UR Pride Newsletter November 2011

UR Pride Newsletter November 2011

Page 2 - Updates

Positive Space Net

Queer Youth Group CUQSC 2012

Referendum

Gender Neutral Washrooms

Page 2 - Schedule

Regular Meetings

Intro to Positive Space Workshops

CUQSC Meeting

Wonderland Trip

Annual AIDS Benefit

“Stonewall” Film

Lecture Series D. line

Page 3 - Volunteer!

Volunteer Opportunities

UR Pride Student Lecture Series

Page 3 - Shout Outs

GLCR Art Show

URQI In & Out Speaker’s Series

Annual AIDS Benefit

Gender Diversity Survey

Prairie Pride Chorus

Reading of “Promises”

Our Mission

The UR Pride Centre for Sexuality and Gender Diversity is a non-profit organization that offers a wide range of essential services and support for students, staff, and faculty at the University of Regina and the community-at-large - regardless of sexual or gender identity!

We reach out to both the University of Regina and the entire Southern Saskatchewan region from our location at the U of R Campus (Room 225, Riddell Centre).

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November 2011

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Updates from UR PrideWell, October was one busy month. We’ve hosted weekly movie nights, Youth Group meetings, Positive Space workshops, and business as usual in the office. It is always a pleasure to see you Shiny Happy People in the lounge! The month of November is going to be spectacu-lar – just check out the events section for specific dates! We are now accepting proposals for the UR Pride Student Lecture Series. Novem-ber 30th is the last day to submit. Please see call for submission below.

Positive Space NetworkOn October 11 the Positive Space Network officially launched! Thanks again to the speakers and representatives that came out! The Positive Space Network is now well on its way! We have plenty of workshop times available to sign up for throughout the month of November. Check out the events section for specifics. The workshops run for 30 minutes with an additional 15 minutes at the end for questions. All workshops are held in RC 221 (URSU Board Room). We now have 18 participants that have joined the Positive Space Network. Let keep this number growing!!

To sign up for a workshop time please email Lisa (executive.director@urpride.ca)

Note: The Network is free to join for faculty, staff and students; how-ever we do ask for a small donation from the greater community.

Queer Youth GroupThe Queer Youth Group has been going quite well. Karli has settled in as the new coordinator and is doing amazing! Thanks to all of the youth that came out to our weekly youth group meetings this past month. You all rock! For anyone interested, meetings are every Wednesday at 7:00pm. in the UR Pride Lounge. We always have a monthly event as well. November 24th at 7:00p.m. we will be going to Wonderland Entertainment Centre to shoot virtual animals and play pinball until our hearts are content.

Canadian University Queer Services Conference 2012CUQSC is well on its way but there are still a lot of things to do! If you are interested in getting involved with a national Queer Conference we will be having a meeting on November 17th @ 1:00pm. If you can’t make it but want to get involved please email caitlyn.mcmillan@cuqsc.org for more information.

UR Pride ReferendumWe will be presenting the petition to the URSU Board of Directors right away! Stay tuned.

Gender Neutral WashroomsGlobal News interviewed Lisa and several other campus represen-tatives about Gender Neutral Washrooms. Although UR Pride was taken by surprise by the sudden interest in the issue we will be work-ing with groups around campus to bring Gender Neutral Washrooms to the U of R. Meetings and research have commenced and tentative deadlines have been placed. If you want to get involved come talk with Lisa!

Board Meetings contactus@urpride.ca for informationWednesdays UR Pride Youth Group at 7:00pm (Ages 14 - 24)Thursdays UR Pride Movie Nights in the Lounge at 6:00pm- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Nov 16 at 10am, Nov 21 at 2pm, Nov 28 at 3pm

Intro to the Positive Space NetworkURSU Board Room (RC 221)Please confirm your attendance with us. We do encourage drop-ins, however if there are no confirmed attendees, the presentation will be cancelled. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Thursday 24

CUQSC MeetingURSU Board Room (RC 221) at 10:30amInterested in helping out with our national conference organizing? Please attend our CUQSC steering committee meeting to get filled in. Please contact Caitlyn McMillian if you’re planning to attend.

