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January 2013 Gender & Sexuality Related Programming

Film Screening: Brother Outsider
Wednesday, January 30th 2013
6:00 PM
Location: Stern Great Room

Synopsis: During his 60-year career as an activist, organizer and "troublemaker," Bayard Rustin formulated many of the strategies that propelled the American civil rights movement. His passionate belief in Gandhi's philosophy of nonviolence drew Martin Luther King Jr. and other leaders to him in the 1940's and 50's; his practice of those beliefs drew the attention of the FBI and police. In 1963, Rustin brought his unique skills to the crowning glory of his civil rights career: his work organizing the March on Washington, the biggest protest America had ever seen. But his open homosexuality forced him to remain in the background, marking him again and again as a "brother outsider." Brother Outsider: the Life of Bayard Rustin combines rare archival footage — some of it never before broadcast in the U.S. — with provocative interviews to illuminate the life and work of a forgotten prophet of social change.

Queer Beers for Dickinson College Faculty, Staff and Administrators
Thursday, January 31st 2013
6:00-8:00 PM
Alibis Eatery and Spirits – 10 North Pitt Street - Downtown Carlisle

Come celebrate at our monthly Happy Hour MIXER for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer faculty, administrators and staff. Allies to the community are also welcome! Join us at Alibis for colorful conversation and a fun time. Oh, and appetizers are on us! We hope to see you there!

February 2013 Gender & Sexuality Related Programming

God vs. Gay: The Religious Case for Equality
Faculty and Staff Luncheon with acclaimed author Jay Michaelson
Wednesday, February 6th 2013
12:00 – 1:30 PM
Social Hall
Co-sponsored by the Office of LGBTQ Services, the Asbell Center, and the Clarke Forum.

God vs. Gay: Common Ground in the Culture Wars
Community Lecture by award winning author Jay Michaelson
Wednesday, February 6th 2013
7:00 PM
ATS
Are there ways to have better conversations about homosexuality and religion? Michaelson, an award-winning LGBT religious activist, will move this conversation forward by discussing relevant biblical texts and “best practices.” Book signing to follow.
Co-sponsored by the Office of LGBTQ Services, the Asbell Center, and the Clarke Forum.

Pleasurable Sex Program - POSTPONED! Will be rescheduled - Stay tuned!!!
Saturday, February 9th 2013
3:00 PM
Stafford Auditorium
Co-sponsored by YES Please, PALS, and the Office of LGBTQ Services

LGBTQ Mentorship Training for Student Mentors
Friday, February 15th 2013
12:00-1:00 PM
* For selected students only.

Pride @ Dickinson Safe Zone Training: Student Training I
The Pride @ Dickinson Safe Zone Program seeks to create a safer and more inclusive campus environment for all members of the campus community by reducing heterosexism, homophobia, and transphobia. Through the training program and the display of Pride @ Dickinson stickers, the program creates a visible and supportive network of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, and ally members of the campus community who have a basic knowledge about issues of sexual orientation and gender identity and are able to provide support and referrals to members of the campus community. To learn more about the program, click here!
Tuesday, February 19th 2013
12:00-1:00 PM – Lunch Provided
Stern 102
Register here! 

Rep. Patrick Murphy on Don’t Ask Don’t Tell (DADT) and the Current Political Scene
February 20th 2013
7:30 pm
Great Hall, Stern
Sponsored by College Democrats

Pride @ Dickinson Safe Zone Training: Faculty and Staff Training I
The Pride @ Dickinson Safe Zone Program seeks to create a safer and more inclusive campus environment for all members of the campus community by reducing heterosexism, homophobia, and transphobia. Through the training program and the display of Pride @ Dickinson stickers, the program creates a visible and supportive network of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, and ally members of the campus community who have a basic knowledge about issues of sexual orientation and gender identity and are able to provide support and referrals to members of the campus community. To learn more about the program, click here!

Thursday, February 21st 2013
12:00-1:30 PM – Lunch Provided
Stern 102
Register in CLIQ

GSA Leadership Summit:
Friday, February 22nd – Saturday, February 23rd
We are pleased to offer the 6th Annual GSA Leadership Summit in collaboration with the LGBT Community Center and Planned Parenthood of Central PA. This event is an opportunity for students, teachers, counselors, social workers, administrators and community members to meet, network, and participate in workshops designed to help everyone better understand and advocate for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) students in central Pennsylvania and beyond.

