Queer Studies Program
California State University, Northridge
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330-8415
Phone: 818-677-6762
Fax: 818-677-3605
The Queer Studies Program is located in Sierra Hall 190 in the Office of Interdisciplinary Studies.
Announcements
Wong-Sayaman Equality Award
The Queer Studies Program is happy to announce a new award for undergraduate students (from any major/minor) who are committed to a leadership role in Queer, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender communities. The annual competitive award of $1,000 will be announced at the Annual QS Spring Lecture Series this year, on March 30th. The application deadline for the award is March 15, 2010. Please click the link below for the award criteria and application form.
Wong-Sayaman Equality Award criteria and application form
LGBTA student wins National Award
Michelle "Missy" Dominguez of LGBTA won the Video Contest by the National Campaign to Restore Civil Rights. Please follow this link to the announcement of her award. You can watch Missy's video here.
Spring 2010 Event Highlights
LGBTA General Meeting - Thursdays at 7 p.m. (Thousand Oaks Room).
March
March 30th. The 2nd Annual Queer Studies Spring Lecture Series features John Rechy. Whitsett Room (Sierra Hall 451). Reception at 4 p.m. Main Event at 5 p.m. This event is free and open to the public.
John Rechy is the author of two works of nonfiction and twelve novels, including the controversial best seller The Sexual Outlaw and the modern classic City of Night, as well as Numbers, Bodies and Souls, The Miraculous Day of Amalia Gomez, and The Life and Adventures of Lyle Clemens. In 1997, he became the first novelist to receive PEN-CENTER-USA's Lifetime Achievement Award. He is the recipient of the Publishing Triangle's William Whitehead Award for Lifetime Achievement, and an NEA fellow.
If you have a queer studies related event to announce, please contact sheena.malhotra@csun.edu
LGBTA Rap Groups - Mondays at 5 and 6 p.m. - Agoura Room, USU (across from Thousand Oaks room). Please refer to the Calendar link above to find the topic for each week.
Watch this space for announcements on upcoming QS events. QS Calendar
Prop 8
The QS Program views Prop 8 as a discriminatory proposition that took away the constitutional right to marry from same sex couples in
California. While we recognize and respect the diverse critiques of
marriage as an institution, we see the passage of Prop 8 as motivated by homophobia and encourage its repeal. We also encourage protestors against Prop 8 not to target specific ethnic communities, but to recognize that large numbers of Californians of all ethnicities voted both for and against Prop 8.
Below are links to video shot by QS faculty and students
from the wave of protests against Prop 8.
From Student Billimarie Robinson
http://www.losangelesiam.com/videos/20f26d55fda1
From Prof. Ian Barnard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4wmo1OvKNM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3msEO4SwWyQ
