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Happy December!!!
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QFLASH*
Get involved.
Out of the Rainbow & Into the Streets
LGBTI highschool or college student? Join us at the
annual, 2007 Western Regional GLBTQIA College
Conference! 02.16.07 - 02.18.07, UC Riverside. SUA
has provided generous funds for students to attend,
but we need to hear from you ASAP! Info:Jenni, ucscqcommintern@gmail.com
or www.uclgbtia.org.
Lesbian or Gay Jewish College Age Speakers
Needed 2 or 3 speakers needed for a Temple high
school's Judaism and Sexuality mini course. Please
have a positive Jewish identity and feel comfortable
sharing personal life stories with students about
being lesbian or gay. Info: Rabbi Richard Litvak,
831.479.3444 or rlitvak@sbcglobal.net.
The Friends of the Cantú Queer Center wants
you to
consider joining its steering committee-a fun
way to contribute to your community by
raising much needed funds and sponsoring center
projects. Info: Kathleen Hughes, 831.459.4552 or khughes@ucsc.edu.
Research Study for Lesbian, Bisexual, and
Questioning Women U of Tenn,
Dept of Psy. Lesbian researcher is conducting a study
of attitudes, feelings, and experiences
associated with being a LBQ woman (must be 18 years
of age). Consent form and questionnaire: http://d769.psysurvey.com.
Info: Dawn M. Szymanski, Ph.D, 865-974-3302,
dszymans@utk.edu
or dawnszymanski@msn.com.
Advance Research Assistance Needed For LGBT Research
Project UCSC, Winter and Spring Quarter 2007.
Research is focused on the development of sexual
identity and on the impact of social marginalization
on psychological experience for LGBT individuals.
Info: Phillip L. Hammack, hammack@ucsc.edu.
LGBTI youth and seniors needed to help create a
collaboration of oral history and photography for
a Community Studies healthcare class. May be
anonymous. Info: Jody Takanashi, Jodyk@Bust.com.
Dyke March 2007 Calling all
dykes-volunteers, performers, and everything in
between. Looking for helpers and/or participants.
This year's Dyke March will take place Sat, 06.02.07.
Info: Lesley, ainne65@yahoo.com
or 831.459.4823.
Become an academic intern or volunteer at the
Cantú Queer Center Winter Quarter, 2007. Info:
Tam Welch, queer@ucsc.edu or
831.459.2468.
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Wednesday
11.29.06
GBTIQQ Students of Color Planning Mtg#2
11am-1pm, Bay Tree Conference Room B. The objective of
this meeting is to further initiate discussion with
LGBTIQQ
Students of Color-starting a longer, more broad
discussion within the community as we work to bring
more LGBTIQQ SoC to the table in future discussions.
Info: Robert, rimada@ucsc.edu.
Theatre Rhinoceros Presents . . .“The Twelve Days
of Cochina"-Marga Gomez Now playing through
Sun, 12.17.06, Theatre Rhino, 2926 16th Street, SF.
Naughty elf Marga Gomez returns in a sexy holiday
comedy! A nympho-fuelled ecological Christmas carol
for adults only. Info: www.therhino.org,
415.861.5079 or www.margagomez.com.
QLN meets today! 8pm, Cantú Queer Center.
The Network meets today! 9-10:30pm, Cantú
Queer Center.
HIV Peer Testing at the Cantú Queer Center will
resume Wed, 01.10.07.
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Thursday
11.30.06
Sexile/Sexilo Cmmu Colloquium
3:30-5pm, College 8, Rm 301. Sexile/Sexilo is a
bilingual graphic novel written by Jaime Cortez,
published by the Institute for Gay
Men's Health and AIDS Project Los Angeles-an
innovative form of social documentation exploring
sexuality, transgender identity, immigration, sex
work and drug use through the life story of Cuban
transgender activist Adela Vazquez. Jaime Cortez
will discuss his research and production process as
well as the circulation and impact of Sexile/Sexilo
since its 2004 publication. PDF of Novel: www.apla.org/publications/sexile/Sexile_web.pdf.
