From: squires@mozzarella.cs.wisc.edu (Charles Squires)
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Subject: Out and About Week @ University of Wisconsin-Madison
Date: 10 Apr 92 23:48:56 GMT
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OUT AND ABOUT - Lesbian, Bisexual and Gay Awareness Series
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Madison, WI - The Ten Percent Society, a UW-Madison Lesbian, Bisexual and
Gay Student Organization, is proud to present the Eighth Annual Out and
About Lesbian, Bisexual and Gay Awareness Series. All events are free and
open to University of Wisconsin students, faculty, staff, and the general
public.  All events are wheelchair accessible. Interpreting for the hearing
impaired provided on request. Please call 608/255-9449 (voice only) at
least five days before an event to reserve a speech interpreter.


Thursday, April 16, 3:30-5:30pm in the Dag Hammarskjord Room, Union South
Dr. Jacquelyn Zita, Integrating Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Reality into
  Practice and Curricula
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Dr. Zita has a Ph.D. in Philosophy. She is an Associate Professor in the
Department of Women's Studies at the University of Minnesota, and is the
Chair of the University of Minnesota Select Committee for Lesbian, Gay,
and Bisexual Concerns. Her lecture will address the following questions:
1)      How does the definition of family and partnership affect research,
        social policy and clinical practice?
2)      How do we validate the experience of gay, lesbian, and bisexual
        individuals and approach clinical counseling practice in holistic
        and nondiscriminatory ways?
3)      What is helpful in countering resistance to the integration of the
        lesbian, gay, and bisexual experience into the curriculum?
Sponsors: Social Work Student Union on Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Student
Concerns; Faculty, School of Social Work; Ten Percent Society; Wisconsin
Student Association; The United; Dean of Students Office


Sunday, April 19, 2-4pm at Four Star Fiction, State Street
Essex Hemphill, Book Signing
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Sponsors: Wisconsin Student Association, Ten Percent Society, Interim
Multicultural Center


Monday, April 20, 7-8pm at 3650 Humanities
Essex Hemphill, A Poetry Reading
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Essex Hemphill, black gay cultural activist and poet, is the author of Earth
Life and Conditions. He is the recipient of fellowships in literature from
the District of Columbia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment
for the Arts. His work is featured in the black gay films Looking for
Langston and Tongues Untied. He also narrated Out of the Shadows a
documentary  dealing with AIDS in the black gay community. His work is
anthologized in: Tongues Untied; In the Life; New Men, New Minds; Gay and
Lesbian Poetry in Our Time; Art Against Apartheid; Men and Intimacy; The
Poet Upstairs; Natives, Tourists and Other Mysteries; and High Risk. His
essays have appeared in High Performance, Gay Community News, Out/Week,
and The Advocate.
Sponsors: Wisconsin Student Association, Ten Percent Society, Interim
Multicultural Center


Monday, April 20, 7am-6pm on Bascom Hill
UW-Madison's Bascom Hill will be covered with pink and black triangles.
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In Nazi Germany, prisoners in the concentration camps were forced to wear
colored triangles identifying their "crimes". Pink triangles signified the
crime of male homosexuality. Lesbians often wore black triangles. Today,
lesbians, bisexuals, and gay men display these symbols of oppression with
defiant pride.
Sponsor: Ten Percent Society


Tuesday, April 21, 7-10pm in room 109 Union South
Men's films
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        Erotikus
A history of Gay men's films from the 1950's to the present.
        Men in Love
The story of a young man who has just lost his lover to AIDS.
Sponsor: Ten Percent Society


Wednesday, April 22, 7-10pm in Inn Wisconsin, Memorial Union
(1)     Madison Lesbian Herstory Project Slide Show -- 20 years of local
        lesbian herstory.
(2)     Women's films
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        She Must be Seeing Things
The strength of a love affair between two women, a lawyer and a filmmaker,
is tested when the lawyer, after reading the filmmaker's diary, disguises
herself as a man and jealously "shadows" her lover.
        Images - A Lesbian Love Story
Women loving women. Strong capable Lesbians making decisions about their
lives and their loves.
Sponsor: Ten Percent Society


Thursday, April 23, 7-9pm at 2650 Humanities
Judith Roof, "Lesbians Don't Die"
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Judith Roof will examine the portrayals of lesbians' existence in films.
She will target her analysis on lesbian characters in popular films
including Aliens, Basic Instinct, among others. Be prepared to find
empowering portrayals of lesbians within stereotypical limits perpetuated
by the film industry.
Sponsor: Ten Percent Society


Friday, April 24
Blue Jeans Day
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Wear blue jeans to show your support of civil rights for lesbians, bisexuals,
and gay men.
Sponsor: Ten Percent Society


Friday, April 24, 6-8pm at 3650 Humanities
Karen Thompson and Sharon Kowalski, "What are the Myths we Live By?"
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After four years together, a November 1983 car accident began an eight year
struggle against Sharon Kowalski's parents' wishes. Their goals were simple:
to be reunited, and to obtain proper health care. The case was finally
settled in their favor in February 1992 in the Minnesota Supreme Court.
In their lecture, they will share lessons learned about how same-sex couples
can legally protect themselves, etc.
Sponsors: Ten Percent Society, Lesbian and Gay Law Students Union, Wisconsin
Student Association, Madison Women Determined to Free Sharon Kowalski


Friday, April 24, 8pm-12:45am at Great Hall, Memorial Union
Ten Percent Society Dance
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The Ten Percent Society celebrates the Out and About Series on the dance
floor. Free celebrates the Out and About Series on the dance floor. Free
admission, D.J.'s and cash bar.


Saturday, April 25
Workshops:  Check "Today In the Union" to confirm the room
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10:30am-12pm in Reception Room East, Memorial Union 
  Karen Thompson and Sharon Kowalski - "Handicapped" by Society: an
    anti-ableism workshop
  This workshop will define ableism and the language used for persons with
  disabilities. An oppression model will be presented. The presenters'
  experience with family and officialdom after Sharon's disabling car
  accident will be discussed in this context. Participation will be
  encouraged.
Sponsors: Ten Percent Society, Lesbian and Gay Law Students Union, Wisconsin
Student Association, Madison Women Determined to Free Sharon Kowalski

2-4pm in Old Madison, Memorial Union
  CHIMERA, Women's Self-Defense
Sponsor: Ten Percent Society

4-6pm in Old Madison, Memorial Union 
  Paul Weisselmann, Empowerment
  Paul Weisselmann from Beloit College presents a fast-paced seminar on
  self-empowerment for lesbians, bisexuals and gay men. He will examine
  five important steps with activities and discussion.
Sponsor: Ten Percent Society

4-6pm in Beefeaters, Memorial Union
  PFLAG, Coming Out to Parents
Sponsor: Ten Percent Society

7-9pm in Old Madison, Memorial Union
  MASN Safe Sex Tupperware Party for men
Sponsors: Madison AIDS Support Network, Ten Percent Society

7-9pm in Beefeaters, Memorial Union
  MASN Safe Sex Tupperware Party for  women
Sponsors: Madison AIDS Support Network, Ten Percent Society
-- 
-  Charles S. Squires, Jr.  ---------------------------------------------
   Computer Sciences Department, University of Wisconsin- Madison
   1210 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706; squires@mozzarella.cs.wisc.edu
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