Events

« February 15, 2008 - March 16, 2008 »
 
02 / 15
Start: 7:00 pm

Where: Whittenberger Auditorium in the Indiana Memorial Union, IU-Bloomington campus.

Eve Ensler's play seeks to represent a variety of women's experiences with sex, sexuality and the female body. This is an all-student production. Proceeds donated to Middle Way House (90%) and the international V-Day Campaign (10%).

Admission: $10, or $8 with a student ID.

Sponsored by: Women's Student Association, Feminist Majority Leadership
Alliance, Union Board and Sigma Gamma Rho.

For more information, e-mail idammu@indiana.edu

02 / 16
Start: 8:00 pm

It's time for our monthly social event! We'll plan to have a fun night in with board games and movies. This is your chance to bring any games, movies, and snacks you wish to share with the rest of the Crossroads group.

We will be having our night of fun at a member's house. If you wish to
attend, please RSVP as soon as possible so that we can send you the
address to his house. You can simply email us at crossrds@indiana.edu
to RSVP and ask for the address.

Crossroads is a social organization for GLBT graduate, professional, and undergraduates (over 21).

Thanks,
Amy & Eric

02 / 17
Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:45 pm

Called "boing," each Sunday night at Jake's Nightclub and Bar (419 N. Walnut, Bloomington) features Top 40 remixes for dancing and a drag show with the Babes of Bloomington. Doors open at 8 p.m. for dancing. Show from 10 - 10:45 p.m., followed by dancing until 12:30 a.m. Cover charge: $5.

For more information, contact Jamie Smith at promogirl_jakes@yahoo.com. Aspiring talent should contact Bianca Defy at www.myspace.com/biancadefy

02 / 18
Start: 9:30 am
End: 11:30 am

Indiana Equality's "Lobbying Your Legislator 101" Training

9:30-11:30 a.m., Christ Church Cathedral, 125 Monument Circle.
Indiana Equality and Stop The Amendment will provide a two-hour crash course in techniques for constituents to successfully communicate with and educate their State legislators.

COST: $5 (includes training, materials, and continental breakfast).

To register, please visit: http://www.indianaequality.org/view/2008_Lobbytraining.aspx

Topics will include:

The “Marriage Discrimination Amendment”
Process of amending Indiana’s Constitution

Start: 1:00 pm

Indiana Equality asks all Hoosier supporters of GLBT equality to attend a rally on Presidents' Day in the Indiana Statehouse, North Atrium (200 W. Washington St. Indianapolis) and to participate in "calling out" your representatives afterwards to communicate your views.

Please enter the Statehouse using the Washington Street entrance. Please allow extra time, as you will have to go through security. Also be aware that street parking may be hard to find. The Circle Center Mall garage is only a few blocks away and relatively inexpensive.

Start: 5:30 pm
End: 6:30 pm

At La Casa (Latino Cultural Center), 715 E. 7th St. on the IU-Bloomington campus.

Bi-Chat is a group to provide women and men who are comfortable with, or exploring, their sexuality a peer supported environment to discuss issues unique to being bisexual. Open to all IU students and community members. We meet several times a month to discuss general bisexual topics as well as to provide personal support. We also occasionally meet in informal settings as a means to meet others in the local bisexual community without a specific topic or agenda.

Phone: (812) 855-4252

Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

Girls Like Us is a confidential peer support group for lesbian, bisexual, and questioning women ages 25 and under. The group provides an opportunity to meet others and to share information and conversation in a confidential and supportive environment. Everyone will have a chance to speak and be heard if they wish. Look out this semester for guest speakers, films, and the opportunity to make new friends!
Email girls@indiana.edu for more information!
Sponsored By GLBT Student Support Services

02 / 19
02 / 20
02 / 21
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm

Be sure to tune to -- *bloomingOUT!* -- Your Midwest Queer Connection -Indiana's Out, Loud and Proud weekly radio show dedicated to LGBTIQ life, every Thursday from 6 to 7pm! Expect to hear the latest in local, national and international queer news headlines as well as our community calendar updates that keep listeners in the know about current events and activities. For program details, please visit www.wfhb/bloomingout/upcoming.htm
WFHB 91.3 and 98.1FM on the radio dial or 100.7FM in Nashville, 106.3FM in Ellettsville.
For and by the queer community, impacting *ALL* of us.
Your hosts are Helen Harrell and Victor Kinzer.

