Pride Week 2009
By Broadside Asst. Style Editor Pearson Jones. Photo courtesy of Pride Alliance.
The Pride Alliance is back again for its annual Pride Week.
The week promises to be the most diverse yet, with more than enough events to represent every letter of the LGBTQ.
The festivities are planned to kick off today with a number of gender bending workshops and discussions sharing a common theme of expression and being proud of who you are.
“It’s about diversity, we’re really trying to bring the different letters out of the LGBTQ,” said Ric Chollar, associate director of LGBTQ resources.
To find more information on what Pride Week has planned,check out their website pride.gmu.edu.
Monday, March 30
Featured Speaker: Jennifer Baumgardner, Look Both Ways: Bisexual Politics
Location: Dewberry Hall from 5-7 p.m.
Activist and author Jennifer Baumgardner discusses the phenomenon of straight girls who have relationships with other girls and how it has a foundation in a fundamental instinct towards liberation.
Tuesday, March 31
Pride Alliance Meeting: My Gender Workshop
Location: Johnson Center, Meeting Room C from 7:30-9 p.m.
The workshop will center on exploring many of the identities that fall under the category of transgender. It will examine how transgender liberation and thinking outside of the gender binary benefits all of us in our own experience of finding our individual identities.
Wednesday, April 1
Queer Activism: Past, Present, and Future The Time of Harvey Milk Film viewing and Discussion.
Location: Dewberry Hall from 4-7 p.m.
The discussion will explore where activism is headed and where we might take it.
We’re Here, Too (Black/African Heritage Students, Faculty & Staff)
Location: TBA (contact Corrine at chouse@gmu.edu), from 7-9 p.m.
This will be a meet and greet Black LGBTQ Mason students, staff and faculty that will be followed by an open discussion about relationships within the Black LGBTQ community.
747 Creative Christian Worship
Location: Johnson Center Bistro from 7:45-9 p.m.
The Lutheran Campus Ministry and United College Ministries will be leading an event of music, prayer, discussion and other activities. They will explore how God’s love is inclusive and how we can support each other during our lives together.
Thursday, April 2
Pride Week Carnival
Location: North Plaza (by the clock tower) from 10 a.m-3 p.m.
LGBTQ community organizations will share their services. Music, refreshments and student organizations from the surrounding area will also be part of the festivities.
LGBTQ Faculty/Staff Lunch
Location: Student Union Building I, Rooms A & B from Noon-1:30 p.m.
This event is a chance to meet members of the LGBTQ faculty/staff community for socializing and networking. Dessert will be provided afterwards.
I Exist: Queer People of Color Film Viewing and Discussion
Location: Paul Robeson Room JC 240A from 4:30-6:30 p.m.
The event features voices from the LGBTQ Middle Eastern community in the US I Exist speaks to the ways that culture, religion, community and identity create unique experiences for queer people of color.
Open Mic Night
Location: Johnson Center from 9-11 p.m.
Everyone is welcome to come share poetry, music, comedy or art as people of all genders express their own individual views.
Friday, April 3
HIV: Hopes in Voices, Together Moving forward
Location: Dewberry Hall from 12:30-1:30 p.m.
Together, the LGBTQ and African American campus community organizations of the nations largest health risks, HIV/AIDS.
Grad Student Social/Shabbat Dinner
Location: Student Union Building 1, Rooms A & B from 6-8 p.m.
A Jewish Friday night Shabbat that will include a service along with a dinner afterwards. There will also be readings on queer Jews and Judaism and homosexuality.
Drag Show
Location: Johnson Center Atrium from 9-11 p.m.
Come see some of D.C’s finest drag kings and queens as well as students from Mason. The event will also be hosted by our very own Ms. Mason 2009, Reann Ballslee.
After OZ Drag Show After Party
Location: Dewberry Hall 11p.m-1 a.m.
Come celebrate the Drag Show with a post-drag show dance party! Refreshments will also be provided.
Sunday, April 5
Flix with Flavor: Pancakes with Some Queer on Top Pancake Brunch and Movie Showing
Location: Potomac Heights Multipurpose Room from Noon-6 p.m.
Come get some free pancakes. While you’re there, you can also enjoy some queer themed films encompassing a variety of sexualities and nationalities.
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