Queer Events Calendar

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

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.

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