OUTober Events
September 30 - Thursday
Welcome (Back) Reception
4-6 PM
5710
Community Lounge
Hosted By: Office of LGBTQ Student Life, LGBTQ Mentoring Program
Celebrate the new year and meet other queer and queer-friendly people in the University! Join us on the eve for OUTober for the 19th Annual Reception for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Ally communities at the University of Chicago.
Students, faculty, staff and alumni are all invited!
October 2 – Saturday
AIDS Run/Walk
9:55 AM Run/10 AM Walk
Grant Park
Hosted By: Office of LGBTQ Student Life
The Office of LGBTQ Student Life will be participating in AIDS Run & Walk Chicago 2010. Please support our efforts by making a donation for our team as we get moving against HIV/AIDS at this fun-filled event on Saturday October 3, 2009 in Grant Park. By making a donation to our team, you help support more than 150 Chicagoland organizations whose work is so critical to the fight against HIV/AIDS. You can donate by visiting our team website here.
October 6 - Wednesday
Anonymous, Rapid, Free HIV Testing
11 AM-3 PM
5710 South Woodlawn, Third Floor Lounges
Hosted By: Office of LGBTQ Student Life, Center on Halsted
Rapid HIV Testing @ 5710. Get tested. Know your status. Protect yourselves and your partners. Drop by 5710 for free rapid HIV testing. Results in 15 minutes. HIV testing provided by The Center on Halsted. Free. Rapid. Confidential. Anonymous. This is event is open to University students, faculty & staff.
October 6 - Wednesday
Sex is Good! Workshop
7 PM
5710 South Woodlawn, Amandla Lounge
Hosted by: Office of LGBTQ Student Life, Feminist Majority, Early to Bed
In this fun and informative workshop, a sex educator from Early to Bed will discuss the still-taboo topic of masturbation, why it is so good for you, and simple tips for enjoying your solo sex even more. We then move onto what makes partner sex happy and healthy – covering issues like orgasm, communication and safer sex. Throughout the workshop we’ll point out sex toys that can make solo and partner sex more exciting and we’ll also have plenty of time to answer any of your burning questions about sex!
October 7 - Thursday
Ceremony of Solidarity
6:30 PM
5710 South Woodlawn, Community Lounge
Hosted by: Office of LGBTQ Student Life, OMSA, Spiritual Life Office, QueeReligious
In light of the recent tragedies affecting several University communities, we invite you to participate in a Ceremony of Solidarity with all who are struggling with coming out, or with being bullied or harassed. The candlelit ceremony, sponsored by the Office of LGBTQ Student Life, along with the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs and the Spiritual Life Office, will take place Thursday, October 7 at 6:30 pm in the Community Lounge at 5710 South Woodlawn. Students of any spiritual orientation or tradition, or none, are invited to participate.
October 11 - Monday
Comping Out Stories Project
All Day/Every Day Until October 29
5710 South Woodlawn
Hosted By: Office of LGBTQ Student Life
We're looking for queer students, faculty, staff, alumni and our allies to share our coming out stories to be shared and told at 5710 in an art display project and on the OUTober website. Send your coming out stories (in 500 words or less.. yes we realize some stories are long, but they need to fit on the poster) along with a high resolution picture. Email your stories and pics to lgbtq.office@uchicago.edu and help us celebrate coming out by sharing your story!
October 12 - Tuesday
Bi The Way Documentary
7 PM
5710
South Woodlawn, Community Lounge
Hosted By: Office of LGBTQ Student Life
The iron curtain between gay and straight is crumbling. The Bible belt is being unbuckled. Recent studies suggest that bisexuality is drastically more widespread than we ever thought. And for young people, dating a girl one week and a guy the next is no big deal.
Journeying through the changing sexual landscape of America, the directors of BI THE WAY (2008) investigate the latest scientific reports and social opinions on bisexuality, while following five members of the emerging “whatever generation” – teens and twenty-somethings who seem to be ushering in a whole new sexual revolution.
October 13 - Wednesday
Center for Gender Studies & Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture
Open House & Welcome Reception
4-6 PM
5733 South University
Hosted by: The Center for Gender Studies & Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture
Please join the Center for Gender Studies and the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture for our annual Open House and Welcome Reception. Enjoy light fare and refreshments while you meet faculty, staff, and students associated with both centers.
October 14 - Thursday
Graduate Mixer
6-8 PM
5710
South Woodlawn, Community Lounge
Hosted By: Office of LGBTQ Student Life
Celebrate the Start of a New Year! Join fellow graduate and professional students for an evening of socializing and great conversations. As always, drinks and appetizers will be provided. Remember to bring your ID!
