Minutes from 9/25 Exec Board Meeting

GLOW Exec Meeting Minutes 9/25

I     BarbeQueer!

A)     Good J great vibe

B)     We heart Ben Rinehart’s kids

C)     Freshpeeps felt welcome

D)     We need to clean up!

E)     Next time assign people to be in charge of certain things like refilling chips etc

F)     We got $10 in donations for AIDS Walk

II     Filling our debt

A)     We have until Nov 1 to come up w/ the $

B)     Bake sale and coffee?

C)      Oct 17 and 18

III     Tabling in Tues 9/27

A)     Meghan and Reiko will be getting the stuff from Chuck on Monday

B)     Meghan email volunteers

IV     AIDS Walk

A)     We are going!

B)     We have at least one van! (we can possibly get a second van or a 15 passenger)

C)     Reiko email by tomorrow and everyone has to respond by wed midnight

D)     Leaving at 8am

V     Coming out Day 10/11/11

A)     We got Pusey from 7:30-10:00

B)     Remind people that we want everyone to be able to talk

C)     Fun Posters!

D)     Tabling w/ safe space signs

E)     Advertise on TVs and table tents

VI     Advertise our meetings

A)     Val will do it by next meeting

B)     Share w/ faculty

C)     Post some on campus, and get it approved to be posted in Warch

VII     Things to do to integrate group

A)     Execs sit and make connections with new people

B)     Game night/ GLOWpover

C)     Do things in small groups and then large groups

VIII     Next Meeting: Safe Space

A)     Safe space discussion

B)     Defining it

C)     Discuss w/ Helen

D)     Invite peeps

E)     Use Sparkles the Unicorn as a tool to help facilitate taking turns talking

IX     Things to do soon:

A)     MOVIE NIGHTS!

1)     Vote for a time next mtg

B)     Pronouns poster and possible activity?

Barbequeer!

GLOW's first major event of the 2011-2012 year is a barbecue- or, as we prefer to so cleverly call it, a Barbequeer. Join us on September 24 (that's a Saturday) from 12:00-4:00 p.m. at the GLOW house (128 Union Ave., behind Plantz and with the rainbow windsock!) Everyone is so welcome, it's ridiculous.

Hey everyone

Hope you've all had an awesome summer!

We've recently created a GLOW page on Facebook to that make it easier for people (especially freshman) to find out about us, so please go "like" it! http://www.facebook.com/GLOWLU?sk=wall

Just to let you know, we've registered as a team to participate in the 2011 AIDS Walk Wisconsin. Our team name is "Lawrence University GLOW" as a team. Go to http://www.aidswalkwis.org/site/PageServer?pagename=awhomepage if you'd to join our team or make a donations! The walk will be on Saturday, October 1. Tell your friends too and we hope you can come!

The exec board is hoping to plan some "get to know you" events in the early weeks of school. We're really excited to see you all in a couple weeks!

Reiko

Pride Week, New York, etc.!

I marched in the Chicago Pride Parade the other day with the ACLU of Illinois. What a great experience- my hand was sore from high fives by the end and I got horribly sunburned, but seeing the vast crowds of queers and allies alike was awesome. We carried some I <3 NY signs in honor of marriage equality* passing in New York (just in time for Pride Week). HAPPY PRIDE TO ALL!

Speaking of New York (more people in the U.S. now live in states with legal marriage equality than not, though only 6 states have passed it...food for thought!), here's a great post from eastsidekate at Shakesville on the big question of "what next?". LGBTQIA equality is by no means reached just by the right to marry (though that is certainly a large step), and it's important for us as a community to remember our fight has a long way to go.

*I've chosen to use the term "marriage equality" because not all people in same-gender/sex marriages identify as gay or consider their marriage to be a gay one (bisexuals who marry members of the same gender, pansexual people, asexuals, trans* people who are in hetero marriages considered homo by laws not recognizing trans* identities, poly people in same-gender marriages who have partners of different genders, the list goes on forever!).

Happy Summer from GLOW to You!

