***October is Coming out Month***
TODAY (Thursday Oct. 12) Candace Gingrich, who works with youth and lgbtq rights in the Human Rights Campaign, will be speaking in Dartmouth 105 @ 8. Before this, she will be having an informal meeting at 6:30 with selected students. If you'd like to be part of this please blitz back the account by NOON TODAY with a sentence or two on why you'd like to meet Ms. Gingrich, as space is limited.

Oct. 17 : Coming Out Stories in the Faculty Lounge of The Hop @ 8pm. ALL coming out stories are welcome (L,G,B,T,Q,F, and Allies)!

Oct. 31 - Halloween C O S T U M E B A L L ! Details to follow soon. Ideas? Blitz the GSA account.

***Pride***
Dartmouth is having its first ever Gay Pride! It is set for sometime in May 2007. If you'd like to help blitz the GSA or Jamal Brown.

***Big Meeting***
These happen every term. The GSA holds a meeting with another campus groups covering a specific topic for discussion. Past meetings have included Race and Sexuality, gays and God, What it means to be a gay athlete... Ideas and suggestions for this term's Big meeting are always welcomed and can be blitzed to the GSA account.

***dartmOUTh T-SHIRTS and NEW T-SHIRT***
There are still dartmOUTh t-shirts available so blitz the gsa if you'd still like one. There is a new tshirt available as well- Gay? fine by me. Available in red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple and black. There is also a mini contest for the creative minds out there. A gift certificate to an undisclosed business in downtown will be given to the person that can most creatively decorate their Gay? fine by me t-shirts. Get those creative juices flowing.

***Gender PAC***
Gender PAC is a national organization that works to end discriminations as a result of gender stereotypes. They hold events in Washington, D.C. where they address the question of gender as well as how to be a lobbyist and how to meet with state senators and representatives to address ceratin gender issues. want to learn more about this non-fr profit orgazation? check out http://www.gpac.org/ We WILL be voting on whther or not we'd like the GSA to be part of Gender Pac so please come next week and dont forget to look over the website. questions? blitz the account.

***What is Gay?***
What does it mean to be an ally? what does it mean to be G,L, B, T, Q or anything else for that matter? Be on the lookout for more info on these and other topics
sorrounding the glbtq community.

***Discussion***
This week Dartmouth had the pleasure of hosting two self identified M to F transgendered people- Jennifer Boylan and Joanne Herman, as part of National Coming Out Month.
Discussion followinf the meeting surrounded the isssue of how we identify gender and how this affects our relationship with out friends and family.

Thats about all for this week. Short and sweet since so mch is going on. Suggestions, comments, greetings are always welcomed and should be sent to the GSA account. Thanks to all those that came out this week and supported all the events and please come to the next meeting, Wednesday the 18th @8 in collis 303. Bring yourself and bring a friend (or two) . Have a good rest of the week everyone.

-Minyety

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