16th Annual URI Symposium on GLBTIQQ Issues
April 5th - 10th, 2010
April 5th - 10th, 2010
The Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Center
Announces
The 16th Annual URI Symposium on Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Intersex Queer and Questioning Issues
Narrating Equality: Speaking Our Truths
April 5th - 10th, 2010
The Symposium committee invites you to join in a celebration of GLBTIQQ diverse communities, rich history, and ongoing struggles by participating in the following stimulating programs.
All events are free and open to the public.
The Symposium programs and schedule are subject to modifications. All changes will be updated here as they are available.
In collaboration with the URI GLBT Center,
The Dana Shugar Colloquium
Presents
April 1st, 4-5:30 p.m. Swan 304
"Commemorating Dana Shugar and the History of
the URI Annual Gay and Lesbian Symposium"
Prof. Mary Cappello (English) and Prof. Jean Walton (English)
Dana Shugar Colloquium Lecture
GLBTIQQ Symposium Schedule At A Glance
Monday, April 5th
7:30 p.m. Hardge Forum, URI Multicultural Center
74 Lower College Road Kingston, RI 02881
Achieving Marriage Equality in Rhode Island and A History of Same Sex Marriage
Presented By: Marriage Equality Rhode Island (MERI)
MERI Director Kathy Kushnir with RI Representative Frank Ferri and Mark Goldberg
Reception, and conversation to follow
Tuesday, April 6th
12:00 Noon GLBT Center, Adams Hall
South Rm. 111
Global Issues Personal Narratives: A writing workshop introducing The World Voice Project and utilizing it to share our voice
Presented By: Joseph A Santiago
Tuesday, April 6th
7:30 p.m. Hardge Forum, URI Multicultural Center
74 Lower College Road Kingston, RI 02881
Gender Project, At Face Value
What is it with Gender anyway?
Presented By: Kristia Handfield and Jaye Watts
Reception, and conversation to follow
Wednesday, April 7th
11:00 a.m. Gallanti Lounge, URI Library 3rd Floor
ALANA U.S. Ethnic Studies Program at UVM - Implications for Diversity/Multicultural Studies at URI
Presented By: Brian Joseph Gilley, UVM ALANA U.S. Ethnic Studies Director
12:00 Noon Gallanti Lounge, URI Library 3rd Floor
HIV/AIDS in Native American Communities
Presented By: Brian Joseph Gilley
1:30 p.m. Gallanti Lounge, URI Library 3rd Floor
Transgender Research: Where It's Been, Where It Needs to Go
Presented By: Victor Ellingsen
2:30 p.m. Gallanti Lounge, URI Library 3rd Floor
Radical Faeries and Bears: An overview and comparison of two homomasculine communities
Presented By: Ron Suresha
3:30 p.m. Gallanti Lounge, URI Library 3rd Floor
Living with HIV/AIDS
Presented By: Darren Wells
Wednesday, April 7th
7:30 p.m. Hardge Forum, URI Multicultural Center
74 Lower College Road Kingston, RI 02881
Contingent Queers and Traditional Natives: Perspectives on Cultural
Conservative Two-Spirit People
Presented By: Brian Joseph Gilley, Author:
Becoming Two-Spirit: The Search for Self and Social Acceptance in
Indian Country, University of Nebraska Press.
Reception, and conversation to follow
Thursday, April 8th
Celebrating the Inauguration of Dr. David M. Dooley Today
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12:00 Noon Gallanti Lounge, URI Library 3rd Floor
Narratives of LGBT Students of Color
Our apologies this program has been Postponed for a later date TBA
Presented By: Annmarie Vaccaro
1:00 p.m. Gallanti Lounge, URI Library 3rd Floor
Discussion of LGBT Alcohol and Substance Abuse & Recovery Issues
Presented By: Brian Arcand
2:00 p.m. Gallanti Lounge, URI Library 3rd Floor
Creating LGBT Communities of Faith
Presented by members of Interweave from Channing Memorial Unitarian Church of Newport interweaveatchanningchurch.org
6:00 p.m. Hardge Forum, URI Multicultural Center
74 Lower College Road Kingston, RI 02881
Documenting Queer History
Presented By: Jen Manion
Thursday, April 8th
7:30 p.m. Hardge Forum, URI Multicultural Center
74 Lower College Road Kingston, RI 02881
Responding to Hate
Discussion Facilitated By: Jen Manion
Reception, and conversation to follow
Presented By: Jen Manion
Friday, April 9th
12:00 Noon Gallanti Lounge, URI Library 3rd Floor
LBT Intergenerational Women's Panel Discussion: Perspectives and Experiences With Gender and Orientation
Discussion Facilitated By: Morgan Cottrell
2:00 p.m.Gallanti Lounge, URI Library 3rd Floor
Options Newsmagazine: The publication of record for the LGBT community in Rhode Island
Presenter: Kim Stowell, Managing Director of Options
Friday, April 9th
7:30 p.m. Hardge Forum, URI Multicultural Center
Memorial Union, Atrium 1, 50 Lower College Road Kingston, RI 02881
BABYDOLL
An original play by Mike Miele,
Senior, URI Theater Department
Followed by
Musical Performance
By
Matt Wixson
Dance and refreshments after the performances
Saturday, April 10th
7:30 p.m. Hardge Forum, URI Multicultural Center
74 Lower College Road Kingston, RI 02881
Queering Woodstock
A Fabulous 60's Retro Party
Films, dance and prizes for the best 60's drag...
