Haven: The LGBTQ Student Union

4/25: THE GENDER BENDER BALL!

2009-04-21T20:54:00.000-07:00

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

2009-04-21T20:51:00.000-07:00

"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

2009-04-21T20:48:00.000-07:00

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!

2009-03-05T21:06:00.001-08:00

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!

2009-03-05T21:00:00.000-08:00

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!

2009-02-09T01:08:00.000-08:00

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!

2008-12-18T13:06:00.000-08:00

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!

GENDER BENDER BALL: April 18th, 2008

2008-05-15T22:51:00.000-07:00

The First Annual: Gender Bender Ball!
Where: Beck Atrium in Statler Hall; Cornell University
When: Friday, April 18th 10pm-1:30am
What: A FULL NIGHT OF GENDER BENDING FUN!
*Live DJ All night long
*FREE Admission for everyone
*Food and Drinks
*DRAG COMPETITION with PRIZES FOR THE BEST DRAG
and....

starting at 10:30pm sharp:
**MUTHERZ BOYZ**: a hot professional DRAG KING troupe from Rochester, performance will be from 10:30pm-11:00pm

So come in drag, and gender bending expressions of every kind. THIS IS A NIGHT YOU WILL NOT WANT TO MISS!http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=14443448853

REAL WORLD/ROAD RULERS! April 25th, 2008

2008-05-15T22:50:00.000-07:00

Sex, Drugs & Drama:
Be there for an interactive discussion with some of your favorite Real World and Road Rules participants! Join us for a candid discussion of sexuality, conflict, racism, drug & alcohol issues.

Tickets: $5.00 per person
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What was it like for Karamo to be the first gay Black man featured on The Real World?
Why did Davis ask Brooke to have sex with him even though he identifies as gay?
Does Coral think she's too confrontational or just honest?
How does Ruthie deal with being known as "the alcoholic?"
Did Sophia have a crush on her straight castmate Jisela as much as the show made it seem? Did she act on it???
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These are just a few of the topics we'll discuss!
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=13901621629

FILTHY/GORGEOUS! February 23rd, 2008

2008-05-15T22:41:00.000-07:00

Come out and get FILTHY with a live performance by Cazwell and stay for the GORGEOUS Lady Bunny, our DJ and MC for the evening. If that isn't enough, our go-go boys and girls will keep you moving all night long.

Tickets: $5 at the door

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=10544822789

Sponsored by Haven, Amnesty International, Cornell Concert Commission and the Cornell Women's Resource Center. Funded in part by the SAFC.

CUGSA, is part of Haven, supported by the Office of the Dean of Students, and funded in part by the SAF.

Some Past Events: Alix Olson, Alison Bechdel, Melissa Ferrick, Queer Prom and Homocoming!

2008-05-12T22:12:00.000-07:00

LBQ presents:

ALIX OLSON LIVE AT CORNELL!

LESBIAN, SOCIALIST, FEMINIST, SLAM POET working for SOCIAL JUSTICE!

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=7299011434

Where: February 8th, Barnes Auditorium, $3 admission at the door

When: Doors open: 7:30pm, performance is from 8:00-9:30pm

What: "Alix Olson is a brilliant performer, an ingenious poet, a serious thinker, a funny person. She brought me to my feet." -HOWARD ZINN

Of her live performances, The Progressive Magazine calls Alix "an electrifying performer who seduces the audience with wit and energy, spinning tales of life on the road between her fiery poems. A sharpshooter with theatrical flair, Olson oozes both love and rage."

Alix was voted "Best Activist", along with MoveOn, in Venus Magazine's Hott List 2004. Olson was voted 2004 OutMusician of the Year (OutMusic), and was a triple nominee for the 2002 OUTMusic Awards. In June 2003, Alix (along with Margaret Cho and Nobuko Oyabu) received the "Visionary Award" from the DC Rape Crisis Center for her "exceptional commitment to the promotion of social justice." Past honorees include Gloria Steinem, Tori Amos, Patricia Ireland and Sarah Jones. Olson has also received a New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship, and a Barbara Deming grant.

For more information contact: Ashley McGovern, aem65@cornell.edu

This event is sponsored by LBQ, Haven, the Women's Resource Center, ALANA, The LGBT Resource Center, Feminist, Gender & Sexuality Studies Department, CUPB, the Sustainability Hub, Watermargin Co-op and Cornell Peace and Justice.

