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Upcoming...
Thurs. Mar. 27 Candidates Forum,
27th State Assembly District 7 p.m. @
First Congregational Church (900 High Street,
Santa Cruz). Find out where the Candidates
for the 27th Assembly District stand on queer
issues! All LGBT people, friends and allies
are most welcome to join Bill Monning, Emily
Reilly, and Barbara Sprenger for coffee and
conversation. Info: 831.515.4101, or www.homosexualagenda.org.
Fri. Apr. 18 - Sun. Apr. 20 Western
Regional LGBT Conference @ UCLA. The
deadline for late registration ends on Apr.
4. If interested, keep in touch with the
Network: the organizing party behind the UCSC
contingent. Info: Queerconference2008@gmail.com
or www.queerconference.com.
Sat. Apr. 26 Queer People of Color
Summit 2008: (Re)Generations of Solidarity:
Shifting Lenses & Igniting Hearts 10 a.m.
- 6 p.m. @ University of California,
Berkeley. The QPOC summit will gather
students, activists, and community members
all over California to dialogue around the
intersections between race, age, and
sexuality. The purpose of this summit is to
provide a safe space where members of the
QPOC community can engage in a
cross-generational dialogue with each other.
By sharing conversations and exchanging
perspectives across generations, we hope this
will generate new energy and inspire new
passion in the QPOC communities. Info: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=24429693384.
Sat. Apr. 26 Queer Youth Leadership
Awards 5:30 p.m. @ New Brighton Middle
School Performing Arts Center. The evening
will be complete with a catered buffet
dinner, variety show, awards ceremony,
resource fair and a DJ to dance the night
away. Adult tickets are on a $25 to $45
sliding scale and youth and senior tickets
are $10. Tickets can be purchased online
through a mail-in form, and also available at
the Diversity Center, First Congregational
Church of SC -UCC, Streetlight Records, The
Ugly Mug, Watsonville Youth Center,
Watsonville YWCA and the White Raven. Info:
831.427.4004, or www.QYLA.org.
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QStudents!
Be active.
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 This lesbian group meets on many
various dates. Keep your eyes on this section
to learn of their next stunning event! 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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QPost
Get connected.
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.
Gay & Lesbian Healthcare Study As part
of The Diversity Center's mission to support
the health and wellbeing of our community, we
support research into the challenges that we
face as LGBT individuals. Please consider
taking the time to answer this survey in the
hope that through understanding we may be
able to bring about positive change. https://webtools.uiuc.edu/survey/Secure?id=755190.
Lisa Parker, a doctoral business student
seeking to complete her dissertation research
study, is looking for queer-identified people
over the age of 18 to take a 5-minute survey
measuring the effects of human resource
policies on gay consumer preference by market
segment. This survey is at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=BXOTuUo_2fU7u4FG_2fWh959qA_3d_3d.
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