Programs
Shout Out E-Newsletter
ShoutOUT! 2/13/2009
Welcome to ShoutOUT!, the LGBTQ Programming Office e-newsletter. If you have events that you would like to have included in ShoutOUT!, please send them to shoutout@lists.uchicago.edu by 10 pm on Tuesday for inclusion in the following Friday’s edition.
Around Campus
LGBTQ Programming Office News, Events & Opportunities
Hate Crimes & Hate Speech: OUTSpoken Speaker Series
Wednesday, February 6
7:00 PM
5710 South Woodlawn
Where does free speech end and hate speech begin? What legal rights are available to LGBT targets of hate crimes? Join James Madigan, Interim Executive Director of Equality Illinois in a lecture and discussion about hate crimes and hate speech. Dinner will be provided.
About Face Theatre: Stupid Kids
Saturday, February 217:30 PM
Center on Halsted3656 N. Halsted, 3rd Floo
Chicago, IL 60613
The LGBTQ Mentoring Program and the LGBTQ Programming Office are teaming up to provide discounted $5 tickets to About Face Theatre’s performance of Stupid Kids on Saturday, February 21 at 7:30 PM. The performance is at the Center on Halsted at 3656 N. Halsted on the 3rd floor.
Jump into a chaotic remix of teen pop culture from the 80's and today in JOHN C. RUSSELL'S cult classic play. About Face Theatre invites you to this retelling of Rebel Without a Cause where nobody dies in the end and everybody falls in love.
Tickets may be purchased at 5710 South Woodlawn on the following dates/times:
Friday, Feb 13: 2pm - 6pm: Room 208 (tickets will be sold during Fab Fridays from 3pm – 5pm in the LGBTQ Lounge)
Monday, Feb 15: 2pm - 5pm: Room 208
Tuesday, Feb 17: 10 am – 1pm, 5pm – 6pm: Room 208
Wednesday, Feb 18: 10am – Noon, 1pm – 6pm: Room 208
Thursday, Feb 19: 3pm - 7pm: See Linda Luk
Friday, Feb 20: 2pm – 6pm: Room 208 (tickets will be sold during Fab Fridays from 3pm – 5pm in the LGBTQ Lounge)
Limit four (4) tickets per person. Please have your University ID when purchasing tickets. Cash only. Please have exact change if possible.
Individuals are responsible for their own transportation to/from the show.
Gender Me: Homosexuality in the World of Islam: Queer Spirituality Series
Wednesday, February 25
7:00 PM
5710 South Woodlawn
Join us for a screening and discussion of this documentary that openly explores what it is like to be both gay and Muslim. Through the interrelated stories of a gay rights activist, a gay imam, drag artists, and others, Gender Me encourages discourse and engagement within Islam as a positive societal approach to coming to terms with sexual otherness, and seeks to advance a loving appreciation of the oneness of all humankind. Dinner will be provided.
Fab Fridays!
Every Friday
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
5710 South Woodlawn
A new Friday tradition at 5710! Join the LGBTQ Programming Office staff every Friday for coffee, tea and hot cocoa! Meet the staff, play games, challenge friends on the Wii, and hang out in the LGBTQ Lounge.
OpenSource Discussion Groups
5710 South Woodlawn
The OpenSource Discussion Groups are back! We’re also happy to announce that Over The Rainbow (Bi) is again meeting this quarter. Drop by an OpenSource meeting and get to know fellow students in a casual atmosphere. OpenSource meetings are open to all, graduate, professional and undergraduate students and allies/friends of LGBTQ individuals. The Winter Quarter Schedule is as follows:
LiVid (Lesbians/Queer Women)
Mondays @ 7:00 PM
Contact: taylor1986@uchicago.edu
Over the Rainbow (Bisexual)
Tuesdays @ 6:00 PM
Contact: cdkjacob@uchicago.edu
Lavender Maroons (Gay Men)
Tuesdays @ 7:30 PM
Contact: nelsonba@uchicago.edu
Intersection (LGBTQ People of Color)
Wednesdays @ 7:00 PM
Contact: klintj@uchicago.edu
Pronoun Hoedown (Trans /Genderqueer)
Thursdays @ 7:00 PM
Contact: nnicola@uchicago.edu or kisala@uchicago.edu
Other UC Events & Opportunities
What is Queer? Panel
Monday, February 16
7:30 PM
5710 South Woodlawn
Sponsored by Queers & Associates
What Is Queer? What is the difference between LGBT and Queer? Is Queer just a catch-all term, or is it doing something else? What about heterosexual people? Can they be Queer? Is there something political to the usage of the term Queer? Is Queer a movement? It it a non-identity? What is the relation of Queer to gender, sex, and sexuality?
Queers & Associates
Tuesdays at 7 p.m., 5710 S. Woodlawn, LGBTQ Lounge
QueeReligous
Thursdays at 5 p.m., 5710 S. Woodlawn, LGBTQ Lounge
Coming Out Support Group
Contact John McPherrin, PsyD at jkm@uchicago.edu
Registration for group is requires as space is limited. Group is for undergraduate and graduate students combined (subject to change depending on level of interest). Please email for more information.
Transgender Support Group
Contact Bindu Seth, M.A. at bseth@uchicago.edu
Registration for group is requires as space is limited. Group is for undergraduate and graduate students combined (subject to change depending on level of interest). Please email for more information.
Let’s Talk
Tuesdays, 2:30 – 4:30 p.m., I-House, Room 291
Fridays, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m., 5710 S. Woodlawn, Room 301
Free & confidential consultations and support with professional counselors on a variety of issues. No appointment necessary! Just drop in! All students are welcome!
Beyond The Midway
Sex +++ Film Series
2nd & $th Tuesdays
7:00 PM
Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
800 South Halsted
312.413.5353
Visit http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/Events/sexPositive/sexPositive.html for more details.
The R. Scott Hitt Foundation Internships
Deadline: May 8, 2009
The R. Scott Hitt Foundation is accepting applications for our 2009 cycle of applications. The flyer for their 2009 Internships is attached. The Hitt Foundation provides grant funding for college and post-graduate students to receive compensation for skill-building internships at pro-LGBT 501(C) non-profit organizations. Additional information is available at www.scotthittfoundation.org.