Info: Marcia Ochoa, 831.459.4356 or 831.459.3516.
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.
Queer Geeks meets today! 8-9:30pm, Cantú
Queer Center.
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Saturday & Sunday
12.02.06 & 12.03.06
Project831 in Action! Sat. Join us in
preparing and handing out
bagged lunches and health resources to SC's
homeless community. We're hoping to have at least 15
people involved. More ideas highly appreciated!
Info: Meg or Ngoc, project831@gmail.com.
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.
Brava Theater Center presents Suzanne
Westenhoefer Sat, 8pm & Sun, 3pm, Brava Theater
Center, 2789 24th St (at York), SF. Join us @ Brava
to enjoy the first open lesbian to be on David
Letterman, Comedy Central and A&E! $27 - $32
Info: 415.647.2822, www.brava.org/Pages/CurrentPro.html#Suzanne
or http://www.suzannew.com.
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QStudents!
Be active.
Meetings are at the Cantú Queer Center unless
otherwise noted.
Sappho A queer women's
group where queer ladies can meet, hang out and see what
happens! Sappho meetings are currently on
hiatus-we
are in search of a new facilitator!!! GET INVOLVED!
Info: Tam Welch, queer@ucsc.edu or
831.459.2468.
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 Every Fri, 2-4pm. An open drop
in 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
or Ngoc,
project831@gmail.com.
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Upcoming...
Sat, 12.09.06 ~ Resilience and Recovery: building
community in the face of crisis (continued).
10am-12pm, C9/10 Namaste Lounge. Join other
faculty, staff, students and alumni in reflective
discussions about how to make meaning of the death
of Chancellor Denton and of the events that
surrounded her chancellorship. Help us make UCSC a
stronger, more life-affirming community in which all
people, even those who have been dis-valued, can
live as valued members. Please RSVP: 760.889.9341.
Sat-Sun, 12.09.06 -
12.10.06 ~ Rainbow Women's
Chorus celebrates 10 years with "Something About the
Women!" SJ. A performance of musical memories
spanning a decade. Featuring old favorites, new
loves, songs and much more. $15 in advance or $18
at door; senior and group rate discounts available.
Info: www.rainbowwomen.org
or 408.374.5228.
Sat-Sun, 12.09.06 - 12.10.06 ~ Dance Along
Nutcracker Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701
Mission Street, SF. The most hilarious and most
participatory Nutcracker around. RSVP early. Info:
415.978.2787 or www.sflgfb.org/dancealong.html.
Thurs, 12.14.06 (7pm) & Sun, 12.24.06 (5pm, 7pm,
9pm) ~ The San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus Presents
"Home for the Holidays" Castro Theatre, SF.
Info: www.sfgmc.org/pub/tix/calendar.asp.
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QReview!
The Second Summoning
Author: Tanya Huff
Section: Fiction
Genre: Fantasy, Straight, Lesbian
Rating: 10
Plot Rundown: Claire and Diana may be
sisters, but they are hardly on the same side.
Claire’s rollercoaster of a love-life has somehow
managed to create an angel, and the creation of this
angel has somehow managed to create a demon. While
Claire scrambles to send the angel back to Heaven
and the demon back to Hell, Diana, torn by moral
conflicts, stands repeatedly in her way. But with
the demon’s plans to unleash Hell itself upon the
world spinning closer to fruition, how long can
Diana afford to stand by what she alone seems to
think is right?
Review: Tanya Huff does not fall into the
Swamp of Terrible Sequels that captures so many
authors, instead delivering here a sequel with a
completely different plot but the same machine-gun
humor. Particularly interesting is her rendition of
Samuel the angel and Byleth the demon—both
characters are intriguing, refreshing changes from
the angel & demon clichés which flood modern novels
today.
~Ian Sentelik
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