Calendar of Events
Calendar of Events
Current Happenings
If you have any questions regarding an event, or if you would like to confirm time and location, please contact the event coordinator.
Upcoming Events
From Here to Queer: A Conversation with Joesph Boone on the State of Gay and Lesbian Studies.
Tuesday, November 14, 4:30 pm
Bowdoin College Museum of Art
Joseph A. Boone is Professor of English, Gender Studies and Comparative Literature at the University of Southern California and is currently a research fellow at the National Humanities Center in Durham, NC. He is the author of four books, including Queer Frontiers: Millennial Geographies, Genders, Go West and Generations, Libidinal Currents: Sexuality and the Shaping of Modernism, and Engendering Men: The Question of Male Feminist Criticism. Professor Boone is currently researching representations of Homosexuality in the Middle East.
Sponsored by the Department of Gay and Lesbian Studies.
"Beautiful Boys, Sodomy, Hammams, and Other Tropes"
A lecture by Joseph Boone
Monday, November 16, 4:30 pm
Beam Classroom
Sponsored by the Department of Gay and Lesbian Studies.
Proud of My Whole Self: A Celebration of Sexual Orientation, Gender Identiy, Race, Ethnicity, Religion, Social Class, and More!
Friday, November 20
Intersections of Identity in the LGBTIQ Community
3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m., Lancaster Lounge, Moulton Union
Roundtable discussions with faculty.
Celebration Dinner with Speaker Rev. Irene Monroe and Student Performances
5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m., Cram Alumni House Barn,
83 Federal Street
Scre
ening of Pick Up the Mic
8:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m., Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center
Documentary on homohop.
Proud of My Whole Self Party
10:00 p.m.-1:00 a.m., John Brown Russwurm African American Center
Bring your friends!
For more information and registration contact Kate Stern (207–798–4223). Sponsored by Africa Alliance, African American Society, Africana Studies, Bowdoin Queer Straight Alliance, Gay and Lesbian Studies, Latin American Students Association, Latin American Studies, Native American Students Association, Office of Special Academic Programs, Department of Psychology, Asian Students Association, Gender and Women’s Studies, International Club, Department of Religion, and Resource Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity. People of all sexual orientations, gender identities, races, ethnicities, and religions are encouraged to participate in all components!
"Dorian Gray in Black and White: Yinka Shonibare's Wildean Wit"
A lecture by Monica Miller
Friday, December 4, 4:00 pm
Searles 315
Monica Miller is Assistant Professor of English at Barnard College. She is the author of *Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity" (Duke University Press, 2009).
Sponsored by the Department of Gay and Lesbian Studies.
Ongoing Events
Mondays
BQSA Meeting
Time/location to be announced for fall semester
For more information please contact bqsa@bowdoin.edu.
Mondays and Wednesdays
Out Peers
Time/location to be announced for fall semester
For more information please contact qtrc@bowdoin.edu.
Thursdays
Dinner discussion series
Out, Coming Out, Figuring it Out, or Just Want to Hang Out
5:30-7 pm, 30 College Street
Enjoy takeout from local restaurants while discussing a variety of issues relating to the LGBTQ community (staff included). RSVP (so we order enough food) to Kate Stern or just drop in.
Sponsored by the Queer-Trans Resource Center. For more information please contact Claire Connors.
First Wednesday of the month
Men's Dinner Group
5:30-7 pm, 30 College Street
A dinner group for men who identify as gay, bisexual, transgender or questioning and for men who might not want to identify.
Dates: September 10, October 1, November 5, December 3.
Facilitated by Allen Delong (Director, Student Life and Smith Union), Timothy Diehl (Director, Career Services), Guy Mark Foster (Assistant Professor, English Department). For more information please contact Allen Delong.
Want your event listed? Email Sarah Morgan