AGSA Pride Week
Posted by Frank | Filed under Uncategorized
Hi all,
AGSA is excited to announce it’s first-ever Pride Week starting October 26 and lasting through October 30. All of the event days are subject to change and these changes will be noted on the website, but right now, they are as posted below.
Monday, October 26
Come Out and join the members of the Auburn Gay Straight Alliance (AGSA) as we piece together portions of our quilt of tolerance, which you can leave messages of hope, courage, admiration or anything Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) related that will make it to the final quilt. We hope the quilt grows to immense proportions as the day progresses, so come and spend some time with us as we kick off Auburn University’s first ever Pride Week!
Tuesday, October 27
Come out and learn more about why the straight allies (aka “strallies”) are an integral part of helping with gay-straight alliances, especially here at Auburn. We will be passing out Skittles and letting people show their pride (gay or straight) through creating their own stickers with fun messages of support or pride. So, come out and have a fun learning experience while getting free stuff.
Wednesday, October 28
As part of our regular Auburn Gay Straight Alliance meeting, we will be having a discussion about the coming out process and why pride is so important to the LGBT community. Afterwards, we will go out to Niffer’s to relax and have a good time.
Thursday, October 29
Join the members of Auburn Gay Straight Alliance as we hold a rally and let Auburn’s campus know all about the LGBT and straight ally presence that it holds. Come out and show your support as speakers talk about coming out, pride, and LGBT topics as they engage everyone (that includes you.)
Friday, October 30
Come one, come all to the excitement that will be Auburn Gay Straight Alliance’s Under the Mask. The theme for the gala will be Carnevil and people are encouraged to come dressed any interesting (and odd) way, whether it be costume, strange or even formal wear. In addition, Blame Sydney will be performing for us and there might even be other fun treats in store for the guests. There will be a $2 cover and all proceeds will go to benefit The Point Foundation, and there will be free Niffer’s food provided, as well. So, bring some friends for a fun time.
More information regarding each event will be posted as time draws nearer, so please check back soon!
Tags: carnevil, Niffer's, Pride Week, The Point Foundation
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October 12th, 2009 |
AGSA Meetings for Fall 2009
Posted by Frank | Filed under Uncategorized
Good evening everyone!
Hopefully everyone had an excellent (and exciting) summer break. The AGSA officers have been hard at work trying to make the organization better for its members. Therefore, we will be having officers’ meetings an hour before the regularly scheduled time for AGSA meetings. These officer meetings will be open to the public so that members (or whoever would like to join us) may come and listen in as the officers discuss AGSA-related business. At the officer meetings, people are encouraged to ask questions, provide ideas for events/activities that they feel would be beneficial to AGSA, and so on and so forth. Unfortunately, the room for AGSA will end up changing somewhat for the first two weeks but do not fret since the meeting rooms will be posted via the AGSA listserv. We hope to see everyone at the first meeting on August 19 at 7:00PM in the Student Union Room 2223. Until then, have fun getting back to school!
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August 18th, 2009 |
Recently In Gay News, Vol I
Posted by Rob | Filed under Activism
GoodAsYou: Two Upstate New York papers write editorials in support of marriage equality.
Advocate: Uganda Paper Outs More Than 50 “Top Homos”
Towleroad: Masters and Johnson ‘Gay Conversion’ Studies Exposed as Fraud
Boston Globe: Bullied to Death – The Problem with Anti-Gay Bullying
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April 27th, 2009 |
What A Drag!
Posted by Frank | Filed under Announcements, Front Page
Hello everyone!
AGSA is excited to announce that we will be hosting the first ever drag show here at Auburn! We will be showcasing several young, fresh drag queens and kings who will entertain you all evening long. The event will be on Saturday April 18 from 6:00PM until 10:00PM, and there is even rumored to be a party featuring the fabulous drag queens and kings afterwards. What A Drag!, as the event is called, will also honor those AGSA members who excel throughout the year and strive to promote what AGSA stands for: diversity. In addition, most of our proceeds from this event will be going towards Equality Alabama as we are dedicating this event in memory of Ken Baker, who contributed so much to his community, Equality Alabama, and to so many other organizations, as well. So, please come out, bring friends, and be ready to have a fun-filled, dragtastic evening!
