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LIPZ Presents:
Lipstick & Dipstick (As Seen in Curve magazine)
Monday, March 10
7:30 - 9:00 p.m. @ The Cantú Queer Center
These insurpassably fabulous lesbian advice columnists will be discussing their book, doing a book signing, and hosting an interactive dating workshop!
Questions? Contact Julia at jschwab@ucsc.edu.

For the Bible Tells Me So
Tuesday, Mar. 11
7:00 - 11:00 p.m. @ The Cantú Queer Center
Documentary screening with the Cantœ Center QMovies series and the Cowell Diversity Encouragement Council. Can the love between two people ever be an abomination? Is the chasm separating queers and Christianity too wide to cross? Is the Bible an excuse to hate? These are the questions FEAST will be considering through this bedazzling documentary.

DIY (Do It Yourself!) Days
Tues. Mar. 11, Thurs. Mar. 13
10 a.m. - 2 p.m. @ The Cantú Queer Center
Perform your own button-making, turn vinyl into bowls, learn how to crochet, craft macrame bracelets, or design your own zine! Info: awhite@ucsc.edu.

 

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Openly Gay Black Politicians Take On Anti-Gay Black Clergy.

You KNOW you wanna see this one.
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/78963

 

 Monday
 03.10.08

National Girl and Women HIV/ AIDS Awareness: A SISTER SOLIDARITY Month Event 11 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. @ Quarry Plaza There will be free anonymous HIV testing as well as a movie showing in Conference Room C starting at noon. Lots of information, free condoms and demonstrations on how to use contraceptives and barriers to prevent HIV and AIDS.

Queer & Questioning Women's Group meets today! 6:30 - 8 p.m. @ Cantú Queer Center.

Mondays Closet Free Radio KZSC 88.1 FM. 7 - 8:30 p.m. Tune in to UCSC's LGBT public affairs program! Info: 831.459.4036, closetfreeradio@yahoo.com.

Lipstick and Dipstick 7:30 - 9 p.m. @ The Cantú Queer Center. Lipz's next meeting will be today, and it will feature the deliciously shameless lesbian columnists Lipstick and Dipstick as guests! Info: Julia Schwab, at jschwab@ucsc.edu.

Queer Geeks DOES NOT meet today. 8 p.m. @ Cantú Queer Center.

 

 Tuesday
 03.11.08

Tues. Mar. 11, Thurs. Mar. 13 DIY (Do It Yourself!) Days 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. @ The Cantú Queer Center. Perform your own button-making, turn vinyl into bowls, learn how to crochet, craft macrame bracelets, or design your own zine! Info: awhite@ucsc.edu.

For the Bible Tells Me So 7 p.m. @ Cantú Queer Center. Documentary screening with the Cantœ Center QMovies series and the Cowell Diversity Encouragement Council. Can the love between two people ever be an abomination? Is the chasm separating queers and Christianity too wide to cross? Is the Bible an excuse to hate? These are the questions FEAST will be considering through this bedazzling documentary.

 

 Wednesday
 03.12.08

Queer and Questioning Menz Group meets tonight! 6 - 7:30 p.m. @ Cantú Queer Center. Info: Craig Metz, faciliator, bilygott@hotmail.com.

Queer Coffee House meets today! Every Wed, 8 - 9:00 p.m. Info: queer@ucsc.edu.

The Network meets today! Every Wed, 9:30 - 10:30 p.m. Info: thenetwork.ucsc@gmail.com.

 

 Thursday
 03.13.08

Tues. Mar. 11, Thurs. Mar. 13 DIY (Do It Yourself!) Days 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. @ The Cantú Queer Center. Perform your own button-making, turn vinyl into bowls, learn how to crochet, craft macrame bracelets, or design your own zine! Info: awhite@ucsc.edu.

Drop-in Free & Anonymous HIV Testing Every Thurs. 5 - 7 p.m. @ Cantú Queer Center. It's free and confidential, and even better, it only takes about twenty minutes out of your busy schedule! Even if you don't think you have the HIVs, better safe than sorry, right? Info: 831.459.4679.

Day of Silence Planning Meeting 6 p.m. @ Third floor of SUA Building, in the Quarry Plaza. Got ideas for Day of Silence? What to see something done this year or just want to add your thoughts? This planning session is your chance! Info: Rosa, roglee@ucsc.edu.

Take Back the Mic Night 7 - 9 p.m. @ Namaste Lounge. This night is dedicated to women: women of color, GLBTIQQ women, and all women-identified. The e2 class would like to invite all women to share spoken word pieces, poems, essays, and songs, or simply to vent because it's about time womyn are heard. We strongly encourage the attendance of allies and supporters. Info: e2 at 831.459.1743.

Subversive Bible Study 8 p.m. @ Cantú Queer Center. Join FEAST for a three-week Lenten period of reflection on those of us who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered...and Christian. Info: www.uccmsantacruz.org.

 

 Friday
 03.14.08

Fri. Mar. 14 - Sat. Mar. 15 ANNUAL UCSC WOMEN OF COLOR FILM FESTIVAL - Bodies in Flight: Migration and Transit Fri: 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. @ Kresge College Town Hall. The theme of this year's festival--"Bodies in Flight: Migration and Transit"--brings together cultural productions by U.S.-based women of color and women internationally that speak to issues of migration and dislocation.

QQPOC Staff and Faculty Lunch Noon - 1:30 p.m. @ Ethnic Resource Center Lounge. QQPOC (Queer and Questioning People of Color) extends an invitation to all QQPOC staff and faculty on campus to contribute to a community setting for QQPOC-empowerment.

