From: Q Center
Date: February 21, 2022
Subject: Lavender Celebration, Gender Bender Friday, Active Ally Deep Dive and more!



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              Weekly News And Announcements WEEK OF 2.21.22
        
Spillin' The tea for the week of Feb. 21, 2022

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Save the Date for the Lavender Celebration!


The Q Center excitedly announces the date for our 6th annual Lavender Celebration!! This event brings the campus community together to recognize, affirm, and celebrate the accomplishments of our LGBTQ+ identifying graduating seniors and others who have positively affected the LGBTQ+ community on campus over the past year.

The Lavender Celebration will be held from 1-3 p.m. Saturday, April 30, in the C4-Multipurpose Room.

If you have interest in serving on the planning committee for this important event or assisting in the Pride Awards selection process, complete this form or click the button below. Committee meetings will begin the week of Feb. 28 and will continue bi-weekly leading up to the event. Contact Nick Martin (martinn@binghamton.edu) with questions and comments.

Look out for more updates on the Lavender Celebration in this newsletter in the coming weeks!

Campus events this week

EVENT

Ice Skating with RPU

Monday, Feb. 21
7:30-8:30 p.m.
Ice Rink in Old Dickinson
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Join RPU as we TRY to ice skate at the rink in Old Dickinson (across C4)!

RSVP

EVENT

The New African Diaspora: The Intersection of Identity, Race and Culture

Wednesday, Feb. 23
1-2:45 p.m.
Zoom link
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Join us as we discuss the elements that make up the New African Diaspora. Register in advance below for the webinar!

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This week's QC tradition

Gender Bender Fridays will be held from 4-6 p.m. every fourth Friday of the month in the Q Center (LS-G549). Gender Bender Fridays highlight our newly redesigned Gender Bender Walk-In Clothing Closet in the back room of the Q Center and also provide a critical investigation into gendered fashion and resisting the gender binary. Come to hang out and leave with some new outfits, friends, and information! Each Gender Bender Friday will explore a new topic of discussion. We hope to see you for the next one!

Launched last semester, the Gender Bender Walk-In Clothing Closet was specifically created with transgender and gender non-conforming people in mind. We hope this closet will be an affirming place for everyone to explore their gender and resist the gender binary. We are always taking donations of most clothing items including shoes, belts, and other accessories.

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Save the date: Empowerment Brunch

The Multicultural Resource Center, Q Center and the Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies program invite you to attend the Empowerment Brunch: celebrating women, non-binary folks and people of all marginalized genders, on Sunday, March 27, in honor of Women's Empowerment Month. Join us for a brunch networking event and panel discussion.

Are you going through a tough time? Would you like to speak with a University Counseling Center professional who is a member of the LGBTQ+ community?

Join UCC counselor Lesley Lopez 4-5 p.m., Mondays, in the Q Center (LS-G549) for a free and confidential consultation. No appointments are necessary!

"Let's Talk" is a program that provides LGBTQ+ students a private space to drop in for conversations with a certified counselor outside of the University Counseling Center. Conversations can cover a range of topics including talking through an issue, getting feedback, trying out counseling for the first time and more!

Contact Lesley Lopez (lopez@binghamton.edu) if you would like to learn more about this initiative.

A Master of Public Health student at Binghamton University is conducting a study focusing on condom use and is requesting participants. The purpose of the study is to gain a positive outlook on condom use for college-aged students.

Questions? Contact Candice at coconn11@binghamton.edu.
 

Active Ally Workshops

Register for this week's training

 
Tuesday, February 22
Start End   Event         Location
3 P.M. 4 P.M. Active Ally Deep Dive "Unpacking Cis-Het Privilege" LS-G549

In this week's Deep Dive Session, we will be Unpacking Cis-Het Privilege. Privilege is central to the ways in which people show up as allies to LGBTQ folks. Because of this, the Unpacking Cis-Het Privilege Deep Dive is a required portion of the Safe Zone Active Ally Program.

In this workshop, participants will join in conversations and activities that examine the privileges afforded to cisgender and heterosexual people in society and how they intersect with other privileges.

Deep dive sessions are intended for participants who have previously completed an Active Ally Foundations session and/or have a substantial knowledge of foundational allyship concepts. Participants who complete a deep dive session will be provided with an Active Ally sticker to visually illustrate your commitment to active allyship of the LGBTQ+ community to others across campus!

**Registration on B-Engaged is required to participate! Visit our Active Ally page to register or click the links above and below. All workshops are subject to cancellation if registration minimums are not met.**
 

Get involved

Transcend meetings are a safe space for trans/enby students to connect, relate, grow and heal together.

General body meetings are at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays in UUW-325.

Q Tea updates

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Submissions to the Q Tea can be made by 11:59 p.m. Sunday night to be included in the following Monday's edition.

The Q Center welcomes all students, faculty and staff regardless of race, nationality, sexuality, age, religion or gender identity.

In order to provide continued support to students, you can email the Q Center professional staff with questions or to request a meeting:

Nick Martin: martinn@binghamton.edu
Dr. Nic Francisco: frisco@binghamton.edu

The Q Center is open from noon-7 p.m. Monday-Friday in LS-G549 for the spring semester.

For general questions, email us at lgbtq@binghamton.edu.
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