Hey Everybody!It's almost time for PRIDE Week 2009. Here is a brief summary of each event! All events are free. Please contact the PRIDE Center if you have any questions at pride@csus.edu. (feel free to promote these events)
FREE PARKING APRIL 7th-10th: 6th FLOOR STRUCTURE III
Gay Bash PRIDE Center 4/6/09 6:00pm
Our first ever PRIDE week kick off mixer! We have designed
this event to allow Pride Week co-sponsoring organizations to mix and mingle,
creating opportunities to network. In addition, it will provide an opportunity
for queer students to meet other supportive organizations on campus. To bridge
gaps between groups we must all work together to lay the necessary foundations.
Refreshments will be served.
8th Annual Gender Bender Hinde Auditorium
4/7/09 6:00pm
So often we are bound by the social gender constructions
which pervade our society. As such the Gender Bender, formally known as the
Gender Bending Extravaganza, was created to allow Sacramento State Students the
opportunity to transgress from normative gender roles and explore other parts
of their identities. This event features dance performances, music, spoken
word, poetry, monologues, and skits.
Comedian Bridget McManus Hinde Auditorium 4/8/09 6:00pm
We are excited to bring Bridget McManus to Sacramento State
University. She is one of today’s foremost Lesbian Comedians and is most famous
for her Brunch with Bridget V-log on AfterEllen.com. McManus has performed at
the Hollywood Improv, The Comedy Store, and the Ice House. She was also
featured on the cover of Curve Magazine’s Comedy issue in 2008. Special Guest:
Mikhail Chernyavsky
Good Vibrations Sex Workshop 4/9/09 6:00pm
We want you know how to play it safe! Good Vibrations, a
“diverse, woman-focused retailer providing access to sex-positive products and
accurate sex information through our clean and comfortable stores, catalog, and
web site in order to enhance our customers' sex lives and to promote healthy
attitudes about sex," will conduct an interactive workshop in order to
educate our community about pleasure physiology and sex toys as well as give a
quick run-down of Gender 101. This event is for those 18 or over (ID’s will be
checked at the door).
Kings of Drag 4/10/09 6:00pm
To cap off an exciting week, the Sacramento Kings of Drag
troupe will perform their annual Pride Week show. The Kings will entertain you
with one of the most dynamic performances you will ever see. It asks you to
suspend normative gender roles and consider larger issues at hand. Past
performances have dealt with Queer issues such as Gay Marriage, Don’t Ask,
Don’t Tell, and victimization.