Friday, February 22nd – High School Day
Saturday, February 23rd – College Day 

Talking Sex @ Dickinson
Tuesday, February 26th 2013
Social Hall East – HUB
Noon
Sponsored by Spectrum and the Office of LGBTQ Services

Pride @ Dickinson Safe Zone Training: Student Training II
Tuesday, February 26th 2013
12:00-1:00 PM – Lunch Provided
Stern 102
Register here!

Mine vaganti (Loose cannons): Italian Studies Film Screening
Tuesday, February 26th 2013
7:00 PM
Althouse 106

Tommaso is the youngest son of the Cantones, a large, traditional southern Italian family operating a pasta-making business since the 1960s. On a trip home from Rome, where he studies literature and lives with his boyfriend, Tommaso decides to tell his parents the truth about himself. But when he is finally ready to come out in front of the entire family, his older brother Antonio ruins his plans. Come check out this wonderful film with its exciting plot! The film will be screened in Italian with English subtitles.

Pride @ Dickinson Safe Zone Training: Faculty and Staff Training II
Thursday, February 28th 2013
12:00-1:30PM – Lunch Provided
Stern 102
Register in CLIQ

Queer Beers for Dickinson College Faculty, Staff and Administrators
Thursday, February 28th 2013
6:00-8:00 PM
Alibis Eatery and Spirits – 10 North Pitt Street - Downtown Carlisle

Come celebrate at our monthly Happy Hour MIXER for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer faculty, administrators and staff. Allies to the community are also welcome! Join us at Alibis for colorful conversation and a fun time. Oh, and appetizers are on us! We hope to see you there!

March 2013 Gender & Sexuality Related Programming

LGBTQ Mentorship Training for Student Mentors
Friday, March 1st 2013
12:00-1:00 PM
* For selected students only.

Talking Sex @ Dickinson
Thursday, March 7th 2013
HUB Side rooms 201-202
Noon
Sponsored by Spectrum and the Office of LGBTQ Services

Pride @ Dickinson Safe Zone Training: Student Training I
Tuesday, March 19th 2013
12:00-1:00 PM – Lunch Provided
Stern 102
Register here!

Pride @ Dickinson Safe Zone Training: Faculty and Staff Training I
Thursday, March 21st 2013
12:00-1:30 PM – Lunch Provided
Stern 102
Register in CLIQ

Talking Sex @ Dickinson
Thursday, March 28th 2013
Social Hall East – HUB
Noon
Sponsored by Spectrum and the Office of LGBTQ Services

GSA Leadership Summit: SNOW DATE
Friday, March 29th – Saturday, March 30th
We are pleased to offer the 6th Annual GSA Leadership Summit in collaboration with the LGBT Community Center and Planned Parenthood of Central PA. This event is an opportunity for students, teachers, counselors, social workers, administrators and community members to meet, network, and participate in workshops designed to help everyone better understand and advocate for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) students in central Pennsylvania and beyond.

Friday, March 22nd – High School Snow Date
Saturday, March 23rd – College Day Snow Date

Pride @ Dickinson Safe Zone Training: Student Training II
Tuesday, March 26th 2013
12:00-1:00 PM – Lunch Provided
Social Hall West
Register here!

Pride @ Dickinson Safe Zone Training: Faculty and Staff Training II
Thursday, March 28th 2013
12:00-1:30PM – Lunch Provided
Social Hall West
Register in CLIQ

Queer Beers for Dickinson College Faculty, Staff and Administrators
Thursday, March 28th 2013
6:00-8:00 PM
Alibis Eatery and Spirits – 10 North Pitt Street - Downtown Carlisle

Come celebrate at our monthly Happy Hour MIXER for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer faculty, administrators and staff. Allies to the community are also welcome! Join us at Alibis for colorful conversation and a fun time. Oh, and appetizers are on us! We hope to see you there!

April 2013 Gender & Sexuality Related Programming

Gender Stereotypes in Academic Science Contexts
Corinne Moss-Racusin
Postdoctoral Associate, Yale University
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Stern Center, Great Room, 7:00 p.m.

Despite persistent gender disparity, no experimental research has investigated whether subtle gender bias may be contributing to the underrepresentation of women within the academic science community. In this talk, Moss-Racusin will discuss research providing the first evidence of such bias against female students, and highlight implications for academic meritocracy, diversity, and gender parity across science fields.

