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HIV Testing
Free HIV Rapid Testing
Thursday, April 29 from 12:00pm to 4:00pm
Baldwin Building, Second Floor
Each of us has an HIV status. It is vital that you know yours. Testing will be available tomorrow afternoon -- results in 20 minutes with no needles.
Testing services provided by Planned Parenthood of the Mid-Hudson Valley
Sponsored by Campus Life LGBTQ Programs and the Office of Health Services
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Gender-Free Orgasm
Could it really be possible to have an orgasm with your clothes on, without touching yourself or being touched by anyone else? Can you really reach ecstasy simply by breathing? Barbara Carralles, renowned sex educator and author, will lead a workshop exploring the unlimited possibilities of orgasm, particularly the vast range of orgasms that lie beyond those achieved by genital stimulation. Although this is a participatory workshop, here will be NO nudity and you will NOT be asked to work with a partner. Barbara is the author of Urban Tantra: Sacred Sex for the Twenty-First Century and Luxurious Loving: Tantric Inspirations for Passion and Pleasure. Her work is centered on a holistic, metaphysical, practical, humorous, entertaining and gender-fluid approach to conscious sexuality. Barbara currently lives in New York with her partner Kate Bornstein.
Maggots and Men
Tuesday, April 20, 7:00pm, Spitzer Auditorium, Sanders 212
Filmmaker Cary Cronenwett will present a screening of "Maggots and Men," an experimental historical narrative, set in a mythologized, post-revolutionary Russia that re-imagines the story of the 1921 uprising of the Kronstadt sailors with a subtext of gender anarchy. In addition to being a thoughtful homage to Soviet silent era directors and artists of the Russian avant-garde, the film explores themes of re-invention, revolution, community, and corruption. A discussion with the filmmaker will follow. Maggots and Men was made possible by The Film Arts Foundation.
This event is free and open to the public. Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations at Vassar should contact the Office of Campus Activities at (845) 437-5370. Without sufficient notice, appropriate space and/or assistance may not be available.
Living within the Borderlands of Gender
Monday, April 19, 5:30pm, Taylor 203
"From M/F boxes on identity forms, to sex segregated facilities, to everyday social interactions, the premise that there are only two immutable genders shapes virtually every aspect of our social world." Reese Kelly, doctoral candidate from the Sociology department at SUNY Albany, and recipient of the Woodrow Wilson Fellowship in Women’s Studies, will give a lecture on the ways trans people are relegated to the borderlands of gender, and obliged to create physical embodiments that cohere to normative standards of “maleness” and “femaleness” in order to fully participate in society. Reese's work seeks to expand queer theories of sex, gender and sexuality by providing a more nuanced analysis of gender performativity and gender policing.
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FIGHT! Annual Breast Cancer Walk
To participate in the walk we are asking for a donation of $5.00 or more, which comes with a pink wristband and a T-shirt. (Wristbands and T-shirts are limited to the first 75 to give donations.) Participants can also sign up under their house and the house that has the most participants will receive an Ice Cream Party.
Sign-up for the walk doesn’t have to be done ahead of time, but please consider signing up in advance. To pre-register for the walk, the Women’s Center and Strong House will table in the College Center the week of April 5. Cash or checks are acceptable. Checks should be made out to: Susan G. Komen for the Cure. If you’d like to make a contribution, but are unable to attend the walk, donations and sponsorships are welcomed. 100% of your donation will be sent to Susan G. Komen for the Cure and local organizations such as Sisters Network and Miles of Hope.
You can also pre-register yourself and/or parents by emailing Sarah Muenzinger ’10 and Jaleesa Johnston ‘11, Campus Life/Women’s Center Interns, at womenscenter@vassar.edu. Please include the number of people you are registering, the names of the walkers, and specify the donation amount for each walker. For more information contact the Campus Life Office at 845-437-5426.
Registration and distribution of T-shirts and wristbands will be held the day of the walk in the lobby of Strong House, beginning at 10:00am.
The Women’s Center is a resource center of the Campus Life Office.
Sunny Days
Plus! We have made some exciting changes here in the LGBTQ Center to make the space more inviting and spacious. It will also allow our extensive lending library to be moved to the center -- down from the 3rd floor of Main -- making it more accessible to browsing and casual reading.
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