SUZANNE PHARR LECTURE & RECEPTION, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 7:30 pm

Author and political activist Suzanne Pharr will deliver the Spear
Lecture in Public Policy at 7:30 pm on Thursday, October 2 at the 3M
Auditorium in the Carlson School of Management. The Auditorium is
located at 321 - 19th Ave South in Minneapolis, on the West Bank of the
University of Minnesota's Twin Cities campus. This lecture is free and
open to the public. The Steven J. Schochet Endowment will host a
dessert reception for Pharr and the public following the lecture.

Now celebrating it's 20th year in print, Pharr's book "Homophobia: A
Weapon of Sexism," was groundbreaking in its analysis of homophobia in
the context of the intersectionality of gender, sexuality, racism, and
equality (www.suzannepharr.org). Pharr sees her work as building a
broad-based coalition so that everyone can be wholly themselves, i.e.
"to have self-determination, to be treated with dignity and respect, and
to have access to material necessities as well as joy."

During this historic 2008 presidential campaign, it is important to hear
from activists like Pharr who urge us to think broadly about issues of
GLBT empowerment, racial & economic justice, and social transformation.
For more information, contact Beng Chang at beng@umn.edu or 612-625-0537.

Left Out Party: Supporting a fully inclusive ENDA

Left Out Party
Supporting a fully inclusive ENDA
(Employment Non-discrimination Act)

Pi Bar
2532 25th Av. So., Minneapolis
Sept. 13th
7pm to 10pm

Join us as we show the Twin Cities' support for an ENDA (federal legislation) that includes gender identity and gender expression protection. We recognize that only a fully inclusive ENDA will protect all people from workplace discrimination!

Sponsored by
Minnesota Gender Advocates

Minnesota Gender Advocates is a group for Trans, Intersex, gender Queer, and gender Questioning – TIQQ people. Our mission is to raise awareness of TIQQ issues and advocate for TIQQ people.

*For more information about this event or Minnesota Gender Advocates,
contact Leigh Smythe, Chair (wleighh111@yahoo.com)