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Schedule of
Events
Wednesday, March 28
8 p.m., Great Hall, Levering Union
Leslie Feinberg, author of the 1994 Lamba Literary Award-
winning book Stone Butch Blues, Transgender Warriors: Making
History from Joan of Arc to RuPaul and Trans Liberation: Beyond
Pink or Blue, will speak about her work as an activist for
transgender rights and as a trade unionist, anti-racist and
socialist who fights for the rights of women and oppressed
nations.
Saturday, March 31
1 to 3 p.m., Garrett Room, Eisenhower Library
"Gendertopia, a Gender Revolution in America." Genderqueer
youth and allies from YouthPride in Atlanta, Ga., will lead a
discussion covering current trends in queer identity politics and
the growing numbers of queer youth who identify themselves as
transgendered or genderqueer.
Monday, April 2
8 p.m., Garrett Room, Eisenhower Library
Dan Savage, nationally syndicated columnist of "Savage Love"
and author of the books Savage Love and The Kid: What Happened
After My Boyfriend and I Decided to Go Get Pregnant, will offer
his irreverent views on sex, parenting and gay culture.
Wednesday, April 4
7 p.m., Donovan Room, 110 Gilman Hall
Along with their counterparts across the nation, Hopkins
students will observe the National Day of Silence in honor of
lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and individuals
from other minority groups who have been silenced by
oppression.
Wednesday, April 4
8 p.m., Donovan Room, 110 Gilman Hall
The story of three openly gay and lesbian workers is
chronicled in the documentary Out At Work. After a showing of the
film, which follows the struggle of Nat Keitt to obtain domestic
partner benefits, Keitt will discuss his experience.
Thursday, April 5
8 p.m., Garrett Room, Eisenhower Library
Alison Bechdel, whose comic strip "Dykes to Watch Out For"
has become a cultural institution, is the evening's speaker. The
recipient of four Lambda Literary Awards, Bechdel has been
featured in Ms., Slate, The Village Voice, Out and The Advocate.
Friday, April 6
10 p.m., E-level, Levering Union
DSAGA's annual poetry reading, with complimentary coffee.
Open mic to follow.
Monday, April 9
8 p.m., Glass Pavilion, Levering Union
Controversial gay icon Danny Roberts, whose relationship
with a closeted military officer was followed on MTV's The Real
World, will discuss his experience as a media darling.
Wednesday, April 11
8 p.m., Donovan Room, 110 Gilman Hall
James Dale, who had a 12-year history with the Boy Scouts
and was dismissed after coming out, challenged the Scouts'
definition of being morally straight and took his battle to the
Supreme Court. Dale will speak about his groundbreaking battle
against discrimination.
Thursday, April 12
8 p.m., Garrett Room, Eisenhower Library
Joo-Hyun Kang is the executive director of the Audre Lorde
Project, the nation's only Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two Spirit and
Transgender People of Color center for community organizing. Kang
will deliver a talk on the connection between racial and economic
justice and LGBT rights.
Friday, April 13
10 p.m., E-Level, Levering Hall
The Drag Show and Dance, a DSAGA tradition, will feature
well-known drag queens and kings as well as Hopkins students.
Prizes will be awarded to the best performers.
Monday, April 16
8 p.m., Donovan Room, 110 Gilman Hall
A representative from Children of Lesbians and Gays
Everywhere, known as COLAGE, will lead a discussion about growing
up with lesbian or gay parents. The discussion will be followed
by a screening of Our House, a movie that profiles children from
various backgrounds growing up in LGBT families.
Tuesday, April 17
8 p.m., Garrett Room, Eisenhower Library
Staceyann Chin, a Chinese-Jamaican lesbian poet who was the
winner of the 1999 People of Color Slam and the runner-up in the
1999 Outright Poetry Slam, will read from and discuss her work.
Wednesday, April 18
7 p.m., Donovan Room, 110 Gilman Hall
The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me. A showing of the film
followed by a talk by David Drake, its star and director.
Monday, April 23
8 p.m., Garrett Room, Eisenhower Library
James Morse, the judge who signed the historic piece of
legislation legalizing civil unions between gays in Vermont, will
lead a discussion.
Wednesday, April 25
9 p.m., Garrett Room, Eisenhower Library
Margarita Lopez will discuss her experiences as the first
openly lesbian Puerto Rican elected to public office. Her work to
develop low-income housing on Manhattan's Lower East Side was
documented in a PBS film, The Broken Mind.
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