Start: 6:30 pm

Gay Men's Group meets at First Presbyterian Church, Room 27, 221 E. 6th Street, Bloomington.

Closed meeting (only for those with a desire to stop drinking). Wheelchair-accessible, non-smoking.

For more information, call 330-3978 or 334-8191; outside Bloomington 1-800-589-8153. On the Web: www.bloomington.in.us/~aa

02 / 22
Start: 4:00 am

Due to bad weather, today's mixer for GLBTQI high-school and middle-school youth has been re-scheduled for Friday, Feb. 29, 4-6 p.m., Rhino's All-Ages Music Club, 331 S. Walnut, downtown Bloomington.

Organized by Bloomington Beacon, Bloomington PFLAG, Rhino's, United Students (Bloomington High School North) and PROUD (Bloomington High School South), with the assistance of Bloomington Hospital.

For more information, check www.myspace.com/rhinosallagesclub or contact Tim Pritchett, Rhino's assistant director at rhinosbooking@gmail.com or 812-333-3430.

Start: 5:30 pm

The Kinsey Institute is pleased to present a lecture by University of Illinois historian Dana Rabin, followed by a gallery tour at 6:30 p.m. Prof. Rabin's lecture takes place in Morrison Hall 007 on the IU-Bloomington campus.

Rabin will discuss her research in a talk titled : “The Sorceress, the Servant, and the Stays: Sexuality, Race, and Politics in Eighteenth-Century Britain”

02 / 23
02 / 24
Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:45 pm

Called "boing," each Sunday night at Jake's Nightclub and Bar (419 N. Walnut, Bloomington) features Top 40 remixes for dancing and a drag show with the Babes of Bloomington. Doors open at 8 p.m. for dancing. Show from 10 - 10:45 p.m., followed by dancing until 12:30 a.m. Cover charge: $5.

For more information, contact Jamie Smith at promogirl_jakes@yahoo.com. Aspiring talent should contact Bianca Defy at www.myspace.com/biancadefy

02 / 25
Start: 7:00 pm

Usually meets every 4th Monday. Now meeting in the public library Conference Room, in downtown Columbus, Indiana. For more information about the group and individual meetings, visit: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GayStraightAlliance/

Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

Girls Like Us is a confidential peer support group for lesbian, bisexual, and questioning women ages 25 and under. The group provides an opportunity to meet others and to share information and conversation in a confidential and supportive environment. Everyone will have a chance to speak and be heard if they wish. Look out this semester for guest speakers, films, and the opportunity to make new friends!
Email girls@indiana.edu for more information!
Sponsored By GLBT Student Support Services

02 / 26
02 / 27
Start: 7:30 pm

The second Circle City IN Pride Planning Meeting will be held at the Indy Pride office in the Old Centrum. Everyone who would like to help with this year’s Pride events is welcome and encouraged to attend!

Start: 8:00 pm

At John Waldron Arts Center, 122 S. Walnut, downtown Bloomington. General admission: $7.

Presented by the IU Department of Gender Studies and Spirit of '68 Promotions.

02 / 28
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm

Be sure to tune to -- *bloomingOUT!* -- Your Midwest Queer Connection -Indiana's Out, Loud and Proud weekly radio show dedicated to LGBTIQ life, every Thursday from 6 to 7pm! Expect to hear the latest in local, national and international queer news headlines as well as our community calendar updates that keep listeners in the know about current events and activities. For program details, please visit www.wfhb/bloomingout/upcoming.htm
WFHB 91.3 and 98.1FM on the radio dial or 100.7FM in Nashville, 106.3FM in Ellettsville.
For and by the queer community, impacting *ALL* of us.
Your hosts are Helen Harrell and Victor Kinzer.

Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm

Pride Membership Mixer (open to everyone) – at Agio, 635 Massachusetts Ave., downtown Indianapolis.

Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm

Transformations
SUPPORT GROUP FOR TRANSGENDER, GENDER QUEER, INTERSEX & TWO-SPIRIT

We are a support group offering a safe environment to learn about the gender spectrum and a space to gain support and resources from others. Transformations is open to transgender, transsexual, intersex, gender-queer, Two-Spirit individuals and their allies. Not open to observers. All email and calls are completely confidential.

When: Thursday, January 31, 2008
Where: Rachel’s Café
300 E. 3rd Street
Time: 6pm-8pm
What: Coffee, Tea, & Pastries
Cash Only (for now)

Phone: (812) 855-4252

Start: 6:30 pm

Gay Men's Group meets at First Presbyterian Church, Room 27, 221 E. 6th Street, Bloomington.

Closed meeting (only for those with a desire to stop drinking). Wheelchair-accessible, non-smoking.

For more information, call 330-3978 or 334-8191; outside Bloomington 1-800-589-8153. On the Web: www.bloomington.in.us/~aa

02 / 29
Start: 4:00 am
End: 6:00 am

A mixer for GLBTQI high-school and middle-school youth at Rhino's All-Ages Music Club, 331 S. Walnut, downtown Bloomington.

(Re-scheduled from Feb. 22. Next month, we return to the usual schedule of the fourth Friday of the month.)

Youth from the entire south-central Indiana area are welcome. Free refreshments!

Organized by Bloomington Beacon, Bloomington PFLAG, Rhino's, United Students (Bloomington High School North) and PROUD (Bloomington High School South), with the assistance of Bloomington Hospital.

Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

Not a First Friday exactly--because of Leap Year!

Bring or meet new and old GLBT friends and allies. At the Bloomington Bagel Company, 113 N. Dunn, downtown Bloomington. Sponsored by IU GLBT Student Support Services and Bloomington Bagel Company. For more information, e-mail Ryne Shadday at rshadday@indiana.edu

This month's co-host is OUT (IU-Bloomington's LGBT student union).

Start: 8:00 pm

At Rose Firebay, John Waldron Arts Center, downtown Bloomington.
Tickets: $15 (available at bloomingtonarts.info or Sunrise Box Office.

A one-person, full-length performance piece exploring gender and sexuality, written and performed by Danielle McClelland. Music and video projection add layers of engagement to the presentation, and audience members are encouraged to participate by telling their own "girl stories" via open space in the program booklets and a graffiti wall outside the Theater, which asks patrons to imagine "What does your girl look like?"

03 / 1
Start: 2:00 pm

At Rose Firebay, John Waldron Arts Center, downtown Bloomington, at 2 & 8 p.m.
Tickets: $15 (available at bloomingtonarts.info or Sunrise Box Office.

A one-person, full-length performance piece exploring gender and sexuality, written and performed by Danielle McClelland. Music and video projection add layers of engagement to the presentation, and audience members are encouraged to participate by telling their own "girl stories" via open space in the program booklets and a graffiti wall outside the Theater, which asks patrons to imagine "What does your girl look like?"

03 / 2
Start: 2:00 pm

At Rose Firebay, John Waldron Arts Center, downtown Bloomington, at 2 p.m and 7 p.m
Tickets: $15 (available at bloomingtonarts.info or Sunrise Box Office.

A one-person, full-length performance piece exploring gender and sexuality, written and performed by Danielle McClelland. Music and video projection add layers of engagement to the presentation, and audience members are encouraged to participate by telling their own "girl stories" via open space in the program booklets and a graffiti wall outside the Theater, which asks patrons to imagine "What does your girl look like?"

Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:45 pm

Called "boing," each Sunday night at Jake's Nightclub and Bar (419 N. Walnut, Bloomington) features Top 40 remixes for dancing and a drag show with the Babes of Bloomington. Doors open at 8 p.m. for dancing. Show from 10 - 10:45 p.m., followed by dancing until 12:30 a.m. Cover charge: $5.