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In collaboration with the URI GLBT Center,
The Dana Shugar Colloquium
Presents
April 1st, 4-5:30 p.m. Swan 304
"Commemorating Dana Shugar and the History of
the URI Annual Gay and Lesbian Symposium"
Prof. Mary Cappello (English) and Prof. Jean Walton (English)
Dana Shugar Colloquium Lecture
In light of the Dana Shugar Colloquium series named in her memory, a
new generation of students from many fields, especially English and Women's Studies, want to know, "Who Was Dana Shugar?" In response to this query, English Professors Mary Cappello and Jean Walton will present an informal program the first week after vacation, on April 1st at 4 pm in Swan 304. They'll be sharing video footage of Dana from the 1995 First Annual Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies Symposium in which she presented from her then recently published ground-breaking book, Separatism and Women's Community, and will offer a context for understanding her feminist work and legacy. Cappello and Walton would like to invite members of the URI community who wish to join in answering our students' question, "Who Was Dana Shugar?" to share their words and their thoughts, formally or informally at this event following the 30 minute film screening.
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GLBTIQQ Symposium Complete Program Descriptions
Monday, April 5th
7:30 p.m. Hardge Forum, URI Multicultural Center
74 Lower College Road Kingston, RI 02881
Achieving Marriage Equality in Rhode Island and A History of Same Sex Marriage
Presented By: Marriage Equality Rhode Island (MERI)
MERI Director Kathy Kushnir with RI Representative Frank Ferri and Mark Goldberg
Reception, and conversation to follow
MERI is the lead organization in the fight for equal marriage for same-sex couples in Rhode Island. This program will include a video on Rhode Island and the history of Marriage Equality, an update on the campaign for Marriage Equality in Rhode Island, and a discussion of RI funeral planning legislation. This will be a great opportunity to learn more about the struggle and history of marriage equality and how you can get involved.
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Tuesday, April 6th
12:00 Noon GLBT Center, Adams Hall
South Rm. 111
Global Issues, Personal Narratives: A writing workshop introducing The World Voice Project and utilizing it to share our voice
Presented By: Joseph A Santiago
The World Voice book series has the goal of fostering communication and
commonality of all people across cultures, beyond borders and identities. This project presents an opportunity to become a part of one of the largest emerging community learning networks (CLN) of human sociocultural expression and inclusive global experience. In Joseph's words, "When we get together to share and write our experiences we begin to see ourselves as individuals that are part of constellations of culture and diversity instead of perceiving diversity as something that is separate from us and is acting upon our lives." The World Voice series inspires readers as it does contributors to take hold of their own creative capacity and to fashion their lives in a way that makes them proud to be living it!
In attending this workshop the audience will be engaging the vision of The World Voice series. After a brief introduction and sharing some personal narratives from the project, Joseph will invite the audience to share their voice on issues that affect their lives. The audience members who participate and submit their work from the writing workshop will have the opportunity to be considered for inclusion in the next internationally released volume of the World Voice project.
Joseph Santiago is an Independent Publisher, Program Coordinator with the URI GLBT Center, who is currently pursuing doctoral studies in Industrial and Organizational Psychology.
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Tuesday, April 6th
7:30 p.m. Hardge Forum, URI Multicultural Center
74 Lower College Road Kingston, RI 02881
Gender Project, At Face Value
What is it with Gender anyway?
