QUEER RETREAT!!!

It's that time of year again...

Ok. Contracts have been sent. Bus companies have been called. Now all we need is you.

The 2009 Wesleyan Queer Retreat is officially scheduled for Feb. 6-7 (Friday night to Saturday afternoon.) We're going to Camp Wightman (about an hour away) and will be doing workshops, games, and all sorts of fun stuff (can you say smores?) The camp is providing food and beds and all that good stuff. 

So here's the down and dirty version of what you need to know:

What: Queer Retreat 2009

Where: Camp Wightman

When: Feb 6-7

How: Through the magic of queerness. And by that, I mean email eevnen@wes with your name, class year and phone number by Dec 19th to register.

Why: To meet some really cool people, play some really cool games and talk about some really cool stuff.

Also: feel free to email me if you have any questions. 

peace!

Be the Queer Intern!

Here's the job description:
The QRC Intern will be responsible for being a resource for and
maintaining communication with the various LGBTQQ organizations and groups
on campus, as well as with LGBTQQ allies among alumni, faculty, and
administration. The intern will also maintain the Queer Resource Center
and organize monthly Queer Community Meetings and other campus-wide
programs. The intern should have an interest in multi-political
organizing--recognizing the complex interconnections among issues of
sexual orientation, gender, race, ethnicity, nationality, class, ableism,
etc., aiming to build bridges between the various multicultural
communities on campus. The QRC Intern is a member of the Dean of the
College Diversity Organizing Interns.

People who are interested should fill out the online application here:
http://www.wesleyan.edu/stuact/studentstaff/applications/qrcinternapp.html

6th Annual Trans Awareness Week

The 6th Annual Trans Awareness Week @ Yale


Race, Gender Performance and the Making of White Masculinity
Matt Richardson
November 12th - 19th, 2008
Wed, Nov 12 4pm
Silliman College Master's House


Opening Night Reception
Thurs, Nov 13
8pm
Trans/Genderqueer Art and Photography Exhibit
Gallery, Afro-American Cultural Center, 211 Park St.


Fri, Nov 14
6:45pm Shabbat Dinner
8pm Lecture
Sing If You're Glad to be Trans
A dramatic lecture by S. Bear Bergman
Sylvia Slifka Chapel, Slifka Center, 80 Wall St.
*Dessert reception to precede the talk


Drag Ball
Sat, Nov 15
9:30-10:30 Performance by All The Kings Men
10:30-midnight Dancing
Morse College Dining Hall
*Free admission

Drag attire encouraged.


Panel Discussion: Genderqueer and Trans Identities
Sun, Nov 16
4pm
The Yale Women's Center, 198 Elm St. (next to Durfee's)


"Before Transgender: Gender and Gay Identity in New York's Gay Liberation Movement, 1969-1974"
Aaron Potenza
Mon, Nov 17
5pm
WLH 309, 100 Wall St.


Film Screening: No Dumb Questions and No Dumb Questions: 5 Years Later
Mon, Nov 17
7pm
followed by a Talkback with Filmmaker Melissa Regan
Office of International Students & Scholars (OISS), 421 Temple St.


Trans 101 for Religious Professionals
Scott Larson
Tues, Nov 18
12:30-1:30pm
Yale Divinity School, RSV Room

On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us
Kate Bornstein
Tues, Nov 18
5pm
Followed by a DRAMATalkback
Branford College Common Room


A new film from Argentina, Short Listed for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards
Film Screening: XXY
Tues, Nov 18
9pm
Branford College Common Room


Trans-Inclusive Health Care Workshop
Jane Ellen Hope Amphitheater (corner of Cedar and Congress St.)
Wed, Nov 19
5-7pm

Sooo many queer film festivals!

There are two coming up near-by: one at Trinity and one at Yale. Let me know if anyone wants to go--I'll see if I can organize some carpools. eevnen@wes

Trinity:
http://www.ctglff.org/ff/2008/EROS/Site/10th_Eros_Film_Festival.html

Wednesday, November 5 - 7:30 p.m.

THE ART OF BEING STRAIGHT
(Dir. Jesse Rosen, 2008, USA, 77 min)
Thursday, November 6 - 7:30 p.m.

VIVERE
(Dir. Angelina Maccarone, 2007, Germany
Friday, November 7 - 7:30 p.m.

BREAKFAST WITH SCOT
(Dir. Laurie Lynd, 2008, Canada, 109 min)
Friday, November 7 - 9:30 p.m.

PAGEANT
( Dir. Ron Davis & Stewart Halpern, 2008, USA, 95 min, www.pageantmovie.com)
Saturday, November 8 - 2:30 p.m.

RED WITHOUT BLUE

( Dir. Brooke Sebold, Benita Sills & Todd Sills, 2007, USA, 74 min,
http://redwithoutblue.com)
Filmmaker Brooke Sebold will be in attendance

Saturday, November 8 - 6:30 p.m.

CLOSING NIGHT RECEPTION

Free. All are welcome to attend.




Saturday, November 8 - 7:30 p.m.

