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"

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

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?

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