LGBT Awareness Month

March 18-20 Sport, Sexuality and Culture Conference
Sponsored with the Department of Sport Management & Media and the Department of Athletics, with
support from the President's New Initiatives Fund. Featuring keynote speakers John Amaechi, Eric
Anderson, art installation by Jeff Sheng, and much more!

March 23, 7 pm Klingenstein Lounge "Gayness and God" with Rabbi Steve Greenberg
The first openly gay Orthodox rabbi and author of Wrestling with God and Men: Homosexuality in the
Jewish Tradition. Sponsored with the Jewish Studies Program and supported by the School of
Humanities and Sciences Educational Grants Initiative, Hillel, and the Chapel’s Interfaith Programs fund

March 26, 7 pm Textor 102 Out of the Closet and Onto the Screen film
Inside Out

April 1, 7 pm Clark Lounge Personal Safety Workshop for LGBT Community and Allies
Presenter Shura Gat establishes a framework for how assertive posture and speech translates into more
empowering living. Sponsored with The Safety Awareness Committee and The Advocacy Center

April 2, 7 pm Textor 101 Out of the Closet and Onto the Screen film
Jerusalem is Proud to Present, sponsored with the Jewish Studies Program

April 6, 7 pm Textor 102 Out of the Closet and Onto the Screen Double Feature
In God's House: Asian American Lesbian and Gay Families and the Church AND Coming Out Coming In

April 7, 4 pm Salon in the Handwerker Gallery
"Will and Grace Meet Dr. Torres and Zoe - Media Portrayals of LGBT Characters"
Come for a discussion of the ups and downs of LGBT characters in the media, and what it might
mean for us individually, as a movement, and as a society. Sponsored with the Handwerker Gallery

April 14, noon hour on the academic quad The Unity Banner Project
Sponsored by the Student Government Association - contact icunitycouncil@gmail.com

April 14 - 16, on the academic quad
Display about gender discrimination and 4/16 noon hour “High Heel Race,” sponsored by Created Equal

April 16, 5–7 pm Reception for LGBTA Employees of Ithaca College and Cornell University
Felicia's Atomic Lounge, sponsored with Cornell University Office of Workforce Diversity, Equity and Life Quality

April 17 National Observance of the Day of Silence
Campus observance April 17 on the academic quad sponsored by Created Equal, dayofsilence.org

April 24 7th Annual Rainbow Reception for Graduates
Sponsored with the Diversity Awareness Committee, RSVP required

April 28 LGBT Equality & Justice Day in Albany
Hosted by New York's LGBT civil rights organization, the Empire State Pride Agenda, prideagenda.org

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations may contact the
Affirmative Action Office at (607) 274-3909, (607) 274-1767 (TDD) or
bleblanc@ithaca.edu