The following list is not complete; however, this is a list of the major events the Alliance will be participating in this semester.

Hey everyone!

Welcome back to Georgia State this fall! This Thursday, August 23, the Alliance will be having its first meeting of the year! Like all of our fall meetings, this one will be in Lanier Suite in the Student Center at 7:00 pm. Join us as we get to know more about each other and meet our new members. We’ll also be talking about some of the big things the Alliance has coming up this fall. After the meeting, we’re going to keep dinner simple and go to Fellini’s.

Also, if you’re interested in joining the executive board for this year, be sure to send me an email with your name and the position you’re interested in (Activism, Volunteer, Education, or Social Chair) if you haven’t already, and be sure to be at the first meeting.

Good luck with classes this week, and we’ll see you Thursday night!

Sincerely,

Elijah Sarkesian
Administrative Co-President
Alliance for Sexual and Gender Diversity

Hey, everyone!

School is starting back up for most of us in a few weeks, which means that the first Alliance meeting of the year is also coming up!  Right now, we are looking for people to join the Alliance’s executive board for the upcoming year.  Interested?  Keep reading…

We are looking for four people eager committed to making this year the best in the Alliance’s twenty-five year history.  The four positions open are: Education Chair, Activism Chair, Volunteer Chair, and Social Chair.  These four chairs will join our current board members (Elijah Sarkesian – me! – as Administrative Co-President, Cameron Bridges as Co-President of Programs, and Alan Copenhaver as Secretary/Treasurer) in what is already shaping up to be a landmark year for our organization.

To find out what the roles and responsibilities of each chair are, please visit our website at www.gsualliance.com and click on “Charter.”

If you are interested, please email me at esarkesian1@student.gsu.edu with your name and which position you’re interested in running for this fall.  We’re asking that submissions be turned in no later than August 28.  Please keep in mind that, should you decide to run for a position, you’ll need to be at the first three meetings (August 23, August 30, and September 6 – election day).

Thanks for your time, and look for more information about our first meeting in a few weeks!

Sincerely,

Elijah A. Sarkesian
Administrative Co-President
Alliance for Sexual and Gender Diversity

Good evening, everyone.  I just wanted to update everyone on what the Alliance is doing for Pride this year.

On Saturday, June 23, we will be volunteering for the Atlanta Pride Festival between 12:00 pm and 4:00 pm.  We need three more volunteers to work either between 12:00-2:00 or 2:00-4:00.  If interested, please email me at esarkesian1@student.gsu.edu and let me know what time(s) you’re available.

On Sunday, June 24, we will be marching in the Pride Parade.  If you want to march with the Alliance, you will need to show up between 10:30 am and 12:00 pm by the MARTA Civic Center Station at the intersection of West Peachtree St. and Ralph McGill Blvd.  We will be meeting in Row E between Hoedowns and Swinging Richards.  The parade itself starts around 1:00 pm.  Again, if you have any questions, email me at the address above.

Thanks for your time, and I hope to see you all at Pride!

Sincerely,

Elijah Sarkesian
Administrative Co-President
Alliance for Sexual and Gender Diversity
http://www.gsualliance.com/

Good afternoon, everyone!

For our last meeting of the year, we will be holding our initial elections for the 2007-2008 Executive Board. All persons present at the meeting will be able to vote for the initial board makeup. The candidates are:

Administrative Co-President: Elijah Sarkesian
Co-President of Programs: Cameron Bridges, Alan Copenhaver
Secretary/Treasurer: Cameron Bridges, Alan Copenhaver

Following the election, we’ll have a discussion on balancing religious beliefs and sexual orientation. This week’s meeting is Thursday in the Sinclair Suite of the Student Center at 7:00. Dinner will follow at El Azteca.

Remember that Relay for Life is this Saturday from 7:00 pm to 7:00 am on Sunday! And be sure to come out and vote!

Sincerely,

Elijah Sarkesian
Administrative Co-President
Alliance for Sexual and Gender Diversity

Hello—

This week, in a sort of preparation for this weekend’s Unity Conference and its topic, we’re going to be discussing the concepts of virginity and whorishness in the LGBT community.  The meeting will be discussion-based, so come prepared to share your thoughts and ideas on the standards set by these two concepts and how they apply to the LGBT community.  For dinner, we’ll be heading over to Joe’s on Juniper.

Also…

For any of our graduate students, the new LGBT organization for graduate students, GradRights, will be hosting its first meeting this Friday at 6:00 pm at Manuel’s Tavern (602 N Highland Ave).  YouthPride is also hosting a college night every Tuesday night from 5:30 to 8:00 for students between the ages of 18 and 24.  For more information, please visit www.gsualliance.com.

Wednesday, the Alliance will be having another bake sale for Unity Conference.  Come out and send your friends out to help support the Alliance!

If you have not signed up for Relay for Life yet, please sign up at www.acsevents.org/gastate.  If you haven’t signed up for Kennesaw State’s LGBT Summit, sign up on Facebook (http://gsu.facebook.com/event.php?eid=2256099179) or email me at esarkesian1@student.gsu.edu.

Thanks for your time, and have a good week!

Sincerely,

Elijah Sarkesian
Administrative Co-President
Alliance for Sexual and Gender Diversity

YouthPride is currently starting up a special college night session for college students in the Atlanta area.  Students between the ages of 18 and 24 are welcome to attend the weekly Tuesday night meeting.  For more information, check out the flyer.

YouthPride Flyer.doc

Hello –

This week, we’re going to the movies!  We’ll be taking a trip over to Atlantic Station to have dinner at California Pizza Kitchen, followed by a screening of 300 at 8:20.  Because we’re eating before the movie, we’ll be meeting up in Lanier Suite of the Student Center and leaving no later than 7:10, so be sure to show up on time!

Here are a few reminders:

Georgia State Relay for Life Sign-Up (for April 28):
Click here.

Volunteer Activity (on April 14):
Email James Barnes at jbarnes21@student.gsu.edu.

Our complete calendar for the remainder of the semester is available in the sidebar of our website at http://www.gsualliance.com/.

Unity Conference participants, look for another email no later than tomorrow night.  If you don’t receive one by tomorrow night, email me at esarkesian1@student.gsu.edu.

Thanks, and have a happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Elijah A. Sarkesian
Administrative Co-President
Alliance for Sexual and Gender Diversity
esarkesian1@student.gsu.edu

Good day, LGBTQIQRSTUVWXYZers.

This week’s meeting will be a discussion on LGBT issues and characters in television, or lgbTV.  We’ll discuss the evolution of LGBT characters on television over the course of television history, the increase in LGBT issues on television in the past decade, what is working and what needs to be changed, and more.  The evening will include a look at an LGBT-related episode of a television series – come Thursday to find out.  Afterwards, we’ll be going to dinner at Fellini’s.

We’ll see you Thursday!

Sincerely,

Elijah A. Sarkesian
Administrative Co-President
Alliance for Sexual and Gender Diversity