Greetings!
The Cantú Queer Center is Recruiting
Winter Quarter Academic Interns now!
Are you interested in working at the campus
queer center (Cantú Queer Center)? We are
offering 2- or 5-unit internships for
highly motivated students who are outgoing,
self-directed, and committed to improving queer
issues both on campus and in the community. This
position might include:
* organizing events and programming for
the GLBTI community
* developing posters and/or flyers for
events
* reaching out to, educating, and/or
training peers around GLBTI issues
* publicity and electronic announcements
* welcoming new and returning students to
the Center
For more information, visit queer.ucsc.edu
Info: Tam Welch,
459-2468, queer@ucsc.edu
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Upcoming...
Sat. Dec. 15 The Diversity Center
Holiday Open House 12:30 - 3:30 p.m.
(Raffle begins at 3:00) @ The Diversity
Center. Please, bring your friends and
family, and celebrate the season with an
afternoon of fun and friendship. Drinks and
snacks will be provided. Info: 831.425.5422.
Sat. Dec. 15 Home for the
Holidays 7:30 p.m. @ First
Congregational-United Church of Christ, 900
High Street, SC. Celebrating its 30th
Anniversary Season, the San Francisco Gay
Men's Chorus will perform a benefit concert
to raise funds for the GLBT Endowment for
Extravagant Welcome at First
Congregational-United Church of Christ. Info:
http://www.SFGMC.org
Sat. Jan. 12 Queer Contra Dance Comes to Santa Cruz! 7:30 - 10:30 p.m. @ Vets Hall, 846 Front Street, SC. Contra is New England-style barn dance done in two long lines to LIVE Celtic-infused music. It's lots of fun, easy to learn, gender-role free, and requires no partner or experience. $10 or pay what you can. Info:sfcontra@hotmail.com
Sat. Jan. 19 Jennie McNulty--Back
By Popular Demand 7:00 p.m. @ Don
Quixote's International Music Hall, Felton,
CA. Jennie McNulty has traveled the world
doing comedy--in addition to headlining in
comedy clubs all over the US and Canada, she
has entertained the troops in Iraq and
Afghanistan. She's also done comedy in more
peaceful settings as one of the favorites of
Olivia Cruises and Resorts. Tickets are $10
in advance, $12 at the door. Info:
831.603.2294, or www.jenniemcnulty.com.
Tues. Jan. 29 Lipz The next
meeting of this wonderful women's group is
sneaking into view! Info: Julia Schwab, at jschwab@ucsc.edu.
Sat.-Sun. Feb 16-17 AIDS Dance 12 noon- 12 noon @ Porter Dining Hall Info:24houraidsdance@gmail.com
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QReview!
Dancer from the Dance
Author: Andrew Holleran
Section: Fiction
Genre: Gay, transvestite
Rating: 8.5
Plot Rundown: Beginning as letters
written back and forth between two jaded
queens, this book details the story of
Malone, an innocent, beautiful newcomer to
the gay society of the '60s and '70s--his
obsession with finding love, and his
inability to see what he is even looking for.
Review: If you look at this book as
historical fiction rather than pure fiction,
you will find it a much more interesting
read. The recounting of the crazed and
dangerous parties of the 60s is fascinating,
and Holleran's imagery is impeccable.
However, the main selling point of this book
is the truly insane character Sutherland, who
parties eternally, talks lasciviously, pops
any pill he sees, and hangs out of his window
in a frilly blouse and ridiculous wig to
scream Italian obscenities at passersby.
Sutherland alone makes this novel worth reading.
Take some of the pressure off!
Read a book you adored or one you despised
from our library lately? Test your critic
skills by writing a review on it! Please
follow the QReview format carefully and send
it to fireflys_cat@yahoo.com.
Thank you very much in advance for your
contributions!
~Ian Sentelik
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QStudents!
Be active.
Queer & Questioning Women's Group Meets
Mons; last meeting is Dec. 3, 6:30
- 8 p.m. The last meeting of the quarter will
be next
Monday; it will be filled with snacks, videos,
socializing, and the introduction of the new
group
facilitator: Akhila Kolesar. Newcomers welcome!
Contact: Livia
Peras, lperas@hotmail.com
Lipz The next
meeting of this wonderful women's group is
set for Tuesday, January 29! Be prepared!
Info: Julia
Schwab,
at jschwab@ucsc.edu.
Queer Coffee House Every Wed,
from 8 - 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.
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.
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QPost
Get connected.
Queer Youth Scene Looking for
Leadership The Diversity Center is
seeking to hire a youth program coordinator
to staff this important program, which we
hope to restart in January 2008. We apologize
for the disruption!
Social Justice Training Institute May
20 - 25, 2008 (Deadline: March 3, 2008).
Cost: $450.00. Interested in getting some
training in the realms of social justice?
Apply soon--there are only 60 spots in this
advanced program! Info: http://sjti.org/home_student.html.
LGBTI Survey Are you between the ages
of 13 and 21? Do you use LGBTIQQ-oriented
forums, chatrooms, mailing lists, blog rings,
networking/ dating sites, or other
LGBTIQQ-oriented online communities for
youth, including on Facebook and/ or MySpace?
Help to provide information about the needs
of LGBTIQQ youth by taking the following
quick, anonymous and secure survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=cqB_2bsqIvVpwBnIQf_2bUzT4A_3d_3d.
Info: lgbtiqq.youth.online@gmail.com.
Register for the National Union of Jewish
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer,
Questioning, and Intersex Students 2008
Conference The conference is to be held
from Fri. Feb. 8 until Sun. Feb. 10, in New
York City. Anyone who self-identifies as
Jewish and LGBTQQI (and more!) is welcome.
Info: http://
www.nujlsonline.org/conference.php.
Career Development of Sexual Minority
Women Whitney Hagen is conducting a
survey to examine the factors that influence
sexual minority women's career development.
All participants must be (1) WOMEN; (2)
attracted to women; and (3) currently
enrolled in college / university. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Rs2rq_2fNde5dFygSfmQWRAg_3d_3d.
Looking for that special Christmas
present? Take a look at WolfeVideo.com to
find queer videos both romantic and raunchy! www.wolfevideo.com.
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