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Pride week at my University
Apr. 24th, 2013 10:02 pmOur first Pride week at my university is going well, better than expected. The turn outs aren't large but then again, neither are we. I'm glad that in this very conservative, in your face Christian are that we haven't had any protests and several students have been actually touched and surprised by the fact they felt actually okay with this. I'll take that over threatened any day. The professor heading this up is bisexual and has had a rough first year and seeing her baby work so well was wonderful.
It was open mic day at our library. I read the flash fiction I did for Harmony Ink's Day of Silence, entitled The Measure of Silence (You can read it at the hyperlink). It was very well received. One of my nursing students (one of the LGBT's officers) was thrilled I was there.
I also had a little display of flyers for them with some Harmony Ink titles. Not sure if it'll translate to sales for them but there you have it. check it out here
The professor heading this up read this article, The Corridors of Queer, and it was touching because I know people in this position, including her, who were accepted when their bisexuality swung to the homosexual side of the pendulum but ostracized, sometimes rather viciously when it swung to the heterosexual side. It's definitely something to think about.
They also played this spoken word poem by Andrea Gibson about a gay soldier burnt alive for being gay. It was powerful, terrifying and saddening and here it is if you want to have a listen.
It was open mic day at our library. I read the flash fiction I did for Harmony Ink's Day of Silence, entitled The Measure of Silence (You can read it at the hyperlink). It was very well received. One of my nursing students (one of the LGBT's officers) was thrilled I was there.
I also had a little display of flyers for them with some Harmony Ink titles. Not sure if it'll translate to sales for them but there you have it. check it out here
The professor heading this up read this article, The Corridors of Queer, and it was touching because I know people in this position, including her, who were accepted when their bisexuality swung to the homosexual side of the pendulum but ostracized, sometimes rather viciously when it swung to the heterosexual side. It's definitely something to think about.
They also played this spoken word poem by Andrea Gibson about a gay soldier burnt alive for being gay. It was powerful, terrifying and saddening and here it is if you want to have a listen.
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