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Upcoming...
Fri. Oct. 26 QGrad Mixer 8 p.m.
@ Grad Student Commons. THIS
EVENT IS BEING RESCHEDULED TO WINTER
QUARTER!!!! Please stand by for further details!
Mon. Oct. 29 UCSC Women of Color
Research Cluster Welcoming Reception 4:30
- 7 p.m. @ UCSC Women's Center. Please come
join us for an evening of dialogue, research,
and organization, building community,
imagining possibilities, remembering our
cluster's history, and honoring our presence
in different fields of academia. Info: marginadas@gmail.c
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Tues, Oct. 30 FALL MIXER for Queer
Faculty, Staff, and
Friends 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Enjoy an evening of conviviality in the
company of faculty, staff, and friends at the
home of Bill Ladusaw and Ken Christopher.
Sponsored by Friends of the Cantú GLBTI
Center, Feminist Studies, and the Sexuality
Studies Working Group. Info, location,
directions and RSVPs to: Deb Abbott,
831.459.4385
or
dabbott@ucsc.edu.
Thurs. Nov. 1 American Indian
Reception @ Cervantes & Velasquez
Conference Room, Bay Tree Building. The
American Indian Resource Center is holding a
reception for new and returning students.
Info: Dennis Tibbetts, 831.459.2881.
Sat. Nov. 3 California Forum for
Diversity in Graduate Education @ UC
Davis (Transportation provided). Sign up in
Advance with the EOP Office at 121 ARCenter.
This all day Forum will acquaint students
from underrepresented groups with the career
opportunities and challenges associated with
advanced study within master's and doctoral
programs. Open to sophomores, juniors,
seniors and students in master's programs.
Info: Educational Opportunity Programs
office, 459.2296 or manwar@ucsc.edu.
Mon. Nov. 5 QMovies @ Cantu
Queer Center. "Remember, remember, the fifth
of November/ The gunpowder treason and plot/
I know of no reason why the gunpowder
treason/ Should ever be forgot."
Sat. Nov. 10 Casino Night: Bet on a
Good Cause! 6:30 - 11:00 p.m. @ Temple
Beth El,
3055 Porter Gulch Rd, Aptos. Gamble the night
away at the Diversity
Center's biggest fundraising event! Even if
you're
not interested in dicing with fickle Dame
Fortune, fantastic desserts will be provided,
ensuring the pleasure of all attendees. Don't
miss it! Must be 21 or over to attend.
Tues. Nov. 20 QMovies 8:30 p.m.
@ Cantú Queer Center.
All the fun of a movie theater with no gum
stuck under the seats! Visit the
Center for popcorn, drinks, and a great
movie. Info: queer@ucsc.edu.
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QReview!
Yes! It's True!! Dumbledore is Gay!!!
Harry Potter fans everywhere, prepare to be
shocked, stunned, stupefied, stultified, and
maybe even a bit surprised!
During a press
conference at Carnegie Hall, author J. K.
Rowling was asked whether Albus Dumbledore,
ebullient Headmaster of Hogwarts and stalwart
champion of the power of love, had ever found
love himself. To which Rowling replied, "My
truthful answer to you...I always thought of
Dumbledore as gay."
The statement was greeted with tumultuous
applause. (Well, of course!)
Rowling explained that Dumbledore had, when
he was young, fallen in love with Gellert
Grindelwald, who would eventually become one
of the wickedest dark wizards of all time.
This was why Dumbledore refused to confront
Grindelwald for so long--he was in love with
him. (Hey, we can all sympathize with an
attraction to bad boys [or girls,] right?)
Of course, this news is hardly revolutionary
to HP aficionados, who have undoubtedly been
suspicious of Dumbledore's love of plum
velvet suits, high-heeled boots, and licorice
wands (heehee) ever since book 1. However, to
have it confirmed by J. K. Rowling herself is
mindboggling. At last, queer fiction has a
shining star to rally around in Albus
Dumbledore (whose fabulous sense of taste is
only surpassed by the incredible depth of his
character development throughout the books).
Banzai, Albus Dumbledore! Banzai, Harry
Potter!! Banzai, Joanne Kathleen Rowling!!!
~Ian Sentelik
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QStudents!
Be active.
Queer & Questioning Women's Group Meets
Mondays, from Oct. 8 until Dec. 3, at 6:30 -
8:00 p.m.
An opportunity to meet other queer and
questioning
women and discuss issues, challenges, and life
in an
informal and comfortable atmosphere. We meet
in a
respected space, so all information and
identities are
kept confidential. Contact: Livia Peras, lperas@hotmail.com
Queer Coffee House Every Wed,
from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. @ the Cantú Queer
Center. Come content yourself with coffee,
comestibles, and good company every Wednesday
at the Cantu Center. Info: queer@ucsc.edu
The 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.
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:
Ian Sentelik, fireflys_cat@yahoo.com/
Zachary Gaidzik, jgaidzik@ucsc.edu.
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QPost
Get connected.
Triangle Speakers is Hiring a Program
Coordinator!
The Program Coordinator is a 20 hour per week
bilingual position. The position requires two
years of outreach or coordination experience
in volunteer, speaker, or other similar
programs. Some evening/weekend work is
entailed and a car for local travel is
required. Bilingual required, bicultural
Spanish/English candidates strongly
preferred. Info: triangle@trianglespeakers.org
African American Gay, Lesbian, and
Bisexual Persons Attitudes and Experiences
Survey Dawn M. Szymanski, a lesbian
researcher from the University of Tennessee, is
looking
for queer African American people over the
age of 18 to participate in an anonymous
survey. If interested, click here.
Gender Portraiture Laureen Griffin, a
resident artist at the University of
Pennsylvania's 40th St. AIRSPACE, is looking
for participants for the Gender Portraiture
project. Share personal stories of gender
stereotyping and/ or dress in gendered
costume and be photographed. Info: http://laureengriffin.com.
Transmen, FTMs and Genderqueer Men: Tell
Your Life Stories! Tim Guichard, a
Masters of Arts candidate in Women Studies at
San Francisco State
University, is collecting oral histories of
transmen, FTMs, and genderqueer men as part
of his thesis research. Info: http://transhistory.googlepages.com.
Calling Santa Cruz organizers interested
in planning a Trans March
INTERESTED in celebrating the
diversity of the Transgender community, and
in helping to increase awareness and
visibility of Transgender issues within Santa
Cruz County?
JOIN a group of community
members who are interested in making it happen.
They are interested in what you thought of past
Transgender
marches, and what you'd like to see at one
this year. Also, they definitely need help
organizing!
CONTACT them at transmarch@diver
sitycenter.org
or call the Diversity Center at 831.425.5422.
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