Haven and the WRC are part of the Dean of Students Office, Student Support and Diversity Education, and are funded in part by the SAF

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Date: Saturday, March 8, 2008

Time: 7:30pm - 9:30pm

Location: Willard Straight Hall Memorial Room

Street: Central Campus Cornell

City/Town: Ithaca, NY

Melissa Ferrick has the kind of relationship with her audience that few artists are blessed with. Her live performance is fierce and funny, outspoken and vulnerable, passionate and real. The emotional honesty of Ferrick’s first-person lyrics, the force of her vocal delivery and the disciplined fury of her musicianship connects her to her audience with confidence and grace. She’s been gaining fans since her first release at age 22 on Atlantic Records. Her next three recordings were released by indie label What Are Records. In 2000, Melissa launched her own label: Right On Records. Her 2006 release, In the Eyes of Strangers, marked the label’s sixth release.

SHE IS AN AMAZING LIVE PERFORMER- YOU DEFINITELY DO NOT WANT TO MISS OUT ON THIS EVENT!

Tickets are $7 and will be sold

AT THE DOOR ONLY, so get there when the doors open at 7:30!

check out her website:

www.melissaferrick.com

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Since its inception in 1983, Alison Bechdel’s comic strip Dykes To Watch Out For has become a countercultural institution. The strip is syndicated in dozens of newspapers, translated into several languages and collected in a series of award-winning books. Utne magazine has listed DTWOF as “one of the greatest hits of the twentieth century.” And Comics Journal says, “Bechdel’s art distills the pleasures of Friends and The Nation; we recognize our world in it, with its sorrows and ironies.”

In addition to her comic strip, Bechdel has also done exclusive work for a slew of publications, including Ms., Slate, the Advocate, and many other newspapers, websites, comic books, and ‘zines.

In 2006, Houghton Mifflin published her graphic memoir, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic. The bestselling coming-of-age tale has been called a “mesmerizing feat of familial resurrection” and a “rare, prime example of why graphic novels have taken over the conversation about American literature” and was listed #1 on Time Magazine's Books of the Year list.

Bechdel lives near Burlington, Vermont.

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As the most prominent HIV/AIDS activist working in China, Dr. Yanhai has worked considerably with the LGBTQ population in both the context of HIV/AIDS prevention and human rights. In 2002, the government kidnapped Dr. Wan from a gay and lesbian film festival in Beijing for his involvement in exposing a major blood-selling scandal in Henan province, where HIV infections skyrocketed after local government officials and businessmen used

unsanitary methods to obtain and sell blood from peasants. Despite this and other instances of government detainment, Dr. Wan has continued to fight for

the rights of all those affected by HIV/AIDS in China.

At the DASH-sponsored lecture on Tuesday, Dr. Wan Yanhai will speak on his experiences as an HIV/AIDS activist in China. A small reception with pizza and other refreshments will follow the lecture.

~Wan Yanhai's visit to Cornell is sponsored by: Global Health Program, East

Asia Program, D.A.S.H., Cornell Health

International, Gannett Health Services, Becker House, Department of Asian

Studies, Department of Government, Department of Policy Analysis and

Management, Society for the Humanities, Haven, MOSAIC, Women's Resource

Center, SAFC.~

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Date: Friday, November 16, 2007

Time: 8:00pm - 9:30pm

Location: Kaufman Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall (it's on the basement floor of Goldwin Smith)

City/Town: Ithaca, NY

The Cornell Women's Resource Center, D.A.S.H. (Direct Action to Stop Homophobia), and The LGBT Resource Center cordially invite people of ALL genders and sexual orientations to join them for an evening of divine sexual exploration:

ANAL SEX 101: Everything You Wanted to Know

(But Were Afraid to Ask) With Qualified Sexpert Tristan Taormino

That's right! You read it correctly! Tristan Taormino, the author of The Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Women, editor of the award-winning Best Lesbian Erotica series, columnist, and renowned sex educator, is coming to Cornell to talk with us for one night only. And it's FREE!

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2007 8:00 P.M.

KAUFMAN AUDITORIUM (Goldwin Smith Hall)

No experience is necessary!

For more information, contact adi6@cornell.edu. This is an accessible event.

Funded in part by The CWRC, Haven, The CUPB, & The SAFC. The CWRC and Haven are supported by the Office of the Dean of Students and are funded in part by the Student Activity Fee.

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November 3rd, 10pm-1:00am

Big Red Barn

COME READY, PLAY HARD!

*$3 at the door with costume

*5 without

*DJ ALL NIGHT LONG

*FREE GIVEAWAYS