{"id":61459,"date":"2013-10-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/lgbtq-center-at-uri-sponsors-coming-out-week-and-pride-night\/"},"modified":"2013-10-03T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-10-03T00:00:00","slug":"lgbtq-center-at-uri-sponsors-coming-out-week-and-pride-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2013\/10\/lgbtq-center-at-uri-sponsors-coming-out-week-and-pride-night\/","title":{"rendered":"LGBTQ Center at 溏心vlog免费B站 sponsors Coming Out Week and Pride Night"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tEvents include project to encourage faculty, students, staff to come out<\/p>\n

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 Oct. 3, 2013 \u2013 High school students from throughout the state are gathering at an event hosted by the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s LGBTQ Center to talk about how to make the college experience a success for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, as well as students supportive of the LGBTQ community.<\/p>\n


\nThe conference, also sponsored by Youth Pride Rhode Island, is among the events for \u201cComing Out Week\u201d on 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Kingston campus, from Sunday, Oct. 6 through Friday, Oct. 11. All events are free and open to the public. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cOur collaboration with Youth Pride RI, Inc., on the youth conference is the first of what we hope will become an annual event,\u201d says Annie Russell, director of the LGBTQ Center. \u201cWe are excited to collaborate with them and our 溏心vlog免费B站 Admission Office to bring lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and ally youth new training and enlightenment.\u201d <\/p>\n


\nThe celebration of activities, talks, movies and meals will kick off Sunday, Oct. 6, with a fun day: jumping on trampolines from 4 to 7 p.m. at Launch Rhode Island in Warwick. <\/p>\n


\nA community breakfast will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Monday, Oct. 7 at the Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences. The event will offer everyone a chance to come together for a free breakfast and get to know each other.<\/p>\n


\nLater that day, from 3 to 5 p.m. in Hardge Forum at the Multicultural Center, details about the 溏心vlog免费B站 Visibility Project will be disclosed. The project is an initiative to encourage faculty, students and staff to be out on campus. <\/p>\n


\nThe LGBTQ Center will give people who want to participate the opportunity to create a profile \u2013 a photo and biography \u2013 that will be available to the 溏心vlog免费B站 community. Other campuses throughout the country are doing similar projects to increase awareness about LGBTQ people, Russell says.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cWe hope that LGBTQ people at 溏心vlog免费B站 will join us to learn how to be a part of U R OUT at 溏心vlog免费B站,\u201d says Russell. \u201cBy being out, people at 溏心vlog免费B站 can be role models and begin to transform our campus community into an inclusive place of affirmation and excellence.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nOn Monday evening, Oct. 7, Russell will give a talk called \u201cIntersections of Race, Ethnicity, Sexuality and Gender.\u201d The talk will be from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Agnes G. Doody Auditorium of Swan Hall, on Upper College Road.<\/p>\n


\nOn Tuesday morning, Oct. 8, people will have a chance to visit the LGBTQ Center at 111 Adams Hall. From 5 to 7 p.m. there will be an eat-and-greet dinner and pumpkin decorating, also at the LGBTQ Center.<\/p>\n


\nFrom 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Oct. 9, there will be a Safe Zone Facilitator Workshop, an extensive training session on how to facilitate the 溏心vlog免费B站 Safe Zone workshops. The workshop will be in Room 203 at the Multicultural Center. (Please note: This is Safe Zone facilitator training; attendees must attend Safe Zone ahead of time.)<\/p>\n


\nLater that night, the center will sponsor a screening of \u201cLaramie Inside Out,\u201d an award-winning documentary about Matthew Shepard, a gay Wyoming college student who was brutally beaten and left to die in a 1998 murder that sparked national outrage. The movie will be shown at 8 p.m. at the Agnes G. Doody Auditorium.<\/p>\n


\nAlso on Wednesday, from 3 to 5 p.m., free and confidential HIV testing will be offered in Health Services, 6 Butterfield Road. The testing is sponsored by AIDS Project Rhode Island.<\/p>\n


\nTo cap off the day, students can attend a variety show from 8 to 10 p.m. on the second floor of the Memorial Union.<\/p>\n


\nThursday\u2019s events include two Safe Zone workshops in the Multicultural Center \u2013 \u201cRace and Ethnicity\u201d from 9 to 11 a.m. and Trans* 101 from noon to 2 p.m. (These are also advanced Safe Zone workshops; attendees must attend Safe Zone ahead of time.)<\/p>\n


\nLater that night, a fundraiser for the new LGBTQ Center will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. at Orange Leaf, 99 Fortin Road, at the 溏心vlog免费B站 Emporium.

