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Q S E R I E S

QUEER SPACES, QUEER STORIES

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SESSION GUIDE

WHO CAN PRESENT?

 

Faculty, staff, and students in the UH System are invited to present and may also sponsor community members with whom to co-present.  The series can be an excellent opportunity for:

 

  • Educating the public regarding LGBTQ+ identities, stories, research, and experiences

  • Faculty, staff, and students to participate in public service

  • Faculty to share their research

  • Students to share research and gain experience presenting their work to larger audiences

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WHEN CAN SESSIONS BE HELD?

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For Queerify, session dates should be held sometime from the end of September to the beginning of November; for Queerphoria, last week of February to end of April.

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Sessions can be held at any time on the weekdays in though lunch time (11:00 AM - 1:00 PM) or afternoon (3:00 PM - 4:00 PM) are recommended if targeting the UH audience.  Evening and weekend sessions are welcome if preferred by the presenter(s).

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Please check-in with Kalei (kalei.ruiz@hawaii.edu) if you have any questions.

HOW CAN SESSIONS BE HELD?

 

To maximize convenience, accessibility, and reach, most sessions will be held via Zoom.

 

  • Lecture  |  Traditional lecture style

  • Panel or Talk Story  |  Gather colleagues or students to discuss a particular topic

  • Workshop  |  Interactive activities to get people to come away with specific knowledge

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TOPICS TO CONSIDER

 

Any topic that educates and celebrates queer history, experience, joy, discovery, and/or allyship is welcome.  Click here to see a rubric to help guide topic selection.  Some ideas include:

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  • Align with other awareness events and holidays (i.e., Coming Out Day, Day of Silence, culture and history months, mental health and health awareness months)

  • Advocacy and allyship

  • Arts and expression by queer folks, as safe spaces

  • Ballroom, Drag as safe spaces

  • Chosen families, haus

  • Coming Out

  • Decolonizing gender and sexuality

  • Indigenous roles (māhū, babaylan) as knowledge-keepers and caretakers

  • Gender and sexual diverse identities

  • LGBTQIA+ self-care, wellness

  • LGBTQIA+ mythology, literature, and history

  • LGBTQIA+ issues in science and the medical field

  • Parents and allies of LGBTQIA+ individuals

  • Queer slang and language

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