November 30, 2009
Coalition Against Homophobia
November 30, 2009
Tomorrow, December 1st, is World AIDS Day. We are co-hosting the IC Cafe tomorrow with
Club Latino, and you are all encouraged to attend. At the meeting tonight we made AIDS
ribbon pins and decorated food to bring to the event. We will also have condoms
available with an assortment of facts about AIDS attached to them.
Free AIDS testing, put on by Blue Mountain Heart to Heart, will be going on tomorrow from
11:30-3:30 in Reid 100. If you have not signed up for an appointment, walk-ins are
welcome after 2:45.
Also tomorrow is the community AIDS vigil and service. If you want to walk over in a
group, meet at Reid by 6:45. If you want to meet us there, the candlelight walk will
begin at 1st and Main at 7, and the service will be at the First Congregational Church at
7:30.
Ramiro has stepped up to be our DJ for Queer Prom! If you have suggestions for songs,
please pass those along to him.
The time for Queer Prom is being shortened. Instead of being from 10-1, it will be from
10-12, due to issues with Sound and Lights.
We will begin setup for Queer Prom at 9 PM on the 4th. We're just going to do some
really simple decorations. All help would be appreciated.
:)
November 30, 2009
Tomorrow, December 1st, is World AIDS Day. We are co-hosting the IC Cafe tomorrow with
Club Latino, and you are all encouraged to attend. At the meeting tonight we made AIDS
ribbon pins and decorated food to bring to the event. We will also have condoms
available with an assortment of facts about AIDS attached to them.
Free AIDS testing, put on by Blue Mountain Heart to Heart, will be going on tomorrow from
11:30-3:30 in Reid 100. If you have not signed up for an appointment, walk-ins are
welcome after 2:45.
Also tomorrow is the community AIDS vigil and service. If you want to walk over in a
group, meet at Reid by 6:45. If you want to meet us there, the candlelight walk will
begin at 1st and Main at 7, and the service will be at the First Congregational Church at
7:30.
Ramiro has stepped up to be our DJ for Queer Prom! If you have suggestions for songs,
please pass those along to him.
The time for Queer Prom is being shortened. Instead of being from 10-1, it will be from
10-12, due to issues with Sound and Lights.
We will begin setup for Queer Prom at 9 PM on the 4th. We're just going to do some
really simple decorations. All help would be appreciated.
:)
November 16, 2009
Coalition Against Homophobia
November 16, 2009
By a unanimous vote, our Queer Prom theme this year is Middle School Dance. Get excited, because it's coming up soon on December 4. After break, we'll have more info on setting up, etc.
Tomorrow night is the Transgender Day of Remembrance vigil. The vigil will start at 6:30 PM in front of the Penrose library. We'll light candles and walk with them to Reid. We'll blow them out when we get to Reid and then walk up to Reid 240. I'm going to say a brief word about what the TDoR is, and then we'll read names/bios of people who have been killed. Since there are so many people to remember this year, we may only read biographical blurbs about a few of them, and then just read everyone else's name and light a candle for each person. After that, we'll have a discussion about TDoR and about hate crimes in general. We're still fishing for discussion questions here; if anyone has a relevant discussion question they'd like to talk about, let me know.
As soon as we get back from break, we're going to be thrown right into AIDS week. Tuesday, December 1 is World AIDS Day. There is going to be free HIV testing in Reid from 11-3:30 on the 1st. We'll also be hosting the IC Cafe that day. At the next meeting, we'll be attaching HIV/AIDS facts to condoms. IF YOU KNOW ANY INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT HIV/AIDS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW OR BRING THEM TO THE NEXT MEETING! Also, that evening at 7 PM there will be a vigil for World AIDS Day sponsored by Blue Mountain Heart to Heart. Finally, if anyone is going to be around towards the end of Thanksgiving break and would like to decorate windows downtown for World AIDS Day, please contact Danielle at [email protected].
Our next meeting will be on Monday, November 30 at 7 PM in Reid G02. Have a great Thanksgiving break, everyone!
November 16, 2009
By a unanimous vote, our Queer Prom theme this year is Middle School Dance. Get excited, because it's coming up soon on December 4. After break, we'll have more info on setting up, etc.
Tomorrow night is the Transgender Day of Remembrance vigil. The vigil will start at 6:30 PM in front of the Penrose library. We'll light candles and walk with them to Reid. We'll blow them out when we get to Reid and then walk up to Reid 240. I'm going to say a brief word about what the TDoR is, and then we'll read names/bios of people who have been killed. Since there are so many people to remember this year, we may only read biographical blurbs about a few of them, and then just read everyone else's name and light a candle for each person. After that, we'll have a discussion about TDoR and about hate crimes in general. We're still fishing for discussion questions here; if anyone has a relevant discussion question they'd like to talk about, let me know.
As soon as we get back from break, we're going to be thrown right into AIDS week. Tuesday, December 1 is World AIDS Day. There is going to be free HIV testing in Reid from 11-3:30 on the 1st. We'll also be hosting the IC Cafe that day. At the next meeting, we'll be attaching HIV/AIDS facts to condoms. IF YOU KNOW ANY INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT HIV/AIDS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW OR BRING THEM TO THE NEXT MEETING! Also, that evening at 7 PM there will be a vigil for World AIDS Day sponsored by Blue Mountain Heart to Heart. Finally, if anyone is going to be around towards the end of Thanksgiving break and would like to decorate windows downtown for World AIDS Day, please contact Danielle at [email protected].
Our next meeting will be on Monday, November 30 at 7 PM in Reid G02. Have a great Thanksgiving break, everyone!
