Please join the Office of LGBTQ Culture & Community for Gender Fusions 11!
Gender Fusions is annual night of queer performance and community dialogue, offering up luminous, tantalizing, mind-strectching spectacle of spoken word, dance, song, drag and burlesque within a context of creative and critical thought.
This year's theme is Gender Galaxy: An intergalactic exploration of identity, connection and multi-dimensional possibilities.
Special Guest Speaker: Geena Rocero, model and transgende...
Please join the Office of LGBTQ Culture & Community for Gender Fusions 11!
Gender Fusions is annual night of queer performance and community dialogue, offering up luminous, tantalizing, mind-strectching spectacle of spoken word, dance, song, drag and burlesque within a context of creative and critical thought.
This year's theme is Gender Galaxy: An intergalactic exploration of identity, connection and multi-dimensional possibilities.
Special Guest Speaker: Geena Rocero, model and transgender advocate, founder of Gender Proud. Gender Proud is a global transgender rights campaign to raise awareness of the transgender community and to change the global policy.
Free
3-6pm
Cosmic Quest:
A collage of events including LGBTQ Short Film Screening, Photo Booth, Art and Activism Installations, HIV/STI testing by Howard Brown Health Center, Massage and Reiki by SAGE Health Collective.
*Donation: Pay What You Can - Suggested $5 for Students/ $10 for General Admission*
6-9:00pm
Supernova In Style:
Dinner* and keynote address by Geena Rocero
Milky Way Exposé:
Queer combustion and astral showcase of song, theater, dance, spoken word, performance art, drag, burlesque and more!
Celestial Expressions:
Fashion show featuring the luminous looks and gender expressions of Common Ground members.
*No one turned away for lack of funds.
All proceeds go to YEPP: Youth Empowerment Performance Project
*Vegan and Gluten Free options will be available
ASL Interpreters will be present from 6-9:30pm. Space is ADA accessible.
For more information about Gender Fusions 11 contact the Office of LGBTQ Culture & Community at 312-369-8594 or llawson@colum.edu.
Co-sponsors: Office of Asian American Cultural Affairs, Office of International Student Affairs, Common Ground, Asian Student Organization, International Student Organization, One Tribe Scholars, Howard Brown Health Center, CCC LIbrary and Archives, Department of Humanities, History and Social Sciences, Student Organization Council
