The University of Warwick Students’ Union society for Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans*, Undefined and Asexual students and their friends.

We provide a safe, friendly social atmosphere in which to meet other students at Warwick; as well as providing information, advice and support for those coming to terms with their sexuality, including a befriending service for those not yet ready to meet a large group. We also maintain a library of books and DVDs for our members.

We also campaign on various issues on behalf of the LGBTUA+ community both within the university and in the wider community. We raise awareness of the issues facing LGBTUA+ people and campaign for changes where needed.

Finally, we provide a great deal of information on sexual health and safer sex, and provide free safer sex materials (including condoms and lubricant suitable for anal sex, flavoured condoms suitable for oral sex, dental dams and latex and non-latex gloves).

If you haven’t yet joined the Society, you can do so online at the Students Union Website. It costs just £3 to join for one year. If you are a Warwick student we recommend you choose Standard Membership as this will enable you to vote in society elections (or stand as a candidate). If you are a graduate or a member of the public then you must choose Associate Membership.

Warwick Pride at Birmingham Pride 2011

IDAHoBiT, May 17th

IDAHoBiT (May 17th), the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia is meant to raise awareness regarding the ongoing discrimination and violence committed by states, societies and individuals against LGBTUA+ and queer people on various scales, from homophobic and transphobic legislations and forms of state repression to hate crimes including insults, attacks and murders.

We’ve got loads of events planned for the day, including:
- A stall with West Midlands Police on the Piazza
- A stall with information about homophobia, biphobia and transphobia on the Piazza
- Information about worldwide homophobia, biphobia and transphobia worldwide in the Atrium

11-3: Safe space room – Meeting room 6, SUHQ
11-12: Combating Biphobia – H3.55, Humanities Building
2-4: Trans Q&A – H3.44, Humanities Building
5-6: Talk from Movement for Justice – H3.55, Humanities Building
7pm: Vigil – Piazza

18th May:
12-2: A talk and Q&A with Sacha Brown, Meeting rooms 4&5, SUHQ

Also look out for some creative campaigning around campus!

More information on our facebook event at: http://www.facebook.com/events/346350548751684/

Pride Flags on the Forum

I noticed that there weren’t any pride flags on here, and I thought that there should be, so here you go:

:rainbow: :asexual: :bi: :trans:

And for the asexuals amongst us, I bring you :cake:

If you can think of any other smilies that you would like added, just tell me and I will see what I can do.

Group Requests

Due to a coding issue, some requests to join usergroups (private forums) may have failed. This only affects requests made on Monday 19th March 2012, and the issue should now have been resolved.

If you requested to join any usergroups on Monday, and they have not been accepted, please make these requests again. Requests can be managed at: http://warwickpride.org/forum/profil…editusergroups

Sorry for any inconvenience.

Agm 2012

It’s AGM time (well, 01.03.12), and now that nominations are open and motions are being accepted, it’s time to remind you all how to nominate yourselves!

A list of candidates and manifesto’s will be added once nominations close.

Exec Nominations!

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Just a quick reminder:
-Only full members of ‘The Society!’ may stand for an exec position or vote on exec positions on the day.
-To stand (or vote) for a representative (Rep.) Position, you MUST self-define into that representative group.
-Job Shares of up to 2 people are permitted to run for each position, however, each position will only hold one vote at Exec meetings.
-If no-one has nominated themselves for the position, it is possible to nominate yourself at the AGM (following the rules above) at the discretion of the chair
-Voting on each exec position will be on a Simple Majority basis

To nominate yourself, email your name and the position you would like to run for to AGM@warwickpride.org
The deadline for nominations is 23:59 on 29.02.12
You can also send in a manifesto of no more than one A4 page. (please note that all manifestos will be shrunk to A5 and printed in black and white for distribution at the meeting. They will also be shown full size and colour behind you whilst you give your speech [tbc.])

Motions!

