Archive for the ‘Events’ Category
Monday, November 29th, 2010
Important Notices:
- Due to low enrollment and also some changes coming to GLOW’s training process, we have cancelled the training session that was scheduled for Friday, December 3rd. Our apologies for any inconvenience! We hope that you will all keep your eyes out for information on training coming up in Winter 2011.
Monday, November 29
- Event: Sapphic Mondays
Time: 6:00pm
Location: GLOW Office or Meet at Sweet Dreams Tea Shop in University Plaza @ 6:30pm
It’s the last Sapphic Monday of the term! We’ll be going to the Sweet Dreams Tea Shop for some (free) treats and maybe play a board game or just chat. Meet at the GLOW Office first and we’ll walk there as a group. Thanks for everyone who’s come out to Sapphic this term and hope to see you all next term (or in the Spring term if you’re on co-op!).
Tuesday, November 30
- Event: Tuesday Movie Mayhem
Time: 7:00pm to 10:00pm
Location: Arts Lecture Hall – Room 105
Movie: Jeffrey
That’s right! Last official movie night of the semester! (I’m very sad!!) We’ll be showing the movie Jeffrey in support of AIDS awareness week. I hope that everyone can come!
And if you can’t then be sure to at least join us at Williams after the movie!
As always, treats will be provided! (I have poprocks and other special treats to celebrate the last official movie night!)
Movie Description: From the award-winning off-Broadway play comes an irreverent romantic comedy about one young man’s desperate search for love and happiness in the 90′s. Jeffrey is a gay man so disheartened by the AIDS epidemic that he vows to give up on love entirely. Unfortunately, it’s not so easy to turn off your heart, especially when you’ve just met the man of your dreams.
Wednesday, December 1
- Event: Wednesday Night Discussion Group
Time: 7:15pm to 8:30pm
Location: PAS 3005
Topic: Coming Out & Questioning – Sexual Exploration
- Event: AfterGLOW Social
Time: 8:45pm to 10:00pm
Location: UW Grad House
A social to meet other queer and queer-friendly people!
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Monday, November 22nd, 2010
Hope you all had an amazing Trans* Awareness Week. If you have any comments (positive or negative) that you would like to share please send them to glow {at} glow.feds(.)ca. We need feedback in order to improve that we offer, so please let us know what you think!
Monday, November 22
- Event: Sapphic Mondays
Time: 6:00pm
Location: GLOW Office
Event: Bow Tie Making Workshop
Want a classy bow tie? Don’t know where to get one? This week, we’ll be making them from scratch! Bring your own fabric if you want a specific design. Otherwise, there will be fabric supplied free of charge. You can also make other things with this fabric if you wish. All are welcome! 
Tuesday, November 23
- Event: 2011W Term Events Brainstorming Session
Time: 12:30pm
Location: GLOW Office
Join us to give us your input on the theme of the two weeks, specific events you’d like to see, and gain some excitement! I’ll provide the snacks if you provide the ideas – fair trade, right? I know I can’t think on an empty stomach!
This is a great opportunity to see an event idea you have come to life. We’ll also be talking about new ways to get involved with events and promotions, so if you are also interested in the planning and marketing side of events, come join us! If you are looking for some more involvement with GLOW, but think that a Director position might be too much, we have some new positions opening up that you may want to hear about.
I’ll eat all the snacks myself if no one joins me, so I hope to see you there!
- Event: Tuesday Movie Mayhem
Time: 7:00pm
Location: GLOW Office
Movie: High Art
Movie Description:
Sydney (or simply ‘Syd’), age 24, is a woman who has her whole life mapped out in front of her. Living with longtime boyfriend James, and working her way up at the respected high-art photography magazine Frame, Syd has desires and frustrations that seem typical and manageable. But when a crack in her ceiling springs a leak and Syd finds herself knocking on the door of her upstairs neighbor, a chance meeting suddenly takes her on a new path.
Wednesday, November 24
- Event: Wednesday Night Discussion Group
Time: 7:15pm to 8:30pm
Location: PAS 3005
Topic: Questions from a Hat
- Event: AfterGLOW Social
Time: 8:45pm to 10:00pm
Location: UW Grad House
A social to meet other queer and queer-friendly people!
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Sunday, November 14th, 2010
Trans* Awareness Week is upon us! Come out to all the events to show your support and learn, learn, learn!
Monday, November 15
- Event: Trans* Positive Chalking
Time: 10:00am to 1:00pm
Location: Congregating in the SLC Great Hall
Join GLOW Monday morning in chalking positive messages about trans-identified individuals all over campus.
- Event: Queer Theory Discussion
Time: 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Location: Women’s Centre – SLC Rm. 2102
Come out for a discussion on queer theory with Kevin Nixon! We will be discussing transgendering and gender bending, in a comfortable and informal discussion setting.
