- Gay News
- DADT: Must be decided on by end of Feb.
- Pope in Britain: Homosexuality isn’t natural/against religion (aka he still doesn’t like the LGBT community)
- Uganda: Proposed bill to make homosexuality punishable by death
- Maryland: Baltimore councilman proposed gay marriage ban–>bill didn’t make it out of the subcommittee
- Hardball: peter Sprig says to “Export gays”
- Lucas Silveira: Transman singer of group “The Cliks” wins “Sexiest Man in Canada award”
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- Burnside Watstein LGBT Awards: Deadline Feb.19th to nominate
- Literature Committee Goal: New/Updated literature on LGBT news, distribution of current news [See Cynthia for more info]
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- Website in progress
- Facebook has meeting locations
- More emphasis: awareness+membership
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Discussion: How can QA be better?
- New faces, better tabling (Food maybe?)
- Open panel for questioning (all walks of life)
- *Visibility
- Redefine Queer: Connect with Allies
- QRT responsibility: Sign revamp [see Abby for more info]
- Marketing: Banners/signs/etc
- Meeting rules
- Verry Berry a possible social meet-up after meetings
- Bonding
- Co-op with Richmond Transformers
- Gay Film Festival
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Things to look forward to in QA:
- Day of Silence Week – Apr.11th through Apr.16th (D.o.S)
- Reclaim Your Prom – Apr. 14th
- Tabling, events, shirts scattered throughout the week
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