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Another set of wicked quick reminders:
-Motions may be withdrawn at any time before voting at the AGM.
-Emergency motions may be accepted at the AGM at the discretion of the chair.
-Motions must have a proposer and seconder, these two must both be Full or Associate members of ‘The Society!’. These two members have the right to first and seconds speeches in favour of the motion. Nothing will be put to a vote until there has been the opportunity for an equal number of speeches both for and against the motion.
-Motions will be distributed at the AGM alongside manifestos.
For assistance on writing a motion, please see: http://files.warwickpride.org/docs/M…e%20Motion.pdf

To Succeed:
Amendment’s to a motion: Acceptance by Proposer OR simple Majority of voting members. (After an amendment, only the amended motion can be discussed/voted on.)
Motions changing the Constitution: 2/3 Majority
Motion of No Confidence: 2/3 Majority
Motion of Censure: Simple Majority
All Other Motions: Simple Majority

Happy New Year / Welcome Back / Happy Term 2 Week 1!!!

This is our weekly email for Week 1 of Term 2. We send out an email to our members every week so if you would like to be on our mailing list you can find out how to join the society here.

News

The Glitterball!

The Glitterball!

Saturday 4th of February. Put the date in your diary because it’s the night of the Glitterball, the biggest night on the Warwick Pride Calendar.
This year’s Glitterball will be at The Holiday Inn in Kenilworth, a three course sit down dinner with entertainments including a DJ, Dancefloor, Jazz Band, demos and ‘lessons’ from Warwick Salsa. The theme this year is Mardi Gras, so dress to impress with masks if you want to follow tradition and decorations in the traditional green, purple and gold.

Tickets are only £27.50 and available from here!
n.b. there are limited tickets and they’re selling like hotcakes, so buy yours now to avoid disappointment!

Other important mentions this term:

National Student Pride (Tour) Week 7 – Sign ups will start week 2, more details will follow in next week’s email.

The AGM (Annual General Meeting) Week 8 – All Exec positions other than International and PG&M Reps will become availiable for Society members to run for, also motions for policy and more can be passed. If you’re interested in Democracy, The Society, its future or running it then you should attend! More information will be given nearer the time!

Other, less specific things that are going to be happening this term are some fantastic campaigns which are being planned by Jack & Rosa et al, Some great events and trips afar that our Ents officers, George and Amy have up their sleeves and finally, February is LGBT History Month and there will be some wonderful events happening to celebrate that.

Socials

Monday:	Coffee Social
	Location: The Terrace Bar	Time: 4-7 pm
	Come along this Monday afternoon for the perfect welcome back and catch up after Christmas!

Tuesday:	*Trans Social**
	Location: —	Time: Afternoon/Evening
	Please refer to the Trans* section of the Forums for more details, or alternatively email trans@warwickpride.org.

Wednesday:	Culture and Campaigns
	Location: H3.58	Time: 3-5 pm
	This Week’s Culture and Campaigns will be based around an on-campus poster campaign.

Thursday:	International Social
	Location: The Terrace Bar	Time: 5-7 pm
	This Thursday, James will be running a social based towards International Students in the terrace bar, feel free to join him for a chat, a drink and (if you have any) to bring up any issues.

Friday:	Brunch!
	Location: Cafe Library	Time: 11am – 12
	Lucy will be hosting the first breakfast morning this term, join her in the library cafe for a lovely catch up and chat

Saturday:	Nightingales
	Location: Meet at Arts Centre Bus Stop	Time: 8pm – Late
	George will be collecting people from theArts Centre Bus stop and leaving at 8pm, don’t be late!From there we’ll be heading by bus and train into Birmingham for a night out to celebrate being back and student loans going in!It’s going to be an amazing night so don’t miss out!

The next Exec meeting will be Friday at 7:30pm in H0.05 (to be confirmed).

Happy New Year and Welcome Back!
Love and Kisses,
The Pride Exec

warwickpride.org | forums | email | 07521 476057

All socials are open to all members, however some may be intended towards certain member groups, please show due care and thoughtful consideration before attending these socials. If in doubt, please feel free to contact the relevant rep.

Poly Forum

We now have a poly sub-forum. After the poly talk during Pride week there were discussions about setting one up. It’s taken me this long to get around to doing it, but it’s there now

You have to apply for membership, just like any other group forum, here:
http://warwickpride.org/forum/profil…editusergroups

Once you have done so, the forum is available here:
http://warwickpride.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=33

Testing…

Pay no attention to the trans rep behind the curtain.

