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Fall 2007 Schedule updated September 8th 2007. Please scroll down for a detailed event schedule.
Recent Highlights
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New Pride Officers!
Click on the "officers" link to meet the new Pride Alliance officers!
Ally Action Event!
Frist 246 (LGBT Center)
Tuesday, December 4, 8 PM
Are you willing to take action as an ally to the LGBT community? This is your chance to proactively support Princeton’s queer students and make a unified, campus-wide statement. Come out to cut and then distribute ally triangle signs – one for every dorm room – for a more visibly supportive campus. FREE OLD WORLD PIZZA and BENT SPOON DESSERTS. Bring scissors and your favorite mix CD!
National Coming Out Day Rally
Frist North Lawn
Thursday October 11th, Noon-1:30
Come and show your pride at the annual National Coming Out Day Rally. Anyone and Everyone that wants to speak will have a chance. If you'd rather not speak, then just come and add to our Chain of identities that we will be making.
Annual Terrace Drag Ball
Where: Terrace
When: Friday October 5th, 10pm-12am
Charge: 3 dollars at the door with PUID (free for members of Terrace)
Come and be fabulous at Terrace's annual Drag Ball. Dress to impress and compete for the titles of King and Queen of the Ball (complete with prizes). If being the center of attention isn't your thing, then come dance the night away and cheer for your favorite king and queen as they compete for the thrown.Sponsored by the Queer Radicals.
Pride Week 2007:
Love=Love
On February 13th we had our famous Love=Love postering event, where the Pride Alliance covered the campus with posters in which gay (and straight) couples kissed. Princeton University woke up on Valentine's Day to find the new decor in place:
[Read the Daily Princetonian Article]
Featured Webiste: Overcoming Homophobia on College Campuses
Fall 2007
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Tuesday, September 11 2007: LGBT Pride Alliance Ice Cream Social
10:30 p.m.–Midnight at the LGBT Center, Frist 246
Come to the Pride Alliance’s annual kick-off event to welcome new students. Find out more about the Pride Alliance and enjoy delicious ice cream sundaes. Sponsored by the Pride Alliance.
Saturday, September 15, : Welcome Back BBQ
5–7 p.m at Fields Center Courtyard (86 Olden)
Welcome our new students and our new year. This is a great chance to meet people and enjoy our fabulous cookout. Sponsored by the LGBT Center, Pride Alliance, and Queer Graduate Caucus.
Monday, September 17: LGBT Center Fall Convocation
Celebrating Our Community with Amber Hollibaugh
5 p.m. at Frist Theater, Room 301
Please join us for our LGBT Fall Convocation where will explore this year’s theme—Celebrating Our Community—and share the exciting changes and events for this upcoming year. Amber Hollibaugh, Senior Strategist for NGLTF, will be our featured speaker for the evening. Her work has focused on policy change, aging, economic justice, women’s issues, sexual politics, HIV and AIDS, and queer identities. She has been a force in the movement working to transform the LGBT community to be more inclusive and to provide greater access to all. Reception to follow at the LGBT Center. Sponsored by the LGBT Center.
Friday, September 21: Being LGBT at Princeton
Noon–1:30 p.m. at Frist 243
Join us for a lunch discussion about the LGBT campus community, the resources we provide, and what it is like to be “out of the closet” at Princeton. Lunch provided. Sponsored by the LGBT Center, LGBT Peer Educators, and SHARE.
(more coming very soon!)
Spring 2007
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March 1st - 3rd: Queer Articulations
Our gay film series. Click here to go to the Queer Articulations page!!!
March 2: Shortbus CONCERT!
11 pm at Terrace Club
Scott Matthew and Jay Brannan, two solo guitarists who wrote and performed music for Shortbus, will be giving a concert at Terrace in conjunction with Queer Articulations. There may also be a guest appearence by Peter Sickles who plays Caleb.