November 9, 2009
Coalition Against Homophobia
November 9, 2009
This Friday at 7 PM in the Anderson Main Lounge, we will be co-hosting an event with the
Whitman Christian Fellowship. We will be showing a movie called "Through My Eyes," which
is about the opinions and experiences of gay Christians. The movie is 45 minutes long,
and then we will be having a discussion and snacks. Please come and bring your friends!
Next Tuesday, November 17, we will be holding our Transgender Day of Remembrance vigil.
This will be at 6:30 PM. Because of the likelihood of cold/wet weather, we decided
against the idea of holding the whole thing outside; rather, we will start outside of the
library and walk to Reid, where we will hold the bulk of the vigil. Evan is going to
make posters, so look for advertising soon.
On December 1st, we are co-hosting the Intercultural Cafe with Club Latino. This will be
at 4 PM in the basement of Reid. We are going to bring condoms with AIDS facts on the
back of them, since it will be World AIDS Day. If you come across any interesting facts
about HIV/AIDS, please forward them to me or bring them to the next meeting so that we
can type them up. We will be attaching these facts to the condoms at our meeting on
November 30. Also, we need to bring some food to the IC Cafe. Carissa will be making
vegan cookies, and I'll make something, too. If you'd like to make/bring any food, let
me know.
Queer Prom is going to be on December 4 from 10 PM to 1 AM. Everything is pretty much
all set, except we don't have a theme yet. Some themes suggested at the meeting include
famous couples, the Amazon, hippies, and under the sea. If you have any more ideas for a
theme, let me know or bring them to the next meeting. We will vote at the next meeting.
Our next meeting will be on Monday, November 16 at 7 PM in Reid G02.
November 9, 2009
This Friday at 7 PM in the Anderson Main Lounge, we will be co-hosting an event with the
Whitman Christian Fellowship. We will be showing a movie called "Through My Eyes," which
is about the opinions and experiences of gay Christians. The movie is 45 minutes long,
and then we will be having a discussion and snacks. Please come and bring your friends!
Next Tuesday, November 17, we will be holding our Transgender Day of Remembrance vigil.
This will be at 6:30 PM. Because of the likelihood of cold/wet weather, we decided
against the idea of holding the whole thing outside; rather, we will start outside of the
library and walk to Reid, where we will hold the bulk of the vigil. Evan is going to
make posters, so look for advertising soon.
On December 1st, we are co-hosting the Intercultural Cafe with Club Latino. This will be
at 4 PM in the basement of Reid. We are going to bring condoms with AIDS facts on the
back of them, since it will be World AIDS Day. If you come across any interesting facts
about HIV/AIDS, please forward them to me or bring them to the next meeting so that we
can type them up. We will be attaching these facts to the condoms at our meeting on
November 30. Also, we need to bring some food to the IC Cafe. Carissa will be making
vegan cookies, and I'll make something, too. If you'd like to make/bring any food, let
me know.
Queer Prom is going to be on December 4 from 10 PM to 1 AM. Everything is pretty much
all set, except we don't have a theme yet. Some themes suggested at the meeting include
famous couples, the Amazon, hippies, and under the sea. If you have any more ideas for a
theme, let me know or bring them to the next meeting. We will vote at the next meeting.
Our next meeting will be on Monday, November 16 at 7 PM in Reid G02.
October 26, 2009
Coalition Against Homophobia
October 26, 2009
IC Cafe on Dec. 1:
-bring condoms, dental dams, etc. to the IC Cafe with facts about AIDS attached to them.
-we will work on constructing these at our meeting on November 30.
Condom Carnival on December 12:
Below are some ideas that people came up with for events/activities at Condom Carnival:
-put the condom on the banana race
-blow up a bunch of condoms and put a question inside each one, have a race to see which group can answer all the questions first
-demo on how to make a dental dam
-information regarding the use of condoms on sex toys
-trivia quiz or matching game, possibly combined with a raffle of some sort
-pin the barrier on the person (many people wanted to find a cardboard cutout of Megan Fox to use as the person)
-something about flavors of condoms
-blow up condoms and cover one with water-based lube and the other with oil-based lube and watch the oily one pop
Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 17:
-advertising: have a few full body outlines of people with information, also have many smaller posters with information about TDoR, particular people who were killed, and advertising for the vigil
-candlelight march from the square on Main (across from the Starbucks) to the outside of Cordiner
-hold a banner out front of the marching people and/or pass out info sheets about the event to people whom we pass
-read the stories, etc., and light the candles at the beginning before the march
Campaign for Gender Neutral Housing:
-we discussed what we believe the policies surrounding sex-segregated/gender-neutral housing are currently
-next step: email Nancy Tavelli and get specific and accurate information about the current policy, as well as any rationale behind it
-ultimately, we hope to raise awareness about gender-neutral housing for upperclassmen, as well as to allow incoming first-years to have the option to choose gender neutral housing
The next meeting will be at on November 2 at 7 PM in Reid G02.
October 26, 2009
IC Cafe on Dec. 1:
-bring condoms, dental dams, etc. to the IC Cafe with facts about AIDS attached to them.
-we will work on constructing these at our meeting on November 30.