SEARCHING 4 SANDEEP

( Dir. Poppy Stockell, 2007, Australia, 55 min,
www.myspace.com/searching4sandeep)
presented with
NO SECRET ANYMORE: THE TIMES OF DEL MARTIN AND PHYLLIS LYON
( Dir. Joan Birren, 2003, USA, 55 min,
www.woman-vision.org/nosecret)
Saturday, November 8 - 9:30 p.m.

ITTY BITTY TITTY COMMITTEE
( Dir. Jamie Babbit, 2007, USA, 85 min,
www.power-up.net/ibtc.htm)
FREE ADMISSION TO THIS SCREENING
Sunday, November 9 - 2:30 p.m.


THE LARAMIE PROJECT
(Dir. Moises Kaufman, 2002, USA, 97 min,
www.hbo.com/films/laramie)



Yale:
Monday, November 10
Movie Screening: For the Bible Tells Me So
7:00 pm
Linsly-Chittenden Hall 317, 63 High Street

Tuesday, November 11
Movie Screening: Hineini: Coming Out in a Jewish High School
7:00 pm
Linsly-Chittenden Hall 211, 63 High Street

Wednesday, November 12:
Master's Tea with Director of "Jihad for Love" Parvez Sharma
4:00 pm
Pierson College Master's House, 261 Park Stret

***Connecticut Premiere***
Movie Screening Jihad for Love
Q&A to Follow with the Director
7:00 pm,
Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall Street

Thursday, November 13:
Panel Discussion, followed by a Celebratory Reception
Linsly-Chittenden Hall 102, 63 High Street
Panelists:
Mina Trudeau, President of Al-Fatiha
Rabbi Lina, Associate Rabbi of Slifka Center
John Gage, United Church on the Green, New Haven
Emilie Townes, Academic Dean of Divinity School and President of the
American Academy of Religion

7:00 pm, LC 102

National Coming Out Week!

Sunday the 5th: Careers for Queers. 4pm. CRC Library (Butts A).
A panel of alumni and guests will talk about their journey from
undergraduate to professional life. Issues of being out or not on a
resume, finding queer friendly employers, moving to a new city, and life
after Wes will be discussed. Food provided!

Tuesday: Trans/Gender Lunch. 12pm. QRC (190 High Street).
Please come join trans/gender group for a conversation on what being out
means, which may be different according to each person, or the situations
they are in. Can we come out in some ways and not others? Can we come
out and come back in? What does being out mean in various situations?

Wednesday: The Laramie Project in Usdan Cafe. 12pm.
Showing in memorial of the 10th anniversary of the murder of Matthew Shepard.

Wednesday: Queer Café! 9-11 pm. Pi Café.
It’s back. You don’t want to miss this. Pi’s gonna be all sorts of gay.

Friday: Spectrum Dinner. 6pm. QRC.
Come celebrate coming out week with SPECTRUM. We will be having an
informal discussion about the difficulty of coming out as a student of
color/ international student. We will be addressing issues such as the
whiteness of queer media and how that impedes coming out in our
communities. There will be food!

Saturday (Actual National Coming Out Day!): Open House Event. Time TBA.
There will be markers.

Monday, the 13th: Coming Out Dinner. Zelnick Pavilion. 5pm
Join us for the annual coming out day dinner! Share a story, have some
hors d'oeuvre, and celebrate coming out day with your Wesleyan Community.
Event starts at 5, but feel free to come late if you have a commitment.

Hartford CT Reading of "Since My Last Confession: A Gay Catholic Memoir"

From the author, Scott D. Pomfret:

Federal prosecutor, practicing Catholic and gay erotica writer Scott Pomfret will read from and discuss his funny, irreverent, but faithful new book, Since My Last Confession: A Gay Catholic Memoir, at St. Patrick-St. Anthony Church, 285 Church Street, Hartford, CT 06103, at 6:00PM on Sunday, October 5, 2008. Seeking to foster homo-Catholic rapprochement and a change of tune on Massachusetts civil marriage, Pomfret pursues the Boston Archbishop from pulpit to Chancery, acquires a hardcore atheist boyfriend, and confronts a pack of motorcycle lesbians, flaming friars, stouthearted Womenpriests, Harry Potter's Satanism, would-be Opus Dei homosexual monks, three "Hale" Marys, Surefire Ways to Recognize a Gay Catholic, and the inimical Father McSlutty along the way. More info at www.sincemylastconfession.com. What better way to spend the Sabbath! All are welcome.




Again, if people want to go to this, let me know and I can try to hook people up with transportation.

welcome back wes!

Hey All!

I want to welcome everyone back to Wes! I'm really looking forward to this year.

A couple things:

This Wednesday is the first Queer Community Meeting at 7:00 pm in Woodhead Lounge. We'll be talking about queer cafe, the queer retreat and any other ideas folks have. if you're interested in helping organize any of that stuff, let me know!

Office Hours: I'm setting my office hours for Monday 1:30-3 at the Queer Resource Center (190 High) and Tuesday from 12-1:45 in the SALD office in Usdan. Feel free to stop by anytime!


Also, here are the meetings times for groups currently meeting:

Trans/Gender Group: Mondays at 9:30 pm
Spectrum: Tuesdays at 10 pm