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2007 MSU
Pride
Week!
Pride week is the primary LBGTQ community celebration, planned, implemented and
sponsored by the various MSU student LBGTQA organizations. Many
of the events listed here are educational, but there's plenty of fun, too!
- • Thursday, 12 April
- Artsy Fartsy Pride Extravaganza
4:00 - 8:00 pm, Mason-Abbot Courtyard (Mason basement if it rains).
Begin your celebration of Pride Week with a visual and aural extravaganza!
We'll be showcasing all sorts of artistic talent and also hosting
a talent show (including an open mic). Food is provided!
- • Monday, 16 April
- Bathroom Crawl
9:00 am - 7:30 pm, around campus.
Join TransAction for MSU's 2nd Annual Bathroom Crawl! We'll be traveling
around campus educating about the need for gender neutral bathrooms and
for the inclusion of gender identity in the MSU anti-discrimination policy.
This year we are asking that people come dressed to defy gender
norms and stand with us in their legally assigned bathrooms as
we hand out information. The event will be running all day and traveling
around to different locations across campus, ending in a regrouping
debriefing session and a showing of the short film, Toilet
Training. There is a new set of bathroom crawl tee shirts! If you
are interested in the bathroom crawl and/or the tee shirts, please contact TransAction
at phitaumu@msu.edu (times and locations
of the crawl will be distributed over email). Sponsored by TransAction.
- Invisible Truth: Relationship and Sexual
Violence in LBGT Communities
8:00 - 9:00 pm, Lake Superior Room, MSU Union.
Relationship and sexual violence occurs within LGBTQ communities more often than
many realize. Such violence is often 'invisible' for several reasons, including
the fear of exposing one's sexual or gender identity, myths about LBGTQ people
("it can't happen to us"), and limited resources available to members
of LBGTQ communities. Join us for an information session about relationship and
sexual violence and how to provide support to survivors. Featuring guest speaker
Jen Grzegorek, Ph.D. Sponsored by Spectrum.
- • Tuesday, 17 April
- Take Back The Night
TBNT reaches out to all communities.
Individuals from all walks of life are affected by sexual violence. Take Back The
Night encourages those from all cultural, age, sexual identity and gender groups
to participate in this annual event. Join us for a day of reflection and come
together to take back the night. Events at Beaumont Tower unless otherwise
noted.
10:00 am - 6:00 pm – Silent Silhouettes display (Union)
10:00 am - dusk – Mid-Michigan Clothesline Project and resource tabling
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm – Making posters for the march
4:00 pm - 5:45 pm – Speak Out
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm – Men's Forum - men's space (Union)
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm – Candlelight Vigil - women's space (anyone
who identifies as a woman)
7:15 pm - 8:00 pm – Pre-march rally - speaker is Dr. Nandi S. Crosby
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm – March to 54-B District Court (on Abbott)
9:00 pm (approx) – Post-march rally (54-B District Court)
- • Wednesday, 18 April
- National Day of Silence
PRIDE and the Department of Residence Life are hosting events to recognize and
celebrate National Day of Silence
throughout the day. Events begin with painting the Rock at 5:30 am.
Throughout the day we will be silently distributing flyers at different locations on
campus, raising awareness about whey we are silent. Finally, there will be a
Breaking the Silence discussion in Gold Room A on the second floor of the
Union at 5:00 pm, where we will reflect on the experience of
participating in NDOS and how silence affects the LBGTQ community.
Look who's signed up to help!
- • Thursday, 19 April
- Why Are You Proud?
7:00 pm - 8:45 pm, Armstrong Hall lobby
BRIGHT is hosting a viewing of their original video production Why are you proud?
documenting the move towards equality and pride in being a part of the LBGTA
community. Snacks will be provided during viewing, and a discussion will follow!
Can't make it on the 19th? Keep your eyes open for showings at Campus
Center Cinemas the weekend of April 20-22! For more information:
bright@msu.edu
- • Friday, 20 April
- Drag Show
9:00 pm - 1:00 am, International Center.
Glitz n' Glam it up this year at the Annual MSU Drag Show! Enjoy performances by
some of Michigan's finest drag queens and drag kings. Hosted this year by Hershae
Chocolatae. Sponsored by UAB and RING. Free for all students!
- • Saturday, 21 April
- Gay Prom
8:00 - 11:00 pm, Union Ballroom.
A formal/semi-formal/whatever-you-feel-comfortable-wearing dance! All members of
the MSU community are invited to join us. This fun-filled evening includes light
refreshments, a DJ, lots of dancing, and of course tons of
rainbows!
Come get your dance on! Sponsored by Spectrum and PRIDE.
- • Sunday, 22 April
- Speaker: Loren Cameron
5:30 - 7:00 pm, Wilson Hall Auditorium
Loren Cameron is the author of multiple
photography books about transgender identity. Sponsored by the Alliance of LBGTQQIA
Sudents. Printable flyer (PDF).
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