QA Meeting 02/04/10

  • Gay News
  1. DADT: Must be decided on by end of Feb.
  2. Pope in Britain: Homosexuality isn’t natural/against religion (aka he still doesn’t like the LGBT community)
  3. Uganda: Proposed bill to make homosexuality punishable by death
  4. Maryland: Baltimore councilman proposed gay marriage ban–>bill didn’t make it out of the subcommittee
  5. Hardball: peter Sprig says to “Export gays”
  6. 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:

  1. Day of Silence Week – Apr.11th through Apr.16th (D.o.S)
  2. Reclaim Your Prom – Apr. 14th
  3. Tabling, events, shirts scattered throughout the week
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