4/25: THE GENDER BENDER BALL!

HAVEN: the LGBTQ Student Union presents the second annual:
GENDER BENDER BALL!
in the Statler Ballroom, doors open 10pm.

this year it's off the hook!
gender bending all night long with:

The HOUSE OF THE LEGACY! from NYC!
DJNB spinning live all night!
FREE ADMISSION!
food and drinks free!
VOGUE VOGUE VOGUE VOGUE VOGUE
with the a vogue performance and competition with prizes!!!
vogue performances, contests and dancing until the morning!!!

4/24: Lessons in Legacy! Vogueing workship

"Who's in charge of the Girlz??"

Voguing-A fast-growing genre of dance developed in discos in the late 70's and done by "striking poses," with some fluid though precise and often quick movement between. Madonna stole it!!

Let's join MOSAIC and Haven: the LGBTQ Student Union for a weekend of Lessons in Fierce! This event kicks off on Wednesday, April 22 at 6pm

"Paris is Burning!"
Screening in WSH Music Room
Wed. April 22, 6-7pm
Come see how ball culture all began!
Refreshments will be served!!!!

"Paris Is Burning is a 1990 documentary film directed by Jennie Livingston. Filmed in the mid-to-late 1980s, it chronicles the ball culture of New York City and the poor, African American and Latino gay and transgendered community involved in it. Many consider Paris Is Burning to be an invaluable documentary of the end of the "Golden Age" of New York City drag balls, as well as a thoughtful exploration of race, class, and gender in America."


"Walk Runway Ms. Cunt!"
Voguing & Runway Workshop
Friday, April 24th 4-6pm
WSH, 5th Floor Lounge
Come see if you have what it takes to be exclusive!
Lessons in Voguing & Runway...work the catwalk with the House of Legacy.


Friday, April 24th
7:00-8:30pm
Restaurant TBD
Dinner with the Voguers of the House of Legacy, hosted by MOSAIC

Enjoy a meal with fabulous people!

4/16: Loren Cameron: Transsexual Portraits, Body Alchemy

With warmth and enthusiasm, Cameron invites the audience to participate in a celebration of his transgender community through photographs of transsexual portraits and classical nudes. Within the context of presenting slides of his work, Cameron tells stories about his experience as a transsexual photographer and about the lives of the people he photographs. His friendly and candid presentational style provides a relaxed environment for the viewer to learn and communicate about transgender issues.

Following the Lecture there will be an art reception with some of Cameron's works from his book Body Alchemy. Refreshments will be provided.

For more information, visit the event website: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?sid=80f45b8b21babce32f4f38e976e8aa0f&eid=82412516016&ref=search

March 8th: F to eMbody!

Direct Action to Stop Heterosexism, Office of the Dean of Students, and Watermargin Cooperative in coordination with the LGBT Studies TransRhetorics Conference
present: F to eMbody

Saturday, March 7
8:00 pm, Door open 7:30pm
Lewis Auditorium, Goldwin Smith

F to eMbody is a multi-media spoken-word and hip-hop performance.

Harvey Katz (aka Athens Boys Choir) performs gender-deviant, multi-media, spoken-word/homo-hop. His lyrics are heart-on-the-sleeve and his beats are undeniably gay-in-the-pants and he's hit the stage with Ani DiFranco, Leslie and the Ly's, Poets of HBO's Def Poetry Jam, Michelle Tea, Alix Olson, and Amy Ray.

Katastrophe (aka Rocco Kayiatos) is a San Francisco-based rapper and producer and uses his poetic grasp of language to weave dense tales of lives lived outside the mainstreams of education, gender, and culture. He was crowned Producer of the Year by Out Music Awards for his debut album and been featured in the documentary films Poetic License and Pick up the Mic. He spent 12 weeks on LOGO's top ten click list and his music was featured on an episode of the L Word.

