GLOBES is a diverse organization of faculty, staff, and administrators, whose mission is to advocate for, develop, and nurture UGA’s LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer) communities.
In partnership with our allies – including students, alumnae/i, and local community members – we strive to educate, to improve campus climate, and to foster progressive change as we visibly work for social justice, equity, and queer rights at UGA and beyond.
GLOBES minutes September 1, 2009
The previous minutes from the June 28, 2009 Executive Board Meeting approved.
Treasurer report (Shannon):
We are officially registered with an EIN tax ID number and have an account set up with Bank of America. We will wait until all charges are processed with the Oconee Bank before closing that account and consolidating our finances.
Annette suggested Athens First Bank, however, we chose to remain with Bank of America due to their LGBT policies.
$30/ person attending the BFSO luncheon.
Lambda update (Cody):
Coming out discussion with CAPS
October events:
Oct. 5 Q&A with Queers
Oct. 13 Table for Matthew Shepherd Memorial Day
Oct. 23 Masqueerade Ball
QGG update (Tod):
Coffee hour will continue from 1pm to 2 pm on Wednesdays
On the 2nd and 4th Thursdays there will be a movie night
On Sept. 19 the QGG Happy Hour will be held at the Max Canada at 9:00 pm
The idea of bringing participants (Franklin Abbot) for Atlanta’s Queer Literary Festival to Athens. The event will be Nov. 3-7. Maybe hold the event at Ciné: Mon. through Wed. prices are $50/hour and Thur. through Sun. prices are $100/hour. With QGG having no funds would GLOBES be willing to sponsor? VOX? Who would the audience be? Literature students, community members, LGBT community. Would food be donated? Suggested Mama’s Boy or the National.
QGG also proposed a faculty and graduate series on Queer studies. However, it was brought to the attention of the board that Women’s studies currently has a comparable series and there could be a limited involvement by faculty as the research options could rapidly be exhausted. With the Women’s Studies program there was also a concern of over programming. It was suggested in lieu of a series per se to have invited faculty to the QGG coffee hour for discussion and to encourage involvement by QGG members to the Women’s Studies program.
LGBT Resource Center (Jen):
2 GA’s Lyndtwood Jenkins who is the co-advisor for Lambda and Larry Cloud (for one year only) who will be working to improve systems for efficient management of the Center.
Programs: 1 session of rainbow chat/week 1.5 hour discussion series
Attempting to increase ally involvement.
Safespace training: 2 offered/ month. 7/semester with 3 additional programs (Housing, Vet Med, and Health Center)
Safespace list and map?
Nov. 20 is Trans Day of Rememberance at Tate. Speaker will be Stephanie Dykes.
“For the Bible Tells Me So” showing in Mid Oct. Janete Frik as a speaker.
Unity Conference and Pride Summit: looking to send 2 students to each.
Robin Oaks: bisexuality and sexual fluidity speaker
Photo exhibit: Love Makes a Family 2 weeks with event. Speaker: MEGa: Marriage Equality Georgia. 20-22 photos location has yet to be determined.
Host international coffee
Ally appreciation week with a table at Tate
Friends and Family:
Debut at the Fall Reception Sept. 3rd.
Have received the most listings to date, most money earned to date as well with free printing and enough business cards remaining from the previous year.
Many Thanks to Yancey for all his work.
Past events:
MCC 10th Anniversary was a spectacular event .
Fall Schedule:
Fall Reception Sept 3.
Documentary premier on Oct 8 “Be There for Me” 7:00 pm at the SLC room 148. QGG will coincide their event. The showing will be a red carpet affair with a panel. Binders with information gathered in relation to the topic of the documentary will be given to school counselors in ACC school district and the rest of the state.
Queers and Beers Sept. 24th at Last Resort to show our continued appreciation for their support.
Holiday Gathering at the Fireside Lounge on December 8th from 6-9pm
Cinema series will be in the spring semester
Atlanta Pride: Geoff is to contact Renee DuBose about sharing the parade with them again.
Sub Committee formation:
Annette and Shannon will continue to build relationships with faculty of color (Unity Committee)
Katy with head the Visibility Committee
Jen will head the Alumni Relations Committee
Jaime will head the Bylaws Committee
Rick and Geoff with co-chair the Service Committee
On behalf of the GLOBES executive committee, I just wanted to take the
opportunity to extend a personal invitation for each and every one of you to attend this year’s GLOBES Welcome Reception at the Founders Memorial Garden on Thursday, September 3, 2009 from 5:30-8:00.
This is a wonderful opportunity to visit with our returning and welcome our new LGBTQ staff, faculty, students, community members and allies.
The event is always well attended and is being catered again this year
by the supportive and generous Last Resort Grille. We hope you might be able to join us.
Best,
Corey W. Johnson
Executive Committee, Chair
As I hope everyone knows, our friend and colleague Bob Hill has been cleared of any wrong doing and supported by the administration and legal affairs. Did everyone see the news clip from CNN from today? You can view it at: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/living/2009/02/18/am.costello.teaching.sex.cnn
Given the rhetoric flying around about academic freedom and other topics of research, I figure folks will be poking around looking for some information on Queer Theory, so here is how I have described the use of it in my work.
Queer, previously used as a marker for that which was considered abnormal, was reclaimed by activists and academics in the late 1980’s for the express purpose of political mobility and social change. In its most simplistic form, queer offers a new way to think about the production of culture and what difference difference makes. Queer presents an opportunity to complicate the unquestioned understandings and intersections of the sex-gender-sexuality-desire matrix. As a form of identity (Queer), a system of thinking (queer theory), and a means of action (queering), queer subverts the privilege, entitlement, and status obtained through compulsive heterosexuality, and questions how heternormative behaviors enacted by both heterosexuals and homosexuals function to maintain heterosexuality’s dominance. Queer moves us beyond the limits of difference offered by sexual orientation (straight, gay, lesbian, etc.), and instead interrogates sexual orientation’s existence. Those who employ queer theory also want to shift away from focusing on sexual identity as having “minority group” status to examining how sexual identities are culturally and ideologically produced. This analysis examines how binary distinctions of hetero/homo define and organize people and their sexual and gendered identities and social relations. Queer Theory analyzes this binary in texts and social practices to expose and replace them with a new sexual and social condition that goes beyond the hetero/homo duality.
Johnson, C. W., & Kivel, B. D. (2007). Tracing the origins of Queer theory to advance leisure and sport research. In C. Aitchison (Ed.), Gender & sexuality in sport. New York, NY: Routledge.
“Steamy sex courses fire GOP’s ire” (ABH). “Sex experts on faculties upset some at statehouse” (AJC). “Georgia legislators say state budget is too tight for racy topics” (Chronicle of Higher Education). “More anti-gay attacks on Georgia universities” (Southern Voice). “Universities are meddle-free zones (ABH editorial). “Legislators need to refocus” (Valdosta Daily Times editorial).
On Monday, January 19 at 9:00 on a cool morning, 20 UGA faculty, staff and friends of GLOBES turned out at AIDS Athens for the “Day On” of service. We trimmed hedges, painted trim, raked leaves, picked up trash, and enjoyed each others company in an attempt to contribute to the dream of Martin Luther King Jr. and our new president Barack Obama’s call for change. Mark your calendars now and join us next year. Special thanks go to our coordinator, Rick Gray! We also have extra T-Shirts available for $10. Contact us if you would like a shirt.
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