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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.

 

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