LGBTQA Awareness Month
Loyola Supports Love
Formerly GLTBQ Awareness Week, LGBTQA Awareness Month expanded this year into a full month of programs, events, and workshops that bring awareness to issues affecting the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer community and their Allies.
If you have any questions about LGBTQA Awareness Month or other LGBTQA programs or issues, please contact Sharon Claros at sclaros@luc.edu or at 773.508.8858.
LGBTQA Awareness Month Events: October 2009
Thursday, Sept. 24th
Color of Queer Kick-Off: Yossi & Jagger Dinner & Movie/Discussion
5pm, Mundelein 709
Saturday, October 26th
Family Weekend Multicultural Reception and Introduction of LGBTQA Alum Board
6:30pm, Information Commons 4th Floor
Thursday, October 1st
LUC’s LGBTQA Visibility Campaign
Phoenix Newspaper – DON’T FORGET TO PICK UP YOUR COPY!!!
Tabling
Noon-2pm
Loyola kicks off its 2nd Annual LGBTQA Awareness Month with an informational and fun filled tabling event along with a photo gallery of out and proud LUC LGBTQA students, faculty and staff community members. Stop by; pick up some LOYOLA SUPPORTS LOVE shirts, stickers, and buttons.
LGBTQA Awareness Month Kick-Off
5:30pm, CFSU Main Lobby
A DYNAMIC Spoken Word & open mic event starts at 5:30pm, showcasing various spoken word artists & a special performance by the Loyola Breakers.
Wednesday, October 7th
Wellness Fair & HIV Testing with The Center on Halsted
1 – 4pm, Gentile
Thursday, October 8th
Feminist Forum w/ Monica Edwards: LGB Media Portrayal
7:30pm, Quinlan Life Science Building 312
Friday, October 9th
Coming Out Ball at Columbia College
Meet at CFSU Lobby at 8pm
Saturday, October 10th
March on Washington
Contact Tim Libaris at TLibari@luc.edu.
Thursday, October 15th
HIV Testing at the Wellness Center with Howard Brown
2 – 4:30pm, 1st Come, 1st Serve
Amateur Drag Show
7:30pm, Regis MPR
Saturday, October 17th
Equality Dance
8:30pm – Midnight, BEANE HALL (Water Tower Campus)
Monday, October 19th
The Color of Queer Film Series, co-sponsored by Lambda Upsilon Lambda, Advocate & L.A.S.O.
Tal Como Somos/Just as We Are
Movie, Dinner & Dialogue
7:00-8:00pm, CFSU - ZIPS Lounge
Tuesday, October 20th
Wellness Open House w/ Lunch
12noon – 2pm, CFSU Lobby
Dinner, LGBTQA & Politics with IL State Rep. Greg Harris
7pm, Crown Center Lobby
Wednesday, October 21st
An Evening w/ Robyn Ochs
Loosening Your Gender Girdle
3:30pm, CFSU Lobby
Bisexuality, Feminism, Men and Me
7pm, CFSU Lobby
Friday, October 23rd
SAFE SPACE TRAINING
9am – NOON, Regis Hall
RSVP to sclaros@luc.edu by 5pm on Monday, Oct. 19th.
Note: Limited to 20 people & a full breakfast will be provided.
Wednesday, October 28th
LGBTQA & Spirituality
3:30pm, CFSU Lobby
Out in the Workplace
7pm, Information Commos, 4th Floor
Dinner Served
This panel will include alumni who will discuss the various concerns and issues of being "out" in a workplace and graduate school setting. The talk will include the panelists' experiences in internships, graduate school, and the general workplace. All are welcome to attend!
Thursday, October 29th
LGBTQA Closing Drag Show & Q & A w/ Taj Mahal and other Chicago Divas
7:30pm, CFSU Lobby
Brought to you by: The Dept. of Student Diversity & Multicultural Affairs, ADVOCATE – LUC’s LGBTQA Organization, Hillel, The Wellness Center, Residence Life Department, Lambda Upsilon Lambda, L.A.S.O., Ministry, The Center on Halsted, Broadway Youth Center, The Midwest Buddhist Temple, The Theology Department, Feminist Forum, USGA, and the Office of Student Activities.