Minutes 2/2/10

February 2, 2010

Attending: 23

Check-ins: Name, preferred pronoun
A Game of Thumb-Ball!

Quick re-cap: t-shirt sales and GIH proposal
-Sold 53 t-shirts ($530.00)
-Collected 118 signatures for Gender-Inclusive Housing
-GIH proposal was accepted, now want to form a student task force to figure out how to implement it, details of where when and how, etc

Internalized Homonegativity
-Feel bad about yourself, people around you who identify as other than the hetero norm or don’t fit into it, negative feelings about stereotypes
-How do you overcome homonegativity?
-What do you like about being in the queer community? What do you like about yourself?
Things that help approve self-esteem:
-Be involved in the queer community

Drag Show, Friday at 7pm in Concert Hall!
Drag workshop tonight in VU462

VALENTINE’S DAY EVENT!
What:
-All Love Matters!
When:
-Feb 12
Where:
-Red Square
How:
-Strips of paper w/ kisses
--All say: “All love matters”
--Some say: “You are special”
--Some say: “You are loved”
--“Queers and Allies for Activism”, logo, and email on the back
-Posters: “All Love Matters”, “Love Does Not Discriminate”,
-Try to get a table to hold the stock and listserve, but if not, no biggie