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UCSF's LGBT Center is proud to sponsor/support the events below! (This map will guide you to them, and these shuttles will take you to them.)
For non-UCSF LGBT happenings, pick up a copy of the LGBT papers Bay Times or Bay Area Reporter, available free at multiple locations, including the San Francisco LGBT Center at Market and Octavia.
LGBTQ MEET & GREET AT MISSION BAY
Every Thursday, 3-4pm, Cafe 24, 2nd floor, Genentech Hall
LGBTQ UCSFers and allies are warmly invited to this informal gathering designed to foster community, network, and share resources. For more info, contact Chris Waddling or Jeffrey Kaminski.
PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT GROUP FOR GAY MEN & PARTNERS
1st & 3rd Wednesdays monthly, 6:00-7:30pm, Room B704, Mt. Zion, 1600 Divisadero, SF
Patients of different levels of diagnosis and treatment are represented. Interested participants should contact Vittorio Cornelli, PsyD, at 415-476-0468 or by email.
Thursday, October 8
THE LONELINESS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN RUNNER:
AN UPDATE ON INTERSEX/DSD ISSUES BY KATRINA KARKAZIS
12pm, Health Sciences West 302
(Enter Medical Sciences at 513 Parnassus, go up stairs, go out glass doors, and turn left up the courtyard to Health Sciences West)
Join Stanford bioethicist Katrina Karkazis, PhD, MPH-- the acclaimed author of Fixing Sex: Intersex, Medical Authority & Lived Experience--for an update on intersex/DSD concerns, recently in the news when South African runner Caster Semenya underwent testing to "verify her sex" after winning a women's gold medal. Media accounts were rife with inaccuracies--and unleashed a flood of ignorant commentary about "hermaphrodites."
Tuesday, October 13
STEPHANIE BRILL ON
THE NEEDS OF GENDER-VARIANT YOUTH
12pm, HSW-300
Join Stephanie Brill, co-author of The Transgender Child: A Handbook for Families and Professionals, for a discussion of the experiences and needs of gender-variant youth and their families. Brill, a noted educator, speaks movingly and accessibly about the concerns of these often overlooked children and teens.
Thursday, October 15
GLAAD WANTS YOU:
JOIN THE LGBT MEDIA MONITORING TEAM!
**TO BE RESCHEDULED FOR EARLY 2010**
Juan Barajas, SF Bay Area Senior Director for the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), leads a training for all interested in joining GLAAD's Media Monitoring Team. Come learn how you can ensure fair, accurate, and inclusive LGBT coverage by spending a few hours weekly monitoring Bay Area media--identifying and responding to problematic coverage, and thanking media outlets that do a great job.
FRIday, October 16
AFTER PROP 8:
WHAT NEXT FOR MARRIAGE EQUALITY?
12-1pm, Health Sciences West 301
(Enter Medical Sciences at 513 Parnassus, go up stairs, go out glass doors, and turn left up the courtyard to Health Sciences West)
Want to learn more about the federal lawsuit that will put Prop 8 on trial in January? Want to learn the latest on repeal efforts for Prop 8 at the ballot box? This open panel discussion will focus on upcoming legal and political issues, as well as ways to get involved with marriage equality. Panelists will include Therese Stewart (Chief Deputy City Attorney for San Francisco and legal counsel in four landmark marriage equality cases, including the current federal case challenging Proposition 8) and Scott Wiener (board member of the Human Rights Campaign, former chair of the SF Democratic Party, and former co-chair of the Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club). For more information, email Patrick.unemori@ucsf.edu. Co-sponsored by UCSF Equality Action Group and UCSF Allied & Out
Monday, October 19
TRAINING RULES:
A RIVETING DOCUMENTARY ABOUT LESBIANS IN COLLEGE SPORTS
5:30-6:30pm, Nursing 225
(Enter 513 Parnassus, go up stairs in lobby, cross courtyard to Nursing, N-225 is on left)
Don't miss this fascinating new documentary about women's basketball coach Rene Portland of Penn State, whose unofficial training rules for 20+ years were: no drinking, no drugs, no lesbians. In 2005, after she dismissed her star player, the SF-based National Center for Lesbian Rights filed a discrimination suit on the player's behalf--and after a settlement was announced, Coach Portland resigned. Acclaimed filmmakers Dee Mosbacher, MD, PhD, and Fawn Yacker spotlight anti-lesbian bias in college sports--and why Coach Portland was not only tolerated but celebrated nationally.