It's hard to believe a whole school year has gone by. I'd like to wish a giant good luck to all Lawrence's graduates of 2011! In honor of summer, here's a list of fun queer-y things to do with any newfound free time:

• Attend (or march in!) a Pride parade
• Read! Some marvelous alphabet soup fiction I'm currently into is The Counterfeiters by Andre Gide. You can find other recommendations here
• Watch the latest in big-name "It Gets Better" videos from the White House staff and the Red Sox (who just announced theirs is coming soon as a response to a 12-year-old boy's request)
• See films (Netflix Instant Watch has a great "Gay and Lesbian" section- don't be discouraged by the name if you're not LG, because they also have a plethora of bisexual/trans*/intersex/questioning/polyamorous/asexual titles too)
• Listen to queer-identified musicians!
• Keep up with potential candidates for the 2012 elections and continue following your state government as well as the Obama administration's actions regarding LGBTQIA rights (trans* rights in particular are gaining momentum now)

Minutes from 5/22/11 Exec Meeting

GLOW Exec Meeting Minutes 5/22

I Announcements

A) Drag Show

B) Chuck’s event thing

II Tie dye

A) Come at 4:45 to start set up

B) The Truth About Gay Sex and HIV/AIDS by Chuck Erickson, Wed 5/25 in Cinema 6:00-7:30p

III Evaluations

A) Fave Events

1) Drag show

2) Sex Toy WS

3) Queer Parenting

4) Chris Pureka

5) National Coming Out Day

6) Day of Silence

7) Bjork

8) Purple Day

B) Least Fave events

1) Date Night

2) Masqueerade

C) Future Events

1) More Activism

2) Safe Space WS (work w/ other groups)

3) Queer career ws

4) Parties

5) Discussion

6) Andrea Gibson

7) StacyAnn Chin

8) More Outreach

9) Queer wedding

10) Service trip

11) More volunteering

12) Work w/ HS students

13) QPR in the Fall (probs no earlier than October; and get Chuck and Julie to do it again; get a bunch of groups to sponsor)

14) Educate people by having a “Whatever” board/forum for the W in GLOW

15) Ask Helen to do a talk

16) Need better attendance

17) Perhaps more events that aren’t all about sex

D) Fav Mtg activities

1) Discussion

2) Meeting other people

3) Opening question

4) Get to know you games

E) Least Fave mtg activities

1) Constitution

2) Discussions

3) Get to know you activities that take too long

F) Changes to make for meetings

1) Start on time and have cut off time

2) Have a community ball

3) Better facilitated discussions

4) Have first meeting in Plantz

5) More open-mindedness to minority opinions

6) Have a mtg early in the year focused on all the “Whatevers” that represent the W in GLOW

7) Beginning of the year GLOW and LGBTQ faculty/staff picnic

G) Safety of GLOW

1) More collaboration

2) No more member bashing

3) Could be more diverse

4) Too clique-ey

H) Effectiveness of Exec Board

1) Board gets stuff done

2) Good chemistry together

3) Yay for open board meetings

4) Work more efficiently

5) Make meetings more open to minority opinions

6) Officers need to come to most meetings and events

7) Beware of drama

8) Could be more decisive

9) Good that the board is trying to further define officer roles

IV Things we want to do right off the bat next year

A) Activities fair (get welcome week leaders there :D)

B) GLOW-LGBTQ Faculty/Staff/Family Picnic

C) Educational “Whatever” Mtg/Forum

D) Being Queer in your career panel

Minutes from 5/9/11 Meeting

-Go to the Safe Sex Toy Workshop tomorrow, Tues 5/10 at 8:30pm in Science Hall 102. You will have a chance to win one of 41 sex toys!

-We are still raising money for Shack-a-thon, so if you'd like to support Habitat for Humanity, you can give it to anyone on the exec board (Meghan H, Sophie D, Stacy M, Sam F, Val N, Reiko R, or Deborah L)

-Stacy, Reiko, and Shannon will be dumpster diving for Shack-a-thon on Thurs 5/12. Meet us outside Wriston at 4:30pm if you'd like to help. We will be meeting at 1pm on Sat 5/14 at GLOW house to gather our materials and build

-Popcorn booth at Zoo Days on Sat 5/14 from noon til 5pm. Contact Sophie if you'd like to help

-If you have time, support Deborah’s event and learn about printmaking at Wriston on Saturday 5/14 from noon to 5pm. There will be artwork and free food!

