Dear UChicago Community,
Check out this week’s LGBTQQIA events, both on campus* and off:
*on campus/UChicago events are in blue
Monday – May 13
4:30pm – Christine Williams, “The Glass Escalator, Revisited: Gender Inequality in Neoliberal Times”
Classics Building, Room 110, 1010 East 59th Street, Chicago, IL
7 – 8:15pm – Coming Out Group
Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted
7pm - Charm School: hosted by Mamma Gloria. Topics include trans* image, etiquette and charm. This event is open to all young, trans* and gender non-conforming people.
Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted
7:15pm - Queer Dharma Meditation Meeting
Chaturanga Holistic Fitness, 1525 E 55th Street (the Art Deco building) #302
8pm - The Agenda QGroup Meeting (for gay, bisexual, and queer male-identified college/graduate students). Subscribe to The Agenda email list here!
5710 South Woodlawn Avenue, (3rd Fl LGBTQ Lounge)
Tuesday – May 14
12:15pm – Women in Prison: Causes, Conditions, and Consequences Around the World (Panel Discussion and Report Launch)
Laird Bell Law Quadrangle, Room III, 1111 E. 60th Street, Chicago, IL
4pm – Violence Against Women Around the World: Trends, Challenges, and Solutions by Professor Rashida Manjoo, UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, its Causes and Consequences
Laird Bell Law Quadrangle, 1111 E. 60th Street, Chicago, IL
6 – 8pm – Workplace Discrimination and LGBTQ Rights (with the IL Dept of Human Rights)
Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted
7:15 – 8:30pm – Bi* Support Group
Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted
8pm – UChicago Queers & Associates (Q&A) weekly meeting
5710 South Woodlawn Avenue, (3rd Fl LGBTQ Lounge)
9pm - QWorum QGroup Meeting (for lesbian, queer and bi* female-identified college/graduate students). Subscribe to the QWorum email list here!
5710 South Woodlawn Avenue, (3rd Fl Amandla Lounge)
Wednesday – May 15
3 – 4:15pm – Intersections: Spiritual/Religious Identification and Sexuality Group
Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted
3 – 4:15pm – LGBTQ Mental Health Support Group
Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted
5 – 6:15pm – Queer Identity Support Group
Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted
7 – 9pm – GenderQueer Chicago Meeting
Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted
7pm – Chicago Cubs vs. Colorado Rockies (LGBTQ Mentoring Program Fundraiser Outing)
Wrigley Field (Addison & Clark)
Thursday – May 16
5:30pm – Out at CHM: Fierce & Fabulous: A New Look at the Ebony Fashion Fair
Chicago History Museum, 1601 North Clark Street
6 – 8pm - TYRA (HIV prevention program and safe space for trans*, gender non-conforming, and questioning youth)
Howard Brown Health Center-Lakeview, 3837 N. Broadway (at Sheridan, above Starbucks)
6 – 8pm - Positive (Support group for HIV positive youth, ages 16-24, Broadway Youth Center)
Howard Brown Health Center-Sheridan, 4025 N. Sheridan Rd.
6:30 – 8pm – Girl Scout Info Session
Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted
8pm - Pronoun Hoedown QGroup Meeting (for trans*, gender non-conforming and questioning college/graduate students and allies). Subscribe to the Pronoun Hoedown email list here!
5710 South Woodlawn Avenue, (3rd Fl LGBTQ Lounge)
10:30pm – 12:30am – Center of Your Night/Centro de Tu Noche
Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted
Friday – May 17
3:30 – 5pm - Eban (Social support/space for bi/gay men of color, Broadway Youth Center)
Howard Brown Health Center-Lakeview, 3837 N. Broadway (at Sheridan, above Starbucks)
7pm, Friday, 5/17 – 7pm, Sunday 5/19 – Pride Films and Plays Gay Play Weekend
Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted (Hoover-Leppen Theater)
Saturday – May 18
11am - Depression & Bipolar Support Alliance LGBTQQI Support Group
Howard Brown Health Center, 4025 N.Sheridan Road Chicago, IL 60613
3 – 4:30pm – Transcend: Asian and Pacific Islander Trans* Group
Confidential location supplied with RSVP
9pm – Booth OUTreach Pink Party
SPIN Nightclub
Sunday – May 19
10:30am – Urban Village Church Worship Service
Chicago Theological Seminary, 1407 E 60th St
2pm – 4pm – Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) Meeting
Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted
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