- Event: Sapphic Mondays Special Event: Trans* Support March Preparations
Time: 7:00pm to 9:30pm
Location: Women’s Centre – SLC Rm. 2102
Join us for a special Sapphic Monday, as we prepare signs, banners, buttons and other materials for our Trans* Support March on Thursday! Get your craft on, be creative and show your support!
Tuesday, November 16
- Event: Labels and Identities
Time: 10:00am to 4:00pm
Location: SLC Great Hall
What does it mean to be genderqueer? Are all trans-people gay? Come find out the answers! There will be several interactive and educational displays on various gender and sexual identities. There will also be the opportunity for you to explore your own unique identity by graphing your identity on the Great Hall floor.
- Event: Tuesday Movie Mayhem
Time: 7:00pm to 10:00pm
Location: Arts Lecture Hall – Room 105
Movie: Transgeneration
Join us this Tuesday for a special showing of Transgeneration! Show your support for Trans-Awareness Week by coming to the movie!
Chips and Pop will be provided!
We will be heading over to Williams after the movie!
Movie Description: What’s it like to be a man trapped in a woman’s body? How does a woman become a man and vice versa? This mesmerizing 8-part original series is a year-in-the-life look at 4 college students, who are juggling the challenges of academia with their commitment to transition from their birth sex.
While Hollywood brings tales such as Duncan Tucker’s TRANSAMERICA to the screen, in real life transgender people from both sexes struggle to find their place in society. TRANSGENERATION is an eight-part TV series that follows four college students as they try to alter their natural gender, while musing on how they’ve managed it, and the various problems they all face.
Wednesday, November 17
- Event: Resource Fair / Gender Neutral Washroom Day
Time: 10:00am to 4:00pm
Location: SLC Great Hall
This will be an excellent opportunity to find out about all of the on campus resources for trans-people and gender variant identities. We will also be raising awareness about bathroom access for trans-people. We are showing a fantastic film called Toilet Training, and inviting everyone to take the Gender Neutral Washroom Challenge. For one day, see what it’s like to use the campus gender neutral washroom facilities. If you take the challenge you will receive a special roll of toilet paper labeled with a map of gender neutral washrooms on campus!
- Event: AfterGLOW Social
Time: 8:45pm to 10:00pm
Location: UW Grad House
A social to meet other queer and queer-friendly people!
Thursday, November 18
- Event: Trans* Support March
Time: 11:30am to 1:30pm
Location: Congregate in the SLC Great Hall
“Hey hey, ho ho! Transphobia has got to go!” Be active and visible supporters of Trans* and gender variant persons on campus by joining our awesome Trans* Support March! Using those fantastic materials we created on Monday, we’ll be marching around campus to raise awareness and visibility of Trans* issues, as well as to show GLOW and the Women’s Centre’s support of trans-people.
- Event: Ally Reception
Time: 2:00pm to 4:30pm
Location: SLC Great Hall
An opportunity for individuals in the Ally Network to get together and network and make on-campus contacts of other queer and trans-supportive people! More than just a mixer, this event also seeks to provide further educational opportunities for our Allies! This Ally Reception will feature amazing guest speakers who will share their experiences and discuss the valuable contribution Trans* people make to our community!
- Event: Ally Reception: Guest Speakers
Time: 3:00pm to 4:30pm
Location: SLC Great Hall
During the Ally Reception, some guest speakers will be talking about Transphobia and other Trans* issues!
Friday, November 19
- Event: Gender CrissCross Coffee House Closer
Time: 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Location: ESS Lounge (EV2 139)
To wrap up an amazing week of awareness, visibility and support we will be having a fantastic coffee house in the ESS Coffee Shop. Play music, listen to music, poetry readings, chat with friends, share experiences and explore everyday issues of trans* life. We encourage all who feel comfortable to bring something they would like to share with the group. Don’t forget to BYOM (Bring Your Own Mug) and indulge in delicious treats!
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Monday, November 8th, 2010
Important events to note:
Monday, November 8
- Event: Board of Directors Meeting
Time: 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Location: Drop by the GLOW Office at 4:55pm to find out.
If you’re considering applying for a director position with GLOW, we welcome you to come to one of our board of director meetings! This one! These meetings are fun, semi-informal and we get into awesome discussions about the direction of GLOW events and services (so it’s a great way to get a feel for what your role would be). Don’t be intimidated – we welcome all!
- Event: Sapphic Mondays
Time: 6:00pm
Location: GLOW Office
Event: Video Game Night!
Since Mona had to cancel last week due to illness, the video game night will happen tonight, instead!
Are you a Dance Dance Revolution master? Have you always wanted to try it? This Monday is your chance! This unfortunately is the only video game that Mona has for her PS2 in Waterloo. If you have other PS2 games, please bring them in! Refreshments and snacks will be provided as usual (or in other words, we all walk that walk to Timmies).
Tuesday, November 9
- Event: Tuesday Movie Mayhem
Time: 7:00pm
Location: GLOW Office
Movie: Mysterious Skin
Hey Guys!!! Another great movie is coming up this Tuesday night at the GLOW office!!! I’m expecting this movie to be really interesting so I hope that a lot of people can come!
