"Blessed is the influence on one true, loving human soul on another."
~George Eliot~

All quotes for this section are taken from: "A Book of Bliss: thoughts to make you smile." Sourcebooks, INC. Naperville, Illinois. 2002.

"Family Weekend Reception"
10:00 a.m.
Sunday, November 11
LGBT Resource Center
Families of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) and Ally students can tour the Center, meet the staff, and see what the LGBT Center has to offer. RSVPs encouraged to lgbt@syr.edu.

"Transgender Lives & Experiences"
7:30 p.m.
Monday, November 12
LGBT Resource Center
Please join us for a panel discussion on Transgender Lives and Experiences in the SU and broader Syracuse community. Our panelists will offer diverse insights into matters such as personal experiences with understanding gender identity and expression, the day-to-day experience of transgender identified individuals, and what can be done by allies who wish to advocate for and support the transgender community. A question and answer session will also be included. ALL are welcome to come to this free event!!!
This event will be in place of Planet Orange for the week. For more information please contact the LGBT Resource Center at 443-3983 or lgbt@syr.edu.

"International Panel on LGBT Issues"
8:00 p.m.
Wednesday, November 14
Kittredge Auditorium
Join members of the Syracuse University LGBTQ community as we learn more about issues relating to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning students in the international community. Panelists will cover issues ranging from LGBTQ people in popular culture, law and human rights issues, coming out, support for the LGBT community and LGBTQ rights movements in different countries. A brief presentation will be followed by a question and answer session. Everyone is encouraged to attend. This event is sponsored by the LGBT Resource Center and the Slutzker Center for International Services, please contact lgbt@syr.edu for more information.

"Trans Day of Rememberance Services"
12:00 p.m.
Friday, November 16
Hendricks Chapel
Join us in honoring those who have passed due to violence against transgender individuals and gather for information on how you can be an ally to the transgender community. For more information please contact lgbt@syr.edu.

New LGBT Studies Course Added to Spring Schedule!
QSX: Queer Spiritualities
Queer Spiritualities examines diverse LGBT practices of spirituality, whether religious, secular, or those deemed illicit and taboo. We will explore these topics from an historical and a contemporary perspective, giving particular attention to issues and topics that relate to race, gender, geography, religion of origin, and questions of empowerment and choice. Students will read scholarly articles and books, analyze contemporary novels, and view films, as they explore queer spirituality within its broader connection to the larger human experience.
Taught by Dr. Kelly Sprinkle, the Protestant Chaplain at Hendricks Chapel, this course will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30-4:50 in 307 Tolley. The course number is 40603.

"Queer Memory and the Archive of AIDS."
FINAL FILM SCREENING for the Queer Visual Culture Series.
7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, November 13
Grant Auditorium, College of Law
A program of short videos that interrogate the archive of AIDS cultural activism of the 1980s and 90s, posing important questions about queer memory.
Sponsored by the LGBT Studies Program this program is FREE and open to all.

"International Education Week."
November 8-16
All of Campus
The mission of International Education Week at Syracuse University is to celebrate cultural difference among students of all colors, their fellow international students, and all of the diverse populations of the City of Syracuse and the Central New York Area. We invite you to embrace the diversity on the SU campus and in the city! For a complete schedule of events click here.

Ever wonder what you'll look like in 20, 30 or 50 years? Stop by Health Services on Tues Nov. 13th 11:30-3:30 and find out. Representatives from the Onondaga County Health Department will be here with their 'aging software' that shows you how you'll look as you get older. See the effects of smoking and tanning on your future appearance!

Big tobacco targets LGBT people in their marketing, and as a result, our community has the highest rates of smoking among any minority group. Tobacco use kills more people than AIDS, alcohol, drug abuse, car crashes, injuries, murders and suicides combined. The Gay American Smokeout is on Thurs. Nov. 15th. To get ready to quit, call the New York State Smokers Quitline at 1-866-NY-QUITS (1-866-697-8487) for free nicotine replacement products and counseling or visit their website at www.nysmokefree.com. Health Services (315-443-9005) provides counseling and prescription medication to help you quit and stay smoke free. To learn more about how big tobacco targets the LGBT community, visit www.gaysmokeout.net.

