Rainbow Report
University of Maryland, College Park
“The
unstoppable & QUEER.”
“If there is no struggle, there
is no progress.”
—Fredrick Douglass
LGBT Equity Programs:
Queer Lunch
o
Thursdays, 12:00PM-
1:30PM, 2218 Marie Mount Hall.
o
Come enjoy your lunch with us at the Equity Center! You can eat
your lunch, chat with friends, meet new people and play fun games; don’t miss
out!
Co-Sponsored
Programs:
Safe Space
o A supportive environment for students navigating
identity, coming out, or transitioning. It is a partnership with the Office of
LGBT Equity Center.
o Wednesdays at 7:30
in 2308 Marie Mount Hall
Student Group Meetings:
Trans U
o A
discussion and safe space for those who identify as transgender, genderqueer,
or otherwise feel restricted by conventional definitions of "man" and
"woman". Mondays at 7:00 PM
in the LGBT Equity Center.
Women2Women (W2W)
o A
discussion group for LGBTQQIA- identified women. Tuesdays at 7:00 PM in the LGBT Equity Center.
Bro to Bro
o A
group for LGBTQQIA- identified men. Wednesdays
at 6:30 PM at the LGBT Equity Center.
Bisexuals at Maryland (BAM)
o A discussion group for those who inhabit the wide
expanse that lay between gay and straight. Thursdays
at 6:00 PM in the LGBT Equity Center.
True Colors of Maryland (TCOM)
o A
discussion group for LGBTQQIA people of all colors. Thursdays at 7:00 PM in the LGBT Equity Center
Pride Alliance General Body Meeting
o Sunday,
December 2nd at 7PM in the
Pride Alliance office—0207J in the student involvement suite.
Additional Announcements:
STI Testing
o
There will be HIV rapid testing with same
day results in the Health Center on Wednesday,
November 28th from 10AM-2PM.
Come to Lunch! Members and Allies of the API & South Asian
Community at UMD
o
The purpose is simply to get to know
other LGBTQ API/South Asian students, staff, faculty, and alumni in the UMD
campus community, and our friends and supporters.
o
The lunch will take place off campus
on Saturday, December 1 at 2:30pm. If you are interested,
please contact Chris Quach at quach_christopher@yahoo.com for further details.
Internships available at Where The Girls Go
o
Where The Girls Go is a local queer lady
events website experiencing major growth…including a new sweet website in the
works.
o
We are currently seeking a few interns to
help us out with event coverage, events, PHOTOGRAPHY, graphic design, marketing,
writing and business development.
o
Ideally, you're interested in events,
media and queers. Passionate about community and building it. And
sharing it. You should also be bright and fun and can commit about 5
hours per week on your respective duties.
o
We can't pay you (YET) but have lots of
perks including free event tickets and can arrange for school credit if you're
school allows it.
o
Please send a note with your experience
and which department you'd like to help expand to Alexander@WhereTheGirlsGo.com
Queer Activist Coalition
o
The Queer Activist Coalition will be a
new political activism group for the LGBTQA community.
o
Next meeting is TBA. Look out for more
updates!
LGBT Studies Courses for Spring 2013
o
The courses listed below may be used to
fulfill individual requirements for the minor and certificate in LGBT Studies,
as well as some General Education and CORE requirements. For advising
appointments, please email JV Sapinoso at sapinoso@umd.edu.
LGBT Courses for Spring 2013
LGBT 200 – Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and
Transgender Studies
LGBT 265 – Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Literatures
LGBT 285 – Homophobia in the U.S. Society in the New Millennium
LGBT 327 – Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Film and
Video
LGBT 359M – Queer Comedy
LGBT 386 – Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community
Organization Internship
LGBT 448C – Sex and the City
LGBT 448M – Advanced Study of Queer Latina/o Cultures:
Migration and Sexuality
LGBT 494 – Lesbian Communities and Differences
LGBT 499 – Independent Study
Also being offered are the following approved LGBT electives:
AASP 498Y – Special Topics in Black
Culture: Sex Work
AMST 289A – Shifting Sands: Constructing
Cultural Mainstreams and Margins in the U.S.
EDCP 418I – Special Topics in Leadership:
LGBT Leadership
EDHI 338N – Teaching & Learning about
Cultural Diversity through Intergroup Dialogue: LGBT/Heterosexual
FMSC 330 – Family Theories and Patterns
HIST289N – The Politics of Sex in
America: A Historical Approach
HLTH 377 – Human Sexuality
HONR 258W – Exploring Homophobia:
Demystifying Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Issues
ISRL 449W – Advanced Topics in Israel
Studies: Women and Gender in Israel
JWST 491 – Judaism and the Construction
of Gender
PSYC 332 – Psychology of Human Sexuality
SOCY 325 – The Sociology of Gender
SOCY498X – Selected Topics in Sociology:
Love and Marriage in Modern Society
WMST 400 – Theories of Feminism
WMST 498Q – Science Fiction Feminisms
GRADUATE LEVEL courses of interest:
AMST 6290 – Seminar in American Studies: Performance and Culture
AMST 629T – Seminar in American Studies: Body, Sexuality, and
Society
ENGL 668A – Readings in Modern Literary Theory: Queer
Theory
SPAN 798P – Queer Readings of Spanish Romantic, Realist and
Naturalist Writings
Native American Heritage Month Events
o
OMSE and American Indian Student
Union present the 8th annual Powwow on Saturday, December 8
from 10AM-6PM in the Riggs Alumni Center.
o
There will be Native American
food, music, and dancing. You can even bring your own drum! Don’t miss it!
The Last Closet Campaign
o This campaign will help encourage the first athletes in
US history to "come out" publicly while actively playing in any of
the top five major sports. Our goal is to establish at least one positive role
model in each sport (baseball, basketball, football, hockey and soccer). These
gay sports heroes will make a world of difference to our gay youth.
Would you like your announcement
or program to appear in Rainbow Report? The Report is typically sent out on
Mondays. To ensure your announcement’s consideration for publication, submit it
via this form at least one week in advance: http://lgbt.umd.edu/newsletteritem.html
Would you like the LGBT Equity
Center to consider co-sponsoring one of your events by lending our name,
resources, or outreach support? Please submit all co-sponsorship requests
through this web form at least one week prior to requesting a decision on your
co-sponsorship request. Resources are limited. http://lgbt.umd.edu/cosponsorship.html If you wish to
engage in a deeper collaboration beyond event co-sponsorship, please talk and
meet with us directly.
If you have any questions,
comments, or concerns, feel free to contact us at 301-405-8720, by e-mail at
lgbt@umd.edu, or come to our office. We are located in 2218 Marie Mount Hall.
