The Gaily Princetonian Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Alliance Newsletter November Supplement/December 1994 306 Aaron Burr Hall, Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey 08544 (609) 258-4522 *As always, the editors of the GP are stressed out about getting this mailing to you, so this intro will be brief. Please note the flyer, "Reinventing LGBA," and take time to respond to the questionnaire. We have also enclosed a calendar insert to help you keep all of these events straight, so to speak. Have a festive holiday season! *Let's Talk About Sex...The LGBA and Health Education will be sponsoring men's & women's Safer Sex Workshops on Mon., Dec. 5 at 7:30p.m. in WOW and HIM meetings. The Raising Women's Voices 5 Festival will include a workshop on Friday, Dec.. 2 entitled, "Be the Bomb That You Throw: Queer Women Respond to Victimization." The presenters will be JoAnn Boscarino, Jennifer Kates, Nanci Young, and Joellyn Monahan. Sensei Linda Ranson is willing to offer co-ed self defense classes to lgb students, faculty, and staff. If you're interested, contact Caitlin Shaw right away (cmshaw@flagstaff:258-8889). *The Department of Romance Languages will be offering a student seminar entitled, "Paradigms of Gay French Fiction." All literature will be read in translation. Contact Jason Rudy (jrrudy@phoenix; 258-9921) for details. *For the last event of the year, we will host a Holiday Party on Monday, Dec. 12. Time & place will be announced. *Fund for Reunion/Princeton GALA will host a reception for students & board members on Saturday, Dec. 3 at Terrace Club. Queers in Cyberspace! Thanks to Ted Huffmire '97, the LGBA home page is up on the World Wide Web! If you want to post something, e-mail huffmire@phoenix. Gopher is also being regularly updated. *For a good time, call 258-4522...Are you lonely? To hear the latest announcements about the LGBA, call our hotline at 8-4522 and press #1. You can also voice mail the LGBA by sending messages to 2-4522. Community Meeting Wednesday, December 7 at 7:30p.m. Murray Dodge Cafe -Announcements -Discussion of "Reinventing the LGBA" -"Sex Cross Talk: Queer Men and Queer Women Talk About Sex," led by Jennifer Kates GS and Kamal Fizazi '95, leaders of yet another group, "Q ueers U nited for a S ex P ositive S ociety" throwing open the closets of impossibility LGBA Coordinator, Jen Handler, will have office hours at 306 Aaron Burr on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 3-5p.m. Also, Jen's office is at 318 West College (handler@ariel; 258-1353). The LGBA film festival, Queer Articulations 1995, is getting under way, and we are looking for students/faculty to present work relating to queer subject matter and motion pictures. Call Jen Handler at 258-4522 for details. Group Updates: LGB Task Force & President's Advisory Committee will meet on Tues., Dec. 13 at 4p.m. in West College. The Subcommittee on Academics will meet Tues., Dc. 6 at 4:30p.m. at Firestone A-3-C. To add to the agenda, call Michael Montgomery at 8-5307. The Subcommittee on Campus Climate will meet on Wed., Dec. 7 at 1p.m. Contact Jen Handler at 258-4522 for details. WOW(Women-Oriented Women), for lesbian/bi/questioning women meets on Mondays at 7:30p.m. at the Women's Center. On Monday, Dec. 5, there will be a safer sex workshop with Catherine O'Neill. HIM (He's Interested in Men) is a group for gay/bi/questioning men that meets on Mondays at 7:30p.m. in Murray Dodge West Room. On Monday, Dec. 5, we ill host a men's safer sex workshop. Contact Suman Chakraborty or Derrick Brown for details. BIG (Bisexual Interest Group) is a social/support group for bi- students. Contact Ray Jennings at 258-4522 for more. Q'97/Q'98 for queer underclasses meets on Sundays in the residential colleges. Call Suman Chakraborty for more info. QUEST is a confidential, student-run questioning/coming out group. Contact Jennifer Kates at jkates@phoenix or go to a meeting on Wednesdays at 9:15p.m. in the Murray Dodge West Room. QUICK is a new social/support group for people of color. Contact Suman C. for more. On a Queer Day You Can See Forever: December 11, 1994: Reinventing LGBA We have reached a critical juncture in the history of the LGBA. We are in a time of transition and transformation. To facilitate this conversation, there will be a retreat for all people who want o participate. This will be a time in which all voices can be heard--a time to forge a common vision together. We will begin at 10a.m. The location will be announced, and brunch will be provided. Call 258-4522 to let us know youÕre coming. LGBA Questionnaire As we undertake to reinvent the lgb community at Princeton, it is important that we hear from as as many people as possible. Both the LGBA as an organization and the Coordinator's Office exist to serve _your_ needs. This survey is designed to find out how well he LGBA is currently serving those needs, and to discover that is missing from the LGBA. Please answer the following questions with the intention to express your vision and hopes for the lgb community at Princeton. Please send your replies to the LGBA. Take as much space as you need on the back of this sheet to answer the following questions. Thank you. 1. Please tell us something about yourself: gender___ class/staff___identification/orientation_____ 2. Which groups do you attend (if any)? [HIM, WOW, etc.] ___Why do you attend? Of the groups for which you are eligible, bug don't attend, why not? 3. What kinds of programming would you like to see? [conferences, monthly speakers, monthly dances, debates from within the community, etc.] 4. What are five issues that you would like for the LGBA to address? 5. What kind of role should the LGBA have (political, social, support, etc.)? 6. Are there any "pet projects" that you would like to see happen? 7. Take some space to make any other comments. What would serve _you_, what do you need, etc.? December 1994 Dec. 5: Safer Sex Workshops for boys and girls! @ 7:30pm (locations TBA) Dec. 6: Academics Sub-Committee of LGB Task Force (Firestone A-3-C @ 4:30pm) Dec. 7: Campus Climate Sub-Comm (Women's Center @ 1pm) Community Meeting: Sex Cross-Talk (Cafe @ 7:30pm) QUEST (West Room @ 9:15) Dec. 11: LGBA RETREAT: "Reinventing LGBA" @ 10am. Dec. 12: HOLIDAY PARTY! (TBA) Dec. 13: LGB Task Force Meeting (West College @ 4pm)