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February 17th, 2009 |
Sweden to allow Gay Marriage
Posted by Frank | Filed under Announcements, Government
Three of the parties in the four-party governing coalition have tabled a motion that is expected to pave the way for gay marriage in Sweden from May 1st this year.
The Alliance government has been split on the issue, with the junior partner Christian Democrats opposed to the use of the word “marriage” for homosexual unions.
However the three other parties, the conservative Moderates, the Liberals and the Centre Party, are in favour of a gender neutral law that eliminates the current reference to marriage as something between a man and a woman.
“Regardless of sexual orientation, people in stable couple relationships have a need to manifest their feelings and their desire to live together,” the motion reads.
While heterosexuals in Sweden can choose to marry in either a civil ceremony or a church ceremony, homosexuals are only allowed to register their partnerships in a civil ceremony. But this could all change, with parliament likely to pass new legislation on the matter.
The opposition Social Democrats, the country’s biggest party, also support such a law, and together the parties would garner enough support to adopt the legislation in parliament.
Civil unions granting gays and lesbians the same legal status as married couples have been allowed in Sweden since 1995.
If the new legislation is adopted, Sweden, already a pioneer in giving same-sex couples the right to adopt children, would become the first country in the world to allow gays to marry within a major church.
The Lutheran Church, which was separated from the state in 2000, has since January 2007 offered gays a religious blessing of their union. It has previously said it wants the word “marriage” reserved for heterosexual unions.
Pastors who do not want to perform a gay wedding ceremony may however have the right to refuse, something gay rights’ activists have criticized.
In 2007, 74 percent of Swedes were members of the Lutheran Church.
Tags: gay marriage, May 2009, Sweden
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January 22nd, 2009 |
Group Launches Ad Against Anti-Discrimination Ordinance
Posted by Rob | Filed under Government
In response to a revision passed in Gainesville, Florida of a city council anti-discrimination ordinance which, among other things, allows transgendered people to use whichever bathroom they feel most comfortable using, a group named Citizens for Good Public Policy released a television ad which can either be viewed as equating transgendered people to child predators or ignoring the existence and/or needs of transgendered individuals. The ad depicts a young girl around six years of age entering a women’s bathroom in a park, and then a man in his late twenties, wearing a baseball cap and acting suspicious, doing the same. The ad then states that the city council made the depicted situation legal and asks the audience if this is what they want for Gainesville. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: ad, discrimination, Gainesville, law, ordinance, television, transgender
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January 14th, 2009 |
Meeting Announcement
Posted by Frank | Filed under Announcements, Front Page
Hello everyone,
I hope that everyone’s winter break was fun and safe! This is just a reminder that the first AGSA meeting of this semester will be this Wednesday, January 14, in the New Student Center at 7:00PM in Room 2310. All of the officers are excited to start the New Year off right and we hope to make this semester one of the best yet in AGSA. In case anyone is wondering, the discussion topic this week is: Coming Out Stories. We hope to see everyone there! Have a great day!
Frank
Director of Event Planning
Executive Communications Officer
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January 11th, 2009 |
Rick Warren’s Africa Problem?
Posted by Rob | Filed under AIDS, Government
The controversy over Rick Warren continues! The pastor from Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California and author of the best-selling book The Purpose Driven Life ignited gay activist groups’ ire after he was chosen to perform the invocation at President-Elect Obama’s Inauguration. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Africa, AIDS, Inauguration, Obama, Rick Warren
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January 9th, 2009 |
Hello world!
Posted by Rob | Filed under Announcements, Front Page
Welcome to the newly designed home on the web for the Auburn Gay-Straight Alliance! AGSA is happy to open this updated site as a way for our members to get quick access to information, participate in online discussion, and alert our members to important topics. We hope you enjoy!
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January 8th, 2009 |