Presented By: Krista Handfield and Jaye Watts
Reception, and conversation to follow
The Gender Project At Face Values purpose is to help answer this question. What is it with gender anyway? It creates a safe space for people of all ages, races, denominations, conditioning, and judgements, to experience a variety of gender expressions ranging from the hyper feminine, to androgynous, to hyper male and everything in between. It allows us to anyalze each face without being judged ourselves. It helps recognize the conditioning society has placed on us. This social conditioning forces us to establish the sex, a person was assigned at birth before knowing how to act toward them, rather than accepting, without judgement, the gender or lack of gender the person is expressing.
Krista Handfield is an artist and founder of The Gender Project. Jaye Watts is an administrator with YPI in Providence RI.
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Wednesday, April 7th
11:00 a.m. Gallanti Lounge, URI Library 3rd Floor
ALANA U.S. Ethnic Studies Program at UVM - Implications for Diversity/Multicultural Studies at URI
Presented By: Brian Joseph Gilley, UVM ALANA U.S. Ethnic Studies Director
Dr. Gilley will present an overview of the ALANA U.S. Ethnic Studies Program at University of Vermont. This will be an interactive session with the opportunity to discuss issues related to expanding diversity/ multicultural academic and developmental offerings at URI.
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12:00 Noon Gallanti Lounge, URI Library 3rd Floor
HIV/AIDS in Native American Communities
Presented By: Brian Joseph Gilley
Dr. Gilley's research program concerning HIV/AIDS among Native American communities examines the ways Native peoples incorporate HIV/AIDS into cultural constructions of illness causality and disease theories. This research also examines issues of stigma and alienation surrounding HIV infection. The goals of this research are to examine through a historical trajectory the ways HIV stigma in Native communities affects individuals' decisions surrounding care.
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1:30 p.m. Gallanti Lounge, URI Library 3rd Floor
Transgender Research: Where It's Been, Where It Needs to Go
Presented By: Victor Ellingsen
The past few decades have seen a drastic increase in the amount and scope of trans-related research. What has this research found? How applicable is it? What issues still need to be addressed? We will consider these questions in light of limitations inherent in the field of trans research.
Victor Ellingsen became co-director of Lifelines Rhode Island, a transgender support organization, in March of 2009. He has given educational presentations for groups such as PFLAG and URI’s GLBT Cetner’s Welcome Wednesdays, and has written for Options Magazine. He is looking forward to a career in psychological research.
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2:30 p.m. Gallanti Lounge, URI Library 3rd Floor
Radical Faeries and Bears: An overview and comparison of two homomasculine communities
Presented By: Ron Suresha
An overview of two unique contemporary homomasculine communities / subcultures - the Radical Faeries, and Bears - compares the social identities and gender presentations of these gay / bi / queer male communities. The presentation will draw conclusions and stimulate discussion on queer masculinities and gender presentations among self-identified faeries and bears.
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3:30 p.m. Gallanti Lounge, URI Library 3rd Floor
Living with HIV/AIDS
Presented By: Darren Wells
In Darren's words - "I plan to discuss the kinds of adjustments Ive had to make in order to accommodate my continued survival. Ive had to change my self-concept several times, from 20-something muscle twink to dying to fighting this thing to finally admitting that the virus has made me weaker, and limited my options and abilities, accepting that I could not pull myself up by my own bootstraps and make it without outside help. My latest challenge is making the transition from a disabled identity to a man reintegrating into the work force, and I plan to make that part the main focus of my presentation.
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Wednesday, April 7th
7:30 p.m. Hardge Forum, URI Multicultural Center
74 Lower College Road Kingston, RI 02881
Contingent Queers and Traditional Natives: Perspectives on Cultural
Conservative Two-Spirit People
Presented By: Brian Joseph Gilley, Author:
Becoming Two-Spirit: The Search for Self and Social Acceptance in
Indian Country, University of Nebraska Press.
Reception, and conversation to follow
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Thursday, April 8th
Celebrating the Inauguration of Dr. David M. Dooley Today
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Thursday, April 8th
12:00 Noon Gallanti Lounge, URI Library 3rd Floor
Narratives of LGBT Students of Color
Our apologies this program has been Postponed for a later date TBA.
Presented By: Annmarie Vaccaro
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Thursday, April 8th
1:00 p.m. Gallanti Lounge, URI Library 3rd Floor
Discussion of LGBT Alcohol and Substance Abuse & Recovery Issues
Presented By: Brian Arcand
Brian will stimulate an intimate conversation about embracing a positive gay identity while confronting the personal impact of alcohol and substance abuse.