Condom Carnival on December 12:
Below are some ideas that people came up with for events/activities at Condom Carnival:
-put the condom on the banana race
-blow up a bunch of condoms and put a question inside each one, have a race to see which group can answer all the questions first
-demo on how to make a dental dam
-information regarding the use of condoms on sex toys
-trivia quiz or matching game, possibly combined with a raffle of some sort
-pin the barrier on the person (many people wanted to find a cardboard cutout of Megan Fox to use as the person)
-something about flavors of condoms
-blow up condoms and cover one with water-based lube and the other with oil-based lube and watch the oily one pop
Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 17:
-advertising: have a few full body outlines of people with information, also have many smaller posters with information about TDoR, particular people who were killed, and advertising for the vigil
-candlelight march from the square on Main (across from the Starbucks) to the outside of Cordiner
-hold a banner out front of the marching people and/or pass out info sheets about the event to people whom we pass
-read the stories, etc., and light the candles at the beginning before the march
Campaign for Gender Neutral Housing:
-we discussed what we believe the policies surrounding sex-segregated/gender-neutral housing are currently
-next step: email Nancy Tavelli and get specific and accurate information about the current policy, as well as any rationale behind it
-ultimately, we hope to raise awareness about gender-neutral housing for upperclassmen, as well as to allow incoming first-years to have the option to choose gender neutral housing
The next meeting will be at on November 2 at 7 PM in Reid G02.
October 19, 2009
Coalition Against Homophobia
October 19, 2009
Coming Out Day was a success! We debriefed a bit at the meeting, and some things that went well were the handprint wall and the fact that the door was out and visible on Ankeny. Some things we may want to change next time include having the door out longer and changing the location of the picnic to a place that isn't on a hill with wet grass and bugs.
For most of the rest of the meeting, we discussed Ref. 71 and what we as a club can do about it. The group generated a number of good ideas:
*table toppers: I'm working on those right now; please remind me if you had volunteered to put them up, because I forgot to write that down
*putting up the fliers from Planned Parenthood in academic buildings: Mehera and Liam
*Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=180094046881&index=1
*going door to door in dorms: Dena, Pedro, Anna, Mehera, Matthew, & Meghan
*having information for people as they go into the dining halls next week (see end of email for schedule)
*stickers: Liam
December 1, which happens to be World AIDS Day, is our turn to host the Intercultural Cafe. We will be co-hosting with Club Latino. Pedro is going to investigate the possibility of finding a speaker. One idea that was raised was to bring condoms, etc., to the Cafe and have some facts about AIDS attached to them. We'll be talking more about this event, as well as AIDS week more broadly, in coming meetings.
Regarding the film series, the movies that we will be showing will be Get Real, Ma Vie En Rose, Bent, and If These Walls Could Talk II. Right now, we are looking at holding this film series early next semester.
The next meeting will be on October 26 at 7 PM in Reid G02.
IMPORTANT: Schedule for dining hall information distribution:
Mon (26) at Jewett: Trevor (11:30-12), Liam (11:30-12), Dena (11:30-1), Marie (12-12:45)
Tues (27) at Prentiss: Danielle (11:30-1), Daniel (11:30-1), Liam (11:30-1), Pedro (12-1)
Wed (28) at Prentiss: Seth (11:30-12), Anna (11:30-12), Marie (12-12:45), Brian (12:30-1)
Thurs (29) at Jewett: Trevor (11:30-12), Mehera (11:30-12:45), Liam (11:30-1), Pedro (12-1)
Fri (30) at Prentiss: Mehera (11:30-12), Seth (11:30-12), Marie (12-1), Brian (12:30-1)
Mon (2) at Jewett: Dena (11:30-1), Liam (11:30-12), Marie (12-12:45)
Mon (2) at Prentiss: Carissa (11:30-1), Mehera (11:30-12)
October 19, 2009
Coming Out Day was a success! We debriefed a bit at the meeting, and some things that went well were the handprint wall and the fact that the door was out and visible on Ankeny. Some things we may want to change next time include having the door out longer and changing the location of the picnic to a place that isn't on a hill with wet grass and bugs.
For most of the rest of the meeting, we discussed Ref. 71 and what we as a club can do about it. The group generated a number of good ideas:
*table toppers: I'm working on those right now; please remind me if you had volunteered to put them up, because I forgot to write that down
*putting up the fliers from Planned Parenthood in academic buildings: Mehera and Liam
*Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=180094046881&index=1
*going door to door in dorms: Dena, Pedro, Anna, Mehera, Matthew, & Meghan
*having information for people as they go into the dining halls next week (see end of email for schedule)
*stickers: Liam
December 1, which happens to be World AIDS Day, is our turn to host the Intercultural Cafe. We will be co-hosting with Club Latino. Pedro is going to investigate the possibility of finding a speaker. One idea that was raised was to bring condoms, etc., to the Cafe and have some facts about AIDS attached to them. We'll be talking more about this event, as well as AIDS week more broadly, in coming meetings.
Regarding the film series, the movies that we will be showing will be Get Real, Ma Vie En Rose, Bent, and If These Walls Could Talk II. Right now, we are looking at holding this film series early next semester.
The next meeting will be on October 26 at 7 PM in Reid G02.
IMPORTANT: Schedule for dining hall information distribution:
Mon (26) at Jewett: Trevor (11:30-12), Liam (11:30-12), Dena (11:30-1), Marie (12-12:45)
Tues (27) at Prentiss: Danielle (11:30-1), Daniel (11:30-1), Liam (11:30-1), Pedro (12-1)
Wed (28) at Prentiss: Seth (11:30-12), Anna (11:30-12), Marie (12-12:45), Brian (12:30-1)
Thurs (29) at Jewett: Trevor (11:30-12), Mehera (11:30-12:45), Liam (11:30-1), Pedro (12-1)
Fri (30) at Prentiss: Mehera (11:30-12), Seth (11:30-12), Marie (12-1), Brian (12:30-1)
Mon (2) at Jewett: Dena (11:30-1), Liam (11:30-12), Marie (12-12:45)
Mon (2) at Prentiss: Carissa (11:30-1), Mehera (11:30-12)
October 5, 2009
Coalition Against Homophobia
October 5, 2009
Plans for Coming Out Day are coming along. We're still working on the door issue. We need to start advertising this week. Carrie and Evan have created some nice posters/fliers for us, which we need to get printed soon. Also, we need someone to make table-toppers. Anyone interested? Let me know.
