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QConnect!
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April 6th ~ April 12th
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Cantu Queer Center Queer Student Orgs, Groups & Programs
MONDAYS
11:30- 1:30pm ~Your Queer Career Peer
5:30-7pm ~ Queer Men's Group
7-10pm ~ Queer Geeks
TUESDAYS
1-3pm ~ Let's Talk--Drop in Support
12:30-2pm ~ Queer Grad Student Lunch. 2nd Tuesday every month. Meets at Grad Commons
5-6:30pm - Familia X Student Org
6:30-9:30pm ~ Queer Coffeehouse with Crafty Queers
8-9:30pm ~Head-to-Head Gaymes
WEDNESDAYS
1-3pm - QTPOC
2:30-3:30 ~ A Way with Words Writing Group
3:30-4:30pm ~ Queer Book Club
5-6:30pm ~ Queer Women's Group
7-10pm ~ Queer Student Union
THURSDAYS
4-5pm ~ Queers Abroad Advising
5-6pm ~ Love Beyond: Queer Relationships, Queer Sex
FRIDAYS
5:30-7:30pm ~ Blender Student Group Trans and questioning
7:30-9pm - Ace of Clubs Asexual Safe Space
SATURDAYS
BLAQQ! for African American, Black Queer & Questioning Students
1-3 pm, 4/18, Cantu Queer Center
1-3 pm, 5/16, ERC Lounge
Queer Quote
"What I love about being queer is... everything. I like that it makes me different and I like that it makes people uncomfortable sometimes. I like that it makes people ask me lots of questions about things they probably would not normally ask people about their relationships or lifestyles. And most of all I love being queer because I get to have a girlfriend."
~Tegan Quin
Queer Fact
In April 2015, Malta became the first country in the world to outlaw sterilization and invasive surgery on intersex people.
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QHeadlines
Your Queer Career Peer
Every Mon, 11:30-1:30pm
Cant� Queer Center
Come speak to Anna Campos who is excited to support you in your career pursuits. Learn how to write resum�s and get info about job opportunities. Questions here.
Coven 
Every Tue, 4:30pm
Women's Center
A support and social space for transgender women, CAMAB non-binary people, and anyone who is male-assigned but does not identify as one. Questioning folks are welcome. Questions here.
Queer Grad Lunch
Tue, 4/14, 12:30-2pm
Grad Student Commons
Join queer grad students and friends for a hearty lunch and good conversation.
PFLAG "Creating Families Through
Local Adoption and Foster Care"
Tue, 4/14, 7-9pm
Peace United Church of Christ
900 High St, SC
Please join us as we discuss adoption and foster care as a way to create warm and loving families in the LGBTQ community.
Transwomen Support Group 
2nd and 4th Tuesday of every month, 7:30pm
Diversity Center, 1117 Soquel Ave, SC
A support group for transwomen. Join us for conversation, support, and information.
Eat Fresh with CalFresh! 
Wed, 4/15, 11-3:30pm
Bay Tree Ctr, Amah Mutsun Rm
Struggling to pay for food? Come learn more about CalFresh; get free help applying or renewing your benefits! Join us for pizza. Questions here.
QTPOC 
Every Wed, 1-2:30pm
Cant� Queer Center
Join us to socialize, discuss the May QPOC conference, and more!
Speak Out! A Night of Queer Fun
Wed, 4/15, 7pm
Namaste Lounge, College 9
Get ready for the National Day of Silence on April 17th! Have your voice heard on April 15th at "Speak Out! A Night of Queer Fun!" Perform, read, sing, and share anything you would like amongst your fellow queer community, as we create a safe and transformative space!"
 Lights in the Darkness
Wed, 4/15, 7-9pm
Porter Squiggle
A night to remember those lost to suicide and are affected by mental health issues. If interested, people can write a message of hope, or create artwork for display by candlelight. Info at CAPS.
Kresge Pride Planning 
Every Wed, 7pm
Kresge Student Lounge
Kresge Multicultural Education Committee (KMEC) is planning the 10th Kresge Pride Festival. All welcome. Info here.