Biography (provided by the speaker)
Corinne Moss-Racusin is a postdoctoral associate at Yale University in the Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology and the Department of Psychology. Before coming to Yale, she earned her Ph.D. in social psychology from Rutgers University and also studied psychology as an undergraduate at New York University. Dr. Moss-Racusin’s research focuses on understanding and ameliorating inequality within institutions. She studies the ways in which gender and racial stereotypes shape people’s own behavior and their social judgments, and how these in turn impact broader institutional diversity.

The event is sponsored by The Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues.

 Pride Month Keynote Speaker: S. Bear Bergman
Wednesday, April 3rd 2013

Is It Okay To Ask My Question?: Faculty and Staff Luncheon
Lecture and Training by S. Bear Bergman
Wednesday, April 3rd 2013
Memorial Hall
12:00 – 1:30 PM – Lunch Provided – Register in CLIQ
Please arrive on time – the presentation is 90 minutes in length.

People who are out of the mainstream in some way - in terms of ethnicity, sexuality, body, identity, and so on - are often put into the position of being cast as Native Informants. Talk and learn about the delicate balancing act between wanting to be more educated and putting someone on the spot; about locating the boundaries between learning facts and interrogating truths, between curiosity and intrusion. We'll explore the role of power and privilege in these communications, and try to create greater understanding of how we move in and out of those places so we know when (and where, and how) it is okay to get our questions answered (and what to say when we don't have the energy to answer anymore today).

Life, Liberty, and The Pursuit of Gender
Community Lecture by S. Bear Bergman
Wednesday, April 3rd 2013
Stern Great Room – 7 PM

Just exactly what is a transsexual, anyway, and how do they get that way? How is transsexual different from transgender, exactly? And what is genderqueer, and why do the words keep changing, and none of these newspaper articles make sense, and can't you kids today just make up your damn minds!? An informational and personal lecture about hormones, surgeries, 'social gender', gatekeepers, identification (and its discontents), and all the nuts, bolts, mechanics, fears, hopes, and dreams before and beneath a gender change. Rated M for mythbusting.

Same-Sex Marriage & the Supreme Court: A Plaintiff’s Story
Kris Perry, Executive Director, First Five Years Fund
Monday, April 8th 2013
ATS – 7PM
Sponsored by the Clarke Forum and PAC

In May 2009, two California couples—Kris Perry and Sandy Stier of Berkeley, and Paul Katami and Jeff Zarrillo of Burbank—filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging California’s Proposition 8 under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Represented by distinguished attorneys Theodore B. Olson and David Boies, who famously faced-off in Bush v. Gore, the plaintiffs and their case, now known as Hollingsworth v. Perry, have forever changed America’s legal and political landscape surrounding marriage equality.
On March 26, 2013, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral argument in Perry to review the judgment of the federal court of appeals that upheld the decision of the federal district court that found Proposition 8 unconstitutional. A decision from the Supreme Court, which is expected by June 2013, could result in marriage equality nationwide.

In this lecture, Kris Perry will discuss her personal experience as one of the plaintiffs in this landmark civil rights lawsuit. From testifying at trial and watching oral argument at the Supreme Court, to seeing her twin boys go through high school during the case, to being represented by the nation’s top lawyers, Perry will provide an intimate, first-hand account of the case that bears her name—and what she hopes the future holds for marriage equality in America.
The Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues sponsored and planned this event in partnership with the Student Senate Public Affairs Committee. It is also part of The Clarke Forum’s Leadership in an Age of Uncertainty Series.

LGBTQ Health Awareness Week
Monday, April 8th – Friday, April 13th
Co-sponsored by the Wellness Center and Office of LGBTQ Services

Film Screening & Discussion: “The Invisible War”
Monday, April 8th 2013– 7 PM
Althouse 106

The Invisible War is a 2012 documentary film written and directed by Kirby Dick and produced by Amy Ziering and Tanner King Barklow about sexual assault in the United States military. It premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, where it received the U.S. Documentary Audience Award. The film was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 85th Academy Awards.

A post-film discussion will follow immediately after and will be facilitated by Trina McDonald, who is featured in the film.

