"A system cannot fail those it was never meant to protect."

  -W.E.B. Du Bois

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Fluid Attraction Group

Tuesdays | 5-6p | LGBT RC

 This group is an open dialogue and supportive space for those who identify with bisexual, biromantic, fluid, pansexual, panromantic, queer and questioning experiences. We welcome you to attend, listen, participate, and connect with others as we explore fluid sexualities and/or fluid romantic attractions. This is a community space where confidentiality will be respected.

Contact ucsdfluidgroup@gmail.com for more info.

Trans* Collective 

Thurs. 12/4 | 5-6p | LGBT RC

 Trans* Collective is a support and discussion group designed for trans*, gender variant/fluid, intersex folks including individuals who are questioning and/or identify outside of their assigned gender/sex. 
 

Contact rainbow@ucsd.edu for more info. 

 Undergrad                             205

 Graduate Student                    9

 Staff                                             9

 Faculty                                        0

 Alumni                                         2

 Guest                                           2

 Total                                         227

Trans Realness: The Social and Cultural Politics of Passing

Thurs. Dec. 4th | 5-6p | LGBTRC

This program will bring into conversation the ways by which trans folks negotiate their existence in a societal system bound within a gender binary. By centering trans voices in this conversation, the hope is to challenge the preconceived notions surrounding trans bodies and ultimately allow trans folks the opportunity to redefine their truth.

"... I grew confident in my choice to be true to myself, despite what anyone thought, despite the fear of what was to come. I knew that if I chose to make myself happy, to live in the pursuit of me and my dreams, that I would be free." - Janet Mock, "Redefining Realness" (73).

* This program is a closed space to folks who identify within the trans spectrum. *

Questions? Contact lgbtliberation@ucsd.edu

(Food will be provided.)

The Asterisk Trans* Conference

February 27-28, 2015 UC Riverside

People of all gender identities and expressions are welcome to attend. Featured speakers and performers include: Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, D'Lo,Bamby Salcedo, Ollie Schminkey, Marsha Aizumi,Dr. Tey Meadow. Join us for a college conference to build community for trans* people and allies, to address trans* health and well-being, and to provide education and resources for trans* youth advocates. For more information and to register click here! 

**You should not pay to register. The LGBT RC has it covered!

Volunteer Mixer/Destresser

Tues. Dec. 2nd | 1-2p | LGBT RC

All past, present, and interested volunteers are welcome! Come take time to just relax, get to know one another, do some crafty things, or just color or draw! 

The Q-Class List is out for Winter 2015! 

The Q-Class List is a list of all the classes offered at UCSD which pertain to gender or sexual orientation. To view the list, click here! 

Overnight Program 2015
 

We would like to invite you to apply to be a host for the Overnight Program 2015. The Overnight program is a free 3-day, 2-night program that provides UCSD-admitted high school seniors an opportunity to experience the university environment and campus life at UC San Diego, network with other admitted high school seniors and current college students and learn about campus resources. The high school participants will be paired up with a current UC San Diego undergraduate who will serve as their host and mentor/femtor throughout the duration of the program. This is a great opportunity to build leadership and community, so apply to be a host! Applications are now out and they are due by December 8, 2014 at 11:45pm! Click here to apply!

12 Step Recovery Group

Fridays, 3-4p | Heritage Room

The open 12 step meeting is a safe space for folks who are in, seeking, or have questions about recovery. We meet weekly to support one another as a non-judgmental peer group that respects each individual's privacy and process. Topics include, but are not limited to recovery from substance abuse, eating disorders, sex and love addiction, and codependency.

More info: rainbow@ucsd.edu 

HIV/AIDS Workshop

Mon. Dec. 1st | 10a | Raza Resource Centro

We invite you attend a special workshop on how HIV/AIDS affects the Latin@ community. As a cross-border region, San Diego's HIV/AIDS epidemic is different than what is seen nationally and globally. Learn how Latino/as are affected by HIV/AIDS. It is very important that you stay informed for yourself and for others. This event is part of World AIDS Day as part of Campus Community Centers Educational Sessions. Session will be given in Spanish. Community members are welcomed. Light refreshments provided. 

raza.ucsd.edu | 858-822-0072

Book Club 

women.ucsd.edu | 858-822-0074 

UCSD's Black Student Union Annual Kwanzaa Celebration

Mon. Dec. 8 | 6:30-9p | PC East Ballroom

Kwanzaa is an African-American celebration created to encourage the seven principles which include: unity, self-determination, collective work/responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity, and faith. Although it is an African-American holiday, everyone is welcome and

encouraged to celebrate Kwanzaa through the purpose of strengthening family, community, and cultural bonds.