The Whitman Christian Fellowship (WCF) has expressed interest in putting on some kind of event with us. They don't really have any ideas in mind. Nobody at the Coalition meeting did, either. If anyone has ideas, please let me or Mehera know.
Logan came with a list of movies that we are considering for the film series. In order to give everyone a chance to weigh in on which movies we should show, we decided to do the voting via email. Below is the list of movies, as well as descriptions and links to the trailers. Check this out and reply to me BY THURSDAY, OCT 8 with a list of three or four of these movies that you'd like to vote for. Once people have responded, we'll tally the votes and be able to continue to move forward with the ASWC co-sponsorship process.
Title/Price/Rating/Length/Cast or director
•Loggerheads; $175; PG-13; 95 minutes; Bonnie Hunt, Kip Perdue
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZlh97_2uuo
“A troubled woman (Bonnie Hunt) seeks out the child she gave up for adoption; a gay motel owner takes in a handsome drifter (Kip Pardue); and the wife of a preacher frets that a gay couple has moved in across the street. All of their lives will intersect as Loggerheads subtly draws out their secret losses and desires.”
•Soldier’s Girl; $300; R; 112 minutes; Lee Pace, Shawn Hatosy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sRGi4UFqj8
“The true story of Soldier’s Girl, which takes place in Fort Campbell, KY, tells the heart-wrenching story of the life and tragic death of soldier Barry Winchell. His love for Calpernia Addams, a beautiful transgendered nightclub performer is misunderstood by fellow soldiers and eventually leads to his brutal death.”
•Summer Storm (German; a.k.a. Sommersturm); $?; R; 98 minutes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4YghiZxHfw
“Tobi and Achim, the pride of the local crew club, have been the best of friends for years and are convinced that nothing will ever stand in the way of their friendship. They look forward to the upcoming summer camp and the crew competition. Then the gay crew team from Berlin arrives and Tobi is totally confused. The evening before the races begin, the storm that breaks out is more than meteorlogical.”
•Urbania; $300; R; 103 minutes; Dan Flutterman, Alan Cumming
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kd0bwl_n3Rg
“Charlie (Dan Futterman) follows a mysterious stranger through the streets of New York in an attempt to find himself. Charlie’s nightmarish emotional journey is spattered with urban myth blurring the lines between reality and fantasy in this stirring drama.”
•Bent; $300; NC-17; 105 minutes; Ian McKellan, Clive Owen, Mick Jagger
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtcfmJG3JnE
“Set in Nazi Germany from 1939 to 1942, homosexuals Max (Clive Owen) and Horst (Lothaire Bluteau) befriend one another on the way to a concentration camp. Horst gives Max survival tips. But as the days go by, Max begins to stand up for himself and his nature, leading to a final act of defiance that speaks to the power of human dignity and the human spirit.”
•Torch Song Trilogy; $300; 120 minutes; Harvey Fierstein, Matthew Broderick
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyn0Uu3mSic
“An on-screen adaptation of the Tony-award-winning play about a Jewish homosexual who, except for a different sexual preference, goes through the same struggles of love, jealousy and self-doubt that affect us all.”
•Angels in America: Millennium; $300; Not Rated; length?; Meryl Streep, Al Pacino, et al.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTDcbJcCGTE
“Tony Kushner's prize-winning play Angels in America is an astonishing mix of philosophy, politics, and vibrant gay soap opera that sums up the Reagan era for an entire generation of theater-goers. The story centers around Prior Walter and Louis Ironson, a gay couple that falls apart when Prior grows ill as a result of AIDS. But cancer is not the only thing invading Prior's life: He begins to have religious visions of an angel (Emma Thompson) announcing that he is a prophet. Louis, who doesn't cope well with disease and suggestions of mortality, leaves and starts a relationship with Joe Pitt, a closeted Mormon who works for Roy Cohn (Al Pacino) – the real-life right-wing lawyer, notorious for his ruthless behind-the-scenes machinations. Add in Joe's depressed and hallucinating wife Harper (Mary Louise Parker), his determined but open-minded mother Hannah (Meryl Streep), a fierce drag queen/nurse named Belize, and you've still only begun to discover the wealth of characters and storylines in Kushner's ambitious work.”
•Angels in America: Perestroika; $300; Not Rated; length? (352 min. total)
•Get Real; $300; R; 108 minutes; Ben Silvertone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q3pYLRQC7g
“Tender and romantic coming-of-age story about two teenage boys in a British prep school who fall in love despite their rigidly homophobic surroundings.”
•Ma Vie En Rose (French; a.k.a. My Life in Pink); $300; R; 90 minutes; Alain Berliner
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sue1FtD3-tg
“Ludovic is a young boy who can't wait to grow up to be a woman. When his family discovers the little girl blossoming in him they are forced to contend with their own discomfort and the lack of understanding from their new neighbors. Their anger and impatience cave and Ludovic is sent to see a psychiatrist in the hopes of fixing whatever is wrong with him. A movie that addresses transgender and gender issues in general through the eyes of a child.”
