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Cal Queer Awareness Week 2000 A Calendar of Events of interest to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual campus community and friends. Posted March 8, 2000 Monday, March 13 San Francisco Bay Area LGBT History and Culture 1-3 p.m., 179 Dwinelle An overview of local LGBT history and culture presented by Terence Kissack of the San Francisco LGBT Historical Society. Dana Rivers 7-9 p.m., 2040 Valley Life Sciences An award-winning Sacramento high school teacher who resigned in 1999 after almost being dismissed for her intended gender change, Dana Rivers will speak about her experiences. Now an activist on gender rights issues, Rivers has appeared on Oprah, 20/20, Good Morning America, and was featured in People magazine. Tuesday, March 14 LGBT Resource Fair 11a.m.-2 p.m., Upper Sproul Plaza Community agencies from the East Bay and beyond will provide literature for distribution. A noon rally will feature campus and community speakers. Castro Clones, Legitimate Lesbians, Bona Fide Bisexuals, True Transgenders: Being an Authentic Queer? 3 p.m., 305 Eshleman A workshop facilitated by Donnovan Somera Yisrael of Stanford about feeling inauthentic and compensating for this feeling of inadequacy. Sponsored by Health Promotions, Tang Center. Mass Media Represenation of LBGT Issues 6-8:30 p.m., 205 Dwinelle A De-CAL class screening of the film "Bound," accompanied by discussion facilitated by faculty member Sharon Marcus, LGBT Studies. Wednesday, March 15 Glamour Girl Shorts Noon-1:30 p.m.,Gender and Equity Resource Center, 250 Cesar Chavez Center A program of short films by and about lesbian and bisexual women. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Grad/Faculty Mixer 4-6 p.m., English Department Lounge, 330 Wheeler Hall Graduate students and faculty will have the opportunity to discuss professional issues regarding scholarship, teaching, faculty life and issues facing academic professionals in a variety of disciplines. Thursday, March 16 Body Alchemy: Transsexual Images by Loren Cameron 7-9 p.m., 100 Genetics and Plant Biology Loren Cameron -- female-to-male transsexual, photographer and author of the book "Body Alchemy: Transsexual Portraits" -- will give a multimedia presentation about transsexuals and their partners, using photographs of classic nude studies, self-portraits, and graphic, informative documentation of surgical options for transsexual men. Cameron won two Lambda Literary Awards in 1996 for "Body Alchemy." Friday, March 17 Blatant Boy Briefs Noon-1:30 p.m., Gender and Equity Resource Center, 250 Cesar Chavez Center A program of short films by and about bisexual and gay men. For a complete and updated listing of events, see queer.berkeley.edu. For information, call the LBGT Resource Center at 643-5728.   [HOME]   [SEARCH]   [ARCHIVE] March 8-12, 2000 (Volume 28, Number 24) Copyright 2000, The Regents of the University of California. Produced and maintained by the Office of Public Affairs at UC Berkeley. Comments? E-mail berkeleyan@pa.urel.berkeley.edu.