Minutes from 5/8/11 Exec Meeting

GLOW Exec Meeting Minutes 5/8

I QPR ask about Friday 5/20 @6pm? –discuss at mtg

II Zoo Days

A) Another group is already doing face painting so we might want to invest in a GLOW cone, pop corn, or cotton candy machine instead

III Shack-a-thon-we need people to help us

A) Bake sale made $47.75

B) See if we can get more donations from members

C) Stacy needs to find out how to deposit $ and write a check

D) Dumpster diving anyone?

IV Meghan talked to Jesse from Harmony

A) We didn’t have volunteers for Night of Noise last month L

B) Involvement w/ the partnership J

C) Possibly do a Tye-Dye event w/ them. Date and time?

V Drag Show

A) There are about 90 people rsvp’d on FB

B) We got some more people interested in performing acts

VI Discussion for Monday

A) Acceptance/non-acceptance of queer people in other countries

B) Let’s take it outside if the weather is nice

VII Budget comes in tomorrow 5/9

VIII Plan goals for Fall/Year

A) Joint GLOW/Gender Studies Bjork Trip!

B) Tristan Taoromino and Kate Bornstein

IX Sophie-create a google share?

X Reiko-email Helen a list of things needed from ITS

I like baked goods. Do you like baked goods? I think you should like baked goods.

Hey everyone,

GLOW will be having a bake sale in the library today (Sun 5/8) from 1pm-5pm in order to raise money for Habitat for Humanity's Shack-a-thon. We hope to see you there!

Ps-A reliable source tells me there will be some magical rainbow cupcakes and rainbow jello!

Minutes from 5/2 Meeting!

Thanks to Reiko for the notes! I'll be back with y'all next week!

• The drag show which was originally scheduled for this saturday 5/7 has been moved to Fri 5/27
• Sex Toy Workshop in science hall Rm 102 @ 8:30pm
• If you volunteered to poster for the Sex Toy Workshop please put them up by this Fri 5/6
• This weekend we will be doing some fundraising this weekend to raise money for Shack-a-thon. Look out for emails from Damon and Meghan H. for more info on this.
• Shack-a-thon on 5/14- Contact Reiko if you'd like to help
• Ormsby Zoo Days on 5/14-Contact Meghan H. if you'f like to help face paint
• Liz Tracey and Mario Gil are doing a study on how mood is affected by perceptions of people. They are looking to fill gaps in queer representation in psychological studies. Contact either of them if you'd like to help
• Support Sophie this weekend by going to see The Tempest

What's On in the Queer Blogosphere, Mini 4/26/11 Edition

At Womanist Musings: It's Hard Out There for a Poly, Pansexual POC...

At Clarisse Thorn: My top questions about dealing with multiple lovers

At Tranifesto: Ask Matt Monday: Comments on the Maryland McDonald's Assault

At American Trans Man: Easter Nightmares Put to Rest-Revisited

Minutes from 4/25 Meeting!

GLOW Meeting Minutes 4/25

I Constitution Changes were approved

A) Deborah will reread and edit any errors before sending to exec board

B) Exec board will read through again before sending to LUCC

II Sex Toy Workshop

A) Browsing early2bed.com to for possible items to buy for the workshop

B) Email Meghan Hickey suggestions

III Drag Show moved to May 27

Back From Bjork

Hey all,

Hoppy Easter! So a bunch of us just got back from a magical weekend at Bjorklunden. We began the construction of a unicorn out of paper mache. It's not done yet, but this baby is freestanding and will hopefully live in GLOW house next year! Also, we partook in festive activities such as egg dying, an easter egg hunt and various other things that involved cracking hard-boiled eggs. All in all, it was a fun and relaxing weekend. We hope to have more people attend next year!

Also, some fabulous advice for all you GLOWnicorns:

"A wise man never plays leap frog with a unicorn."

Transphobia in Baltimore

A transgender woman was brutally beaten while trying to use the bathroom at a McDonald's in Baltimore, MD. An employee recorded the beating on a camera (though he did not intervene). This comes on the tails of the Maryland trans* community's defeat of HB 235 (a bill meant to protect individuals from discrimination based on gender identity but which would, in fact, legalize gender identity discrimination in public accommodations; that is, bathrooms).

FOX News, predictably, reports the story with the charming headline "Smoking Gun: 'Woman' Beat Up At McDonald's Was a Male Cross-Dresser."

If this is not a hate crime, I'm not sure what is.

Monica at TransGriot notes that it's kind of funny how it seems the only people assaulting anyone in bathrooms are cisgender and not "men in dresses", no?