For more information, contact Jamie Smith at promogirl_jakes@yahoo.com. Aspiring talent should contact Bianca Defy at www.myspace.com/biancadefy

03 / 3
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

Girls Like Us is a confidential peer support group for lesbian, bisexual, and questioning women ages 25 and under. The group provides an opportunity to meet others and to share information and conversation in a confidential and supportive environment. Everyone will have a chance to speak and be heard if they wish. Look out this semester for guest speakers, films, and the opportunity to make new friends!
Email girls@indiana.edu for more information!
Sponsored By GLBT Student Support Services

03 / 4
03 / 5
Start: 7:00 pm

If you are interested in helping to make this year’s Day of Silence at IU happen, there will be a planning committee meeting in the Community and Leadership Development Center (located in Read Residence Hall in the Clark wing). If you have any questions contact: Barry W. Magee,
Assistant Director for Diversity Education, bmagee at indiana.edu,
812-855-2410.

03 / 6
Start: 12:00 pm

“Will Boys Really be Boys? A Developmental Approach to Relationships and Sexuality among Adolescent Men”

Mary A. Ott, MD
Section of Adolescent Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine

Oak Room, Indiana Memorial Union, IU-Bloomington campus

Part of the SEXUAL HEALTH RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES, WINTER/SPRING 2008

Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm

Lambda Law Society at IU Invites you to Hear

New York Assembly member Daniel J. O'Donnell

Room 124 at Indiana University School of Law

Come Hear New York Assembly member Daniel J. O’Donnell talk about his efforts as a community organizer and as a gay rights advocate!

O'Donnell is one of five LGBT members of the New York Legislature. His campaigns have frequently won the backing of the Gay & Lesbian Victory
Fund. On June 19, 2007 O'Donnell led Assembly members in a vote to legalize gay marriage in New York State. The bill has the support of

Start: 6:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm

Be sure to tune to -- *bloomingOUT!* -- Your Midwest Queer Connection -Indiana's Out, Loud and Proud weekly radio show dedicated to LGBTIQ life, every Thursday from 6 to 7pm! Expect to hear the latest in local, national and international queer news headlines as well as our community calendar updates that keep listeners in the know about current events and activities. For program details, please visit www.wfhb/bloomingout/upcoming.htm
WFHB 91.3 and 98.1FM on the radio dial or 100.7FM in Nashville, 106.3FM in Ellettsville.
For and by the queer community, impacting *ALL* of us.
Your hosts are Helen Harrell and Victor Kinzer.

Start: 6:30 pm

Gay Men's Group meets at First Presbyterian Church, Room 27, 221 E. 6th Street, Bloomington.

Closed meeting (only for those with a desire to stop drinking). Wheelchair-accessible, non-smoking.

For more information, call 330-3978 or 334-8191; outside Bloomington 1-800-589-8153. On the Web: www.bloomington.in.us/~aa

03 / 7
03 / 8
03 / 9
Start: 2:00 pm

CONCERT CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER....

THE BLUE ROOM, SEMI-UNDERGROUND HOUSE CONCERT SERIES
AND OCCASIONAL BAKERY
in conjuction with
WFHB Community Radio
IS PLEASED TO PRESENT A CONCERT WITH
WISHING CHAIR (Kiya Heartwood & Miriam Davidson)

732 Whitethorn Place, Bloomington
Carolyn's Desserts at Intermission
Doors open at 1:30 PM
Music begins at 2:00 PM

Suggested donation: $10 per person, with all proceeds from the concert going to the artist.

You can purchase tickets in advance online at bloomingtonarts.info
For reservations or additional information please contact Carolyn

Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:45 pm

Called "boing," each Sunday night at Jake's Nightclub and Bar (419 N. Walnut, Bloomington) features Top 40 remixes for dancing and a drag show with the Babes of Bloomington. Doors open at 8 p.m. for dancing. Show from 10 - 10:45 p.m., followed by dancing until 12:30 a.m. Cover charge: $5.

