C: “I’m split on this question. The best educational and
politcal event is Unity Conference, which brings an incred
ible amount of activist energy to this campus each spring.
For sheer fun, however, nothing beats Women Loving
Women’s weekly meetings, in my not terribly humble opin
ion.
hat's an interesting pastime of jours'?
T: “Going to Caffe Driade on Wednesdays for Queer Cof
fee night, sitting outside and enjoying some good com
pany.”
C: “Drag and other cosmme-based performance art. I make
my own costumes and wigs.”
here do you get jour news?
T: “The New York Times; NPR.”
C: “Mosdy online sources - New York Times, CNN and
Wikipedia.”
Jf you were going to design a pride flag, what would it look like?
T: “It would have a picture of every type of person - bears,
lipstick lesbians, frat guys, leather daddies, butch women,
transgendered individuals, blondes, rock stars ... everyone.”
C: “I would stick with the basic rainbow. If I were to add
anything, I would have to add so much symbolism that no
one would understand the resulting mess. ’
What is the greatest challenge facing the LGBTIQ community?
T: “ Internalized oppression. It amazes me how many
LGBTIQ individuals say ‘that’s so gay,’ or women prefer to
be called ‘you guys.’ Many don’t realize the consequences
that such language has for society as a whole.”
C: “Diversity. The LGBTIQ community needs to come to
terms with its own internal diversity of gender, race, class,
age and opinion. There is a temptation facing every social
movement when it gets big enough to make change, to say
that there is one basic ideology that everyone should agree
with. I feel that the future of the LGBTIQ community
depends on resisting that temptation.”
Didyou vote in the most recent elections?
T: “Of course; did you?’
C: “Yes; early.”
hat is the greatest challenge facing the GLBT-SA?
T: “Every semester we lose a lot of institutional knowledge
that disappears when board members graduate. I’d like us
to continue having every board member create a folder with
the full ‘ins and outs’ of their positions to be passed onto
their successors.”
C: “I think the greatest challenge we have to face is
knowledge-sharing. As an organization that needs its board
members to have specialized knowledge and connections,
turnover is a particular problem for us. We’ve had problems
in the past when incredibly skilled leaders graduated or
went abroad without sharing their knowledge. This makes
for a steep learning curve and makes it hard to get new
people interested in leading the organization.”
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Favorite book?
T: ‘“The Great Gatsby.’”
C: “Neal Stephenson’s ‘Snow Crash.’”
Favorite mom?
T: “‘Harold and Maude.’”
C: ‘“V for Vendetta.’ Natalie Portman looks much better
with a shaved head.
Favorite music?
T; “A very eclectic mix of most everything.”
C; “Electronica.”
Favorite professor?
T; “Sherryl Kleinman for ‘Sex & Gender in Society.’”
C: “Della Pollock’s first-year seminar, “Politics of Perfor
mance.”
Favorite women-affirming song?
T: “Cat Stevens’ ‘If you want to sing out, sing out.’”
C: “The Butchies’ ‘Send Me You’ because it is affirming
while still being interesting and sexy.”