It's important to note that HB 235 was a bill pushed by the cisgender LGB folks of MD in an attempt to compromise (previous bills attempting to outlaw gender identity discrimination have failed in MD). I suppose the thinking was, "If we can get SOME law out there that will protect trans* folks at least sometimes, that will be good enough." Thankfully the bill was killed, because it's clear as day from incidents like this that gender identity discrimination in restrooms is NOTHING to compromise on.

The LGBTQIA community has no room for compromises when it comes to basic human rights.

What's On in the Queer Blogosphere, Wednesday 4/20/11 Edition

Some links of interest from like-minded sources, for your reading pleasure:

At Love's Labor's Lost: Why I call myself queer

At Fannie's Room: "Marriage Defender" Accidentally Insults People Who Matter

At Towleroad: Virginia Social Services Panel Votes 7-2 to Reject Changes That Would Allow Adoptions by Gay Couples

At Shakesville: Number of the Day

Day of Silence

Yesterday (April 15, the Day of Silence), some GLOW members went down to Madison to participate in a march from the UW-Madison Memorial Union to the Capitol building. What an experience! Though it was seriously cold and rainy and we arrived a bit late, it was a great time. Gathering with several hundred other people with similar passions for LGBTQIA causes was amazing! In the freezing rain we all sang along to the gloriously cheesy anthem "True Colors" and listened to speakers (though Meghan, Shannon and I ducked out early to Michelangelos', a coffee shop that offered us the super-gay-friendly atmosphere as well as relative warmth).

Having participated in the Day of Silence in high school--before and after coming out--I tended to think of it as a confusing day. The Night of Noise that accompanies it always made more sense to me. "Shouldn't people break the silence?" was usually my train of thought. But after some reflection, I've come to realize that the Day of Silence is perhaps most appropriately labeled as a day for allies who choose to partake in the silence that encapsulates so much of the LGBTQIA experience. It's a day for allies to show their support as well as a day for us queer folk to make our struggle more visible.

GLOW mtg 4/11 and announcements

Hey GLOWsters,

Here are some cool things you should know about this week:

GLOW house applications are due to Jared or Meghan K. by Wed 4/13

Feinstein Challenge (Thurs 4/14)-GLOW will be participating in the Dorm Storm. Meet in Warch @ 9pm. Let Meghan Hickey know if you're interested in helping. We are going to go RAINBOW themed, therefore it is going to be AWESOME.

Also on Thurs (4/14) night, a bunch of us are planning to put up posters advertising Day of Silence. Details on this to come.

Friday (4/15) is the National Day of Silence and Night of Noise
-We are working with Greg Griffin to have make the downstairs bathroom in Warch gender neutral for the day. We will have a table in the campus center from 11a-1p to spread awareness about the Day of Silence and encourage people to use the gender neutral bathroom.
-A bunch of us will be going to the Break the Silence March in Madison. We'll be leaving around 1pm. Meghan H will give us more details on the meeting time and place later this week. Contact her if you'd like to participate
-For those of you not going to Madison, you can check out Night of Noise @ Harmony. GLOW will be running a table from about 4:30-8pm --we will need some people to help with this.

We are working to make GLOW more visible on campus and find new ways to communicate with members. Please check out our blog and facebook page, as they will be updated regularly with events and announcements. Here are the links:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2202272018
http://www.glowlu.blogspot.com/

Also, there will be a GLOW house sleepover, open to all members and anyone interested in GLOW. Here is the link to the Facebook event.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2202272018

Last thing-- there will not be a GLOW meeting next Mon. Instead, we will be attending Amnesty International for Take Back the Night, an event supporting women's right to be safe from domestic abuse and sexual violence.

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Here are the minutes...

