The Queer Student Union would like to thank the Graduate Student Government for passing a resolution 32-0 urging Purdue to add Gender Identity and Expression, Genetic Information, and Political Affiliation to the Nondiscrimination Policy.
MEETINGS
QSU - Wednesday, 6:00pm, QRC (STEW G20)
ALLY - Thursday, 6:00pm, QRC (STEW G20)
NOGLSTP - Thursday, 5:30pm, ARMS 1021
GRAD - Friday, Doors open at 6:00pm, Start 6:30pm ARMS 1021
EVENTS
Antes que anochezca (Before Night Falls)
Tuesday, March 2nd
6:00pm, BRNG 2280
Guest Facilitator– Dr. Dawn Stinchcomb
The Latino Cultural Center is sponsoring a film festival this semester. Next week, a movie about one of the most famous Cuban writers recognized in the US, Reinaldo Arenas will be presented. This movie is based upon his life.
Born in 1943 in Holguín, a rural mountainous area in northeastern Cuba, Arenas lived in such poverty that he wrote that he didn’t even have paper to write his poetry. In a region where schools and hospitals were rare, the fact that this guajiro (country boy) could read and write was miraculous, let alone the fact that he wrote beautiful poetry. His poverty, his poetry, and his sexuality made Arenas a victim to a bigoted society. He led a mostly miserable life in Cuba where he was mercilessly persecuted in one form or another for being himself, but he lived for a decade in the US disillusioned. This movie stars Javier Bardem in the lead role. Sean Penn has a small role and Johnny Depp plays a transsexual.
United for Haiti Variety Show
Wednesday, March 10
8:00pm-10:00pm
Fowler Hall
Students for Justice in Palestine are hosting a variety show to raise money for Haiti relief. Members of QSU will be performing an act!
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Calendar: http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~triangle/calendar.html
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