Faculty & Staff Happy Hour at the Inn Complete on South Campus
Wednesday, July 25 at 5:30 p.m.
Meet out at the Inn Complete for fun, good food, and refreshments.

Shakespeare in the Park The Merry Wives of Windsor Friday, August 10 at 5:30 p.m.
Thornden Park Amphitheatre
Free. Meet at the LGBT Resource Center by 5:00 p.m. and we'll walk over.

SAGE/Upstate Annual Picnic
Sunday, August 12 at 2:00 p.m.
McKinley Ridge West Shelter at Oneida Shores Park
Email Adrea at aljaehni@syr.edu if you would like to carpool from Syracuse.

A new course has been added to the Fall 2007 set of LGBT Studies offerings. This course, titled Rhetoric of Social Movements, examines the rhetorics of various LGBT liberation movements as well as the current rhetoric of backlash.

CRS 400 - Rhetoric of Social Movements
Tahlia Fischer
Tues/Thurs: 2 PM - 3:30 PM

The UCLA Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Campus Resource Center announces the opening of the position of Assistant Director. The Assistant Director is part of a professional team that includes the director, Dr. Ronni Sanlo, counselor in residence Peter Carley, and a graduate assistant. The AD oversees daily operations of the LGBT Center including web site and supervision of student staff, promotes the LGBT Center's events and activities, advises students and student groups, and provides support, education, and advocacy on the UCLA campus regarding sexual orientation and gender identity issues. The Assistant Director maintains and updates community relations resources, and develops and implements strategies to educate current and prospective students, faculty, and staff about the lives, culture, and concerns of LGBT people at UCLA.

The UCLA Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Campus Resource Center is a department in the Division of Student Affairs, averages about 100 visit a day during the academic year, and maintains constant high visibility and activity. Masters Degree in Student Affairs, Student Personnel Administration, Higher Education, Social Justice Education, Counseling, Social Work, or a related field is required. Other required skills include web work such as dream weaver and face book. This is an SAO III position.

Deadline to apply is July 20th. Please email a cover letter and resume or cv to sanlo@ucla.edu.

POSTED: 9:38 pm EDT July 16, 2007
BOSTON -- After a tormented existence as a father, a husband, a Coast Guardsman and a construction worker, a 57-year-old suburban Boston man underwent a sex-change operation. Then she wrote off the $25,000 in medical expenses on her taxes.

But the IRS disallowed the deduction -- ruling the procedure was cosmetic, not a medical necessity -- in a potentially precedent-setting dispute now before the U.S. Tax Court.

Rhiannon O'Donnabhain is suing the IRS in a case advocates for the transgendered are hoping will force the tax agency to treat sex-change operations the same as appendectomies, heart bypasses and other deductible medical procedures. The case is set to go to trial July 24.