•Le Placard (French; a.k.a. The Closet); $300; R; 80 minutes; Gerard Depardieu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHyMHzrBN84
“Auteuil stars as Francois Pignon, a very bland accountant in a rubber factory who is about to fired. Along with his new neighbor, Pignon decides to claim that he is gay to save his job. He could not have imagined what affect this seemingly small issue would mean in the other areas of his life and those around him.”
•The Hours; $300; PG-13; 120 minutes; Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmFDGAPiKJE
“Clarissa Vaughn (Streep) is a book editor in modern day New York who is throwing a party for a friend of hers who is dying of AIDS. Laura Brown is a housewife in 1949 who is planning a party for her husband but cannot put down Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway. Both women are connected to the brilliant but depressed author who is shown during the writing of her famous tome.”
•Rent; $300; PG-13; 135 minutes; Anthony Rapp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqlLI6ZMTCs
“A ragtag group of bohemians are struggling with AIDS, poverty, drugs, illness and just trying to pay the rent in the 525,600 minutes that make up a year.”
•Milk; $400; R; 128 minutes; Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp0uYT0zDbA
“New Yorker Harvey Milk moved to San Francisco and became the city's first openly gay public official. The following year both he and the city's mayor, George Moscone, were shot to death by the former city supervisor.”
•I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry; $300; PG-13; 110 minutes; Adam Sandler
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CxS_diyhuk
“Chuck and Larry are two straight single Brooklyn firefighters, true guys guys. When Larry finds out that his kids cannot be put on his insurance due to a paperwork fluke he asks Chuck to pose as his domestic partner to resolve it. They try to keep it a secret but soon it becomes front page news to hilarious results as the two try to keep up the ruse in this outrageous comedy.”
•Brother to Brother; $?; Not Rated; 94 minutes; Duane Boutte
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30j2xEq6dUw
“Critically acclaimed drama that invokes the glory days of the Harlem Renaissance. As an elderly man, poet Bruce Nugent meets a young black gay artist struggling to find his voice and together they embark on a surreal narrative journey through his inspiring past.”
October 5, 2009
Plans for Coming Out Day are coming along. We're still working on the door issue. We need to start advertising this week. Carrie and Evan have created some nice posters/fliers for us, which we need to get printed soon. Also, we need someone to make table-toppers. Anyone interested? Let me know.
The Whitman Christian Fellowship (WCF) has expressed interest in putting on some kind of event with us. They don't really have any ideas in mind. Nobody at the Coalition meeting did, either. If anyone has ideas, please let me or Mehera know.
Logan came with a list of movies that we are considering for the film series. In order to give everyone a chance to weigh in on which movies we should show, we decided to do the voting via email. Below is the list of movies, as well as descriptions and links to the trailers. Check this out and reply to me BY THURSDAY, OCT 8 with a list of three or four of these movies that you'd like to vote for. Once people have responded, we'll tally the votes and be able to continue to move forward with the ASWC co-sponsorship process.
Title/Price/Rating/Length/Cast or director
•Loggerheads; $175; PG-13; 95 minutes; Bonnie Hunt, Kip Perdue
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZlh97_2uuo
“A troubled woman (Bonnie Hunt) seeks out the child she gave up for adoption; a gay motel owner takes in a handsome drifter (Kip Pardue); and the wife of a preacher frets that a gay couple has moved in across the street. All of their lives will intersect as Loggerheads subtly draws out their secret losses and desires.”
•Soldier’s Girl; $300; R; 112 minutes; Lee Pace, Shawn Hatosy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sRGi4UFqj8
“The true story of Soldier’s Girl, which takes place in Fort Campbell, KY, tells the heart-wrenching story of the life and tragic death of soldier Barry Winchell. His love for Calpernia Addams, a beautiful transgendered nightclub performer is misunderstood by fellow soldiers and eventually leads to his brutal death.”
•Summer Storm (German; a.k.a. Sommersturm); $?; R; 98 minutes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4YghiZxHfw
“Tobi and Achim, the pride of the local crew club, have been the best of friends for years and are convinced that nothing will ever stand in the way of their friendship. They look forward to the upcoming summer camp and the crew competition. Then the gay crew team from Berlin arrives and Tobi is totally confused. The evening before the races begin, the storm that breaks out is more than meteorlogical.”
•Urbania; $300; R; 103 minutes; Dan Flutterman, Alan Cumming
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kd0bwl_n3Rg
“Charlie (Dan Futterman) follows a mysterious stranger through the streets of New York in an attempt to find himself. Charlie’s nightmarish emotional journey is spattered with urban myth blurring the lines between reality and fantasy in this stirring drama.”
•Bent; $300; NC-17; 105 minutes; Ian McKellan, Clive Owen, Mick Jagger
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtcfmJG3JnE
“Set in Nazi Germany from 1939 to 1942, homosexuals Max (Clive Owen) and Horst (Lothaire Bluteau) befriend one another on the way to a concentration camp. Horst gives Max survival tips. But as the days go by, Max begins to stand up for himself and his nature, leading to a final act of defiance that speaks to the power of human dignity and the human spirit.”
•Torch Song Trilogy; $300; 120 minutes; Harvey Fierstein, Matthew Broderick
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyn0Uu3mSic
“An on-screen adaptation of the Tony-award-winning play about a Jewish homosexual who, except for a different sexual preference, goes through the same struggles of love, jealousy and self-doubt that affect us all.”