Youth Group Event - We’re Going to WonderlandWonderland Entertainment (1729 Broad Street) at 7:00pmThis is an important cause that hits very close to our community and this event is our way of raising awareness and funds, mourning those passed, and celebrating those with us today. Tickets are $10 at the door.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Friday 25

Annual AIDS BenefitGLCR (2070 Broad Street) at 7:00pm; show at 9:00pmThis is an important cause that hits very close to our community and this event is our way of raising awareness and funds, mourning those passed, and celebrating those with us today. Tickets are $10 at the door.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Monday 28

Screening of “Stonewall” - 16 Days of ActivismCreative City Centre (1843 Hamilton Street) at 7:00pmFree admission- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Wednesday 30

UR Pride Student Lecture Series Proposals DueSubmit proposals to contactus@urpride.caSee details on next page.

See full event details on our website at www.urpride.ca.

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Volunteer!Can I volunteer?For Sure! You do not have to be part of the university community to get involved with UR Pride. We also want to stress that you don’t have to be queer/LGBTQ to be involved. Many of our board and volunteer members are proud allies!

We need volunteers for our new Committees:Policy and Finance Committee External Relations Committee Internal Relations Committee Events Workshops Lounge Positive Space Network CommitteeCUQSC Committee Referendum Committee

If you don’t want to be on a committee but would like to help out we are always looking for some help. Check out www.urpride.ca/volun-teers.php for more information.

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Lecture SeriesThe UR Pride Centre is currently accepting submissions from current students to present on LGBTQ related topics to showcase in January 2012. There will be one student chosen to present on each of the fol-lowing dates: January 10, 17, 24 and 31. The presentations will start at 12:00pm and run approximately an hour (or a bit less to allow for a question & answer period).

Topics may include, but are not limited to:• History• The Arts• Religion• Activism• How to successfully come out to your cat.

How to apply:

Please send your contact information, a 50 word bio and 100 word presentation summary to project.coordinator@urpride.ca.

Submission deadline: November 30Successful applicants will be notified by December 15

Be Creative! We want to hear from you!

Call For Submissions: GLCR Art ShowWe invite the ongoing submissions of “bar wall ready” art to be hung on the walls of the GLCR Lounge. This art does not have to be di-rectly associated with LGBTQ themes and the artist submitting does not have to be LGBTQ. We just want some good art to hang!

SPECIFICS: -As we have limited space, we will only be accepting 2 dimensional work. -It is up to the artist to frame the work in a way that they are comfort-able hanging it up in a bar. -There is no payment, however you can put your contact info and price on the Title Cards and hopefully sell some work!- There is room for roughly 10 mid size pieces. If you don’t have that much that is OK, we will make it into a group show.

HOW TO SUBMIT Please send small .jpg images of the work with info on each (dimen-sions, title, year made) with a short description of the artist and the work (250 words max) to glcrart@gmail.com

DEADLINEAt this time there are no deadline. However we will be hanging a new show every two months starting soon! Don’t delay, submit today!

Shout Outs!

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More Shout Outs!

Annual AIDS Benefit - November 25The Annual Aids Benefit Hosted by the GLCR. Kick off 16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM and support a very worthy cause!! All proceeds go to AIDS PROGRAMS SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN.

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Gender Diversity SurveyWe invite you to take a moment to answer a few questions about your awareness and understanding of gender diversity. There will be no per-sonal information collected that could be used to identify you and the information you provide will be used to inform the development of supportive services for transgender persons and the people who sup-port them. Thank you for your participation and we look forward to your responses. The survey will be available until November 10, 2011.

Click here to take survey!http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/YGQZMD6

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Reading of Guy Michaud’s Promises - November 24This special reading of the play will be held at the Rainbow Youth Centre, 977 McTavish Street at 7:00pm. Admission is free.