Labor Day LGBTA Community Picnic!
The LGBT Resource Center staff would like to invite the entire community out for this event at the center. There is no better way to welcome everyone back than a picnic in our back yard. Food will be provided, we just encouage everyone to RSVP to LGBT@syr.edu, show up and be prepared to have fun.
Monday September 3rd, from 12:00 noon to 3:00 PM
750 Ostrom Avenue

First Cafe Q
Join your friends for this week's edition of Café Q on Thursday, Sept. 6 from 8-10 pm. Your chance to sit back, relax and unwind after a long week of classes. This group will surely bring you back into focus for the next week. Set-up in a coffee shop format all are bound to enjoy. Contact Lauren at the LGBT Resource Center for more info. lbadamsk@syr.edu.

First Fusion
Fusion is a group for LGBT students, faculty, and staff of color to gather and celebrate the diversity within the LGBT community. Facilitated by Amit Taneja of the LGBT Resource Center and Tanya Bowen of the Counseling Center, this is your chance to explore your cultural background as well as others in your community. This weeks free dinner will be featuring Asian Cousine! Sponsored by the LGBT Resource Center and the Division of Student Affairs.
Thursday, Sept 6th at 6:00pm. Please RSVP to Amit at ataneja@syr.edu.

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City Tour: Exploring LGBT Life Off Campus
Sunday, September 9th
Join the LGBT Resource Center and Learning Community for a trip around the city of Syracuse. Stopping at the Lavender Inkwell Bookstore, Sugar Pearl Coffee Shop and a SAGE Upstate Intergenerational Panel and potluck; there is sure to be lots of queer adventures in the city. Free dinner will be included!
Meet at 750 Ostrom Ave no later than 3:00PM and we will be returning to campus by 6:30PM.
RSVP to Adrea Jaehnig at aljaehni@syr.edu

First Pride Union Metting
An excellent way to meet other Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Ally students. This group meets every Wednesday at 9:00PM right in the LGBT Resource Center.
For more information please contact SUPrideUnion@yahoo.com.

First Open Doors Meeting
This is the week of firsts!
Open Doors is a graduate student group that exists to promote openess and honesty. Open to all this group meets the first and third tuesday and the second and fourth wednesday of every month at 7:30PM. Meetings are held at the LGBT Resource Center.
Contact opendoorssu@yahoo.com for more information.

Kristopher Goodrich is conducting doctoral research with the Counseling and Human Services Department. He is interested in talking with parents of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual children who have had success since their childrens disclosure.

If you know of anyone who is interested in being a part of Kris' story please contact Kris at kmgoodri@syr.edu or 315-727-2968. For more information please see the complete letter of request below.

Hello, my name is Kristopher Goodrich and I am a doctoral student in Syracuse University's Counseling & Human Services Department. I am currently working on a project for my graduate degree in which I am exploring the experiences of heterosexual parents of lesbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) children.

For my research project, I am interested in individuals who have successfully integrated their experiences since their child's disclosure. Participants would be heterosexual mothers or fathers of lesbian, gay or bisexual children who have had a successful experience since their child disclosed to them that they were LGB.

If you are interested in participating in the study, or know of a person who you think would be a good participant for this project, I would ask to sit down for an interview of about 1 hour. All information shared would be kept confidential and would be destroyed at the completion of the research project. In any articles I write or any presentations that I make, I will use a made-up name for the participants, and I will not reveal details (or I will change details) about where people live or work.

I very much appreciate your taking out the time to read this message. I look forward to hearing from you and further discussing the possibility of your participation in this project.

If you are someone who is passionate about social issues dealing with sexual assault this is an opportunity for you. e5m is an interactive theater group that seeks to raise awareness about sexual assault

Drama experience is NOT necessary ... Dedication to the cause IS!

This Group will be meeting on Monday nights from 5:30-7:30 at the Lower Level of Health Services (111 Waverly).

Contact Jill Sneider for more information at jasneidi@syr.edu or 315-443-7126

(Des Moines, IA, August 30, 2007) ---- A 63 page decision issued today by the Iowa District Court for Polk County said that same-sex couples must be allowed to marry based on the Iowa Constitution's guarantee of equal treatment under the law. The case was filed by Lambda Legal on behalf of six same-sex couples and their families in Iowa.