Lavender Graduation

All LGBTQQIA students who are graduating in Spring, Summer, or Fall 2013 are invited to participate in UT’s second annual Lavender Graduation.

Date: Thursday, April 25, 2013

Time: 5:30 pm; ceremony begins at 6:00 pm

Location: Mary Greer Room, Hodges Library

Attire: Casual to business casual

Light refreshments will be served

Sponsored by The Chancellor’s Commission for LGBT People and OUTreach: LGBT & Ally Resource Center

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If you are a graduate and would like to participate in the ceremony and receive a certificate and rainbow tassel, please complete this form.

If you are family, friends, or supporters of the LGBTQQIA community, please RSVP.

Questions: lgbtacenter@utk.edu

Origin of Lavender Graduation

In 1995, the first Lavender Graduation ceremony was coordinated at the University of Michigan by then LGBT Campus Resource Center director Ronni Sanlo.  Dr. Sanlo realized that LGBT students needed to be recognized for “not only their achievements but for surviving their college years” (Sanlo, 2000).  The graduation began as an effort for students to feel connected to their institution and celebrate their identity, which are similar reasons for ethnic groups hosting their own graduation ceremonies.

Dr. Sanlo is currently the Director at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) LGBT Resource Center.  When Dr. Sanlo became director at UCLA, she immediately coordinated their first Lavender Graduation in spring 1998.  Currently, fifty-nine of The Advocate Top 100 LGBT Friendly Colleges and Universities sponsor a Lavender ceremony (Windmeyer, 2006).

Sanlo, R. (2000). Lavender Graduation: acknowledging the lives and achievements of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender college students. Journal of College Student Development, 41(6), pp. 643-646.

Windmeyer, S. L.  (2006).  The Advocate College Guide For LGBT Students.  New York, NY: Alyson Books.

Spring LGBT Film Series: Same Difference// When I Knew, March 13, 6pm, Hodges Library

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Same Difference and When I Knew [Double Feature]

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    Wednesday, March 13, 2013
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    6:00pm until 7:30pm

• Hodges Library Auditorium, Room 101 (floor below starbucks)

• Same Difference:Trailer: http://youtu.be/ylh234VWVYY Teaser: http://vimeo.com/17005018 Video of filmmakers: http://bit.ly/sPC2xd Among the cries of “What about the children?” during the debate over California’s Proposition 8, where were the voices of actual children? That’s the question posed in Same Difference, a collaboration between renowned photographer Catherine Opie and award-winning filmmaker Lisa Udelson. It’s an exploration of how modern American families are constructed, not only those within the LGBTQ community. Slashed together with vintage film clips to create irony and recognition of the historical representation of family, the piece challenges how we know what we know – and how our opinions can change. But the real stars of the film are children of same sex parents, ranging in age from two to eighteen. With humor, insight, intelligence, and passion, they speak about their lives and their families. With hope for the future, this smart commentary of the present “state of the family” is incredulous, though-provoking, and altogether human. When I Knew: http://www.hbo.com/documentaries/when-i-knew/index.html Bailey and Barbato asked just one simple question: “When did you know?” When I Knew spotlights 16 of the interviewees – of different ages, sexes and lifestyles – who share their stories in a therapeutic and often liberating fashion. While the actual childhood experiences and initial emotions varied, many experienced similar feelings of isolation, confusion and fear that eventually led to recognition, acceptance, resolve and self-awareness.

Spring LGBT Film Series: Edie & Thea: A Very Long Egagement, Feb 13, 6pm, Hodges Library

 

Edie & Thea: A Very Long Engagement

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    Wednesday, February 13, 2013
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    6:00pm until 7:30pm

• Hodges Library Auditorium, room 101 (floor below starbucks)

• Windsor’s lawsuit in federal court in Manhattan is one of two that the Supreme Court agreed to take up Dec. 7 when it announced it would hear arguments over California’s ban on same-sex unions and Windsor’s dispute about federal benefits for legally married gay couples. Full NPR story: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=168307362 Film Summary: http://www.blessblessproductions.com/ediethea.html The story of Edie and Thea is a documentary about two soulmates whose love begins with an instant magnetic attraction and lasts 42 years – and counting. But like the great love stories of literature and lore – Tristan and Isolde, Romeo and Juliet, Gertrude and Alice – Edie and Thea’s story is one of forbidden love. Shortly after they meet in New York’s West Village in the early 1960s, they become “engaged”, though the idea of a civil marriage for gay and lesbian couples was unthinkable at the time and would not come to pass for another 4 decades.

