Salutations!
Transgender Day of Remembrance is this
Tuesday!!!
Rally together and participate in the
Candelight Vigil, the QMovie, and the
Remembrance Poster Project this week to show
your transgender solidarity! See Tuesday for
more details about the events; go here
for more details about the day itself!
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Upcoming...
Mon. Nov. 26 - Sat. Dec. 8
Sean-Michael Rau: A Solo Exhibition
24/ 7 @ College Ten Cafe Revolucion.
Sean-Michael Rau, a fourth year photography
major, is creating a gallery space with
images that deal with issues
of socially constructed gender roles, binary
categorization, and internalized phobias in
the Queer Community and our society as a
whole. Come check it out!
Mon. Nov. 26, Tues. Nov. 27 DIY at
the Cantú Noon - 4 p.m. @ the Cantú Queer
Center. Come make buttons, learn to crochet,
or tie-dye t-shirts on Monday, or silk-screen
yourself a shirt on Tuesday! Info: Cantú
Queer Center, queer@ucsc.edu.
Wed. Nov. 28 Colloquium Series - Angela
Davis: The Prison: A Sign of U.S. Democracy?
12 - 1:30 p.m. @ Humanities 1, Room 210.
Having helped to popularize the notion of a
"prison industrial complex," Angela Y. Davis
here urges her audiences to think seriously
about the future possibility of a world
without prisons and help forge a 21st century
abolitionist movement. Info: Stephanie
Casher, 831.459.4899 or
http://humanities.ucsc.edu/CultStudies/EVENTS/events.html.
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QStudents!
Be active.
Queer & Questioning Women's Group Meets
Mon; last meeting is Dec. 3, 6:30
- 8 p.m. Good news! We're almost certain this
very popular group will continue with a new
facilitator next quarter. The last meetings
this quarter with facilitator Livia Peras are
Monday 11.26
and 12.3. Newcomers still welcome! Contact: Livia
Peras, lperas@hotmail.com
Lipz Meets monthly. Keep your eyes
peeled for the next date! Info: Julia Schwab,
at jschwab@ucsc.edu.
Queer Coffee House Every Wed,
from 7 - 9 p.m. Come content yourself with
coffee,
comestibles, and good company every Wednesday
at the Cant Queer Center. Info: queer@ucsc.edu.
The Network Every Wed, 9 - 10:30 p.m.
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 Every Thurs, 8 - 9:30 p.m.
Interested in things considered "geeky"?
Queer Geeks
is a welcoming place for those who feel that
their
interests vary from "popular" culture. Info:
Ian Sentelik, fireflys_cat@yahoo.com/
Zachary Gaidzik, jgaidzik@ucsc.edu.
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QPost
Get connected.
2008 GLAAD Media Fellowships Announced
GLAAD, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against
Defamation, has announced 11 Media
Fellowships for 2008. Fellows will be based
in either GLAAD's New York or Los Angeles
office, work nearly full time from Jan. 7 -
Dec. 31, 2008, and receive a monthly stipend
of $1,600. This is a unique opportunity for
students or recent graduates to develop media
activism experience and leadership skills in
the movement for LGBT equality. Deadline to
apply is Nov. 30, 2007. Info: http://www.glaad.org/about/fellowship_opps.php
Calling Filmmakers, Videographers, Artists
and Performers for Submissions to the 14th
Annual Women of Color Film and Video
Festival The Santa Cruz Women of Color
Film and Video Festival is now accepting
submissions for its 14th annual festival, to
be held at the University of California,
Santa Cruz, March 14-15, 2008. Submissions
must be postmarked by January 4th, 2008.
Info: Mnica Enrquez (mpenriqu@ucsc.edu,)
Miki Foster (mefoster@ucsc.edu,)
or Cindy Bello (cbello@ucsc.edu).
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