SaGA's Projects

This page is for SaGA's continuing and seasonal projects.


Fall Term 2004:

Subvert Gender Day - 26 October 2004
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Come take part in Carleton's first (annual?) subvert gender day.  Dress differently, use a different bathroom, wear your gender on your sleeve - literally.  A reading of "Free to Be You and Me," Drag performances, and a screening of The Birdcage will start at 8 in the Cave.

National Coming Out Week
NCOW takes place in October and events and programming are run out of the Gender and Sexuality Center. Naturally, SaGA will play a role in these festivities.

Homelessness
Between 25 and 42 percent of homeless youth in America identify as LGBT. SaGA is investigating whether it can help out with programs in the Twin Cities, or educate the campus about this problem and contribute in a less direct way to a solution.

Transgender issues at Carleton
SaGA is consulting with Res Life on how to work with transgender students now that there is a transgender box along with male and female boxes on the roommate questionnaire they send out to new students. To help campus climate progress, SaGA is working with the Learning and Teaching Center to help educate faculty on transgender issues.


Continuing:

Gender Roots
SaGA is taking part in Gender Youth, an national effort organized by GenderPAC (Public Advocacy Campaign), a non-profit organization which works for gender rights, with its own chapter of Gender Roots. Read more about it here.


Past Stuff:

OutFront MN's GLBT Lobby Day and Rally 2004
SaGA kids who were in the area over spring break took part in this awesome day of events. We have pictures!

Drag Ball 2004
SaGA sponsored and planned the annual Drag Ball--and it was awesome. Karaoke, student performances, dancing, and djs lit up the Cave! We have pictures.

American Red Cross
In response to an outdated stipulation which prohibits blood donation from men who have had sex with men since 1977, or women who have them, SaGA collected petition signatures fall and spring term to try to get the Red Cross to rethink their requirements. Following the examples of the University of Vermont and the University of Connecticut, SaGA took a resolution to the Carleton Student Association, which the governance committee rewrote in formal language and the CSA approved unanimously.

Marriage
The right to civil marriage continues to be a topic that's important to SaGA participants and the student body at large. SaGA collected hundreds of student signatures for Lambda Legal's marriage resolution in fall 2003 and to the 2004 Pride Month festivities by hosting Marriage Activism Night, a letter-writing campaign in the ACT Center in an effort to help Carleton students have a say in the debate around marriage for same-sex couples. View pictures here.


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