Sponsored by: Dickinson College: Office of Violence Prevention, Women’s Center, Department of Women and Gender Studies, Yes Please! Student organization; Carlisle Barracks; YWCA Carlisle

Wellness within the LGBTQ Community: A Panel Discussion
A panel presentation with Alder Health Care Services and the Dickinson College Wellness Center
Tuesday, April 9th 2013 – 7 PM
Social Hall East

Come learn about the unique physical and mental health care needs that face the LGBTQ Community and discover ways that you can be proactive in taking care of yourself and your community. Desserts will be served. Free and open to the public.

Film Screening: “How to Survive a Plague”
Wednesday, April 10th 2013 – 6PM
Althouse 08

Faced with their own mortality an improbable group of young people, many of them HIV-positive young men, broke the mold as radical warriors taking on Washington and the medical establishment. Desserts will be served.

The Film details the story of two coalitions—ACT UP and TAG (Treatment Action Group)—whose activism and innovation turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable condition. Despite having no scientific training, these self-made activists infiltrated the pharmaceutical industry and helped identify promising new drugs, moving them from experimental trials to patients in record time. With unfettered access to a treasure trove of never-before-seen archival footage from the 1980s and '90s, filmmaker David France puts the viewer smack in the middle of the controversial actions, the heated meetings, the heartbreaking failures, and the exultant breakthroughs of heroes in the making.

Reviews:

“…The first documentary that I have seen that does justice to this story of a civil rights movement rising from the ashes of our dead.”
Andrew Sullivan, The Daily Beast

“Tells the story of these activists and the organisations they built... in compelling detail. Their fight was a Gandhian one—using the tactics of non-violent civil disobedience, the creativity of the gay community, and the effective but tough slog of grassroots participatory democracy.”
Chris Beyrer, The Lancet

Talking Sex @ Dickinson: LGBTQ Health, Activism, and Self-Care
Thursday, April 11th 2013 - Noon
HUB Side Rooms – 201-202

Activism is tough work and even more difficult if you are fighting for your own identity. Come discuss how you care for yourself when the tide of oppression seems to be weighing you down. Pizza will be provided.

For more details on LGBTQ Health Awareness Week, please contact LGBTQ@Dickinson.edu or Aryela Levy at levya@Dickinson.edu.

Film Screening and Discussion: “God Loves Uganda”
Friday, April 12th 2013 – 4:00 PM
Stafford Lecture Hall

God Loves Uganda explores the role of the American evangelical movement in Uganda, where American missionaries have been credited with both creating schools and hospitals and promoting dangerous religious bigotry. The film follows evangelical leaders in America and Uganda along with politicians and missionaries as they attempt the radical task of eliminating “sexual sin” and converting Ugandans to fundamentalist Christianity.

As an American influenced bill to make homosexuality punishable by death wins widespread support, tension in Uganda mounts and an atmosphere of murderous hatred takes hold.
The film reveals the conflicting motives of faith and greed, ecstasy and egotism, among Ugandan ministers, American evangelical leaders and the foot soldiers of a theology that sees Uganda as a test case, ground zero in a battle not for millions, but billions of souls.

Sean Lyness '11, an assistant editor on the film, will be here to introduce it and to take questions afterward about the making of the film.

Sponsored by the Film Studies Program, the Department of Religion, the Office of Diversity Initiatives, and the Office of LGBTQ Services.

Tango Vesre: Queering the All-Male Tango Practice (Parts One and Two)
April 12th – April 13th
Rubendall Recital Hall, Weiss Center for the Arts

Dickinson presents a two-part series spotlighting the 100-year evolution of all-male tango in Buenos Aires (1910-2010). Viewed from a queer perspective, the series explores issues of power negotiation, equality, marginalization, sexual identity, acceptance and rejection. This project is sponsored by the Truman and Beth Bullard Music and Culture Series; the Office of Diversity Initiatives; the Office of LGBTQ Services; and the departments of music, theatre & dance and Latin American, Latino & Caribbean studies.

Part one (April 12) is a presentation of spoken word and dance by Alvin Rangel of Tango Vesre and members of Dickinson’s Dance Theatre Group (DTG). Part two (April 13) is a concert of tango music and dance featuring performances by by guest artists Héctor Del Curto (bandoneón), Ariadna Buonviri(violin), Donovan Stokes (bass) and faculty members Jennifer Blyth (piano) and Blanka Bednarz (violin). Learn more about this event here.

National Day of Silence
Friday, April 19th 2013

The National Day of Silence is a day of action in which students across the country vow to take a form of silence to call attention to the silencing effect of anti-LGBT bullying and harassment in schools, colleges, and universities.

