Rainbow Report
University of Maryland, College Park
“The
unstoppable & QUEER.”
“No I do not weep at the world—I am too
busy sharpening my oyster knife.”
-Zora Neale
Hurston
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:
oSTEM
o TOMORROW,
November 6, in the Kim Engineering Building.
o Room
is TBA, but check the oSTEM
Facebook group for updates.
o There
will be board games!
Pride Alliance General Body Meeting
o Sunday,
November 11th at 7PM in the Pride Alliance office—0207J in the
student involvement suite.
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.
o Tuesdays at 7:00 PM
in the LGBT Equity Center.
Bro to Bro
o A
group for LGBTQQIA- identified men.
o 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.
o 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.
o Thursdays at 7:00 PM
in the LGBT Equity Center
Additional Announcements:
Rally For Marriage Equality
o TODAY, Monday,
November 5th in the Prince George’s Room in Stamp from 3-5PM
o Governor Martin
O’Malley will be speaking from 3-3:30! Don’t miss
him!
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.
Courses in LGBT Studies for Spring 2013
o The courses listed may be used to
fulfill individual requirements for the minor and certificate in LGBT Studies,
as well as some General Education and CORE requirements.
o
LGBT Courses
for Spring 2013
o
LGBT 200 – Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies
o
LGBT 265 – Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Literatures
o
LGBT 285 – Homophobia in the U.S. Society in the New Millennium
o
LGBT 327 – Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Film and Video
o
LGBT 359M – Queer Comedy
o
LGBT 386 – Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Organization
Internship
o
LGBT 448C – Sex and the City
o
LGBT 448M – Advanced Study of Queer Latina/o Cultures: Migration and
Sexuality
o
LGBT 494 – Lesbian Communities and Differences
o
LGBT 499 – Independent Study
o
Also being offered are the following
approved LGBT electives:
o
AASP 498Y – Special Topics in Black
Culture: Sex Work
o
AMST 289A – Shifting Sands:
Constructing Cultural Mainstreams and Margins in the U.S.
o
EDCP 418I – Special Topics in Leadership:
LGBT Leadership
o
EDHI 338N – Teaching & Learning
about Cultural Diversity through Intergroup Dialogue: LGBT/Heterosexual
o
FMSC 330 – Family Theories and
Patterns
o
HIST289N – The Politics of Sex in
America: A Historical Approach
o
HLTH 377 – Human Sexuality
o
HONR 258W – Exploring Homophobia:
Demystifying Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Issues
o
ISRL 449W – Advanced Topics in
Israel Studies: Women and Gender in Israel
o
JWST 491 – Judaism and the
Construction of Gender
o
PSYC 332 – Psychology of Human
Sexuality
o
SOCY 325 – The Sociology of Gender
o
SOCY498X – Selected Topics in
Sociology: Love and Marriage in Modern Society
o
WMST 400 – Theories of Feminism
o
WMST 498Q – Science Fiction
Feminisms
o
GRADUATE LEVEL courses of interest:
o
AMST 6290 – Seminar in American Studies: Performance and Culture
o
AMST 629T – Seminar in American Studies: Body, Sexuality, and Society
o
ENGL 668A – Readings in Modern Literary Theory: Queer Theory
o
SPAN 798P – Queer Readings of Spanish Romantic, Realist and Naturalist Writings
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.