Social support can help you quit for good. If you'd like to quit with friends from the LGBT Resource Center, send us an email at lgbt@syr.edu . If there is enough response, we will form a smoking cessation group at the Center.

The men's book club meets the second Thursday of each month. At this meeting, Cormac McCarthy's The Road will be discussed.

"Illuminated by extraordinary tenderness. . . . Simple yet mysterious, simultaneously cryptic and crystal clear. The Road offers nothing in the way of escape or comfort. But its fearless wisdom is more indelible than reassurance could ever be." -The New York Times

McCarthy may have just set to paper the definitive vision of the world after nuclear war, and in this recent age of relentless saber-rattling by the global powers, it's not much of a leap to feel his vision could be not far off the mark nor, sadly, right around the corner.Dennis Lehane

Event Info
The Lavender Inkwell Bookshoppe
304 N. McBride St.
Syracuse, New York 13203
Thurs. Nov. 8 at 6:00 PM

The Women's Book Club will meet on Thrusday Nov. 15th at 6:00 PM. This month features Dorothy Allison's Bastard Out of Carolina.

Set in the rural South, this tale centers around the Boatwright family, a proud and closeknit clan known for their drinking, fighting, and womanizing. Nicknamed Bone by her Uncle Earle, Ruth Anne is the bastard child of Anney Boatwright, who has fought tirelessly to legitimize her child. -Kimberly G. Allen

"Allison spikes her critically acclaimed first novel, a National Book Award nominee, with pungent characters, and saturates it with a sense of its setting-- Greenville, S.C. " Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Event Info
The Lavender Inkwell Bookshoppe
304 N. McBride St.
Syracuse, New York 13203
Thurs. Nov. 15 at 6:00 PM

The Cornell Women's Resource Center, D.A.S.H. (Direct Action to Stop Homophobia), and The LGBT Resource Center cordially invite people of ALL genders and sexual orientations to join them for an evening of divine sexual exploration:

ANAL SEX 101: Everything You Wanted to Know (But Were Afraid to Ask) With Qualified Sexpert Tristan Taormino

That's right! You read it correctly! Tristan Taormino, the author of The Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Women, editor of the award-winning Best Lesbian Erotica series, columnist, and renowned sex educator, is coming to Cornell to talk with us for one night only. And it's FREE!

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2007 8:00 P.M.
KAUFMAN AUDITORIUM (Goldwin Smith Hall)

No experience is necessary!

For more information, contact adi6@cornell.edu. This is an accessible event.

Funded in part by The CWRC, Haven, The CUPB, & The SAFC. The CWRC and Haven are supported by the Office of the Dean of Students and are funded in part by the Student Activity Fee.

The UWM LGBT Resource Center plans to hire an Assistant Director/Student Services Specialist with an anticipated start date of 2/1/08. The position has officially been posted on the UWM employment website under Student Affairs. Click HERE for more information.

Outfest is looking for an intern for the Outfest Legacy Project, a partnership between the UCLA Film & Television Archive and Outfest, the organization the produces the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. This paid position will be directly involved in Conservation and Preservation efforts at both organizations. At the Archive, the intern will focus on accessioning, with an emphasis on the recently acquired PARIS IS BURNING outtakes collection at the UCLA Film & Television Archive. At Outfest, the intern will investigate potential restoration projects and track rare independent LGBT work. These projects will serve to familiarize the intern with archival and preservation processes and workflow within non-profit organizations.

Qualified candidates will ideally be in graduate school with an interest in moving image archiving, a background or interest in queer film and knowledge of FileMaker Pro or equivalent databases. This internship may be used towards academic credit in an accredited program. Interested candidates should send applications by December 3rd to May Hong HaDuong, legacy project manager, at 213.480.7096 or legacyproject@outfest.org.