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April 2005 Special Events

LGBT Awareness Days 2005 | April

PRIDE: Celebrate 30 Years at UIUC
LGBT Awareness Days is sponsored by the Office for LGBT Resources | Office of the Dean of Students | Student Affairs.
Check the Office for LBGT Resources for additional information about events.

March 31

• Gay Rights: The Illinois Human Rights Act Amendment and Beyond
  Noon - 1:00 pm, Room D, College of Law, 504 E. Pennsylvania, Champaign
  Illinois Equality Political Director Rick Garcia. Sponsored by SOLIS and Law School Democrats.
• "A Queer Reading of Latinos under Contemporary Capitalism"
  4:00 pm, 112 Speech and Hearing Sciences Building
  University of Arizona Asst. Professor Sandra Soto. Sponsored by Latino/a Studies Program.
• "Walk on Water"
  8:00 pm, 126 LIS Building, 501 E. Daniel St.
  Reel Queer Film Festival. Cosponsored by Hillel.

April 1

• ALLY Network Meeting: "How to Be an ALLY in the Classroom"
  Noon - 1:30 pm, LGBT Concerns Office, 323 Illini Union
  People interested in becoming Allies are welcome to attend before completing Ally Network training.
• "Brother to Brother"
  8:00 pm, 501 E. Daniel St.
  Reel Queer Film Festival. Cosponsored by Bruce Nesbitt African-American Cultural Program.

April 2

• "No Secret Any More: The Times of Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon"
  8:00 pm, 126 LIS Building, 501 E. Daniel St., Champaign
  Reel Queer Film Festival. Cosponsored by Office for Women's Programs and the Gender and Women's Studies Program.

April 3

• Got Gender? We Don't
  10:00 am, LGBT Concerns Office, 323 Illini Union
  Trans Support Group Brunch with Jamison Green, RSVP to davishow@uiuc.edu if you are a trans or trans questioning person who would like to attend.
• Trans Solutions for Trans People Workshop
  2:00 - 4:00 pm, LGBT Concerns Office, 323 Illini Union
  Jamison Green.
• C-U Family Pride Network Potluck
  5:00 pm, McKinley Foundation Great Hall
  For LGBT-parented families.
• "You Don't Know Dick: Courageous Hearts of Transsexual Men"
  8:00 pm, 126 LIS Building, 501 E. Daniel St.
  With discussion and reception by Jamison Green after screening. Reel Queer Film Festival. Cosponsored by Gender and Women's Studies Program and LGBT Roundtable.

April 4

• Lunch and Learn: Trans Issues with Jamison Green
  11:45 am - 1:30 pm, Illini Union
  To attend, email Curt McKay.
• Chat with Jamison Green
  2:30 - 3:30 pm, LGBT Concerns Office, 323 Illini Union
• Transgender 101
  8:00 - 10:00 pm, South Rec Room, Allen Hall
  Jamison Green. Cosponsored by Q, Unit One, and LGBT Roundtable.

April 5

• Rainbow Coffeehouse
  6:30 - 9:00 pm, Wesley Foundation (corner of Goodwin and Green)

April 6

• AIDS Prevention and Wellness
  8:00 pm, 131 Lincoln Hall
  Workshop by McKinley Health Center. Sponsored by PRIDE.

April 7

• Writer's Workshop
  3:00 pm, 1203 W. Nevada, Urbana
  Elliot Torres, Latino gay poet. Sponsored by La Casa Cultural Latina.
• Latino Poetry Slam with Elliot Torres and Tammy Gomez
  8:00 pm, Cafe Paradiso, 801 S. Lincoln, Urbana
  Sponsored by La Casa Cultural Latina.

April 8

• ALLY Network Training
  1:00 - 4:00 pm, 209 Illini Union
  Cosponsored by the Counseling Center and the SODA Committee.

April 9

• "You Can Change Things" - Benefit for Day of Silence
  TBA

April 10

• Understanding the Q's and A's in Queers and Allies
  6:00 - 8:00 pm, Peabody Tunnels Room 49
  Counseling Center Paraprofessionals Workshop.

April 11

• 30th Anniversary of Pride - Open House
  1:00 - 5:00 pm, Office for LGBT Concerns, 323 Illini Union
  Visit the Office's newly remodelled space and learn something about the history of UIUC LGBT groups. Remarks at 4:00 pm. Refreshments served.

