500 and a free trip to D.C. This
award recognizes individuals who are living in the
U.S. who have made an outstanding
contribution to GLBT communities. Deadline: Fri,
02.02.07. Info: Nick Sakurai, sakurai@american.edu
or http://www.american.edu/glbta/programs/legion_of_honor.html.
Queer Women Survey Lisa Dazols, a graduate
student of social welfare at
UC Berkeley and an employee of the SF
AIDS Foundation is conducting a study of queer
women. If you are an identified queer woman, please
take the time to fill out this anonymous survey.
Info: ldazols@berkeley.edu.
CFP: Queerness and Violence--Queer Studies
Graduate Symposium UC Davis, Sat,
06.02.07. This symposium seeks to interrogate the
ways queerness and violence function together in
contemporary as well as historical practices and
puzzle out creative possibilities for transformation
and resistance. Please send a 250-500 word abstract
with a CV to
by Mon, 02.19.07. Info: Cathy Hannabach, Toby
Beauchamp, or Cynthia Degnan, queersymposium2007@gmail.com.
UC Center in Sacramento (UCCS) Spend a
quarter in Sacramento taking courses and interning
with students from the other UC campuses! Available
to undergraduate and graduate students. Deadline
for Summer 2007: 03.02.07.
Application form/details: http://uccs.universityofcalifornia.edu/Apply/ApplyIndex.htm
. Info: Sheila Rodriguez, intern@ucsc.edu or
831.459.2184.
Call For Papers! Examining the Lives of GLBTQ of
Color A special issue devoted to the above topic
in: The Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services:
Issues in Practice, Policy & Research. Deadline:
07.31.07. Info/specifics: chan@temple.edu, cwhan@u.washington.edu
or 215.204.7751.
Call For Papers! A Journal of Feminist Philosophy
Transgender Studies and Feminism: Theory, Politics,
and Gendered Realities
Hypatia invites submissions to a special issue on
transgender studies and feminism, which recognizes
the emergence of trans studies. Deadline:
04.15.08. Info/specifics: Talia Bettcher, tbettch@calstatela.edu
or Ann Garry, agarry@calstatela.edu.
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Upcoming...
Mon, 01.29.07 ~ Attention Psych Majors!
3:30-5:30pm, SSII, Room 265. Learn about
graduate careers in this panel presentation.
Panelists will include Cantú Queer Center
Director, Deb Abbott, who will talk about working
as a psychotherapist in private practice as well
as in nonprofit settings; grad student and EOP
Advisor Eric Gabriel; and Ciel Benedetto,
longtime nonprofit director and currently an analyst
of UCSC's Affirmative Action office. Info: Donna
Baldini, dbaldini@ucsc.edu.
Thurs, 02.01.07 ~ Winter '07 Queer Student
Mixer 7-10pm, Cantú Queer Center. Twister!
Come hang
out, have fun and
network with other queer students! Allies welcomed!
Info: thenetwork.ucsc@gmail.com.
Sat, 03.03.07 ~ 20TH Annual Multicultural Career
Conference 11am-5pm, C9/10 Multipurpose Room.
"Celebrating 20 Years: Building Future
Leaders"--join us in this safe space to engage in
honest dialouges, network and develop career
strategies, and meet alumni from diverse backgrounds
to discuss careers, internships, and graduate school
experiences. Register on line at www2.ucsc.edu/careers/student/multicult.html.
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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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QReview!
Christine Jorgensen: A Personal Autobiography
Author: Christine Jorgensen
Section: Biography
Genre: Male-to-Female Transsexualism
Rating: 9.5
Plot Rundown: Here, in her own words, is the
story of Christine Jorgensen, about who over half a
million words were printed in only eighteen months.
An unsuccessful photographer and ex-GI, Christine
made history when she went to Denmark male in body
and returned as the sex she was born to be. She
viewed her transformation humbly, as a simple
physical change to reflect her mind and feelings;
the world, on the other hand, saw
her differently. Despite her aversion to the
spotlight she was forced into, Christine managed to
walk the path given her with grace, dignity, and a
healthy touch of charismatic glamour. This is her
story—a story now forgotten by the majority of the
world that once simultaneously idolized and maligned
her.
Review: This is a story that should never
have been forgotten. Although she was hardly the
first transsexual, or even the first transsexual to
undergo the transformation, Christine Jorgensen was,
entirely due to coincidence of timing, the first to
make national news—and she made it marvelously.
Here, Jorgensen recounts her life in all its
fantastic notoriety with an involving, lightly
humorous writing style, making this book a must-read
for anybody with even the slightest interest in the
stars who once shone so bright in our sky.
~Ian Sentelik
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