Below you will find the events occurring for Pride Week 2013! This calendar is continually growing, so please visit this page often. If you would like to advertise the Pride Week 2013 events, please feel free to print the posters found within the links below. If you have any questions regarding the events, please contact us. We look forward to celebrating our pride with you!
This year's theme for Pride Week 2013 is:
"Say it Loud, We're Queer and Proud!"
FRIDAY: March 15, 2013
FREE HIV TESTING in the LGBTA Student Resource Center
1:00pm - 4:00pm - 101 Boucke, LGBTA Student Resource Center
AIDS Resource will be providing free, confidential testing in the LGBTA Student Resource Center on Friday!
Learn more about AIDS Resource at www.aidsresource.com
"Too Cold Out There Without You" DOCUMENTARY SCREENING
3:00pm - State Theatre
Part of the College Town Film Festival (http://collegetownfilmfestival.com/), this documentary traces one story of a transgendered man and his path through transition. The film will be followed by a Q+A with Rev. Christopher Fike and his daughter.
Synopsis:
When the Rev. Christopher Fike was ordained in the Episcopal Church, he was a straight, married mother of two adorable children. Five years later he had completed his transition and now identifies as a man. Chris’s decision to change genders ignited tensions in both his family and in a Church still reeling in the aftermath of its consecration of Bishop V. Gene Robinson, the world’s first openly gay bishop.
Too Cold Out There Without You is a post-transition story that looks beyond the act of transitioning and instead focuses on the transformation that takes place in Chris’s relationships with those closest to him. Chris’s family struggled with their response to his gender change, and Chris’s career in the Church was severely derailed by his transition. Forced to take a leave of absence, Chris found himself angry, unemployed and alienated from his family and an institution he loved.
As Chris put his life back in order, he discovered his experience transitioning had deepened his ability to help others who have marginalized by society. Beyond his work as a priest and a social worker, Chris also had to focus on helping his daughter with bipolar disorder and his son with Asperger's syndrome work with their diagnoses to find happy and productive paths through their teen years. Chris’s journey looks at what it takes for people to stay connected and shows how our lives can be better together despite unexpected, difficult turns life sometimes takes.
Trailer: http://toocoldouttherewithoutyou.com/
MONDAY: March 18, 2013
HUB TAKEOVER
10:00am - 4:00pm - Entrance HUB Robeson Center
Join Penn State LGBTA Students in the lobby of the hub, first floor, to start the celebrations for Pride Week 2013! The famous rainbow balloon arch will signal where everything is happening. Tables will be set up with information about various campus and community groups. Please stop by to support the students!
Co-Sponsored by: LGBTA Student Coalition and Rainbow Roundtable
CAMPUS STRAIGHT TALK
6:00pm - HUB Robeson Center Auditorium
Come listen to a panel of LGBTA Penn State students talk about their experiences on campus related to their sexual and gender identities. After sharing a brief personal statement, panelists will answer questions from the audience about what it means to be LGBTA!
Sponsored by: LGBTA Student Resource Center
TUESDAY: March 19, 2013
KEEPING THE FAITH PANEL
12:00pm - Memorial Lounge, Pasquerilla Spiritual Center
Join a panel of leaders from different faith backgrounds talking about their faith's perspectives on sexuality, gender identity, and the LGBTA community. These panelists will provide brief remarks and then field questions from the audience.
Co-Sponsored by: Center for Ethics and Religious Affairs, Pasquerilla Spiritual Center
"ScottChurch's DRAG" DOCUMENTARY SCREENING
7:00pm - HUB Robeson Center Auditorium
Speakers: Scott Church (Award-winning Photographer) and Michael Donati (Documentary Filmaker)
Award-winning glamour photographer Scott Church has made a twenty-year career photographing some of the world's most beautiful models. But when he decides to replace women with drag performers, his unsuspecting Pennsylvania hometown is given an unforgettable lesson in the gender bending art form. Award-winning glamour photographer Scott Church has been capturing beauty for over twenty years. Published by the likes of Maxim and Playboy, he has made a successful career photographing some of the world's most beautiful women. Combining a unique style and daring approach to the craft, he has earned consistent praise and a legion of devoted fans from around the world. But when he decides to replace his trademark subject matter for a photography study on drag performers, eyebrows are raised almost instantly. Setting out to prove that these artists and performers are among us every day, Church executes a series of colorful photographs which take the entertainers out of their traditional club environments and places them into real life situations. From grocery stores to gas stations, the outrageous experiment becomes a quick lesson in the gender bending art form for his unsuspecting Pennsylvania hometown. Through candid interviews along the way, the performers themselves speak up about their life in drag and how the taboo format is not only harmless entertainment but an important form of self expression. Pictures are worth a thousand words, but the stories behind them are worth even more. Enlightening, daring, hilarious and at times genuinely moving, the film is the end result of Church's yearlong effort to shed light on an often misunderstood subject.
Trailer: http://www.imdb.com/video/wab/vi966371097/
Sponsored by: LGBTA Student Resource Center
WEDNESDAY: March 20, 2013
PRIDE WEEK RALLY
12:00pm - Old Main Steps
Join members of the campus LGBTA community speaking out for the queer community! Applications to speak at this event will be available closer to the date. The Sue Rankin Award will be presented at the ceremony. Kate Clinton will be joining us for the Rally to share her thoughts!
