LGBTI Gathering: Conference, featuring Robyn Ochs

Welcoming Remarks: Campus Center Executive Dining Room, 1:00 pm.

Opening Workshop:

“Choosing to Label”, Robyn Ochs Campus Center, Executive Dining Room.

Bi, lesbian, gay, straight, queer, questioning, choose-not-to-label. How do you decide which label to use? What do labels do? What don’t they do? Is it possible to avoid labels? What is the difference between ascribed labels and chosen labels? How can we manage our identities in order to get the maximum benefit with the minimum cost? Let’s think creatively and proactively about identity. This is a participatory workshop, and all are welcome.

Concurrent Sessions follow

3:00-4:30: “Sexual Relationship Violence at UH”, P. Jayne Bopp, CC 308; “If They Say Leviticus 18:22, You Say…”, Vincent Rosa CC 309.

Sat. Feb. 13, 2010:

Opening Workshop

“Beyond Binaries”, Robyn Ochs, 10:00 am-11:30 am, Campus Center Ballroom

Like snowflakes, no two people are exactly alike. In this interactive program we explore our sexual orientation identities. How do we assign labels to our complicated and unique experiences?

Concurrent Sessions include:

12:45 pm-1:15 pm: “Discussion on Stereotypes”, Micah Inoue, CC 307; “For the Bible Tells Me This”, Vince Rosa, CC 309. 2:30 pm-4:00 pm: “Queer Love: Jouissance, Sex and Friendship as a Way of Life”, Reid Urutani , CC 308; “Bisexuality: The Mystery of the Gay and Straight Community”, Vincent Rosa CC 309. 4:00 pm-5:30 pm: “Coming Out and Performing Stigmatized Sexualities in 1970’s Glam Rock”, Nicole Berger, CC 307.

GALA DINNER BUFFET

Featuring the “Portraits of Hawai‘i Families” photo exhibit.

Sat. February 13, 2010 6:00 pm-9:00 pm Campus Center Ballroom $25 donation suggested

A dinner to celebrate family, equality, human rights, and the many accomplishments of our diverse LGBTI communities, co-sponsored by Equality Hawai‘i, Pride Alliance, Expression Magazine, Da Moms, Pride at Work Hawai‘i.