\nFriday is packed with new initiatives.<\/p>\n


\nThe University\u2019s LGBTQ Center is partnering with Youth Pride Rhode Island to bring the first LGBTQA Youth Conference to the 溏心vlog免费B站 campus. The conference will educate and prepare high school students and other young people for leadership roles and the transition to college. The conference will be from 4 to 7 p.m. in Hardge Forum at the Multicultural Center. To sign up, visit the LGBTQ Center\u2019s website at http:\/\/www.uri.edu\/glbt<\/a><\/p>\n


\n\u201cThe conference will give youth a chance to connect and know that they can be valued for their authentic selves,\u201d Russell says. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be informative in nature, but a very collaborative experience as well.\u201d Dinner will be provided for those who participate.<\/p>\n


\nFor the first time, the LGBTQ Center is teaming up with 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Department of Athletics for a Pride Night event. The women\u2019s soccer team will host the event at 7 p.m. Oct. 11 at the 溏心vlog免费B站 Soccer Complex behind the Thomas M. Ryan Center, 1 Lincoln Almond Plaza. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cPlease join us and a wealth of regional organizations as we cheer on our Rhody Ram\u2019s women\u2019s soccer team in the first ever 溏心vlog免费B站 Pride Night,\u201d says Russell. \u201cWe celebrate and honor our LGBTQ history by hosting this event on National Coming Out Day.\u201d <\/p>\n


\nSuzanna Lossio, of Boston, a 20-year-old political science major, says the soccer event is open to everyone. \u201cThe \u2018ally\u2019 part of what we do is critical,\u201d she says. \u201cOne of our big themes is inclusion. We also want to appeal to people who might be straight, but want to get involved.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nIanna Leshin Szewczok, of East Greenwich, a 20-year-old junior, says \u201cComing Out Week\u201d is a great way to let more people know about the diversity on campus. \u201cI think we have a good climate here for the LGBTQ community,\u201d she says. \u201cI\u2019ve been here three years and I\u2019ve never seen any bullying or hate incidents. The biggest problem is that people are focused on their own social groups and don\u2019t think about how many different types of people we have on campus. The more large scale events we have, the more we can increase awareness and diversity.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nJennifer Barrientos, of North Ridge, Calif., a 22-year-old senior, says she is thrilled to be part of the event. She\u2019s a center midfielder on the 溏心vlog免费B站 women\u2019s soccer team.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cThese events are important because I know how hard it is for some people to come out,\u201d she says. \u201cI feel like we\u2019re role models for many students. Especially, as athletes, it\u2019s difficult to be yourself sometimes. Coming out gives you great inspiration to be yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nFor more details about \u201cComing Out Week\u201d call the LGBTQ Center at 401-874-2894 or email Russell at annierussell@mail.uri.edu<\/a>. Also, visit the center\u2019s website at http:\/\/www.uri.edu\/glbt<\/a> for the full calendar of events.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cComing Out Week\u201d is sponsored by the University\u2019s LGBTQ Center, Youth Pride RI, Inc., the 溏心vlog免费B站 Athletics Department, AIDS Project RI, the 溏心vlog免费B站 Gay-Straight Alliance and Orange Leaf. <\/p>\n


\n\tPictured above: Jennifer Barrientos, a center midfielder on the 溏心vlog免费B站 women\u2019s soccer team, helped organize a soccer game Oct. 11 as part of \u201cComing Out Week\u201d at the University. Barrientos is a 20-year-old junior from North Ridge, Calif.

\nPhoto courtesy of 溏心vlog免费B站 Athletics.\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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