Bisexual Student Confronted at UAH
11:09 AM
It hits close to home. We don't often get word of things like this happening, but when it does it hurts because I feel like we have come beyond that, but some people refuse to cross the bridge when its so easy to stay on that same side of ignorance. The only way to fight intolerance is compassion though. I'm reading a book now titled The Fifth Sacred Thing and when war comes to a people of peace, they fight by offering the soldiers a place at their table no matter what atrocities are committed against them. With the holiday season upon us, remember that no matter what people want to think about you, say to you, or do to you, always keep peace within yourself and offer them a place at your table. And if that doesn't work then just throw a beer bottle at them. No really don't do that.
Our thoughts at CQ go out to this friend, and hope that no one else has to feel unsafe on their own campus.
Over and Out,
CampusQueer
Lady Gaga Will Die
2:00 PM
Along with many other celebrities, Our Lady will die Wednesday, Dec 1,
2010. It's nothing short of the truth. Now someone please console
Travis Mackey's uncontrollable girlish shrills of agony and assure him
it is but merely a social media death. This Wednesday, the Facebook and
Twitter whores of Hollywood will be signing off until the "Keep a Child
Alive" foundation raises $1 million. This is in conjunction with World
AIDS Day which falls annually on the first day of December. So there
will be no tweets or facebook statuses from any of America's pop
culture pillars until we all look at real issues affecting the world
and make a stand to fund the fight against HIV and AIDS. Freakin'
brilliant PR this is. Shirts and stickers are available with barcodes
that can be scanned with smartphones and lead to an app to make
donations to the foundation. We have already come so far in advances with this pandemic and we still have more to go to beat it and bring life back to millions of people across the globe. So will you buy life? More images and videos to be released by participating celebrities in the next 48 hours. I'm sure we all eagerly await the beautiful and profound death of Mother Monster.Over and Out,
CampusQueer
Mr and Miss Druid 2011 Pageant
10:19 AM
Over and Out,
CampusQueer
Muggle Cruising: The Art of Working a Broomstick
2:31 PM
Well damn. Look what I missed. Apparently the boy-watching event of the season has come and gone right under my nose while I was poking posies in Atlanta this past Friday. From what I can tell, Quidditch on the Quad seemed to be a great event for the campus, but more importantly had a plethora of boys combining the sexy of athletic triumph with the adorable of avid Potter fandom. Stir counterclockwise five times in a pewter cauldron to bottle up a erotic potion the likes of which the Half-Blood Prince couldn't even top. Oh yeah, I totally just went there. I have to admit it all seems to look better in photos, but in video its just a big ole frotty mess. Not fratty. Frotty. Urban Dictionary it if needed. . . Don't expect me to organize a CampusQueer team next year. I will however organize a WorldCup after party and cheer from the sidelines with a cape and flask of Felix Felicis and gin. I only got to see a few of the quaffle-chasing, bludger-beating, snitch-seeking sexies. But I was pleased thus far. Over and Out,
CampusQueer
The 100th Post: We Are Fireworks
11:10 AM
Wow. I logged in to do a post and realized. . . this is my 100th post. I wasn't expecting to be a tad bit emotional about this. It makes me smile REALLY big. Because it's exciting. It makes me afraid almost. Because I wonder if I have done enough. It makes me giggle without opening my mouth. Because I had no clue what I was doing when I started this. What it makes me really do is hope. Because I hope that I have touched someone's life; given them their own hope. There are people out there to be your family. We are a community living, reveling, and growing. You have a voice that no one can silence and a right to be happy as the person you want to be. You are a CampusQueer.
It's fitting what I came here to originally post. Today I rolled out of bed to find something really wonderful posted by an old friend who taught me confidence to stand out and was the person who was there for me -- the first time I'd truly felt that in my entire life. And by very strange coincidence too. But his name to me is Hollywood Hames, his birth name is Dustin. And the video he posted was just him lip-synching Katy Perry's Firework. And it was really special. So what I took from that is . . . You have your own fireworks in your life. So tell them. All you have to do is go to their FB wall and record a video while playing Firework. It could mean a lot to them and takes what . . . a minute? Here's mine to you queerlings. You are my fireworks. Now go tell someone else. Gay it forward!
Trevor Project Benefit at Joe's
10:31 AM
Queerlings. We are making a difference! On campus I have personally heard the amazing feedback from people I have never met or would think would be touched by the UA: It Gets Better video that Guy Fauchon, David Kilgo, and our very own GingerQueer, Glenn Halcomb produced and of which I was SO proud to be a part. Now we have another chance. A financial chance.
My friends at Joe's in Seventh are hosting a benefit this weekend to benefit none other than the Trevor Project. Don't know what it is?
The Trevor Project is the leading national organization focused on crisis and suicide prevention efforts among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth.
The Trevor Project is determined to end suicide among LGBTQ youth by providing life-saving and life-affirming resources including our nationwide, 24/7 crisis intervention lifeline, digital community and advocacy/educational programs that create a safe, supportive and positive environment for everyone.
This Saturday, Nov. 13, Joe's on Seventh will open their doors for a night of excellent performances by some of Birmingham's greatest performers including Cierra Symone Campbell, Connie Lingus, and the Orginal Sin, ObSINity. All you have to do is show up, get in the door, and the proceeds go straight to the cause. We are gaying it forward. You were there. I was there. We needed support and this can give that young person somehwere in the country the support they cannot find anywhere else.
Just by going out for a night of fun, you can bring a light to someone else's life. Why would you not go? Okay, the truth is I can't be there for a priorly scheduled job in Atlanta, but if YOU can be there then GO. You are a CampusQueer. Revel in the night knowing it's worth it on a whole new level. Be a part of the solution. RSVP NOW!
Over and Out,
CampusQueer
