LGBT Awareness Month
Many groups, offices, and individuals contribute to LGBT Awareness Month. The current list of offerings is below, with more details coming soon. Please contact the sponsoring group directly for more info.
March 26-30 Tenth Annual National LGBT Health Awareness Week, a nationwide campaign that promotes lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender health, organized by the National Coalition for LGBT Health.
April 2 Reclaiming Our Food: Grassroots Food Activism, a talk by Sandor Katz, Monday, April 2, 12-1pm, Taughannock Falls Room, Campus Center. Co-sponsored by the Politics Department and Sociology Department. Katz's activism on HIV-AIDS and health is part of his broader activism around local, sustainable, healthful and just food systems.
April 10 Stand Up: Why Our Votes Matter - a panel discussion geared towards sharing information and evidence as to why our votes matter. Sponsored by Created Equal and several other student organizations. Clarke Lounge at 7:30 pm.
April 11 Out of the Closet and Onto the Screen Film Series Screening of Walk A Like Man, 7 pm, Textor 103
April 12 Foster Care and Adoption Info Session for LGBTQ People, 6 pm at the Women's Community Building, 100 W. Seneca Street, Ithaca. Sponsored by the Lesbian and Gay Family Building Project, a program of the Ferre Institute
April 13 Free HIV Testing Day for Students in the Center for Health Promotion. By appointment and walk-in, call the Office of Counseling & Wellness at (607) 274-3136. Sponsored by the Ithaca College Center for Health Promotion.
April 13 release of Born This Way on iTunes by Ithacappella, Premium Blend and Voicestream IC a cappella groups, proceeds benefit the Born This Way Foundation and Ali Forney Center.
April 14 Lipsyncing for Life Benefit Drag Show to benefit the Trevor Project sponsored by the student group Prism. 12 noon, Emerson Suites, Campus Center.
April 14 LGBT Prom! - 7 pm, Clark Lounge, Campus Center
April 15 Professor Bruce Henderson performs a solo staged reading of Everett Quinton's adaptation of Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities (part of the Dickens in Ithaca series), 7:30 at the Kitchen Theatre in downtown Ithaca. The script is campy, involved drag, and reflects the very queer sensibility of the Ridiculous Theater that flourished in the Village in the 70s and 80s. Tickets $11 - a fun introduction to some of the historical traditions of queer and camp performance.
April 18 Student luncheon and featured speaker Faisal Alam on Hidden Voices: The Lives of LGBT Muslims. RSVP required to Lmaurer@ithaca.edu. Sponsored by the Center for LGBT Education, Outreach & Services and the Cornell LGBT Resource Center.
April 18 Screening and discussion of Forbidden Fruit, sponsored by Created Equal and Asian American Alliance. 7 pm, Friends 205.
April 20 Rainbow Reception for LGBT and Allied seniors and grad students. RSVP required via www.icalumni.net/rainbow_reception_2012 Sponsored by the Diversity Awareness Committee and the Center for LGBT Education, Outreach & Services.
April 20 National Day of Silence, celebrate breaking the silence at the Rainbow Reception!
April 21 Original student-written and directed play about transgender themes, 7 pm Iger Hall, Whalen Center for Music. Sponsored by IC Teatro.
April 21 Cornell Law School's Advocacy for LGBT Communities Clinic, the Ithaca LGBT Task Force, and Lifelong host "Essential Planning Documents for LGBT People" 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Lifelong in Ithaca. Learn about the legal documents that are essential to safeguard your rights and protect your loved ones, such as healthcare proxies and living wills. Free and open to the public. Questions? Call 607-255-4196. Lifelong is located at 119 West Court Street Ithaca, NY 14850.
April 22 and 23, three Ithaca churches will present two public lectures entitled “Over the Rainbow”. The First Congregational Church, United Church of Christ; St. Paul's United Methodist Church; and First Baptist Church of Ithaca are collaborating to bring two theologians to Ithaca. Childcare is available with prior reservation by Monday, April 16 by calling 257-6033. Sunday, April 22, Melanie A. Duguid-May, Ph.D. John Price Crozer Professor of Theology at Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School will speak at 7:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church on DeWitt Park. Her lecture title is "When Persons Become Symbols: Identity & the Violence of Gender Conscription". Monday, April 23, David M. Mellott, Ph.D. Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean and Associate Professor of Practical Theology at Lancaster Theological Seminary, will speak at 7:00 p.m. at The First Congregational Church, 309 Highland Road. His lecture title is "Church Weddings: Blessing Unions and Constructing Genders".
*April 24 LGBT Journalism Roundtable rescheduled to May 1, see below*
April 25 Breakfast and Speaker on Queer Liberation in the Middle East, sponsored by Hillel, 9 am Muller Chapel, Phillips Room
April 27 Original student-written and directed "Lesbian FairyTale Musical," 8 pm Presser Hall, Whalen Center for Music. Performances at 8 pm and 10:30 pm. Music and Lyrics by Will Shishmanian '13, Book by Sarah Kasulke '12, Directed by Sara Stevens '13.
May 1 LGBT Journalism Roundtable event featuring guests from a variety of LGBT-themed media, 6 pm Park 220. Sponsored by the Association for Journalists of Color.
May 2 & 3 in Dillingham's Earl McCaroll Black Box Theater (also known as Studio 2) at 8 pm each night. Kuumba Repertory Theater presents a student directed production of "Marcus; Or the Secret of Sweet" by Tarrel Alvin McCraney, which deals with subjects of community, culture/race and sexuality through the coming of age story of a young boy living in Louisiana. Accompanying the opening performance of this play will be a talk-back facilitated by the play's dramaturge on the subjects of Yoruba culture, a deeply ingrained theme in the play, as well as the intersection of race & sexuality. The two performances will take place on The talk-back, as well as the reception, will take place at a location to be determined (preferably in Dillingham Center) the night of the first show.
May 8 Empire State Pride Agenda Equality and Justice Day
More information coming soon!
Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Lis Maurer at lmaurer@ithaca.edu or 607-274-7394; or the sponsoring organization directly. We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.