GLOW Meeting Minutes 4/11

I Question of the day- favorite thing that happened today :D

II Announcements

A) Happy Birthday Joanna :D

B) Feinstein challenge thurs night 4/14

1) meet@ warch 9pm

2) Rainbow theme J wear bright colors

C) We’re going over constitution @ next exec mtg

D) Sex Toy WS is still up in the air. Val is having a mtg w/ someone this week

E) Glowp over Fri 4/29-Sat4/30 (reading pd)

1) Damon has set up a FB event. Please attend

F) Drag show

G) Bjorklunden

1) Spots still available

2) People need to tell Stacy meal preferences

H) Those not going to Bjork should help out w/ Earth week GLOW table on Sat 4/23

I) Go to emma’s recital 4/23

III Day of silence stuff 4/15

A) Bathroom stuff

1) Bathroom by cafeteria

2) Close one of the two bathroomsàDamon check up on this

3) Table w/ safe space signs during lunch 11a-1p

4) Need an 11*17” sign (Deborah is getting paper, Damon will design it)

B) Night of noise 4:30-8pm

1) About 4 people (who are not going to Madison) are needed to table

C) March in Madison

D) We made about 60 posters for day of Silence. We will be postering sometime this week- probably Thursday night.

IV We will not be having a meeting this next Monday. Instead, we are going to show our support at Take Back the Night.

Happy 4th week!
-Reiko

Tumblrs of LGBTQIA interest!

Just a handful of Tumblrs for your queer-friendly procrastinating pleasure:

The Sociology of Gay Politics: general news from around the US

Vintage Lesbian: frequently updated collection of gorgeous photos and illustrations of lesbians from years past

Fuck Yeah FTMs!: online safe space for and by trans* guys

Next Step: Cake: all things asexual

Bi All the Way: bisexual pride

LGBTQ Laughs: alphabet-soup friendly humor

Fuck Yeah Bisexuals: self-explanatory!

genderqueer: gender variance/queerty

Gayfitti: pictures of both homophobic and homocentric graffiti

4/5 Announcements and GLOW mtg minutes

Announcements

Thanks to those who came to the meeting. It was awesome to see some new faces and others we haven't seen in a while. Keep encouraging people to join us! Including our guests from Ripon, Fox Valley Tech, and various UW schools, we had just over 30 people in GLOW living room! 

After the meeting a bunch of us joined the people from Spectrum at Harmony Cafe for food at Applebee's. We met a bunch of really awesome folks. Anyone who is interested can meet up with the Spectrum gang at Harmony on Monday evenings at 7pm. Stacy and I and several others are planning to check it out, so you could come with us and go to GLOW meetings right after!

Some other things you might want to know about...

• Break the Silence March on  4/15 contact Meghan dot A dot Hickey at Lawrence dot edu if you're interested
• Bjorklunden trip 4/22-4/24 contact Stacy dot L dot Mallette at Lawrence dot edu if you'd like to go/are thinking about it
• We need people on the Fundraising Committee. If you'd like to help, email Damon dot E dot Heikkinen at Lawrence dot edu
• Contact if Meghan dot A dot Hickey at Lawrence dot edu you'd like to help with the Feinstein Challenge Dormstorm

GLOW Meeting Minutes 4/4

I          RIPON PEOPLE ARE HERE :D

II        Announcements

A)     GO AND VOTE ON TUESDAY 4/5!

B)      Financial Committee headed by Damon. Anyone interested in helping should email him.

C)      Drag Show  5/7 @ 10 PM in Esch

1)      Joanna and Jared are planning it

2)      We need to advertise for attendance and acts

3)      Anyone interested in performing should contact Joanna or Jared

III      Sex Toy Workshop? [we’ll discuss more at a later meeting]

IV      Shackathon

A)     We want to build a RAINBOW SHACK!

B)      Fundraising may be necessary to participate

V        V-Day Sat 4/23 (7pm)

A)     Benefit for Fox Valley Sexual Assault Crisis Center

B)      Looking for acts-poetry, music, theater, etc.

VI      Feinstein Challenge

A)     Dormstorm April 14 (9pm)

B)      Sign up sheet was circulated. Otherwise, people interested in helping out should let Meghan H. know

VII    Break the Silence March in Madison- April 15

A)     March in Madison

B)      Meet @ GLOW house porch around 1pm

C)      Let Meghan know if you are interested

VIII  House Applications are due 4/13 to Jared or Meghan K. for anyone interested in living in GLOW House next year

IX      Things from our awesome discussion

A)     The impact of projects like “It Gets Better”

B)      A few people shared their experiences coming out in or just after high school and trying to establish LGBTQ groups at their schools

C)      We also talked about what type of message should be sent to queer youth

X        WE TOTALLY NEED TO MEET UP WITH THESE PEOPLE AND OTHER GROUPS AGAIN!

XI      Come to next week’s meeting on Monday in GLOW House @ 815pm