Announcements
SIUE events:Oct. 11th @11am-1pm- Coming Out Day Awareness Table. Stop by the table at Center Court in the MUC to sign the banner, pick up a button, and get your face painted!
Oct 12 @ 2pm- Campus Pride Webinar: Coming Out as an Ally: From Bystanders to Upstanders in partnership with Ben Cohen's Stand Up Foundation; Library Instruction Room B (LB1058)
Oct 20 @2pm- Campus Pride Webinar: LGBT College Students: Use and Abuse of Alcohol and Other Drugs; Library Instruction Room B (LB1058)*co-sponsored by Counseling Services and the Alcohol Task Force
Oct 27 @2pm- Campus Pride Webinar: From the Closet to the Field: the Climate for LGBQ Student Athletes; Library Instruction Room B (LB1058)*co-sponsored by the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics
Nov 4th @10am-2pm- Safe Zone Ally Training. University Club Room in the MUC. To reserve a spot, email vdean@siue.edu UMSL-wide events (Thanks to James Linsin for the following info)
UMSL Wide Events
Oct. 6 @ 7:00 pm —The 8th Annual PRIZM Drag Show, MSC Century Rooms. $2 for students, $5 everyone else. T-shirts on sale for $5
Oct. 11 @ 1:00-3:00 pm—Coming Out Stories: An informal gathering and a chance to share stories. Allies and others welcome. Clark Hall, room 211
St. Louis Area-Wide event:
Oct. 6 @ 8:30 pm—Together Not Alone: A Vigil Processional. Trinity Episcopal Church, 600 N. Euclid, Central West End. Sponsored by Growing American Youth. For more info: http://www.growingamericanyouth.org/GrowingAmericanYouth/Upcoming_Events.html St. Charles Community College events: (Thanks to Kelley Pfeiffer for the following info and descriptions)
October 11, at 7 p.m.--Nate Phelps will be speaking in the SSB Auditorium at St. Charles Community College. Nate, the estranged son of Fred Phelps of the Westboro Baptist Church, will tell his story of enduring physical, emotional, and psychological abuse as a child raised in the hate-filled theology of his father’s church. He will recount his escape from his father’s home at 18 and his journey from dogma and hate to reason and acceptance, as an outspoken advocate for the LGBT community. For more about Nate, please visit http://natephelps.com/.
October 20 at 7 p.m.-- Charlene Strong will be speaking in the SSB Auditorium at St. Charles Community College. Charlene was thrust into the spotlight after the tragic death of her wife, Kate. After facing this loss and the heartless humiliation of hospital and funeral home staff, Charlene decided to take a stand. Her dramatic congressional testimony is credited in passing Washington state's historic Domestic Partnership laws. For more about Charlene, please visit http://formywife.info .