Holocaust Remembrance Day Walk & Vigil
Thu, 4/16, 6pm - March begins
6 pm, Quarry Plaza ending at Stevenson Knoll at 7:30pm
CHER DETERMINATION 
Fri & Sat 4/17 - 4/18, 8pm
Sun, 4/19, 3pm
Santa Clara University Recital Hall
500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara CA
A concert of Cher hits by the Silicon Valley Gay Men's Chorus. Tix here.
Drum Feast  Sat, 4/18, 12-5pm
Family Student Housing Field
The annual UCSC Sophia Garcia Robles Drum Feast celebrates the song, dances, and contemporary life ways and arts of Indigenous peoples in North America. In a "pan-Indigenous" atmosphere of fellowship, trust, respect, and empowerment the UCSC Drum Feast brings students, staff, faculty, and community members to educate about Indigenous cultures of this continent. All are welcome!
BLAQQ! 
Sat, 4/18, 1-3pm
Cant� Queer Center
Come discuss the BlaqOUT conference at UCR that UCSC delegates and members of BLAQQ attended. Join us for our biweekly meeting.
Pizza! All Black Queer or Questioning fellow slugs welcome!
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Screening: Transparent 
4/16, 4/23, 4/30, 8-10pm
Graduate Student Commons
Come join other graduate students to watch Transparent, an Amazon Original Series about an aging patriarch who decides to come out to his ex-wife and three adult children as transgender. This "dramedy" focuses on many family secrets and the ways in which the family learns to support each other. Beer and wine will be provided.
Lesbian Summer Camp 
4/23 - 4/26
Paicines National Park , CA
A fun long weekend of women, camping, hiking, playing in the swimming pool, and music by the campfire. This event sells out every year, please reserve your spot. Info: Jamyrson
Lavender Alumni Reception 
Sat, 4/25/, 3-5pm
Cant� Queer Center
We welcome all alumni to join the students and staff of the Cant� Queer Center at our annual Lavender Reception. This year we celebrate 25 years since queer student leaders were handed keys to the Merrill Rec Room and, with little funding but tremendous chutzpah, began to build a safe space and provide critical support for GLBTIQ students. Enjoy local wines, hearty hors d'oeuvres, and queer conviviality as you step into UCSC's beloved homo-away-from-home. Register here
All Day Game Day! 
Sat, 4/25, 6pm- Sun, 4/26, 6pm
Cant� Queer Center
Queer Geeks is hosting its quarterly all-day game day. Bring what you need to make yourself comfortable for the night. There will be both games and pizza (regular and vegan).
Oakes College Principles of Community Event
Thu, 4/30, 12-1pm, Oakes Learning Center
Come discuss the principle of JUSTICE with your campus community.
Santa Cruz Pride Garden Party 
Thu, 4/30, 5:30pm
121 Forest Ave, SC
Join us to enjoy refreshments, wine, good company & fun conversation. A chance for you to learn about some exciting changes taking place with Santa Cruz Pride this year. The funds raised at this party will go to help Pride reach its budget & keep this event free for the public. Attendance at the party is just $25. Pay online, bring cash or check. RSVP
Lionel Cant� Memorial Award 
The Chicano Latino Research Center is currently accepting applications for the Lionel Cant� Memorial Award for graduate students working in Latino sociology, migration studies, transnational/cross-border studies, gender and sexuality studies, and the study of gay men and masculinity. UCSC graduate students in good academic standing in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences are eligible to apply.
Film Screening with Bamby Salcedo and filmmaker Dante Alencastre!
Transvisible: Bamby Salcedo's Story
Fri, 5/8, Time & location TBA
Bamby Salcedo is a proud Trans-Latina woman who is renowned, nationwide, for her advocacy work for trans related issues. She is the founder and president of the Trans-Latin@ Coalition in addition to creating the first trans youth calendar called Angels of Change. Watch this amazing documentary and meet Salcedo and Alencastre at the Q & A.