•Angels in America: Millennium; $300; Not Rated; length?; Meryl Streep, Al Pacino, et al.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTDcbJcCGTE
“Tony Kushner's prize-winning play Angels in America is an astonishing mix of philosophy, politics, and vibrant gay soap opera that sums up the Reagan era for an entire generation of theater-goers. The story centers around Prior Walter and Louis Ironson, a gay couple that falls apart when Prior grows ill as a result of AIDS. But cancer is not the only thing invading Prior's life: He begins to have religious visions of an angel (Emma Thompson) announcing that he is a prophet. Louis, who doesn't cope well with disease and suggestions of mortality, leaves and starts a relationship with Joe Pitt, a closeted Mormon who works for Roy Cohn (Al Pacino) – the real-life right-wing lawyer, notorious for his ruthless behind-the-scenes machinations. Add in Joe's depressed and hallucinating wife Harper (Mary Louise Parker), his determined but open-minded mother Hannah (Meryl Streep), a fierce drag queen/nurse named Belize, and you've still only begun to discover the wealth of characters and storylines in Kushner's ambitious work.”
•Angels in America: Perestroika; $300; Not Rated; length? (352 min. total)
•Get Real; $300; R; 108 minutes; Ben Silvertone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q3pYLRQC7g
“Tender and romantic coming-of-age story about two teenage boys in a British prep school who fall in love despite their rigidly homophobic surroundings.”
•Ma Vie En Rose (French; a.k.a. My Life in Pink); $300; R; 90 minutes; Alain Berliner
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sue1FtD3-tg
“Ludovic is a young boy who can't wait to grow up to be a woman. When his family discovers the little girl blossoming in him they are forced to contend with their own discomfort and the lack of understanding from their new neighbors. Their anger and impatience cave and Ludovic is sent to see a psychiatrist in the hopes of fixing whatever is wrong with him. A movie that addresses transgender and gender issues in general through the eyes of a child.”
•Le Placard (French; a.k.a. The Closet); $300; R; 80 minutes; Gerard Depardieu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHyMHzrBN84
“Auteuil stars as Francois Pignon, a very bland accountant in a rubber factory who is about to fired. Along with his new neighbor, Pignon decides to claim that he is gay to save his job. He could not have imagined what affect this seemingly small issue would mean in the other areas of his life and those around him.”
•The Hours; $300; PG-13; 120 minutes; Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmFDGAPiKJE
“Clarissa Vaughn (Streep) is a book editor in modern day New York who is throwing a party for a friend of hers who is dying of AIDS. Laura Brown is a housewife in 1949 who is planning a party for her husband but cannot put down Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway. Both women are connected to the brilliant but depressed author who is shown during the writing of her famous tome.”
•Rent; $300; PG-13; 135 minutes; Anthony Rapp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqlLI6ZMTCs
“A ragtag group of bohemians are struggling with AIDS, poverty, drugs, illness and just trying to pay the rent in the 525,600 minutes that make up a year.”
•Milk; $400; R; 128 minutes; Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp0uYT0zDbA
“New Yorker Harvey Milk moved to San Francisco and became the city's first openly gay public official. The following year both he and the city's mayor, George Moscone, were shot to death by the former city supervisor.”
•I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry; $300; PG-13; 110 minutes; Adam Sandler
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CxS_diyhuk
“Chuck and Larry are two straight single Brooklyn firefighters, true guys guys. When Larry finds out that his kids cannot be put on his insurance due to a paperwork fluke he asks Chuck to pose as his domestic partner to resolve it. They try to keep it a secret but soon it becomes front page news to hilarious results as the two try to keep up the ruse in this outrageous comedy.”
•Brother to Brother; $?; Not Rated; 94 minutes; Duane Boutte
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30j2xEq6dUw
“Critically acclaimed drama that invokes the glory days of the Harlem Renaissance. As an elderly man, poet Bruce Nugent meets a young black gay artist struggling to find his voice and together they embark on a surreal narrative journey through his inspiring past.”
October 1, 2009
Coalition Against Homophobia
October 1, 2009
First, we discussed the film series. There was a move to do all the planning now but to push back the screening of the movies until early next semester, but a lot will depend on co-sponsorship with ASWC and how long that process will take. Logan has a list of movies that he is currently investigating. Next week he will bring that list, along with synopses, etc., and we will vote on which movies we want to feature.
We're having a hard time locating the door for Coming Out Day. We're working on it, but we may have to get creative. Otherwise, things are coming together for our Coming Out Day events. We were going to start formulating coming out stories today at the meeting, but the general consensus seemed to be that we should write them on our own time. The idea behind writing these stories is to: a) get everyone thinking about issues related to coming out so that we can have good a good discussion at our Coming Out Day picnic, and b) to create a compilation of stories that we can put in a booklet and give to residence sections and/or put on the website as a resource. If you'd like to submit a coming out story for this booklet and/or the website, please email it either to my email address or to [email protected]. You can write your story either anonymously or not (and we definitely won't put full names on the internet!). And stories from allies are valuable, too!
Towards the end of the meeting, our conversation shifted to Referendum 71. We will look into doing some programming with WCLU about this issue, but the most important thing to do right now is to just talk to everyone you know about it and tell them to approve Ref. 71. Freshmen, it would be great if you could bring this issue up at your section meetings. Everyone else, email your listservs, talk to people, etc. Just get the word out there.
For those who don't know, Referendum 71 is a ballot measure in Washington state this coming election. If approved, it will keep the current domestic partnership law in place. If rejected, it will take away domestic partnerships from Washington citizens. For more info, go here: http://approvereferendum71.org/
Our next meeting will be on Monday, October 5 at 8:30 PM (sorry for another weird time; Mehera and I both have to go to a lecture at 7 that evening).