Co-Sponsored by: Rainbow Roundtable
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: KATE CLINTON
LY-LGBTQ-AO - Laugh Your LGBTQ A$$ Off
7:00pm - Heritage Hall - HUB Robeson Center
Get comic Kate Clinton’s take on doping, biking, Congress, contraception, the Catholic church, drones, catfishing the closet, gay marriage and the Supremes and whatever else happened that week or in the last thirty years of the gay movement. Special LGBTQ glasses not necessary. All are welcome. Q/A period to follow. There might be snacks.
Sponsored by: LGBTA Student Resource Center
THURSDAY: March 21, 2013
ALLY TRAINING
11:00am - 321 HUB Robeson Center
Come learn what it means to be an Ally to the LGBT Community! Whether you would describe your ally level as a novice, expert, or anywhere in between, this training is for you! Open to any Penn State student, staff, or faculty. Email lgbta@psu.edu to sign up.
Sponsored by: LGBTA Student Resource Center
FREE STI/HIV TESTING
12:00-4:00pm - Student Health Center
Stop by the Student Health Center between noon and 4:00pm to receive FREE, confidential STI and HIV Testing.
Sponsored by: University Health Services
PRIDE WEEK OPEN FORUM WITH THE PAUL ROBESON CULTURAL CENTER
6:00pm - PRCC Library
Join the Paul Robeson Cultural Center and the LGBTA Student Resource Center for the Pride Week Open Forum. At this forum, we will discuss the intersections between sexual and gender identites and racial identities. All are welcome to attend!
Co-Sponsored by: Paul Robeson Cultural Center
FRIDAY: March 22, 2013
LUNCH AND INFORMATION SESSION WITH SIEMENS
12:00pm - 101 Boucke, LGBTA Student Resource Center
From Siemens:
At Siemens we are looking for true problem solvers who dare to ask challenging questions, are driven by curiosity and innovation, and are ready to work on real projects that impact people and businesses across the U.S. Come join us for an Information Session and learn how you can lend your voice to our team of innovators and thought-leaders as we shape the future of energy, healthcare, industry and infrastructure and cities.
For more information, visit: www.usa.siemens.com/careers
SAFE SEX WORKSHOP WITH PENN STATE STUDENTS
3:00pm - 129C HUB Robeson Center
Join current Penn State Students as they talk about ways to engage in safe sex. Conversation will range from protection to toys to STIs. Bring your curiosity and your questions to this revealing conversation.
Sponsored by: LGBTA Student Resource Center
CLGBTE SPRING SOCIAL
4:00pm - Palmer Art Museum
The Commission on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Equity (CLGBTE) will host a spring semester gathering on Friday, March 22, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. at the Palmer Museum of Art on the University Park campus. Penn State faculty, staff, students, and their partners and families are invited to join members of the commission for tours of the museum’s collection and special exhibitions, casual conversation, and hors d’oeuvres. RSVP to Kathy Putt, kmr3@psu.edu by 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 19, 2013. Tours of the museum will begin at 4:15 and 4:45 p.m.
The CLGBTE advises the President and works with the vice provost for Educational Equity to improve the climate of diversity, equity, and inclusion for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender members of the Penn State community. For more information about the commission, visit equity.psu.edu/clgbte/. This event is sponsored by CLGBTE and the Palmer Museum of Art palmermuseum.psu.edu.
SPRING FLING DANCE
7:30pm - 302 HUB Robeson Cultural Center
Sponsored by: Rainbow Roundtable
MONDAY: March 25, 2013
LGBTA PASSOVER SEDER
7:00pm - Pasquerilla Spiritual Center
Join Penn State Hillel and the LGBTA Student Resource Center for a Passover Seder crafted specifically for the LGBT community and its allies! All are welcome. Dinner included. Cost: TBD.
The Passover Seder is an annual Jewish ritual in which groups of people—families, friends, communities, and even groups of strangers—gather for a time of reflective conversation. Join Penn State Hillel and the LGBTA Student Resource Center this March for a meaningful meal. Led by the Haggadah, a book that tells the story of Exodus, we will explore new chapters of liberation and oppression and their relevance to the LGBTA community.
Co-Sponsored by: Penn State Hillel
WEDNESDAY: March 27, 2013
SUPPORT NETWORK FILM
12:00pm - 106 HUB Robeson Center
Join members of the Penn State Support Network for a documentary about the LGBTA community!
Co-Sponsored by LGBT Support Network
"How to Survive A Plague" DOCUMENTARY SCREENING
5:00pm - HUB Robeson Center Auditorium
Speaker: Peter Staley, activist featured in the film
“How to Survive a Plague” is the story of two coalitions—ACT UP and TAG (Treatment Action Group)—whose activism and innovation turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable condition. Despite having no scientific training, these self-made activists infiltrated the pharmaceutical industry and helped identify promising new drugs, moving them from experimental trials to patients in record time. With unfettered access to a treasure trove of never-before-seen archival footage from the 1980s and '90s, filmmaker David France puts the viewer smack in the middle of the controversial actions, the heated meetings, the heartbreaking failures, and the exultant breakthroughs of heroes in the making.
Sponsored by: LGBTA Student Resource Center
THURSDAY: March 28, 2012
5:30pm - LGBTA Student Resource Center (101 Boucke)
Join CAPS in the LGBTA Student Resource Center for a fun, interactive game about the LGBTA Community! Participants will engage with a guest host to answer questions and trivia about queer topics. Fun will be had by all who attend!
Sponsored by: Counseling and Psychological Services
FRIDAY: March 29, 2013
DRAG SHOW
10:00pm - Alumni Hall, HUB Robeson Center
Sponsored by: Undertones