Queer Youth Leadership Award Ceremony 
Sat, 5/9, 5:30-9 pm
San Lorenzo Valley High School, 7105 Highway 9, Felton
An evening of awards and entertainment by local queer youth and their allies. Do not miss it! Volunteers are needed Info here.
Queer Hemisphere: A Workshop/Taller 
5/13 - 5/15
UCSC
Queer Hemisphere is a project to reorient queer studies and queer theory in the Am�ricas along a hemispheric axis. We aim to create a conversation about queerness and other forms of sexual alterity and diversidad sexual that includes advanced graduate students, faculty, scholars, intellectuals and cultural workers from across the Am�ricas. Info here.
Queer Fashion Show
Fri & Sat 5/15 - 5/16, 8pm
Porter Dining Hall
Join us for a night of performance, art, and expression as we explore the history and ideas of 'queer' and 'freak'. Through the circus, QFS will spotlight systems of oppression and share untold stories. Together, we will show the world that we will not be tamed!
National Queer Art Festival 
Sat, 6/4 - 6/27
SOMArts Cultural Center Gallery, San Francisco, CA
This year's exhibition will feature all forms of art and art practice that reflect queer visual culture, the ways queers have invented or subverted social structures, and the ever changing ways queer artists and activists represent an evolving community and identity.
 Rainbow Grad Thu, 6/11, 2-4pm Cowell Provost House Mark your calendars to celebrate UCSC's queer graduates! More details and registration links coming soon.
Summer LGBTQ Program 
6/13 - 7/3
For all LGBTQ people interested in the real situation of LGBTQ life in Mexico. Learn about the LGBTQ community in Mexico and participate in Mexico City's Pride parade. More info
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GALA Gallery
Cantu's Artist and Healer in Residence:
Self-Love for Self-Defense
Renuka Rubi
"Rubi's art explores the intricacies of self-identity. Her series of self-portraits expands beyond the black and white and enters a realm of inter- sectionalities and color."
Rubi, a proud UCSC alumna, will be in residence at the Cant� throughout Spring quarter. She will be offering safe-touch chair massage, self-care & healing practices, as well as expressive art sessions including self-portraits. Her schedule will be posted soon! Drop by and meet her.
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Queer Conferences
Queer People of Color Conference
May 1st-3rd, 2015
at UC Santa Barbara.
More details soon! Email.
QACON15: Queer and Asian Conference
May, 1-3, 2015
at UC Berkeley
Queer and Comics Conference
May 7th- 8th, 2015
CUNY, NYC, NY
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Library Survey
Tell us directly how you use the library's resources, services and spaces. Share your perceptions of how the library contributes to your success as a student.
You have a chance to win a $5 or a $25 gift card. Survey.
Transgender Reproductive Health
We are studying trans* masculine individuals' experiences with reproductive health and family planning. Take the survey.
This research is intended to determine barriers to group psychotherapy with college students who identify as LGB and to understand the relationships between coping styles, sexual stigma, identity disclosure, and expectations of group psychotherapy.
Survey here.
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What has the Cant� done for you?
Spring is here . . . and oh so queer! We are especially pleased to announce that UCSC alumna (class of 2007), Rubi Shander, is the Cantu's artist and healer in residence this quarter. In the wake of the assault at Kresge, queer and trans students have expressed a strong desire for safety, healing, empowerment, and self-defense. Rubi offers art and safe-touch as means for healing, self-expression, and self-love. Rubi will be at the Cant� two days every week. We'll have her schedule set by next week. In the meantime, drop by and see her exhibit of self-portraits in our GALA Gallery.
Join Rubi for her artist's reception on Saturday, April 25th, 3-5pm, at our annual alumni mixer, the Lavender Reception.
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Your Queer Career
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Queer Academia
The Gay Asian Pacific Alliance (GAPA) Foundation Scholarship[ seeks to provide financial assistance to LGBTQ Asian and Pacific Islanders who are currently in high school or postsecondary school.
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Keep the Cant� Strong!
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