Edit: Even more testing!

Trans* Day of Remembrance (Sunday)

Sunday was Trans* Day of Remembrance. You can find out more in our previous post on the event.

For those interested, our programme of readings is available to view here:

Trans Day of Remembrance 2011

We lit over 200 candles, one for each reported murdered trans person of the past year.

Week 8 is Pride Week!

Pride Week is almost here! It starts this Monday, but we’re starting a little earlier with tomorrow’s Trans Day of Remembrance Vigil, which we hope you can make it to.Week 8 proper is full of fun, insightful and thought-provoking events:

Monday 21st
Interfaith Panel SUHQ Meeting Rooms 4&5 12-2
Warwick Pride Coffee Social Terrace Bar 4-5
Tommy Precious: LGBTUA+ Teaching B2.03 6-7

Tuesday 22nd
Screening of (A)sexual 10-12, B2.02
Rosa Parker-Hinton: Workshop on Sexism and LGBTUA+ liberation 2-5
Ewan McPherson: Workshop on Sexual Health 5-7 S0.10

Wednesday 23rd
Author Hannah Dee: Internationalism and LGBT+ Politics – How do we build effective solidarity? 4-5 H4.01
Politics Panel: Queer Issues Question Time 5-7 S0.19

Thursday 24th
Vicki Baars: Polyamory 3-4.15 H2.46
Queer Friends of Bradley Manning: The Wikileaks Soldier and LGBTUA+ Issues 4-6 H3.05
Zoë: LGBTUA+ Individuals And Healthcare Thursday 6-8pm MS.03

Friday 25th
Ask Us Anything Piazza stall, 10-5
Love Without Borders: LGBTUA+ Asylum and Deportation 5-7, Meeting Rooms 4&5
Love Without Borders Vigil 7pm, Piazza

Saturday 26th
Express Yourself: T-shirt Decoration Workshop 1-3 H0.44
Warwick goes to Reclaim The Night See Event Facebook Page and Warwick Pride Email for details

Sunday 27th
Asexual Social 1pm H0.01

I’ll keep updating this thread with links, more info about these events, etc, etc.

Love and warmth,
- Cal x

Trans* Day of Remembrance

November 20th is Trans* Day of Remembrance. There will be a candlelit vigil in the piazza, to remember those we have lost to anti-transgender hate or prejudice.

The time is yet to be confirmed, but will likely be around 7pm.

The Transgender Day of Remembrance was set aside to memorialize those who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice. The event is held in November to honor Rita Hester, whose murder on November 28th, 1998 kicked off the “Remembering Our Dead” web project and a San Francisco candlelight vigil in 1999. Rita Hester’s murder — like most anti-transgender murder cases — has yet to be solved.

Although not every person represented during the Day of Remembrance self-identified as transgender — that is, as a transsexual, crossdresser, or otherwise gender-variant — each was a victim of violence based on bias against transgender people.

We live in times more sensitive than ever to hatred based violence, especially since the events of September 11th. Yet even now, the deaths of those based on anti-transgender hatred or prejudice are largely ignored. Over the last decade, more than one person per month has died due to transgender-based hate or prejudice, regardless of any other factors in their lives. This trend shows no sign of abating.

The Transgender Day of Remembrance serves several purposes. It raises public awareness of hate crimes against transgender people, an action that current media doesn’t perform. Day of Remembrance publicly mourns and honors the lives of our brothers and sisters who might otherwise be forgotten. Through the vigil, we express love and respect for our people in the face of national indifference and hatred. Day of Remembrance reminds non-transgender people that we are their sons, daughters, parents, friends and lovers. Day of Remembrance gives our allies a chance to step forward with us and stand in vigil, memorializing those of us who’ve died by anti-transgender violence.

– Taken from taken from RememberingOurDead via TransgenderDoR

If anyone would like to get involved, for example providing readings, please contact trans@warwickpride.org.

The always up-to-date event page from the calendar is here.

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