Founded in 1996, the Day of Silence has become the largest single student-led action towards creating safer schools for all, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. From the first-ever Day of Silence at the University of Virginia in 1996, to the organizing efforts in over 8,000 middle schools, high schools, colleges and universities across the country in 2008, its textured history reflects its diversity in both numbers and reach.

If you plan to participate in the day, please pick up a sticker from the Office of LGBTQ Services during lunch hours in the HUB during the week of April 15th or stop by Landis House.

For more information, please click here.

Lavender Reception
Friday, April 19th 2013
6:00 PM
Stern Great Room

The Lavender Reception is an inspiring and affirming ceremony that celebrates the achievements of graduating students and alumni in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, and ally (LGBTQQIA) community from Dickinson College. The Lavender Reception is our chance to celebrate the achievements of the past year. Everyone is invited to join as we honor graduates from the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, and ally community. Our event is followed by a reception. This year’s event will occur on April 19th at 6:00PM.
To learn more or to register as a graduating senior or alumni member, please visit here.

Take Back the Night
Wednesday, April 17th 2013
Memorial Hall
7:30 PM

Talking Sex @ Dickinson
Tuesday, April 23rd 2013
Social Hall West – HUB
Noon
Sponsored by Spectrum and the Office of LGBTQ Services

Queer Beers for Dickinson College Faculty, Staff and Administrators
Thursday, April 25th 2013
6:00-8:00 PM
Alibis Eatery and Spirits – 10 North Pitt Street - Downtown Carlisle

Come celebrate at our monthly Happy Hour MIXER for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer faculty, administrators and staff. Allies to the community are also welcome! Join us at Alibis for colorful conversation and a fun time. Oh, and appetizers are on us! We hope to see you there!

Is Faith Straight: A Panel Discussion on Religion, Spirituality, Sexuality, and Gender
Tuesday, April 30th 2013
HUB Side rooms 204-206
7:30PM

May 2013 Gender & Sexuality Related Programming

Talking Sex @ Dickinson
Thursday, May 2nd 2013
HUB Side rooms 201-202
Noon
Sponsored by Spectrum and the Office of LGBTQ Services

Thank You Snacks and Celebration with the Office of LGBTQ Services
Wednesday, May 8th 2013
12:00 – 4:00PM
Landis House
Come celebrate the end of the year and take a few minutes away from studying to engage in some good conversation and self-care.

Queer Beers for Dickinson College Faculty, Staff and Administrators with Graduating Seniors
Thursday, May 16th 2013
6:00-8:00 PM
Alibis Eatery and Spirits – 10 North Pitt Street - Downtown Carlisle

Come celebrate at our monthly Happy Hour MIXER for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer faculty, administrators and staff with our graduating seniors. Allies to the community are also welcome! Join us at Alibis for colorful conversation and a fun time. Oh, and appetizers are on us! We hope to see you there!

Additional Collaborative Programming

Gender Discussion Group
Wednesdays, Beginning February 6, 2013
12:15PM to 1:30PM in HUB Side Room 203
Co-sponsored by the Women’s Center, Wellness Center, and Office of LGBTQ Services

A joint offering from the Wellness Center, the Women's Center, and LGBTQ Services, this is a semi-structured, co-ed, drop-in discussion group. The purpose of this group is to facilitate dialogue about challenges, expectations, and messages regarding gender roles that men and women face. In addition, this group is about increasing self-awareness, challenging stereotypes, and sharing different perspectives regarding gender-related issues. All are welcome to share their experiences and ideas in a context of respectful dialogue. This group will be co-facilitated by Don Domenici (Wellness Center), Melissa Garcia (Women's Center), and Brian Patchcoski (LGBTQ Services). The group will meet on Wednesdays from 12:15-1:30 beginning 2/6/13. Location HUB Sideroom 203. Weekly topics are listed below:

2/6 – Embodying Gender (Gender, Body Image & Physical Appearance)
2/20 – Gender and Race
2/27 – Gender and Fraternities, Sororities, and other Single-Sex Groups
3/20 – International Perspectives on Gender
3/27 – Gender & Health Issues
4/3 – Gendered Spaces on Campus
4/10 – Gender and Career
4/17 – Wrap-up/Pizza party: A Celebration of Gender Expressions

Student Organization Meetings:

Spectrum Meetings
Wednesday’s at 7:00PM
Landis House