The Announcements on this page are updated once a month. lbgt@mit coordinates a monthly e-mail newsletter through which these Announcements are distributed. To subscribe to the monthly e-mail, please submit a request to lbgt@mit.

• The Rainbow Reception: A Celebration of MIT's LBGT Community
• Being LBGT and at MIT: A Collection of Photographs
• Queer Women and Friends Dinner before Margaret Cho (by QWiLLTS)
• LBGT and Questioning Student Support Groups
• Visit the Rainbow Lounge
• Rainbow Coffeehouse Pool Night
• Queer Women in Academia: Dinner and Discussion
• LBGT Issues Group Meeting
• GABLES Lunch

Also Check Out the Online Web Calendar to Find Out What's Going on with LBGT@MIT!

LBGT@MIT's online calendar is an excellent way to publicize and learn about activities taking place on campus. Check out the newly updated version today and frequently at web.mit.edu/lbgt/events.

October 8, 2003, 4:00pm - 6:00pm Talbot Lounge, East Campus (Bldg. 62)

Held annually, the reception is the premier LBGT event of the fall term. Please join us as we work together to build a stronger, safer community through convesation, refreshments, and, of course, a little fun. This year's reception will feature a preview of the exhibit "Being LBGT and at MIT. The full invitation is attached - we encourage you to post the invite in your lab, office, or residence to encourage others to attend. See you there!

October 9, 2003, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm in Lobby 10 (with a special sneak preview at the Rainbow Reception!)

The Collection has been created both to raise awareness on campus and to provide an opportunity for MIT's LBGT community to celebrate. We hope that this exhibition of the collection will serve as an opportunity for the MIT community to share in our experiences and to reflect upon the role played by society, diversity, and community in each of our lives.

For more information, please visit http://web.mit.edu/lbgt/photos/

ATTENTION: Call for volunteers! We still need folks to work one hour shifts during the day on Thursday staffing the photo campaign exhibit in Lobby 10. If willing to help, please email Travis Wright at twright@mit.edu as soon as possible with your availability.

October 3, 2003, 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Come eat dinner with QWILLTS before the show and then head over and sit together! (Bring your frineds, queer and non-queer!) . For more information, contact lbgt@mit.edu.

Bi-weekly discussions on topics students want to talk about. Support and discussions for all LBGT and questioning undergraduates and graduate students - not just for coming out. Safe and confidential!

* First Monday of each month in the fall term from 12-1:30 pm (next one is October 6, 2003)

Emily Meghan Morrow Howe from Women's Studies and Peter Kassel from the Mental Health Service of MIT Medical will facilitate a drop-in brown bag lunch.

* Third Tuesday of each month in the fall term from 7-8:30 pm (next one is October 21, 2003)

Travis Wright and Chandra Mincher from Student Life Programs will facilitate a focused, topic-based support group. It is asked that individuals plan to stay for the full session.

For more information, contact James Collins at 617-258-5482 or via email at jmcollin@mit.edu.
http://web.mit.edu/lbgt/support

Located on the 3rd floor of Walker Memorial (50-306), the Rainbow Lounge provides meeting and office space for all LBGT groups on MIT's campus and serves as the hub for MIT's LBGT campus life. Complete with a new shipment of videos and books on every imaginable LBGT concern-as well as a large tv, a VCR/DVD player, a brand new radio, and food, the Resource Center offers something for everyone. Come by to check out the resources of just to hang out.

The Rainbow Lounge will be open during the following hours this semester:

Tuesdays from 4:30-9pm
Thursdays from 1-7pm
Fridays from 12-3pm

** Be sure to stop by the lounge on Fridays from 12-1pm for a drop-in brown bag lunch social hour. Grab some food and come upstairs for food, fun, and conversation.

For more information, please email lbgt@mit.edu or check it out on the web at http://web.mit.edu/lbgt/lounge/.

October 23, 2003, 7:30pm - 9:30pm

Hang out with other LBGT folks for a cool night of pool and conversation.

Sponsored by the Rainbow Coffeehouse and GSC Funding Board. Admission is free and open to the public.

For more information, contact Ajit Dash at 3-3106 or via email at glb-coffee-officers@mit.edu.
http://web.mit.edu/glb-coffee/www

October 27, 2003, 7:00pm - 9:00pm Rainbow Lounge, 3rd Floor Walker Memorial

A discussion will take place, with two faculty members and two students, one undergraduate and one graduate, telling what their experiences have been as a queer woman in academia. Dinner 7-7:30. Discussion 7:30-9pm. Hosted by QWILLTS.

For more information, contact lbgt@mit.edu.

October 29, 2003, 3:30pm - 5:00pm Rainbow Lounge (50-306)

The Issues Group is a committee of faculty, staff, and students committed to ensuring that LBGT individuals are welcomed and affirmed by MIT and its community. All interested individuals are welcome to attend!

For more information, contact lbgt@mit.edu.

October 31, 2003, 12:10pm - 1:00pm

GABLES is the M.I.T. LBGT staff & faculty group. The lunch is an opportunity for us to gather in a social environment to meet and greet one another. It is also a venue for us to talk about issues of interest to the M.I.T. and larger communities. Our colleagues from the wider community are invited to join us.

For more information, contact David Fitzgerald at 258-0235 or via email at dfitz@mit.edu. 

Top of Page