Family Day Planning Meeting Noon - 2 p.m. @ Cantú Queer Center. QParenting Week is on its way, and we have a plethora of events set up for it. However, we'd sincerely appreciate some help with said events. If interested in planning, publicizing, or just putting some input into QParenting Week, this is the time! Info: queer@ucsc.edu.

UCSC Furries and Allies meets this week. 7 - 8 p.m. @ Cantú Queer Center. Info: Michael Tierney, jtierney@ucsc.edu.

Fri. Mar. 14 - 15 Margaret Cho will be doing two performances of her new show 'Beautiful' at San Francisco's The Warfield. Info and tickets: http://www.margaretcho.com/tour/tour.htm.

 

 Saturday & Sunday
 03.15.08 & 03.16.08

Fri. Mar. 14 - Sat. Mar. 15 ANNUAL UCSC WOMEN OF COLOR FILM FESTIVAL - Bodies in Flight: Migration and Transit 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. @ Kresge College Town Hall. The theme of this year's festival--"Bodies in Flight: Migration and Transit"--brings together cultural productions by U.S.-based women of color and women internationally that speak to issues of migration and dislocation.

Fri. Mar. 14 - 15 Margaret Cho will be doing two performances of her new show 'Beautiful' at San Francisco's The Warfield. Info and tickets: http://www.margaretcho.com/tour/tour.htm.

 

 Upcoming...
 

Fri. Mar. 21 Queer Queens of Qomedy 8 p.m. @ Rio Theatre, 1205 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz. Tickets: $25. If you want to spend the night laughing, then come spend the night with Poppy Champlin, Michele Balan, Marga Gomez, and Karen Ripley. All hail the Queens! Info: www.riotheatre.com.

Apr. 18 - 20 Western Regional LGBT Conference @ UCLA. The deadline for early registration is Feb. 29; the deadline for late registration ends on Apr. 4. Proposal deadline is on Feb. 29. If interested, keep in touch with the Network: the organizing party behind the UCSC contingent. Info: Queerconference2008@gmail.com or www.queerconference.com.

 

 QReview!
 

Posted to Death
Author: Dean James
Section: Mystery
Genre: Gay, trans
Rating: 8.0

Plot Rundown Simon Kirby-Jones is curious, gay, and dead. He's a vampire, but thanks to a new medical discovery, he needs neither hide himself for the sun nor suck blood from people's necks. His attempt to settle down in the small town of Snupperton Mumsley is thrown into chaos, however, when the abrasive postmistress--Abigail Winterton--is found murdered. Whodunit???

Review: James' strength lies in his characters, and fortunately, this is a book that emphasizes that strength. The creative cast of saucy suspects (ACK! I've caught Dean James' alliteration syndrome!) includes the haughty and headstrong Lady Prunella Blitherington; the spiced ice queen Samantha Stevens; the blustering Colonel Clitheroe; and the insidiously handsome bookseller Trevor Chase, each one of which is more interesting and amusing than the last. This is by no means a mold-breaking work of genius; it is, however, a fun, enjoyable mystery story that can keep you hooked right up to the end.

~Ian Sentelik 

 QStudents!
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Queer & Questioning Women's Group Meets Mons, 6:30 - 8 p.m. A safe, confidential space for women from all tracks of life to converse and bond over light refreshments. Newcomers will be welcomed! Contact: Akhila Kolesar, akhila.kolesar@gmail.com.

Queer Geeks Every Mon, 8 - 9:30 p.m. Do you like board games? How about card games? Perhaps you enjoy video games? No? Do you read for fun? If you answered "yes" to any of those questions, come to Queer Geeks, where the play is noncompetitive and half the fun is in the sarcasm! Info: Ian Sentelik, fireflys_cat@yahoo.com/ Zachary Gaidzik, jgaidzik@ucsc.edu.

Lipz The next meeting of this wonderful women's group is this Monday, March 10, and will feature the deliciously shameless lesbian columnists Lipstick and Dipstick as guests. Info: Julia Schwab, at jschwab@ucsc.edu.

The Big Q Tues - Thurs, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. @ Cantú Queer Center. Interested in writing, helping, or just learning how to produce a zine of your own? Here's your chance! Now accepting submissions! Info: Aaron White, awhite@ucsc.edu.

Queer and Questioning Menz Group Every Wed, 6 - 7:30 p.m. This Men's Group is an opportunity to meet other queer and questioning men and discuss issues, challenges, and general life concerns in an informal and comfortable atmosphere. Info: Craig Metz, faciliator, bilygott@hotmail.com.

Queer Coffee House Every Wed, 8 - 9 p.m. Come content yourself with coffee, comestibles, and good company at the Cantœ Queer Center. Info: queer@ucsc.edu.

The Network Every Wed, 9 - 10:30 p.m. The Network is a dynamic bunch of queers and allies that meet to plan events and discuss issues affecting our campus queer community. Be a part of the organization at the fore of UCSC's queervolution! Info: thenetwork.ucsc@gmail.com.

 

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Think Positive Calling all Artists, Writers, Poets, Photographers, Musicians, Dancers, Models, Actors, and Creative Types! Contribute your work to Think Positive, an HIV/ AIDS awareness and safer sex art exhibition scheduled for early spring. Submission deadline is April 1st. Info: Kyle, kfanthor@ucsc.edu for details.

The Big Q Calling all Artists, Poets, Editors, and Creative Minds! Put your work into our newly-revived zine: The Big Q, a zine for queer and allied students. Submission deadline is March 28. Info: Aaron, awhite@ucsc.edu.

Searching for Queer Spawn QParenting week is coming up, and we are looking for input from the children of queer parents. Multiple other events along these lines will be coming up soon; please contact us! Info: Kas, kocasiop@ucsc.edu.