March 7th: ALLY PROJECT
6pm - 8pm in the Frist Multipurpose room
Karen Krahulik '91, Associate Dean of the College at Brown University and former Director of the Center for LGBT Life at Duke University, will be coming to make a presentation about how to be an ally and educate the campus about issues affecting the LGBT community. If you are interested in attending please contact Jennifer M. Smith at jmstwo@princeton.edu to reserve space!
April 9th - 15th: PRIDE WEEK
A week of celebration including our annual ice cream social called "Gay on the Grass" on April 13th, on the south lawn of the Frist Campus Center. This is during the April Hosting week and prospective students visiting this weekend are encouraged to attend.
Queering the Color Line
Monday, April 9th, 6pm - Frist 243
This is a welcoming supportive space for LGBT people of color to meet other students, staff, and faculty. Stop in, hang out, and have dinner, which is provided.
Sponsored by the Field's Center, Frist Campus Center, LGBT Center, and the Women's Center.
Biphobia Discussion
Wednesday April 11th, 5:30-7 - Mathey Private Dining Room
Come join us for a catered dinner and to discuss biphobia, the fear of bisexuals. What is biphobia? Aren't bisexuals just greedy? Why does bisexuality face such negative attitudes from the straight and the gay community?
Sponsored by the Pride Alliance and Mathey College
"But I'm a Cheerleader" and Discussion
Thursday, April 12th, 9pm - Frist 246: LGBT Center Rainbow Lounge
Watch the 1999 film "But I'm a Cheerleader" about Megan, the all American Girl, who gets sent off to "sexual redirection camp" when her parents suspect that she might be a lesbian. Following the film we will discuss the portrayal of reparative therapies and the stereotypes addressed in the film.
Sponsored by the Pride Alliance
Coming Out Queer and Asian
Friday, April 13th, Noon - 243 Frist
Several LGBT peer educators will speak about the intersection of their identities of being Asian or Asian American and our of the closet. This program is part of APAHM. Lunch will be provided.
Sponsored by the Asian American Student Association, APAHM, Chinese Student Association, LGBT Center, LGBT Peer Education Program, Pride Alliance, Queer Graduate Caucus.
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Meet and Greet
Friday, April 13, 3:30-4:30 p.m. - 246 Frist Campus Center
Are you interested in knowing what LGBT life is like on campus or what it is like to be a LGBT student at Princeton? Come hear current undergraduate students and The LGBT Center staff speak about academic and social life on campus.
Meet the Pride Alliance Officers!
Friday, April 13th, 10:30-12 pm - Frist 246: LGBT Center Rainbow Lounge
Come and hang out with Pride Alliance officers, and ask any questions you have about the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender communities on Princeton's campus. Snacks and desserts will be served. Allies more than welcome.
Sponsored by: The Pride Alliance, LGBT Center, USG Projects Board
All-Ivy Drag Competition
Saturday, April 14th, 11pm - Frist South Lawn
Watch out Ivy League athletics, there is a new competition in town! Drag
Kings and Queens from our fellow Ivy League universities and a few
Princetonians will don the stage in the second, even more glamorous than before, All-Ivy Drag Competition.
Sponsored by the LGBT Center, Pride Alliance, and Queer Graduate Caucus, Alchohol Initiative
Gay on the Grass
Sunday, April 15th, 3-4pm - Dodd Courtyard
Come join us outside for ice cream and the queer community. As always, allies are encouraged to attend. If it is too cold or rainy for comfort outside the event will be moved to the rainbow lounge.
April 18th: The Day of Silence
Allies are encouraged to take a vow of silence for the day to show their solidarity with and draw attention to their LGBT peers and peole around the world who's voices are silenced due to homophobia and fear.
April 19th: Queer Works in Progress
4:30 pm
Students report on LGBT academic work including Junior Papers, Theses, and dissertations; reception to follow.
May 12th: Lavendar Graduation and Queer Formal
Lavendar Graduation is a special ceremony to celebrate the achievements of LGBT students on campus and recognize their contributions to the campus community.
The ceremony will be followed by a formal dinner in Prospect House hosted by the Fund for Reunion/BTGALA, Princeton's gay alumni organization.
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