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Thursday, April 8th
2:00 p.m. Gallanti Lounge, URI Library 3rd Floor
Creating LGBT Communities of Faith
Presented by members of Interweave from Channing Memorial Unitarian Church of Newport interweaveatchanningchurch.org
Interweave is a membership organization actively working toward ending
oppression based on sexual orientation and gender identity. We are a Unitarian
Universalist organization. We recognize how "religion" has traditionally
oppressed and shamed the Queer community making our explicit support
essential.
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Thursday, April 8th
6:00 p.m. Hardge Forum, URI Multicultural Center
74 Lower College Road Kingston, RI 02881
Documenting Queer History
Presented By: Jen Manion
We are, as a community, quite ignorant about the "Truths" which have been
spoken by those who came before us. From the perspective of an historian, Jen will discuss the challenges associated with, and the importance of recording and presenting Queer history.
As a community, lgbtq people are actually quite ignorant of our history. It is not our fault - most of us are not taught it in school.
In many ways, the queer past is actively suppressed. This presentation
will introduce participants to some basic resources in LGBTQ history
and highlight the work of the Queer Conn History project we are
working on at Connecticut College
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Thursday, April 8th
7:30 p.m. Hardge Forum, URI Multicultural Center
74 Lower College Road Kingston, RI 02881
Responding to Hate
Discussion Facilitated By: Jen Manion
Reception, and conversation to follow
This will be a panel discussion about different experiences of LGBT students and strategies for responding to bias incidents on campus.This roundtable discussion will bring together faculty, staff, and students from several campuses to describe their experiences with anti-lgbtq bias incidents and share strategies for effective responses.
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Friday, April 9th
12:00 Gallanti Lounge, URI Library 3rd Floor
LBT Intergenerational Women's Panel Discussion: Perspectives and Experiences With Gender and Orientation
Discussion Facilitated By: Morgan Cottrell
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Friday, April 9th
2:00 p.m. Gallanti Lounge, URI Library 3rd Floor
Options Newsmagazine: The publication of record for the LGBT community in Rhode Island
Presenter: Kim Stowell, Managing Director of Options
Description: There are very few nonprofit LGBT publications who have
published for as long as Options (in our 28th year!) How have we survived?
What is the secret to our success? What happened to the Mailing Night picture?
Learn more about Rhode Island's beloved newsmagazine, and help to chart its
course as it nears its 30th anniversary. This will be an entertaining session. Note: There will be some interesting items on hand for those interested in
the history of our community.
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Friday, April 9th
7:30 p.m. Hardge Forum, URI Multicultural Center
Memorial Union, Atrium 1, 50 Lower College Road Kingston, RI 02881
BABYDOLL
An original play by Mike Miele,
Senior, URI Theater Department
Followed by
Musical Performance
By
Matt Wixson
Matt Wixson, one of the only openly gay songwriters in the American
ska music scene, recounts his coming out process in both the private
and public realms. Following the discussion is an acoustic performance
of his relevant music.
Dance and refreshments after the performances
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Saturday, April 10th
7:30 p.m. Hardge Forum, URI Multicultural Center
74 Lower College Road Kingston, RI 02881
Queering Woodstock
A Fabulous 60's Retro Party
Films, dance and prizes for the best 60's drag...
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All symposium events take place in one of the two following locations:
Gallanti Lounge
University of Rhode Island Library
15 Lippitt Rd
Kingston, RI 02881
Hardge Forum
Multicultural Center, University of Rhode Island
74 Lower College Rd
Kingston, RI 02881
You can use Google Maps to find directions from your place to the above locations.
If you are taking I-95, here are directions to reach the University of Rhode Island:
From I-95 S: Take exit for N Kingstown/RI-4 S, Keep right at Tower Hill Rd/US-1 S, Turn right at Mooresfield Rd/RI-138. Keep going for 3.7 miles to reach University of Rhode Island.
From I-95 N: Take exit 3A for RI-138 E toward Newport/Kingston, Merge onto Kingstown Rd/RI-138. Continue to follow RI-138 for 10 miles to reach University of Rhode Island.
If you wish to attend the Symposium and require any sort of accomodation, please contact
Andrew Winters
E-mail: andrew@uri.edu
Phone: 401-874-2894
For general queries, press releases and miscellaneous information, please contact:
Andrew Winters
E-mail: andrew@uri.edu
Phone: 401-874-2894
All events are free and open to the public.
For general inquiries and other information please
contact:
Andrew Winters
E-mail: andrew@uri.edu
Phone: 401-874-2894
Mail:
18 Butterfield Rd
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI 02881
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