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25, 2003 -- In celebration of National Coming Out Day, the University
of Utah Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) Resource Center
will present a series of Pride 2003 lectures, activities and performances.
These events will run from Oct. 1st through the 18th, with National
Coming Out Day on Oct. 11th.
“This year’s programming is centered around the theme
‘Many Myths—Our Truths,’ which explores and dispels
the many misconceptions surrounding the lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender communities. A powerful way that we can combat the destructive
myths about LGBT people is to tell our stories, which bring out
the truth,” notes Charles Milne, interim advisor to the U’s
LGBT Resource Center.
University Pride activities are offered in conjunction with the
University’s Office for Diversity, the Gay and Lesbian Community
Center of Utah, the Utah AIDS Foundation, Affirmation: Gay &
Lesbian Mormons and the Associated Students of the University of
Utah’s Diversity Board and Presenter’s Office.
University Pride events will begin with a performance by comedian
Margaret Cho on Oct. 1st, at 7:30 p.m., in Kingsbury Hall. Tickets
are available at the Kingsbury Hall Box Office, the Olpin Union
Main Desk or by calling ArtTix at 801-355-ARTS or going to www.arttix.org.
On Oct. 6th and 7th, there will be a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and
Transgender Film festival. Admission to all films is free. For film
times and locations, go to http://www.sa.utah.edu/lgbt/.
A panel discussion titled “Colors of the Rainbow: Ethnic Minorities
within the LGBT Community” will be held on Wednesday, Oct.
8th, at noon, in the University Union Theater. This discussion group,
comprised of ethnic minority community members, will share and discuss
LGBT experiences from ethnic, cultural and racial perspectives.
On Thursday, Oct. 9th, at noon, Rebecca Walker, activist and author
of Black White and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self,
will give a keynote address in the University Union. TIME
magazine recently named Walker one of the 50 future leaders of America.
That evening, at 6:30 p.m., a National Coming Out Day Dinner will
be held to benefit the University’s LGBT Resource Center.
The dinner will be held on the 23rd floor of the Wells Fargo Center,
located at 299 S. Main Street, in downtown Salt Lake City. Participants
will have an opportunity to meet Rebecca Walker and enjoy a performance
by Australian comedian Sue Ann Post. Tickets are $65 per person
or $30 for students. To make reservations for the evening, contact
Charles Milne at 801-587-7973 or at cmilne@sa.utah.edu.
On Saturday, Oct. 11, a “The Homecoming You Never Had”
dance will be held in the Olpin Union Ballroom, at 9 p.m., and will
feature the Saliva Sisters.
The final Pride Week event will be held Saturday, Oct. 18, and will
feature hip folk singer Ani DiFranco in concert, at 7:30 p.m., in
the Huntsman Center. Tickets are $27.50 for the general public and
$17.50 for students with valid I.D. Tickets may be purchased at
the Olpin Union Main Desk, all Fred Meyer stores, Gray Whale stores,
the Rice-Eccles Stadium Ticket Office, the Huntsman Center Ticket
Office, or by calling Ticketmaster at 801-325-SEAT or by ordering
online at www.ticketmaster.com.
For more information on the LGBT Resource Center at the University
of Utah, call 801-587-7973 or go to www.sa.utah.edu/lgbt.
The U’s LGBT Resource Center is located in room 317 of the
Olpin Union Building, located at 200 South Central Campus Drive.
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