October 15 - Friday
Coming Out Ball
8:00 PM - Midnight
Loyola University Chicago
Mundelein Center Auditorium (First Floor)
Hey all you flappers and daddy-o's! Get ready for the 9th Annual Coming Out Ball, hosted by Loyola University Chicago's Advocate! Meet students from all over Chicago as you Charleston the night away!
There will be music, dancing, drinks and hors d'oeuvres, and edible table arrangements provided by the Student Environmental Alliance so don't be a tomato, come on by!
Student Environmental Alliance will also be hosting an Eco Lounge ...on the 14th floor in conjunction with the dance. Admission is free!
**$10 non-Loyola students**
October 21 - Thursday
Making the Most of Diversity in the Workplace Workshop
4:30-5:30 PM
5710 South Woodlawn,
Community Lounge
Hosted By: Office of LGBTQ Student Life, Office of Multicultural Student Affairs (OMSA), Career Advising and Planning Services (CAPS), Alumni Relations
Making the Most of Diversity in the Workplace is a preparatory session for student attendees. The session is presented by students from both the College and graduate and professional schools and provides an opportunity for students to learn general networking strategies and effective ways to approach alumni during Diversity in the Workplace.
Diversity in the Workplace is an annual career networking conference that provides students the opportunity to network with a diverse group of accomplished University Of Chicago alumni who have entered rewarding careers in a variety of fields. The program will feature a keynote address, breakout panel discussions for undergraduates and graduate and professional students and a networking reception, all of which provide a forum for alumni to share on topics related to their experiences in the workplace. Represented fields include: law, business, medicine, academia, divinity, non-profit/government and the arts.
RSVP online at http://omsa.uchicago.edu/events/rsvp/dw_student_test.shtml. For additional information, please contact the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs at (773) 834-6826 or email rgraham1@uchicago.edu. Business Casual Attire Required.
October 21 - Thursday
I Am The Queen Documentary
7 PM
5710
South Woodlawn, Community Lounge
Hosted By: Office of LGBTQ Student Life, Office of Multicultural Student Affairs (OMSA), Amigas Latinas
A documentary directed and produced by Josue Pellot and Henrique Cirne-Lima, I AM THE QUEEN takes a look at the often unobserved life of Chicago’s Puerto Rican transgendered community. In this film, Pellot and Cirne-Lima document the Cacique Pageant, the first annual transgendered pageant held in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood. The film exposes the restructuring of the family unit experienced by pageant participants who are often distanced from their biological family only to find kinship among others in the Puerto Rican transgendered community. Join us for a screening and discussion with directors and producers Josue Pello and Henrique Cirne-Lima.
October 22 - Friday
5710 Open House
9:30 AM-4:30 PM
5710
South Woodlawn
Hosted By: Office of LGBTQ Student Life, Office of Multicultural Student Affairs (OMSA)
More information coming soon!
October 22 - Friday
5710 Portrait Unveiling Reception
3-5 PM
5710
South Woodlawn, Shared Meeting and Resource Rooms
Hosted By: Office of LGBTQ Student Life, Office of Multicultural Student Affairs (OMSA)
More information coming soon!
October 22 - Friday
Coming Out Monologues
7-8 PM
Reynolds Club, First Floor Theater
Hosted By: Queers & Associates
Queers and Associates is proud to put on the 3rd annual Coming Out Monologue! While "coming out" generally refers to sexuality, these stories will be about people coming out however they want. You can come out as a straight girl that gets confused as a lesbian, or a lesbian who has sex with straight girls (both were stories last year). Come out to tell any story, song, poem, abstract performance, or whatever you want! Or, just come out to listen to the courage of others.
If you are interested in performing, contact Dan Forbush at dforbush@uchicago.edu OR talk to any of the Q&A board members (Jenny Gifford, Connor Gilroy, or Nick Cassleman)
This event is also free.
October 25 - Monday
Diversity in the Workplace
5-7:30 PM
Chicago Booth, Room 104
Hosted By: Office of LGBTQ Student Life, Office of Multicultural Student Affairs (OMSA), Career Advising and Planning Services (CAPS), Alumni Relations
Diversity in the Workplace is an annual career networking conference that provides students the opportunity to network with a diverse group of accomplished University Of Chicago alumni who have entered rewarding careers in a variety of fields. The program will feature a keynote address, breakout panel discussions for undergraduates and graduate and professional students and a networking reception, all of which provide a forum for alumni to share on topics related to their experiences in the workplace. Represented fields include: law, business, medicine, academia, divinity, non-profit/government and the arts.
RSVP online at http://omsa.uchicago.edu/events/rsvp/dw_student_test.shtml. For additional information, please contact the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs at (773) 834-6826 or email rgraham1@uchicago.edu. Business Casual Attire Required.