The Office of LGBTQ Student Life at Franklin and Marshall College

04/28/2022

04/12/2022

The Office of LGBTQ+ Student Life & the LGBTQ+ Alumni Council Invite you to LAVENDER GRADUATION
A GRADUATION CELEBRATION FOR LGBTQ+ SENIORS
Sunday, April 24
4-6 PM
LSP 142
Due to the ongoing pandemic and our commitment to disability justice, we strongly encourage all attending to mask at the event!

Lavender Graduation is a ceremony honoring the accomplishments and resiliency of LGBTQ+ identified F&M seniors. The event provides space for the Class of 2022 to be recognized by their community and honor allies and supporters. In addition, graduating seniors will be officially welcomed into the F&M alumni community.

If you are an LGBTQ+ senior graduating in spring 2022 or Fall 2022 who would like to be honored at the event or would just like to receive a rainbow cord, please fill out the sign-up in your F&M email by Wednesday, April 20 at midnight

If you are an ally and want to attend, there is no need to RSVP!
Just join us on April 24 at 4 PM!

Questions? Accommodations?
[email protected]

03/21/2022

LGBTQ+ STUDENT LIFE PRESENTS:
Q***R VISIBILITY WEEK
MARCH 28 - APRIL 1

MONDAY, MARCH 28
GET YOUR SPARKLE ON!
JEWELRY MAKING AT THE CENTER

TUESDAY, MARCH 29
FPS WORKSHOP TO SUPPORT LGBTQ+ FOLKS AT F&M
THIS EVENT FOR STAFF & FACULTY ONLY

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30
ZINE NIGHT AT THE CENTER

THURSDAY, MARCH 31
TRANSGENDER DAY OF VISIBILITY
POETRY READING WITH TRANS POET, OLIVER BAEZ BENDORF
ZOOM LINK IN YOUR F&M EMAIL

FRIDAY, APRIL 1
Q***R FOOLS GAYME NIGHT AT THE CENTER
HOSTED BY SAGA

SATURDAY, APRIL 2
OUT OF THE CLOSET CLOTHING SWAP AT THE CENTER
DONATION DAYS:
TUESDAY, MARCH 29
THURSDAY, MARCH 31
10 AM -6 PM @ THE CENTER

ALL ARE WELCOME TO ALL EVENTS!
QUESTIONS? ACCOMMODATIONS? [email protected]

[image description 1: Yellow, Red, Pink, Green, Blue, and Purple beads create three different patterns. The three patterns create colorful necklaces]

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[image description 3: A rainbow paper mache sits on top of a torn newspaper which resembles the rainbow's clouds]

[image description 4: Oliver smiles at the camera wearing all-black attire. The trans flag serves as a background to the picture]

[image description 5: Colorful game money, chess pieces, playing cards, and much more compose an array of board game pieces]

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02/28/2022

We have an extraordinary alumni challenge on this year's Day of Giving at F&M! Michael W. Blakeney, Ph.D. '86 is challenging folks to give to the LGBTQ+ Initiatives fund, which supports LGBTQ+ Student Life and Q***r and Trans students at F&M. Michael will donate $50 for each of the first 50 donors supporting LGBTQ+ Initiatives. Your gift of any size can help make this happen! Donate today at https://dayofgiving.fandm.edu/lgbtq and help support LGBTQ+ at F&M!

02/22/2022

LGBTQ+ Student Life & S.A.G.A. invite you to a
Q***R SELF-CARE WORKSHOP

Friday, Feb. 25th @ 5 PM
at the ADWC/LGBTQ+ Student Life Office

KN95 mask required!
No RSVP is needed!
All F&M students are welcome!
(you do not need to be a member of SAGA)

Questions? Accommodations?
[email protected]

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02/01/2022

THE OFFICES OF DEI & LGBTQ+ STUDENT LIFE INVITE YOU TO A DOCUMENTARY REVIVAL SCREENING:
PARIS IS BURNING

WHERE: ZOETROPOLIS
(TRANSPORTATION NOT INCLUDED)

WHEN: MONDAY, FEB. 14 AT 7 PM

WHO: ALL THE FAB FOLKS (F&M students*)!

HOW: RSVP FOR YOUR TICKET THROUGH YOUR F&M EMAIL & BE PREPARED TO SHOW PROOF OF VACCINATION WITH YOUR VACCINATION CARD OR A SCREENSHOT OF YOUR CARD AT THE BOX OFFICE AT ZOETROPOLIS

TICKETS ARE FREE BUT LIMITED. RSVP ASAP!

ABOUT THE FILM: Where does voguing come from, and what, exactly, is throwing shade? This landmark documentary provides a vibrant snapshot of the 1980s through the eyes of New York City’s Black and Latinx Harlem drag-ball scene. Made over seven years, PARIS IS BURNING offers an intimate portrait of rival fashion “houses,” from fierce contests for trophies to house mothers offering sustenance in a world rampant with homophobia, transphobia, racism, AIDS, and poverty. Featuring legendary voguers, drag queens, and trans women — including Willi Ninja, Pepper LaBeija, Dorian Corey, and Venus Xtravaganza.

QUESTIONS? ACCOMMODATIONS? [email protected]

*For folks who may not feel comfortable in a theater at this time, the LGBTQ+ Student Life Office has a DVD copy of the film for check-out.

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06/09/2021

: This photo from the 1987 Orifllamme yearbook represents the anonymous students of Matrix, the first official student club organized by and for LGBTQ students at Franklin & Marshall College.

The stories of these students and others are being documented by the LGBTQ History project, created as an independent study by PJ Howard '21 and funded by the Nissley Grant. More than 20+ archived interviews with various LGBTQ+ alumni, faculty, staff and current students whose time at F&M spans from 1962 to the present day. The project aims to be the first step in recovering the lost history of F&M's q***r community.

Howard is currently directing and producing a documentary on her findings and aims to release a film this summer.

05/21/2021

From how to use them to their surprising history, and much more.

05/11/2021

16 bills have already been signed into law this year. More are coming.

04/14/2021

We belatedly stopped excluding athletes of color from high school and college sports. How many more years will people try to exclude trans athletes?

02/05/2021

Jess T. Dugan's book and exhibit, "To Survive on This Shore," opens a window to the lives of older transgender adults.