Spring LGBT Film Series: Fagbug, January 23, 6pm, Hodges Library

 

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    Wednesday, January 23, 2013
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    6:00pm until 7:30pm

• Hodges Library Auditorium, room 101 (floor below starbucks)

• Erin Davies was attending an event in support of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans-gender rights when she walked back to her car and discovered her Volkswagen Beetle had been vandalized – someone had spray painted FAG across one side and U R GAY on the other. Davies was shocked and angered, but rather than simply have her car repainted, she chose to use the event to raise public awareness of hate crimes against the LGBT community. Davies mapped out a road trip visiting 58 cities across the United States, some with supportive LGBT communities and others in locations where anti-gay hate crimes had occurred in the past. Davies brought along a small camera crew to document the reactions to her defaced automobile, and Fagbug is a documentary that charts the progress of Davies’ trip across the country, as well as recording how people responded, both positively and negatively, to the provocative statement presented by her car. http://www.fagbug.com/ Trailer: http://www.fagbug.com/trailer.htm Trailer: http://youtu.be/ivst05_e7GU Can’t make the showing? Watch the full film: http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/fagbug/

Spring LGBT Film Series: This Is Love In Action

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    Wednesday, April 3, 2013
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    6:00pm until 7:30pm

• Hodges Library Auditorium, Room 101 (floor below starbucks)

• Trailer: http://youtu.be/ur-nUamaeHI Website: http://www.livefrommemphis.com/loveinactionmovie “Today, my mother, father, and I had a very long ‘talk‘ in my room where they let me know I am to apply for a fundamentalist christian program for gays. They tell me that there is something psychologically wrong with me…” A gay youth is sent to a Christian-backed gay conversion camp by his parents which ignites protests against the organization. An important and emotional documentary on the on-going religious intolerance against homosexuality. “This Is What Love In Action Looks Like” documents the widely controversial and inspirational story of what The New York Times referred to as “A modern day message in a bottle.” In the documentary, former Love In Action director John Smid as well as former adult and teenage clients share their hearts on these experiences. In addition, local bloggers, community activists and classmates of Zach tell their stories of becoming involved with what would become an international news story. Concerned people around the world awaited news of how Zach was doing during his eight weeks in Refuge. By the time he emerged in late July 2005, there was a barrage of headlines in the international press, including Good Morning America, CNN, The New York Times, Time Magazine and The Advocate among others. In the years since it began, with all the media coverage and investigations, Zach had declined to tell his story. Until now. The teenager whose MySpace blogs began it all gives an exclusive interview for the documentary.

Finals time!

Study at OUTreach during Finals

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• • December 6 at 10:00am until December 13 at 2:00pm

• University of Tennessee, F103 Melrose Hall F-103 (next to Chancellor’s Honors), Knoxville, Tennessee 37996

• Stop by for hot chocolate, hot tea, cokes, and snacks compliments of OUTreach and the Chancellor’s Commission for LGBT People. Exam days 10am-2pm.

End of the Semester Pizza Party at OUTreach

 

End of the Semester Pizza Party!

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• • Wednesday
  • 6:00pm until 7:00pm

• University of Tennessee, F103 Melrose Hall F-103 (next to Chancellor ‘s Honors), Knoxville, Tennessee 37996

• Drop in for free pizza and a brainstorming session on possible OUT to Lunch topics for spring semester. Reflect on the past semester and relax with friends before finals.

World AIDS Day–Testing at UT

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World AIDS Day

Public Event · By Lambda Student Union

• • Friday, November 30
  • 11:00pm until 2:30am

• World AIDS Day is held on 1 December each year and is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, show their support for people living with HIV and to commemorate people who have died. World AIDS Day was the first ever global health day and the first one was held in 1988. For more information come to second floor of Hodges Library for free HIV (no blood) testing and goodies and go to http://www.worldaidsday.org/index.php

Speak Out Flyer

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