He's shared the stage with Le Tigre, Gossip, Saul Williams, Bitch, Chicks on Speed, Michael Franti, Dead Prez, John Cameron Mitchell, Kiki and Herb, and Amy Ray.

For more info visit: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=53367464503


* If you are interested in having an ASL interpreter, please contact atb33@cornell.edu.

February 20: YaliniDream!

YaliniDream incorporates her unique blend of spoken word poetry, song, theater, and dance in a performance that speaks to the survival of spirit. This vigorous performance journeys thru many spaces from the humorous conflict of a young girl's dilemma between sexy thoughts and bedtime prayers to a mother coming to terms with her daughter's sexuality & community's contradictions to the heart wrenching stories of the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka.

YaliniDream travels this terrain through a hybrid form of dance that draws upon contemporary and classical South Asian forms as well as US Urban dance forms such as Hip Hop and Experimental House. YaliniDream's work speaks to the heart, conjures the spirit, and incites the intellect through her performance, "Wounds Unkissed."

"Wounds Unkissed" - 1 hour performance
Discussion - 1 hour of round-table discussion on the performance, identities as a Queer Person of Color (QPOC), QPOC community-building & empowerment through activism, and working within the LGBT community at large
Solo Performance Art Workshop - 1 hour


YaliniDream uses her perspective as a Brooklyn-based Queer Woman of Sri Lankan Tamil descent to open a wide range of conversations, that include (but are not limited to) the intersection of identities, desire and spirituality, and the legacy of war. These conversations address prevalent issues facing Asian American, Immigrant, LGBTQ, People of Color, South Asian American & Women of Color communities.

MOSAIC is sponsored by Haven. Haven is funded in part by the Dean of
Students Office of Student Support and by the SAFC.

This event is graciously co-sponsored by the following Program Houses: Holland International Living Center (HILC), Risley Residential College, Just About Music (JAM), Multicultural Living Learning Unit (McLLU), and Ujamaa Residential College. Other co-sponsorships include Asia Night 2009 and the Affrican, Latino, Asian, and Native American (ALANA) Programming Board.

Filthy/Gorgeous: Saturday, February 28th!

Get filthy with our DJ and MC, drag diva Chi Chi LaRue. Stay for the gorgeous ladies of God-des & She. As always, our go-go boys and girls will be keeping the party going all night.

As a special bonus, Chi Chi is bringing some of her boys, our special guests, Channel 1 Releasing exclusives Blake Riley and Jeremy Bilding!


This year, we will also be conducting a charity raffle with all proceeds going to Sylvia's Place! Prizes include VIP tickets to a taping of the Colbert Report and a meet & greet with Stephen Colbert! Check back for more prize announcements.



**For those attending the Ludacris concert ending just prior to the event, bring your Ludacris ticket stub and get $1 off admission!**

Sponsored by Haven: the LGBTQ Student Union, Alternative Breaks, Amnesty International, Lambda Law Students, Out 4 Business, GLBT Vets, Cornell Concert Commission, Cornell Women’s Resource Center, WSHSUB, and the LGBT Resource Center. Funded in part by the SAFC and the GPSAFC. CUGSA is a part of Haven: the LGBTQ Student Union, supported by the office of the Dean of Students and funded by the SAF.

Tuesday January 20th: Chris Pureka LIVE at Cornell!

Nationally acclaimed indie rock/americana guitarist Chris Pureka is coming to Cornell!!!!

She's a truly amazing guitarist, singer, and songwriter and this show is going to be phenomenal.

FREE ADMISSION! Open to the public. Everyone is welcome!

[In•de•pen•dent: (adj.) Not having sold one's life, career, and creative works over to a corporation.]

Doors open at 7:30pm -- be there early to get a seat!

For More info, video clips, and reviews visit Chris' website:
http://www.chrispureka.com/


This event is Sponsored by LBQ

*if you would like to inquire about having an ASL interpreter and/or have building accessibility issues, please don't hesitate to contact us!