Treats will be provided
We will be heading over to Williams after of course too 
Movie description:
The summer I was eight years old, five hours disappeared from my life. Five hours, lost, gone without a trace…” These are the words of Brian Lackey (Brady Corbet), a troubled 18 year-old, growing up in the stiflingly small town of Hutchinson, Kansas. Plagued by nightmares, Brian believes that he may have been the victim of an alien abduction. Local Neil McCormick (Joseph Gordon Levitt) however, is the ultimate beautiful outsider. With a loving but promiscuous mother (Elisabeth Shue), Neil is wise beyond his years and curious about his developing sexuality, having found what he perceived to be love from his Little League baseball coach (played by Hal Hartley veteran Bill Sage) at a very early age. Now, ten years later, Neil is a teenage hustler, nonchalant about the dangerous path his life is taking. Neil’s pursuit of love leads him to New York City, while Brian’s voyage of self discovery leads him to Neil – who helps him to unlock the dark secrets of their past. Based on the acclaimed novel by Scott Heim, MYSTERIOUS SKIN explores the hearts and minds of two very different boys who come to find the key to their future happiness lies in the exorcism of their collective demons.
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Wednesday, November 10
- Event: Trans* Awareness Week Preparation Craft Day
Time: 11:00am to 3:00pm
Location: GLOW Office
Hopefully we’re all done midterms and you can de-stress by getting creative and helping out with Trans* Awareness Week! You don’t have to come out for the entire time, any amount of help is beneficial! And if you can’t make this one, stop in on Friday at the same place during the same hours to help out.
- Event: Wednesday Night Discussion Group
Time: 7:15pm to 8:30pm
Location: PAS 3005
Topic: Queer Gazette – Gaydar
- Event: AfterGLOW Social
Time: 8:45pm to 10:00pm
Location: UW Grad House
A social to meet other queer and queer-friendly people!
Friday, November 12
- Event: Trans* Awareness Week Preparation Craft Day
Time: 11:00am to 3:00pm
Location: GLOW Office
Day 2 of the Trans* Awareness Week Preparation Craft Days
- Event: Board of Directors Applications Due!
Time: Applications are due by midnight.
Click here for more details.
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Monday, November 1st, 2010
Monday, November 1
- Event: Sapphic Mondays
Time: 6:00pm
Location: GLOW Office
Cancelled – Mona has the flu. 
Tuesday, November 2
- Event: Tuesday Movie Mayhem
Time: 7:00pm
Location: GLOW Office
Movie: Chutney Popcorn
This week we will be watcing Chutney popcorn! The movie looks really interesting so I hope that everyone can come by and see it! We had a great turnout last week! Let’s try to outdo it!!!
As always, treats will be provided and we will be heading over to williams after!
Movie Description: As a struggling artist, Honda-riding out-lesbian living with her white girlfriend, Reena feels she has nothing on her older married do-perfect sister Sarita – except her ovaries, that is. When Sarita and her husband discover that they cannot have children, Reena offers to serve as a surrogate mother. Trying to convince her girlfriend, Lisa (Jill Hennessey), that they can do this together is just the start of Reena’s problems. Soon enough, Reena’s family and friends pull away convinced that Reena’s decision is a bad one.
Wednesday, November 3
- Event: Wednesday Night Discussion Group
Time: 7:15pm to 8:30pm
Location: PAS 3005
Topic: Coming-Out and Questioning – Age Differences and Queer Relationships
- Event: AfterGLOW Social
Time: 8:45pm to 10:00pm
Location: UW Grad House
A social to meet other queer and queer-friendly people!
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Sunday, October 24th, 2010
Monday, October 25
- Event: Sapphic Mondays
Time: 6:00pm
Location: GLOW Office
Event: First of all, sorry about canceling last week! This week is almost just in time for Halloween so in celebration, there will be a pumpkin for us to collectively carve. There will also be other various Halloween themed things such as snacks, crafts, games and possibly a movie.
Tuesday, October 26
- Event: Tuesday Movie Mayhem
Time: 7:00pm
Location: GLOW Office
Movie: Better Than Chocolate
Another awesome movie night is coming! Meet in the GLOW Office this Tuesday to watch Better Than Chocolate! I’ve seen this one before and its a great movie! So be sure to come and check it out!
Treats will be served! (I’m thinking timbits!!)
Movie Description: Two attractive young lesbians, Maggie and Kim, meet in Vancouver, develop a passionate romance, and move in together. Meanwhile, Maggie’s well-meaning but naive mother Lila gets divorced and decides to move to Vancouver and join the household. Soon after, Lila is befriended by Judy, a transvestite about to undergo a sex-change operation. Complications ensue as the conservative Lila learns the truth about Maggie, Judy, and their diverse group of friends.
Wednesday, October 27
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