October 1, 2009
First, we discussed the film series. There was a move to do all the planning now but to push back the screening of the movies until early next semester, but a lot will depend on co-sponsorship with ASWC and how long that process will take. Logan has a list of movies that he is currently investigating. Next week he will bring that list, along with synopses, etc., and we will vote on which movies we want to feature.
We're having a hard time locating the door for Coming Out Day. We're working on it, but we may have to get creative. Otherwise, things are coming together for our Coming Out Day events. We were going to start formulating coming out stories today at the meeting, but the general consensus seemed to be that we should write them on our own time. The idea behind writing these stories is to: a) get everyone thinking about issues related to coming out so that we can have good a good discussion at our Coming Out Day picnic, and b) to create a compilation of stories that we can put in a booklet and give to residence sections and/or put on the website as a resource. If you'd like to submit a coming out story for this booklet and/or the website, please email it either to my email address or to [email protected]. You can write your story either anonymously or not (and we definitely won't put full names on the internet!). And stories from allies are valuable, too!
Towards the end of the meeting, our conversation shifted to Referendum 71. We will look into doing some programming with WCLU about this issue, but the most important thing to do right now is to just talk to everyone you know about it and tell them to approve Ref. 71. Freshmen, it would be great if you could bring this issue up at your section meetings. Everyone else, email your listservs, talk to people, etc. Just get the word out there.
For those who don't know, Referendum 71 is a ballot measure in Washington state this coming election. If approved, it will keep the current domestic partnership law in place. If rejected, it will take away domestic partnerships from Washington citizens. For more info, go here: http://approvereferendum71.org/
Our next meeting will be on Monday, October 5 at 8:30 PM (sorry for another weird time; Mehera and I both have to go to a lecture at 7 that evening).
September 21, 2009
Coalition Against Homophobia
September 21, 2009
Next week, because our meeting time conflicts with the Matthew Shepard Lecture Series, we
will be moving our meeting time to Thursday, October 1 at 7 PM. Also, our meeting on
October 5th will be moved to a later time on that Monday because of another conflict with
a lecture, this one on hate crimes. The exact time and location of that meeting will be
announced soon.
Sometime during the first week of December, we will be helping VOX with the Condom
Carnival. More details on this TBA.
We began thinking about our film series, and decided that we will show three films.
Logan will be spearheading this project, and he will be getting in contact with the
appropriate ASWC people. If you have ideas for movies to show, please let either him or
me know.
Our Coming Out Day events will be on October 16 (Coming Out Day is actually on the 11th,
but that's during 4-day). Rachel will be writing an article in the Pio about Coming Out
Day, and she wants stories/quotes from people for her article. If you would like to be
quoted in the Pio, contact her at [email protected]. Our plans for Coming Out Day
will be to have a door out on Ankeny that people can walk through and come out as
something. We will have the door out from 10 to 1, and soon we will be asking people to
volunteer to be there for some of that time. Along with the door, we will have a large
piece of butcher paper on which people who "come out" can trace their hands and write
their thoughts about coming out. After the event is over, we will post the butcher paper
in a visible location. Later that day, from 2-3:30, we will be having our Coming Out Day
picnic in the amphitheater, which will feature food and discussion about coming out.
Our next meeting will be on Thursday, October 1 at 7 PM. And make sure to come to the
Matthew Shepard Lecture on Monday at 7:30 PM in Olin 130!
September 21, 2009
Next week, because our meeting time conflicts with the Matthew Shepard Lecture Series, we
will be moving our meeting time to Thursday, October 1 at 7 PM. Also, our meeting on
October 5th will be moved to a later time on that Monday because of another conflict with
a lecture, this one on hate crimes. The exact time and location of that meeting will be
announced soon.
Sometime during the first week of December, we will be helping VOX with the Condom
Carnival. More details on this TBA.
We began thinking about our film series, and decided that we will show three films.
Logan will be spearheading this project, and he will be getting in contact with the
appropriate ASWC people. If you have ideas for movies to show, please let either him or
me know.
Our Coming Out Day events will be on October 16 (Coming Out Day is actually on the 11th,
but that's during 4-day). Rachel will be writing an article in the Pio about Coming Out
Day, and she wants stories/quotes from people for her article. If you would like to be
quoted in the Pio, contact her at [email protected]. Our plans for Coming Out Day
will be to have a door out on Ankeny that people can walk through and come out as
something. We will have the door out from 10 to 1, and soon we will be asking people to
volunteer to be there for some of that time. Along with the door, we will have a large
piece of butcher paper on which people who "come out" can trace their hands and write
their thoughts about coming out. After the event is over, we will post the butcher paper
in a visible location. Later that day, from 2-3:30, we will be having our Coming Out Day
picnic in the amphitheater, which will feature food and discussion about coming out.
Our next meeting will be on Thursday, October 1 at 7 PM. And make sure to come to the
Matthew Shepard Lecture on Monday at 7:30 PM in Olin 130!
September 14, 2009
Coalition Against Homophobia
September 14, 2009
At today's meeting, we discussed specific programming ideas for this semester. Below is the list of ideas we came up with:
-posters sparking awareness/discussion of LGBT issues - Evan will be working on this
-conversation-starters relating to LGBT issues in dining hall table toppers
-film series/film festival
-some people expressed interest in getting a group together to go to the DC Equality March in October; they will be looking into how to accomplish this
-articles in the Pio relating to LGBT issues
-increase the number of LBGT-themed titles (mainly fiction and movies) in the library - talk to librarians?