For more information, contact Jamie Smith at promogirl_jakes@yahoo.com. Aspiring talent should contact Bianca Defy at www.myspace.com/biancadefy

03 / 10
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm

Pride Membership Mixer (open to everyone) – at Agio, 635 Massachusetts Ave., downtown Indianapolis.

Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

Girls Like Us is a confidential peer support group for lesbian, bisexual, and questioning women ages 25 and under. The group provides an opportunity to meet others and to share information and conversation in a confidential and supportive environment. Everyone will have a chance to speak and be heard if they wish. Look out this semester for guest speakers, films, and the opportunity to make new friends!
Email girls@indiana.edu for more information!
Sponsored By GLBT Student Support Services

03 / 11
03 / 12
03 / 13
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm

Be sure to tune to -- *bloomingOUT!* -- Your Midwest Queer Connection -Indiana's Out, Loud and Proud weekly radio show dedicated to LGBTIQ life, every Thursday from 6 to 7pm! Expect to hear the latest in local, national and international queer news headlines as well as our community calendar updates that keep listeners in the know about current events and activities. For program details, please visit www.wfhb/bloomingout/upcoming.htm
WFHB 91.3 and 98.1FM on the radio dial or 100.7FM in Nashville, 106.3FM in Ellettsville.
For and by the queer community, impacting *ALL* of us.
Your hosts are Helen Harrell and Victor Kinzer.

Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm

Transformations
SUPPORT GROUP FOR TRANSGENDER, GENDER QUEER, INTERSEX & TWO-SPIRIT

We are a support group offering a safe environment to learn about the gender spectrum and a space to gain support and resources from others. Transformations is open to transgender, transsexual, intersex, gender-queer, Two-Spirit individuals and their allies. Not open to observers. All email and calls are completely confidential.

When: Thursday, January 31, 2008
Where: Rachel’s Café
300 E. 3rd Street
Time: 6pm-8pm
What: Coffee, Tea, & Pastries
Cash Only (for now)

Phone: (812) 855-4252

Start: 6:30 pm

Gay Men's Group meets at First Presbyterian Church, Room 27, 221 E. 6th Street, Bloomington.

Closed meeting (only for those with a desire to stop drinking). Wheelchair-accessible, non-smoking.

For more information, call 330-3978 or 334-8191; outside Bloomington 1-800-589-8153. On the Web: www.bloomington.in.us/~aa

03 / 14
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 10:00 pm

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Feb. 4, 2008 - The Indianapolis Youth Group (IYG) is pleased to announce that its annual Youth Art Auction has been set for Friday, March 14, 2008 from 7:00-10:00 p.m. at Stutz Business Center, Building #2 (10th St. between Capital and Senate - use 10th Street entrance).

03 / 15
03 / 16
Start: 4:30 pm

Please join us at the March meeting of Spencer PRIDE, a GLBT support group serving south-central Indiana. For meeting location or questions, call 1-877-PRIDE18 or 812-829-9611.

Start: 6:00 pm

We (Doug and Peter) will host this month on Sunday, March 16, in our home at 2501 E. Cedarwood Circle in The Stands on the south side of Bloomington. We will begin to gather around 6:00 pm and will plan to eat around 6:45.

Please bring your own beverage and one of the following: side dish, salad, dessert or hors d'oeuvre. For directions or additional information, call 339-1804.

Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:45 pm

Called "boing," each Sunday night at Jake's Nightclub and Bar (419 N. Walnut, Bloomington) features Top 40 remixes for dancing and a drag show with the Babes of Bloomington. Doors open at 8 p.m. for dancing. Show from 10 - 10:45 p.m., followed by dancing until 12:30 a.m. Cover charge: $5.

For more information, contact Jamie Smith at promogirl_jakes@yahoo.com. Aspiring talent should contact Bianca Defy at www.myspace.com/biancadefy