Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Minutes 2/22/13

  • Dinner with Prof. Bernoff this Thursday
    • Prof. Yong in March
    • Dean Maggie also interested
    • Others? Prof. Dyson? Angelica?
  • Co-sponsor Pitzer workshops that Jacelyn presented the week before
    • Agreed to give $100
    • Jozi will front the money?
  • Let's throw a party!
    • Probably a private party
    • In May sometime
    • Venue: Case courtyard, probably
    • Student DJ? Know anyone?
  • Let's do more outreach-y things! 
    • Local GSA's can tour around Mudd with us!
    • Get help of Angelica, admissions
    • May take more than just this semester to plan
  • Campaigning! 
    • For example, against the idea that men who have had sex with men can't donate blood
  • Current events:
    • CMC: tore down posters for the QRC party that said "Are we men or are we dancers?" - rewrote them to say "Your a man, act like one" (with the incorrect spelling and all)
      • What can we do? Nothing really at this point. No further aggressions after that, and it's being filed as a hate crime
    • Uganda - Anti-Homosexuality Bill says "imprison homosexuals for life"
      • Stephen Fry challenged the bill on Ugandan radio 
    • 1 of the prime candidates for pope, an African man, says "in my country, homosexuality is not a thing"

Saturday, February 16, 2013

Meeting Minutes - 2/15/13


  • We have been invited to a Progressive Dinner among 6 Claremont Colleges resource centers
    • March 1st, from 5-7:30
    • Travel from one location to another and eat everywhere!
    • If we're interested, we need to add a list of clubs. Also, we can do a 1 minute presentation about the work we're doing here
  • A student from Pitzer student (Josie?) that has embarked on a large project on being mindful of people's personal space with two of her friends
    • 3 components: community discussion, artists/activists doing workshops, and a performance 
    • They are fundraising for the workshops
    • Currently, 4 workshops have been confirmed - first one on March 9th by Mia Mingus
    • They currently are trying to raise another $1250 
    • We will give between $100-200, and we will probably need someone to front the money when we decide
  • Current (and old) Events:
    • Illinois state legislature passed gay marriage, and now it's off to the Democratic Senate
    • Great Britain also did, a few weeks ago
    • New York Times article on how more universities are adding gender reassignment surgery under the insurance policies
      • Has Claremont done this yet? We don't think so...
    • A high school in Indiana suddenly switched to straight couples only for their prom
      • Cause of parents' petitioning
    • Missouri school said dates must be where a "girls take boys and boys take girls." When they got a negative response, they apologized and said it was mainly to stop people from circumventing the singles' rate
    • Orrison Scott Card said in 2004: "If gay marriage is legalized, civilization will collapse" 
      • More recent, similar statement as well
    • In Ghana - article called "A Tsunami Called Homosexuality To Destroy Global Moral Fiber"
      • Allows more ways for the U.S. to exploit other countries
      • How does South Africa feel about homosexuality? - Okay with it
    • Two retired soccer players came out as gay today (independently)
    • (As opposed to bad athlete news:) Oscar Pistorius (the disabled Olympian) accidentally (maybe) shot his girlfriend
    • Pope resigned - too old and sick to continue his post
    • Russia NP banning homosexual websites
    • Iceland has a ban on online porn because promotes abuse 
    • Nordic country is the first to restrict lap dancing on feminist grounds 
      • Part of a large sexual feminist movement in Europe
      • U.S. (or at least CA) has a rule that strip clubs with fully nude dancers cannot serve alcohol

Saturday, February 9, 2013

Meeting Minutes 2/8 - Guest Appearance from Dean Sumi!


  • In three weeks' time, we will have dinner with Prof. Bernoff
    • Details still to be hashed out
  • Funding for Alex Sanchez - Mexican American author, writes gay teen fiction. 
    • QRC wants to bring him to Claremont
    • Asking for $100
    • Approved
  • Boy Scouts was considering allowing gay members and scout masters
    • Decision has been deferred until May
    • Atheists aren't allowed to be Boy Scouts either
    • In both cases, you are simply considered to "never have been a scout"
  • Movie Night at 8:30 - Paranorman
  • Mormonism will probably reverse position on gay rights eventually using a "revelation"
    • Currently, LGBTQ people can be members but must abide by Mormon rules - including heterosexual marriage and having children
  • Tabling for Crush for Your Crush:
    • Saturday dinner: Nicole at 5pm, Natasha at 6pm
    • Sunday dinner: Kevin M. 
    • Monday lunch: Karen
    • Monday dinner: Jozi
    • Tuesday lunch: Kevin H. and/or David 
    • Tuesday dinner: Chance and/or Natasha
  • Buying soda: sometime soon with David? Anyone else with a car that is free Tuesday evening or Wednesday?

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Minutes 2/1


  • Campus of Queer Leaders meeting was at lunch!
    • If a meeting of 7C queer groups happens, the topic of discussion should be acronyms. LGBTQQIATS? It's getting out of hand. 
    • Gaypril stuff - calendar for events due by March 11th
      • Event with alumni - Does anyone know of alumni to contact? 
  • Crush For Your Crush
    • Email about tabling will be sent out soon
    • First soda free, any extra $1. Off campus deliveries are also $1
    • Poster?
  • Dinner with profs/faculty? 
    • People will talk to Prof. Yong, Prof. Bernoff, and Dean Sumi
  • Fix ASHMC page about Prism officers
    • Should we make a prism-presidents-l? Or an external email? That way we won't have to refresh the contact address
  • We have a flag for Prism now! 
  • Film screening for Perks of Being a Wallflower is delayed because of the Duck! show