2/22: UChicago LGBTQA Undergrad Social!

New Trans* Support Group at Student Counseling Service

We want to let the UChicago community know about a new trans* support group being offered by Student Counseling Service (SCS). Here’s a brief description with info on how to join the group:

The Transgender Support Group at SCS is open to trans and genderqueer individuals who wish to explore their identities in a safe and supportive environment. Individuals are welcome in any stage of the process. Contact Bindu Seth Heck, PsyD, at bseth@uchicago.edu for more information.

Thursday, February 23 Two Spirits Film Screening and Panel Discussion

Joint Graduate & Professional Student Mixer w/ OMSA

Join fellow graduate and professional students for an evening of social conviviality with the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs!

Drinks and appetizers will be provided.

Remember to bring your University and state-issued ID!

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY  15
6:00 – 8:00 P.M.
COMMUNITY LOUNGE
5710 SOUTH WOODLAWN

Judging the Effectiveness of Legal Protections for Transgender Individuals, Wednesday February 8

The Law, Culture, and Society Workshop is pleased to announce that they will be discussing a paper by Brian Hembd of UChicago Law School entitled:

Judging the Effectiveness of Legal Protections for Transgender Individuals: A 50 State Survey of Employment Laws and Cases and their Effect on Transgender Employees 

Wednesday, 8 February
5:00 p.m.
John Hope Franklin Room (Social Science 224)
The paper is available on their website: http://cas.uchicago.edu/workshops/lawcultsociety/

Memorial Service for John Adams

The Department of Geophysical Sciences will be hosting a memorial service for John Adams on Monday, January 30th, in Bond Chapel on the University of Chicago campus.  The memorial service will begin at 10:30 am, and a reception will follow from 11:30-1:30 in Swift Hall.  Feel free to come to any portion of this, even if you cannot make the entire event.

Please pass along this notice to anyone that is not on the list but might be interested in coming.

Please RSVP to mhoerner@uchicago.edu by this Thursday, Jan. 26, so that we can get an approximate headcount.

This Week @ the Office of LGBTQ Student Life

Campus-Wide Events

Free, Rapid, Anonymous HIV Testing
Tuesday, January 24
11:00 AM
Room 302 (Amandla Lounge)
5710 South Woodlawn

Get tested. Know your status. Protect yourselves and your partners. Drop by 5710 for free rapid HIV testing. Results in 15 minutes. HIV testing provided by The Center on Halsted.

Free. Rapid. Anonymous.