-Coalition t-shirts
Coming Out Day
-giant door on Ankeny, create a handprint wall of all the people who come out as something
-poster where people can write their thoughts about coming out
-picnic/celebration/discussion of coming out, possibly in the amphitheater
-ask people to submit coming out stories (anonymous or not) to put in a booklet or on the club website; include stories about coming out as allies
-Pio article about Coming Out Day - Rachel will ask the Pio staff about this
-maybe team up with the Writing House to have a coming out themed Writers Colony
-ask the Campus Conservatives if they want to be involved with us for Coming Out Day (idea that coming out as conservative can be hard on this campus) - Pedro will contact them about that
Queer Prom will be on December 4. It's later than it usually is, but it's the only date we could get the ballroom. We're going to maybe try to tie it into AIDS week. We also want to have a safe-sex table at the event where we have info about AIDS, condoms, dental dams, etc.
Transgender Day of Remembrance
-t-shirts with different people's stories on them
-body outlines in chalk with people's stories written in the outline
-candlelight vigil/march followed by discussion
-try to bring some sort of uplifting note to it - how you can help?
AIDS week: we did not have time to discuss this in any detail, but hopefully we will at a later date
Remember to check out the Coalition website: http://whitmancoalition.weebly.com
Our next meeting will be Monday, September 21 at 7 PM in Reid G02
September 14, 2009
At today's meeting, we discussed specific programming ideas for this semester. Below is the list of ideas we came up with:
-posters sparking awareness/discussion of LGBT issues - Evan will be working on this
-conversation-starters relating to LGBT issues in dining hall table toppers
-film series/film festival
-some people expressed interest in getting a group together to go to the DC Equality March in October; they will be looking into how to accomplish this
-articles in the Pio relating to LGBT issues
-increase the number of LBGT-themed titles (mainly fiction and movies) in the library - talk to librarians?
-Coalition t-shirts
Coming Out Day
-giant door on Ankeny, create a handprint wall of all the people who come out as something
-poster where people can write their thoughts about coming out
-picnic/celebration/discussion of coming out, possibly in the amphitheater
-ask people to submit coming out stories (anonymous or not) to put in a booklet or on the club website; include stories about coming out as allies
-Pio article about Coming Out Day - Rachel will ask the Pio staff about this
-maybe team up with the Writing House to have a coming out themed Writers Colony
-ask the Campus Conservatives if they want to be involved with us for Coming Out Day (idea that coming out as conservative can be hard on this campus) - Pedro will contact them about that
Queer Prom will be on December 4. It's later than it usually is, but it's the only date we could get the ballroom. We're going to maybe try to tie it into AIDS week. We also want to have a safe-sex table at the event where we have info about AIDS, condoms, dental dams, etc.
Transgender Day of Remembrance
-t-shirts with different people's stories on them
-body outlines in chalk with people's stories written in the outline
-candlelight vigil/march followed by discussion
-try to bring some sort of uplifting note to it - how you can help?
AIDS week: we did not have time to discuss this in any detail, but hopefully we will at a later date
Remember to check out the Coalition website: http://whitmancoalition.weebly.com
Our next meeting will be Monday, September 21 at 7 PM in Reid G02
September 7, 2009
Coalition Against Homophobia
September 7, 2009
Thanks to everyone who came to the first meeting of the semester! We had a great discussion about collective and individual goals that people have with regards to the
club. Below are some ideas that were generated in the discussion:
-create dialogue around issues relating to sexual orientation and gender
-create visibility and awareness of Coalition and the issues we align ourselves with
-work for gender-neutral housing and bathrooms
-educate administrators on issues dealing with sexual orientation and gender identity
-create a safer and more comfortable environment for LGBT and allied people
-increase the use of PGPs (preferred gender pronouns)
-open discussion with residence hall sections
-put on more education-related and informative programming
-have professors present on topics
-educate campus on what Coalition is, what we do, and the issues we stand for
-ally with other groups to end the use of the phrase "that's retarded"
-put up posters in residence halls that have educational tidbits about LGBT issues
-have fun events!
We briefly touched on potential events for the coming semester but did not have time to
brainstorm with regards to specific programming. We will deal with more of that in the
next meeting.
IMPORTANT: Below are the times that we are considering for our permanent meeting time.
Please respond to this email and let me know which days/times do or do not work for you.
We will be deciding within the next couple of days, so do this ASAP!
-Monday at 7 PM
-Wednesday at 7:30 or 8 PM
-Thursday at 5 PM
-Thursday at 7 PM
-Thursday at 8 PM
September 7, 2009
Thanks to everyone who came to the first meeting of the semester! We had a great discussion about collective and individual goals that people have with regards to the
club. Below are some ideas that were generated in the discussion:
-create dialogue around issues relating to sexual orientation and gender
-create visibility and awareness of Coalition and the issues we align ourselves with
-work for gender-neutral housing and bathrooms
-educate administrators on issues dealing with sexual orientation and gender identity
-create a safer and more comfortable environment for LGBT and allied people
-increase the use of PGPs (preferred gender pronouns)
-open discussion with residence hall sections
-put on more education-related and informative programming
-have professors present on topics
-educate campus on what Coalition is, what we do, and the issues we stand for
-ally with other groups to end the use of the phrase "that's retarded"
-put up posters in residence halls that have educational tidbits about LGBT issues
-have fun events!
We briefly touched on potential events for the coming semester but did not have time to
brainstorm with regards to specific programming. We will deal with more of that in the
next meeting.
IMPORTANT: Below are the times that we are considering for our permanent meeting time.
Please respond to this email and let me know which days/times do or do not work for you.
We will be deciding within the next couple of days, so do this ASAP!
-Monday at 7 PM
-Wednesday at 7:30 or 8 PM
-Thursday at 5 PM
-Thursday at 7 PM
-Thursday at 8 PM