So You Want to Become a Teacher!

Dec. 3^rd | 5:30-7p | The Bear Room (Above PC Theater)

Be an educator of change and social justice! Be a tutor, mentor, and a role model, join us for an info session with Education Studies and Ethnic Studies. Learn about some of the programs offered by the department of education studies. Meet with faculty, staff, current,. Andformer EDS students while enjoying some snacks and refreshments. For questions contact EDS at (858) 534-8834. 

HITO 165/265  Topics-LGBT History: "Queer Formations and the Global Sexual Revolution" (Winter 2015)

Tuesday, 1-3:50p
 
Since the late 1960s, the world has changed dramatically, especially in making visible (if not legitimizing) gender variance and non-normative sexualities.  This observation is the starting point for an exploratory seminar on the global history of the sexual revolution.  By examining a myriad of social, cultural, and economic transformations across different culture-areas, the class will investigate this phenomenon in comparative and transnational terms. 

 Call For Papers, Hysterical Bodies: Disabling Normative Behavior in Contemporary Art

Mon. Dec. 29th

Topsy-Turvy Tarp

The new public arts installation Topsy-Turvy Tarp provokes constructions of class and identity while engaging the public with its uncanny relationship to the past and present.  Located next to the busy pedestrian pathway on UCSD's Solis Hall measuring over 15 feet in length has had the effect of stopping people in their tracks. The high resolution scan of the 1950's topsy-turvy doll was chosen in relation to the Kenneth and Mamie Clark's Doll Test used by Thurgood Marshall as NAACP's lead attorney in the Supreme Court case Brown vs. Board of Education, deeming segregation in public schools to be unconstitutional. RSVP here Check out the event website here. For more information contact Sarah Turner here or 858 534-4004.

Test Anxiety Reduction Workshop

This workshop addresses the cognitive and behavioral causes of test anxiety, and provides skills/strategies to reduce anxiety in testing situations and improve performance. 

This is a drop in workshop, but please direct questions to: Ryan Stevenson (here) and Joanna Boval (here). 

27th All Peoples Celebration

Mon. Jan. 19th | 10-11:30a | Balboa Park Activity Center

You are invited to join us in honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the 27th All Peoples Celebration. The celebration includes a seated brunch and a dynamic program featuring local musical and spoken word entertainment. The theme for this year's event is "I Am a Human, I Am the Dream," and will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

The Asterisk Trans* Conference: Submit a Workshop

The Asterisk Trans* Conference is seeking program proposals that focus on building trans* community, the health and well-being of trans* people, and education and resources for trans* youth advocates. All accepted workshops will be presented over 60 minutes on Saturday, February 28, 2015. 

For more information visit here. 

COMM 102C: MEDIA & DESIGN OF SOCIAL LEARNING CONTEXTS

Enrolled students are responsible for attending lecture, writing field notes, and spending three hours per week engaging with youth and adults at a specially-designed after-school community setting. This experience "in the field" is supplemented by a weekly lecture at UCSD which provides students with background in ethnographic research methodology and exposes them to topics such as intergenerational learning and development, the role of storytelling in the development of shared perspectives and identity formation across socio-cultural contexts, as well as systems of power and equality. 

Email the course instructor, Dr. Camille Campion here for more infomation

The BioClock Studio, developed as part of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Professor program, is an innovative and collaborative writing/animation/design studio for scientific communication focused on the circadian clock - the daily internal clock that times biological processes across species, from sleep/wake cycles to rhythmic gene expression. We seek motivated students with diverse interests (science, computer science, writing, communication, art, media, etc.) to collaborate in the development of creative educational materials for students and the public. 

Contact us for questions. The application can be found here.