April 12

• Rainbow Coffeehouse
  6:30 - 9:00 pm, Wesley Foundation (corner of Goodwin and Green)

April 13

• Day of Silence
  9:00 am - 5:00 pm, Quad
• Silent Luncheon
  Noon - 1:00 pm, Quad just south of the Illini Union
• Breaking the Silence Rally
  5:00 pm, Anniversary Plaza, Illini Union, on the Quad
• Out and Greek - Shane Windmeyer
  9:00 pm, Illini Room A, Illini Union
  Cosponsored by IUB GLBT Committee, IFC, Panhellenic Council.

April 14

• Workshop: "Confessions of an Asexual Slut"
  7:00 pm
  David Jay, founder of the Asexual Visibility and Education Network, talks about identity, love and sexual politics in the emerging asexual community.

April 18

• Workshop: "Home for the Summer - A Guide for LGBT Students"
  8:00 - 10:00 pm, 217 Illini Union
  Anita Hund.
• Performance: David Sedaris
  8:00 pm, Virginia Theatre, 203 W. Park St., Champaign

April 19

• Rainbow Coffeehouse
  6:30 - 9:00 pm, Wesley Foundation (corner of Goodwin and Green)

April 20

• Workshop: "Things I Wish I Had Known - Evaluating Job Offers and Grad Programs as an LGBT Student"
  8:00 pm, 217 Illini Union
  Anita Hund.

April 21

• Creating a Both/And Identity in an Either/Or World
  7:00 pm, South Rec Room Allen Hall
  Robyn Ochs, Bisexual activist. Robyn's appearances are cosponsored by LGBT Roundtable, Q, Unit One, Office for Women's Programs, PFLAG and CU at the Altar.

April 22

• BLGT Social with Free Pizza
  6:00 - 9:00 pm, Geneva Room, McKinley Foundation (corner of Fifth and Daniel Streets)
  Robyn Ochs.
• Artists Against AIDS
  6:00 - 10:00 pm, Gallery Building, Church and Neil Streets, Champaign
  Annual art exhibition and sale.

April 23

• Workshop: "Becoming an Activist"
  1:00 - 2:30 pm, 405 Illini Union
  Robyn Ochs.
• Workshop: "Burnout Prevention for Activists"
  3:00 - 4:30 pm, 405 Illini Union
  Robyn Ochs.
• Same Sex Wedding Reception with Robyn Ochs
  7:00 pm, McKinley Foundation, 809 South Fifth Street
  All same sex couples, wed or not, are invited to celebrate their relationship. All LGBT people and Allies are invited to attend.
• Artists Against AIDS
  1:00 - 10:00 pm, Gallery Building, Church and Neil Streets, Champaign
  Annual art exhibition and sale.

April 24

• Artists Against AIDS
  1:00 - 7:00 pm, Gallery Building, Church and Neil Streets, Champaign
  Annual art exhibition and sale.

April 25

• Artists Against AIDS
  4:00 - 9:00 pm, Gallery Building, Church and Neil Streets, Champaign
  Annual art exhibition and sale.
• Workshop: "Understanding the Q's and A's in Queers and Allies"
  7-9 pm, 209 Illini Union
  Presented by the Counseling Center Paraprofessionals.

April 27

• "Confessions: Stories of College Students with AIDS"
  7:00 pm, Courtyard Café, Illini Union
  Sponsored by Sexual Health Peer Educators.
• Film: Almodovars "La Mala Educacion (Bad Education)"
  8:00 pm, 1203 W. Nevada, Urbana
  Sponsored by La Casa Cultural Latina.

May 1

• Financial Planning Seminar for Same Sex Couples
  1:00 - 4:00 pm, McKinley Foundation Geneva Room (corner of Fifth and Daniel Streets), Champaign

May 3

• Rainbow Coffeehouse
  6:30 - 9:00 pm, Wesley Foundation (corner of Goodwin and Green)

May 6

• ALLY Network Meeting - Screening of "Daddy & Papa"
  Noon - 1:30 pm, LGBT Concerns Office, 323 Illini Union

May 8

• Tranny Road Show
  7:00 pm, Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, 218 W. Main St, Suite 110, Urbana
  Cost: $5.00
  For more information, call 217-344-8820, e-mail Ariel, or visit www.trannyroadshow.org.

Events for this calendar are taken from the Office for LGBT Concerns weekly newsletter. Please email all events submissions to Khristian Kemp-DeLisser. Please use the following subject: LGBT Website Event: EVENT NAME. The closer you can match your information to the format used above, the easier you make our tasks.

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