woman who schools Jesus of Nazareth. The great faith of the Roman Centurion. Join us as we reclaim the best of the JudeoChristian tradition - radical hospitality, inclusion and love. 5 Anigay Memorial Union 3538 Gillian Adler
Workshop Session #1 Friday, February 10th 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm 1 Sexuality and the Law: A brief history of the legal rise of LGBT rights in the United States Memorial Union 3534 Joseph Glazebrook The battle for equality under the law began before Stonewall. The first real case for equal rights under the law for LGBT persons was filed. Since then, LGBT persons have been using the courts to slowly advance the boundaries of legal equality. This workshop will present a summary of the history of legal advancements throughout the country under both state and federal law. 2 Embracing the Deaf community: Making your event or club accessible to all! Memorial Union Oak Room Blair Mishleau Diversity is paramount to any queer organization, but oftentimes certain groups, like the Deaf community, can be cast to the side. Embracing the Deaf community isn’t as tricky as it may sound- it can be as simple as insuring that the movie night includes closed captions or a presentation has an ASL-English interpreter. This workshop will help you start finding all 030
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available resources to open your event up to everyone! Oh, and there’s candy! 3 Lady Gaga Studies,” Not Just For Encyclopedia Dramatica Memorial Union Campanile Room Vince Tripi If your college doesn’t have a course for studying LGBT literature, be empowered to start an independent study, but consider queering the idea of a booklist. This workshop will queer classical constructs of literature and examine how a biographical critical lens can be used in the humanities to study pop music from Gaga, Ke$ha, Katy Perry, Divine, Ma Rainey, and more. And yes, there will be tunes. 4 The Bible and Homosexuality: The “Clobber Passages” Memorial Union Pioneer Room Gail Simonds Come read the Christian Bible with 21st Century queer eyes and retell the old, old stories. The alternative family constellation of Ruth, Naomi, and Boaz. The love triangle of David, Jonathan, and Saul. Ester’s coming out saves a nation. The Syro-Phonecian
An anime subgenre has arisen called yaoi, romanticized depictions of gay male sexuality, that is exclusively marketed to young women. Many young women in America are sharing this content through the internet plus creating their own yaoi content through fanfiction, internet forums and social media. This workshop will work as not only an introduction to this new phenomenon, but also a discussion on how yaoi content is affecting these women’s perceptions of gay male sexuality. 6 Straight, bi, gay, other? Memorial Union 3512 Riah Roe This session aims to analyze how gender and sexuality intersect to allow for identity creation. Is a man who sleeps with a man gay or can he still be straight? What if a transgender man sleeps is attracted to a transgender woman? What do these labels mean anyways for people? 7 Surviving the Hot Seat: Protect Yourself and Share Your Story Memorial Union Gallery Room Jes Berndt With assimilation as the main trajectory for gay rights, this workshop explores the effect it has on queerness. The Netherlands, having achieved gay equality, will be used to show how achieving parity can lead to a depoliticized identity. This workshop will use the Occupy Movement as an example of the kind of queer politics that the gay movement should be organizing around.
8 Trans* Survival: Understanding Trans* Folk & Trans* Ally-ship Memorial Union Gold Room Kyle Watson Explanation and description of 25 trans* identities, as well as exploring transphobia within both the normative and GLB communities. Additionally, we will discuss ways to be a trans* ally to all different types of trans*folks in a general sense. 9 In Between Worlds: The Struggle for Identity in Queer Asian America Memorial Union 3505 Randy Chanthavong Queer Asian Americans have historically and constantly tried to find an identity, and many have felt that they do not truly belong in the Asian American or LGBT communities or if they do, they must choose one identity over the other. This workshop will explore queer API’s struggles to belong in either or both worlds. 10 Beyond the Bracelets: Fundraising Effectively for Your Surgery or Cause” Charlie Poulson Memorial Union 3558 Charlie Poulson, founder of Save Charlie Bracelets and trans man, explains the process and tools used to set his fundraising efforts apart from other endeavors. Methods and strategies using social media networking and professional interpersonal skills can be applied to your own cause or organization for a new style of effective fundraising. This workshop is heavily based on trans* issues and how they can be used to successfully utilize fundraising initiatives.