Friday, October 23
LGBT HEALTH RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM
1:30-3:00pm, Laurel Heights Auditorium (lower floor of Laurel Heights)
Don't miss the first-ever UCSF symposium on LGBT health research, featuring an overview of LGBT health risks and disparities by LGBT Center Director Shane Snowdon and presentations by the UCSF Center of Excellence in Transgender Health, the Lesbian Health & Research Center, and the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS).
Wednesday, October 28 &
Thursday, October 29
UCSF PREMIERE:
STRAIGHTLACED: HOW GENDER'S GOT US ALL TIED UP
Wednesday, Oct. 28: 5:30pm, Health Sciences West 302
Thursday, Oct. 29: 12pm, Health Sciences West 303
(Enter Medical Sciences at 513 Parnassus, go up stairs, go out glass doors, and turn left up the courtyard to Health Sciences West)
In this moving and powerful new documentary from SF's own Groundspark, teens who identify as straight, LGBT, and questioning open up their lives to the camera: choosing between “male” and “female” deodorant, deciding whether to go along with anti-gay taunts in the locker room, having the courage to take ballet, avoiding the restroom so they won’t get beaten up, mourning the suicide of a classmate. As they talk with courage, candor, and humor, it becomes clear how gender stereotypes and gender policing affect them (and all of us)--and how teens and adults alike can create a more inclusive, empowering culture. Co-sponsored by the Center for Gender Equity
Friday, November 6
LT. DAN CHOI:
A GAY ARMY VETERAN TELLS HIS STORY
12pm, Health Sciences West 300
(Enter Medical Sciences at 513 Parnassus, go up stairs, enter courtyard, and turn left to Health Sciences West)
Celebrate Veterans Day early with this moving talk by Army Lt. Dan Choi, the West Point graduate and Iraq veteran who came out on national television--and now faces discharge. Lt. Choi, who served as Grand Marshal of the 2009 SF Pride Parade, is challenging the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy," under which he could be discharged despite his fluency in Arabic and impressive service record. Come hear the story of this inspiring veteran, who grew up in Tustin, California, as the son of a Baptist minister. Co-sponsored by the UCSF Chancellor's GLBT Advisory Committee
Friday, November 20
DIAGNOSING DIFFERENCE:
THE ACCLAIMED DOCUMENTARY ON "GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER"
12pm, Health Sciences West 301
(Enter Medical Sciences at 513 Parnassus, go up stairs, go out glass doors, and turn left up the courtyard to Health Sciences West)
In this documentary, a huge hit at Frameline, 13 diverse transgender people discuss how it feels to have their gender identity labeled by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders as a "gender identity disorder." Using the diagnosis as a departure point, the interviewees--prominent San Francisco transgender activists--debunk myths about transgender identities, challenge stereotypical gender expectations, and offer insights into the terms and language used to describe transgender lives. This groundbreaking film is the first to explore the impact of the GID diagnosis on people who identify on the trans spectrum in their own words and images. Co-sponsored by the UCSF Center of Excellence in Transgender Health, for Transgender Remembrance Day
Friday, November 20
THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF "DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL":
A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION WITH AARON BELKIN & JOSEPH ROCHA
12pm, VA Medical Center Auditorium, Building 7, Room 112
Dr. Aaron Belkin (above), Director of UCSB's Palm Center for research on sexual minorities in the military, joins Petty Officer 3rd Class Joseph Rocha for a roundtable discussion of the health effects of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy. Dr. Belkin, the nation's leading expert on gays in the miliatry, was instrumental in bringing to the Navy's attention complaints from Petty Officer Rocha that his commanding officer harassed and abused him and others because of their sexual orientation. Incidents mentioned in the complaints included forced simulationof homosexual acts, being fed dog food, and being hog-tied to a chair and rolled into a kennel full of feces; the commanding officer was recently reprimanded and forced into retirement by the Navy. The roundtable will be moderated by UCSF psychaitry residents Dona Tversky, MD, and Michael Murphy, MD, and may include additional panelists TBA. Co-sponsored by the VAMC Mental Health Service & UCSF Dept. of Psychiatry
Monday, December 7
ANNUAL LGBT YEAR-END CELEBRATION
5:30-7:00pm, RSVP required by Thursday, December 3, location TBA
All LGBT UCSFers (and their friends and allies) are warmly invited to this fabled year-end gathering with delicious munchies, captivating door prizes, and inspiring talk. Please be sure to RSVP by 5pm, Thursday, December 3. Co-sponsored by UCSF Chancellor's GLBT Advisory Committee
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